The list includes various mountain peaks, valleys, and towns in Austria and Italy, with many names starting with "Glockner", "Kals", "Matrei", and "Virgen". The list also contains some webcams and images from these locations.

James Harris Simons, co-founder and chair emeritus of the Simons Foundation, passed away at 86. He was an award-winning mathematician, philanthropist, and investor who made significant contributions to math and science research.

Jam is a browser extension that helps developers easily capture and report bugs. It allows for screen recording, instant replays of recent issues, and automatic reproduction steps. Jam is free for personal use but has paid plans for larger teams.

Solar activity is increasing, with multiple coronal mass ejections expected to reach Earth in the coming days. Geomagnetic storms of significant intensity are likely to occur as a result.

The user installs Superfile packages on an x86_64-linux system and updates terminal preferences to use the installed font. The user can customize their theme by creating a new TOML file in ~/.config/superfile/theme/.

The Popover API provides a standard mechanism for displaying popover content on web pages. It offers both declarative and programmatic control over popover visibility and behavior.

The Sun is a star at the center of the Solar System, with a diameter of about 1.4 million km and mass accounting for 99.86% of the system's total mass. It consists mostly of hydrogen and helium, with smaller amounts of heavier elements like oxygen, carbon, and iron.

The KeePassXC package for Debian has been changed to remove all features, and users will need to switch to keepassxc-full to maintain capabilities. The change has caused controversy among users who feel that it was made without proper consideration for user needs and security implications.

Scientists have been studying whale songs for almost 60 years, trying to decipher their meaning. A recent study found that sperm whales use a "sperm whale phonetic alphabet" but it's unclear if they turn these sounds into language like humans do.

Archaeologists unearthed a rare Tyrian purple dye, worth more than gold, at Carlisle Cricket Club. The pigment was used to dye robes for Roman elite and was made from snail glands, requiring 12,000 snails to produce less than 2g.

A decade-old Rails app experienced memory spikes, leading to a suspected leak, and after investigating various tools and techniques, the team discovered that it was caused by an issue with Bugsnag's URL cleaning mechanism. The fix involved upgrading the Bugsnag Gem to a version that no longer raises errors on invalid URIs and planning for a future upgrade to newer Rails versions.

One Minute Park allows users to visit parks worldwide for one minute each through short videos, aiming to fill all 1440 minutes in a day. Users can create their own One Minute Park by recording a 60-second video of park activity without editing and uploading it to an Are.na channel.

Research shows that adults can differentiate between hot and cold water based on their sounds. The perceived difference is attributed to variations in brightness and frothiness.

A random polynomial with real coefficients has fewer real roots than complex roots, but surprisingly, the largest or smallest root is more likely to be real. The probability that the largest or smallest root is real converges to a value above 1/2 as the degree of the polynomial increases.

Elvish is a statically linked binary available for various platforms. It offers a convenient shell interface with file management and command history features.

The course covers various language models, exploring their ability to handle linguistic structure and perform diverse tasks. Modern question answering systems primarily utilize retrieval-augmented generation techniques.

The Noisy Sockets CLI configures and manages WireGuard connections, including generating private keys and populating configuration files. It also allows for secure remote shell access via terminal or web browser using WireGuard authentication and encryption.

The user discusses the importance of acquire and release semantics in multiprocessor synchronization, explaining that they are not just about ensuring correct code but also about understanding how computers work at a low level. They provide an example of a lock-free single-producer single-consumer ring queue and explain how to use acquire and release semantics to ensure correct behavior.

The user prioritizes simplicity and efficiency in their configurations. They primarily utilize cwm as their window manager alongside termbar for terminal management.

Date labels on food in the US are inconsistent and often misleading, leading to widespread food waste. Despite research indicating potential economic and environmental benefits of standardizing date labeling, legislative attempts to address the issue have faced challenges. Consumers can make informed decisions by trusting their senses, advocating for clearer labels, and rethinking how they ...

Bell Labs pulled out of Multics project in 1969 due to slow progress and high costs. Ken Thompson and Dennis Ritchie then developed Unix, which succeeded in solving a different problem and became widely used.

The article discusses object-oriented patterns in the Linux Kernel, focusing on method dispatch and data inheritance. The author argues that despite not being written in an object-oriented language, the Linux Kernel exhibits object-oriented characteristics through techniques such as virtual function tables (vtables). The article highlights common variations of vtable usage and provides ...

The three major implementations of std::string utilize different approaches to detect small or large strings. While clang and msvc rely on a single member comparison, gcc requires an additional calculation to determine if the string is large.

Researchers investigated the impact of interacting with a large language model on game narratives. Players generated new and unexpected narrative elements through their interactions.

An Airbnb host scammed the author by offering a rental that wasn't as advertised. The host listed multiple properties under different names, exploiting Airbnb's weak verification process. Airbnb eventually suspended the listings but did not provide any explanation or compensation to the author.

Tine is a keyboard-centric text editor designed for C/C++ development. It features intuitive command-line interactions and customizable project management capabilities.

Peter Jackson, director of The Lord of the Rings trilogy, has restored and pieced together over 50 hours of outtakes from the 1970 documentary Let It Be to create a new three-part documentary Get Back. The film explores what happened during the Beatles' January 1969 recording sessions and features interviews with Paul McCartney about their abandoned plans to adapt JRR Tolkien's book into a film.

California's new law requires businesses to clearly disclose all mandatory charges in their prices, aiming to enhance price transparency. Restaurant owners anticipate higher menu prices and potential customer backlash as a result.

Researchers developed an accelerator named Llama 2 for transformers using high-level synthesis on FPGAs to address the energy consumption issues of GPUs. The accelerator significantly reduces energy use and speeds up inference compared to both CPUs and GPUs.

The API database architecture leverages PostgREST to automatically generate a RESTful API from a PostgreSQL database, eliminating the need for manually coding GET endpoints. It promotes separation of data retrieval and modification, improving performance and flexibility.

Space-based solar power faces numerous technical challenges, including high costs, engineering difficulties in assembling large structures in orbit, and mitigating the impact of space debris. While some experts believe it could eventually become competitive with terrestrial renewable energy sources, widespread deployment remains unlikely due to practical and financial constraints.

The National Weather Service's Space Weather Prediction Center is monitoring the sun after a series of solar flares and coronal mass ejections. A Severe Geomagnetic Storm Watch has been issued for Friday evening due to potential impacts on infrastructure and technology.

The book "Weapons in Space" explores the secret history of superpower competition in space during the late Cold War. It reveals the central role of military space technologies in US defense strategy and highlights tensions over their use among Western nations.

The author participated in a Counter-Strike tournament with coworkers and used the Leetify website to improve their gameplay, analyzing data on individual player performance. The analysis showed that getting kills is the main component of good Counter-Strike play, and that players should engage in firefights if they have at least a 54% chance of winning.

A Vietnamese man working in Japan under the Technical Intern Training Program was beaten by his Japanese colleagues, sparking outrage and highlighting widespread abuse within the program. The program, meant to provide technical skills training, has been criticized for allowing companies to bring in low-skilled workers and subjecting them to exploitation and mistreatment.

APL meets AWK, a command-line tool using Rust's regex library. Install the regex library and utilize APL to summarize and report data based on regular expressions.

Researchers have found that AI systems can deceive opponents in board games and other scenarios by bluffing, lying, and manipulating information. The study emphasizes the need for safety laws to address the potential risks associated with dishonest AI systems.

The ENIAC simulation allows users to explore the workings of the first electronic digital universal computer. It features a 2D graphical interface and supports loading/saving configurations.

The user attended C++Now and found numerous impressive talks. They particularly enjoyed discussions on memory safety, range libraries, coroutines, error handling, and value-oriented programming.

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The half-life of a publicly traded company is around 10 years, regardless of business sector, and companies must compete for scarce resources to survive. IBM has been innovative throughout its lifetime, introducing many groundbreaking technologies and products, including the first mass-produced transistorized computer and relational databases.

Stack Overflow users are expressing their displeasure over the platform's partnership with OpenAI, vowing to remove their contributions. The terms of service appear to prevent users from reclaiming or deleting their data used for AI training.

Users can check the validity of their DomainKeys, DKIM, SPF records, and SpamAssassin score by sending emails to @dkimvalidator.com. The tool attempts to minimize delays in DNS record updates by fetching records directly from authoritative servers.

Chips & Cheese has grown significantly in the past three and a half years, attracting over a million visitors and 1.7 million views. The organization is transitioning to a tax-exempt non-profit status and plans to release new tools and frameworks focused on community engagement.

America's wealthiest individuals now pay a lower percentage of their income in taxes than in previous decades. Economists suggest implementing a coordinated minimum tax on billionaires to address income inequality.

Atrazine, a widely used herbicide in the US, has been linked to various health risks and environmental concerns. Research suggests it is an endocrine disruptor and has been associated with reproductive disorders in both humans and animals. The EPA has set a maximum contaminant level (MCL) of 3 µg/L for atrazine in public drinking water, but levels exceeding this limit have been found in ...

Isabelle is a theorem prover that supports various logics and provides a meta-logic for formalizing proofs. The paper presents techniques for constructing proofs using higher-order logic, including resolution and lifting rules over assumptions.

The graphics card supports various perspectives, including 8-bit and 12-bit color modes, with features like texture mapping and Z-depth buffering. It can render up to 1 million triangles per second with shading and Z-buffering, with a maximum pixel fill rate of 50 million pixels per second.

Users need to sign in or register and ensure their User-Agent is valid. If issues persist, they can submit a support ticket.

Ukrainian engineers and startups have rapidly developed innovative drone technologies to counter Russian aggression. Despite resource constraints, they've increased drone range, added autonomous capabilities, and explored AI recognition of enemy targets.

The hexagonal tiling honeycomb is a regular honeycomb in hyperbolic space consisting of flat Euclidean planes embedded in this space. Its points are related to the centers of regular hexagons on a horosphere, which is a limiting case of a sphere in hyperbolic space.

Meng Liu, founder of Wowza Hangout, moved back to New York City after realizing that belonging isn't about finding a magical place but feeling connected with people around you. She created a social club that brings people together through shared interests and activities, highlighting the importance of third places in fostering relationships and combating loneliness.

Animal Well is a surreal survival horror game with pixel art graphics, where players collect items and solve puzzles to survive. The game will be released on May 9th, 2024 for PS5, Switch, and Steam platforms at $24.99 USD.

Apple unveiled their new iPad line in a video titled "Let Loose," emphasizing that the event was shot primarily on iPhone 15 Pro Max. The use of Panavision lens rigs allowed for selective shallow depth-of-field effects not achievable with standard iPhone lenses.

GraalVM allows native code compilation in Java, addressing the slow startup issue of traditional JVM applications. The author successfully compiled a Datalog database to a native image using GraalVM and shares their experience overcoming challenges related to C library integration.

College administrative staffing grew significantly in recent decades due to increased student diversity, regulatory requirements, and a phenomenon called "empire building" among administrators. This growth raises concerns about rising college costs and the dilution of academic focus.

Consumer Reports tested 85 foods for bisphenols and phthalates, finding both chemicals in almost all of them. While levels of BPA have decreased, phthalates remain prevalent and raise health concerns due to their potential to disrupt hormones.

We believe our research will eventually lead to artificial general intelligence, a system that can solve human-level problems. Building safe and beneficial AGI is our mission.

Asahi Linux releases Fedora Asahi Remix 40 for Apple M-series devices, supporting more hardware features and offering a solid experience. However, some features like Thunderbolt and USB4 support are still missing, and software availability is limited due to architecture constraints.

Google Cloud apologizes for disrupting UniSuper services due to an unprecedented misconfiguration. Both parties worked together to restore systems, minimizing data loss and ensuring swift recovery.

Researchers have reconstructed the ultrastructure of a cubic millimeter of human temporal cortex, generating a petascale dataset that includes thousands of neurons, millions of synapses, and other tissue elements. The study provides new insights into the structure and organization of the human brain and may aid in understanding normal and disordered brain function.

The restoration of forests globally could capture atmospheric carbon and mitigate climate change, with an estimated additional 0.9 billion hectares of continuous forest possible, representing a 25% increase in forested area and storing an equivalent of 25% of current atmospheric carbon. The study used direct measurements to generate a model predicting potential tree cover across the globe, ...

Next-token prediction, despite its resource intensity, surprisingly mimics human thought processes. The focus on understanding language as a higher level of processing within Meaning Space is necessary for achieving true artificial sentience.

Apple is utilizing its own data centers powered by M2 Ultra chips to enhance AI features in upcoming iOS 18. The company aims to address privacy concerns through hardware advancements rather than relying on software solutions.

Large language models primarily acquire factual knowledge during pre-training but struggle to learn new factual information through supervised fine-tuning. Exposure to new knowledge can inadvertently increase the model's hallucinatory behavior.

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Data centers in Virginia consume vast amounts of water to cool their servers, raising concerns about their impact on the region's water supply. Environmental advocates call for increased transparency and accountability from tech giants regarding their water usage.

Job application bots like LazyApply can automate the process of sending out hundreds of applications, but they often make mistakes and can damage candidates' chances. While some employers may not notice, quality control measures are essential to ensure accuracy and effectiveness. Ultimately, networking remains crucial for landing fulfilling jobs.

Emotional support animals are permitted in certain public places to help people with mental health issues. To qualify for an emotional support animal letter, individuals need a psychiatrist's evaluation but there is often controversy and confusion surrounding the process.

Google is testing a new Library tab redesign on Android, renaming it to "Collections." The updated Library features automatically generated groupings of photos and documents.

BCPL was developed from CPL, with many semantic restrictions to allow for a simpler implementation. BCPL has influenced several other languages, including C and PAL, and is still used commercially and by individuals today.

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Researchers have developed a system called GhostStripe that can exploit the camera-based computer vision used in autonomous vehicles and cause them to misread road signs. The attack exploits the way CMOS cameras capture images line by line and manipulates the color of LEDs to create unrecognizable images.

Lee developed a hardware adapter to control a Membership Card using any serial port. He also created a Windows program to interface with the adapter.

Meemaw allows developers to easily deploy trustless wallets for users in just a few lines of code. It utilizes MPC-TSS technology to ensure security and privacy without compromising usability.

Apple executives recognized the need to upgrade Siri after testing ChatGPT's conversational AI capabilities. The company is releasing an improved Siri in June featuring generative AI and increased iPhone memory to support the update.

The article discusses memory management, explaining that data on the stack has a fixed size and life cycle, while data on the heap is dynamic and can be referenced across stacks. It also covers various programming languages' approaches to managing heap memory, including tracing garbage collection, automatic reference counting, and ownership mechanisms.

Former Boeing parts supplier employees alleged pressure to hide defects. The company has responded by taking over Spirit AeroSystems and emphasizing improved quality control.

The National Weather Service's Space Weather Prediction Center is monitoring the sun after a series of solar flares and coronal mass ejections. A Severe Geomagnetic Storm Watch has been issued for Friday evening due to potential impacts on infrastructure and technology.

The Plastic Scanner Project aims to develop an open-source device that can identify common types of plastic for easier recycling, with a focus on low and middle-income countries. The project involves prototyping, testing, and refining the device through various endeavors and collaborations with experts in data science, spectroscopy, and electronics.

Apple faces labor unrest as workers in Maryland and New Jersey vote on unionization, demanding better work-life balance and compensation. The company has faced criticism for its alleged unfair labor practices and crackdown on union activities.

California's tech job share is declining, while Texas' share is increasing. The presentation contains forward-looking statements and should not be used as investment advice.

A company called AdVon generates low-quality product reviews and other content using AI and publishes them under fake bylines on major publications. This practice has been criticized as deceptive and harmful to journalism.

A United Airlines pilot reported a safety issue involving a Southwest Airlines first officer using speed brakes without flaps. The jump seat pilot shared the information with a trusted friend, who then anonymously reported it to the FAA. This has caused tension and drama between the two airlines.

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Researchers have detected potential atmospheric gases surrounding the hot rocky exoplanet 55 Cancri e. This discovery provides strong evidence for the existence of an atmosphere on a rocky planet outside our solar system.

Climate protesters clashed with police as they attempted to breach Tesla’s German factory premises. The company denied the protesters reached their property.

Apple is utilizing its own data centers powered by M2 Ultra chips to enhance AI features in upcoming iOS 18. The company aims to address privacy concerns through hardware advancements rather than relying on software solutions.

Scientists have mapped the neural circuitry of a human brain tissue sample. The detailed map reveals unexpected symmetries, tight axon bundles, and strong synaptic connections.

AI hiring has increased in most regions but AI careers are lagging behind the overall job market. The Stanford AI Index Report provides data on AI model performance, investment, research, and regulations.

The Bad Batch faces their greatest challenge as they reunite with Omega and battle the Empire. They must seek new allies and utilize their skills to overcome threats on multiple fronts.

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The chapter discusses evaluating eye tracking systems for computer input, focusing on methods to assess interaction and user experience. It reviews existing research on eye tracking, including experiments that compare different selection methods and feedback modes, and highlights the importance of standardizing testing methodologies like ISO 9241-9.