How to navigate, notation, and a recap of some math that we think you already know. The concept of a vector is introduced, and we learn how to add and subtract vectors, and more. In three-dimensional spaces you can produce a vector from two other vectors using this tool.

CORDIC is an algorithm that efficiently computes trigonometric functions like sin, cos on low-powered hardware without using floating point. It uses iterative vector rotations and precomputed values to achieve accurate approximations of trigonometric functions using only shifts and additions.

The author explored alternatives to WiFi for their projects and discovered Thread, but expressed frustration with its restrictive licensing terms that prevent hobbyists from using the technology.

PeaZip is a free, open-source file archiver utility that supports over 200 archive formats and offers features like two-factor authentication, encryption, and compression. It is available as a portable application for Linux, macOS, and Windows operating systems and can be downloaded from official repositories with SHA256 hash verification.

Art primarily reflects self-expression, but artist Michael says this aligns with the dominant ideology of capitalism. He suggests a need for a new form of artistic expression that transcends individualism and challenges power structures.

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The paper identifies artifacts in ViT feature maps and proposes adding new tokens to fix the issue. The solution improves feature maps and attention maps for downstream visual processing, setting a new state-of-the-art for self-supervised models.

Researchers at UC San Diego discovered that changes in metabolism between birth and autism diagnosis are linked to specific biochemical pathways. This finding could inform early detection and prevention strategies for autism, as well as potential treatments targeting ATP-related pathways.

The Wikimedia Foundation developed an AI tool, Citation Needed, to verify online information by checking Wikipedia articles. The extension uses ChatGPT API and provides feedback on article quality signals and relevance, seeking user feedback to improve its results.

Wag requires iptables and wireguard to be installed. To connect, browse to the server's VPN address and enter your 2fa code. Policies in the Acls section define routes accessible based on user groups and protocols.

Edward Barbeau defined the derivative of a natural number in 1961, which is not linear and has no simple formula. Researchers have recently studied this concept, exploring its properties and potential applications in number theory and complexity theory.

The user created a 256-byte intro for MicroW8 platform, a Fantasy Console similar to PICO-8 and TIC-80. The intro was written in CurlyWAS language, which compiles Rust-like syntax into WASM code and uses keywords like "inline" and "lazy" for size-constrained programming.

Flatcar Container Linux has evolved to allow extensions with systemd-sysext, enabling users to customize their OS without compromising reliability. This feature provides a robust update mechanism and integrates well with the base OS, addressing long-standing limitations and pain points.

Apple is finalizing an agreement to integrate ChatGPT's chatbot technology into the iPhone's AI features. The company plans to announce these new AI capabilities alongside the release of iOS 18 in June.

The author discusses the design and implementation of Marimo, a Python notebook system that aims to provide reproducibility, maintainability, and multi-purpose functionality. The system uses static analysis to eliminate hidden state and model every notebook as a directed acyclic graph (DAG) on cells, allowing for well-defined execution order and enabling features such as interactive UI ...

The paper details techniques for infecting Unix/Linux executables using ELF virus technology. The author provides three infection methods: text segment, data segment, and object code parasite. The paper also discusses the process of linking relocatable ELF objects to create executable images.

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ASSEMBLY is a sandbox conception game where you write small programs in natural language, and release them in a global system to coexist freely with others!

The article discusses the development of cryptographic proof systems, specifically STARKs, which use small field sizes to efficiently prove complex statements. The author introduces Binius, a new protocol that operates over binary fields and allows for commitments to individual bits, providing a more efficient and secure way to generate proofs.

Scientific American celebrates its 166th year, and Peter Norvig, director of research for Google, shares his experience with the magazine's influence on his career. The article discusses how to program a computer to play checkers and explores the challenges of programming languages, including hierarchical systems and mathematical foundations.

Aart de Geus, co-founder and former CEO of Synopsys, discussed the history of EDA software and its role in enabling chip design innovation. He emphasized that to continue scaling performance, the industry needs to address systemic complexity at all levels, including manufacturing, thermal management, and physics limitations.

The user has created a custom Hammerspoon script that allows mouse interaction with the Playdate device over a serial connection, enabling features like on-screen notifications and cursor movement. The script was initially developed to showcase mouse control but can be used by developers to speed up development, add finer control to level editors, and make their lives easier.

Researchers found DNA and RNA components in a meteorite that fell in Australia in 1969. The discovery adds to evidence that life's precursors may have originated from space, but some scientists remain skeptical about contamination from earthly sources.

The author discusses solving recurrence relations, focusing on the "swap subscripts to powers" strategy, which involves replacing subscripts with superscripts and using polynomial equations to find solutions. The method is demonstrated through examples, including calculating Fibonacci sequences and solving linear recurrences using Python code.

Floppy disks, once a ubiquitous technology, have an enduring appeal for some due to their nostalgic value and unique characteristics that make them useful for specific applications. Despite being largely replaced by newer technologies, floppy disks are still used by individuals and organizations around the world, including musicians, researchers, and industrial users who rely on their legacy systems.

Bloomberg reports that Apple is close to an agreement with OpenAI to use its technology on iPhones, bringing AI features to devices. Apple has also discussed licensing Google's Gemini chatbot, but no deal has been reached yet.

Soft deletion, where records are marked as deleted instead of actually being deleted, can be misleading and lead to complex issues with querying data. Hard deletion or alternative approaches like end-of-life states or temporal tables may be better options for ensuring data permanence and simplicity.

Buckminster Fuller designed the Dymaxion car, a three-wheeled vehicle with an aerodynamic body, in the 1930s as part of his Omni-Medium Transport project. Despite its innovative design and promising performance, the car was plagued by safety issues and never entered mass production due to concerns about its stability and potential impact on the automotive industry.

Bitluni built a RISC-V megacluster with 256 microcontrollers, featuring a compact design and cluster blades to manage bus connections. He encountered issues with internal clock sources but successfully debugged and achieved desired functionality after tinkering with the program.

Sherman Nealy founded Music Specialist Inc with Tony Butler, but it dissolved after one album. He sued Warner Chappell for copyright infringement and won, allowing him to claim damages without a time limit.

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.

The user purchased an HP 48GX calculator to play CHIP-8 games and wrote a guide on how to use CHIP-8 on the calculator with no math. The guide covers downloading and installing SCHIP/GCHIP interpreters, transferring files via Kermit or XMODEM protocol, and running CHIP-8 games on the calculator.

The author discusses Laplace approximations and their application to logistic regression, using JAX to optimize the computation of the Hessian matrix. They also explore sparse autodiff and its potential for improving performance, but note that implementing it requires complex graph algorithms and is beyond the scope of their blog post.

Bloomberg delivers business and financial information worldwide. A California judge denied billionaire Vinod Khosla's request to block public access to Martins Beach, a popular surfing spot.

The user criticizes Flatpak for its security issues, including apps having full access to the host system and misleading users about sandboxing. They also highlight various bugs and compatibility issues with fonts, themes, and IMEs in Flatpak applications.

NVIDIA plans to default to using open-source GPU kernel drivers for GeForce RTX 2000 and newer GPUs. The change will start with the R560 series Linux driver release, allowing users to install open-source modules by default or opt for proprietary ones.

Kevin Roberts, a high school teacher, notes that fast-food prices have increased significantly over the years, making it difficult for budget-conscious customers to afford. Many consumers are cutting back on fast food due to rising prices, which may impact sales and profits for restaurant chains.

Activists protest Tesla's factory expansion, citing betrayal by politicians and environmental concerns. They plan civil disobedience as police prepare for potential clashes after violent incidents on Friday.

Beavers have constructed dams and channels in Paradise Fields, creating new wetlands and regulating water flow. Volunteers monitor the beavers' health and welfare as part of a five-year project to establish a sustainable beaver population.

Boeing discovered that some employees did not perform required tests on 787 Dreamliner aircraft and recorded them as complete. The company is now re-inspecting all undelivered and in-production planes to ensure safety standards are met.

The repository contains code and data for the paper "Monitor-Guided Decoding of Code LMs with Static Analysis of Repository Context" which introduces Monitor-Guided Decoding (MGD) to guide language models in generating code following certain properties. The project includes multilspy, a language server client, and various monitors that can be used to guide LMs in different programming languages.

The author describes reading a PNG file using Mojo, parsing its chunks and decoding the image data, including filtering and compression. The goal is to read PNG files into an array or tensor for machine learning purposes, with plans to expand support to other image formats like JPEGs.

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Biological neurons can operate in multidirectional ways, unlike artificial neural networks which assume unidirectional value propagation. A new neuron model allows for multidirectional propagation by modeling joint distributions and using polynomial basis functions for flexible processing and training.

Researchers from Leiden University have created sharp radio maps of the universe at low frequencies using a new calibration technique that bypasses Earth's ionosphere. The technique may be useful for finding exoplanets orbiting small stars and has already provided clear images of galaxy clusters with spot patterns, revealing previously hidden phenomena.

Nikolai Kardashev proposed a scale to measure a civilization's level of technological advancement based on its energy consumption, with Type I being able to harness all energy on its planet, Type II consuming energy from its star, and Type III capturing all energy in its galaxy. The scale has been extended and modified by other scientists, including Michio Kaku and Freeman Dyson, who have ...

A woman was found living in a rooftop sign at a Family Fare grocery store in Michigan, where she had been for about a year. Police contacted her and advised her to leave, providing information on local services but she declined and left without incident.

Cosine similarity is a technique used to measure the proximity between two documents by transforming words into vectors within a vector space, allowing for semantic interpretation of human language. The method calculates the dot product and norms of the vectors to determine their similarity, with values close to 1 indicating high similarity and values close to 0 indicating low similarity.

The article discusses the implementation of area lights in computer graphics, highlighting their complexity and limitations compared to point and spot lights. It explains how ray-tracing can be used to simulate area lights, but notes that it requires more mathematical concepts and computational power than alternative methods.

Researchers tested Mordehai Milgrom's Mond theory, which challenges Newton's law of gravity, and found it fails to explain galaxy rotation and other phenomena. The results suggest that dark matter remains the most viable explanation for these discrepancies, despite its unknown nature.

Jack Dorsey's new social media project, Bluesky, faced criticism for its lack of moderation and decentralized approach despite user demands for it. He remains focused on his hypothetical vision of a censorship-resistant social network rather than addressing real-world user needs.

Telecom giants T-Mobile and Verizon are in discussions to acquire US Cellular. The aim is to gain access to more wireless spectrum and expand their coverage.

Lakiera Walker, an inmate at Southeastern Meats Inc., worked on an assembly line for $13 an hour but was mistreated by prison supervisors. She was forced to work long hours in cold conditions and received poor medical care despite her illness.

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Murder charges have been laid against a fourth Indian national in connection to the killing of Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar outside a Surrey gurdwara last year. A man who tried to access Drake's Bridle Path mansion earlier this week returned to the property and was apprehended again for allegedly trespassing, Toronto police say.

Project Random randomizes algorithms to uncover hidden content on social media and streaming platforms. Users can access random YouTube videos, Spotify songs, TikToks, podcasts, radio stations, games and more through this project.

The user discusses performance issues with NUMA-enabled systems, specifically with inline hardware TLS and DMA data transfer. They describe various configurations and experiments to optimize performance, including associating disk controllers and network connections with NUMA nodes.

Weak or minor degradation of HF radio communication on sunlit side, occasional loss of radio contact. Low-frequency navigation signals degraded for brief intervals. More about the NOAA Space Weather Scales

Mosquitoes are found everywhere in Scotland, with 16 species identified by researchers from the University of Glasgow. The discovery highlights concerns about vector-borne diseases and their potential impact on humans and wildlife in Scotland under climate change scenarios.

The Social Security Administration's trust funds are projected to run out in 2035, one year later than previously estimated. The improved outlook is due to more people contributing to the program amid a strong economy, but experts urge Congress to address solvency issues sooner rather than later.

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Google Research's Connectomics team published a human brain connectome with unprecedented resolution, revealing new structures and connections. The dataset is available for researchers to investigate and refine, marking a milestone in understanding human brain function.

Oberon is a programming language created by Niklaus Wirth in 1986. Oberon-2, developed in 1991, added object-oriented features and open arrays to the original language.

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Oklo, an advanced nuclear fission company, went public on the NYSE through a SPAC and saw its shares plummet 54% to $8.45. The company aims to commercialize mini nuclear reactors for data centers and has received investment from OpenAI's CEO Sam Altman and other notable figures.

The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) is a federally owned electric utility corporation that provides power to approximately 10 million people through its diverse portfolio of generation sources, including nuclear, coal-fired, natural gas-fired, hydroelectric, and renewable energy. TVA operates like a private corporation but receives no taxpayer funding and has been involved in various ...

The Mariko Aoki phenomenon refers to a sudden urge to defecate that some people experience when visiting bookstores, with various theories attempting to explain its cause. Despite much examination by experts and thinkers, no consensus has been reached on the mechanisms behind this phenomenon, which remains an intriguing topic of discussion in Japan.

A woman in her mid-thirties lived rent-free in a sign above a grocery store in Midland, Michigan for about a year. Police discovered her makeshift apartment and offered housing assistance, but she declined and was escorted off the property.

Researchers from Tokyo Institute of Technology and others developed a large language model, Fugaku-LLM, trained on Japanese data to create generative AI tailored to domestic needs. The project was launched in May 2023 using the supercomputer jointly developed by Fujitsu and Riken.

A string of mysterious incidents has been reported in Sydney's leafiest suburbs, where hundreds of trees have been cut down, drilled with poison, or stripped bare to increase property values. The authorities are struggling to catch and prosecute the culprits due to lack of evidence and low penalties.

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The writer believes cities harm creativity and human health, promoting detachment from nature. They advocate for horizontal scaling and nature-oriented housing to address the global housing crisis affecting young generations.

The cognitive benefits of handwriting, such as improved memory and literacy, are being lost as people increasingly rely on digital tools. Research suggests that writing by hand engages different brain systems and forces more complex motor skills, leading to better learning outcomes for both children and adults.