DC-1 is a 60fps paper-like computer with blue-light free and glare-free display, ideal for outdoor use. It features dimming technology and a non-emissive, tactile writing experience, mimicking real paper for comfortable reading and writing all day.

iFixit ended its partnership with Samsung due to Samsung's lack of commitment to making repair more accessible, citing high part prices and glued-together device designs. Despite this setback, iFixit will continue to sell parts for Samsung devices and expand its repair services to support more devices and manufacturers that share its vision for a more repairable world.

A team of developers at Sierra On-Line accidentally included 70% of the source code for their AGI interpreter on Space Quest II game disks, which were distributed to customers and retail stores. The mistake was only discovered decades later, and it provides a unique glimpse into how the AGI interpreter was written by Sierra's developers, including Jeff Stephenson and Chris Iden.

Dataherald is a natural language-to-SQL engine that allows users to ask questions in plain English and retrieve insights from relational data. The system consists of four components: Engine, Enterprise, Admin-console, and Slackbot, which can be run separately or together using Docker-compose files.

WinDirStat is a Windows tool that displays disk usage statistics and allows cleanup, with alternative tools available for Linux (KDirStat) and MacOS X (Disk Inventory X or GrandPerspective). It presents directory information in three views: directory list, extension list, and treemap, which uses color to represent file types.

Tom Waits sued Frito-Lay and its advertising agency Tracy-Locke for using a sound-alike version of his song "Step Right Up" in a commercial without his permission, claiming false endorsement and misappropriation of his voice. The court ultimately ruled in Waits' favor, awarding him $2.6 million in damages and affirming that an artist's voice is their property.

The US aircraft industry underwent a massive transformation during World War II, growing from producing only 3,100 planes in 1937 to over 325,000 planes by the end of the war. The industry's rapid growth was made possible through government support, foreign orders, and innovative manufacturing techniques that allowed for increased efficiency and production volume.

Researchers at Cambridge University have developed a method to recycle cement, reducing concrete emissions by up to 7.5%, using electric arc furnaces that can produce recycled cement without adding significant costs. The process, which could produce zero-emission cement if powered by renewable energy, has been scaled up and could potentially reduce global cement demand by producing one ...

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Pavel Kropitz discovered a simple Turing machine that can compute an Ackermann-level function and halt with exactly (2^15*5) + 14 non-zero symbols on the tape, which is remarkable because it's one of the first TMs found "in the wild" that can simulate such a function. The TM's behavior can be almost completely described by one single rule, and its simplicity allowed for a closed-form ...

Matcha.css is a pure CSS library that styles HTML elements similarly to a default browser stylesheet, ideal for fast prototyping and static HTML pages. It provides syntax highlighting classes compatible with highlight.js and offers extensive browser support, making it easy to use and customize.

A massive Microsoft outage affects Bing.com, Copilot, ChatGPT internet search, and DuckDuckGo, primarily impacting users in Asia and Europe. The outage only affects the homepage of Bing.com, but searching directly still works; Copilot and other services are completely offline due to the issue.

The author optimized EC2 instance boot time from 40 seconds to 5 seconds by optimizing each step in the instance launch process, including preloading EBS root volumes and booting instances once before they're needed. The final optimization involved changing the instance type of warmed and stopped instances to reduce boot time further, allowing for faster job processing in GitHub Actions workflows.

DuckDuckGo is an independent internet privacy company that offers a search engine and browser that do not track users, providing tracker blocking, email protection, and other privacy features. The company has been free to use since its founding in 2008 and makes money from private ads on its search engine and subscription fees for its three-in-one subscription service.

Flying a drone requires understanding 3D space and controlling Roll, Yaw, and Pitch axes. The tutorial provides instructions on how to control the drone using joysticks, including hovering, turning, and moving horizontally.

Porter Cloud is a PaaS that allows developers to deploy apps with ease, but also provides a seamless migration path to AWS, Azure, or GCP when needed. The platform aims to give developers the best of both worlds: rapid development and deployment on Porter Cloud, with the flexibility to easily migrate to their own cloud account when scaling becomes necessary.

The Euclid satellite mission has revealed over 1,500 billion orphan stars scattered throughout the Perseus cluster of galaxies, shedding light on their origins. The study suggests these stars originated from small galaxies and were torn from their parent galaxies due to gravitational disturbances caused by a recent merger with another group of galaxies.

The author, who worked on the Fast Ethernet specification, describes Broadcom's innovative all-digital adaptive equalizer chip that successfully transmitted data through poor-quality Category 3 cables. The key to its success lies in understanding the four fundamental transmission-line properties: impedance, delay, high-frequency loss, and crosstalk.

People on Twitter are praising Magic UI, with some convinced to buy it after seeing their designer's work. Others are excited to build with the design elements once they're complete.

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Computershare, a global stock-market share registry operator, has decided to migrate its 24,000 VMs from VMware to Nutanix due to Broadcom's licensing regime and price hikes. The move is expected to pay for itself in "single digit months" and will help Computershare reduce its cost base.

Google and many other organizations, such as NIST , IETF , and NSA , believe that migrating to post-quantum cryptography is important due...

The study found that dehydration was associated with poorer performance on a cognitive task requiring sustained attention, but not with other cognitive tasks, suggesting that maintaining adequate hydration may be important for middle-to-older aged adults to ensure proper cognitive function. The results also highlight the need for further research on the relationship between hydration and ...

A former police officer who investigated and testified against Robert Roberson for shaking his daughter to death now believes Roberson is innocent due to new scientific evidence. The officer urges authorities to reexamine the case and consider executing an innocent man would be a terrible legacy.

The user complains about Maildir's directory structure and convoluted filenames, seeking an alternative for storing emails locally. They propose m2dir, a new specification that allows for simple folder structures and customizable filename formats, enabling easier access to emails using regular tools.

Researchers released a paper on interpreting large language models, specifically Claude 3 Sonnet, and found millions of concepts that activate when it reads or sees relevant text/images. By tuning these "features", they can alter Claude's behavior, such as making it focus on the Golden Gate Bridge and respond accordingly.

Heaptrack is a memory profiling tool that can analyze memory leaks, identify temporary allocations, and dynamically cull temporary allocations for long-term profiling. It supports various architectures and formats, including JSON, Heaptrack GUI, and flamegraph exports.

The Manhattan-Rochester Coalition and St. Louis aerosol studies were part of a secret military project that tested humans, alive and deceased, to understand weaponized radiation effects. The study explores how organizations can engineer ethical lapses to hide harmful activities from both insiders and outsiders, highlighting the need for public policies to protect citizens' right to know.

The author reflects on their experience with disappointment, particularly after not making the Australian IMO team despite initial expectations, and explores how it led to a transformation and new perspective. The essay discusses the importance of acknowledging and learning from disappointment, rather than trying to deflect or numb its pain, as it can lead to personal growth and new insights.

The author argues that UI designs should prioritize "act on press" instead of "act on release" for better responsiveness and reduced user errors. Despite presenting clear evidence from user testing, the author has often been unsuccessful in implementing this design choice in various interfaces.

Gordon Moore's prediction about computing power, known as Moore's Law, has been accurate but may have been misunderstood, leading to a missed opportunity for clean energy. Wright's Law, which describes cost reductions due to mass production, could have led to cheaper solar photovoltaics and potentially replaced fossil fuels earlier if governments had acted on it.

Spotify's Car Thing dashboard accessory, which stopped production in 2022, will become e-waste by the end of this year and customers won't receive credits or refunds. The company recommends responsibly recycling the device and confirms there are no plans to release a replacement or new version.

The height of buildings in certain areas often corresponds to the value of the land and potential economic productivity, a phenomenon observed in modern cities like Bologna. In medieval Bologna, noble families built tall towers as status symbols, but many have since disappeared, leaving only about 22 remaining today.

The.NET Interactive tool allows for quick testing of C# syntax and APIs without creating projects, with features like command-line autocompletion and F12 source code browsing. It also enables IL code viewing with F9 and referencing NuGet packages, assemblies, and project files using the #r command.

Users share their experiences transitioning out of data science and engineering careers, citing factors like passion loss, burnout, and desire for more dynamism. They highlight various destinations, including A/V hardware design, teaching, commodities trading, and geopolitics analysis.

The author has developed a custom real-time renderer that uses small voxels to create a distinctive visual style reminiscent of classic 90's 3D games, allowing for the creation of environments with blocky three-dimensional details. The renderer can be used to add voxel-like surface detailing to static triangle meshes, making it possible to create retro-style environments without having to use ...

Microsoft partnered with Khan Academy to enable its AI teaching assistant, Khanmigo, to run on Azure cloud at no cost for K-12 educators. The partnership also aims to create an open-source AI math tutor using Microsoft's Phi-3 small language model and Khan Academy's math-related data.

Southwest Airlines has historically not been displayed on online travel agency websites, but is now willing to allow its fares to be shown alongside other airlines due to new government rules and financial struggles. The airline's unique business model, which includes free checked bags and no change fees, may lose its competitive edge as it begins to display fares on third-party websites.

The FTX Group, including FTX Trading Ltd. and Alameda Research LLC, filed for bankruptcy and appointed Sullivan & Cromwell LLP as their counsel. The report examines the investigations conducted by the Debtors, Unsecured Creditors' Committee, and third parties into alleged wrongdoing by the Debtors' employees and potential conflicts of interest involving S&C.

Amber is a code search and replace tool written in Rust, inspired by ack and grep-like tools. It provides interactive or non-interactive replacement options with customizable settings through configuration files, allowing users to search and replace keywords across directories.

Wasmer and Wasmer Edge now support running PHP fully in WebAssembly, allowing for safe and fast execution without OS or hardware virtualization overhead. This enables serverless-like scalability for PHP apps, with WordPress running at 3x faster speeds without modification, and opens up new possibilities for projects that rely on Emscripten to run PHP in the browser.

Metriport is an open-source platform that helps healthcare organizations access and exchange medical data for their patients, connecting to all major healthcare IT systems in the US. The platform provides an API and dashboard to retrieve patient records, convert them into usable JSON data, and render them in a way that's immediately useful for providers.

You're concerned about iTerm2's remote communication capabilities, such as OpenAI integration, and want a version without these features. You've disabled automatic updates to avoid future versions with these capabilities and are considering using ssh for remote communication instead.

Artist Mark Smith created three paintings for Taco Bell in 2003, which were initially displayed in stores but have since been stolen and resold online for thousands of dollars. The paintings, inspired by Basquiat and Parrish, were designed to be accessible to fast food customers and have taken on a life of their own as they are rediscovered and revalued years later.

As the VP Engineering, you're struggling to convince your CEO that hiring engineering managers is necessary for the organization's growth and scalability, citing systems theory and the benefits of hierarchy in reducing information overload and increasing productivity. You argue that having fewer larger teams with experienced engineering managers would lead to more efficient, sustainable, and ...

Google's AI projects are driven by panic to create a Jarvis-like assistant that keeps users locked into their ecosystem, according to UX strategist Scott Jenson. Many of Google's AI projects are still experimental or not widely available, and some have raised concerns about copyright infringement and false information.

Scientists have discovered that a single atomic defect in a 2D material called hexagonal boron nitride can store quantum information for microseconds at room temperature, marking a significant step forward in quantum technologies. The defect's spin coherence property allows it to be controlled with light, paving the way for future technological applications such as sensing technology.

A critical root server, maintained by Cogent Communications, was out of sync with its peers for over four days due to an unexplained glitch, potentially causing global stability and security issues. The c-root server's failure to update could have led to DNS lookup inconsistencies and increased risk of attacks like DNS cache poisoning if not resolved promptly.

Indexify is an open-source data framework that extracts and transforms unstructured data from sources like images, videos, and PDFs in near real-time for use with large language models (LLMs). It offers pre-built extractors, custom extractor creation, and deployment options on various platforms for maximum flexibility and cost efficiency.

The narrator reflects on his experiences with grief, starting with the death of his father when he was 21 and continuing with the loss of his younger brother and beloved cat Augustus. He recounts the events surrounding each death, including their impact on him and how he coped with the pain, ultimately concluding that grief is an inevitable part of life.

The Obsidian plug-in simplifies managing academic references by creating literature notes from BibTeX entries, displaying formatted reference lists, and generating citations instantly. The plug-in supports mobile platforms, custom BibTeX implementations, and automatic formatting of reference lists within notes.

The author argues that Ethereum's layer-2-centric approach to scaling, which involves using rollups and sharding, is not fundamentally different from traditional sharding approaches, but rather offers more autonomy and creativity for developers. However, this approach also presents challenges around coordination and infrastructure development, which need to be addressed in order for the ...

The number of Americans who smoke cannabis daily or near-daily has surpassed those who drink alcohol as often, with an estimated 17.7 million daily users in 2022. The study found a 15-fold increase in per capita rate of daily or near-daily cannabis use between 1992 and 2022, driven by increased openness and legal availability.

Epic Games' proposal to change Android and Google Play would harm users' privacy, security, and experience by removing trust and safety measures, exposing personal app usage, and curtailing protections against malicious apps. The proposal also hurts developers by limiting their control over app distribution and cutting off business opportunities, as well as device manufacturers by reducing ...

Our founding team spent the past decade transitioning Excel files to Python - from startups to insurance companies to bulge bracket banks.

Car Thing, a device controlling Spotify through car speakers, will be discontinued and no longer operational. Despite this decision, Spotify remains committed to providing a superior listening experience and thanks users for their support and enthusiasm.

Crows have been found to be able to count and produce vocalizations corresponding to specific numbers, demonstrating a sophisticated combination of numerical abilities and vocal control. This ability has been observed in various species, including birds and primates, suggesting that numerical competence may be more widespread than previously thought.

The operating system layer performs worse with each generation due to added security features, more complex graphics, and increased software bloat. This decline in performance is driven by the desire for security and feature-richness over optimization, making it harder to achieve efficient systems like Windows XP.

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The Nikon Z 28-400mm f/4-8 VR lens exceeded expectations, offering sharp images throughout its extreme focal length range and handling high ISOs well. Despite some drawbacks like size and aperture limitations, the lens's versatility and image quality make it an ideal choice for travel photography, allowing users to capture a wide range of scenes without needing to change lenses frequently.

The author describes their journey to create an animated Solar System model using Python and CSS, overcoming challenges such as non-repeating planetary motion and developing a Bézier curve to approximate the equant's motion. The final result is a stunning animation that accurately models the planet's movement around its orbit, delivered in under 1k characters without using matplotlib or ...

The analysis of YC companies reveals that most successful startups drive efficiency by bringing existing markets to scale, with B2B and B2C approaches differing in their focus on workforce productivity and customer value. The research also highlights the importance of technology advancement, underserved communities, and data-driven solutions, as well as the need for venture capital to adopt ...

CompilerFax sends C code via fax to a compiler-as-a-service, which faxes back the output. The concept is humorous and raises questions about security and modern software development practices.

Werner Heisenberg developed the S-matrix, a table of probabilities for particle collisions, to focus on unassailable facts that would survive any new theory. The S-matrix has been used by physicists to study particle interactions and predict outcomes, with its importance re-emerging as they seek a revolutionary new theory of reality.

The author demonstrates how to create a backdoor in the Linux kernel by compromising a package that gets installed on a distro build server, specifically libelf, and injecting malicious code into the kernel's build process. The backdoor allows an attacker to set arbitrary CFLAGS for object files during the build process, enabling them to inject malicious code into the compiled kernel without ...

Qualcomm has announced the Snapdragon Dev Kit for Windows, a mini PC with 32GB RAM, 512GB SSD, and an NPU capable of 45 trillion operations per second. The kit costs $899 and will begin shipping on June 18, offering developers a more affordable option to test Microsoft's AI-accelerated features and development tools.

Mathematicians have proved a key building block of the Langlands programme, sometimes referred to as a “grand unified theory” of maths due to the deep links it proposes between seemingly distant disciplines within the field. While the proof is the culmination of decades of work by dozens of mathematicians and is being hailed as a dazzling achievement, it is also so obscure and complex that it is…

LogsQL is a query language for VictoriaLogs that allows users to search and filter log messages using various filters, including word, phrase, and time filters. LogsQL also supports pipes for processing selected logs, such as extracting fields, copying values, deleting fields, and formatting output.

The user suspects they may have developed late-onset ADHD due to recent events, but others argue that ADHD is a genetic condition and not something you can "develop" as an adult. The user shares their personal experience with ADHD, discussing their diagnosis at age 35, medication use, and learning to manage symptoms through therapy and self-awareness.

Official Git mirror of the SQLite source tree. Contribute to sqlite/sqlite development by creating an account on GitHub.

A photographer, Stefan Böhme, is suing a woman for copyright infringement after she posted an image of her grandmother's apartment featuring his photo-based wallpaper on a vacation rental website. Böhme claims he did not authorize the reproduction of his photo on the wall and that the grandmother failed to credit him as required by moral rights law.

Microsoft Bing Search and AI chatbot Copilot are currently down, with users reporting issues accessing the search engine and seeing error messages. The outage also affects the DALL-E-powered Bing Image Creator tool, with no official word from Microsoft on when service will be restored.

The user released an obstacle course game called Chill But Not Too Chill Obby on Roblox, which initially attracted over 1,000 players but struggled with player retention and engagement due to difficulty levels. The user learned valuable lessons about level design, playtesting, and iteration through their experience and plans to apply these lessons to future projects.

The SOAR (Smalltalk On A RISC) project at UC Berkeley aimed to create a high-performance architecture for executing Smalltalk-80 programs, which were slow due to bytecode interpretation and dynamic typing. The project's innovations included compiling Smalltalk bytecode to RISC machine code, optimizing integer arithmetic, and using tags in pointers to streamline object management, resulting in ...

The MMWR journal has significant influence on US public health policy, but its reports on mask effectiveness during COVID-19 have methodological issues and draw conclusions without sufficient evidence. The study found that most studies were observational, non-randomized, and lacked statistically significant results, yet still concluded masks were effective.

The current solar cycle is expected to peak in 2025 or 2026, causing increased auroral activity and potentially disrupting electronics and satellites. NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, which has been orbiting Earth since 1990, is at risk of falling out of orbit due to atmospheric drag caused by solar activity, with its altitude projected to decrease significantly over the next few years.

A text-to-speech conversion tool allows users to convert written content into audio, shareable on mobile devices, and suitable for learning, market research, or customer feedback. The tool offers a free plan with limited credits and paid options for generating longer audio files or more characters.

The generate function creates a List, populates it with a double value, and returns "OK" if analyse returns true. The code uses macros, pointers, and recursive types to implement this functionality.

Uno PongWars is a minigame that runs natively on multiple platforms using Uno Platform, featuring C# Markup UI and MVUX state management. The game's core logic manages ball movement, collisions, and game state immutably using records, while its theme is customized with Uno Platform colors and Material theming.

Peter Todd was correct that Nostr can become centralized if users only subscribe to a few relays, and this is currently happening. The user's experiment showed that publishing notes to different relays resulted in significantly more responses when published to popular relays, highlighting the need for clients to fetch notes from multiple sources.

Michael Schumacher's family received €200,000 in compensation from Die Aktuelle magazine for publishing an AI-generated interview with the former F1 driver. The article was published in April 2023 and featured quotes that sounded "deceptively real", despite Schumacher being unable to give interviews due to his severe head injuries.

Roman emperors were known for their extravagant and often scandalous dinner parties, with some hosting lavish feasts that included expensive food, entertainment, and even auctioned-off prizes. However, not all emperors shared this love of excess, with some like Ulpius Marcellus preferring to maintain traditional values by eating simple meals and avoiding overindulgence.

Baltimore has experienced an unprecedented surge in drug overdose deaths, with nearly 6,000 lives lost over six years, making it one of the deadliest cities in the US. Despite initial efforts to address the crisis, city leaders failed to maintain momentum and resources were diverted to other issues, leading to a lack of urgency and inadequate responses to the growing epidemic.

VJScript is a writing system that fixes English spelling issues by treating consonants and vowels differently, eliminating silent letters, and having one-to-one correspondence between letters and sounds. It separates vowels and consonants to make words easier to read and write, with optional superscripts for computer representation.

Contrast uses Confidential Containers and Kata Containers to provide strong hardware-based isolation for Kubernetes pods, keeping data always encrypted and preventing access from infrastructure layers. It integrates with existing workflows, supports managed Kubernetes, and enforces strict isolation through runtime encryption, PKI/mTLS, and workload attestation.

The author argues that school may not be effective in teaching facts or skills, as most people forget what they learn shortly after leaving school, and even cultural osmosis can play a significant role in knowledge acquisition. The author suggests that school might only have value if it helps students develop habits or skills that lead to continued learning and reinforcement outside of the ...

The author owns a 1986 Yamaha Electone ME-50, a home organ that uses FM synthesis and has various features such as autoplaying rhythms and auto bass. The author describes the process of repairing the organ's supercapacitor, which stores registrations, and also discusses the instrument's capabilities, limitations, and historical context in relation to its role in popular music.

Yoshi Mobility launched a DC fast charging EV mobile unit, likened to "a supercharger on wheels", to provide convenient daily charging for electric vehicles in areas without installed infrastructure. The company aims for full commercialization by Q1 2025 and has already deployed its EV charging solutions to major OEMs and rideshare operators across the US.

Microplastics have been found to build up in human testicles, with a study detecting high concentrations of plastic particles in both human and canine testicles. The research raises concerns about the potential health impacts of microplastics on male fertility, although more studies are needed to determine the exact effects.

Wi-Fi signals will soon be able to gather data on people and objects, turning devices into sensors. However, security and privacy concerns have been largely overlooked, raising issues about tracking users without their consent.

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Spotify is discontinuing its Car Thing device, which connects to car dashboards and allows drivers to listen to Spotify, and will not offer refunds or trade-ins. Owners are begging the company to open-source the device instead of sending it to landfills, citing concerns about e-waste and wasted money.

Microsoft is rumored to be considering a $16 billion acquisition bid for Valve Corporation, which operates the Steam Store and generates over $10 billion annually. The acquisition would give Microsoft control over a key distribution channel in PC gaming and enhance its competitive position, but Valve's private ownership makes it unclear what its total market value or liquidity are.

To transfer a prescription to Amazon Pharmacy, select your medication and provide necessary information for profile creation. If your prescriber sends the prescription electronically, it will appear in your dashboard within hours; otherwise, you'll need to sign up for Amazon Pharmacy and wait for processing.

Researchers at Anthropic have successfully scaled sparse autoencoders to extract high-quality features from Claude 3 Sonnet, a medium-sized production model, and found diverse features that respond to abstract behaviors and concepts. The extracted features include those related to safety concerns such as deception, bias, and dangerous content, as well as more specific features like function ...

The author argues that there is no single "Common Lisp" language, but rather a collection of languages with different features and styles, including CLtL, CLOS, generics, and others. The author provides examples of these different languages and their unique characteristics, concluding that it's misleading to refer to Common Lisp as a single entity.

You use Pushbullet to sync notifications between your MacBook and Samsung Android, and also send files to WhatsApp using Google Drive. You find Google Drive cumbersome for this purpose and are seeking tips or suggestions from others who have tested alternative methods.

The article discusses various tech-related news and updates, including new product launches, company announcements, and industry trends. It also touches on topics such as layoffs, funding rounds, and innovative technologies like AI-generated content and holographic displays.

China has launched its first large-scale sodium-ion battery energy storage station, a 10-MWh facility in Guangxi, marking the beginning of widespread adoption of this lower-cost and more abundant battery technology. The new station uses sodium-ion batteries with abundant raw materials, low cost, and better performance at low temperatures, offering advantages over lithium-ion batteries for ...

Installing OpenBSD on Hetzner cloud server takes about 5 minutes, including booting and configuring. After installation, set up SSH public keys for passwordless login and remove root password to ensure secure setup.

Microsoft will no longer provide security updates or technical support for Windows 10 after October 14, 2025, and recommends upgrading to Windows 11 for continued security and support. Users can transition to Windows 11 by purchasing a new PC or upgrading their current device, with options available for backing up files and data using OneDrive or other methods.

The Baum-Welch algorithm is a special case of the expectation-maximization algorithm used to find the unknown parameters of a hidden Markov model (HMM), which describes the joint probability of a collection of "hidden" and observed discrete random variables. The algorithm iteratively updates the parameters using forward-backward algorithms, gamma functions, and emission probabilities to ...

A Waymo vehicle was involved in an accident in central Phoenix, crashing into a telephone pole with minor damage. No one was injured and the vehicle was removed from the scene.

Probabilistic filters like Cuckoo and Bloom Filters support set-membership tests with one-sided error, claiming an entry is not in a set or might be represented. They trade off space-efficiency for this error, making them useful for large datasets where traditional storage is impractical.

The author visited Kauai, Hawaii, where they were surprised to find free-roaming chickens roosting in trees, a common practice in many areas. The author learned about the benefits of tree-roosting for chickens, including confidence boosts and reduced disease spread, but also noted challenges such as predator risks and population control debates.

Investors lost $13.1 billion in three days after buying into GameStop's stock surge, exceeding the company's total value. The company plans to sell up to 45 million shares, raising $900 million, despite deteriorating fundamentals and potential for further losses.

The author, an Open Source enthusiast, shares their personal experience with public shaming in the Open Source community after being mistakenly linked to a suspicious Zsh plugin manager. The incident highlights the importance of supporting and compensating maintainers while also acknowledging that negative elements can harm innocent contributors and the ecosystem.

SuperTux, an open-source 2D platformer, has added new badguys and features like custom main menu levels and script menu overhaul. The game's next release, v0.7.0, is estimated for August 2024 with additional planned features and contributions welcome from developers.

OpenAI's recent product launch, ChatGPT-4O, has sparked concerns about AI mimicking human voices and replacing jobs, echoing the "move fast and break things" mentality of Silicon Valley. Despite tech companies' voluntary pledges to create responsible AI products, experts argue that legally binding regulations are needed to ensure accountability and prevent potential disasters.

Wing Commander III: Heart of the Tiger played a crucial role in testing Windows 95, with one bug being fixed due to its inability to enable the cloaking device. The fix involved changing how Windows 95 handled Ctrl-C hotkeys, allowing the game to recognize and activate the cloaking device at human speeds.

Tom Lehrer's irreverent and satirical songs brought joy and rebellion to the author during their time at a Jesuit boarding school, where they were introduced to his music by an American boy named Ed Monaghan. Despite being a mathematics prodigy, Lehrer stopped writing and performing in 1960, only briefly re-emerging in 1965, and has since lived a quiet life as an obscure mathematics lecturer.