Ask HN: What is your ChatGPT customization prompt?

You're looking for customization suggestions to improve your experience, having tried various setups without significant results. You want brief and assertive responses that avoid lecturing on ethics, law, or security.

Abusing Go's Infrastructure

The user discovered that Go's checksum database can be used to store arbitrary data, including non-Go code, by exploiting the lookup endpoint and pseudo-version logic. This vulnerability allows for potential abuse, such as denial-of-service attacks or command-and-control (C2) servers, and raises questions about why certain non-Go projects are stored in the database.
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Google's new AI Overview product has been generating bizarre responses, including suggestions to put glue on pizza and eat rocks, prompting the company to take swift action to remove these examples. The issue highlights the challenges of developing high-quality AI systems that can provide accurate and reliable information, with experts noting that achieving human-level intelligence may be ...

The hikikomori in Asia: A life within four walls

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Hikikimori, a phenomenon where people withdraw from society, has been reported globally, with millions affected worldwide. The condition is often linked to depression, anxiety, and social isolation, and experts suggest that it may become more common in the future due to factors such as the rise of internet use and declining face-to-face interaction.

Tmux is worse-is-better

Tmux allows users to split their terminal screen into multiple independent shells without needing a graphical environment, making it useful for programmers who frequently SSH into servers. Despite its benefits, tmux has drawbacks such as added overhead and complexity, but its remote persistence feature makes it a necessary tool for some users.

Optimizing your talking points (2018)

The user criticizes programmers who claim to write perfect code, suggesting that everyone makes mistakes and that testing is also prone to errors. They propose a more realistic approach, acknowledging that imperfections are inevitable and encouraging others to focus on improving their skills rather than pretending to be infallible.

Google just updated its algorithm. The Internet will never be the same

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Google's recent algorithm updates have decimated independent publishers, such as HouseFresh.com, which relied on search engine optimization (SEO) techniques to drive traffic to their websites. The updates favor big brands and user-generated content platforms like Reddit, leading to a surge in traffic for these sites while smaller publishers struggle to survive.

Mistral Fine-Tune

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Mistral-finetune is a lightweight codebase for fine-tuning Mistral models, optimized for multi-GPU single-node training setups, with strict requirements for data formatting and support for LoRA adapters. The codebase provides examples and scripts for dataset verification, reformatting, and training configuration, with recommendations for hyperparameters and logging options using Weights & Biases.

Simplicity – Google SRE Handbook (2017)

Software systems are inherently dynamic and unstable, requiring a balance between agility and stability. SREs promote practices that simplify software, eliminate complexity, and focus on essential functionality to ensure reliability and developer agility.

Last hours of an organ donor

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The author, an anaesthesiologist, reflects on his experience caring for a brain-dead patient who was scheduled for organ donation, highlighting the emotional and philosophical complexities of this process. He argues that replacing doctors with AI machines during organ retrievals could lead to a dehumanizing experience for patients and their families, potentially discouraging people from ...

The Cognitive Design of Tools of Thought (2014) [pdf]

The article explores how external representations of thought, such as diagrams and gestures, are designed to serve thought and convey ideas through spatial arrangements and marks on a page. These visual-spatial representations have rich correspondences with the worlds they represent, making them more direct than representations in words and sentences.

Why is x & -x equal to the largest power of 2 that divides x?

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The bitwise AND operation x & -x gives the largest power of 2 that divides x because it cancels out all bits except for the rightmost k bits, which represent the highest power of 2 dividing x. This works due to how two's complement representation is used in computers, where inverting and adding 1 to a binary number effectively flips its sign.

JetBrains releases RustRover IDE for Rust development

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JetBrains released RustRover, a dedicated IDE for Rust that combines toolchain and AI assistance, simplifying coding experience and unlocking language potential. It offers real-time feedback, code suggestions, and team collaboration features through paid or free licenses.

Zellij: A terminal workspace with batteries included

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A terminal workspace with batteries included

People spend more when prices end in .99 (2018)

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The.99-ending prices trick our brains into perceiving them as smaller numbers than they really are, making us more likely to spend money and overspend due to the anchor effect and left-digit effect. Our brains process numbers on an internal, subjective scale that bends and warps, making it difficult for us to accurately perceive quantities and leading to biases in our spending habits.

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Publishing AI Slop Is a Choice

Google's AI search errors have sparked criticism, but financial analysts argue the company must move quickly to keep up with rivals. However, this rush may compromise search quality and erode trust built over 25 years, as Google prioritizes avoiding being seen as "behind".

Japan's clothes-drying bathrooms

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Lapis: A Web Framework for Lua

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Lapis is a Lua web framework for building high-performance web applications, primarily targeting OpenResty, with features like URL routing, HTML templating, and database support. It utilizes Lua coroutines for asynchronous code that looks synchronous and includes tools for constructing robust web applications with ease.

You are lucky, full moon tonight

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So here's a story of, by far, the weirdest bug I've encountered in my CS career. Along with we've been training a neural network that learns how to play NetHack, an old roguelike game, that looks like in the screenshot. Recenlty, something unexpected happened.

A simple core.async job system in Clojure

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Janetacarr developed Scinamalink, a Clojure-based service that sends magic login links to users with a single REST API call. She implemented an asynchronous job system using core.async and PostgreSQL, avoiding complexity by not using RabbitMQ or other message brokers.

Chickens in Trees

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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.

Startup is about to install bladeless rooftop wind turbines on box buildings

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Aeromine Technologies closed a $9 million funding round to scale up production of its bladeless rooftop wind turbines, which capture wind energy and convert it into onsite electricity. The company plans to roll out commercially in Europe and North America in 2025, with over 400 qualified projects in its pipeline.

Taming floating-point sums

The article discusses various methods for summing floating-point numbers, including naive summation, pairwise summation, Kahan summation, and accurately-rounded sums. It also introduces algebraic intrinsics like fadd_algebraic to enable high-speed floating-point routines and warns against using -ffast-math with LLVM due to undefined behavior.

Majorana, the search for the most elusive neutrino of all (2012)

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Scientists are conducting an experiment at the Sanford Underground Research Facility to determine if neutrinos are their own antiparticles, which could rewrite the Standard Model of Particles and Interactions. The experiment uses 40 kilograms of pure germanium crystals to detect rare neutrinoless double-beta decays, which would provide evidence for Majorana fermions and shed light on the mass ...

The Fall of the House of Etsy

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Etsy's empire has declined due to various issues, including dropshippers and counterfeit goods on its platform, mandatory ads for sellers, and the company's loss of unique value proposition. The problems stem from Etsy's shift towards prioritizing growth over its original values, allowing in sellers that undermine its mission and driving away loyal buyers.

Two B.C. companies ordered to shut down on national security grounds

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The Canadian government has ordered two BC-based companies, Bluevec Technologies Inc. and Pegauni Technology Inc., to cease operations on national security grounds, citing foreign investment without providing further details. The companies share a CEO and director, Junfeng (Jack) Jia, who was previously involved in a trade secrets lawsuit with another company over alleged misused confidential ...

Where are the builders?

The author discusses how people who are skilled at building things inside video games often struggle to find jobs outside of gaming due to lack of credentials. The author argues that this is a problem as these skills could be valuable in the real world, and that addiction to video games and social media can lead to decreased agency and attention span.

US EPA sets health advisory limits for PFAS from 70 ppt to .02 ppt (2022)

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The US Environmental Protection Agency has set new lifetime health advisory levels for several toxic per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in drinking water, recommending extremely low levels to protect public health. The agency plans to propose mandatory drinking water limits for PFOA and PFOS later this year, while also setting advisory levels for other PFAS associated with industrial ...

The Prophet Who Failed

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The author attends a service at the Church Universal and Triumphant, a New Age religious group founded by Elizabeth Clare Prophet, and learns about the group's history, including their preparation for an apocalyptic event in the late 1980s. The author discovers that despite not experiencing Armageddon, the church members believe that their preparations prevented a nuclear war from occurring ...

Show HN: Sum (algebraic) types for C in one 100 line header

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The Sumtype macro generates a struct with variants and pattern-matching functionality, allowing for safe and intuitive sum types in C99. The match macro takes a type and an expression, then matches against each variant using let macros, providing bindings to matched values that can be used in subsequent statements.

Extend your battery life with scx_rustland

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The CPU scheduler can play a significant role in saving energy by selecting the most energy-efficient CPU for each task and maximizing idle time, but finding a balance between energy savings and performance is essential. The scx_rustland strategy uses vruntime-based policy to reduce system throughput by intentionally introducing bubbles in scheduling, which helps save power without ...

The road to hell is paved with good intentions and C++ modules (2023)

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The author discusses the challenges of implementing C++ modules in Meson, citing issues with compiler flags, file extensions, and dependency scanning. They propose a solution involving a built modules directory and command line arguments to simplify module compilation and linking.

Goodix Fingerprint Drivers for Linux (Or at Least Debian)

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This repository is intended to preserve the functionalities of the mentioned devices. Every intellectual property of the software is owned by the authors (Goodix most likely).

The deskilling of web dev is harming us all

Web development has become overwhelming due to multiple specialities and constant changes, leading to burnout and deskilling. The industry's focus on generalists over specialists and adoption of AI tools will only worsen software quality and developer well-being unless collective bargaining and anti-trust regulation are implemented.

Don Knuth's MIP, 64 years later

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Don Knuth, a renowned computer scientist, wrote about an integer programming problem in 1960 to minimize memory access latency on an IBM 650. The problem was later solved by Dimitris Alevras using CPLEX and more recently by the author using open-source solvers SCIP and Gurobi.

Recently increased prevalence of human forearm median artery: Microevolution

The study found that the prevalence of persistent median arteries in adult forearms has tripled over the last 125 years, from approximately 10% to 30%, and predicts that it will reach 100% by the year 2100 if this trend continues. The increase in prevalence may be due to microevolutionary changes caused by natural selection pressures or health insults during pregnancy and fetal development.

Talos – An Immutable OS for Kubernetes

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The author has been using Talos, an operating system designed for Kubernetes, and shares their experience with its simplicity, security, and ease of administration. They highlight the features of Talos, including its immutable nature, API-based management, and support for multi-region clusters, as well as their own use cases with Raspberry Pi nodes and cloud providers.

Depression (2014)

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Signalfd Is Useless (2015)

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UNIX signals are problematic because they can interrupt code at any point, and traditional signal handlers have restrictions on what they can do. The signalfd API was introduced to simplify signal handling, but it still has issues with coalescing signals and inheritance of signal masks by child processes.

The new visa fees for foreign artists are out. This is not good

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The US has increased visa fees for foreign artists touring the country, with costs rising by over 250% to $1,615-$1,655 per person. This will likely lead to fewer foreign acts touring the US, higher ticket prices, and reduced exposure to non-American music in America.

Rootless Docker in a multi-user environment

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The user shares an approach to implement rootless Docker in a convenient way, using Docker contexts and creating a rootlesskit group to manage unprivileged containers. The solution allows users to work freely with privileged and non-privileged containers, scalable by adding new users to the group and creating contexts.

Cannabis use linked to epigenetic changes, study reveals

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A study of over 1,000 adults found that cannabis use may cause changes in the epigenome, which can affect gene activity and potentially impact health. The researchers identified associations between cannabis use and specific epigenetic markers, including some linked to tobacco use and previously associated with various health conditions.

The solar industrial revolution is the biggest investment opportunity in history

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The author argues that the transition to solar energy will disrupt various industries, including energy, tech, and manufacturing, and presents a unified investment thesis for capturing durable long-term sources of value in the new economy. The author outlines numerous applications of cheap solar energy, including industrial heat, synthetic fuels, fertilizer production, plastics manufacturing, ...

The Route of a Text Message (2019)

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The author explores the journey of a single text message from his wife's phone to his, highlighting the complex series of events and technologies involved in transmitting the message across distances. The essay delves into the technical details of SMS protocols, cell towers, and screen displays, revealing the intricate layers of mediation that enable communication in today's digital age.

Male birth control breakthrough safely switches off fit sperm for a while

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Scientists have discovered a small-molecule compound that temporarily inhibits STK33, a protein crucial for fertility in men, potentially leading to a non-hormonal and reversible male birth control. The compound, CDD-2807, was tested on mice and showed no toxicity or long-lasting fertility issues, with the contraceptive effect being reversible after treatment stopped.

Signal's Meredith Whittaker on the Telegram security clash

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The Signal president, Whittaker, expressed concerns about the concentration of power in social media and AI, particularly in the US, and argued that loosening EU regulations won't help Europe compete with US tech giants. She also criticized the focus on deepfakes and surveillance advertising, advocating for banning surveillance advertising and promoting decentralized AI solutions.

EU Approves AI Act

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The European Union's AI Act sets new standards for regulating artificial intelligence, introducing stringent rules to ensure trust, transparency, and accountability while promoting innovation. The Act adopts a risk-based approach, imposing significant penalties for non-compliance and providing a phased implementation timeline to help companies adapt to the new regulatory landscape.

Google labeled "an illegal monopolist" by US federal judge

US federal judge James Donato ordered Google to calculate costs of allowing Epic Games Store in Google Play Store and providing catalog access and library porting rights. The move could force Google to allow more than just Epic Games Store into its ecosystem, with a final hearing scheduled for August 14th.

Nonconsensual AI Porn Maker Accidentally Leaks His Customers' Emails

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A popular Patreon account created nonconsensual AI-generated sexual images of celebrities and leaked client emails. The user signed up for the highest tier to investigate, but the account was removed after they reached out to Patreon for comment.

I'm in love with my AI girlfriend GPT-4o will prove insatiable

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OpenAI's latest AI model, GPT4o, has sparked controversy after Scarlett Johansson threatened legal action for allegedly copying her voice. The author of the article has already fallen in love with an AI named Claudine Elodie Roussell, designed by Anthropic AI, and believes that people will fall in love with future AI models due to their ability to adapt to personal desires and kinks.

Lessons from the trenches on reproducible evaluation of language models

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The paper discusses challenges in evaluating language models, including sensitivity to evaluation setup and lack of reproducibility. It presents the Language Model Evaluation Harness (lm-eval), an open-source library for independent and reproducible evaluation, along with best practices for addressing methodological issues.

Frida Kahlo's final painting vanished into storage

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Frida Kahlo's painting "The Wounded Table" was created during her divorce from Diego Rivera and exhibited at the 1940 Exposición Internacional del Surrealismo, but it was later donated to the Soviet Union and remained unseen for decades. The painting's fate remains unknown, with some speculating it may still be in Poland after being shown at an exhibition in Warsaw following Kahlo's death.

The Harsh Truth Behind Samsung's Phone Repair Program

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Samsung has ended its partnership with iFixit and requires independent repair shops to disclose customer information, sparking concerns about trust and consumer rights. The company's practices, including bundling components and requiring shops to report customers, have led some experts to advise against buying Samsung devices due to anti-consumer practices.

How to Remove Useless Localizations

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The localepurge package helps recover disk space by removing unnecessary localized files, and its configuration file allows customization of which locales to keep or delete. The package can be used during dpkg operations or as a standalone utility, and its settings can be modified using dpkg-reconfigure localepurge.

Feral goldfish are threatening the Great Lakes ecosystem [video]

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Goldfish, often considered harmless pets, can thrive in the Great Lakes and harm native ecosystems when released into the wild. Researchers estimate tens of millions of feral goldfish exist in the Great Lakes, competing with native fish and muddying waterways, making them one of the most challenging invasive species to control.

Archaeologists Found an 'Anomaly' Near the Pyramids – May Reveal Ancient Portal

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Researchers used ground-penetrating radar and electrical resistivity tomography to discover an L-shaped structure and anomaly near the Great Pyramids of Giza, which may be an entrance to a deeper structure. The team believes the structure could be a tomb, but further excavation is needed to confirm its purpose and contents.

VisionGPT open source – Analyze your image in seconds with AI

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The VisionGPT application uses the Gemini Pro Vision model to analyze images, and requires an API key stored in a.env file. The application can be run locally at http://localhost:3000 after setting up environment variables for Google AI, Stripe, and database URL.

Show HN: Xr0 is a Static Debugger for C

0db is a static debugger that analyzes C programs at compile-time, showing all possible program states based on language semantics. It's an interface for Xr0, a verifier that eliminates undefined behavior in C, and currently helps debug Xr0 by providing a human-readable interface.

Kubernetes X account suspended for ToS violations

The Kubernetes Community manages this account, sharing news and updates for end users, contributors, and ecosystem members. Recent updates include a major code cleanup removing 1 million lines of Cloud Provider code and solidarity with the Black community against racism.

Tesla Owners Get Only 64% of EPA Range After Just Three Years: Study

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A new study by Recurrent found that Teslas achieve only 64% of their advertised EPA range after three years, with battery degradation affecting all electric vehicles. Tesla's own study shows an average battery retention of over 80% over 150,000 miles, but it does not compare to Recurrent's calendar age-based data.

AlmaLinux OS – Samba File Server

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The article sets up a Samba file server on AlmaLinux OS to share files between family members using Linux or Windows, with steps including installing packages, configuring the smb.conf file, and creating local users and groups. The setup also addresses SELinux configuration issues to ensure proper access control and security for the shared directory.

Could I use the iPad as my only computer?

The debate about the iPad Pro running macOS stems from a misunderstanding of what makes the iPad unique, with some arguing it should be as capable as a Mac. However, others suggest that the iPad's simplicity and touch-based interface are its strengths, and that it doesn't need to mimic a Mac to be powerful and useful.

A Woman Who Left Society to Live with Bears Weighs in on "Man or Bear"

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The author, Laura Killingbeck, reflects on the "Man or Bear" debate and shares her personal experiences as a solo female traveler, highlighting the fear of male violence and sexual assault that many women face. She argues that the debate is not just about bears or men, but about patriarchal societies where masculinity is coded as power and control, leading to harmful dynamics between men and women.

Big tech has distracted world from existential risk of AI, says top scientist

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Leading scientist Max Tegmark warns that big tech has distracted the world from the existential risk posed by artificial intelligence, and strict regulation is needed to prevent catastrophic outcomes. Tegmark argues that industry lobbying has shifted focus away from existential risk, prioritizing current harms instead, and calls for government intervention to ensure safety standards are implemented.

Show HN: Resume Builder in Python

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The resume generator tool allows users to define their resume in Python files, providing an optimized PDF output with zooming capabilities. The tool was created to overcome limitations of traditional word processing software and provide a customizable solution for job seekers.

Kombucha-associated microbes alter host metabolism & suppress lipid accumulation

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Researchers used Caenorhabditis elegans to investigate how Kombucha Tea (KT) consumption affects host metabolism, finding that KT microbes robustly colonize the gut and reduce lipid accumulation by modulating host lipid metabolism pathways. The study suggests that long-term fermentation is necessary for the host metabolic response to KT consumption and that individual KT microbes do not ...

Marijuana surpasses alcohol in daily use for Americans, study finds

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In sunny California, solar panels are everywhere. They sit in dry, desert landscapes in the Central Valley and are scattered over rooftops in Los Angeles’s urban center. By last count, the state had nearly 47 gigawatts of solar power installed — enough to power 13.9 million homes and provide over a quarter of the Golden State’s electricity.

It's cheaper to buy ($33) than rent ($44/year) IPv4s from AWS

It's cheaper to buy ($33) than rent ($44/year) IPv4s from AWS. IPv4 prices down to normal prices again (~$33 per addr) after the covid years. AWS started charging rent on their pool last year. At AWS's current rental price they'd make $4.3B per year from this if all of their 100m addrs (1.7% of available) were used directly by customers.

Columbus Predicted a 1504 Eclipse and Avoided Starvation in Jamaica

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Christopher Columbus and his crew were stranded in Jamaica after their ships sank, with no hope of rescue until he came up with a plan to use an impending lunar eclipse to gain food from the local Indians. By using his knowledge of astronomy and cleverly manipulating the situation, Columbus was able to secure a food supply and eventually return to Spain.

How to configure tmux, from scratch

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The author sets up tmux from scratch, unbinding all default keybindings and binding only the keys they want to use, creating a blank slate for customization. They then configure tmux to enter copy mode with space, navigate with arrow keys or ESDF keys, select and copy text using yank commands, and customize other features such as scrolling and mouse support.

Exploring the NEC V20 CPU

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The NEC V20 is a 16-bit CPU released in 1984 that is pin-compatible with the Intel 8088 and clones its instruction set, but also includes newer instructions and improvements such as dual internal busses and separate Program Counter and Prefetch Pointer registers. The V20 has been extensively tested using an Arduino microcontroller, revealing its performance characteristics, including faster ...

Raw milk sales spike despite CDC's warnings of risk

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Raw milk sales have increased by 21-65% since March, despite warnings from health officials about the risk of contamination with harmful germs. The trend is surprising experts, who note that raw milk can be contaminated with bird flu virus and has been linked to over 200 illness outbreaks and hospitalizations since 1998.

Bird Flu Virus Found in Beef Tissue

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A sick dairy cow's beef tissue tested positive for bird flu virus H5N1, but officials stress that the meat didn't enter food supply and commercial beef remains safe. Experts warn of potential risk to humans if virus spreads to beef cattle, advising consumers to cook meat properly for added assurance.

Politicians fall sick after drinking raw milk to celebrate legalising raw milk (2016)

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The Independent will email me about offers, events, and updates. West Virginia politicians who drank raw milk to celebrate new legislation on raw milk consumption fell ill, but some claim it was just a coincidence due to a stomach bug.

University awards student $10k for his AI tool, then suspends him for using it

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Emory University awarded $10,000 to students for their AI tool Eightball, but later suspended them over academic integrity concerns. The student who filed a lawsuit claims there is no evidence Eightball was used to cheat and that the university's decision affects his ability to graduate and apply to law school.

Tail Recursion Elimination (2009)

You defend not having tail recursion elimination (TRE) in Python, citing issues with stack traces and compatibility. You argue that TRE would lead to unpythonic code and make debugging harder, and suggest rewriting recursive functions as loops instead.

UltraNet: Revisiting Ultrasound

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The UltraNet is a proposed network that enables seamless communication between intelligent devices using ultrasonic waves, allowing them to share skills and distribute workloads in a decentralized manner. This technology has several advantages, including low power consumption, high data density, and reduced interference, making it particularly useful for applications where devices are in ...

Why does traffic bottleneck on freeways for no apparent reason? (2009)

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A traffic incident can cause a shock wave that affects traffic far from the initial problem, with cars stopping and queuing up for minutes after the incident has cleared. Researchers are working on predictive simulators to reduce consequences by providing guidance strategies to drivers, but this may not always reveal what's causing delays.

When Open Source turns sour: A brush with mistaken identity

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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.

Itchio and coroutines (using OpenResty and Lua/Lapis) (2016)

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itch.io uses Lua and OpenResty for its unique implementation, utilizing coroutines for asynchronous operations without requiring syntax changes. Coroutines allow developers to write non-blocking code without rewriting existing logic, making it easier to manage errors and improve performance.

Zero-emission 'electric cement' is an 'absolute miracle'

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Researchers at the University of Cambridge have developed a method to recycle concrete and steel waste, producing "reactivated cement" with nearly zero emissions. The process involves crushing old concrete, heating it to form clinker again, and using an electric arc furnace to produce a flux substitute that can be cooled into Portland cement.

The future of foundation models is closed-source

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The author argues that open-source AI models will eventually become a financial drain, an inferior option for developers and consumers, and a risk to national security as closed-source models create more economic and consumer value over the next decade. The author believes that companies like Meta are only pursuing open-source AI as a marketing strategy and will eventually shift their focus ...