Signal opposes the proposal, which would require scanning chats or restrict sharing of multimedia content. The proposal, if adopted, would force Signal to choose between compromising privacy or limiting features.

Maxwell's equations are a set of four equations that describe the behavior of electric and magnetic fields. The equations are: Gauss's law for electric fields, Gauss's law for magnetic fields, Faraday's law of induction, and Ampere's law with Maxwell's correction.

A family-owned business, Luxcious, replaced worn-out sofa cushions at a fair price, showcasing a resilient and humane approach to business. The author argues that an economy with more lifestyle businesses like Luxcious would be more pleasant and resilient, but lacks a regulatory regime to achieve this.

You have extensive programming experience and have helped colleagues with technical issues. Despite expertise, you recently learned to correctly raise window blinds, feeling humbled by the realization of how much you still don't know.

The FMP notebooks provide educational material for teaching and learning Fundamentals of Music Processing, covering MIR topics with Python code examples. The notebooks are licensed under Creative Commons and MIT licenses, with references required for published results.

Researchers developed the Third Thumb, a robotic thumb that enhances grasping and carrying capacity, and tested it on 596 participants of diverse ages and backgrounds. The device was easy to use, with 98% of participants able to manipulate objects successfully within the first minute of use.

The author discusses the concept of embeddings, which are mathematical coordinates that represent concepts in a high-dimensional space, allowing for the analysis and manipulation of text based on its underlying features. The author explores the potential applications of embeddings, including the ability to edit text by amplifying or modifying these features, and discusses the implications of ...

Hotwire is an approach to building web apps without much JavaScript, sending HTML instead of JSON over the wire for fast first-load pages and simpler development. It uses Turbo for page changes and Stimulus for state and wiring, making it easy to integrate with native hybrid apps for iOS and Android.

Juan Manuel Corchado, a Spanish scientist, was exposed for cheating on an industrial scale, including organizing a citation cartel and falsifying his own scientific impact. He was appointed rector of the University of Salamanca despite his fraudulent practices, sparking outrage and calls for reform in the scientific evaluation system.

The client is easy to use with arrow keys or hjkl navigation. It can navigate between the frontpage, comments page, and article text, with an optional "best" argument for the best page.

ht is a command-line program that wraps another binary with a VT100 terminal interface, allowing programmatic access to input and output via JSON. It can be built from source and launched with various commands, including input and resize, to control the virtual terminal window.

Built a dedicated SPI flash reader with a Teensy 2/3 and 8-SOIC chip-clip, reading entire ROMs in a minute. The reader has simple commands like "i" for reading chip ID and "u" for uploading data.

The author attended PyCon US 2024 and had a series of encounters with various individuals, including speakers, attendees, and friends, discussing topics such as Python programming, conferences, and community involvement. The author also attended talks and sessions, including ones on Python performance, concurrency, and packaging, and had the opportunity to learn from experts in the field.

Copy-and-patch is a fast compilation technique that generates optimized binary code by stitching together code from a library of binary implementation variants, called stencils. The technique achieves significant speedup in compilation and execution, outperforming existing compilers and interpreters in various benchmarks.

A firewall blocks direct connection from Host A to Host B, but they share a folder. A program forwards TCP data from Host A to Host B through a shared file, purging it when it exceeds 10MB.

The author argues that C++ is an unsafe language that needs to be replaced with a safer alternative, and proposes a new language called Safe C++ that provides rigorous memory safety guarantees. The author also criticizes the lack of effort from compiler vendors and standardization workers to address the growing costs of security vulnerabilities in C++.

The game "The Sword of Kumdor" is a 1991 RPG for the NEC PC-98, where you play as a typist who must recover their skills and save the world from monsters. The game has a unique control scheme and quirky dialogue, and a fan-made English translation is available for download.

The Form 4 is a new 3D printing technology from Formlabs that uses a light processing engine (LPE) with a liquid crystal display (LCD) to cure resin, resulting in faster print times and improved print quality. The printer features a new design with a solid-state architecture, a camera for time-lapse printing, and a range of innovative features such as a HEPA filter and a replaceable foam seal ...

William Thomson, Lord Kelvin, designed a tide-predicting machine in 1870, using harmonic oscillations to calculate tides. His machine was an early analog computer, and his work on tides and marine technology is a testament to his all-around genius.

The author restores an original 1984 Macintosh 128K computer, overcoming various challenges including hardware malfunctions, mechanical issues, and cosmetic restoration. Through a combination of research, experimentation, and professional help, the author successfully revives the computer and presents it as a showpiece, celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Macintosh's release.

The author shares their experiences organizing various meetups, including a software meetup in Philadelphia, hack nights at Linode, and online meetups during the pandemic, highlighting the challenges and lessons learned along the way. The author emphasizes the importance of keeping things low-key, gauging interest privately, and finding ways to make events enjoyable and educational for attendees.

The Athlon and Duron CPUs can be overclocked by reconnecting the L1 bridges using a pencil, allowing for increased processor power without modifying the motherboard. This process is safe, easy, and requires minimal equipment, making it accessible to anyone with a pencil and a CPU.

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The author upgraded their Chumby 8 to run a modern Linux kernel and successfully enabled the real-time clock (RTC) by enabling the RTC in the device tree file and setting the kernel driver to SA1100. However, the RTC did not retain its date and time after a reboot, and the author discovered that the Chumby 8 uses a software RTC emulated by the STM32's uptime counter, which is stored in files ...

Two ionization chambers containing Americium 241 were left at a swap shop, and the owner has sealed and locked them away, planning to investigate a waste stream at work to dispose of them safely. The owner is concerned about the potential danger and has contacted the BfS (federal agency for radiation protection) to ensure the sources are handled and disposed of properly.

China's Chang'e 6 mission successfully landed on the far side of the moon, with the robotic probe touching down in Apollo Crater. The mission aims to collect samples from the lunar surface and return them to Earth, providing scientists with their first-ever up-close look at material from the moon's far side.

The Signpost platform provides power and connectivity for sensing modules, using Tock to enable multiprogramming and secure applications. Tock ensures secure execution of untrusted components, enabling consumer IoT devices to run third-party apps on low-memory microcontrollers.

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Monads are like burritos, with a functor mapping types, a unit function wrapping values, and a join function combining burritos. The map, join, and unit functions must satisfy certain laws, ensuring burrito operations are consistent and predictable.

Artificial intelligence may replace jobs of analysts who analyze markets and trends, as computers can do these tasks more efficiently. Additionally, tasks like communication with colleagues are being automated with voice and image generators.

cuDF is a GPU-accelerated pandas API for loading, joining, aggregating, filtering, and manipulating data, leveraging libcudf and Apache Arrow. cuDF can be used as a no-code-change accelerator for pandas, utilizing cuDF for supported operations and falling back to pandas when needed.

The project aims to write CSS in Go, allowing for server-side control of CSS without preprocessors or frameworks, and provides a CSS package for Go that supports basic CSS properties and variables. The goal is to create a maintainable and debuggable way to write CSS, eliminating the need for complex class attributes and allowing for easy theme switching using HTTP handlers.

The speaker discusses the challenges of California's complex and decentralized system of administering benefits, including the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), and how a simple online application process can help streamline the process and reduce barriers to access. The speaker also touches on the importance of measuring the effectiveness of benefits programs and the need for ...

Ganjifa is a traditional Indian and Persian playing card game that has been played for centuries, with different variations and suits, and is still played today in some parts of India and Persia. The game involves trick-taking and strategy, with players trying to win tricks and collect sets of cards, and has been depicted in various forms of art and literature throughout history.

Shein, a Chinese-founded online shopping giant, sold children's products containing toxic substances, including phthalates, in amounts hundreds of times above acceptable levels. The Seoul government has requested the removal of these products and has inspected 93 products, finding almost half contained toxic substances.

The author discusses how companies use psychological tricks to make us spend more money, and how we can use similar tricks to impress our friends without breaking the bank. By understanding the concepts of waste, precision, and reputation, we can make more thoughtful purchasing decisions and create narratives that showcase our traits and values.

A data breach at Snowflake, a cloud hosting provider, may have led to the theft of customer data from companies including Ticketmaster and Santander, with hackers claiming to have stolen over 1.3 TB of data. The breach is believed to have been linked to attacks on Snowflake's systems, with security experts warning that many more companies may be affected as the situation continues to unfold.

The Walk-and-Talk is a unique experience where a group of people walk together for a week, having in-depth conversations and getting to know each other while exploring new locations. The organizers provide logistical support, including accommodations, meals, and luggage forwarding, to ensure a seamless and enjoyable experience for the participants.

The author was repelled by an AI-written email from a friend, feeling like it lacked the personal touch and human connection of a handwritten letter. The author is concerned about the potential for AI to replace human relationships and interactions, fearing the loss of humanity in digital communication.

The article discusses the inconsistencies and ambiguities in the JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) standard, highlighting the difficulties in creating a reliable JSON parser. The author presents test cases and results from over 30 parsers, demonstrating that no two parsers agree on what is correct or incorrect, and that many parsers have bugs and inconsistencies.

The Earth's angular momentum affects the Length of Day (LOD) on timescales > few years, while AAM and LOD are strongly anticorrelated on timescales < few years. The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) decides UTC definition by consensus, with potential changes in 2035.

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Ligra is an open-source image projector built from scratch using flea market parts, allowing users to create light graffiti and share messages at large. It uses a Canon FD lens to project light through a stencil or image-forming medium, producing sharp and crisp projections.

Researchers at KIT created a new polymer-based material that's more transparent than glass without sacrificing privacy. The material, PMMM, can diffuse light, radiate heat, and self-clean, making it suitable for sustainable architecture and greenhouses.

The author argues that the practice of using algorithms quizzes in job interviews is ineffective and may even be counterproductive, as it does not accurately predict a candidate's ability to solve real-world problems. The author suggests that companies should instead focus on incentivizing employees to identify and fix inefficiencies in their work, and provide training and resources to help them do so.

The 3DS cartridge controller and console communicate using a protocol that involves AES key derivation, SNOW 2.0 and RC4 stream ciphers, and CRC-32 encryption, with the goal of securing Nintendo's assets and code. However, the protocol has several issues, including a weak prelude, suboptimal cipher choices, and a flawed AES key derivation function, making it vulnerable to attacks and in need ...

The PEP proposes adding iOS as a supported platform in CPython, with the initial goal of achieving Tier 3 support for Python 3.13, allowing Python to be used on iOS devices and simulators. The proposal outlines the technical and project management aspects of supporting iOS, including changes to the Python build system, wheel formats, and documentation for end-users.

The user created a systemd service to manage their foot terminal server and tmux sessions, allowing for easy configuration updates and reduced memory consumption in their sway setup. This solution abstracts the configuration for main and helper scratchpads and offloads process lifetime management to systemd, making it easier to manage multiple terminal instances.

Franz Kafka's works are a reflection of his own experiences as a Jewish man in Central Europe, exploring themes of alienation, anxiety, and the search for meaning. His writing style is characterized by its spare, somber, and comic tone, with a focus on the inner lives of his characters.

Milo's parents tried homeschooling, initially struggling to engage him, but eventually he self-directed his learning, exploring interests like video games and programming. They realized that education and learning are distinct, and that giving students control over their learning can lead to meaningful discovery.

The NSA recommends various tips to protect mobile devices from security threats, including turning off and on the phone regularly, updating apps and operating systems, and avoiding public Wi-Fi networks. Additionally, users should use strong passcodes, disable Bluetooth when not in use, and install security apps like iVerify to scan for malware and ensure basic security features are enabled.

Elixir GenServers can store sensitive data, which must be protected to prevent security breaches and data leaks. Techniques such as implementing the Inspect protocol and the format_status/2 callback can help hide sensitive data in GenServer logs and outputs.

The emergence of artificial intelligence (AI) has sparked both excitement and concern, with some seeing it as a tool for efficiency and innovation while others worry about its potential to displace human workers, perpetuate biases, and pose an existential risk. As AI continues to evolve, it is essential to consider not only its technical capabilities but also its social and ethical ...

The author discusses the need for 128-bit hashing due to the birthday paradox, and the challenges of optimizing 128-bit division, including the use of the __udivti3 function in LLVM. The author presents their own optimized 128-bit division algorithm, which outperforms other libraries such as libdivide and GMP.

Scientists have developed a mathematical model to calculate the shape of peat bogs and the carbon they store, which could help in the fight against climate change. The model, which uses a simple equation, can predict the shape of any peat bog on Earth and help quantify the carbon stored in these ecosystems.

Microsoft's new Windows feature, Recall, records users' activities and can't be disabled by default, raising privacy concerns. Linux, an open-source operating system, offers a secure and private alternative, with no AI features and no data collection, making it a better choice for those concerned about privacy.

The user highly recommends the Lungy app for its unique visuals and calming effects, which helped them manage anxiety and asthma attacks. The app offers various breathing exercises, customizable visuals, and real-time audiovisual experiences that evolve with each breath.

The author expects Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) to replace many jobs, leading to a future where people may not need to work, but will still need to find meaning and purpose in their lives. The author believes that people will adapt to this new reality by finding joy and fulfillment in activities they enjoy, and that AGI will be able to help humans find solutions to unhappiness and a ...

The article discusses the implementation of Thread-Local Storage (TLS) in Linux, focusing on the x86-64 architecture and the glibc library. It explains the process of setting up TLS, including the role of the dynamic linker, the Global Offset Table (GOT), and the Thread Control Block (TCB).

Microsoft's NT OS development aimed to prioritize portability, reliability, and compatibility, with a focus on small teams and accountability. The development process involved a decentralized approach, with each team having its own view of the source tree and mini build lab, allowing for isolated build breaks and high accountability.

Fusio can automatically generate a client SDK for your API based on the defined schema. Fusio contains a webhook system which helps to build a publish/subscribe pattern for your API.

The author explores the concept of meaning in life, arguing that it is not necessarily tied to narrative or storytelling, and that people can find meaning in various ways, including through experiences, relationships, and personal interests. The author concludes that the meaning of life is simply life itself, echoing the words of Italian comedian Corrado Guzzanti and philosopher Goethe, who ...

OKRs require careful planning to ensure alignment with the company's vision and mission, and involve revisiting the organization's purpose, examining current strategy, and identifying key priorities. By doing the right pre-work, OKRs can be set to drive meaningful results and inspire teams to achieve measurable success.

Many Americans are experiencing "tip fatigue" and are pushing back against the expectation of mandatory gratuities, citing unfairness and entitlement. Some are opting out of tipping altogether, while others are seeking out businesses that pay their employees a living wage and don't solicit tips.

Scarlett Johansson's voice bears a striking resemblance to OpenAI's "Sky" personal assistant, with researchers finding her voice more similar to Sky than 98% of other actresses. The analysis shows that while the two voices share commonalities, they are not identical, with Sky having a slightly higher pitch and being more expressive than Johansson's voice.

The author reflects on the power of smell to evoke involuntary memories, sharing personal experiences of scent-triggered recollections from their time in medical school. They describe various clinical smells, both unpleasant and pleasant, that are linked to specific patients, emotions, and experiences, highlighting the complex emotional connections between scent, memory, and human experience.

China's Tiananmen Square massacre in 1989 has been erased from public memory, but its shadow is visible in the resurgence of authoritarianism in China and abroad. The Hong Kong 47 trial, in which 14 democracy activists were convicted of subversion, highlights Beijing's efforts to crush dissent in the former British colony.

MicroDexed is a Teensy-based, 6-operator FM synthesizer with a 320x240 ILI9341 SPI display and capacitive touchscreen, featuring a sequencer, global plate reverb, and delay effects. The project is open-source and licensed under GPL v3, with contributions from C++ developers, testers, and reviewers.

MicroPython 1.23 brings custom USB device support, OpenAMP improvements, and a WebAssembly port, allowing for HID, MIDI, and serial stream creation. The release also includes performance boosts, CPython compatibility, and updates to PIO and SPI interfaces, celebrating MicroPython's 10-year milestone.

Proposed new laws in Australia aim to criminalize the sharing of non-consensual deepfake pornographic images, with penalties of up to 6 years' imprisonment. The legislation aims to address the harm caused by the sharing of such images, which disproportionately affect women and girls.

The author investigates the optimal polling interval for atomic updates in a distributed load testing framework, finding that frequent polling increases error in measured Transactions Per Second (TPS) due to contention. The author concludes that polling atomics faster is not a viable strategy to speed up control loops and will investigate alternative control algorithms instead.

Branko Milanovic's book "Visions of Inequality" explores the history of economic inequality, from the Enlightenment to the present day, highlighting the evolution of economic thought and the changing nature of inequality over time. The book critiques the dominant neoclassical paradigm and argues that a more nuanced understanding of inequality requires considering the interplay between ...

China's Chang'e-6 lunar lander successfully touched down on the far side of the moon, collecting samples from the lunar surface in the South Pole-Aitken Basin. The mission aims to return samples to Earth for the first time, providing clues into the origin and evolution of the moon, Earth, and the solar system.

OmniVision, Samsung, and Sony are the three main manufacturers of camera sensors for smartphones, each with their own unique features and products. The companies are constantly innovating and releasing new sensors with improved resolution, pixel size, and light sensitivity to meet the demands of the smartphone market.

Leadership involves managing disappointment, which is a natural part of the performance process, and effective managers must learn to navigate and mitigate disappointment to maintain team morale and productivity. By being transparent, overcommunicating, and owning what you can control, managers can shrink the disappointment frontier and reduce the potential for disappointment.

Programmatic advertising has become a dominant force in the advertising industry, with billions of dollars spent on targeted ads every year. However, the system has been criticized for its lack of transparency and accountability, allowing misinformation and disinformation to spread and for ads to appear on low-quality or even fraudulent websites.

Dan Brooks and Salvatore Agosta's book "A Darwinian Survival Guide" proposes that humans must change their behavior to survive the climate crisis, as technology will not save us. The authors argue that humans have the capacity to adapt and evolve to survive, and that local initiatives and community-based efforts can increase the chances of survival.

The user has compiled a list of 22 DOS GUIs that are worth trying, with half being suitable for daily use and the other half still being usable. The user has packaged the GUIs into a VHD and provided installation files, screencaps, and a demo VHD for DesqView.

The author built a compiler for the Scrapscript language, which is a "juiced-up lambda calculus" that supports functional programming and pattern matching. The compiler generates C code that can be compiled to a standalone executable or WebAssembly, allowing Scrapscript programs to interact with existing libraries and run on various platforms.

Rolando Hernández, a 26-year-old Cuban American, is trilingual and speaks Spanglish, a hybrid language that combines English and Spanish, which is widely spoken in the United States and has a global presence. Spanglish is not just a mix of languages but a way to adapt to a new culture while keeping one's original culture, and it has become a global phenomenon with 50 million people speaking ...

The user argues that punishing honesty by declaring the use of ChatGPT is not the solution, as it would create a perverse incentive and unenforceable rules. Instead, they suggest focusing on norms like not lying and not posting in bad faith, and allowing the community to enforce these norms through downvoting and ignoring low-effort posts.

Hugging Face, an AI startup, detected unauthorized access to its Spaces platform, potentially compromising user secrets and tokens. The company is investigating the incident and has revoked affected tokens, urging users to refresh their keys and consider switching to fine-grained access tokens for added security.

Hive Systems' research shows that powerful graphics cards like Nvidia's GeForce RTX 4090 can crack passwords in under an hour, while a cluster of AI graphics cards can do it in one second. However, the study assumes hackers have access to the password hash and that multi-factor authentication is not active, highlighting the importance of using MFA and robust hashing algorithms for security.

Arroyo, a stream processing engine, has developed a plugin system that allows users to write custom plugins in Rust, which are then dynamically linked and executed at runtime. The system uses a combination of Rust's `extern` keyword and the `dlopen2` library to load and call the plugin code, allowing for seamless integration with the host application.

You created a patch for dwm to automatically switch between light and dark modes based on a ~/.lightmode file, and used xsettingsd to apply the theme to other applications. You also used Redshift to adjust screen color temperature and automate the theme switching at sunrise and sunset, with the option to enable dark mode on specific websites with the Stylus browser extension.

EU governments may endorse the controversial "upload moderation" proposal, which would require users to accept indiscriminate scanning of their private images and videos. The proposal has been criticized for violating fundamental rights and undermining secure encryption, with opponents warning it would destroy digital privacy and online security.

Lizzy Banks, a professional cyclist, was notified by UK Anti-Doping (UKAD) that she had tested positive for two substances, formoterol and chlortalidone, which she believed were contaminants from her medication and environment. The article highlights the flaws in the anti-doping system, including the lack of records on contaminant substances, the high burden of proof on athletes, and the ...

Paged Out! magazine is back after a 4-year hiatus, with Issue #4 featuring new topics like art and demoscene, and a call for articles for Issue #5. The magazine is now managed by HexArcana Cybersecurity GmbH, with Aga as Editor-in-Chief.

IWYU is a tool that helps with include order and warnings, but it has limitations and can be time-consuming to set up and maintain. It's not recommended for most projects, except in extreme cases, and it's better to wait for modules to become mainstream instead.

The Strogatz Prize is an annual competition that recognizes outstanding math communication projects, and the winners are showcased in this report. The projects showcased in this report demonstrate the creativity and diversity of math communication, with entries ranging from math-infused art to interactive math games and puzzles.