Allan McDonald, a NASA contractor, refused to sign off on the Challenger launch due to concerns about freezing temperatures, ice formation, and rough seas, and later exposed a NASA cover-up. He lived a life of integrity, advocating for ethical decision-making and regret-free living, and died at 83 after a fall and brain damage, leaving behind a legacy of doing the right things at the right ...

The Internet Archive, a free online library, has shrunk by 500,000 titles after publishers forced takedowns, causing a "devastating loss" for readers who depend on it. The Internet Archive is now appealing the court's decision, arguing that its controlled digital lending of physical books is fair use under copyright law and should be allowed to continue.

The Ladybird project is an open-source web browser engine that aims to provide a fast and secure alternative to existing browsers, with a focus on implementing web standards from scratch. While it is still in its early stages and has some limitations, the project has made significant progress and has the potential to bring a fresh perspective to the web browser ecosystem.

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The article tests the capabilities of Large Language Models (LLMs) in designing a circuit board, focusing on their ability to generate code and extract information from datasheets. While the LLMs showed promise in certain tasks, such as generating code and pulling data from datasheets, they struggled with original design synthesis and nuanced decision-making, suggesting that they are best ...

The user attended an "innovation hero" award ceremony at a government agency, where they realized that innovation is often hindered by a dysfunctional system and that leaders rarely address the root causes of these issues. The user argues that large organizations need an "innovation doctrine" to drive innovation efforts and rapid deployment of new capabilities, rather than relying on heroics ...

MeshAnything is a model that generates Artist-Created Meshes (AMs) from 3D assets, improving storage, rendering, and simulation efficiencies. It uses a VQ-VAE and shape-conditioned decoder-only transformer to produce AMs with fewer faces, achieving precision comparable to previous methods.

Waymo won regulatory battles in California, allowing it to expand to the Peninsula and preserve state authority over autonomous vehicles. A bill that would have given cities control over AV operations was shelved, with opponents arguing it would create inconsistent rules and hinder industry growth.

Eidos is a personal data management framework with offline support, AI features, and local data storage for security. It currently supports the latest chromium-based browsers, including Chrome, Edge, Arc, and Brave, with a recommended version greater than 122.

Barcelona's city council will revoke licenses for 10,101 tourist apartments by 2028 to combat over-tourism and rising house prices. The move aims to alleviate pressure on the housing market and provide more affordable housing for locals, with new legislation requiring 30% of new homes to be social housing.

OpenAI acquired Rockset, a real-time analytics database, to enhance its retrieval infrastructure and provide better data access for AI products and applications. The integration will empower users, enterprises, and developers to leverage their data and transform it into actionable intelligence.

Sony introduced the KV-45ED1, a 43-inch Trinitron CRT TV, in 1989, which was the largest CRT ever built, weighing 450 pounds and retailing for $40,000 in the US. The TV used IDTV technology to enhance picture quality and was marketed as a luxury item, with only a few units sold and even fewer surviving to this day.

The convention of calling electrons "negative" and protons "positive" is arbitrary and has led to confusing situations, such as the definition of current flowing in the opposite direction of electron flow. The French Republican calendar, which was used from 1794 to 1800, had a decimal time system with 10 hours, 100 minutes, and 100 seconds, but it was ultimately abandoned due to its ...

On August 30, 1955, a pilotless Auster aeroplane took off from Bankstown Aerodrome and flew uncontrolled over Sydney, prompting a massive response from the authorities and public. The plane was eventually shot down by two Navy Sea Furies at 1142, after a 3-hour chase, and crashed into the sea five miles off the coast.

CRIU is a Linux software that freezes a running container or application, saves its state to disk, and allows for exact restoration. It enables live migration, snapshots, and remote debugging, and is used by various software and Linux distributions, with some limitations in saving and restoring task state.

Interactive fiction, a form of storytelling that began on mainframes in the 1970s, has endured despite advancements in video games, TV, and literature. The genre's roots are tied to the computing industry, with pioneers like Will Crowther and Don Woods creating text games that sparked curiosity and inspired a loyal audience.

The article explains how calculators and computers calculate logarithms using a series expansion, specifically the Taylor series for the natural logarithm. By combining two series expansions, the article shows how to derive a new series that converges faster and requires fewer terms to achieve the same level of accuracy, making it more efficient for calculating logarithms.

The author believes formal methods are essential for good software engineering, reducing rework and cost of change, and increasing speed and efficiency. They highlight the value of formal design in large-scale and complex systems, and the importance of considering the requirements process and the type of software being developed.

The project is a Rust framework for high-frequency trading and market-making strategies, focusing on accurate market replay-based backtesting and live bot deployment. It allows for customizable tick-by-tick simulation, order fill simulation, and deployment on Binance Futures and Bybit, with contributions welcome to improve the project.

Lithium-ion batteries have made significant advancements in longevity and safety, but their performance can be affected by factors such as depth of discharge, temperature, and charge levels. Manufacturers and users can take steps to prolong battery life, including avoiding full discharges, keeping batteries at moderate temperatures, and using optimal charge levels, which can increase the ...

Lady Deirdre is a framework for developing hybrid language compilers, interpreters, and source code analyzers, allowing for incremental programming language projects with real-time file changes. The framework provides a self-sufficient, extendable, and configurable API for developing front-end parts of programming language compilers and code editor language extensions, with no third-party ...

The ancient Greeks struggled to understand irrational numbers, and it wasn't until Richard Dedekind introduced his concept of "cuts" in the mid-1800s that mathematicians could rigorously define and construct irrational numbers. This breakthrough enabled mathematicians to better understand sequences and functions, and opened up new horizons for exploration, leading to a broader and more ...

TSMC is developing a new chip packing method to meet AI-driven computing power demand. The method, in collaboration with suppliers, may take several years to commercialize.

The author, a front-end developer, expresses frustration with the complexity and unnecessary use of technologies in front-end development, arguing that simplicity and understanding of content should be prioritized over the latest trends and tools. The author urges developers to choose simplicity, avoid unnecessary complexity, and consider the long-term consequences of their choices, rather ...

The author created a digital display driver simulation using Proteus to replicate the video display portion of the original Bomb Jack arcade hardware, adding extra features not present in the original design. The simulation can be used to debug failures in original boards and provides a digital display driver model that accepts digital signals, making it a useful tool for understanding the ...

A US judge has cleared a group of Tesla owners to take legal action against the automaker, accusing it of monopolizing car parts and repairs. The lawsuit claims Tesla coerced owners into paying high prices and waiting long times for repairs, violating federal and California antitrust laws.

The article discusses the impact of Twitter on the dissemination of academic knowledge, with mixed results from various studies, including randomized controlled trials, showing that Twitter may have a small effect on citations and hiring decisions, but not necessarily a significant one. The author concludes that while Twitter may not be a major platform for serendipitous discovery, it may ...

Bessemer Venture Partners shares stories of missed investment opportunities, including Airbnb, Atlassian, Coinbase, and others, highlighting the importance of due diligence and timing. The Anti-Portfolio showcases companies that were initially passed on but later became successful, serving as a reminder of the unpredictability of the startup world.

Bloomberg delivers business and financial information worldwide. Apple withholds new technologies from EU consumers due to regulatory concerns, citing security downgrades.

The Opus Magnum community is hosting a 24-hour challenge to create automated puzzle solvers, with a goal of optimizing solutions for Cost, Cycles, and Area metrics, and a test run on June 2nd with 1000 puzzles. The challenge aims to push people to create new methods and potentially beat human solvers, with a scoring system that rewards optimization and a potential flood of discussion and ...

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Virginia "Ginger" Hislop started her education degree at Stanford in 1936, but left before graduating to marry her boyfriend who was called to serve in WWII. 83 years later, she returned to Stanford to finish her degree, earning a Master of Arts in Education at the age of 105.

Climate scientists predict a 2-degree rise in temperatures, but Köppen Climate Classification helps visualize future climate zones. Cities will shift from Temperate to Arid, Tropical, or disappear, with 90 million people moving to harsher environments by 2070.

The author discusses the limitations and problems of SVG, a scalable vector graphics format, and suggests creating a simpler, machine-focused format for vector graphics exchange. They propose a minimal, JSON-based format that can be easily processed by machines, with a focus on simplicity and ease of implementation.

The author created a program to find the ideal square for a piece in a chess position using Stockfish, evaluating positions by comparing material balances and disregarding squares where one side wins more than a pawn. The program provides promising results, but there are still issues to be addressed, such as considering realistic squares and pawn structure.

Carl Lipo, an archaeologist, has found evidence that the native population on Easter Island lived sustainably until European arrival, contradicting the traditional narrative of environmental collapse. His research suggests that the island could support around 3,000 people, not tens of thousands, and that the population did not decline before European arrival, but rather continued to grow ...

The 1960s saw a rise in convenience foods, including SpaghettiOs, which was invented by Donald Goerke at Campbell's. However, the story of SpaghettiOs is overshadowed by the fascinating story of Betty Ossola, a pioneering woman in the food industry who popularized Italian foods in the US.

A simple online OPML editor tailored for managing subscription lists (RSS & Atom feeds). Visit opml.imadij.com. This project is licensed under the AGPL-3.0 License - see the LICENSE file for details.

The Queen of the Night is an ancient Mesopotamian goddess whose identity remains unknown despite intense scholarly scrutiny, with theories suggesting she may be Inanna/Ishtar, Ereshkigal, or Lilith. The plaque bearing her image is exceptionally large and features her with a headdress, wings, and measuring rod and ring, indicating her status as a goddess and sparking debate among experts about ...

The FDA has banned the sale of grease-proofing materials containing PFAS in food packaging in the US, eliminating a major source of dietary exposure to these chemicals. This move is a result of industry cooperation and FDA research, and marks a positive step forward in protecting US consumers from potentially harmful food-contact chemicals.

The New Typesetting System (NTS) is a Java reimplementation of Donald Knuth's original TeX, completed in 2001, which can still be compiled in modern Java versions. The code provides the core TeX execution engine, requiring a "TeX format" to produce meaningful output, and is licensed under a custom open-source license with unusual modification clauses.

The US government has banned Kaspersky from selling its products to new US customers starting July 20, citing national security concerns that the Russian government could commandeer its antivirus software to spy on customers. The ban will allow existing customers to receive software updates until September 29, but the company's US operations are expected to be severely impacted, with the ...

Java 17 introduces several new features, including sealed classes, pattern matching for instanceof, switch expressions, Text Blocks, and local-variable type inference, which enhance the readability, maintainability, and performance of Java code. These features simplify the code, reduce boilerplate, and improve type safety, making it easier to write cleaner, safer, and more maintainable code.

PDF's text model has limitations, including a custom encoding and lack of support for vertical kerning, making text representation and selection challenging. To overcome these issues, developers must use workarounds like converting text to path operations or rendering glyphs as separate text objects, and handle ligatures and font variations manually.

The Ontario Science Centre has shut down immediately due to the risk of its roof collapsing, with the province planning to move the landmark to Ontario Place, a decision that has sparked backlash from the community. The closure is expected to last years, with estimates suggesting it will cost between $22 million and $40 million to fix the roof, which is made of a lightweight concrete that has ...

The Pre-Scheme Restoration project aims to revive the Pre-Scheme compiler, a statically-typed, low-level functional programming language, and make it a practical alternative to C for the Scheme community. The project's objectives include porting the compiler to various Scheme implementations, improving tooling, revising the language, and investing in documentation and examples.

Two weeks ago my buddy pulled me aside and said "I have something to show you." That something was the Daylight Computer, which I was previously unaware of. I've since bought one and am using it fairly extensively for reading. Vincent recorded some impressions:

Awesome Frontend Resources is a curated collection of top tutorials, tools, libraries, and design assets for frontend development, providing structured learning paths and roadmaps for beginners and experts alike. The collection includes resources for learning various programming languages, frameworks, and technologies, as well as guides for software design, architecture, and code review.

Researchers from Macquarie University's Spinal Pain Research Group have developed a world-first walking program to prevent recurrences of low back pain, which is a leading cause of disability and reduced quality of life. The program, which combines individualized walking with education, has been shown to be effective in reducing the number of days before participants experience a recurrence ...

This course builds a Storyteller AI Large Language Model from scratch in Python, C, and CUDA, covering basics to a functioning web app like ChatGPT. By the end, students will gain a deep understanding of AI, LLMs, and deep learning with minimal computer science prerequisites.

Pornhub will block users in five US states (Indiana, Idaho, Kansas, Kentucky, and Nebraska) due to age-verification laws that require ID, citing privacy risks and ineffective enforcement. The site argues that device-based age verification is a better solution, reducing privacy risks and creating a simpler process for regulators to enforce.

The user is unsure if Kotlin Multiplatform (KMM) will surpass Flutter as the go-to solution for cross-platform mobile development, citing the benefits of Flutter's graphical capabilities and ease of use. The user believes KMM abstracts common native GUI components and allows for platform-specific special ones, but notes that Flutter's native interop with multiple languages and compile targets ...

When in a meeting, it's okay if someone isn't fully engaged, but saying their name can refocus their attention. Effective conversational techniques include repeating oneself, asking questions, and pausing to reset the tempo and ensure the message is being received.

SpaceX's Starlink Mini is a compact, laptop-sized internet-from-space service that integrates a Wi-Fi router and can deliver speeds over 100Mbps, powered by a standard USB power bank. The device is available in the US as an add-on to Residential plans for $599, with an additional $30 monthly fee for the Mini Roam service, which includes up to 50GB of mobile data.

Wild chimpanzees in Uganda's Budongo Central Forest Reserve were observed self-medicating with plants that have pain-relieving and anti-bacterial properties to heal themselves. The researchers analyzed 17 plant samples and found that almost 90% had antibacterial properties and a third had anti-inflammatory properties, which could help in the search for new medicines.

The reference-counting API allows sharing and forgetting of aliases to resources, ensuring linear freeing of resources and preventing unsoundness. The API is used in the ghengin engine, and a candidate release is available for feedback on its design and potential flaws.

The California Public Utilities Commission rejected AT&T's request to end its landline phone obligations, urging the company to upgrade copper facilities to fiber instead. AT&T plans to focus on lobbying for changes to state law, which would allow it to remain as the carrier of last resort in rural areas while being released from obligations elsewhere.

You recommend using CO2 monitors like Sensirion SCD30, AirGradient, or DIY solutions like MH-Z19 with ESP-32 for tracking indoor air quality. You've had mixed experiences with products, liking AirGradient and DIY solutions, but being unhappy with the Awair Element's durability.

The Framework 13 laptop has a similar design to the MacBook Air M2, but with noticeable seams and a plastic feel, whereas the MacBook Air has a seamless design. The Framework 13 has a larger battery capacity and four expansion slots, but the MacBook Air has a better screen and keyboard design.

The electric vehicle market is growing, with a 14% increase in sales in April, but Tesla's sales are declining, dropping 17% in April and its market share falling below 50%. Non-Tesla EV sales grew 69% in April, with other automakers like Ford, Kia, and Toyota experiencing significant increases in electric vehicle registrations.

The user, a 30-something European father of kids, feels a sense of urgency to become an expert in a specific area, but is unsure which path to take, citing the risk of failure and the need to provide for his family. He is torn between pursuing a high-reward, high-risk path or sticking with a stable, low-risk career, and is seeking advice on how to navigate this midlife crisis.

Microsoft has downgraded the Copilot experience in Windows to a basic web app, removing integration with Windows settings and features. The new Copilot key on keyboards only launches the web app, and Microsoft has pinned the app to the taskbar, making the dedicated key unnecessary.

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The Vienna Secession was a group of artists who rejected traditional art forms and sought to create a new, modern style. Led by Gustav Klimt, the group's unique style, which incorporated elements of Art Nouveau, Japanese design, and classical symbols, was showcased in their exhibitions and building.

The ASCII standard does not define a unique end-of-line character, leading to diversity among operating systems, which was addressed by adopting the CR LF convention for network communication. This convention was enforced by Jon Postel and carried into FTP, SMTP, and other protocols, making it transparent for most users, but still causing issues in certain situations.

Huawei launched its self-developed programming language, Cangjie, at the HDC 2024 developer conference, claiming it offers native intelligence, natural all-scenario capabilities, high performance, and strong security. Cangjie features a built-in AgentDSL framework, lightweight design, and multi-paradigm support, with Huawei planning to integrate it with its HarmonyOS ecosystem for a ...

Gravitics, Inc. demonstrated its 8-meter "StarMax" module mockup, which can fit 54 people with room to spare, showcasing its vision for large and efficient space environments. The company is committed to working with the community and industry partners to ensure a sustainable and collaborative future in space, hosting visitors at its Washington state facility.

The rapid growth of artificial intelligence is driving a surge in energy demand, with data centers consuming as much power as a small city, leading to a reliance on fossil fuels and delaying the retirement of coal-fired plants. Tech companies are investing in experimental clean-energy projects, such as fusion and small nuclear reactors, but experts are skeptical about their feasibility and ...

Fastly is introducing free developer accounts, giving users freedom and autonomy to build on their own terms without requesting permission. The new accounts come with generous limits, including CDN, DDoS protection, observability tools, and more, allowing developers to build and scale their projects with ease.

Meta's "Made with AI" label has been applied to photos that were not created using AI tools, causing confusion among users and photographers. The label is only visible on Meta's mobile apps and not on the web, and some photographers have raised concerns about their images being wrongly tagged with the label.

Double the Performance MACH.2 technology provides up to 2x performance with concurrent I/O streams, accelerating data transfer and reducing latency. It achieves up to 480MB/s sustained throughput, the fastest ever from a single hard drive, and helps manage increasing data volumes.

Bell Labs introduced a technology to convert sunlight into power, initially for out-of-the-way equipment, and now solar panels occupy half the area of Wales, providing 6% of global electricity. Despite this growth, the rise of solar power is far from over, with continued expansion expected.

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The author describes their disappointing experience with "Tonight with the Impressionists", a virtual reality experience at the Musée d'Orsay in Paris, which was marred by technical issues, poor design choices, and a lack of attention to the art itself. The author concludes that the experience was a failure and that virtual reality has a long way to go before it can effectively enhance the ...

CISA urges software manufacturers to provide essential security features, including single sign-on, as part of the basic service offering without additional fees, to improve customers' security posture. The adoption of single sign-on technology is hindered by various barriers, including cost, technical know-how, and user experience, which need to be addressed to increase adoption among small ...

WebAssembly (Wasm) enables high-performance applications in browsers, and DuckDB, a C++ embedded database, can run in browsers via Wasm, opening up possibilities for lightweight analytics operations. The blog explores various use cases of DuckDB in browsers, including a Firefox extension that displays Parquet file schema and a MotherDuck UI that ensures responsive querying without cloud communication.

The paper introduces Q*, a framework that guides Large Language Models' decoding process with deliberative planning to alleviate errors and hallucinations in multi-step reasoning. Q* learns a plug-and-play Q-value model as a heuristic function, avoiding fine-tuning and computational overhead, and outperforms existing methods in experiments on GSM8K, MATH, and MBPP.

The user tried to identify and block web spiders and other abusers by looking for IP addresses with multiple HTTP User-Agent values, but found it to be too noisy and ineffective due to legitimate robots and legitimate users behind the same IP. The user concludes that it's not worth the effort to try to block all of these bots and instead will focus on ignoring them unless they're actually ...

The article discusses the health benefits of sun exposure, which have been largely attributed to vitamin D synthesis, but may also be mediated by other mechanisms, such as nitric oxide release from skin. The authors suggest that public health bodies should reconsider their guidelines on sun exposure, taking into account the risks and benefits of solar radiation, and that individuals should ...

Gene therapies and obesity drugs have the potential to transform health, but financial innovation is needed to make them accessible to the masses. Policymakers and companies must adapt to cost challenges to bring these treatments to market, with 17 single-dose therapies approved in the US and over 80 expected by 2032.

Europe has experienced a record number of hours of negative power prices due to a mismatch between demand and supply, with solar power generation soaring and producers having to pay to offload power. The oversupply is driving investment in storage solutions, with experts warning that developers may turn back to subsidy schemes and investment in storage is crucial to match renewable energy targets.

You've noticed it's harder to review code from strangers or new colleagues, often assuming it's written by a seasoned developer only to find junior mistakes. You've had to adjust your approach to review code, recognizing that pseudo-sophisticated code can mask junior mistakes.

The Yupana is an ancient Peruvian abacus used for calculations, with only a few surviving examples, and its use and functionality are still not fully understood. The Yupana was used by the Incas for calculations and may have been used for urban planning, with various theories and hypotheses about its use and functionality being proposed by scholars.

A Los Angeles court entered a $16.7 million judgment against Redbox, a DVD rental kiosk company, after it failed to pay a scheduled installment of a settlement with NBCUniversal. The company's financial situation is spiraling out of control, with a growing number of lawsuits and unpaid bills, and the prospect of bankruptcy looming.

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The FDA expanded approval of Elevidys, a gene therapy, to treat Duchenne muscular dystrophy in ambulatory and non-ambulatory individuals 4 years and older with a confirmed mutation in the DMD gene. The therapy was previously approved for ambulatory individuals 4-5 years old and received traditional approval in ambulatory individuals 4 years and older and accelerated approval in non-ambulatory ...

The user shares their 20+ years of experience with Windows, MacOS, and Linux, highlighting pros and cons of each, including gaming, software development, and UI design. They express a desire to see Linux gain more adoption and appreciate the unique features of each operating system.

You asked for a real-life example of three events where A and B are correlated, B and C are correlated, but A and C are uncorrelated, which could be a test for a system's understanding of causation. You also mentioned the importance of distinguishing between confounders, colliders, and partial mediators in determining causality.

Mango Mail monitors IP reputation, provides support, and offers features like aliasing, data backup, and compression to ensure seamless email management. It's a cost-effective option for new businesses to take control of their email and stay organized with a clean overview page.

McDonald's is removing its AI voice recognition ordering system after customers experienced frequent frustrations and order mixups. The company will shut off the technology by July 2024 and is determined to continue exploring voice ordering solutions to avoid human labor.

What can we learn from letting seventh graders take the SAT?In the 1960s, psychologist Julian Stanley realized that if you took the best-testing seventh graders from around the country and gave them standard college entry exams, those kids would score, on average, about as well as the typical college-bound high school senior.

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AI startups OpenAI and Anthropic are ignoring or circumventing a web rule to scrape content for free model training data, despite claiming to respect the rule. This practice undermines the unofficial agreements supporting the use of the robots.txt code, which prevents automated scraping of websites.

A study found that positive experiences in life are linked to better brain health, with older adults who had fewer negative experiences having more efficient mitochondria in their brains. The research suggests that the brain's mitochondria play a key role in translating positive experiences into physical changes that protect the brain, and may even be influenced by mood and stress.

The author explores the concept of an "enchanted forest" where technology and design can bring life and responsiveness to our surroundings, inspired by ancient ideas of animism. Embedded AI can achieve this by placing intelligence in everyday objects, eliminating the need for networks and promoting a more humane and natural coexistence.

Kraken claims that third-party security researchers found a vulnerability and withdrew nearly $3 million, then refused to return the funds without seeing the bounty amount first, calling it "extortion". The researchers, who were later identified as Certik, claim they found several vulnerabilities in Kraken's platform and were threatened by the exchange to repay a mismatched amount of crypto.

Hawaii officials have reached a "historic" settlement with young climate activists, committing to a zero-emission transportation system by 2045 and releasing a roadmap to achieve this goal. The settlement is seen as a major victory for the youth plaintiffs and a model for similar action across the country, with experts noting its significance in focusing on transportation emissions and ...

Melamine cleaning sponges, or "magic erasers", release microplastic fibers (MPFs) during normal use, with the rate and capability of MPF production increasing with metal surface roughness and strut density. The study found that sponge wear can release 6.5 million MPFs per gram, potentially contributing to a global emission of 4.9 trillion MPFs due to sponge consumption.

A robotic spacecraft was spinning wildly, but its software engineers were able to reprogram its software to generate a magnetic current that slowed its spin, saving the mission. This is an example of the crucial role software engineers play in modern space exploration, as they are able to make rapid changes to spacecraft software to fix problems and achieve mission objectives.

Thailand's government has announced its intention to join the BRICS bloc of emerging nations to strengthen its economy and boost its global presence. If approved, Thailand would become the first member from Southeast Asia, and its membership would be consistent with its goal of positioning itself between the US and China.

Chargebacks can destroy a business, so it's essential to understand the reasons behind them, including charge errors and fraudulent transactions, and take steps to prevent and contest them. To bulletproof a business against chargebacks, implement clear refund and cancellation policies, use Stripe's Radar to block fraudulent transactions, and gather evidence to dispute chargebacks.

A 3,300-year-old ship and its cargo were discovered off Israel's coast, indicating ancient seafarers had advanced navigation skills and could travel without a line of sight to land. The ship, found at a depth of 1,800 meters, is one of the oldest known examples of a ship sailing far from land, offering insights into ancient mariner abilities.

DeepSeek-Coder-V2: A 16B & 236B open-source Mixture-of-Experts code language model that achieves performance comparable to GPT4-Turbo in code-specific tasks. ollama show will now show model details such as context length, parameters, embedding size, license and more: