A small, red ball lives in your dock, allowing you to drag, swipe, and interact with it in various ways. The ball's behavior is inspired by a widget from the OS X Dashboard and was created by extending a Gist to estimate the dock icon's position when clicked.

A Chinese company injected malware into the Polyfill JS project, affecting over 100,000 sites, including JSTOR, Intuit, and World Economic Forum. The malware, which targets mobile devices, redirects users to a sports betting site and has specific protection against reverse engineering, and experts recommend not using Polyfill due to modern browser support.

The European Commission has accused Microsoft of violating antitrust rules by bundling its Teams app with business software, restricting competition and giving Teams an unfair advantage. Microsoft has been given the chance to respond to the accusations, which could result in a fine or forced changes to satisfy competition concerns.

Local-first software aims to give users control over their data, but it still requires an online component for syncing, which can be problematic if the company goes out of business. Using a widely available cloud-based file-syncing solution like Dropbox or Syncthing can provide a simple and interoperable solution for syncing data, even if it's not optimal.

Windows 11 requires users to sign in with a Microsoft account during setup, but users can still use a local account with some workarounds. Microsoft has removed instructions on converting a Microsoft account to a local account, but various methods still exist to bypass the requirement, including using a command prompt or Rufus tool.

Waymo has opened its autonomous ride-hailing service to the public in San Francisco, providing safe, sustainable, and reliable transportation to locals and visitors. With a focus on safety, Waymo's fleet is all-electric and sources 100% renewable energy, and the company has already helped curb carbon emissions by an estimated 570,000 kg since its commercial operations began in August 2023.

The author designed a large interactive wall art using flipdiscs, a display technology that uses electromagnetic pulses to flip small discs between two colors. The project involved coding and designing a board with 84 discs, using a microcontroller, and pairing it with a Nvidia Orin Nano and other components for processing and rendering.

The website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks and has blocked the user's action. The user can email the site owner to report the block and include details of what they were doing when the page came up.

Dotenvx is a new configuration management tool that solves problems of inconsistency across platforms, multiple environments, and security leaks, building on the success of the original dotenv package. It features encryption, multi-environment support, and a consistent behavior across languages, frameworks, and platforms, making it the next generation of configuration management.

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Triplit is a real-time syncing datastore that provides a full-stack database solution for storing and querying data in any JavaScript environment. It includes a CLI tool, console app, and React library for building real-time applications, with a getting started guide and tutorials available for developers.

Glasskube is an open-source package manager for Kubernetes that simplifies deploying, updating, and configuring packages 20 times faster than Helm or Kustomize. It offers a user-friendly UI, CLI, and GitOps integration for easy package management, dependency management, and safe updates.

The author debugged the QuickLook process to fix an issue with rounded corners on images, which was caused by the enableBorder method being called instead of disableBorder. To fix the issue, the author used a Python script to patch the updateCornerRadius method to return immediately and then patched the enableBorder method to jump to the disableBorder method.

China's Chang'e-6 mission successfully returned samples from the far side of the moon, a technological feat that no other country has achieved. The samples, collected from the South Pole-Aitken basin, could shed light on the moon's early history and potentially the origins of life on Earth.

Microsoft's Surface Laptop 7 and Surface Pro 11 devices have shown significant improvements in repairability, with the laptop scoring an 8/10 and the tablet scoring well in its own category. The devices feature QR codes, Wayfinder markers, and accessible components, making it easier for users to repair and maintain their devices.

Researchers at the University of Copenhagen have created a new bioplastic made from barley starch and sugarbeet fiber that is 100% biodegradable and can decompose in nature within two months. The material, which is stronger and more durable than current bioplastics, has the potential to replace traditional plastics and help reduce plastic pollution and climate emissions.

The author discusses interval arithmetic, a way to represent uncertainty in measurements, and its applications in computer science and manufacturing. They also mention the limitations and potential uses of interval arithmetic, including its potential to replace floating-point numbers in some cases.

AMD's Radeon Instinct MI300X is a massive compute-focused GPU that challenges NVIDIA's dominance in the market, featuring a chiplet setup, 256 MB Infinity Cache, and 5.3 TB/s of bandwidth. While the MI300X outperforms NVIDIA's H100 in many tests, its software stack, ROCm, still lags behind CUDA, and widespread support for ROCm across AMD's products is needed to truly compete with NVIDIA.

EU regulators have charged Microsoft with illegally bundling its Teams chat app with Office 365 and Microsoft 365 subscriptions, citing antitrust violations. Microsoft could face a fine of up to 10% of its annual turnover and be forced to change its software products if found guilty.

Twonkie is a USB-PD sniffer/injector/sink designed for hobbyists, using a four-layer PCB and leaded parts for easier soldering. The project is open-source, with Gerbers available for fabrication and firmware binaries provided, and users can customize the design with alternative parts and modifications.

Researchers at MIT have found that Titan's large seas are likely shaped by waves, which could be strong enough to erode the coastlines. The team used simulations to model the erosion of shorelines on Titan and found that the shapes of the coastlines are consistent with erosion by waves, rather than uniform erosion or no erosion at all.

The US Postal Service has shared information from thousands of Americans' letters and packages with law enforcement every year for the past decade, with 97% of requests approved. A group of senators has urged the agency to require a federal judge to approve the requests, citing concerns over warrantless surveillance and lack of transparency.

Create a project with a name and description, and share it with your organization. Add content to the project knowledge base for Claude to use as context in chats within the project, and star the project for quick access.

Researchers from UC Santa Cruz developed a new large language model that eliminates matrix multiplication, a computationally expensive element, and achieves the same performance as state-of-the-art models while consuming only 13 watts of power, equivalent to powering a lightbulb. The custom hardware design enables the model to operate more efficiently, with the potential to further optimize ...

Denver's basic income pilot program provided $1,000 a month to over 800 people experiencing homelessness, resulting in 45% securing their own housing and reduced reliance on emergency services. The program's success has sparked interest in translating pilots into policy, with states like California and New Mexico proposing basic income programs and Denver leaders hoping to extend the program ...

The author gave a talk about accessing Large Language Models from the command-line, focusing on their LLM Python command-line utility and ways to use it to explore LLMs and perform useful tasks. The talk covered various features of LLM, including plugins, embedding models, and RAG (Retrieval Augmented Generation), and demonstrated how to use LLM to run prompts, scrape websites, and implement RAG.

Ashley Madison, a dating site for married people, was hacked in 2015, revealing a scam where the company created fake women, mostly chatbots, to lure men into paying for subscriptions. The hack exposed a prototype for modern social media platforms, where AI-generated content and bots dominate, making it difficult to find real human interactions.

NOFX, a punk rock band, is embarking on a farewell tour after 40 years, with 40 cities and 40 songs per concert, promising no reunion tours. The band members, who developed a DIY ethos, are experiencing mixed emotions about saying goodbye, but are committed to ending their career on their own terms.

Researchers analyzed popular chatbot models and found that many claim to be "open source" but lack transparency, with some big firms reaping benefits while disclosing little information. The study highlights the importance of true openness in AI models, as it boosts science, accountability, and innovation, and warns that the EU's AI Act may inadvertently promote "open-washing" practices.

The rise of high-tech running shoes, known as "supershoes," has transformed the sport of distance running, with many top athletes relying on these shoes to gain a competitive edge. However, the impact of supershoes on the sport is a topic of debate, with some arguing that they have changed the game too quickly and unfairly, while others see them as a necessary innovation that has helped to ...

Alfred Winslow Jones, a journalist and sociologist, founded the world's first hedge fund in 1949, using a unique investment strategy that combined long and short positions to minimize risk and maximize returns. Jones's innovative approach, which included using leverage and short-selling, earned his fund a cumulative return of nearly 5000% over its first 20 years, and his legacy continues to ...

Compilers can optimize code that contains undefined behavior (UB) by making assumptions about the program, such as assuming a variable will not be zero, and can even remove code that is known to be UB if it is not used. The behavior of compilers when handling UB can vary, with some compilers like clang being more lenient and others like gcc being more conservative, and there is no guarantee ...

Paramount, the parent company of MTV, has deleted over 20 years of news archives, replacing them with a placeholder site for reality shows, erasing music and political reporting. The move has sparked outrage among former and current writers, who see their work and histories being erased, with some managing to save a few articles on the WaybackMachine.com.

Django is modernizing, adding built-in background tasks and integrating an existing project, django-tasks, which supports multiple queues and backends. The user discusses various issues and limitations, including debugging and transcience, and expresses hope for the project's development and adoption.

A new study finds that xylitol, a sugar substitute, has similar cardiovascular effects to erythritol, including platelet activation and increased risk of adverse coronary events. The author recommends avoiding sugar alcohols and artificial sweeteners, and calls for further research on their potential effects on glucose tolerance and cardiovascular health.

Indonesia's national datacenter was hit by ransomware, disrupting services and affecting 210 institutions, including immigration and student registration. The government has not said if it will pay the demanded ransom of $8 million, which is a significant amount compared to the country's budget for new app development.

Hi everyone, we have an important update for the community. Material Design is focusing on support for Google's large-scale internal Wiz framework, and has reassigned the engineers working on M...

Boredom is a morally fraught phenomenon that can lead to avoidance, resignation, or inauthentic pursuits, but it can also be a catalyst for self-reflection and growth if approached with practical wisdom and a willingness to engage with everyday focal practices. By adopting a more mindful and attentive approach to life, individuals can overcome the temptation to seek constant stimulation and ...

The Israeli government has launched a covert operation to influence American political debate, using a network of non-profit organizations and advocacy groups to shape public opinion on issues related to Israel and Palestine. The operation, led by Israeli Minister Amichai Chikli, has spent millions of dollars on public relations campaigns, lobbying efforts, and covert social media operations ...

Mozilla is developing Firefox's future with a focus on empowering users to choose their own path, simplifying the online experience, and protecting privacy. The company is introducing AI features in Firefox Nightly, including an opt-in experiment offering access to preferred AI services for improved productivity and user choice.

Researchers have developed a new method to run AI language models more efficiently by eliminating matrix multiplication, which could significantly reduce power usage and operational costs. The technique, which uses a custom FPGA chip, achieves similar performance to conventional large language models while using only 13 watts of power, a 38-fold decrease from traditional methods.

The Tomb of Nefertari, QV66, is located in the Valley of the Queens near Luxor, Egypt, and is the burial site of Pharaoh Ramesses II's principal wife. The tomb, discovered in 1904, is renowned for its exquisite and well-preserved wall paintings.

The user believes that a theory of Complex Systems could have far-reaching implications, enabling the solution of many questions across various fields, including economics, biology, medicine, and climate studies. They envision a theory that would provide a common framework for understanding complex systems, enabling the development of new tools and approaches that could accelerate scientific ...

Sergei Eisenstein's film "Ivan the Terrible" was heavily criticized by Stalin and the Soviet government for its perceived ideological and artistic flaws, leading to the director's forced apology and eventual death. The film's production was halted, and the footage was destroyed, with Stalin personally intervening to dictate the film's content and tone, emphasizing the need for historical ...

FiddleCube generates a question-answer dataset for testing LLMs, and the provided dataset needs to be diverse and updated regularly to match changing prompts and RAG contexts. The dataset includes 10 generated questions and answers based on two input sentences, with scores and question types.

The article introduces the basics of linear algebra, including scalars, vectors, and matrices, and explains how to create them using PyTorch. It also covers element-wise operations, such as addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division, as well as more complex operations like the sigmoid and ReLU functions.

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Exposure to brighter light at night is associated with a higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes, with a dose-dependent relationship observed between light exposure and diabetes risk. The study found that reducing night light exposure could attenuate an individual's susceptibility to developing diabetes, even in those with high genetic risk, and that this relationship was independent of ...

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The user stored private YouTube videos of their kids for 6 years, but their account was shut down and they lost the appeal. The user is advised to use Google Photos and Google Takeout for storing personal videos and to back up data regularly to prevent loss of access.

The input is a code snippet for the Igneous Linearizer, a tool that allows for literate programming by converting Obsidian Markdown files into a hyperstring format that can be used as a source code. The code defines various functions for parsing and transforming the hyperstrings, including functions for parsing frontmatter, stripping Dataview attributes, and linearizing the hyperstrings.

As a primary care doctor and clinical ethicist, the author emphasizes the importance of advance care planning and open conversations about end-of-life decisions, highlighting the need to consider individual circumstances, frailty risk assessments, and the potential burdens of life-sustaining interventions. The author also shares their personal preference for a low-tech exit at home, ...

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Sohu is a specialized AI chip that can process 500,000 tokens per second, replacing 160 H100 GPUs. It's designed specifically for transformer models, offering high performance, but limited to only running transformer-based AI models.

Mozilla is investigating third-party websites offering Firefox downloads, which may pose security risks, and is seeking help from users to identify these sites. Users can participate by searching for Firefox downloads using different keywords, reporting unofficial sites, and providing information about the download process to help Mozilla improve distribution practices.

Count Binface is a satirical perennial candidate created by British comedian Jonathan David Harvey, who has run in several UK elections, including the 2019 general election, 2021 and 2024 London mayoral elections, and the 2024 general election. Binface's platform includes a range of humorous and often absurd policies, such as bringing back Ceefax, returning 20,001 police officers to the ...

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Israel's Supreme Court ruled that ultra-Orthodox men must be drafted into the military, ending a decades-old system of exemptions, which could lead to the collapse of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's governing coalition. The ruling applies to around 66,000 ultra-Orthodox men eligible for enlistment, and the military is expected to begin drafting them, potentially causing friction within ...

The user rediscovered their love for programming after a decade-long hiatus, sparked by working with a Raspberry Pi Pico and adopting modern frameworks and best practices. They now prefer solo or small-team projects, focusing on direct customer value and enjoying the process, rather than being part of a large team or working on feature-shops.

The author predicts that the rise of Large Language Models (LLMs) will lead to a significant shift in the software development industry, where LLMs will write most of the code, making junior developers less marketable and potentially leading to a market crash. To survive this change, junior developers should focus on gaining experience, learning algorithms, data structures, and software ...

Slack will start deleting messages and files older than one year from free workspaces on a rolling basis starting August 26, 2024, and users will have access to the past 90 days of message and file history. Upgrading to a paid subscription will allow users to keep all message and file history, while those who choose not to upgrade will have their data deleted according to the free workspace policy.

The website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks and has blocked the user's action. The user can email the site owner to report the block and include details of what they were doing when the page came up.

Gareth Jenkins, a former Fujitsu engineer, defended the Post Office's Horizon IT system, saying it did a "good job" despite bugs and errors. He disputed the findings of a High Court trial, infuriating subpostmasters who were convicted using the system.

A group of European artists, creatives, publishers, and associations are uniting to raise awareness about the exploitation of their data and intellectual properties by AI companies without their consent, and are calling for EU-level regulation to protect their rights. The European Guild for Artificial Intelligence Regulation (EGAIR) is seeking funding to support their campaign, which aims to ...

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Transformers etched into silicon. By burning the transformer architecture into our chips, we're creating the world's most powerful servers for transformer inference.

The user has mixed experiences with AI tools, finding them helpful for basic explanations, research, and language learning, but also prone to inaccuracies and hallucinations. They use AI to supplement their learning, but also rely on traditional resources and critical thinking to verify information and avoid being misled.

In the early 20th century, mobile homes on wheels emerged as a unique form of housing, offering flexibility and adventure to those seeking a more transient lifestyle. These early RVs, often converted goods trucks or custom-built, presented challenges in terms of heating, plumbing, and insulation, but symbolized a time of American history when individuals sought the open road and community.

Miguel de Cervantes' "Don Quixote" illustrates the concept of "the purpose of a system is what it does" (POSIWID), where outcomes often differ from stated intentions. This concept is reflected in real-world systems, including housing, unemployment benefits, and family policies, where personal interests and contradictions can shape policy positions.

Volkswagen invests up to $5 billion in Rivian, a struggling electric truck maker, to develop software for electric vehicles. The deal provides cash to Rivian and access to software expertise for Volkswagen, with vehicles using the new software set to launch in the second half of the decade.

Claude.ai introduces Projects, allowing users to organize chats and knowledge into curated sets, enhancing workflows and decision-making. The feature includes custom instructions, a 200K context window, and Artifacts for generating content, and is available for Pro and Team customers, with a focus on collaboration and user privacy.

The author, who left his day job in 2012 to focus on his online business, reflects on the challenges and rewards of entrepreneurship, noting that it's harder than having a day job but offers more freedom and pride in one's work. He emphasizes the importance of patience, persistence, and taking calculated risks, and shares his own experiences and insights on building a successful online business.

The Java Platform is enhancing its object model by introducing value objects, which are objects that do not have identity and are distinguished solely by their field values, allowing for improved memory footprint, locality, and garbage collection efficiency. Value classes, which are classes that represent simple domain values and have no identity, can be declared and used in Java programs, ...

In Japan, declining something is often done indirectly, without saying "no", which can cause confusion for non-Japanese business people. To overcome this, interpreters and business people need to understand the cultural context and nuances of Japanese communication, and adjust their style accordingly.

Ray Kurzweil's book "The Singularity Is Nearer" explores the future of artificial intelligence, predicting a revolutionary future that is closer than expected, and raises profound philosophical questions. The book is praised by experts and thought leaders, including Yuval Noah Harari, Mustafa Suleyman, and Tony Robbins, for its clarity, accuracy, and hopeful vision of the future.

Guy Raz's podcast question about luck vs hard work often sparks convoluted responses, while a straightforward answer acknowledging hard work and smarts is more inspiring and attainable. Thoughtful effort can manufacture luck, making entrepreneurship seem more accessible and achievable.

The European Commission has informed Microsoft that it may have breached EU antitrust rules by tying its Teams communication and collaboration product to its Office 365 and Microsoft 365 suites, restricting competition and defending its market position. The Commission is concerned that this conduct may have prevented Teams' rivals from competing and innovating, to the detriment of customers ...

Solar energy has experienced a rapid growth rate, driven by declining costs and increasing demand, and is expected to continue to grow exponentially, potentially becoming the world's largest source of primary energy by the 2040s. The industry's growth is fueled by the commoditization of solar panels, the development of new technologies such as batteries and green hydrogen, and the increasing ...

Andy Tanenbaum, creator of MINIX, has been honored with the ACM Software System prize for his creation of the MINIX operating system, which has had a significant influence on the FOSS world. MINIX 3, a true microkernel OS, is widely used in Intel processors and has been distributed under the BSD license, but its development has slowed since Tanenbaum's retirement.

A monitoring and status board for websites. Test how your websites respond to external checks, get notified when something goes wrong. Server-Agent architecture: The server is responsible for storing the configuration and the results of the checks. The agent is responsible for running the checks and sending the results to the server.

The EvolutionaryScale company has developed ESM3, a frontier language model for the life sciences that can generate new proteins and simulate evolution, with the potential to revolutionize biology and medicine. ESM3 is a generative model that can reason over the sequence, structure, and function of proteins, and can be used to design new proteins with specific properties, such as fluorescent ...

Intel erratum SKX102 “Processor May Behave Unpredictably Under Complex Sequence of Conditions Which Involve Branches That Cross 64-Byte Boundaries” applies to: Intel® Celeron® Processor 4000 Series Intel® Celeron® Processor G Series 10th...

Fastmail has laid off 60% of its bargaining unit, including the bargaining committee, citing a surprise restructure, but the union was able to negotiate a better severance package. As a result, the remaining union workers are seeking support from customers and the public to continue their contract negotiations, and some customers are considering switching to alternative email providers.

Ubuntu 24.10 will default to Wayland instead of X11 for NVIDIA graphics drivers, thanks to improved Wayland support in the official NVIDIA driver. The change was made to the GDM session manager, dropping patches that previously preferred X11 for NVIDIA users.

Marine biologist Suzanne Edmands discovered significant differences in gene activity within the mitochondria of males and females, which could lead to the development of sex-specific therapies for mitochondrial diseases. The study found that males have higher expression of genes related to energy metabolism, while females have higher expression of genes related to mitochondrial maintenance, ...

GitHub is where people build software. More than 100 million people use GitHub to discover, fork, and contribute to over 420 million projects.

You're trying to access a 14-year-old YouTube channel linked to a Hotmail address, but it requires 2FA phone number, which you don't have. You're concerned that without support, your account may be lost forever due to the merge attempt.

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Akamai Technologies released a report on the security and business threats posed by web scraping bots, which compose 42% of overall web traffic and 65% are malicious. The report highlights the impact of scraper bots on ecommerce, including competitive intelligence and espionage, and provides mitigation strategies against these bots.

Researchers at Stanford used AI to analyze brain activity in 1,500 young adults and found significant differences between male and female brains, with no overlap, suggesting distinct neural connectivity and cognitive functions. The study's findings contradict previous claims of a continuum and imply that men and women's brains are fundamentally different, with different determinants of ...

Tesla CEO Elon Musk confirmed diverting 12,000 Nvidia chips to his other companies, citing warehouse space issues. Musk estimates Tesla will buy $3-4 billion in Nvidia chips this year, despite previous reports of exaggerated procurement.

Materials Nexus, a UK deep-tech company, has designed a rare-earth-free permanent magnet using its AI platform, which can identify materials 200 times faster than traditional methods. The magnet, named MagNex, can be produced at 20% the material cost of current rare earth magnets and has 70% reduced material carbon emissions, offering a promising alternative for electric vehicles and other ...

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TDK Corporation has developed a solid-state battery with 1,000 watt-hours per liter, 100 times more energy-dense than its previous battery, suitable for small devices like wearables and smartwatches. While this breakthrough is promising, scaling up the technology for larger devices like electric vehicles and smartphones remains a significant engineering challenge.

The Associated Press is setting up a sister organization to raise money for state and local news reporting, as the crisis in the sector shows no signs of abating. The organization will solicit philanthropic donations to boost coverage, both within the AP and through outside organizations, to help fill the gap left by the decline of local newspapers.

Atomic operations in Go are not necessarily safe or predictable when composed together. The final value of a counter is only guaranteed if the operation is sequence-independent, such as the Add() function, which can be executed in any order without changing the result.

First-class continuations enable non-deterministic choices, assertion-based programming, and cooperative multitasking in languages like Scheme. They allow for efficient iteration over complex data structures, exception handling, and simulation of preemptive multithreading.

The author, a Figma engineer, recounts their journey to add support for Apple's squircle shape to their design tool, involving mathematical calculations and constraints, and ultimately arriving at a simple yet effective solution. The story highlights the importance of simplicity, constraint satisfaction, and usability in design, and the trade-offs between perfection and practicality in ...

Microsoft's new Surface Laptop is a significant improvement over previous attempts at Windows on Arm, with a powerful Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus processor, impressive battery life, and a sleek design. While it's not perfect, with some apps still requiring emulation and limited gaming capabilities, the Surface Laptop is a strong competitor to the MacBook Air, offering a Windows-powered laptop ...

Biangbiang noodles are a type of Chinese noodle originating from Shaanxi cuisine, known for their thickness and length, and are often hand-made. The character for biang is a unique and complex character with 58 strokes in its traditional form, and its origins are unclear, with various legends and hypotheses surrounding its creation.

The Gompertz curve is a mathematical model that describes the growth of a population or a tumor, with the growth rate slowing down as the population or tumor size increases, and it is widely used in biology, medicine, and economics to model various phenomena. The curve is characterized by a sigmoid shape, with an initial rapid growth phase followed by a slower growth phase, and it has been ...

The author debugged the QuickLook process to fix an issue with rounded corners on images, which was caused by the enableBorder method being called instead of disableBorder. To fix the issue, the author used a Python script to patch the updateCornerRadius method to return immediately and then patched the enableBorder method to jump to the disableBorder method.