The author purchased tickets to a concert from TicketMaster, which uses a new ticketing system called SafeTix, where tickets are issued as rotating barcodes that cannot be printed or saved offline, making it difficult to transfer or resell tickets. The author discovered that the barcodes can be duplicated by extracting the base64 token property from the TicketMaster API endpoint, allowing ...

Red Hat's nmbl project aims to replace GRUB with a Linux-based, user-space bootloader that leverages the kernel's features and security. The solution, called a unified kernel image, combines the kernel, initramfs, and kernel command line into a single image, eliminating code duplication and improving security.

Boeing agreed to plead guilty to a conspiracy fraud charge related to the 737 Max crashes and pay a $243.6 million fine. The deal spares Boeing from trial and requires the company to invest in compliance and safety programs, as well as meet with crash victims' family members.

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The author distinguishes between persistence and obstinacy, arguing that persistence is a complex phenomenon driven by energy, imagination, resilience, good judgment, and a focus on a goal, whereas obstinacy is a simple and often ineffective resistance to change. The author suggests that persistence is a rare and valuable trait that can lead to success, while obstinacy is a common and often ...

DB4S is a visual, open-source tool for creating, searching, and editing SQLite database files, available for Windows, macOS, and Linux. It provides a spreadsheet-like interface and full SQL query facility, with documentation on the wiki and a 3.13.x-rc1 release candidate available for download.

The research optimizes latency-critical code for high-frequency trading, creating a repository and implementing the Disruptor pattern in C++ to improve speed and profitability. Techniques like Cache Warming and Constexpr show significant gains in latency reduction, with future directions including expanding the repository and testing the optimized trading algorithm in a live environment.

The Onlook editor is a browser-powered visual editor with demo projects in the demos folder, including a standard React app and a Next.js React app. Users can fork the repo, create a pull request, or open issues to suggest improvements or report bugs.

Anna's Archive, a meta-search engine for pirated books, was sued by OCLC for scraping its WorldCat database and making the data available online. OCLC is seeking a default judgment, monetary damages, and injunctive relief, including the destruction of the scraped data and prevention of future scraping, due to the harm caused by the massive data heist.

The terminal's text editing experience is inconsistent across programs due to varying input systems, including readline, custom implementations, and basic text entry. Understanding these differences can help users navigate and troubleshoot text entry issues, making the command line more predictable and less chaotic.

The user attempted to make their own wedding rings using lost PLA casting, but encountered several issues, including defects and imperfections, before finally achieving success with a 90% silver and 10% gold alloy. The user learned valuable lessons about the importance of vacuuming the molten metal, using the right materials, and understanding the chemistry and physics involved in the ...

A retired Olympic ski tuner claimed that skis stay sharp forever if kept dry, but the user's inspection microscope revealed abrasion damage on their own ski edges after only 4 days. The user fixed the damage using a 3D printed jig and diamond stone, and believes a sharp ski is essential for fun skiing on icy days.

The US Department of Justice and FBI seized Z-Library's domains and arrested two Russian nationals, Anton Napolsky and Valeriia Ermakova, accused of criminal copyright infringement, wire fraud, and money laundering. After a lengthy extradition process, Judge Sánchez Freytes ruled in favor of extradition to the US, but the pair disappeared during a house arrest visit, and their current ...

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This is the toolbar. | Select level: | | Got any ideas or feedback? Both are much appreciated at this form. GitHub: deadlockempire/deadlockempire.github.io. Made by Petr Hudeček and Michal Pokorný at HackCambridge 2016.

The author created a program to mirror a 2-inch TFT display on a Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W, allowing it to be used as a handheld console. The program uses SPI to interact with the display, and can switch between rendering modes for tty terminals and X desktops, respecting X display power management.

The author, a former Google employee, has launched Geomys, a firm of professional open source maintainers, with a portfolio of critical Go projects, and is joined by two associate maintainers. The firm offers a new model for companies to pay for the maintenance of their critical open source dependencies, providing a stable income for maintainers and a package deal for clients.

Serif's Affinity creative suite offers a six-month free trial for Affinity Photo, Designer, and Publisher on Mac, PC, and iPad, allowing users to try the software without obligation. The trial is available alongside a 50% discount on perpetual licenses, aimed at soothing concerns about pricing changes after Canva's acquisition of Serif.

Xpra is an open-source tool that allows remote access to individual graphical applications, seamlessly integrating with the client's desktop environment, and supports various network protocols and encryption methods. It can be used to run X11 programs on a remote host, display them locally, and reconnect from the same or another machine without losing state, with features like audio ...

Can you spot the drowning child in this crowded wave pool? An interactive public service announcement. To the untrained eye, drowning can look just like swimming. The Instinctive Drowning Response is frequently missed, even by people nearby.

Alberta's last coal plant went offline, marking the end of coal-fired electricity in the province, a milestone achieved through advocacy and research by various organizations. The experience shows that phasing out coal is possible, and Alberta's transition to cleaner energy can serve as a model for other countries to decarbonize their electricity systems.

A recent update to Roku OS added motion smoothing with no way to turn it off, causing frustration for users who value picture quality. The author, a senior creative director, is disappointed with Roku's lack of response and poor customer support, leading him to consider switching to a different TV brand.

Incidental is still in early development and may have teething problems. Report suggestions, bugs, and ideas on Github issues to help improve the app.

Plausible Analytics is a simple, lightweight, and privacy-friendly alternative to Google Analytics, offering easy-to-understand insights and no cookies or personal data collection. It's also open-source, shareable, and self-hostable, with features like funnel analysis, custom events, and team member roles, making it a great choice for those seeking a more sustainable and transparent analytics solution.

Bitwarden's forwarded email aliases allow users to forward emails to their personal email address while keeping their address private. To set up this feature, users need to create a Bitwarden account, obtain an API token from their chosen email relay service, and configure the feature in Bitwarden's vault entry setup.

The Python package management ecosystem has been fragmented and painful to work with, with many tools and standards leading to redundancy and complexity. However, some promising solutions have emerged, including Poetry, PDM, and uv, which aim to simplify and streamline package management, with uv being the most promising and potentially superseding Poetry in the future.

The author uses reading tracking apps to organize their library and track their reading progress, but is dissatisfied with the social aspects of Goodreads and the lack of updates from Oku and Literal, two alternative apps that have gone silent. The author has found alternative apps, such as Book Tracker and Sequel, that allow for personal curation and tracking of books, and is considering ...

1JPM is a Java-based build tool that allows users to configure their project by editing a single Java file, which can be extended with custom plugins. It provides basic build functionality, including compiling and creating a jar file, and can be customized with dependencies, compiler arguments, and custom tasks.

The Lichee NanoKVM is an IP-KVM product based on LicheeRV Nano, available in two versions: NanoKVM Lite and NanoKVM Full, with varying features and accessories. The product is built on LicheeRV Nano SDK and MaixCDK, and is compatible with materials that use LicheeRV Nano, but not with KVM software for LicheeRV Nano or other SG2002 products.

Homeless people in Russia, known as "street" people, often face significant challenges in regaining a stable life, including difficulties in accessing healthcare, employment, and housing, and may develop a sense of freedom and autonomy from living on the street. Despite these challenges, many homeless individuals, like Sasha and Denis, have adapted to their circumstances and find ways to ...

Google is testing a new ad format in Maps that displays a pop-up notification during navigation, suggesting a detour to a sponsored location. The ad format is similar to Waze's, which has displayed similar ads for years, but it's unclear if Google will follow Waze's approach of only displaying ads when the vehicle is stationary.

Bashbro is a web file browser that allows remote browsing, streaming, and saving files via a web browser, and can run on Windows via WSL. To use Bashbro, clone the repository with `git clone https://github.com/victrixsoft/bashbro.git --depth 1` and access it via `localhost` or your IP address.

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Children's understanding of recursive programming concepts is hindered by their tendency to view recursion as looping, rather than as a suspension of execution and passing of control to a new version of the procedure. This misconception is further complicated by their application of natural language semantics to programming commands, leading to difficulties in understanding the flow of ...

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The fundamental attribution error, coined by psychologist Lee Ross, is the tendency to overemphasize the role of personality and underemphasize the role of situation in explaining human behavior. Awareness of this error can help cultivate cognitive empathy, which is essential for solving non-zero-sum problems and reducing conflict, but it is a challenging and complex process that requires ...

The book "Bullshit Jobs" by David Graeber argues that many jobs in modern society are unnecessary and exist solely to make rich people feel good about themselves, but the author's approach is flawed and lacks substance. The book's theory is not supported by evidence, and the author's claims are often based on anecdotal stories rather than rigorous research.

John Calhoun's "mouse heaven" experiment, where mice lived in a utopia with no predators or disease, surprisingly led to social problems and eventually the population's collapse. The experiment's findings have been interpreted in various ways, including warnings about human overpopulation, the dangers of socialism, and the importance of social roles.

In October 2023, @bnoordhuis and @saghul forked QuickJS to reignite it, and after initial progress, the original authors resumed work and both parties agreed to merge the projects.

San Francisco's office vacancy rate reached a record 34.5% in Q2, with average asking rent dropping to $68.27 per square foot, due to the pandemic and tech industry slowdown. While AI startups are signing large leases, the market is still struggling, with companies looking to reduce their footprint and relocate to higher-quality space in desirable areas.

Google's infrastructure design in 1998 marked a shift towards warehouse-scale computing (WSC), which has since evolved to become the mainstream approach for hyperscale companies and cloud platforms. Over the past two decades, WSC has optimized for web search, AI/ML computing, and is poised to be the foundation for future cloud computing.

rebuf is a Golang implementation of WAL (Write Ahead||After Logging) which can also be used to log data bytes during a downstream service issue which can later be replayed on-demand This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for more information. If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to reach out to the author on GitHub: @stym06.

Footage filmed in the Spanish city over the weekend shows diners in popular tourist areas being squirted with water pistols and crowds of protesters chanting "tourists go home". The mayor of Barcelona recently pledged to eliminate short-term tourist lets in the city within five years.4 days ago

Dark mode, which swaps the standard white background for black, has become popular among developers and is now available on various devices and apps, but its benefits are disputed, with some claiming it helps concentration and eye strain while others argue it has no significant effects. While dark mode may offer some benefits, such as battery saving and reduced blue light emission, its impact ...

Lazarus 3.4, a bugfix release, is available for download with fixes listed on GitLab and release notes on the Lazarus website. The release supports various operating systems and architectures, including Windows, FreeBSD, Linux, and Mac OS X, with minimum requirements listed.

You have three blogs on separate domains, each with its own instance of software, and you're considering consolidating them under your name domain with categories to maintain audience segmentation. You're willing to accept potential SEO and reader churn drawbacks, but think proper categorization can mitigate these issues.

The user discusses their interest in MicroPython and tiny computing environments, and how they found a $50 smartwatch with a MicroPython environment, the PineTime, which they modified to work with WASP-OS. They provide a step-by-step guide on how to set up the watch with MicroPython, including flashing the bootloader and installing the MicroPython environment.

A new law in Florida requires transparency for red light camera programs, which generate significant revenue for some cities, with West Miami relying on them for 15% of its total revenue. The law aims to increase transparency by requiring annual reports and public approval of contracts, as some cities have faced criticism for using the cameras to generate revenue rather than improve public safety.

The author is rewriting React from scratch, starting with the basics of JSX and DOM elements, and gradually adding features such as rendering, updating, and deleting nodes, as well as implementing hooks like useState. The goal is to create a simplified version of React that can be used as a learning tool, and the author encourages readers to contribute to the project by adding features and ...

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 ...

Japanese Quails were the first vertebrates to hatch in space, with the first successful hatching occurring on March 22, 1990, on the Mir space station. Despite initial successes, subsequent experiments faced challenges, including high mortality rates, deformities, and difficulties in feeding and caring for the quails in microgravity.

Quicklang is a pay-as-you-go service that allows users to effortlessly translate JSON files into any language, automating the process and ensuring consistency across all translations. The service offers a budget-based system, where users can purchase credits to translate content, with the option to edit or add destination translations manually for free.

Micro Agent is a tool that generates code and iterates on it until it passes a test case, using AI to handle the generation and iteration process. It can be run in interactive mode, and users can provide a test script, prompt, and design to guide the code generation, with options to customize the model, API endpoint, and other settings.

The Trigger.dev team discovered and fixed various reliability and performance issues in their Node.js application caused by event loop lag, which was identified through monitoring and debugging. The team implemented fixes such as limiting the number of logs, adding pagination, and optimizing task processing to reduce event loop lag and improve overall performance.

LibreOfficeKit API allows developers to access LibreOffice functionalities in C/C++ without dependencies, enabling applications to load, display, edit, save, and convert LibreOffice/MS Office files. The API can be used to create applications with LibreOffice UI, such as a small editor, and for tasks like document conversion, making it a more efficient alternative to the older UNO API.

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The airline industry's adoption of algorithmic pricing, facilitated by ATPCO, has led to a proliferation of similar schemes across various sectors, including real estate, agriculture, and healthcare, where companies use machine-learning algorithms to fix prices and maximize profits. The Biden administration's antitrust regulators are now cracking down on these practices, which they argue are ...

The author of the article has been trying to get IBM to talk about Db2, a 40-year-old relational database, for over four years without success. Despite Db2's reliability and widespread use, IBM seems unwilling to discuss its future plans, leaving the tech world to speculate about its prospects.

Glest is a free 3D real-time strategy game with two factions, Tech and Magic, and a game engine for creating strategy games. The game has received awards and has a community forum for discussion, bug reporting, and sharing user-created content.

Negative temperatures are a phenomenon where a system can have a temperature lower than absolute zero, but not colder than absolute zero. This occurs when the system has a limited number of energy states, and the temperature is defined as the inverse of the derivative of the entropy with respect to energy, which can lead to a negative value.

The question "rate your knowledge of techonolgy X out of 10" is ambiguous and open to multiple interpretations, making it difficult to determine a correct answer. The question's ambiguity forces candidates to play a guessing game to determine what answer the interviewer wants to hear, rather than assessing their actual knowledge.

As a paying customer, I'm experiencing "Are you Human?" tasks on the ChatGPT website, which involve rotating objects to match a mannequin's hand, but these tasks are challenging due to unclear object directions. I'm puzzled by this, as I'm logged in and a paying customer, and believe this is a training exercise rather than a traditional captcha.

RISC-V, a free and open-source computer instruction set architecture, is gaining popularity in the AI and machine learning industry, with the number of chips including RISC-V technology expected to grow 73.6% per year to 2027. Esperanto Technologies has created the first high-performance RISC-V AI processor, which is designed to compete against powerful GPUs in AI-recommendation systems and ...

Good morning with good news: Renewables generated 95% of Portugal's electricity in May & 92% in June! Portugal went from 37% RE in June 2019 to 92% in June 2024. Rapid decarbonization in 5 years. Wind and solar skyrocketed from 25% in June 2019 to 53% in June 2024! Wow!

The Red Sea shipping route has been disrupted by Houthi attacks, leading to increased freight costs and longer travel times, with shipping companies adapting by becoming more flexible and rerouting around Africa. The crisis is expected to continue, potentially overwhelming shipping companies and leading to further price spikes, with experts warning of increased greenhouse gas emissions and a ...

Olga Tokarczuk reflects on the changing world and the need to adapt to new complexities, citing the example of the engraving by Camille Flammarion, which depicts a wanderer reaching the limits of the world and marveling at its harmony and magnitude. She argues that literature has the capacity to show the world in its totality, connecting and showing the enormity of the correspondence between ...

Ford's electric F-150 Lightning has struggled to gain traction due to its high price tag, with only 24,000 units sold out of 750,000 F-Series trucks sold last year. However, the prices of used electric vehicles have plummeted, making them a more affordable option, with some models selling for less than $24,000 and taking only 30 days to sell.

The ROS tool provides a React API for subscribing, publishing, and making service calls from the web, using Transitive's MQTTSync protocol, which has advantages over rosbridge. The tool allows for real-time data transfer between the robot and the web, with limitations in the free version, and is suitable for small payloads, but not ideal for heavy payloads like video streams or ...

The study found that humans exhibit "nasty neighbor" behavior, where they invest more in competition with individuals from their own group than with out-group members or strangers, despite being more cooperative with in-group members in other contexts. This behavior is independent of in-group favoritism in cooperation and is associated with perceived resource scarcity and status concerns, ...

The emergence of eyed needles in the archaeological record is associated with the development of more complex clothing and the need for finer sewing, which was likely driven by the need for thermal insulation in colder environments. The eyed needles were used not only for practical sewing but also for attaching decorative elements, marking a shift from body decoration to clothing as dress, ...

You visited Åland Islands, Finland, to celebrate your father's 70th birthday, but were disappointed by the lack of tourist infrastructure and anti-growth policies, which limited your spending and experience. In contrast, Gotland, Sweden, has a thriving tourist industry, with many shops, restaurants, and events, which benefits the local community.

Google DeepMind's new JEST training method accelerates AI model training by an order of magnitude, achieving 13 times more performance and 10 times higher power efficiency than other methods. The method relies on high-quality training data and could help reduce the environmental impact of AI data centers, but its adoption by major players remains uncertain.

The Cyber Safety Review Board failed to investigate the SolarWinds hack, missing an opportunity to prevent future attacks by not examining Microsoft's security culture and weaknesses. The board's decision not to investigate SolarWinds has been criticized by experts and lawmakers, who say it has hindered efforts to improve cybersecurity and prevent similar attacks.

A court in Ecuador ruled that pollution has violated the rights of the Machángara River, ordering the government to create a plan to clean it up. The river, which runs through Quito, is heavily polluted with effluents and contaminants, making it difficult for aquatic life to thrive.

The author proposes a new concept called "Transformations" which are simple operations that change the behavior of code, and suggests that these transformations have a preferred order based on complexity, which can be used to prevent impasses in the red/green/refactor cycle of Test-Driven Development (TDD). The author also suggests that the sequence of tests, transformations, and refactorings ...