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Scientists have discovered a molecular defect that promotes lupus and found that reversing this defect may potentially reverse the disease. The defect is caused by insufficient activation of the aryl hydrocarbon receptor, which regulates immune responses, and can be corrected by activating this pathway or limiting excessive interferon in the blood.

AMD is acquiring Silo AI for $665mn to compete with Nvidia. The Financial Times offers digital access to quality journalism with various subscription options.

The user tests VLMs on various tasks, including counting intersecting circles, nested squares, and rows/columns in grids, as well as following paths in subway maps. The results show VLMs struggle with tasks that require counting overlapping or nested shapes, but perform well on simpler tasks.

Dut is a command-line tool that displays a tree of the biggest directories and their disk usage, with options to limit rows and depth. It is fast, but can be outperformed by other programs in certain scenarios, such as when disk caches are not populated.

The author shares their experiences and observations while writing an x86 and AMD64 emulator for Time Travel Debugging, highlighting various quirks and nuances of the x86 instruction set, including alternate encodings, prefix bytes, and segment registers. The author notes that writing a CPU emulator is a great way to gain a deep understanding of how a CPU works, and shares some interesting ...

Ariane 6, Europe's new heavy-lift rocket, successfully made its inaugural flight from French Guiana, demonstrating its capabilities and versatility. The rocket carried several satellites and experiments into orbit, marking a new era for European space access and paving the way for future commercial flights.

The paper studies baby naming by assuming parents choose unique names and creates a tractable model that captures the real world. The study is extended with numerical experiments and analysis of large language models, with avenues for future research discussed.

Crocotile 3D is a program that allows users to create 3D models and environments using tiles, with the ability to export to various file formats. A registration code is required to save and export creations, but a demo is available for evaluation and testing.

RouteLLM is a framework for serving and evaluating LLM routers, allowing for cost-effective routing between strong and weak models while maintaining quality. It includes pre-trained routers and a calibration process to optimize routing performance, with support for multiple benchmarks and model pairs.

SimSig is a PC-based simulation that puts you in the role of a signaller, operating signals and points to get trains to their destinations on time, with various areas to operate and multiplayer options. The simulation features a timetable editor, user-contributed timetables, and automation options like ARS, allowing for a realistic and engaging experience.

Strflow is a note-taking app that allows effortless note-taking with instant access and encryption of data on devices and iCloud. The Strflow Plus plan offers advanced features, including iCloud sync and backup, for $1.49/month or $14.99/year.

GamesBeat is partnering with Lil Snack to offer customized games for its audience. The Girls in Tech nonprofit, founded 17 years ago, is closing its doors due to "sadness and devastation" after helping over 250,000 women in tech worldwide.

Posting is a TUI application that enables efficient keyboard-centric workflows over SSH, storing requests in simple YAML files for easy reading and version control. It features various notable features such as jump mode navigation, environments/variables system, syntax highlighting, and a command palette, allowing users to access functionality quickly.

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Physicists in the UK and Switzerland created the most complex maze ever devised using fractal geometry and chess principles, generating routes that describe quasicrystals, a rare form of matter. The research has implications for solving complex mathematical problems and improving carbon capture via adsorption, as quasicrystals may be better suited for this process due to their irregular ...

Ed Stone, the former director of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Voyager project scientist, has died at 88 years old, leaving behind a legacy of leading the longest robotic space mission in history. Stone was a key figure in the Voyager mission, guiding daily press conferences and making crucial decisions during the spacecraft's flybys of the solar system's planets.

The "BIG BALL OF MUD" is a common software architecture that emerges from a combination of factors, including time constraints, lack of resources, and the need for quick fixes, leading to a system that is difficult to maintain and understand. To deal with BIG BALLS OF MUD, one can either keep the system healthy through refactoring and consolidation, throw it away and start over, or surrender ...

The author describes the challenges of building a tool that can run on both NixOS and normal Linux, and how they developed a meta-loader to resolve the issue of dynamic library dependencies. The meta-loader uses the RPATH and RUNPATH headers in the executable to determine the correct loader to use, and can be used to run binaries on both NixOS and normal Linux without modification.

Physical neural networks (PNNs) leverage physical systems to perform computation, potentially enabling 1000x larger AI models with local and private inference on edge devices. Research is exploring various methods to train PNNs at large scale, with a diverse ecosystem of techniques offering clues for future efficient and unprecedented-scale AI models.

The author explains the design flaws that led to the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster, including the use of a two-O-ring joint design and the obstruction of the O-ring pressurization path with putty, which caused the O-ring to fail and led to the explosion. The author also criticizes NASA's management decisions, including the decision to fly the shuttle in cold temperatures and the failure ...

Researchers have discovered a new form of scientific fraud, known as "sneaked references," where extra references are added to metadata to artificially inflate citation counts. This manipulation can lead to unjust decisions and raises concerns about the integrity of scientific impact measurement systems, which can be manipulated to promote unhealthy competition among researchers.

A bipartisan group of senators reached an agreement to ban members of Congress, their spouses, and dependent children from trading stocks while in office, citing potential unfair advantage. The proposal would also require the president and vice president to divest from covered investments and impose penalties for non-compliance.

High schooler Aryan Kapoor built a model rocket with a SpaceX-style vertical landing system, featuring a 3D printed gimbal mount and custom flight computer. After three years of development, the rocket successfully landed after a low-altitude flight, with the landing engine firing to correct the rocket's trajectory and absorb landing forces with rubber bands and syringes.

Plausible Analytics is introducing a self-hosted and AGPL-licensed Community Edition (CE) to protect its project from corporations that may exploit its code without contributing back. The CE will have a different logo and will not include certain features, such as the sites API and customer relationship management system, to prevent misuse and ensure the sustainability of the project.

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The New York Times Book Review has perpetuated inequalities in the publishing world by only paying attention to stardom or the potential thereof, creating a demand for tired stories and repackaged narratives, and shaping literary tastes without any real commitment to appraisal or critique. The Book Review's legacy will be its role in replicating false and damaging hierarchies, forcing writers ...

The UK sugar tax, introduced in 2018, led to a 4.8g daily sugar intake reduction in children and 10.9g in adults, with experts calling for its expansion to cover other high sugar products. Despite the reduction, sugar consumption remains above recommended guidelines, contributing to health issues, and experts urge policymakers to consider extending the tax to other products and foods.

Your app account was flagged by fraud detection despite being active for a year with $500 credit, and you were not informed. After verifying your account, you regained control but your apps were not restored.

An AWS Account ID can be used to gather information about a company's cloud resources, services, and security tools, making it a valuable asset for attackers and red teamers. While the Account ID itself is not a direct weakness, it can be used to plan and execute other cloud attacks, making it a sensitive piece of information that should be handled with care.

Devbox and Direnv are tools that simplify managing multiple projects in the same operating system by providing isolated shell environments and convenient environment switching. The combination of Devbox and Direnv eliminates the need for version managers and manual setup of environment files, making it easy to manage dependencies, settings, and secrets across projects.

The auto dealership industry is plagued by deceptive practices, including hidden fees, misleading financing terms, and add-ons that are often unnecessary or worthless. Jase Patrick, a former auto dealer turned whistleblower, is fighting to expose these practices and bring about change, but faces resistance from dealerships and regulatory agencies.

Chevron deference is a principle in administrative law that gives deference to an agency's interpretation of ambiguity, established after the landmark Supreme Court case Chevron U.S.A., Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. in 1984. The doctrine was overturned in Loper Bright, leaving the scope of deference unclear, and administrative actions may be challenged in court in the coming ...

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 new particle-based rendering method uses ray tracing to efficiently handle large numbers of semi-transparent particles, leveraging fast GPU ray tracing hardware and bounding volume hierarchies. This approach enables accurate and efficient rendering of complex scenes with distorted cameras, secondary lighting effects, and time-dependent effects, outperforming traditional rasterization-based methods.

Tailkits is a curated collection of high-quality Tailwind CSS resources, including templates, components, and tools, designed to streamline projects and elevate designs. The platform offers a range of resources, from premium templates and UI kits to free resources and tutorials, all built with Tailwind CSS and optimized for performance and compatibility.

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The user is frustrated with AI systems producing wrong outputs, feeling like investors and founders prioritize shipping broken products over fixing issues. They suggest that AI engineers should focus on improving quality control and acknowledging the limitations of AI, rather than prioritizing speed and profit.

Stripe Billing has been simplified into a single package with a new pricing rate of 0.70% of Billing volume, replacing previous Billing Starter and Billing Scale plans. Users who were on Billing Starter and Billing Scale plans prior to July 10, 2024, will receive promotional pricing until June 30, 2025, with some features, such as Revenue Recognition, being charged separately.

Connecting decision makers to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas, Bloomberg quickly and accurately delivers business and financial information, news and insight around the world Connecting decision makers to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas, Bloomberg quickly and accurately delivers business and financial information, news and insight around the world

Browser extensions like Stylish and Tampermonkey allow custom website themes, but uBlock Origin's style action operator can achieve similar results. This technique can be used to create custom themes, such as a dark mode skin for Hacker News, and can be synchronized across devices using GitHub.

Blast-RADIUS is a vulnerability in the RADIUS protocol that allows a man-in-the-middle attacker to forge a valid protocol accept message, granting access to network devices and services without guessing passwords. The vulnerability affects all RADIUS implementations using non-EAP authentication methods over UDP, and system administrators should check with vendors for a patch and follow best ...

The user is turned off by AI-generated feature images in technical posts, assuming the text is also written by an AI Language Model rather than a human expert, which undermines credibility. They prefer human-written content and think AI-generated images cheapen the work, making it look unprofessional and potentially leading to a subconscious assumption that the text is also AI-generated.

The author created a project, debdistrebuild, to rebuild Debian and Ubuntu packages identically, achieving 34-36% success rate. The project aims to improve reproducibility by rebuilding packages with the same build dependency versions as the original build.

A semi-space collector with a block-structured heap is unreliable due to non-commutative evacuation, which can produce different end-of-block fragmentation depending on the allocation order. However, this unreliability can be mitigated by increasing the heap size or using virtual memory and growable heaps, which provide a form of soft reliability.

A new decoding strategy, Decoding by Contrasting Layers (DoLa), reduces hallucinations in large language models by contrasting later and earlier layer logits. DoLa improves truthfulness in multiple tasks, including TruthfulQA, by 12-17% absolute points, making LLMs more reliable in generating factual knowledge.

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Web Orange Limited acquired The Unofficial Apple Weblog and replaced its original content with AI-generated articles, reusing names of historic contributors with fake bios and photos. The site was criticized for its lack of authenticity, with the names of real people eventually changed to fake ones, but the content remains AI-generated.

Microsoft has developed an AI speech generator, VALL-E 2, that can reproduce a human speaker's voice with high accuracy and naturalness, but it won't be released to the public due to potential misuse risks. The AI engine uses two key features, Repetition Aware Sampling and Grouped Code Modeling, to improve speech quality and efficiency, and could have practical applications in the future, ...

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A new study found that changes in the composition and functioning of both bacterial and non-bacterial microorganisms in the gut are associated with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The researchers developed a 31-marker microbial panel that accurately predicted ASD diagnosis across different ages, sexes, populations, and geographical locations, paving the way for the development of diagnostic ...

The user has heard that compliance with in-office mandates is low, and they personally ignored a mandate two years ago without facing consequences. They believe that if everyone refuses to comply, employers may not be able to fire all staff members, and some employees may find ways to extend their work-from-home time.

Samsung Electronics workers in South Korea have gone on strike indefinitely, demanding better pay and benefits, after management refused to negotiate. The strike has disrupted production, with around 6,500 workers participating, and the company has disputed claims of disruptions, promising to engage in good faith negotiations.

The new features in the compiler improve performance and runtime overheads by reducing stack size consumption, eliminating reference counting overhead, and optimizing code generation. Additionally, the compiler now uses graph coloring, literal expression lifting, and type-specific release calls to improve performance, reduce memory pressure, and eliminate unnecessary code paths.

Copilot plugin started throwing rate-limit errors after org enabled Copilot For Business, and personal subscription was cancelled due to conflict with org subscription. Now waiting for org to manually revoke seat to re-purchase personal subscription.

Walmart is selling the MacBook Air with the M1 chip for $649, a $50 discount from its original price, and it's available for Walmart+ members starting at 12 p.m. ET and for all customers at 6 p.m. ET. The user is asking for a better laptop with similar specs and features priced under $700, and is also discussing Apple's plans for the iPhone 17 series and the Apple Watch Series 10.

Extreme heat, like the intense wave blanketing the West right now, is affecting the way rescue helicopters can carry out their missions.

The author argues that the rapid progress in deep learning, particularly in the last decade, suggests that it is likely that AI models will continue to improve at an exponential rate, potentially reaching human-level intelligence by 2027. The author identifies three key factors driving this progress: compute scaleup, algorithmic efficiency gains, and "unhobbling" improvements that unlock the ...

Google is testing facial recognition technology at one of its offices in Kirkland, Washington, to prevent unauthorized access and identify potential security risks. The technology uses interior security cameras to compare facial data with employee badge images, but employees can opt out of having their ID images stored and the data is only used for immediate security purposes.

Apple users are holding onto their devices for longer periods due to slower upgrade cycles, with 71% of iPhone owners and 68% of Mac owners keeping their devices over two years old. The trend is attributed to factors such as improved device durability, reduced need for frequent upgrades, and economic uncertainty.

Copenhagen's CopenPay campaign rewards visitors and residents for sustainable actions like biking, public transport, and environmental activities with rewards such as free museum entries or kayak tours. The campaign aims to encourage green behavior and enrich cultural experiences while reducing the city's carbon emissions, with a pilot project running from July 15 to August 11.

A study detected TFA, a "forever chemical" linked to pesticides and refrigeration, in 34 of 36 tap water samples and 12 of 19 bottled mineral and spring waters in 11 EU countries. The European Pesticide Action Network is calling for urgent interventions, including a rapid ban on PFAS pesticides, due to concerns over the chemical's impact on human health and its potential to exceed EU drinking ...

A study found that over two-thirds of children in Chicago under the age of 6 are exposed to lead-contaminated drinking water, with racial and ethnic disparities present in both testing rates and exposure levels. The study used machine learning models to estimate the prevalence of childhood lead exposure and found that long-term consumption of contaminated water could lead to substantial ...

The author describes their journey to accurately track their energy usage statistics using HomeAssistant and RTLSDR, a software-defined radio dongle, to read data from their smart meter. They detail the setup process, including configuring RTLAMR, a GitHub project that decodes smart meter data, and integrating it with HomeAssistant using MQTT, to accurately track their energy usage and costs.

Tesla's market share of electric vehicles in the US fell to 49.7% in Q2, down from 59.3% a year earlier, as other companies like General Motors, Ford, and Hyundai gained ground. Despite this, US electric vehicle sales surged to a record 330,000 units, accounting for 8% of all new car sales, with over 100 electric models now available in the US.

American Rounds has installed vending machines in Alabama, Oklahoma, and Texas that sell ammunition, using facial recognition and age verification software to ensure secure transactions. The company claims the machines are as secure as online sales and retail stores, but advocates worry that selling bullets out of vending machines will lead to more shootings in the US.

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Scientists argue that plate tectonics, oceans, and continents are essential for complex life to evolve, making intelligent life rare in the universe. They estimate that only 0.003% to 0.2% of exoplanets have the right conditions, leading to a low estimate of 0.0004 to 20,000 extraterrestrial civilizations.

Security Scorecards, also known as OpenSSF Scorecard, is a tool that automatically scans code updates for security vulnerabilities and provides a score out of 10 and risk level to help developers make informed decisions about accepting security risks. The tool can be used to proactively assess and improve the security posture of a project, and is part of the Open Source Security Foundation ...

Microsoft has faced repeated security challenges, including a recent data breach that compromised senior US and UK government officials' email accounts, while Google Workspace has a proven track record of engineering excellence, deep investment in cutting-edge defenses, and a transparent culture that prioritizes security for customers. Google's approach to security includes a zero-trust ...

This book is an open-source, collaborative effort to create a comprehensive guide to AI systems, covering principles, case studies, and cutting-edge algorithms. The book is designed to be a living document, updated continuously to reflect the evolving nature of AI technology, and welcomes feedback and contributions from the community.

ScienceClic's animation visualizes gravitational currents shaping the universe, from ocean tides to black holes. The animation also explores the discovery of gravitational waves in 2015, a breakthrough in astronomy.

Simple software is more valuable than complex software, as it is easier to use, more reliable, and cheaper. Software companies should prioritize simplicity, but often add extraneous features to justify higher prices, so consumers should be cautious and prioritize simplicity when making purchasing decisions.

Simple software is more valuable than complex software, as it is easier to use, more reliable, and cheaper. Software companies should prioritize simplicity, but often add extraneous features to justify higher prices, so consumers should be cautious and prioritize simplicity when making purchasing decisions.

You've had positive experiences hiring engineers from Poland and Kenya, impressed by their skills, adaptability, and eagerness to learn. You're excited to share your story and connect with engineers considering a career shift to marketing or sales, highlighting the potential for high salaries and remote work opportunities.

Redbox's parent company, Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment, has been granted permission to convert its bankruptcy case from Chapter 11 to Chapter 7, paving the way for the company to shut down and liquidate its assets. The company's CEO stepped down and the judge overseeing the case determined that the company is hopelessly insolvent and unable to pay employees or bills.

You're a fan of Bruce Springsteen's music and recently read his memoir "Born to Run", enjoying the stories about his childhood and career. You relate to his thoughts on getting older and the unexpected twists and turns in his career, which resonates with your own experiences as a software developer facing job uncertainty and unexpected changes.

AlphaFold 3 is a protein structure prediction model that uses a combination of attention mechanisms, including Atom Transformer, Pairformer, and Triangle Updates, to update token-level and atom-level representations of a protein sequence. The model then uses conditional diffusion to predict the structure of the protein, conditioning on multiple representations of the input sequence and ...