The author shares their experiences working at various companies, highlighting the common issues they faced, such as poor architecture, lack of experience, and prioritization of sales over product development. They also describe the challenges they encountered during interviews, including candidates who refused to turn on their cameras or had unrealistic expectations, and the importance of ...

The author of the article describes their experience with the Rabbit R1 device, which they found to be poorly designed and insecure, with excessive logging of user information and ineffective boot-chain security. The author also shares their process of creating a "tethered jailbreak" tool to gain root access to the device, and expresses frustration with the company's lack of transparency and ...

tinyPod is a mini computer that transforms into a form factor with a physical scroll wheel, allowing users to leave their phones behind. It offers features like tap-to-pay, music playback, and offline listening, with options for a scroll wheel or a durable case for Apple Watch.

NVIDIA is transitioning from proprietary to open-source GPU kernel modules, starting with the R560 driver release, and recommends using the open-source modules for newer GPUs and certain platforms. For mixed deployments or older GPUs, the proprietary driver is still supported, and NVIDIA provides a detection helper script to guide users on which driver to use.

Connect with Googlers and admins in the Google Cloud Community to learn tips and tricks and stay updated on Google Workspace products and features. The "What's new in Google Workspace?" Help Center page provides information on new launches, including smaller changes not announced on the Google Workspace Updates blog.

Learning advanced math early can open doors to career opportunities and academic success, as it allows students to take more challenging courses, interact with professors, and gain valuable skills and experiences. Research has shown that educational acceleration does not have negative effects on students' social-emotional development and can actually lead to greater academic achievement and ...

The author reflects on their PhD journey, highlighting the emotional release and gratitude expressed in the acknowledgments section of the thesis, which is often overlooked. The author shares their personal experiences, including the challenges of completing a PhD, the importance of loved ones, and the sense of accomplishment upon finishing the milestone.

The study used precision functional mapping to investigate the effects of psilocybin on brain networks in healthy adults, finding that it caused a rapid and persistent disruption of functional connectivity, particularly in the default mode network, which is associated with self-referential processing and depression. The study also found that the effects of psilocybin were correlated with the ...

Wiz Research Team conducted a study on SAP's AI Core service, discovering vulnerabilities that allowed attackers to access customers' private files, credentials, and sensitive data, and potentially contaminate internal artifacts. The team found that SAP AI Core's lack of isolation and sandboxing standards made it susceptible to tenant isolation vulnerabilities, and reported the issues to SAP, ...

Dr. Brian Kernighan is a renowned computer scientist who contributed to the development of UNIX and co-authored the book "The C Programming Language". He discusses the novel ideas from Awk, such as associative arrays and pattern-action paradigm, and advises young programmers to design and implement small, special-purpose languages.

The user replaced an old IP camera with a new generic model, but found it difficult to configure and access due to P2P technology, which connects to a server instead of providing a webserver. The user is attempting to reverse engineer the camera to gain control and change its behavior, starting by identifying the operating system and analyzing network traffic.

The DECstation 2040 is a RP2040-based emulator that can run DECWindows, featuring a PSRAM/HyperRAM PIO engine and four separate read/write memory ports. The project uses the RP2040 DMA sniffer to dynamically generate PSRAM addresses, eliminating the need for per-line PSRAM command packets and reducing memory usage.

SpreadsheetLLM is an efficient encoding method for large language models to understand and reason on spreadsheets, overcoming token constraints with SheetCompressor, a framework that compresses spreadsheets effectively. The approach achieves state-of-the-art performance in spreadsheet tasks, including table detection and QA, with a 25 times compression ratio and 78.9% F1 score.

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The article discusses the concept of "little languages" which are specialized languages designed to solve specific problems, such as drawing pictures, processing surveys, or managing files. The author highlights the importance of simplicity, fundamental abstractions, and yardsticks of language design, and provides examples of little languages, including PIC, SCATTER, and CHEM, which are used ...

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Blocking the protein IL-11 in middle-aged mice increased metabolism, reduced frailty, and extended lifespan by 25%. IL-11 is already being tested in human trials against cancer and fibrosis, and the new results suggest that these treatments might also have an impact on longevity.

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This is an open-source Bash scripting guide for beginners, covering basics and real-life examples, suitable for DevOps, SysOps, and developers. The guide is accompanied by resources, including a video crash course, and is written by Bobby Iliev, a Linux DevOps Engineer with a passion for sharing knowledge.

Google Tag Manager's first-party mode allows you to deploy the tag using your own infrastructure, hosted on your website's domain, for improved data security and privacy controls. To set up first-party mode, you need to reserve a path on your website domain, configure your CDN or load balancer, and create a CNAME entry and Origin Rule to forward requests.

Training language models to produce verifiable text makes it easier for humans to evaluate and understand their outputs, which is crucial for AI-generated text in complex tasks like math problem-solving. By optimizing models to produce legible text, we can improve trust in their outputs and reduce reliance on human judgments, which is essential for developing safe and transparent AI systems.

sqlite-bench is a tool for benchmarking SQLite usage, allowing users to specify options such as path, output, and number of threads and operations. It's recommended to run the tool against an in-memory filesystem first to protect solid-state drives.

VisCircuit is a note-taking tool that combines an intuitive circuit diagram drawer with a beautiful note editor.It is designed to help you learn about electronics and circuits more easily.

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The author proves that there is no closed-form solution for the arc length parametrization of a quadratic Bézier curve, assuming Schanuel's conjecture is true. The proof involves showing that a specific curve and parameter s cannot be expressed in closed form, using a combination of algebraic and transcendental functions.

Traceloop is a monitoring platform that detects LLM app failures by correlating real-time metrics with system changes, helping teams understand when their apps are hallucinating or returning malformed responses. The platform uses OpenTelemetry to collect data from LLM apps and provides metrics like faithfulness, relevancy, and redundancy to detect issues, with plans to extend support to other ...

South Korea's esteemed kimchi makers share their secrets, emphasizing good ingredients, but express concern over mass-produced, exported kimchi. One master's signature kimchi features seafood, cabbage, garlic, and gochugaru, differing from traditional spicy red cabbage kimchi.

The author argues that the class property in HTML is an outdated and inefficient way to style and parameterize components, and proposes using attributes and custom elements to achieve more flexibility and scalability in web development. The author suggests that modern web development provides the necessary tools to move away from class names and implement a more robust and maintainable system ...

Libera.Chat is an IRC network with 33,386 users and 23,157 chat rooms, featuring various channels for Linux, Python, Arch Linux, Ubuntu, Rust, Security, KDE, and Debian. The network provides information and resources for each channel, including rules, guides, and pastebins.

Researchers developed a self-powered drone, CoulombFly, that uses solar cells, a voltage converter, and an electrostatic motor to hover for as long as the sun shines, but it lacks onboard control hardware and is not capable of directed flight. The drone's design is miniaturized, weighing only 9 milligrams, and has a lift-to-power efficiency of 7.6 grams per watt, with potential for ...

The author argues that GraphQL is not suitable for public APIs due to security, performance, and maintainability concerns, but the author disagrees, citing the importance of persisted queries and the decoupling of server-side capabilities and client-side requirements. The author also highlights the challenges of authorization, performance, and breaking changes in GraphQL, but notes that these ...

This is a lengthy text summarizing the author's experience with the Zig programming language, specifically their attempt to complete the 2023 Advent of Code challenges using Zig. The author provides a detailed overview of their journey, highlighting both the positive and negative aspects of using Zig. They discuss various features of the language, such as comptime, error handling, and manual ...

The author discusses the limitations of security and the need for balance between security and user experience, citing GK Chesterton's idea that good things can become bad when taken too far. The author argues that companies should be honest and clear about their priorities, rather than making hollow claims about security being their top priority, and suggests a simple scoring system to help ...

Greg Egan's 1995 collection "Axiomatic" explores themes of self and identity through various science fiction stories, including neural mods, brain implants, and virtual reality. The stories delve into complex ideas such as morality, free will, and the consequences of advanced technology on human life.

A team from Montana Technologies discovered that air conditioning was the main culprit behind high power consumption in Chinese buses, leading them to develop a novel dehumidifier system called AirJoule that can reduce energy consumption by up to 90%. Other companies and researchers are also working on innovative cooling technologies, including desiccant-based systems, energy storage ...

The site contains a collection of references to various data formats, including 3D geometric formats, image formats, and audio formats, with notes on compression, character and file standards, and more. The formats covered include DXF, GIF, AIFF, AU, WAVE, and others, with descriptions of their minimal requirements and uses.

The author argues that the crypto community's focus on political activism and supporting politicians solely based on their stance on cryptocurrency is misguided, as it neglects the broader values and goals that brought people into the crypto space in the first place. Instead, the author suggests that individuals should evaluate politicians based on their overall values and vision for the ...

NoMindBhutan, Bhutan's first AI startup, has secured eight clients, including the Bhutan National Bank and Royal Insurance Corporation, despite the country's limited tech infrastructure and digital economy. The startup's founders, Ugyen Dendup and Jamphel Yigzin Samdrup, are college students who developed AI chatbots for clients and are now planning bigger projects, including a personalized ...

Bloomberg delivers business and financial information worldwide. Sweden's government offers subsidies for grandparents to babysit their grandchildren, sparking debate on its necessity and cost.

The Post Office Horizon scandal, which has been described as the widest miscarriage of justice in UK history, involved the prosecution of over 700 subpostmasters for crimes such as theft and false accounting, resulting in hundreds of wrongful convictions and bankruptcies. The scandal was exposed by Computer Weekly, which played a crucial role in uncovering the truth and bringing justice to ...

There are lots of Mini PCs to choose from, and finding the right one can be challenging. Welcome to Mini PCs Hub, your ultimate resource for everything Mini PCs.

Self-hosting allows individuals to control their digital life by running and maintaining their own servers, storing and processing data privately, and having complete control over their services. This approach offers benefits such as independence, cost savings, customization, and privacy, but also comes with technical complexity, upfront costs, and security risks.

The National Weather Service provides free weather forecasts and alerts to the public, but a new policy proposal by the Heritage Foundation suggests privatizing the service and charging for forecasts, which could lead to a tiered system where only some municipalities can afford the best forecasts. The proposal also aims to eliminate or shrink climate-change research at the National Oceanic ...

Microsoft laid off a team focused on diversity, equity, and inclusion, with the team leader criticizing the company's lack of investment in these efforts. The company claims its commitment to diversity and inclusion remains unchanged, despite the layoffs and recent cuts to similar teams at other tech companies.

China is rapidly transitioning to renewable energy, installing enough solar and wind power to meet its 2030 target 6.5 years early, while Australia debates nuclear power and struggles to roll out renewables. China's approach involves building large-scale renewable energy zones in western regions and connecting them to eastern cities via high-voltage transmission lines, with a focus on pumped ...

Tom Lehrer, the godfather of musical satire, moved to Santa Cruz in 1972 and lived there for 47 years, teaching mathematics and musical theater at UCSC, and his legacy continues to thrive in the city. Despite his fame, Lehrer remained elusive, turning down interviews and eventually retiring from teaching at UCSC in 2001, but his work remains relevant and popular to this day.

Firewalls are primitive and unable to filter contents, recognizing only known virus/trojan signatures, while kernel mallocs and stack/heap overflows pose security risks. Syd, a user space wrapper, actively tests against and mitigates attacks, verifying checksums and restricting access to prevent exploitation, but does not protect against fundamental logical flaws in the Linux Kernel.

Let's Encrypt is a nonprofit Certificate Authority that provides free Domain Validation (DV) certificates for websites to enable secure HTTPS connections, with no fees or direct support. The organization relies on automation and community support, and recommends using Certbot and following best practices for TLS configuration to ensure secure and private online interactions.

The author argues that the complexity of software development can be reduced by focusing on HTML and using libraries like htmx, which allows for the creation of RESTful applications without the need for JavaScript-based solutions. By using htmx, developers can create simpler and more maintainable applications that are easier to understand and work with, without sacrificing functionality or performance.

Five workers at a Colorado poultry farm contracted mild avian influenza after culling infected chickens, with four cases confirmed by the CDC and one pending. The outbreak is linked to a nearby dairy farm where H5N1 virus was detected in dairy cows, and officials are investigating how the virus spread from the dairy farm to the poultry farm.

Pipelines are sequences of GitHub Actions workflows that execute in order, waiting for each workflow to complete before moving on. Pippy provides features for full control of the execution flow, including pausing and resuming pipeline runs for external actions.

The concept of a universal basic income (UBI) is gaining traction as a potential solution to the threat of job displacement caused by artificial intelligence (AI), with proponents arguing that it would provide a vital safety net and enable people to pursue meaningful work. While there are currently no UBI schemes in the UK, pilots are being run in other countries, with positive results, and ...

Bill Gates has invested in Savor, a startup that produces a rich, fatty spread using carbon dioxide and hydrogen, which is free of environmental footprint and animal/plant-based alternatives. The company's process, which involves heating CO2 and hydrogen to create fatty acids, has the potential to significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions and is scalable, but convincing people to switch ...

The user reminisces about the early web's freedom and creativity, but lost their love for it due to the rise of dogmatic thinking and shaming of developers who don't conform to certain standards. They criticize the vocal minority for attacking those with different preferences or views on web development, leading to a toxic and unwelcoming environment.

Open source maintainers often believe that offering free software gives them the right to users' money, but this belief can lead to guilt-tripping and unsustainable projects. Open source software can be a career enhancer, allowing engineers to showcase their skills and talent, and can even offset a weaker career pedigree.

AI companies, including Silicon Valley heavyweights, have used thousands of YouTube videos to train their AI models, despite YouTube's rules against harvesting materials without permission. The dataset, called YouTube Subtitles, contains subtitles from educational and online learning channels, as well as videos from popular YouTubers and even conspiracy theory content, and has been used by ...

Apple rejected iDOS 3 due to design similarities with iDOS 2, despite the user explaining the difference, and then rejected again as "Design spam". The user is frustrated with Apple's unclear guidelines and inconsistent decisions, including the approval of UTM while rejecting iDOS.

InspIRCd v4.0.0 and other IRC server software have released new features, including moderation tools, file uploads, and improved compatibility with Android and iOS. Various clients, such as HexChat and Ibis, have also received updates, with features like Material 3 themes, improved UI, and support for new protocols and extensions.

The Leopold Museum in Vienna launched a campaign against Meta, the parent company of Instagram and Facebook, after its artworks were repeatedly censored as "potentially pornographic" despite being part of the museum's exhibitions. The museum claims that the automated system used to detect and review content fails to distinguish between artistic nudity and real photographs, resulting in ...

The Free Pascal language has various diagrams and rules, including shapes, symbols, and meanings used in the diagrams. The language has different sections, such as program, unit, interface, implementation, and initialization, with various declarations, statements, and flow control structures.

AI-assisted programming can deliver a 10-20% productivity boost for developers, but its impact on hiring is unclear. The productivity gain may be offset by unrealistic project plans and expanding scope, making it difficult to see an immediate impact on hiring.

The Situationist International, a revolutionary movement that emerged in the 1950s, critiqued the automation of society and the reduction of human creativity to mere commodity production, warning that the avant-garde's role in challenging the status quo was being co-opted by the spectacle. Today, as automation and artificial intelligence continue to transform the world, the need for a new ...

The author emphasizes the importance of using modern Python tools and best practices, such as pyproject.toml, poetry, and dataclasses, to manage dependencies and create reusable code, and warns against outdated methods like requirements.txt and setup.py. The author also lists various signs that one's Python knowledge may be outdated, including the use of deprecated modules, manual ...

Designing a robust GraphQL schema is crucial for building production-ready APIs, and it involves identifying main entities, modeling relationships, and considering query operations, mutations, and authentication. A well-designed schema can save significant refactoring down the road and provide a solid foundation for efficient development and a great experience for API consumers.

Apple's practice of "sherlocking" third-party apps by incorporating their features into its own software has raised concerns about fairness and competition. The company's latest moves have targeted popular app categories, including trail apps, password managers, and math helpers, which could potentially harm the growth of these apps.

Scientists have discovered that sleep can be detected by patterns of neuronal activity just milliseconds long, revealing a new way to study and understand the basic brain wave patterns that govern consciousness. This finding challenges traditional conceptions of sleep and wake, showing that small regions of the brain can momentarily "flicker" awake while the rest of the brain remains asleep, ...

Founder gigs allow entrepreneurs to work fractionally for passive income and equity while pursuing their dream business. The platform connects founders-for-hire with top startups, empowering them to take control and make choices about their work.

John Graunt's 1662 book, "Natural and Political Observations made upon the Bills Of Mortality", introduced sampling methods and probability calculations, laying the foundation for statistics. Graunt, a merchant with no formal training, analyzed London's birth and death records, making inferences and estimates that were groundbreaking for his time.

The Lazarus Group, a notorious North Korean-backed hacking group, is targeting developers in the cryptocurrency, gambling, and cybersecurity industries through a social engineering campaign to gain access to software supply chains. The attackers use fake social media profiles and malicious code to compromise developers' systems, and organizations are advised to log and analyze security data ...

A study found high levels of "forever chemicals" PFAS in blood and breast milk samples from over 1,500 mothers in New Hampshire, linked to consumption of eggs, white rice, red meat, seafood, and coffee. The findings suggest dietary interventions during pregnancy could reduce exposure to PFAS, which have been linked to health conditions like thyroid disease, liver and kidney failure, and cancer.

The study found that deleting the gene for IL-11 or inhibiting its function in old mice improved healthspan and lifespan, with benefits including reduced inflammation, improved glucose metabolism, and increased beige adipocyte formation in white adipose tissue. Additionally, lifespan studies showed that Il11-deleted mice had significantly longer lifespans than wild-type controls, with median ...

Microsoft researchers developed SpreadsheetLLM, a framework to analyze spreadsheet content using large language models, and SheetCompressor, a tool to compress data and reduce token usage by 96%. The technology could enable practical applications for large datasets and potentially transform spreadsheet data management and analysis tasks, but has limitations and potential risks, such as errors ...

EU funding for free and open-source software initiatives, including the Next Generation Internet (NGI) program, has been largely eliminated from the 2025 Horizon funding proposal, sparking concerns for the future of many ongoing projects. The elimination of funding has been met with criticism from advocates, who argue that FOSS is essential for protecting European interests and implementing ...

The user attempted to port the Jupyter Echo Kernel to Deno using deno-python, but encountered issues with creating a pyMethodDef buffer. The bug was resolved by ensuring the 4th field is 8-byte aligned due to padding inserted by the compiler.

Astronomers have detected two gases, phosphine and ammonia, in Venus' clouds, which could be signs of life, although the findings are preliminary and require further confirmation. The discovery raises the possibility that life could have emerged and survived in Venus' clouds, which are more temperate than the planet's surface.

The module builds an n-gram Language Model to learn the basics of machine learning and autoregressive language modeling, using a dataset of 32,032 names from ssa.gov for 2018. The model learns to generate new names by sampling from the model, with the best settings being n=4 and smoothing=0.1, achieving a test perplexity of ~8.2.

Climate change is altering the Earth's axis of rotation and length of day due to melting ice masses and shifts in mass, which will have a greater influence on the Earth's rotational speed than the moon's effect. Researchers at ETH Zurich used AI methods to model and explain the causes of long-term polar motion, showing that climate change is also increasing the length of the day by a few milliseconds.