GitHub's repository architecture allows access to deleted and private repositories, making it an enormous attack vector for organizations that use the platform. The Cross Fork Object Reference (CFOR) vulnerability allows users to access sensitive data from other forks, including deleted and private repositories, by using commit hashes that can be easily discovered.

Mistral Large 2 is a new AI model that pushes boundaries of cost efficiency, speed, and performance, with 128k context window and support for dozens of languages and coding languages. It sets a new frontier in performance/cost of serving, with improved reasoning capabilities, instruction-following, and conversational skills, and is available for use on la Plateforme and fine-tuning on HuggingFace.

Google is now the only search engine that can surface results from Reddit, making it exclusive to the internet's dominant search engine, while alternative search engines like Bing and DuckDuckGo are no longer able to crawl Reddit. This is due to a multi-million dollar deal between Reddit and Google, which gives Google the right to scrape Reddit for data to train its AI products, hindering ...

The author, a Type 1 diabetic, describes the challenges of managing their blood glucose levels and the limitations of their current treatment plan. They then describe how they used a genetic algorithm to optimize their insulin dosages and create a simulation to predict their blood glucose levels, which they hope will help them better manage their condition.

The author reflects on their experience playing Dungeons & Dragons, emphasizing the importance of descriptive storytelling and prioritizing key information. They also discuss the art of writing alt text, highlighting its significance in conveying meaning and creating an immersive experience.

The author created a free and open-source Sudoku app and analyzed the difficulty of Sudokus by generating them using various algorithms and benchmarking their iteration counts. The analysis showed that the iteration counts correlate well with the difficulty level, but the author notes that this may not be a perfect indicator of how humans perceive difficulty.

CrowdStrike offered a $10 Uber Eats gift card to partners after a faulty update caused a global outage, but some users received an error message saying the voucher was canceled. The company has apologized and is working to resolve the issue, with its CEO promising transparency on the cause and steps to prevent future incidents.

Model collapse is a phenomenon where generative artificial intelligence models, such as large language models, forget the true underlying data distribution over time, leading to a degenerative process where they start producing improbable events and misperceiving reality. This can occur when models are trained on data generated by previous generations of models, leading to a "poisoning" ...

Academic researchers often face pressure to publish positive findings, leading to a bias towards publishing significant results and ignoring null or negative results, which can distort the scientific record and waste time and money. Efforts to address this issue include registered reports, where researchers submit their study plans and protocols before conducting the study, and preprint ...

The development of Emacs involved a collaborative effort between Richard Stallman, Guy Steele, David Moon, and others at the MIT AI Lab in 1976, with Stallman taking on a more prominent role over time. While Moon and others contributed to the project's early stages, Stallman is credited with transforming the package of TECO macros into the powerful editor known as Emacs.

The DEA and TSA have been working together to seize cash from travelers at airports and trains, claiming consent but using coercion and refusing to return seized items. An ongoing class-action lawsuit is challenging this practice, which has resulted in thousands of seizures, and the plaintiffs are fighting to obtain records of these searches and seizures.

🍃 MINT-1T is an open-source Multimodal INTerleaved dataset with one trillion text tokens and 3.4 billion images, a ~10x scale-up from existing open-source datasets. Additionally, we include previously untapped sources such as PDFs and ArXiv papers.

ICANN has given the .top domain registry, operated by Jiangsu Bangning Science & Technology Co. Ltd., until mid-August 2024 to improve its systems for managing phishing reports and suspending abusive domains or risk losing its license. The .top registry has been criticized for failing to respond to reports of phishing attacks and has been found to be the most common suffix in phishing ...

The code is for a Transformer model in pure C, with int8 quantized forward pass, and is used for Llama 2 and Llama 3 models. It initializes variables and sets up data structures for processing input text and generating output.

Scientists at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory created the element livermorium by colliding titanium atoms with plutonium, a step towards synthesizing the heaviest element in the periodic table, element 120. The experiment, which produced two atoms of livermorium, strengthens the case for creating element 120 and could help understand the strong force and exotic element formation in the ...

CrowdStrike released a content configuration update for the Windows sensor on July 19, 2024, which resulted in a Windows system crash (BSOD) due to a bug in the Content Validator. The company is taking steps to prevent similar issues in the future, including adding additional validation checks and implementing a staggered deployment strategy for Rapid Response Content updates.

Scrapscript is a language that can be run locally or in a Docker container, allowing users to evaluate scripts, apply string literals, or enter a REPL. The syntax is changing, but examples can be found in scrapscript.py and its tests, and usage varies depending on the desired functionality.

Pnut is a C to POSIX shell transpiler that compiles C programs into human-readable shell scripts, ensuring portability across systems with POSIX-compliant shells. Its output is designed to be easy to inspect, debug, and maintain, running on any POSIX-compliant shell, including Linux, macOS, and Windows.

The user discusses hiding Linux processes by using bind mounts to overlay a different directory on top of the /proc/PID directory, and proposes using existing /proc/PID directories from other processes to hide the evil process. The user also describes a method to detect and unmount the bind mounts, and notes that this technique can be used by both red teamers and blue team analysts.

X, formerly Twitter, has redesigned its Water Pistol emoji to display as an actual firearm, diverging from other major emoji vendors. The update is available on X's web client, but not on mobile devices, and the engineer plans to make further changes to the design.

A global technology outage caused by CrowdStrike's faulty update is estimated to cost US Fortune 500 companies $5.4 billion, with companies in banking, healthcare, and airlines being hit the hardest. CrowdStrike has apologized and plans to increase software testing and gradual updates to prevent similar failures in the future.

The service allows users to run open-source large language models from Hugging Face repos using vLLM and a custom GPU scheduler, with up to 8 Nvidia A100 GPUs available. The service is free during the beta period and aims to offer competitive pricing once it's launched, with the ability to run models multi-tenant.

MPPP, a designer drug, was synthesized in 1976 by Barry Kidston, who developed Parkinson's disease after using it. The impurity MPTP, formed during the synthesis, was found to selectively kill cells in the substantia nigra region of the brain, leading to Parkinson's-like symptoms in humans and primates.

Designers often skip Figma and code directly, compromising on "high-fidelity" designs. AI tools may not replace the design process, but could help with iteration and production UI, potentially making Figma less necessary.

The Federal Trade Commission is investigating eight companies that use artificial intelligence to change prices based on customer data, seeking information on how they collect and use consumer data. The companies, including McKinsey and Task, are being asked to provide information on their products and services, data collection methods, and impact on consumer pricing.

You developed a Python script using OpenCV to display a wired USB webcam on a computer screen, but struggled to port it to Android due to difficulties with Android Studio and various USB webcam libraries. You considered using Python-to-Android solutions like Kivy and Beeswax, but encountered esoteric errors, leading you to consider alternative options like a Raspberry Pi or a different approach.

Ruby LSP has seen significant enhancements in code navigation, particularly in singleton methods, local variables, and inheritance, making it easier for developers to navigate and understand Ruby code. Experimental features like the ancestors hierarchy request and guessed types are also being developed to further improve code navigation and completion.

Micromouse is a competition where small robotic mice solve a 16x16 maze autonomously, using mapping, planning, and localization to find the optimal route. The competition has improved significantly over the years, with the current world record being 3.921 seconds, and recent advancements include the use of fans to create a partial vacuum for improved performance.

Ayumu, a chimp, was initially claimed to have superior working memory to humans, but subsequent studies showed that this conclusion was based on a flawed methodology and that humans can match Ayumu's performance with moderate practice.

The article provides an overview of deep learning concepts and algorithms, including neural networks, multilayer perceptrons, and backpropagation, and applies them to a specific use case of representing an image using a multilayer perceptron. The article covers topics such as training, optimization, and regularization, and provides code examples in C++ using DirectX 12 compute shaders.

Algebraic data types (ADTs) have a surprising connection to mathematical algebra, allowing for the manipulation of data types using familiar algebraic rules. This connection can be extended to calculus, where differentiation can be used to build zippers for arbitrary ADTs, enabling efficient editing of data structures.

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The Solaris operating system will incorporate a lightweight RPC mechanism, called doors, which allows for high-performance multithreaded programs and secure communication between processes. Doors use file descriptors to encapsulate procedure calls and provide a convenient mechanism for enabling multithreaded programs, with features such as automatic thread creation and synchronization.

Hooper uses AI to generate basketball stats and highlight clips. Just record your game or solo shootaround with your phone and Hooper will do the rest.

InteractiVenn is a web tool for analyzing lists of elements using Venn diagrams, supporting up to six sets and union operations. It offers additional features like color changing and exporting diagrams in SVG and PNG formats, with Inkscape recommended for editing.

Giuseppe Peano and David Hilbert discovered square-filling curves, with Peano explaining it in 3 pages and Hilbert in 2 pages with a picture. The curves are defined constructively as limits of uniformly continuous maps, and the Hilbert curve is shown to be surjective in a classical sense, but not constructively without dependent choice.

Researchers analyzed fossilized skeletons of a mouse-size mammal relative that lived during the Jurassic period and found it lived longer and grew slower than its modern descendants. The species, Krusatodon kirtlingtonensis, resembled a possum and weighed less than a hockey puck, with one specimen being the only relatively complete skeleton of a juvenile Jurassic mammal known to science.

eBPF (Extended Berkeley Packet Filter) is a powerful technology that can be used for both good and bad purposes, including offensive capabilities such as abusing direct map access, Kprobes, and TC hooks to hide files, folders, or processes, and modify network traffic. To defend against these attacks, it is essential to monitor syscalls, use eBPF to detect suspicious activities, and restrict ...

A faulty update to CrowdStrike Falcon sensor configuration caused widespread system crashes and blue screens of death on July 19, 2024, affecting 8.5 million devices and disrupting various sectors, including airlines, healthcare, and financial institutions. Bitsight analyzed traffic patterns and found a significant drop in traffic starting July 16th, three days before the update, and another ...

Meta released Llama 3.1, a powerful large language model, open-sourced and with model weights, allowing companies to use it for free, potentially commoditizing the market and benefiting cloud providers. This move may be a strategy to improve Meta's optics and create a market for its server space, while potentially disrupting smaller AI startups and leading to a reckoning in the industry.

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SAML is a widely used authentication protocol and single sign-on (SSO) solution in enterprises, allowing employees to log in to third-party services like Salesforce and Workday using their corporate account. The SAML authentication process involves the user being redirected to an identity provider (IdP) to authenticate, and then the IdP sending a SAML assertion to the service provider (SP) ...

MAIA is a system that uses neural models to automate neural model understanding tasks, equipping a pre-trained vision-language model with tools for iterative experimentation and explanation. MAIA evaluates applications to computer vision models, producing descriptions comparable to expert human experimenters and aiding in tasks like reducing sensitivity to spurious features and identifying ...

Funding for the research was provided by various organizations, including ESRC, Schmidt Futures, and the University of Gothenburg. The study used linear panel event studies to estimate the causal effects of policy changes, with contributions from multiple authors and financial support from organizations like the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and the National Science Foundation.

HTML tables are still a vital part of the web, and creating good-looking tables can be fiddly. This article provides tips and gotchas for building simple and complex tables in HTML and CSS, including design considerations and practical considerations for users navigating the table.

The user shares their personal experiences and opinions on computer programming, emphasizing the importance of adapting to different contexts, learning from mistakes, and prioritizing simplicity and maintainability. They also emphasize the need to consider the broader impact of one's work, including the importance of building software that helps people and avoids harming others.

The US House Committee on Homeland Security has requested public testimony from CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz regarding a faulty update that caused widespread chaos, including over 5,000 flight cancellations. The committee is seeking transparency on how the incident occurred and the steps being taken to prevent similar incidents in the future.

A study found that people of all ages can recognize familiar musical themes, with no decline in recognition as age increases. The study suggests that music's emotional connection and predictable patterns may contribute to its resistance to age-related cognitive declines, making it a potential tool for memory aid in individuals with neurodegenerative diseases.

Educational resources are very digitized today, meaning anyone, anywhere can watch educational videos from some of the most renowned institutions and individuals in the world all from their laptop. However, one part of the process that has been lacking has been the ability to have your own personal tutor…until now.

AI's impact on employee workload and burnout is a growing concern, with 77% of employees saying it has added to their workload and 71% reporting burnout. However, freelancers who use AI are meeting productivity demands and exceeding them, and employers who leverage freelance talent report improved well-being, engagement, and business outcomes.

Alex, a physics PhD, founded Gouach to address the wastefulness of broken electronics and unrepairable welding in li-ion batteries. Gouach's innovative, welding-free solution, the Infinite Battery, is now powering thousands of e-bikes in France and is ready to scale up globally.

Minecraft is a video game that has achieved massive success by allowing players to create and build in a blocky world, with no instructions or tutorials, and instead relying on online communities and wikis to share secrets and knowledge. The game's success has inspired a new kind of creative achievement, where the system itself becomes a generative, networked platform that enables players to ...

Hyprland has completed its rewrite from wlroots to an independent implementation, with the second part of the rewrite, the backend implementation, now merged. The changes include rewritten protocol implementations in C++, a new library called aquamarine for backend rendering, and new interfaces in hyprutils and hyprwayland-scanner, with no expected changes for users.

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To be in the top quintile, create learning exhaust by asking and answering questions publicly, and focus on helping past and future you rather than seeking external validation. By sharing knowledge and learning in public, you'll attract mentors, build a reputation, and eventually become an expert, allowing you to help others and potentially earn a living from your expertise.

Predictability in software engineering can be a hindrance, as it often leads to repetitive and manual labor, which can be automated. Instead, software engineers should focus on automating tasks and tackling increasingly challenging and ambitious projects, rather than prioritizing predictability and routine work.

The National Audit Office has warned that it may take several years to determine the plans for Euston's HS2 station, citing issues with cost and risk transfer and long-term governance arrangements. The report also highlights the impact of the cancellation of HS2's Phase 2 north of Birmingham, which will result in higher fares and an inferior service for passengers.

Answer (1 of 11): The first time I heard about pizza was in 90s, after the end of the USSR. It was in a Teenage Ninja Mutant Turtles cartoon (I loved it!). Immediately after appearance of this cartoon everybody started to try making pizza at home, but to be honest we didn’t know how =) What we t...

Cookies are small files stored on your browser to personalize your web experience, and they can be categorized into four types: necessary, functional, analytics, and advertising cookies. Each type of cookie serves a specific purpose, such as providing essential services, enhancing features, tracking website performance, or delivering targeted ads.

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Seam carving is an algorithm for content-aware image resizing that removes or inserts seams to reduce or extend image dimensions, while preserving important regions. The algorithm uses an energy function to determine which pixels to remove, and can be refined with forward energy to produce better results.

Fine-tuning a large language model (LLM) allows organizations to create a bespoke model without training one from scratch, offering benefits such as task or domain-specificity, customization, and reduced costs. By fine-tuning an LLM, organizations can apply it to customer service tasks, such as authentic chatbots, sentiment analysis, and content generation, to improve customer satisfaction ...

OpenAI is expected to spend $4 billion on inference and $3 billion on training AI models this year, with growing losses forcing it to consider raising more funds. The company's revenue from ChatGPT and LLMs is estimated to be around $3.5-4.5 billion, leaving a $5 billion shortfall and a need for fresh funds within the next 12 months.

Developing on Windows can be challenging due to the lack of native support for some popular tools, but solutions like WSL2, Cygwin, and Scoop can help. These solutions allow for the use of Linux tools and environments on Windows, but may require additional setup and configuration to achieve seamless integration.

The 1926 Supreme Court decision in Village of Euclid v. Ambler Realty Co. allowed local governments to restrict property uses through zoning laws, which has led to widespread single-family zoning in the US, potentially lowering GDP per capita by 8-36%. However, the court's decision was based on a flawed interpretation of the police power exemption to the 5th amendment, and zoning restrictions ...

The Wolfsberg Group, a banking association, has criticized the current approach to monitoring suspicious activity, stating that it is inefficient and ineffective in producing timely and useful outcomes for law enforcement. The Group proposes a "True Risk-Based Approach" that incorporates dynamic behavioral customer information and machine learning algorithms to improve the detection of financial crime.

A crypto-mining facility in Hood County, Texas, has been accused of disrupting the peaceful environment and affecting the health of nearby residents with constant noise. The facility's owner, Marathon Digital Holdings, claims it is operating within legal limits, but residents and local officials are calling for action to address the issue and mitigate its impact on the community.

Proton Wallet is a self-custodial Bitcoin wallet that aims to bring financial freedom to all, with features like end-to-end encryption and easy sending/receiving of Bitcoin via email. The wallet is designed to be secure, private, and easy to use, with built-in support for two-factor authentication and a high-security program for notable users.

Beego is used for rapid development of enterprise application in Go, including RESTful APIs, web apps and backend services. It is inspired by Tornado, Sinatra and Flask. beego has some Go-specific features such as interfaces and struct embedding. Kindly remind that sometimes the HTTPS certificate is expired, you may get some NOT SECURE warning

The "difficult genius" myth in software development is harmful and tolerating toxic personalities on a team can lead to negative effects such as loss of ideas, energy, and motivation. It's essential to recognize and address toxic behavior, and instead value team cohesion, output, and well-being, rather than individual brilliance.

The author proposes integrating pinned references into Rust's language, allowing for more intuitive and safe use of pinned objects, and eliminating the need for library APIs to emulate pinned places. This would involve adding a "pinned" keyword to the language, allowing for pinned places and references, and making pinned projections and reborrowing more straightforward and idiomatic.

Siri and Dictation collect and process user data, including voice inputs, transcripts, and device information, to improve their functionality and accuracy. Users can control the collection and use of this data by adjusting their Siri and Dictation settings, and can opt out of data collection and deletion of request history at any time.

A Canadian drone operator, Joseph Lombardi, was caught spying on the New Zealand women's football team during their Olympic training in France, relaying information to a Canadian assistant coach. The Canadian Olympic Committee apologized and removed Lombardi and the assistant coach from the team, while the New Zealand Olympic Committee complained to the International Olympic Committee integrity unit.

The problem of "model collapse" in AI development is caused by a lack of human data.

AMD has delayed the launch of its Ryzen 9000-series desktop processors due to quality issues with the initial batch, with new launch dates set for August 8 and 15. The company is replacing the initial production units with fresh ones to ensure high-quality experiences for every Ryzen user, with no changes to the silicon or manufacturing process.

London's birth rate has fallen by 17% between 2012 and 2021, leading to a decline in primary school enrollment and a shrinking workforce. Demographer Paul Morland argues that this demographic crisis will have severe economic and societal consequences unless addressed through cultural change.

A detective-style story about tracking down a memory leak in a Node.js application, which was causing intermittent 502 Bad Gateway errors, and ultimately identifying the culprit as Moment.js. The solution was to update Moment.js from version 2.24.0 to 2.29.4, which resolved the memory leak issue and eliminated the 502 errors.

The user created a Shortcut to record notes on their Apple Watch, which includes date, time, location, and note, and saves them to Tot with time and location stamps. The Shortcut was created after several iterations and finally worked on the watch, allowing the user to quickly record notes while hiking or kayaking without needing their phone.

The author explores the alternative to fluoride toothpaste, hydroxyapatite, which is a mineral that makes up tooth enamel and has been approved for cavity prevention in Japan, Canada, and Europe. While fluoride is effective, it has risks, and hydroxyapatite offers a safer option, especially for young children, who may ingest toothpaste and be exposed to high levels of fluoride.

The user's submission about UK police was shadowbanned on Hacker News, leading them to wonder if this is a common practice in Silicon Valley, and they argue that shadowbanning is unethical as it goes against the human right to be seen and heard. The user also shares their experience with YouTube's comment system being auto-moderated, and discusses the potential benefits and drawbacks of ...

Switzerland has enacted a law requiring government agencies to use open-source software and disclose source code, increasing transparency, security, and efficiency. This move is part of a growing trend in Europe, but faces less support in the US, where no laws mandate the use of open-source software.

A secretive network of 3,000 "ghost" accounts on GitHub has been manipulating pages to promote malware and phishing links, with the operator charging other hackers to use their services. The network, dubbed "Stargazer Goblin," has been spreading malicious repositories that offer downloads of social media, gaming, and cryptocurrency tools, and could have made up to $100,000 in revenue.

ConvertFast is a landing page builder for developers, offering code templates and components to create beautiful, functional pages quickly. It provides professionally designed templates, customization options, and optimized code export for seamless integration with existing projects.

The Climate Clock in New York City's Union Square is counting down the time humanity has left to take action against climate change, currently standing at 4 years and 362 days. Climate activists urge a radical transition away from fossil fuels to combat climate change, as greenhouse gas emissions from these fuels are the largest contributor to global warming and climate change.

X, formerly Twitter, has redesigned its Water Pistol emoji to display as an actual firearm, diverging from other major emoji vendors. The update is available on X's web client, but not on mobile devices, and the engineer plans to make further changes to the design.

Arm's Mbed platform and OS will reach end of life in July 2026, affecting Arduino boards like GIGA, Nano 33 BLE, and others that used Mbed OS. Arduino is transitioning to ZephyrOS and plans to release a beta by the end of 2024, with a rollout for various boards starting in 2025, ensuring users can continue to program their boards without disruption.

CachyOS is a performance-optimized rebuild of Arch Linux with a simpler installer and various desktop options, but it has stability issues and a slow installation process. The distro offers many customization options, including kernel versions and desktop choices, but it may not be suitable for users with older hardware or those seeking a lightweight distribution.

The Federal Theatre Project, established in the 1930s, aimed to create a national theater in the United States, but was shut down by a congressional committee led by Martin Dies Jr., who saw the project as "spreading a dangerously progressive as well as a racially integrated vision of America". The project's demise was part of a long history of anti-theatricalism in the US, which continues to ...

Enter a name to start a daily musical journey with album recommendations from the 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die book. The platform features album covers, summaries, and user reviews, with personalized stats and social features.

The survey highlights trends in developer education, tools, and ethics, with 66% of developers having a BA/BS or MA/MS degree, and 82% using online resources to learn code. The survey also reveals preferences for programming languages, tools, and technologies, with PostgreSQL being the most popular database, and Rust being the most-admired programming language.

A secretive drone, ULTRA, flew for at least three days straight in recent testing, potentially twice as long as other drones, and could revolutionize US military overhead surveillance. The drone, made by Dzyne, has a wingspan over 80 feet, can carry heavy payloads, and can reach and linger over parts of Africa, Asia, and Europe.

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