FastHTML is a Python-based web framework that allows you to create modern web applications quickly and easily, with full access to HTTP, HTML, JS, and CSS, and can be deployed to any hosting service that supports Python. It is designed for building general-purpose web applications, dashboards, prototypes, and interactive reports, and is particularly well-suited for creating scalable and ...

The author developed a macOS app called Restaurants, which used the Yelp API to search for restaurants, and sold it on the Mac App Store for 10 years before removing it due to Yelp's sudden change to a paid licensing program. The author was given only 4 days' notice to obtain a license, which was not feasible, and ultimately decided to remove the app from sale and shut down the API key, ...

SAM 2 is a foundation model for promptable visual segmentation in images and videos, with a simple transformer architecture and streaming memory for real-time video processing. The model can be used for image and video prediction, with APIs for image prompting and video inference on multiple objects, and is licensed under the Apache 2.0 license.

Healthchecks.io has 652 paying customers and $14,043 monthly recurring revenue, with the owner prioritizing enjoyment and life/work balance over growth. The owner is not planning to expand the team, raise prices, or add new features, instead focusing on maintaining the current scope and feature set.

CrowdStrike's software update on July 19, 2024, caused a nationwide outage affecting 8.5 million Windows machines, resulting in widespread disruptions to air travel, with Delta Air Lines being the hardest hit. An analysis of ADS-B data shows that while there was a small decrease in flights immediately after the update, the overall number of flights remained relatively stable, with Delta ...

MeTube is a web-based YouTube video downloader that allows users to download videos from YouTube and other sites, with features such as playlist support, custom download directories, and the ability to set environment variables. The software is built on top of the yt-dlp library and requires a 64-bit OS, with regular updates recommended to keep up with changes to video sites and the underlying library.

The procedural earth simulation uses GLSL fragment shaders to generate a realistic terrain, oceans, and climate system, simulating the history of an earth-like planet from its formation to the colonization by humans. The simulation includes features such as asteroid impacts, tectonic plate movement, river formation, and climate patterns, and concludes with the extinction of humanity due to ...

The article discusses the challenges of implementing Movable Tree CRDTs, which are used to manage hierarchical relationships in distributed systems, and presents two innovative algorithms for movable trees. Loro, a collaborative application, has integrated these algorithms to enable real-time collaboration and seamless historical version checkouts, making it suitable for various application scenarios.

Amazon Retail's Business Data Technologies (BDT) team is migrating away from Apache Spark to Ray to reduce data processing time and cost, with initial results showing a 91% cost efficiency improvement and 12X larger datasets processed. The team is still refining the migration process, but Ray's flexibility and scalability have shown promise in handling large-scale data processing tasks.

The author explores the video system of the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) by studying the available technology in 1989, including TV sets and CRTs, and designs a video system that meets the requirements of the console. The author discusses the design choices made by Nintendo engineers, including the selection of 262 lines per frame, 256 visible dots per line, and a dot clock of ...

The way we've done marketing for the last 20 years is ending due to the decline of clicks and attribution, and instead, we need to focus on influencing people through various channels and formats. Marketing in 2024 is like marketing in 1964, requiring the right message, audience, and timing, and we should invest in it using lift-based measurement rather than attribution.

What if you're ssh'd into a machine, you're in your trusty bash shell, but unfortunately you cannot spawn any new processes because literally all other pids are taken. What do you do? And if that's what you're facing, this might be the tool for you! Now you can kinda sorta pretend that you have access to a working ps aux.

Transparent TVs, demonstrated by LG and Samsung at CES 2024, are not likely to appear in living rooms soon due to technical hurdles and high production costs. While transparent displays have potential applications in public information displays, signage, and machinery operators, their high cost and limited practical uses may limit their adoption in consumer markets.

Roame is a flight search engine that helps users find and redeem business class flights using points and miles, rather than cash. The tool simplifies the process by searching up to 16 airline loyalty programs in real-time and displaying results, including flight information, points cost, and redemption instructions.

The author's website, EphemeraSearch, uses Cloudflare Images for image hosting, but noticed that their bills were consistently higher than expected, with charges reaching over $400 in some months. After investigating, the author found that Cloudflare's prepaid billing model for image storage, combined with the post-paid model for image delivery, led to temporary overcharging, which was ...

The author built an analytics service from scratch using a new stack called the "Squeeh Stack" which includes SQLite, Bun, and Hono, and was able to save $13.27 per month compared to Vercel's analytics service. The author's service is still in development and has some limitations, but it has the potential to be a cost-effective and customizable alternative to Vercel's analytics service.

An education expert suggests that allowing children to get bored can help them develop their creativity, as it encourages them to find alternative activities and think for themselves. The expert argues that constant screen time can hinder creativity, and that children need time to imagine, play, and observe the world around them to stimulate their imagination.

Tea-tasting is a statistical analysis tool that provides various methods and approaches for analyzing experiments, including Student's t-test, Bootstrap, and variance reduction with CUPED, and supports multiple data backends. It offers a convenient API, optimized computational efficiency, and detailed documentation, making it a useful tool for analyzing experiments and A/B tests.

DigiCert is revoking approximately 0.4% of its certificates due to a domain control verification issue, where some certificates did not include an underscore prefix in the random value used in CNAME-based validation. Affected customers must replace their certificates within 24 hours, and DigiCert is taking steps to prevent similar incidents in the future, including simplifying UX, embedding ...

The TrayceAgent container runs along side your existing containers. The agent uses eBPF probes to intercept network requests and send them back to the GUI to be displayed. Trayce is intended for anyone wanting to see whats going on inside their local Docker containers: backend developers, QA engineers, testers etc.

A new study simulates gravitational waves from a failing warp drive, a concept from science fiction that has a concrete description in general relativity. The simulation explores the dynamical evolution and stability of spacetimes that violate the null energy condition, highlighting the importance of exploring unusual spacetimes.

Penguins are birds that have evolved from flying ancestors, with characteristics such as feathers, a bill, and a keel bone, but have adapted to life in the water with solid bones and webbed feet. Despite their unusual appearance, penguins have a skeletal structure similar to other birds, with the "knees" actually being the ankles, which allows them to swim efficiently and waddle on land.

Mastering LLMs is a workshop and talk series taught by industry veterans on topics like evaluation, retrieval-augmented-generation, and fine-tuning, designed for technical ICs with some LLM experience. The course provides a comprehensive overview of LLMs, including real-life experiences, tips, and technical challenges, with a lively Discord community and generous compute credits.

Yark is a tool that helps you download videos and metadata, creating an offline archive with a rich history report and noting feature. The archive format is simple and directory-based, with a core metadata file and thumbnail/video data in separate directories.

CloudFlare's RRDNS authoritative DNS server was missing a parser for LOC records, which specify a physical location, until a developer wrote a parser and fixed the issue. The LOC record format is described in RFC 1876 and has a binary format that is parsed and turned into a fixed-size binary format, with a range of values from 1cm to larger than the diameter of Jupiter.

Augmend's platform captures tribal knowledge for dev teams by recording and analyzing sessions, extracting knowledge, and serving it back in various forms. The platform uses an in-house developed algorithm called TreeSeg to segment sessions into chapters, which is open-source and available on GitHub.

Vdm is a tool for managing external dependencies, similar to Git Submodules, but language-agnostic and more flexible. It uses a YAML or JSON file to specify dependencies and their versions, and can be installed and run on various platforms.

Planetary Annihilation is a real-time strategy game that uses a client-server architecture and a novel curve system to enable features like ChronoCam, which allows players to jump back in time and replay the game from any point. The curve system stores game object data as a timeline, enabling efficient data transfer and compression, and allows for features like variable playback rate, seek, ...

Polylith is a software architecture that solves challenges in building backend systems by introducing composable, LEGO-like bricks that can be shared across teams and services. It provides a joyful development experience, flexibility in deployment, and is language agnostic, making it suitable for use with various programming languages.

A protein called Reelin, which helps assemble the brain early in life, also appears to protect the brain from Alzheimer's and other diseases of aging by maintaining thinking and memory. Research suggests that Reelin acts as a "protective factor" in the brain, and scientists are working to develop a drug that boosts Reelin or helps it function better to stave off cognitive decline.

The author implemented a network profiling tool in Rust to analyze the network bandwidth usage of QuestDB, a high-performance time-series database, and identified a problem with the replication feature that was causing excessive network usage. The tool used packet capture and memory-mapped files to collect and analyze network traffic, and the author was able to use the insights gained to ...

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China's National Cultural Heritage Administration announced the discovery of two Ming Dynasty shipwrecks in the South China Sea, yielding over 900 artifacts, including porcelain, coins, and pottery. The wrecks, found 14 miles apart, are believed to have sailed from Jingdezhen, a center of porcelain exportation, and provide evidence of ancient trade and cultural exchanges along the Maritime Silk Road.

The Navajo language, also known as Diné Bizaad, is considered one of the most difficult languages in the world due to its unique grammar, syntax, and tonal pronunciation. Despite efforts to promote the language, it is considered seriously endangered, with a significant decline in fluent speakers, mainly due to historical, economic, and sociocultural factors.

The baobab tree's origins have been traced to Madagascar 21 million years ago, where diverse species emerged due to ecological competition and environmental conditions. The study's findings highlight the need for conservation measures, as baobab populations are declining due to climate change, habitat loss, and low genetic diversity, with some species at risk of extinction.

Pallene is a statically-typed companion language to Lua that allows for type annotations and is compatible with Lua, with features such as type inference, arrays, tables, functions, and records. The language has a strict syntax and is designed to be used with a specific release version of the Lua interpreter, with features such as automatic coercions, implicit conversions, and a Pallene to ...

The Affordable Connectivity Program's end has led to a net loss of 154,000 internet subscribers for Charter Communications, mostly due to customers canceling after losing the federal discount. The loss is expected to continue, with low-income households struggling to pay for internet service without a new subsidy, potentially reducing internet access.

A critical vulnerability in certain Docker Engine versions allows attackers to bypass authorization plugins, potentially leading to unauthorized actions, and has been addressed in versions 23.0.14 and 27.1.0. The issue affects Docker Engine v19.03.x and earlier versions, but not Docker EE v19.03.x or Mirantis Container Runtime, and can be mitigated by restricting access to the Docker API and ...

Researchers evaluated the performance of GPT-4V, a multimodal language model, in medical tasks, finding that it outperformed human physicians in multi-choice questions but struggled with generating accurate rationales, particularly in image comprehension. The study highlights the importance of evaluating AI models beyond just accuracy, as GPT-4V's flawed rationales may lead to incorrect ...

The input is a list of command-line flags for Chrome, including various options for testing, debugging, and configuring the browser's behavior. The flags cover a wide range of topics, including security, performance, rendering, and user experience, and are used to enable or disable specific features or behaviors in the browser.

Investors and analysts are warning of a potential AI bubble, citing concerns over the massive investments being made in the technology without a clear plan for monetization. The cost of training and running AI models is outpacing revenue, with some companies like OpenAI potentially losing billions of dollars and running out of cash in the next year.

Let's do it Here's a pass at what remains to be done to enable the first release of Rust-based fish. I hope this will be a checklist to drive the release forwards. tl;dr: resolve blocking issues, perform internal testing, pair a beta rel...

For those landing on this issue, please see: (thank you @delfick for summarizing this) This functionality has been deprecated for 5 years, there is a separate issue for discussing if there would have been a better way of removing the fun...

A top European weather agency predicted Hurricane Beryl would make landfall in Mexico, but an artificial intelligence program called GraphCast, created by DeepMind, predicted landfall in Texas, which is where the hurricane actually hit. The GraphCast program uses machine learning to analyze historical weather data and make predictions, and it has been shown to be more accurate than ...

Microsoft will provide security software makers with technology to access Vista's kernel and disable certain Windows Security Center features, in response to European Commission antitrust concerns. Security companies, including Symantec and McAfee, remain skeptical and want immediate access to the APIs to develop Vista-compatible solutions.

Researchers found hundreds of PCs using a 12-year-old test platform key to protect UEFI Secure Boot, making it vulnerable to exploitation. Device manufacturers need to step up to fix the issue, and users should run a free scanning tool to check for vulnerability.

The game development industry in the United States is facing a crisis due to high operating costs, with many studios laying off workers and struggling to compete with lower-cost regions. To recover, the industry needs to adapt and find new ways to operate, including government funding, tax incentives, and innovative business models that prioritize sustainability and flexibility.

The Smith Premier typewriter was a successful double keyboard model with a unique design that used turning rods to transfer motion from keys to type bars, providing a smooth and responsive touch. It was priced at $100, comparable to other keyboard typewriters of the time, and was known for its exquisite design and functionality.

Amanda Randles, a computer scientist, has developed a system that simulates blood flow and predicts fluid dynamics, allowing doctors to diagnose and treat diseases noninvasively. Her latest system can forecast blood flow for over 700,000 heartbeats, enabling doctors to predict the effects of different treatments and make more informed decisions.

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The author argues that certain phrases, such as "authentic" and "innovative", have become overused and meaningless, and instead suggests using specific examples and actions to demonstrate a company's values. The author also encourages people to come up with new ideas and philosophies for human interaction and communication, rather than relying on clichés and overused phrases.

CrateDB supports three search functions: kNN, bm25, and geospatial search, and hybrid search combines results from two or more algorithms for better accuracy and relevancy. Hybrid search can be applied using techniques like convex combination and reciprocal rank fusion, and CrateDB provides a powerful full-text search capability and support for vector search.

Four theories of truth are correspondence, coherence, consensus, and pragmatic, each with its own limitations and uses. The pragmatic theory, which defines truth as what is useful and right for an individual, is useful when the actual truth is unknown or when a personal experience or result is effective.

Netflix engineers encountered intermittent timeouts and hung instances when deploying virtual threads on Java 21 with SpringBoot 3 and embedded Tomcat, which was caused by a deadlock situation where virtual threads were pinned to OS threads waiting for a lock, leading to a lack of available OS threads to schedule new virtual threads. The issue was resolved by understanding the behavior of ...

Gradient-Free-Optimizers is a collection of optimization techniques that can solve various optimization problems by maximizing an objective function without requiring gradients. It provides a range of algorithms, including hill climbing, Bayesian optimization, and evolutionary algorithms, and can be used as a standalone package or as the optimization backend of Hyperactive.

AMD delayed the launch of its Zen 5-powered Ryzen 9000 processors due to an issue with its packaged product testing process, which may have been caused by a simple one-digit typo in the labeling of Ryzen 7 and 5 processors. The company has pulled back all shipped processors for re-screening and will return them to retailers after the process is complete.

Saboteurs targeted French telecom operators, cutting fiber optic cables in six areas, affecting around 11,000 clients. The French government condemned the acts, with the Defense Electronic Communications Center working to restore communications under the supervision of Secretary of State Marina Ferrari.

The number of homes sitting on the market for at least 30 days without a buyer increased to 64.7% in June, the highest share since 2020, due to high housing costs and elevated mortgage rates. Unsold inventory is piling up, with 44 of the 50 most populous US metros seeing an increase in stale listings, while Florida and Texas are seeing the biggest increases due to new home construction and ...

Microchip Technology Inc. has launched the PIC64-GX microprocessor family, offering a 64-bit RISC-V quad-core processor with advanced processing capabilities, high security, and reliability for various applications. The family includes the PIC64-HPSC for aerospace and defense, with over 100 times the computing performance of previous models, and is supported by development tools and Linux resources.

Estuary Flow developed a 2-pass write solution to efficiently stream data into Parquet files, addressing memory constraints by initially writing small row groups to disk and then consolidating them into larger row groups. The solution involves transposing incoming data from row-oriented to column-oriented structure using an intermediate scratch file, minimizing memory usage while ensuring ...

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Ford has patented a system where cars report speeding drivers to police using onboard cameras and internet connections. The technology aims to make cops' jobs easier and could be delegated to self-driving cars, but raises legal questions about human police officers witnessing alleged speeding violations.

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KakaoTalk's Secret Chat feature has several weaknesses, including a lack of integrity verification, server authentication, and public key fingerprint verification, making it vulnerable to MITM attacks and allowing Kakao Corp. to potentially read end-to-end encrypted messages. The feature was added in response to government surveillance concerns, but its implementation has not been thoroughly ...

This guide introduces designing a language and implementing a modern compiler, with the goal of showcasing algorithms and techniques used in popular languages like C++, Kotlin, and Rust. The guide focuses on implementing the frontend of the compiler, including the lexer, parser, and semantic analyzer, using the LLVM compiler infrastructure.

The user enjoys giving away free work, but sometimes feels bummed when they don't get paid for their efforts, especially when they've put in a lot of work. They're reflecting on their experiences with free projects and the mental shift required to accept that getting paid is hard, but sometimes necessary.

Linguists have long debated the origins of the Indo-European language family, with some arguing that it emerged from nomadic herders on the steppes of Ukraine and western Russia around 6,000 years ago, while others propose that it originated with farmers in Anatolia around 8,000 years ago. A new analysis using computational phylogenetics has found that the language likely originated in ...

Spotify's algorithm has been playing the same songs repeatedly, causing online pop music fans to speculate about payola and industry manipulation. The controversy surrounds Spotify's "discovery mode" feature, which allows artists to boost their songs in the algorithm in exchange for a portion of their royalties, leaving users wondering what's real and what's random in their music feeds.

AppleVis, a website dedicated to Apple accessibility, is closing due to the founder's decision to step down and the editorial team's inability to continue without his involvement. The founder cites personal reasons, including health issues and a lack of formal training in web development, as well as the negative environment fostered by a small but vocal minority within the community.

BGP confederations and AS override can create a routing loop, resulting in an indefinitely expanding AS path. The issue is demonstrated in a scenario where four routers in a single confederation use AS override, leading to a growing AS path and potential BGP process crashes.

Materialized views in ClickHouse are a powerful feature that allows you to precompute and store query results as separate tables, significantly speeding up complex queries and reducing computational overhead. By carefully designing and optimizing materialized views, you can achieve real-time data aggregation, deduplication, and transformation, improving query performance and simplifying ...

Glitch Game is an interactive storytelling game where players submit prompts to ChatGPT to generate a new game state, with the goal of "jailbreaking" the LLM by manipulating its responses to stray from the original narrative. The game includes a glitch meter that increases when the LLM's output is misaligned with the game's story, and triggers a glitch message when it exceeds a certain threshold.

A Ferrari executive received WhatsApp messages and a phone call from a deepfake impersonating CEO Benedetto Vigna, attempting to discuss a confidential deal, but the executive's suspicions were raised and the call was ended. This is one of several recent cases of deepfake scams targeting high-profile executives, with experts warning that the technology is becoming increasingly sophisticated ...

Google announced Cross-device services features, including Call casting and Instant hotspot, now rolling out to Android devices. These features allow users to move calls between devices and share internet access with signed-in devices, with some limitations and requirements.

The Happy Macs Gopher site is back online after an outage, and users can access it using Gophie or Turbo Gopher clients. Gopher is a simpler, faster, and more elegant alternative to HTTP, allowing users to publish content online with structured content and linked pages.

OpenAI, a company that develops generative AI models, is facing significant financial challenges due to its high operating costs and lack of a clear product-market fit. The company needs to raise more money than any startup has ever raised before, and its sustainability is uncertain, with some experts predicting that it may not be able to survive for more than a few years without a ...

The article discusses the development of artificial intelligence-based lie detection tools, which claim to be able to detect deception with high accuracy, but may actually be unreliable and prone to false positives. The author tests several of these tools, including Coyote, and finds that they are often inconsistent and may not be able to accurately detect lies or truths.

Tech companies are investing heavily in artificial intelligence, with some predicting it will cost trillions of dollars, but doubts are emerging about whether the investment will pay off. Despite concerns, the industry is driven by a mix of confidence and fear, with companies racing to invest in AI to avoid being left behind.

The author reflects on her experience as a woman in tech, highlighting the ways in which misogyny and patriarchy have shaped her career and the tech industry as a whole, and argues that women are often expected to manage men's emotions and are held to different moral standards. The author calls for men to "do better" and educate themselves on inclusive governance and to report instances of ...

The author's wife, Vanessa, was diagnosed with familial Alzheimer's disease at the age of 49, and the author recounts their journey of caring for her as she declined, eventually passing away at the age of 53. The author reflects on the experience, acknowledging the guilt and grief that came with watching Vanessa's decline, but also finding moments of beauty and joy in their relationship ...

I've been a loyal AT&T customer for years, paying hundreds of dollars monthly, but they're now making it difficult to activate a new Apple Watch feature due to credit checks and ID requirements. I strongly advise against using AT&T for any services, citing poor customer service and unnecessary hassle.

Scientists have discovered that polymetallic nodules on the deep seafloor are producing oxygen through a chemical reaction, a finding that challenges mainstream theories and has implications for the search for life on icy moons. The nodules, which are found in abundance on the ocean floor, contain metals such as cobalt, nickel, and manganese and can generate electricity, cracking seawater to ...

Lego's CEO, Niels B Christiansen, discusses the company's efforts to adapt to the evolving toy market, including its focus on digital play and sustainability, while maintaining its iconic physical products. Despite facing challenges such as competition from video games and environmental concerns, Lego remains committed to its mission of "play well" and continues to innovate and grow.

The author, a systems administrator, learned about Kubernetes and its concepts, including control loops, services, workloads, and storage, and formed a more informed opinion about its value. They also criticized the Kubernetes community's use of text interpolation in tools, finding it unnecessary and painful.