The author argues that the loss of community is the dominant factor behind the youth mental health crisis, as it erodes trust, social capital, and a sense of belonging, leading to feelings of loneliness and disconnection. To address this issue, the author suggests building strong, in-person communities through local institutions, neighborhood relationships, and shared values, rather than ...

The HackberryPi is a handheld Linux terminal built with a Raspberry Pi Zero 2W core, 4" 720X720 TFT display, and original BlackBerry keyboard, designed as a learning tool and fun toy for hackers. It features a dual-swappable battery design, keyboard and mouse combo, 3 USB2.0 ports, and customizable keymap through VIAL.

The study examined the long-term predictive validity of delay of gratification using the Marshmallow Test and found that it does not reliably predict adult outcomes. Despite modest associations with educational attainment and body mass index, regression-adjusted coefficients were mostly nonsignificant, indicating that the ability to delay gratification does not strongly predict adult ...

sqlite-vec is a small, fast vector search SQLite extension that runs anywhere, written in pure C with no dependencies. It allows for vector searches and KNN queries, with examples provided, and is sponsored by Mozilla, Fly.io, Turso, and SQLite Cloud.

Peer-to-peer HTTP over WebRTC enables secure access to edge devices and private data without relying on cloud providers. It allows direct sharing of data and learning between users without exposing public IP addresses or relying on centralized servers.

Sarah Shomstein, a vision scientist, discovered she had aphantasia, a condition where she couldn't visualize mental images, unlike most people who can see vivid mental images. Research on aphantasia has shown that it's not a disorder, but a different way of experiencing the world, with varying neural explanations and a spectrum of internal experiences.

The ArchiveTeam Warrior is a virtual archiving appliance that downloads sites and uploads them to the archive, using your bandwidth and disk space. It runs on Windows, OS X, and Linux, and can be started with VirtualBox, VMware, or similar programs.

The Java language is being enhanced to support nullness markers on types, allowing developers to explicitly indicate whether a type rejects or allows null values, and providing compile-time and run-time checks to help detect unexpected nulls. This feature is optional and can be enabled with the --enable-preview compile-time and runtime flags, and is designed to improve the reliability and ...

Ell is a shell script that uses LLM backends, combining shell and LLM functionality. It is written in pure Bash, making it lightweight and easy to install, with contributions welcome and licensed under the MIT License.

Robin Warren, an Australian pathologist, died at 87, leaving behind a legacy of groundbreaking research on gut health and the discovery of Helicobacter pylori bacteria, which causes ulcers. Warren's work, along with his partner Barry Marshall, challenged prevailing medical dogma and led to the development of antibiotic treatments for peptic ulcers and a non-invasive breath test to diagnose ulcers.

Tauri 2.0 is nearing its stable release, with a planned release candidate cycle of approximately 4 weeks, and the team is focusing on documentation and bug fixes. The release candidate includes several breaking changes, including changes to core plugins, network exposure, and Rust API exposure, and the team is encouraging community involvement to improve the project.

Google Cloud is partnering with Y Combinator to provide dedicated cloud resources, including GPU and AI workloads, to startups, aiming to attract more AI startups and grow with them. The partnership includes $350,000 in cloud credits, priority access to a dedicated cluster, and other benefits to help startups build and train AI models.

RustPython requires the latest stable Rust version and can be installed using rustup.rs; it allows running Python in WASM and embedding into a Rust project, but is still in development and not totally production-ready. Contributions are welcome, and tasks are listed in the issue tracker, with documentation available in the target/doc directory or online.

SectorLISP is a high-level garbage-collected programming language that fits inside a 512-byte boot sector, making it the smallest LISP implementation ever. It features a unique arithmetic model that uses lists to represent numbers, allowing for arbitrary-precision arithmetic and supporting 64-bit and 128-bit computations on 16-bit CPUs.

Oscar is a project aiming to reduce open-source maintainer toil by creating automated agents that can analyze issue reports, provide context, and control deterministic tooling using natural language. The project's first prototype, @gabyhelp, has already had successful interactions in the Go issue tracker and is being developed under the auspices of the Go project, with plans to make it ...

Google Chrome 127 will display a warning for uBlock Origin due to its Manifest v2 deprecation, and suggest uBlock Origin Lite as a replacement. uBlock Origin Lite is a pared-down version with a best effort at converting filter lists, but it sacrifices many features and requires explicit choice to replace the original extension.

A captured Russian FPV attack drone uses a fiber-optic cable to communicate with its operator, overcoming radio interference, and Ukrainian experts have replicated this technology in a small quadcopter. This technique, which has a long pedigree in guided missiles, offers a secure and jam-proof way to control drones, potentially making them more challenging to counter.

Tim Berners-Lee's original WorldWideWeb application for NeXT is a prototype Hypertext browser/editor that allows direct access to Hypertext servers, files, and news. The code has been mirrored on GitHub for easier browsing, with commit dates backdated to the last-modified day for each file.

The author experimented with using a light sensor and an op-amp to detect light signals and transmit data wirelessly between two boards, achieving a data rate of up to 19200bps. They also explored the possibility of using a smartphone's torch to modulate the light signal and transmit data, and successfully implemented a simple wireless transmission system using JavaScript and a software UART receiver.

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The user has developed a program that uses enumeration and dependent types to find new algorithms, including QuickSort, by brute-forcing the search space. They are confident that this approach can be used to discover new mathematics and science, and are excited to continue exploring its potential.

Researchers have found that massive neutron stars may have cores made of deconfined quark matter, a state of matter that is not confined to neutrons. This possibility is exciting because it could reveal a new state of matter with conformal symmetry, where the system looks the same when zoomed in or out.

The Java API provides various file and I/O operations, including reading and writing strings, parsing numbers, and processing ZIP files, with UTF-8 being the default character encoding since Java 18. The Files class offers methods for common tasks such as creating, copying, moving, and deleting files and directories, as well as reading and writing streams, with try-with-resources statements ...

Redox has been selected for a new NGI Zero grant to implement proper POSIX signal handling and process management in userspace, allowing for significant time dedication to the Redox kernel and related components. The project aims to improve signal support, including sigprocmask, sigaltstack, and sigaction, and will focus on optimizing receive-related signal APIs, with plans to implement ...

Meta's news ban in Canada has led to a 43% decline in news engagement and a 30% reduction in active local news outlets, with minimal public awareness. Despite the ban, news is still being shared on Facebook and Instagram through workarounds, but Canadians are consuming less news online, with an estimated 11 million fewer views per day.

Google acquires Character.AI, a startup co-founded by Noam Shazeer, with Shazeer returning to Google's DeepMind research team and Dominic Perella becoming interim CEO at Character.AI. The acquisition will provide Character.AI with increased funding to focus on building personalized AI products, with the company shifting its strategy to use third-party large language models alongside its own.

Internet Archive deleted many accounts, including the user's, without notification, and is only relinking old uploads if the new account has the same email. The user experienced frustrating support and feels the organization is not taking proactive steps to address the massive data loss, leaving many dead links and lost data across the internet.

The misuse of machine learning (ML) in predicting human traits and behaviors is a result of the epistemic foundations of ML being misunderstood, leading to the spread of pseudoscience. The theory-free ideal and value-free ideal in ML, which assume that data can speak for themselves without human theory and values, are flawed and conceal the necessary input of theory and values in scientific research.

A novel aluminum alloy, Al92Ti2Fe2Co2Ni2, was fabricated using selective laser melting and exhibits exceptional mechanical properties, including a high strength of over 800 MPa and prominent plastic deformability. The alloy's unique microstructure, consisting of coarse and fine rosettes of intermetallic compounds, is responsible for its remarkable mechanical behavior, which is attributed to ...

E-ink tablets allow reading and annotating digital books and documents, and writing in digital notebooks. The author, Dan Dutton, created eWritable to share his knowledge and help others choose the best e-ink tablet for their needs.

The author compares and recommends various libraries for serializing and deserializing data in Lua, including JSON, MessagePack, CBOR, and Protobufs, considering factors such as speed, compatibility, and schema requirements. The author concludes that CBOR and Protobufs are the best options for speed and performance, while JSON is a good choice for interoperability.

Intel's bonds were heavily sold, causing spreads to widen by 15-20 basis points, as the stock plummeted towards a 50-year low. S&P Global Ratings placed Intel's A-minus rating on CreditWatch Negative, citing concerns over missing free cash flow and leverage targets.

Gleam v1.4.0 has been released, featuring new labelled arguments, language server code-actions, and improved type safety, as well as incremental compilation and fault-tolerant analysis. The release also includes various bug fixes and improvements, such as better error messages, completion suggestions, and documentation generation.

The author argues that C's influence on the programming language ecosystem is a protocol that all languages must follow, making it a nightmare to interact with other languages and systems. The author also discusses the challenges of changing the ABI of C, citing examples of how it can cause chaos in the ecosystem and how some languages and systems are designed to work around these issues.

The article discusses the challenges of persisting data to flash memory in embedded systems, including issues with data corruption, endianness, and wear leveling, and proposes a solution called Beau, an embedded database designed for small embedded systems. The article also highlights the importance of considering factors such as data size, record structure, and flash geometry when designing ...

RomHacking.net, a site for game modifications and fixes, is shutting down after nearly 20 years, with its founder citing a "dishonest and hate-filled" group and handing over the database to the Internet Archive. The site's closure marks the end of a central depot for game modifications, but the community will likely continue elsewhere, with some members criticizing the founder's handling of ...

Elliott Management, a hedge fund, believes Nvidia is in a "bubble" due to overhyped AI technology, and is skeptical of its long-term viability. The firm warns that AI's supposed uses may not be cost-efficient, reliable, or trustworthy, and that the market bubble may burst if Nvidia reports poor numbers.

ClickHouse acquired PeerDB, a Postgres connector, to improve data movement speed and offer specialized capabilities. The acquisition aims to help businesses move data from Postgres to ClickHouse, with PeerDB's existing open-source components remaining unchanged.

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Intel announced a $1.6 billion loss in Q2 and plans to cut 15,000 jobs and reduce expenses by up to $10 billion by 2025 to streamline its finances. The company's struggles are attributed to high costs, low margins, and missing out on the AI boom, with its CEO holding steady to the IDM 2.0 strategy despite the challenges.

The user learned programming at 40 and built a SaaS using Rails, which they found to be a good choice due to its simplicity, stability, and community support. Rails' convention-over-configuration approach and battle-tested codebase make it a reliable choice for building a SaaS application, allowing the user to focus on business and marketing rather than technical details.

NASA officials are considering using a SpaceX Dragon capsule to bring back two astronauts stranded on the International Space Station due to Starliner's technical issues. The Starliner project has been plagued by delays and hardware issues, and if SpaceX is chosen, it would likely mark the end of the project, which has cost NASA $5.8 billion.

The US Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Marketing Service has a cooperative agreement with Tennessee to provide $5.5 million in grant funding for projects building resilience in the middle of the supply chain. The funding will support projects increasing access to commercial kitchens, processing capacity, and new wholesale/retail product lines, with a focus on smaller farms, new ...

Michael Phelps' large hands and feet act like flippers, propelling him through the water, while his long arms and torso provide additional propulsion. His unique physical characteristics, including his long arms and short legs, also contribute to his exceptional swimming ability.

The author attempted to live without plastic for a week, finding it challenging but learning about sustainable alternatives and the importance of systemic change. Despite some setbacks and increased costs, the author plans to continue some of the changes they made during the challenge, recognizing the impact of individual actions when combined with collective efforts.

The Pineboards Ai Bundle (Hailo 8L) combines a Raspberry Pi 5 HAT with a Hailo-8L AI Accelerator and fast NVMe storage, allowing for powerful AI processing and bootable storage. The bundle is available from various retailers and has an MSRP of 90 EUR (excluding VAT), offering a high-performance AI solution for various applications.

The European Union's AI regulation has come into force, with staggered compliance deadlines and tiered penalties for AI developers and applications. The regulation applies to high-risk AI systems, including biometrics and facial recognition, and requires developers to ensure compliance with risk and quality management obligations.

DSCv3 is an open-source command-line application that abstracts software component management declaratively and idempotently, running on Linux, macOS, and Windows without dependencies. It's not accepting code contributions yet, but the Samples repository is ready for Pull Requests, and DSCv3 can invoke PowerShell DSC Resources with both Windows PowerShell and PowerShell.

The discussion revolves around the question of whether the meaning of a word is its use in language, with some arguing that large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT support this idea by producing meaningful texts based on their training data, while others argue that LLMs lack intention and therefore cannot truly understand the meaning of words. The debate draws on philosophical concepts from ...

Researchers used a panel of 10 adult cats to identify flavor compounds in chicken-liver-based sprays that cats prefer, finding that they enjoy sprays with more free amino acids and savory flavors. The study's findings could inform future cat food formulations and help cat owners choose a kibble that their finicky feline might enjoy.

Global stock markets plummeted on Friday as fears of a US economic slump grew, with the Nasdaq index falling 3% and the Nikkei 225 share index tumbling 5.8%. The weak jobs report and disappointing earnings from tech giants Intel and Amazon sparked concerns of a recession, leading to a sharp sell-off and a 100% chance of a September interest rate cut by the Federal Reserve.

Roland Allen discusses his book "The Notebook: A History of Thinking on Paper", exploring the evolution of journaling and diaries from ancient times to modern day. He highlights the unique characteristics of Samuel Pepys' diary, which provides a detailed account of the Great Fire of London, and notes the differences between Pepys' and John Evelyn's diaries in terms of emotional availability ...

The Lawrence High School district in Kansas has implemented a $162,000 contract with Gaggle, a student safety technology company, to monitor students' online activities for signs of drug use, anti-social behavior, and suicidal inclinations. Critics argue that the surveillance software may do more harm than good, stifling creativity and individual liberty, and potentially targeting minority ...

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Adam, a seasoned FOSS enthusiast, presents a hands-on workshop on self-hosting, focusing on fundamental concepts and techniques. Participants will share experiences, get unblocked, and leave with inspiration and ideas to try out self-hosting.

Seth Kaplan, an author and lecturer, moved to an Orthodox Jewish community for its lifestyle, which emphasizes community building and real-world interactions, and believes that strong, tight-knit communities can solve many of society's problems, including the youth mental health crisis. Kaplan's research suggests that the decline in mental health among adolescents since 2010 can be tied to ...

ROMhacking.net is shutting down due to copyright pressures, internal conflicts, and the rise of alternative platforms. The site's database and files have been released to the Internet Archive, and the community is encouraged to start new projects and initiatives.

OpenAI's chatbot ChatGPT has been found to rely on plagiarized content from DNyuz.com, a notorious site that steals news articles, instead of citing original sources. This is particularly egregious given that OpenAI is already being sued by The New York Times for copyright infringement and has been blocked from accessing NYT content.

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The US failed to anticipate the battery revolution, unlike other technological revolutions, and this failure is attributed to various factors including supply chain dominance by China, lack of government support, and opposition from oil companies. The US should respond by playing catch-up in batteries and ensuring its scientific, governmental, and media institutions are not broken in a way ...

The user has been collecting references to old Japanese pixel/dot art software and is making the list public, including a Google Sheet with links to downloads, videos, and other references. They invite others to get involved and help find files and document the software, with a long-term goal of making it usable again.

Large Language Models (LLMs) like ChatGPT and Copilot are widely used on GitHub for code generation, primarily for small projects led by individuals or small teams. The generated code is often short, simple, and undergoes fewer modifications than human-written code, with most comments lacking detailed information about the code's origin and modifications.

The user reflects on their childhood gaming experiences with the Game Boy Advance, remembering the tactile feedback of inserting cartridges and the nostalgic sound of the Game Boy logo flashing on screen. The user debunks the myth that blowing into game cartridges works, explaining that it's mainly confirmation bias and that the true fix is removing and reinserting the cartridge, and provides ...

Physicist Sara Walker proposes the "assembly theory" to explain how life emerges from chemical reactions, suggesting that life arises when the universe creates exceptionally intricate things. Her theory has attracted both praise and criticism, and she believes it could help identify life on other worlds and even create life from scratch.

Gojko Adzic's new book, Lizard Optimization, discusses how responding to product misuse and marginal use cases can drive customer retention and accelerate product growth. By targeting these unusual use cases, Adzic argues that product improvements can be made for all users, increasing retention and profitability.

Guish is a dynamic data pipeline UI that allows users to visually construct and execute complex command-line pipelines, bridging the gap between command-line interfaces and GUI code editors. It provides an intuitive interface for chaining together various Unix commands and custom plugins, with features like AST parsing, GUI updates, and terminal-like output displays.