I got almost all of my wishes granted with RP2350

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The author, a fan of the Raspberry Pi RP2040 microcontroller, has been using the new RP2350 chip and is impressed with its improvements, including a better core, floating point support, and increased RAM. The author recommends replacing STM32H7 chips with RP2350 due to its better performance, more GPIOs, and improved peripherals, and notes that RP2350 variants with built-in flash are now available.

LibreCUDA – Launch CUDA code on Nvidia GPUs without the proprietary runtime

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LibreCUDA is a project that aims to replace the CUDA driver API to enable launching CUDA code on Nvidia GPUs without relying on the proprietary CUDA runtime. The provided code demonstrates the use of LibreCUDA to load a CUDA ELF binary, launch a kernel, and execute it on an Nvidia GPU.

Firefox Sidebar and Vertical tabs: try them out

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Mozilla has released a new Nightly 131 update with vertical tabs and a new sidebar experience, designed to enhance browsing and productivity. The community is encouraged to test and provide feedback on the features, which are still in progress and will be refined in the coming months.

Do quests, not goals

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The author argues that people should focus on personal aspirations, or "quests", rather than traditional goals, as quests are more empowering and transformative. The author's program, One Big Win, helps people achieve a significant personal victory in eight weeks, and the author is running a new session starting August 26th.

Google and Meta struck secret ads deal to target teenagers

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USPS text scammers duped his wife, so he hacked their operation

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A person, s1n, discovered a scam website and used tools like nmap, Burp Suite, and SQLMap to gather information and gain access to the scammers' database. S1n found incriminating evidence, including the scammers' identities and data on their victims, and plans to report it to an internet crime center to shut down the site and bring the scammers to justice.

RLHF is just barely RL

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RLHF is not true reinforcement learning, as it uses a proxy objective of human feedback instead of the actual reward function, and can be gamed by the model. While RLHF is still a useful step in building an LLM Assistant, true reinforcement learning has not been achieved at scale in open-domain problem solving tasks, requiring creative thinking to develop a suitable reward function.

How we migrated onto K8s in less than 12 months

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Figma migrated its core services from Amazon's Elastic Container Service (ECS) to Amazon's Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) to improve scalability, reliability, and developer ergonomics, and to take advantage of the open-source Kubernetes ecosystem. The migration was carefully planned and executed, with a focus on minimizing disruption to users and ensuring the new platform was reliable and ...

Launch HN: Stack Auth (YC S24) – An Open-Source Auth0/Clerk Alternative

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Stack Auth is a developer-friendly, open-source user authentication solution that supports Next.js frontends and any backend that can use its REST API, with features like OAuth, password credentials, and magic links. It offers a managed service, self-hosting option, and customizable email notifications, with a dashboard for user management and access token management for third-party APIs.

Raspberry Pi Pico 2, our new $5 microcontroller board, on sale now

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Raspberry Pi has launched the Pico 2, a new microcontroller board built on the RP2350 chip, which offers improved performance, security features, and compatibility with earlier Pico series boards. The Pico 2 is available in various packages and configurations, including wireless-enabled options, and is accompanied by an updated SDK, new MicroPython and CircuitPython images, and a $10,000 ...

How we found and fixed an eBPF Linux kernel vulnerability

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The Linux kernel's eBPF verifier was found to have a vulnerability (CVE-2023-2163) that allowed for local privilege escalation and container escape, which was discovered using a custom eBPF fuzzer called Buzzer. The bug was fixed by marking imprecise registers as precise, and the fix did not appear to have a significant performance impact on the eBPF verifier.

Cosmic: A New Desktop Environment

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COSMIC is a new desktop environment aiming to liberate computers with a powerful OS experience, featuring advanced functionality, responsive design, and modular architecture. The alpha release includes core applications, applets, and settings, with a focus on stability, security, and performance, and is seeking testing, bug reports, and feature requests for future releases.

FlexAttention: The Flexibility of PyTorch with the Performance of FlashAttention

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FlexAttention is a new PyTorch API that allows implementing many attention variants in a few lines of code, leveraging torch.compile to generate a fused FlashAttention kernel with performance competitive with handwritten ones. The API provides a flexible way to implement attention variants, including causal, relative position encoding, Alibi, sliding window attention, and document masking, ...

Recent Performance Improvements in Function Calls in CPython

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The author discusses the performance improvements in Python 3.14.0a0 compared to earlier versions, specifically in terms of function calls, built-in calls, and inlining code in hot loops. The improvements are attributed to various optimizations, including super instructions, bytecode instruction specialization, optimization of builtins, and inlining Python-to-Python function calls, which have ...

Ask HN: Resources about math behind A/B testing

You've been learning about AB testing and want a more structured approach, having good math and stats foundations. You're concerned about common pitfalls, such as p-level hacking and brute forcing, and are looking for resources to improve your understanding, including Evan Miller's tools and academic papers.

Employers used return-to-office to make workers quit

Return-to-office mandates have led to unintended consequences, including higher-than-expected attrition rates, particularly among women and underrepresented employees, and a disproportionate loss of talent. Employers should adopt a more nuanced approach, considering employee well-being, diversity, and inclusion, and embracing flexible and hybrid work models to mitigate the adverse effects of ...

Intel's Immiseration

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Intel's revenue for the quarter was significantly lower than expected, with the company's CEO Pat Gelsinger announcing a 15% headcount reduction and a focus on cost-cutting measures. The company's struggles are attributed to its inability to expand beyond its x86 desktop and server processor business, with the author arguing that Intel's failure to enter the smartphone SoC market is a key ...

Hacking a Virtual Power Plant

The user successfully factored a 512-bit RSA key used by GivEnergy's API token generation, allowing them to generate modified API tokens that could be accepted as valid. The user reported their findings to GivEnergy's security team, who promptly fixed the issue by switching to a 4096-bit RSA key, but surprisingly, the legitimate API tokens generated earlier still worked.

How long does music stardom last? A statistical analysis

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Music biopics often follow a predictable formula, but the trajectory of music celebrity is not as predictable as Hollywood films suggest. Most musicians achieve mainstream recognition for less than a year, and their careers often fade away, with only a few exceptional cases of long-term success.

Apple is America's semiconductor problem

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Mouse Pong: play a game from mouse's firmware with persistence of vision cursor

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A custom USB device created using a Seeed Studio XIAO RP2040 dev board runs a game of Pong inside its firmware, rendering the score on the screen by moving the cursor quickly. The device emulates an absolute positioning mouse, moving the cursor between points of interest, including the paddles and ball, to create a unique gaming experience.

The News Is Information Junk Food (2022)

The author argues that cutting out news consumption has been one of the best lifestyle decisions they've made, as it has reduced anxiety and freed up time for more meaningful activities. They believe that the news is primarily designed to entertain rather than inform, and that consuming it can lead to a negative view of the world, stress, and anxiety.

More and more German trains are not allowed to enter Switzerland

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Deutsche Bahn trains are being stopped at the Swiss border due to delays, with 11% of Munich-Zurich trains and 12.4% of Freiburg-Basel trains affected in the first quarter of 2024. This measure, introduced by SBB in 2022, aims to ensure punctuality in Switzerland's own network, as only 64% of German long-distance trains reached their destination on time in 2023.

Forest Service orders Arrowhead bottled water to shut down California pipeline

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The US Forest Service has ordered BlueTriton Brands to shut down its pipeline and remove infrastructure used to collect and transport water from springs in the San Bernardino Mountains, citing environmental harm and lack of compliance with permit requirements. The decision is a victory for environmental activists who have campaigned against the company's water extraction, which they say has ...

Show HN: Orbit – A CSS radial UI composer framework

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Jepsen: Jetcd 0.8.2

Jepsen investigated issues in etcd's official Java client library, jetcd, and found several safety violations, including lost updates, circular information flow, and aborted reads. These issues affect jetcd versions 0.6.0 to 0.8.2 and can be resolved by disabling retries.

Molecule restores cognition, memory in Alzheimer's disease model mice

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Researchers at UCLA have identified a molecule that can restore cognitive functions in mice with Alzheimer's disease by jumpstarting the brain's memory circuitry, potentially leading to a novel treatment for the disease. The compound, DDL-920, works by antagonizing receptors that reduce gamma oscillations, allowing neurons to sustain powerful electrical rhythms that are critical for memory ...

National Park Service Will Cite AWD Drivers for Driving on 4WD-Only Trails

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A Subaru Crosstrek owner received a warning letter for driving on a 4WD-only trail with an AWD vehicle, which could result in serious consequences. The difference between AWD and 4WD is crucial, as 4WD vehicles have locking differentials that aid in off-road traction, while AWD systems are easily flummoxed in challenging terrain.

Show HN: I built interactive map of active and decommissioned nuclear stations

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Qwen2-Math

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The Qwen2-Math model series, built upon the Qwen2 foundation, is designed to excel in mathematical capabilities and has outperformed proprietary models such as GPT-4o and Claude 3.5 in math-related tasks. The model is currently only available in English, but bilingual models supporting both English and Chinese will be released soon, with multilingual models also in development.

After private equity takes over hospitals, they are less adept of providing care

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A new study found that private-equity firms acquire hospitals, stripping them of assets and resources, leaving facilities less equipped to care for patients. The study analyzed 156 hospitals acquired by private-equity firms and found a 24% decline in total capital assets, equivalent to a loss of $28 million per hospital, leading to reduced patient care.

GPUDrive: Data-driven, multi-agent driving simulation at 1M FPS

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GPUDrive is a GPU-accelerated, multi-agent simulator that can generate over a million steps of experience per second, enabling the study of multi-agent planning at scale. The simulator is used to train reinforcement learning agents to achieve goal-reaching in minutes for individual scenes and generally capable agents in a few hours.

Show HN: The First Non-Smart AI Pendant (NotFriend)

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The NotFriend is a plastic circle that does nothing, making a statement about the absurdity of technology. It's a non-working, non-smart pendant that's perfect for those who want to embrace simplicity and non-functionality.

Tsunami Alert Issued for Japan

A magnitude 7.1 earthquake occurred in Kyushu, Japan, and hazardous tsunami waves are possible within 300 km of the epicenter. Coastal populations in Japan should stay alert and follow instructions from national and local authorities, with estimated times of arrival of the initial tsunami wave ranging from 0808 to 0956 UTC.

Using the Moon as an Echo [video]

Is it time to version observability?

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The author, Charity Majors, discusses the evolution of observability from "Observability 1.0" (based on metrics, logs, and traces) to "Observability 2.0" (based on wide, structured log events), highlighting the limitations and costs of the former and the benefits and potential of the latter. The author argues that Observability 2.0 is the future of software development, enabling engineers to ...

Over 90% of US Population Growth Since 2020 Came from Hispanics

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The US Hispanic population grew by 3.2 million from 2020 to 2023, making up 91% of the country's overall population gain. This growth is attributed to increased immigration and shifts in births and deaths, leading to a "diversity explosion" that policymakers should recognize.

rePalm: Towards the first unauthorized PalmOS port

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The author of the text is working on a project called rePalm, which aims to run an unmodified PalmOS 5.x on a modern device. The project involves writing a custom kernel, a Thumb2 emulator, and a just-in-time translator to run ARM code on a Cortex-M class microcontroller.

Digital Tools I Wish Existed (2019)

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The user is frustrated with the high level of friction in finding, organizing, and sharing digital content, and wishes for a tool that can seamlessly integrate and convert different formats, allow for batch processing, and provide a centralized history of content with notes and annotations. They also desire a tool that can help with prioritization, provide relevant suggestions, and allow for ...

IRC Will Never Die (2021)

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Freenode, a major IRC server operator, is facing issues, but its demise would not be the end of IRC as it's a simple protocol to set up and use. IRC users can easily switch to another server, and the online community is more important than the server itself, making the impact of Freenode's potential demise minimal.

A heck of a wild bug chase

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A developer recounts a complex bug-hunting experience involving a NextJs application, Auth0, and a "log out" link that unexpectedly cleared the appSession cookie, causing a 401 error. The issue was traced to NextJs's default prefetching behavior, which triggered the logout request and cleared the cookie, leading to the authentication error.

Cloudflare Introduces Automatic SSL/TLS

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Cloudflare is rolling out an automatic SSL/TLS setting that uses the SSL/TLS Recommender to determine the most secure encryption mode for a website to use, starting with customers who have the Recommender enabled on August 8, 2024. The new setting aims to simplify and maximize origin-facing security for customers, but customers can opt out and choose a custom setting if they prefer.

What is the ideal chapter length? (2023)

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The chapter structure in books has evolved over time, with ancient and medieval writers using divisions to aid memory and modern authors experimenting with chapter lengths and titles to engage readers. The rise of short chapters in recent books may be attributed to the increasing distraction of modern life, with authors seeking to keep readers engaged in a world where attention spans are shorter.

Features I'd like to see in future IDEs

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The user outlines a wishlist of features for future IDEs, including debugging tools, comment organization, and image embedding. They also propose individualized LLMs, code vaults, and temporary hot patching, as well as a pre-commit lint check for sensitive data.

What I Saw in the Darién Gap

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The Darién Gap, a treacherous jungle region between Colombia and Panama, has become a major route for migrants seeking to reach the United States, with over 800,000 people expected to cross this year, despite efforts by the US and other governments to deter migration. The journey is fraught with danger, with migrants facing threats from armed groups, bandits, and harsh conditions, and many ...

Engineering the First Fitbit: The Inside Story

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James Park and Eric Friedman founded Fitbit in 2007, inspired by the Wii's motion sensors, and developed the first wearable activity tracker that could track steps, sleep, and other health metrics. After overcoming numerous design and manufacturing challenges, Fitbit became a successful company, selling over 136 million units and eventually being acquired by Google in 2021.

Duperemove – Tools for deduping file systems

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Duperemove is a tool that finds and categorizes duplicated file extents and submits them for deduplication. It uses various libraries and can store hashes in a file, allowing for repeated runs without re-checksumming unchanged data.

Critical vulnerabilities in 6 AWS services disclosed at Black Hat USA

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Researchers from Aqua Security discovered six critical vulnerabilities in Amazon Web Services (AWS) services, including CloudFormation, Glue, EMR, SageMaker, ServiceCatalog, and CodeStar, which could have enabled account takeover, remote code execution, and sensitive information disclosure. The vulnerabilities, known as "Shadow Resources" and "Bucket Monopoly," were addressed by AWS, but the ...

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Bun v1.1.22

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Bun v1.1.22 fixes 79 bugs, improves performance, and adds features like Uint8Array encoding and decoding, and support for async iterators in fs.promises.writeFile(). It also improves compatibility with Node.js and fixes various bugs in areas like error handling, WebSocket, and file serving.

Show HN: RoundtableJS – Open-source programmatic survey library

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RoundtableJS is an open-source JavaScript library for building complex surveys, forms, and data annotation tasks, offering customization options and AI-native features. It provides a developer-friendly API and a plugin ecosystem, allowing users to create custom question types, integrate with tools, and control data storage and processing.

Raspberry Pi Pico 2

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Raspberry Pi Pico 2 is a microcontroller board with a significant performance boost, powered by the RP2350 microcontroller, featuring a dual-core, dual-architecture capability and a comprehensive security architecture. It is programmable in C/C++ and Python, with detailed documentation, and is ideal for enthusiasts and professional developers, with extensive compliance testing and transparent ...

CrowdStrike's outage should not have happened

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A global IT outage occurred due to a bug in Crowdstrike's remote update system, affecting 8.5 million Windows devices and causing significant economic and societal impacts. The proposed mitigations by Crowdstrike amount to plugging holes, whereas safety should be designed into the design, tools, and languages used from the start.

Zero calorie sweetener linked to blood clots and heart disease, study finds

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Consuming a drink with erythritol, a sugar substitute, doubled the risk of blood clotting in a pilot study of 10 healthy people, which can lead to heart attacks and strokes. The study found that erythritol increased platelet responsiveness, unlike glucose, and raises concerns about the safety of sugar-free products containing erythritol.

ISS astronauts on eight-day mission may be stuck until 2025, NASA says

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NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams may be stuck on the International Space Station until next year if their Boeing Starliner cannot be repaired for them to return home. NASA is discussing plans with SpaceX to use a Crew Dragon to bring the astronauts back to Earth if Starliner is deemed unsafe to return.

Microsoft says Delta's ancient IT explains long outage after CrowdStrike snafu

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Microsoft blames Delta Air Lines' outdated IT infrastructure for its slow recovery from the CrowdStrike incident, while Delta threatens to sue Microsoft and CrowdStrike, claiming they refused repeated calls for help. Microsoft claims it offered assistance to Delta, but was repeatedly turned down, and is now investigating why Delta took longer to recover than other airlines.

The play deficit (2013)

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The author argues that play is essential for children's development, as it allows them to learn social skills, manage emotions, and develop creativity, and that the decline of play in modern society is contributing to rising rates of anxiety, depression, and narcissism among children. The author suggests that children need more freedom to play and explore, rather than being forced into ...

Nissan Invents Car Paint That Can Lower Interior Temps by Nearly 10 Degrees

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Nissan has developed a special "cool paint" that reflects solar energy and keeps car cabins cooler, potentially reducing air conditioning use and extending electric vehicle range. The paint is thin, durable, and can be applied on a large scale, but its cost and added weight are currently downsides.

Ask HN: How did you learn Regex?

The author learned regex through Perl documentation, online tutorials, and practice, and found it useful for parsing complex information and automating tasks. They emphasize the importance of understanding the basics, practicing, and using online tools to visualize and test regex patterns.

Paper straws are often touted as alternative to plastic, but they're toxic

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Paper straws contain toxic PFAS chemicals, which are harmful to humans, animals, and the environment, making them a poor alternative to plastic straws. Stainless steel straws are a better option, being reusable and non-harmful to the environment, despite being more expensive.
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US District Judge Amit Mehta ruled that Google has a monopoly in general search services and text advertising, citing exclusive deals with browser and device developers. The ruling may force Google to change its search business, with potential remedies including disrupting default deals, mandating choice screens, or requiring Google to divest from Chrome or Android.

A new report finds Boeing's rockets are built with an unqualified work force

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NASA's Exploration Upper Stage, a key part of its Artemis program, is seven years behind schedule and significantly over budget due to Boeing's poor quality control practices and inadequate workforce. The report recommends financial penalties for Boeing's noncompliance, but NASA declined, citing existing contract authorities.

The Miniature Engineering Craftsmanship Museum

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The text describes various small-scale engines, including a hit-n-miss engine, a rotary valve engine, and a 7-cylinder radial engine, each with unique features and specifications. The engines are made from various materials, including aluminum, and are designed for model airplanes, with some being among the smallest in the world.

Ergodic Literature

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Ergodic literature challenges traditional notions of narrative and reading by requiring active participation and engagement from the reader. It blurs the boundary between author and reader, demanding effort, detective work, and sometimes even creative input to uncover the story.

Marta File Manager: Back on Track

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The developer of Marta, a file manager for Mac, is back with renewed energy and new ideas, committed to continuing development and releasing new features. The latest version, 0.8.2, focuses on bug fixes, including path handling and dialog window improvements, with more updates to come.

Home security giant ADT says it was hacked

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ADT, a home security company, disclosed a data breach where attackers accessed customer home addresses, email addresses, and phone numbers. The company claims no reason to believe customer home security systems were compromised, but did not provide a specific number of affected customers.

Gemini 1.5 Flash price is now ~70% lower ($0.075 / 1M)

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The post-neoliberalism moment

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The post-neoliberal movement, which criticizes the economic policies of neoliberalism, has gained momentum in recent years, with some arguing that globalization has led to economic instability and vulnerability. However, many experts argue that the benefits of globalization still outweigh the costs, and that post-neoliberal policies could lead to a less efficient and less resilient economy.

The First Medieval Electronic Instrument Plays Sounds of Lutes and More

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The Swedish company Teenage Engineering has released the EP-1320, a medieval electronic instrument that allows users to create music with sounds from the Middle Ages. The device is designed to evoke a medieval world and can be used to create unique and imaginative music, making it a potential gift for electronic music creators.

Row Embedded Cache: Experimenting with a new pattern of caching

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The user experimented with caching orders in Postgres using JSONB types, storing relations and sub-relations to simplify retrieval and display. This approach eliminates the need for expensive joins and cache checks, making code cleaner and easier to invalidate.

GPT-4o System Card

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The paper by Herzog et al. demonstrates the phenomenon of frustrated two-photon creation via interference, where the mere possibility of two indistinguishable paths leading to the same final state can interfere destructively, effectively "frustrating" the creation of photon pairs under specific conditions. The experiment uses a setup involving a beam splitter, a non-linear crystal, and a ...

Boiling and filtering can remove microplastics from drinking water: study

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Researchers found that boiling and filtering tap water can remove up to 90% of nanoplastics and microplastics, with hard water being more effective. This simple method can help reduce human exposure to these plastics, which have been linked to health issues, and may become a viable long-term strategy for reducing global exposure.

Fallout 2 Remake 3D

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By supporting me, your name or nickname will be written on a mysterious cosmic monolith that will be found in the wasteland as a special encounter

Django 5.1 Released

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Django 5.1 introduces new features like LoginRequiredMiddleware, accessibility enhancements, and a querystring template tag. The release also marks the end of mainstream support for Django 5.0, which will receive security and data loss fixes until April 2025.

Mineshaft Gap – A real-time strategy game for the C64 by Drmortalwombat

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Mineshaft Gap is a real-time strategy game for the Commodore 64 where players control up to 32 bunker dwellers in a post-nuclear world. The game's story follows a leader who awakens from hibernation to find their bunker dwellers bored and decides to rebuild civilization.

Reading the source code of Zig [video]

Out of the Tar Pit [pdf]

The authors argue that the main cause of complexity in software systems is the handling of state, which makes programs hard to understand and reason about. They propose that functional programming, which avoids state and side effects, can help alleviate this complexity, but also note that it can be challenging to maintain state in functional programs, and that a balance between simplicity and ...

Boeing Starliner Could Brick ISS Docking Port If Crew Abandons It

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NASA is considering bringing astronauts Barry Wilmore and Suni Williams back to Earth on a SpaceX Crew Dragon due to technical issues with the Boeing Starliner, which lacks autonomous undocking feature. NASA fears updating the Starliner's software could render one of the ISS's crewed-vehicle docking ports inoperable, delaying the mission and the launch of SpaceX Crew-9.

Show HN: Nyro – Open-source AI assistant for your OS

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Nyro is an open-source AI-powered productivity tool that integrates with your operating system, now using Supabase for data storage. To run Nyro locally, install Docker and set up Supabase, and ensure a compatible node version (v18) is used.

New doctoral thesis proposes Buckminster Fuller was a 'charlatan'

The thesis "Genius or Charlatanry? - A psychobiographical reinterpretation of the life and works of Buckminster Fuller" by Pasi P. Toiviainen argues that Buckminster Fuller was a charlatan who fabricated his work and suffered from grandiose narcissism. The study analyzes Fuller's works, personality, and behavior to support this hypothesis, suggesting that his actions and behavior were driven ...

Taking the Drizzle Challenge

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The author created Rado, a TypeScript query builder, and later decided to port it to Drizzle ORM due to similarities in their APIs. After rewriting Rado, the author achieved the goals of aligning the query building syntax with Drizzle and supporting universal queries that can run on any database, selected at runtime.

A brief interview with JSON creator Douglas Crockford

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Douglas Crockford, creator of JSON, shares his insights on language design, highlighting the importance of understanding layers. He advises young programmers to create their own language, which will make them smarter, despite the challenges and "crap" they may encounter.

Show HN: We open-sourced our GitOps template for ArgoCD

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This template repository sets up ArgoCD and Glasskube in minutes, enabling GitOps capabilities and package management. It includes a demo application, kube-prometheus-stack, and renovate integration for updating packages, with some limitations and future improvements planned.