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Disney has asked a Florida court to dismiss a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the husband of a woman who died from anaphylaxis after eating at Disney Springs, citing an arbitration waiver in the terms and conditions for Disney+. The husband's attorneys argue that the waiver is unfair and unreasonable, and that the estate of the deceased woman did not exist at the time the husband signed up ...

The user created a hand-coded syntax highlighter by modifying an open-source font to include colored glyphs and using OpenType contextual alternates to highlight code syntax. This approach allows for simple syntax highlighting without relying on external scripts, but has limitations and requires modifying the font file.

The author, a seasoned contest winner, used code and AI tools to win a video contest by identifying the weighted breakdown of the judging criteria and optimizing their submissions accordingly. They then used a script to scrape the contest submissions, identified the most competitive entries, and calculated their chances of winning multiple prizes, ultimately submitting 8 entries and winning ...

National Public Data (NPD) is a data aggregator that suffered a massive breach, with allegedly 2.9 billion records exposed, including social security numbers, names, addresses, and other personal information. The breach is complex, with multiple partial dumps of data circulating online, and it is unclear what percentage of the data is legitimate and what is not, making it difficult to ...

GitHub Copilot and other tools help developers complete tasks 55% faster with AI coding assistance, code scanning, and project management. With GitHub, developers can build innovations, manage projects, and collaborate with others, with over 100 million developers worldwide using the platform.

URLs are a universal syntax of the web, used in various ways beyond just typing into browser bars, and great URL design can make a product more user-friendly and elegant. The user shares examples of well-designed URLs, including StackOverflow, Slack, and GitHub, which use human-readable language and map nicely to domain semantics, making navigation and discovery easier.

The author discusses the sweep-and-prune algorithm for collision detection, which is an efficient solution for detecting collisions between objects in a game. The algorithm involves sorting objects by their x-position and then testing for collisions only between objects that overlap in the x-axis.

Companies often present a polished front during interviews, but candidates need to ask the right questions to uncover the company's true culture. By asking open-ended questions, candidates can gain valuable insights into a company's culture, values, and work environment, and make a more informed decision about whether it's the right fit for them.

Dr. Kevin Menes, an emergency physician, shares his experience of leading the response to a mass casualty incident (MCI) at Sunrise Hospital in Las Vegas, where 215 patients were treated for gunshot wounds. He highlights the importance of preplanning, teamwork, and adaptability in managing the chaos, and shares innovative strategies such as using a "CT Conga Line" and pairing patients on ...

Grok-2, a significant improvement over Grok-1.5, is a new AI model featuring frontier capabilities in chat, coding, and reasoning, and is currently in beta on the 𝕏 platform. Grok-2 and its smaller sibling Grok-2 mini are also being released through an enterprise API later this month, with enhanced security features and a management API for developers.

Double is an investing app that lets users design and invest in their own stock index, with features like daily portfolio optimization, tax loss harvesting, and no AUM fees. The app aims to provide advanced portfolio tools for retail investors, allowing them to diversify, migrate between strategies, and allocate specific baskets of stocks without incurring high fees.

Larry Tesler, a pioneer in computer usability, has had a hand in major events making computer history over the past 30 years, from developing the first document-formatting software to creating the graphical user interface at Apple and Yahoo. With a career spanning from Stanford University to Apple, Stagecast Software, and Yahoo, Tesler has consistently innovated and improved user interfaces, ...

The Syndicated Actor model is a new concurrency model that addresses difficulties in programming models like Actors and Tuplespaces by integrating Actors with Tuplespace-like shared state, Ambients-like system boundaries, and Erlang-like techniques for signaling and recovering from partial failure. The model uses a data language called Preserves and a network protocol to enable interoperation ...

Some people refuse to pay for news due to poor quality and lack of useful formats, such as tables and charts. Additionally, partisanship has eroded trust in opposing news media, making it difficult for people to find reliable sources.

tmpmail is a command-line utility that creates a temporary email address and receives emails using 1secmail's API. It can be used to view emails in the terminal or with a GUI browser, and has various options for managing email addresses and viewing email content.

The Bitwarden server API is implemented in Rust, allowing for a self-hosted deployment that is compatible with upstream Bitwarden clients. The server can be run using Docker and requires HTTPS or localhost access to function properly, with configuration options available through the vaultwarden wiki and GitHub Discussions.

Oak is a software platform for building distributed systems that provides externally verifiable claims about system behaviors, using Trusted Execution Environments (TEEs) as hardware roots of trust. The platform enables secure communication between nodes, remote attestation, and transparent release of binary artifacts, minimizing the Trusted Computing Base (TCB) and reducing the need to trust ...

Peggi is an arpeggio keyboard that fits on the back of a phone, allowing users to type letters and punctuation marks by pressing multiple keys in sequence, rather than simultaneously. The keyboard has a unique layout and requires users to adapt to a new typing style, but it offers the advantage of being compact and portable, making it suitable for text entry on-the-go.

The project aims to collect benchmark data on GPU performance across different clouds and providers, helping users choose the right GPU, cloud, and provider for their model. The project welcomes contributions, questions, and issues, and follows a code of conduct to ensure a harassment-free experience for all participants.

A massive data breach has leaked 2.7 billion personal records, including names, Social Security numbers, and addresses, from a data broker called National Public Data. The breach is believed to have been obtained from an old backup and includes multiple records for many people, with steps recommended to protect against fraud and identity theft.

Microsoft provides information on Common Vulnerability Scoring System without warranty. Microsoft disclaims all warranties and liability for damages, including consequential and incidental damages.

The author taught an undergraduate class on chess engines and learned more from the experience than their students, reflecting on the challenges of meeting students' varying levels of knowledge and engagement. They highlight the importance of meeting students where they are, using interactive in-class content, and making office hours available and welcoming to foster student understanding and growth.

Servo's event-loop renovation aims to update rendering, but a concurrent problem arose when trying to respect ordering constraints. TLA+ is used to define an invariant and model the fix, which confirms the initial theory and ensures the batching mechanism is correct.

The author argues that CSVs are flawed due to their reliance on printable characters, leading to issues with escaping, quoting, and newlines. They propose using non-printable ASCII characters as delimiters, eliminating the need for escaping and quoting, and making data processing easier and more reliable.

Richard Kiyosaki's book "Rich Dad Poor Dad" is criticized for being a work of fiction with no basis in reality, and its financial advice is often counterproductive, harmful, or illegal. The book's success is attributed to its ability to appeal to gullible readers, and its author is accused of being a salesman and motivational speaker with no financial expertise.

Rate My OpenAPI is a suite of tools that evaluates OpenAPI definition files and provides a comprehensive score based on documentation, SDK generation, security, and completeness. The tools include a website, CLI, GitHub Action, and API, allowing developers to analyze and improve their APIs' quality and usability.

Researchers found that one in four patients with severe brain injury who appeared unresponsive responded to instructions covertly, suggesting they may be more aware than initially thought. This phenomenon, called cognitive motor dissociation, can have significant implications for patient care and communication, and may lead to new treatments and interventions.

The author, a 15-year-old DIY enthusiast, built a remote-controlled submarine from scratch, using a brushless motor, waterproof servos, and an Arduino Nano to control its movement and buoyancy. The project involved designing and 3D printing the submarine's body, modeling and coding the electronics, and assembling the various components, including the propeller, rudders, and ballast tank.

Epic Games granted a MegaGrant to cover Apple's Core Technology Fee, ensuring no charge for existing subscribers upon renewal. The grant will also allow for future updates and possibly Epic offerings, with the company expressing gratitude to its existing subscribers.

Benjamin Franklin published Poor Richard's Almanack annually from 1732 to 1758, a challenging process that involved printing and binding thousands of sheets of paper. The almanac contained weather forecasts, calendars, astronomical data, and wise sayings, and Franklin made changes to the format and content over the years, including omitting some features to reprint the British Calendar Act in 1752.

NextNav's proposal to reconfigure the 900 MHz band could disrupt unlicensed spectrum use, impacting open-source projects like Meshtastic and threatening public safety. The FCC must consider the proposal's implications on innovation, public safety, and community resilience, and ensure that the airwaves remain accessible for all stakeholders.

The article discusses various data structures, including arrays, linked lists, trees, and graphs, highlighting their characteristics, advantages, and applications. It also covers algorithms such as binary search, skip lists, and Bloom filters, and provides visual explanations and references for further learning.

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Fastmail now allows users to create passkeys for their accounts, providing a faster and more secure way to log in, and addressing issues with passwords such as predictability, memorability, and phishing. Passkeys use public key cryptography and are replay-resistant, database-leak resistant, and phishing-proof, making them a more secure alternative to traditional passwords.

You noticed "Server error (5xx)" in Google Search Console for your website, despite no 5xx errors in server logs, and found that all requests were actually 429 "Too Many Requests" due to your custom rate limiting. You fixed the issue by whitelisting Google Crawlers' IPs and passing on the ASN in request headers, and have not seen new 5xx errors or 429 statuses since implementing the fix.

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, and overcoming various challenges such as slow emulation, complex ARM instructions, and limitations of the Thumb2 instruction set.

Autism, ADHD, and narcissistic personality disorder share similarities, but distinct differences exist. Understanding these conditions is crucial to avoid misdiagnosis and to address the complex relationships between them.

ISPs have petitioned the US Supreme Court to strike down a New York law requiring broadband providers to offer $15-per-month service to low-income customers, citing concerns about state regulation and potential harm to investment in broadband networks. The ISPs are seeking to have the Supreme Court confirm federal regulation of broadband services, rather than allowing states to implement ...

OpenSSH 9.8 introduces a new feature to slow down certain types of attacks by blocking client addresses that repeatedly fail authentication or crash the server. However, this feature may cause issues with health checks and host key verification, and the user plans to wait for practical experience reports before configuring the feature further.

Kiota is a command-line tool that generates API clients for OpenAPI described APIs, providing a strongly typed experience without requiring a new library for every HTTP API. The tool supports various languages and has a comprehensive support for OpenAPI and JSON Schema features, with contributions and suggestions welcome.

Diablo Web is a web port of the original Diablo game, reconstructed from source code by GalaXyHaXz and devilution team. Players can start playing by uploading their original DIABDAT.MPQ file or purchasing the game from GoG.

Joanna Field's books, "A Life of One's Own" and "An Experiment in Leisure", are a record of her self-observation and exploration of her own nature, as she seeks to understand what makes her happy and productive. Through her diaries and doodlings, she delves into her own mind, critiquing the theories of her time and seeking a personal mythology, while also exploring themes of femininity, ...

The author plays a thought experiment, speculating which individuals at a party would become Nazis in a crisis, concluding that those who are frustrated, humiliated, or seeking power are more likely to adopt Nazi ideology. The author argues that nice people, regardless of their race, color, creed, or social condition, are unlikely to become Nazis because they have a sense of self and values ...

The Altar Stone, a 6-tonne sandstone block at Stonehenge, has been found to have a provenance from the Orcadian Basin in northeast Scotland, with detrital zircon ages indicating a source from the Laurentian basement. The stone was likely transported to Stonehenge by sea, given the distance of at least 750 km and the presence of similar marine trade networks and river transport of shaped stone ...

Elon Musk's new AI image generator, Grok, allows users to create images from text prompts, but lacks effective safeguards, resulting in the creation of offensive and potentially harmful content. The lack of regulation and Musk's disdain for standard AI and social media safety conventions have raised concerns about the risks of generative AI and its potential impact on free expression and online safety.

Solar Foods, a Finnish food-tech company, has developed a novel method of producing protein-rich food using microorganisms, which could potentially decouple food production from the need for vast areas of land. The company's product, Solein, is a powder made from the remains of hydrogenotrophs, which can be used as an ingredient in various food products, and has received regulatory approval ...

Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt criticized Google's work policies, saying the company prioritizes work-life balance over winning, but later apologized for his comments. Schmidt made the remarks in a video at Stanford, where he also discussed Google's lag in artificial intelligence development and the importance of a strong work ethic.

The Longtail AI Foundation aims to create a large-scale dataset for Indian Sign Language (ISL) translation, which is crucial for solving continuous sign language translation convincingly. The foundation has developed a system to detect hand-signers in news videos, using a combination of heuristics and Snorkel, a probabilistic labelling system, to achieve a significant reduction in error rate.

Pattern matching is used in various fields, including programming, mathematics, and particle physics, to solve problems and describe patterns. The Symbolica library in Python allows for creative algorithms by making use of pattern matching capabilities to manipulate mathematical expressions and solve problems.

University of Essex lecturer Maxwell Roberts updated his 2013 London Underground map design, which went viral with a million engagements in 24 hours. The updated map was created after Transport for London released a similar design, and Roberts aimed to make his map better than TfL's in terms of design and geography.

The US government has filed a brief in the litigation challenging the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, arguing that TikTok poses a national security risk due to its partial control by ByteDance, a Chinese company. However, the government's reliance on secret evidence has raised concerns about the transparency and credibility of its case, with TikTok ...

John Rawls, a renowned political philosopher, believed that ordinary life needs to be redeemed by something beyond it, and he found that something in liberalism, which he saw as a way of life that combines freedom and generosity. Rawls' philosophy emphasizes fairness, impartiality, and autonomy, and he believed that living up to liberal principles can bring great spiritual goods, including ...

The program is a simple Python script that detects XSS vulnerabilities by injecting payloads in URL parameters and checking for browser alerts. It uses a different approach than traditional XSS detection tools, directly testing payloads in the browser context to avoid false positives.

The user discusses the benefits of avoiding names in certain situations, such as using anonymous branches in jj and utility CSS in Tailwind, which can simplify and improve workflows. They argue that names are not always necessary and can sometimes be a hindrance, and that abstraction and components can provide a better way to organize and reuse code.

The World Health Organization has declared the mpox outbreak in Africa a public health emergency of international concern due to its rapid spread and high fatality rate. The outbreak has killed at least 450 people and infected over 13,700, with scientists warning of a potential global spread if immediate steps are not taken to contain it.

Bitcoin's miner rewards are set to decrease by 50% every 4 years, which could lead to a situation where miners can't make enough money to secure the network, making it vulnerable to 51% attacks. The author argues that none of the possible scenarios to offset this issue, such as increasing transaction fees or increasing the price of Bitcoin, are plausible, and that the only solution is to ...

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Promi uses AI to optimize retail ecommerce discounts across products and customers, leveraging more data and updating more frequently than manual methods. The company's first AI product focuses on liquidating inventory, predicting the required discount to increase conversion rate and adjusting as needed, with a roadmap for personalization and new objective functions.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) prioritizes timely data provision and prohibits bot activity that doesn't conform to its usage policy. This is to avoid delays and ensure other customers' timely access to information.

Apple is developing a pricey tabletop device with a robotic limb and iPad-like display, aiming to generate new revenue. The device uses actuators to tilt and spin the display, similar to Amazon's Echo Show 10 and Meta's discontinued Portal.

Keep My Idea is a web application that helps entrepreneurs and app makers organize and validate their project ideas using AI-driven analysis and feedback collection. It provides a structured way to store and refine ideas, gather feedback, and prioritize projects based on real user input.

Researchers from Mixedbread and Hong Kong Polytechnic University developed BMX, a new lexical search algorithm that outperforms BM25 across the board and is easy to use via the open-source Baguetter library. BMX incorporates both similarity and semantics, achieving significant improvements in retrieval quality and outperforming BM25 on various benchmarks, including multilingual datasets.

Leo Szilard's 1949 short story "My Trial as a War Criminal" imagines a show trial for his role in the Manhattan Project, where he is convicted for developing and using atomic bombs during World War II. The story explores the moral implications of nuclear weapons and was later required reading at Harvard Law School and influenced Soviet physicist Andrei Sakharov's objections to the Soviet ...

You rebranded your Raspberry Pi 4 with NixOS and built a home-server rack with Ubiquiti products, but found the NixOS setup process challenging and cross-compiling difficult. You shared your minimal configuration.nix and suggested improving the setup process for Raspberry Pi users, potentially integrating it into mainline Nixpkgs.

The “not-an-engine” engine, Esoterica Engine is an MIT licensed starter game engine framework. It’s intended for use as:

Terraform has celebrated its 10th birthday, marking a decade of declarative infrastructure engineering and executable documentation. The emergence of Infrastructure from Code (IfC) aims to bring similar capabilities to application development, allowing teams to document and execute application requirements in a clear and concise manner.

Apple has open-sourced its homomorphic encryption library, allowing users to run queries on encrypted data without revealing the unencrypted data, and is using it for Live Caller ID Lookup in iOS 18. The library, written in C++, is based on the Brakerski-Fan-Vercauteren scheme and is quantum-resistant, and experts believe it has the potential to shift the way data is used on a broad scale.

The AMD Zen5 processor has a significant improvement in AVX512 performance, with a 2x speedup for free, but it also has some regressions, including a 2-cycle latency for formerly 1-cycle SIMD instructions and a requirement for 8-way ILP to saturate the processor. The processor also has improved load/store performance, matching Intel's Golden Cove architecture in most categories, but Intel's ...

Kweichow Moutai, a Chinese spirits company, has invested in a semiconductor design start-up, Shanghai SmartLogic, through two industrial development funds. The move is seen as a diversification strategy, with some analysts linking it to Moutai's own needs for high-quality security chips and the government's push for tech self-reliance.

Banks' interfaces are hard to build against due to their reliance on file-based communication, which is different from the modern REST APIs developers are used to. The user has released iso20022.js to help developers interact with the ISO20022 file standard, which is becoming the new standard for banking communication.

SiFive introduces the P870-D datacenter processor, offering high compute density and scalability for datacenters, vehicles, and embedded systems, with support for open AMBA CHI protocol and industry-standard protocols. The processor enables creation of infrastructure SoCs with higher compute density, improved performance per watt, and reduced total cost of ownership, aligning with the ...

A fire broke out in an Incheon apartment complex's underground carpark after an unplugged electric Mercedes-Benz sedan exploded, forcing the evacuation of over 700 residents. In response, some office buildings and apartment complexes have banned EVs or advised owners to be cautious when charging their cars.

Ibrahim Al-Nasser, a gamer from Saudi Arabia, holds the record for most gaming consoles connected to a single TV with 444 consoles. He achieved this by using multiple switchers and cable management tools, and even created an Excel spreadsheet to keep track of his setup.

The article discusses the future of smartphones, specifically the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) and its potential to revolutionize the industry. Google's recent announcement of its new AI-powered Pixel phones and its focus on integrating AI into its Android operating system highlights the company's efforts to stay ahead in the competitive smartphone market.

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg unveiled on Instagram a large sculpture depicting the likeness of his wife Priscilla Chan in a nod to Roman tradition.

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida announced he will step down, bowing to pressure from his party, and will not run in the upcoming leadership contest. His low approval ratings, due to scandals and rising prices, have led to widespread dissatisfaction and uncertainty in Japan's political landscape.

Enzo Biochem, a biotech company, has been ordered to pay $4.5 million to three state attorneys general after a 2023 ransomware attack compromised the data of over 2.4 million people. The company's poor cybersecurity practices, including weak passwords and lack of encryption, allowed the attackers to gain access and go undetected for days.

The "curse of knowledge" is a cognitive bias where experts assume others have the same level of understanding, leading to ineffective communication. To overcome this, simplify language, use storytelling, and engage with the audience to ensure understanding, which can also reinforce one's own knowledge and improve learning outcomes.

The OpenVMS x86-64 E9.2-3 update features a new Guest Console, eliminating the need for a serial port during installation, and fixes the C/C++ compiler, allowing CDE and DECWindows to work. The Guest Console provides a minimal terminal interface, but lacks features like scrolling and copy-paste, and will be improved in a future release.

The US has the shortest life expectancy among six high-income English-speaking countries, with Americans living an average of 81.5 years for women and 76.5 years for men, compared to Australians living up to 85.5 years for women and 81.4 years for men. The study attributes the US's poor performance to factors such as gun violence, drug and alcohol use, traffic safety, and healthcare system ...

Personality traits can be useful in hiring decisions, but they should be used to identify potential risk factors rather than seeking a specific profile. By mapping job requirements to personality traits, interviewers can identify both positive and negative traits and ask targeted follow-up questions to evaluate areas of concern.

A significant cyber attack targeted the Central Bank of Iran and several other banks, causing widespread disruptions to the country's banking system. The attack is believed to be a signal from Western countries to Iran, similar to a previous attack on gas stations in December.

Reverse mapped types in TypeScript allow inferring a function's type parameters from values, providing context-sensitive information and constraints on type parameters. The feature can be used to enforce properties in the source type and provide useful information, but has limitations and requires specific type definitions.