XKCD 1425's "check if photo is a bird" task has become easy with AI advancements, yet understanding LLM limitations and the complexity of software development remains challenging. The rise of AI-assisted tools in programming requires deeper comprehension, as seen in issues like Claude Artifacts not being able to make external API calls due to CSP headers.

OpenFreeMap offers self-hosting or a free public instance with no usage limits, relying on donations. It simplifies map hosting by open-sourcing infrastructure and using efficient file serving methods, requesting support subscriptions for sustainability.

Winamp, an iconic multimedia player from 1997 with wide audio format compatibility, has had its source code opened for community development. Building Winamp involves using Visual Studio 2019 and specific versions of various libraries, with detailed steps provided for each library's modification and inclusion.

The U.S. Justice Department sued Visa for maintaining an illegal monopoly in debit payments, causing billions in extra fees for consumers and merchants. The suit alleges Visa's exclusionary practices and efforts to stifle competition, impacting the cost of various goods and services.

Reflecting on past projects, the author recovered and shared old shareware games and prototypes from 35 years ago on GitHub. This nostalgic journey highlighted the joys and challenges of game development, emphasizing rapid prototyping's role in discovering fun gameplay elements.

Google has fully disabled its Cache feature, removing manual access and the cache: search operator, and now redirects users to search results or the Wayback Machine for historical page versions. This retirement aims to modernize access methods, with potential future integrations with Internet Archive being considered.

WP Engine sent a "cease and desist" letter to Automattic, demanding they stop making false statements. The full letter is available online, addressing misinformation about its purpose and recipients.

A custom-built, robust web server hosts a blog without needing reverse proxies. It handles malicious requests efficiently, supports HTTPS via BearSSL, and serves static content from a configurable docroot folder.

Security researcher Johann Rehberger discovered a ChatGPT vulnerability allowing false info storage; OpenAI initially dismissed it but later fixed it partially after Rehberger's proof-of-concept exploit demonstrated data exfiltration risks via long-term memory abuse. Despite the fix, untrusted content can still plant false memories, necessitating user vigilance and regular memory reviews.

Maker Pipe is a system of steel connectors that turns ordinary EMT Conduit into a building platform with endless possibilities, requiring only simple hand tools. The system is affordable, easy to use, and durable, making it suitable for DIY projects indoors and out.

Grad students in AI should focus on long-term impact over paper count, structuring research around coherent open-source artifacts like models or benchmarks. This approach, though more costly, ensures coherent and useful research, fostering a larger vision and community engagement, ultimately leading to more significant contributions in the field.

The Turing machine, named after Alan Turing, is an abstract algorithmic model or esoteric programming language with a complex Lego set replica. It features an infinite tape, a reading/writing head, and a table of instructions for executing any computer algorithm using 224 bits of "source code."

Most published research findings are likely false due to factors like small studies, small effect sizes, numerous tested relationships, design flexibility, financial interests, and multiple research teams. Improving research quality, acknowledging biases, and focusing on large-scale, well-powered studies can enhance the reliability of research findings.

An abandoned conservation project in Costa Rica, which involved dumping 1,000 truckloads of orange peel on barren land, has surprisingly revitalized the site into a thriving forest nearly two decades later. The project, which was forced to close early, has led to a 176% increase in above-ground biomass and could potentially inspire similar cost-negative carbon sequestration projects.

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Before contributing to JSON For You, review TODOs or suggest new features via issues. Welcome minor changes and avoid unnecessary dependencies for a lightweight, fast library.

Tracy is a real-time profiler for games and apps, providing nanosecond resolution and supporting CPU, GPU, memory, and other profiling aspects. It supports multiple languages, including C, C++, Lua, Python, and more, with direct integration and third-party bindings available.

Google released updated Gemini models 1.5 Pro-002 and 1.5 Flash-002 with improved performance, cost efficiency, and safety. These models are accessible via Google AI Studio, Gemini API, and Vertex AI, featuring enhanced capabilities for text, code, and multimodal tasks.

Scientists have discovered a method to rejuvenate exhausted T cells by transferring mitochondria from bone marrow stromal cells, significantly enhancing their cancer-fighting abilities in mice. This innovative approach, termed "organellar therapy," shows promise for future personalized immunotherapy treatments.

OpenBSD is updating ksh to abort on NUL bytes in scripts, aiming for consistent shell behavior and discouraging reliance on invalid input. This change requires running OpenBSD-current post-7.6 release.

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The user describes the differences between colocation, managed hosting, and dedicated servers, highlighting the varying levels of responsibility and support provided by each option. They share their personal experience transitioning from dedicated hosting to colocation, emphasizing the benefits of having full control over their hardware and software while minimizing reliance on a single provider.

This site offers reconstructed, documented source code for David Braben's Lander game on Acorn Archimedes, aiming to educate and appreciate its coding. It includes deep dive articles, buildable code on GitHub for modern assembly, and a customizable interface for exploration.

Bluesky's activity surged due to Brazil's Twitter ban, increasing its AT Proto event firehose volume by ~1,300%. To manage this, Jetstream was created as a lightweight, filterable JSON alternative that reduces data size and CPU usage significantly through zstd compression and efficient event processing.

Modern Realty, by Raymond Xu and Raffi Isanians, offers an AI-powered home buying experience without traditional realtors, aiming to simplify and expedite the process using advanced data interpretation tools. Their platform, developed with insights from AI at Google and legal expertise, guides users through every step, including offer generation reviewed by an attorney at no extra cost.

CompuServe, founded in 1969 in Ohio, pioneered online services like email and file sharing, significantly influencing early internet culture before being acquired by AOL in 1997. Despite its decline with the rise of the World Wide Web, it introduced many to the concept of computers as communication and information devices.

GamesBeat Next on Oct 28-29 in SF connects future game leaders; Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024, releasing Nov 19, features a highly detailed digital Earth and shifts computing to the cloud for real-time data streaming.

Halide, a camera app featured in the iPhone 16 keynote, was rejected by Apple's App Store reviewer for insufficiently explaining why it needs camera access. Despite clear permissions and seven years on the store, a random reviewer deemed its explanation inadequate.

The semiconductor industry has continued to innovate, with new transistor architectures like RibbonFET and 3D-stacked CMOS extending Moore's Law. These advancements have overcome scaling challenges, enabling smaller, faster, and more power-efficient devices.

Lunar Resources aims to build the largest telescope on the moon's far side using in-situ resource utilization (I.S.R.U.), showcasing off-planet mining and manufacturing for future space exploration and colonization, despite significant technical and financial challenges. The project could revolutionize our understanding of the early universe and pave the way for a lunar economy worth billions ...

Department stores, once symbols of 19th-century urban commerce and female empowerment, are now in decline due to online shopping and economic shifts. An exhibition in Paris explores their historical rise, architectural innovations, and cultural impact, highlighting their role in shaping modern retail and urban landscapes.

Analyze AI logs for usage insights and optimization. Experiment with datasets, fine-tune models, and use batch API for efficient evaluations.

3M Model C-15 Decor Scotch tape dispensers contain radioactive monazite sand. A hospital technician in Alabama discovered this in the late '70s or early '80s, leading to identification by Oak Ridge Associated Universities.

Last summer, I improved Faust audio language support for the web with GRAME in Google Summer of Code. This year, I worked with BeagleBoard.org on "Differentiable Logic for Interactive Systems and Generative Music," integrating difflogic networks into Bela platforms and creating real-time sound applications inspired by bytebeat.

The author, Vladimir Shchur, attributes the success of the EasyCoin project to the use of F# language, which allowed them to write robust code with minimal bugs. F# features such as immutable values, discriminated unions, and result types helped avoid bugs and improve code predictability, making it an effective tool for building robust software.

EzAudio generates high-quality audio from text prompts, setting a new standard for open-source text-to-audio models. It can create realistic sound effects, such as a revving engine, sizzling food, and splashing water, with fast and efficient processing.

io_uring is a Linux kernel interface that allows batched and asynchronous system calls, submitting multiple syscalls to a shared-memory ring buffer. The kernel executes syscalls at its own pace, returning results to the application asynchronously, unlocking extra performance by amortizing context switching.

The user explains their long-term use of Debian and desire to understand its inner workings, particularly focusing on .deb files, their contents, and creation process. They detail creating a simple .deb package, addressing required fields in the control file, handling warnings post-installation, and plan future exploration into dependencies and apt tooling.

We developed a serverless, cost-efficient metrics observability system that ensures high performance and scalability. It addresses common challenges like data volume growth, high costs, and slow query performance by using independent storage and compute scaling, serverless functions, cheaper object storage, and an AZ-aware architecture.

SuperAlarm for iOS prevents users from removing the app while the alarm rings by using Screen Time API, requiring user approval and Apple entitlement. This opt-in feature disables app removal until missions are completed.

The user is exploring the Fyne UI library in Go, creating a "Hello World" app and integrating it with Rye, a backed development framework. They discuss various Fyne widgets, layout components, and features, including goroutines, forms, lists, and progress bars, and demonstrate a simple work-in-progress app with state management using Rye's spreadsheet value type.

Ukasha, an 8-year-old boy from Pakistan, contracted extensively drug-resistant typhoid fever, a strain resistant to most antibiotics, and was treated with a "last-resort" drug. The emergence of this superbug is linked to overuse of antibiotics, lack of access to safe water and sanitation, and the spread of the disease is a global concern.

Modifying SHA-1 constants can create exploitable collisions, affecting custom versions but not the original. This research shows potential backdoors in personalized cryptographic systems.

Attempted automated refactoring to rename a pytest fixture across hundreds of files using tree-sitter and Jedi, learning valuable tools despite not merging the change. Encountered limitations in directly manipulating the AST with tree-sitter but found the process efficient enough for quick project-wide changes.

Evan Prodromou launched The Social Web Foundation to address ActivityPub's challenges and foster Fediverse growth. With a team of experts, the nonprofit focuses on People, Policy, Protocol, and Plumbing, aiming to educate and support developers and organizations while collaborating with W3C for protocol enhancements.

rPlus Energies begins construction on a 400MW solar and battery storage project in Utah, set for completion in 2026, aiming to boost renewable energy and reduce coal dependency. EnergySage offers a free service to find trusted solar installers, ensuring competitive pricing and expert guidance for homeowners.

Dmitry Grinberg booted Linux on the Intel 4004, a primitive 1971 microprocessor, using an emulator that mimics a more powerful MIPS R3000. This project showcases Linux's flexibility and pushes emulation to its limits with clever engineering solutions.

Culdesac, a car-free community in Phoenix, offers residents amenities within walking distance and fosters social interaction through its design. Despite some initial issues and resident turnover, many still appreciate the lifestyle, though its long-term success remains uncertain.

Giliam de Carpentier created Carpentopod, a remote-controlled wooden walking table with 12 legs, inspired by Theo Jansen's Strandbeest. It features unique mechanical designs, Bluetooth control via an Arduino board and a repurposed Wii controller, and is powered by affordable motors typically used for automated curtains.

ABENICS, an active ball joint mechanism, uses spherical gears to drive three rotational degrees of freedom without slippage. The mechanism's unique interactions between gears enable high torque and reliable positioning in three RDoF without an orientation sensor, making it suitable for robot joints and orientation control mechanisms.

An Excel file's header characters caused a signaling pattern on a T1 line, crashing the company's network equipment when received via POP3 email. This issue was unrelated to malware and specific to older XLS files.

Creounity Time Machine, a free web-app, converts dates across 33 chronological systems, aiding coin collectors in identifying mint dates. Users praise its comprehensive features, ease of use, and educational value.

Several people were detained in Switzerland after a 64-year-old U.S. woman died using the "Sarco" suicide capsule, developed by Exit International. Despite Swiss law allowing assisted suicide, authorities argue the capsule's use may be illegal due to product safety and chemical law concerns.

Nintendo filed a mysterious 24GHz wireless device with the FCC, distinct from the anticipated Switch 2. The device, model CLO-001, lacks common wireless features but includes a mmWave sensor, suggesting potential uses in motion tracking or augmented reality.

Tandem OLED, used in Apple's iPad and other gadgets, features two RGB layers for less burn-in, lower power consumption, and higher brightness. Unlike TVs using different tandem structures like WOLED or QD-OLED, small devices benefit from Tandem OLED due to their manufacturing process.

MKBHD's wallpaper app, criticized for forced ads and low-quality downloads, raises concerns over exploitation and security issues with partnering artists due to inadequate platform design. Despite backlash, MKBHD defended the app, stating it accesses public media legally but fails to address underlying problems with the Panels app's API.

Intel's Lunar Lake processors, featuring enhanced AI capabilities, show promising battery life and potential NPU performance gains but offer similar productivity performance to competitors. AI benchmarking is still developing, and while graphics performance is limited, the platform excels in extending laptop battery life.

Language model agents navigating virtual environments are significantly affected by the order of element presentation, with randomization degrading performance as much as removing text. Dimensionality reduction offers an effective ordering method for pixel-only environments, doubling task completion in the OmniACT benchmark compared to previous methods.

A study indicates moderate coffee consumption (3 cups/day) may lower the risk of cardiometabolic diseases like diabetes and heart disease by 48.1%. The research, based on UK Biobank data, suggests caffeine's protective effects are linked to metabolic changes, though more studies are needed to confirm these findings.

Phobos, an unofficial open-source project for Yuri's Revenge modding, seeks active maintainers. It complements Ares with new features and fixes via Syringe injection; install by adding files to your game folder and running Syringe.exe.

Google overturned a €1.49 billion EU antitrust fine, while Qualcomm's fine was slightly reduced. The rulings reflect mixed outcomes for EU antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager's actions against Big Tech.

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MENTAL-1 processor is complete with stable 3MHz operation, PS/2 keyboard, and 40x2 display. Used for teaching at Maker Faires, now working on compact MENTAL-2 and FPGA implementation.

Science fiction, through compelling stories like Jurassic Park, The Matrix, and The Martian, inspires more people to pursue careers in biotech, computer science, and aerospace engineering than academic papers, GitHub repos, or industry reports. It motivates individuals to advance technological frontiers.

WP Engine's litigation counsel writes to address Automattic's serious misconduct, including CEO Matthew Mullenweg's threats and false claims, and demands that Automattic cease and desist from disparaging WP Engine and interfering with its relationships. WP Engine has contributed tens of millions to the WordPress community and is committed to protecting its business, employees, and customers ...

Downloading data from Apple's privacy site revealed extensive personal info, including unexpected passkeys created automatically with iCloud Keychain. This raises concerns about privacy and the extent of data shared during passkey authentication.

X is changing its block feature, allowing blocked users to see public posts, but not engage with them. This change aims to soften barriers for users who block harassers or abusers, but may not be welcomed by all.

Postgres logical replication uses write-ahead logs (WAL) for data durability and consistency. WAL logs changes before they occur, ensuring recovery after crashes, and offers various configurable parameters for performance tuning and disaster recovery.

USDA's fruit watercolor collection, originally 59.06 GB, was reduced to 17 GB by rotating images, achieving a 70% size reduction without visible quality loss. Despite unclear reasons for the compression, the efficient method particularly benefits high-quality JPEGs.

Intel's new Xeon 6900P series leads in server x86 CPU performance with 128 cores, surpassing AMD EPYC after years. It features advanced process technology, high memory bandwidth, and integrated accelerators for competitive edge.

Project includes numerical, date, string operations, conditionals, and C code for expression evaluation. Licensed under MIT.

Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket's second stage passed a hot-fire test, igniting for 15 seconds with two BE-3U engines. Despite this milestone, significant work remains for the November launch, including first stage assembly and integration, facing potential delays from technical issues and weather.

The default and largest server on the Matrix network has broken the key exchange between messenger users. Users with accounts on matrix.org do not receive the key from their contacts with accounts on other servers, so they cannot decrypt...

A Python script continuously monitors Sonos speakers, adjusting volume if it exceeds 15 and notifying Slack no more than once every 5 minutes per speaker. It runs on a Raspberry Pi or similar device, logs activities, and requires network access to Sonos speakers.

ProPublica reveals NW Natural's "Less We Can" campaign falsely promoted renewable natural gas, failing to meet climate goals while preserving fossil fuel sales. Despite promises, the company uses minimal renewable gas, battles against electrification, and faces few consequences for unmet targets.

Postgres' random() function is pseudo-random, unsuitable for critical cases. While pgcrypto extension offers secure randomness via OpenSSL, it's hard to build. An alternative is using Postgres 13's gen_random_uuid() for secure random bytes, avoiding pgcrypto's complexities.

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Marcellus Williams was executed in Missouri despite new evidence and pleas from his attorneys, the original prosecutor, and the victim's family questioning his guilt. The US Supreme Court denied a stay without explanation, highlighting concerns over capital punishment's risk of executing innocent individuals.

A New Orleans jury ruled Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana committed fraud and must pay $420M to local renowned breast reconstruction doctors for unpaid claims. Blue Cross disagrees with the verdict and plans to appeal.

Despite decades in tech without a degree, the author observes a downward spiral in the status economy, where education fosters cutthroat competition among privileged youth for dwindling elite opportunities, exacerbated by AI advancements and societal elitism. This system overlooks those outside elite circles, perpetuating manufactured scarcity and desperation, contrasting with optimistic ...

Oxford academics uncovered vast papyrus collections in ancient Egypt, revealing texts like Sophocles' works and daily documents, reshaping Mediterranean history. Recently, archaeologists found Euripides' plays in a grave, showcasing Greek tragedy and highlighting the ongoing significance of papyrus discoveries despite forgery concerns.

NVIDIA leads in upstream Linux kernel driver innovations, especially with Mellanox networking. Linux 6.12 introduces NVIDIA Mellanox MLX5 driver's multi-path PCI support for enhanced RDMA performance.

This project uses Docker to run Tor and lighttpd, ensuring a persistent .onion address across container restarts. It involves setting up volumes for configuration and HTML files, with the Tor container generating the address on first run.

Nuclear physicists believe atomic nuclei consist of protons and neutrons due to evidence like nuclear fission and the indistinguishability of nucleons. Experiments and theories, such as the nuclear shell model and isospin symmetry, support this composite structure over a single particle model.

Over 10,000 books were banned in US schools from 2023-24, a significant rise due to new censorship laws in Republican states. PEN America reported bans nearly tripled, with notable titles like Alex Haley's "Roots" and James Baldwin's "Go Tell It on the Mountain" affected.

To install Windows Server 2008 on HP Integrity VM, downgrade HP VM to 4.x, create a virtual switch, and use text-only mode installation via HP Smart Setup Media or Windows RTM media with an unattend.xml file. Access the VM via serial console and telnet, and manage installation through command prompt using specific commands and key combinations.

Learn to use CET shadow stacks on Linux for x86 memory safety. Requires recent distros like NixOS 24.05 or Fedora 40; enable via glibc tunable for stack smashing prevention.

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James Cameron, renowned for merging technology with storytelling in films like Avatar and Titanic, joins Stability AI to advance visual media through AI. His expertise will help Stability AI empower creators with innovative AI tools, driving the future of visual storytelling.

The Galilean moons, discovered by Galileo in 1610, are Jupiter's four largest moons: Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto. They are among the largest Solar System objects, with Ganymede surpassing Mercury in size, and their discovery challenged the Ptolemaic geocentric model of the universe.

North Korean hackers, part of Lazarus Group, target Mac-using Python developers with fake job ads, tricking them into downloading malicious packages from PyPI, leading to network compromise. Unit 42 identified four such packages containing PondRAT malware, a variant of the known macOS backdoor POOLRAT.

The term "traffic violence" stirs strong emotions, with advocates seeing it as acknowledging preventable deaths, while critics argue it implies intentional harm and is propaganda by certain nonprofits. Despite debates, some groups advocate for safer streets without using the term, focusing on reducing traffic injuries and fatalities.

A criminology professor reflects on prison design's impact on rehabilitation, emphasizing humane environments over punitive measures. Despite challenges like cost-cutting and overcrowding, thoughtful architecture can foster hope and reduce recidivism by promoting family ties and skill development.

AWS Nitro Enclaves isolate sensitive workloads but have potential security pitfalls. This guide offers actionable insights for developers to secure enclaves, covering threat models, trust zones, virtual sockets, secure randomness, timing side-channel attacks, memory management, time sources, and cryptographic attestation.

Our company aims to highlight deep tech's beauty, focusing on scientific origins for branding. In creating a quantum chip film, we explored various qubit visualizations—from Bloch spheres to spinning coins and possibility clouds—before settling on silicon quantum dots for their material relevance and aesthetic appeal.