Computer use, a new Claude 3.5 Sonnet, and Claude 3.5 Haiku

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Claude 3.5 Sonnet and Haiku models are upgraded with improved coding and tool use tasks. Claude 3.5 Sonnet also gains computer use capability in public beta for developers to explore and provide feedback.

FTC's rule banning fake online reviews goes into effect

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The FTC issued a rule banning fake online reviews and testimonials. Businesses that knowingly create or buy fake reviews will face civil penalties.

Show HN: Rust Web Framework

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Rwf is a Rust framework for building web applications using the MVC pattern. It's in early development, not production-ready, but contributions are welcome.

The Tragedy of Google Books (2017)

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Google's plan to digitize millions of books was initially blocked by copyright lawsuits, but a settlement allowed Google to scan and sell out-of-print books, with 63% of revenue going to authors and publishers. The settlement was ultimately rejected by a US court due to concerns over Google's monopoly on out-of-print books, but it paved the way for future efforts to digitize and make books ...

Show HN: Open-source Counter-Strike-like game

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The game is a low-violence multiplayer FPS where teams fight to win rounds, with Attackers trying to desecrate the Defenders' sanctuary using a graffiti bomb. Players can download the game or build it locally, and contribute to the project by contributing code or assets.

A new JSON data type for ClickHouse

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ClickHouse introduces a new JSON data type for high-performance handling of JSON data with support for dynamically changing data, dense column-oriented storage, and tuning options. The new JSON type is built on top of ClickHouse's columnar storage and uses the Variant and Dynamic data types to efficiently store and read JSON data.

USGS uses machine learning to show large lithium potential in Arkansas

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A new book shows how the power of companies is destabilizing governance

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Marietje Schaake's book highlights the unchecked power of private tech companies, which is undermining democratic rule of law. She calls for greater awareness, legal clarity, and accountability in the digital realm.

Learning to Learn

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You've conducted over 300 interviews in 3 years, meeting new people every 3-4 days to find the right fit for an early-stage startup. You emphasize learning and self-improvement, especially through effective learning strategies and being honest with oneself.

MQTT turns 25

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MQTT is a network protocol for efficient data exchange, originally designed for small devices on patchy networks, now widely used in various applications. The author, a former IBM employee, played a key role in promoting MQTT as an open protocol, contributing to its growth and standardization over the past 25 years.

Apple's AirPods Pro hearing health features

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Apple's AirPods Pro 2 will offer robust hearing protection and a new hearing aid feature with iOS 18.1. The feature includes a clinical-grade hearing aid, a hearing test, and more robust hearing protection.

Meta Bans Accounts Tracking Private Jets for Zuckerberg, Musk

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Meta removed accounts tracking private jets of celebrities and business leaders due to risk of physical harm. The accounts were banned without warning after Meta updated its privacy policy.

Against /tmp

The author argues that /tmp is a bad idea due to its shared global mutable state and security risks. They propose per-user temporary directories as a better solution.

Tog's Paradox

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Tog's Paradox states that products making tasks more efficient inspire new, more complex use cases. This leads to an ongoing cycle of increasing complexity as users fill saved time with more work.
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LTESniffer is a tool that captures LTE wireless messages between a cell tower and smartphones. It supports capturing both downlink and uplink traffic, but cannot decrypt encrypted messages.

Don't Publish with IEEE (2005)

IEEE is refusing to publish public-domain papers, contradicting its own copyright policies, and intimidating authors into transferring copyright. This is a blatant attempt to maintain control over scientific information and is not justified, prompting the author to blacklist IEEE and recommend alternative publishers.

Several Russian developers lose kernel maintainership status

The Linux kernel's MAINTAINERS file was updated to remove several entries due to "various compliance requirements". The reason behind the removal is unclear as the policy is not publicly posted.

I got dysentery so you don’t have to

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I participated in a human challenge trial at the University of Maryland to test a phage-based treatment for shigellosis, a disease caused by the bacteria Shigella. I was given a dose of phage and then intentionally infected with Shigella, and my symptoms were monitored to see if the treatment was effective.

Guide to Fine-Tuning LLMs

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The report examines fine-tuning of Large Language Models, comparing methodologies and introducing a seven-stage pipeline for practical applications. It covers advanced techniques and emerging areas, offering actionable insights for researchers and practitioners.

Rustls Outperforms OpenSSL and BoringSSL

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ISRG has been investing in Rustls, a memory safe TLS library, to achieve high performance. Rustls is now production ready, offering better security and performance compared to OpenSSL.

Understanding Gaussians

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The normal distribution, or Gaussian distribution, is a fundamental probability distribution used in statistics, machine learning, and physics. It describes a process of sampling data and has a definite scale, with clear limits on the data. The distribution is characterized by its mean and variance, and it is symmetric around the mean. The standard Gaussian distribution is a special case of ...

Simone Giertz talks about invention

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Simone Giertz is a Swedish inventor known as the "queen of shitty robots" who transitioned from YouTube fame to creating commercial products. She emphasizes the importance of making things for oneself and collaborating with others to achieve success.

How DRAM changed the world

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Robert Dennard invented DRAM in 1966, revolutionizing electronic memory storage. His invention led to significant advancements in computer technology and earned him prestigious awards before his passing in April 2024.

Singapore OKs 4,300km subsea cable for importing electricity from Australia

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EMA granted Sun Cable Conditional Approval to import 1.75 GW of low-carbon electricity from Australia to Singapore via subsea cables. This approval supports Singapore's goal to decarbonise its energy supply and import 6 GW of low-carbon electricity by 2035.

The PlanetScale vectors public beta

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PlanetScale now offers vector search and storage in open beta, allowing users to store vector data alongside relational MySQL data. This solution is based on Microsoft Research's SPANN and SPFresh algorithms, providing fast performance and large-scale scalability.

The Dawn of a New Era for Supernova 1987a (2017)

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Astronomers released new images and data to commemorate the 30th anniversary of Supernova 1987A, the nearest observed supernova explosion in hundreds of years. The latest data indicate that the supernova shock wave has moved beyond a dense ring of gas and into a less dense region.

Elderly dementia patients are unwittingly fueling political campaigns

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Hundreds of elderly Americans with dementia or cognitive impairments have been victimized by deceptive political fundraisers, giving away millions of dollars to Republican and Democratic campaigns. The fundraisers use tactics like pre-checked recurring donation boxes and misleading ads to trick donors, with many elderly donors unaware of the extent of their donations.

Reinforcement Learning: An Introduction (2018)

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User wants to access Errata and Notes for a book from Amazon, specifically seeking full PDF without margins and code solutions.

Wired's Attack on Privacy

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The Wired article on SimpleX Chat is biased and misleading, cherry-picking information to paint the app as problematic due to its users. The article ignores SimpleX's strong privacy protections and unique design that hinders extremist groups and protects users' metadata.

One Plus One Equals Two (2006)

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Whitehead and Russell's Principia Mathematica is a 1000-page book that proves basic mathematical concepts, including 1+1=2, using a complex system of logic and set theory. The book's authors, who were pioneers in mathematical logic, used a notation system that has since been simplified, and their proof of 1+1=2 relies on a series of small steps and definitions that may seem obscure to modern readers.

Pygfx

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Pygfx brings powerful and reliable visualization to Python with superior performance. It's built on wgpu for simplicity and versatility in various applications.

Parks on the Air

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Firefox-Passwords-Decryptor: Extracts and decrypts passwords saved in Firefox

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This tool decrypts and extracts Firefox passwords, providing system info and browsing history. It uses PBKDF2 and AES/Triple DES decryption to access encrypted data.

Show HN: Ambulate – Detailed Trip Planning

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Ghostty 1.0 Is Coming

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Ghostty 1.0 is a fast, feature-rich, and platform-native terminal emulator for macOS and Linux, aiming to be the best drop-in replacement for current terminal emulators. It will be released in December 2024 as an open-source project under the MIT license.

TSMC told US of chip in Huawei product after TechInsights finding, source says

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SEC charges four companies with misleading cyber disclosures

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My NumPy year: Creating a DType for the next generation of scientific computing

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The user worked on introducing a new string DType in NumPy 2.0, which supports UTF-8 encoded variable-width strings and handles missing data directly, and shares their experience and insights on tackling mental blocks and becoming a maintainer. The new string DType in NumPy 2.0 brings significant improvements, including short string optimization and arena allocator, and the user hopes to ...

StabilityAI releases Stable Diffusion 3.5

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StabilityAI released Stable Diffusion 3.5 with improved realism, prompt adherence and text rendering. It comes in three sizes: Large, Large Turbo and Medium, all customizable and available under the Stability AI Community License.

Show HN: Steiner – An open-source reasoning model inspired by OpenAI o1

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Yichao Ji created Steiner, a reasoning model inspired by OpenAI o1, to explore multiple reasoning paths and validate or backtrack when necessary. Steiner achieved a +5.56 improvement on the GPQA-Diamond dataset but failed to reproduce inference-time scaling.

A Controversial Rare-Book Dealer Tries to Rewrite His Own Ending

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Glenn Horowitz is a rare-book dealer who has sold papers and possessions of Nobel laureates and famous authors. He is known for his exceptional literary reputation and his ability to illuminate the value of rare books.

Nearly 40% of software engineers will only work remotely (2023)

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Software engineers prefer remote work and may quit if employers mandate a return to the office. Employers open to remote workers can attract better-quality talent and address diversity issues in the tech industry.

IBM's new SWE agents for developers

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IBM Research developed SWE-Agent 1.0, powered by open LLMs, to autonomously resolve GitHub issues efficiently. It can localize bugs, suggest fixes, and test ideas, freeing up time for developers to work on new projects.

Ataraxia

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Ataraxia is a state of equanimity characterized by freedom from distress and worry. It's a key concept in Pyrrhonism, Epicureanism, and Stoicism, but each philosophy has a different understanding of how to achieve it.

RISC-V Announces Ratification of the RVA23 Profile

RISC-V International has ratified the RVA23 Profile, a major release for the RISC-V software ecosystem, accelerating widespread implementation. The profile includes Vector and Hypervisor extensions for math-intensive workloads and virtualization.

Species in Pieces

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In Pieces is an interactive exhibition showcasing 30 endangered species, highlighting their struggles and unique characteristics. The project uses CSS technology to create a digital representation of these species, aiming to educate and inspire about the importance of preserving biodiversity.

How to secure your new VPS: a step-by-step guide

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You set up a secure Ubuntu VPS by creating a new user, enabling SSH key authentication, disabling password login, and configuring a firewall and Fail2Ban. You also enabled automatic security updates and upgrades.

How fast is quantum entanglement? Scientists investigate it at attosecond scale

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Scientists at TU Wien have developed a method to simulate ultrafast quantum processes, including the development of quantum entanglement on an attosecond scale. They found that the birth time of an electron is linked to the state of the remaining electron, showing that quantum entanglement occurs during the electron's transition out of the atom.

Defender Sound Studio

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Seeing faces in things: A model and dataset for pareidolia

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Researchers studied face pareidolia, the tendency to see faces in random stimuli, using a dataset of 5,000 images with human-annotated faces. They found a gap between human and machine face detection and proposed a statistical model to explain pareidolia.

Tesla delays Cybertruck's range extender, reduces its range

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Tesla has delayed production of Cybertruck's range extender and reduced its added range. The Cybertruck's range extender will now add 445+ miles to the dual-motor version, down from 470+ miles.
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Snack simplifies creating visually appealing lists of links and resources. It saves time and enhances showcasing ideas for designers, content creators, and more.

Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Joyful Life

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Ikigai is a Japanese concept referring to a passion that gives value and joy to life. It's a key to leading a happy life with a healthy body and mind, as seen in the long-lived and active residents of Ogimi Village, Okinawa.

Study offers clues into when and why mosquitoes bite

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Yale researchers found that mosquitoes use taste to decide whether to bite or fly away, and identified compounds in human sweat that increase biting behavior. The study may help identify compounds to deter mosquito bites and halt disease spread.

Streaming joins are hard

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Streaming joins are difficult due to unbounded data, requiring efficient state management and strict memory and latency constraints. Strategies like windowing, state limiting, and leveraging external storage systems can mitigate these challenges and make streaming joins more manageable.

World-first therapy using donor cells sends autoimmune diseases into remission

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The human cost of our AI-driven future

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Data workers worldwide face immense emotional burdens and exploitation while moderating online content, often in poor working conditions and without adequate mental health support. The industry's focus on AI development and profit obscures the human cost of maintaining digital infrastructure, and it's time for a comprehensive approach to address the trauma and exploitation of data workers.

I got dysentery in a human challenge trial

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I participated in a human challenge trial at the University of Maryland to test a phage-based treatment for shigellosis, a disease caused by the bacteria Shigella. I was given a dose of phage and then intentionally infected with Shigella, and my symptoms were monitored to see if the treatment was effective.

Brazil Arrests 'USDoD' Hacker in FBI Infragard Breach

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A 33-year-old Brazilian man was arrested on suspicion of being USDoD, a prolific cybercriminal who leaked contact information for 80,000 FBI members and stole US consumer data. USDoD was also linked to a breach at National Public Data and theft of Brazilian Federal Police officers' data.

Taming the buck with a Type III compensator

Captive Portal IPv6 Support

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IPv6Spot is an open-source captive portal system for IPv6 networks with integrated DNS and proxy services. It provides features like user authentication, bandwidth control, and usage monitoring.

Transformers Utilization in Chart Understanding: A Review of Advances and Future

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Recent advancements in Chart Understanding (CU) have integrated transformer architectures, significantly improving performance. Challenges remain in OCR dependency, low-resolution images, and visual reasoning, with future directions focusing on robust benchmarks and model efficiency.

Show HN: AI Image Upscaler and Photo Enhancer with up to 10x resolution boost

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imageUpscaler.io uses AI to enhance image quality, resolution, and clarity with a few clicks. It transforms low-resolution images into high-quality, detailed versions for professional-grade results.

RunwayML releases Act One: obsoleting traditional motion capture

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Runway releases Act-One, a tool for generating expressive character performances using video and voice inputs. It simplifies facial animation and allows creators to develop believable characters with consumer-grade cameras.
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Qatar Airways launched the world's first Starlink-equipped Boeing 777 flight from Doha to London, offering high-speed in-flight connectivity. This move could make Qatar Airways more attractive to business travellers and digital nomads.

Good money, no team tactics and cute dogs: the rise of pro cycling freelancers

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American gravel privateers have disrupted the European-dominated professional cycling scene, offering riders autonomy and financial opportunities. Gravel racing has grown rapidly in the US, with riders like Peter Stetina and Payson McElveen thriving in the privateer model.

A Report from the 2024 Image-Based Linux Summit

The Image-Based Linux Summit was held in Berlin to discuss image-based Linux distributions and their development, with participants from various engineering groups and companies sharing updates and proposals for improving the technology. The summit focused on topics such as measured-boot, immutable systems, and security features, with participants discussing and proposing solutions for issues ...

The Journal of Open Source Software

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The Journal of Open Source Software is a developer friendly, open access journal for research software packages. Committed to publishing quality research software with zero article processing charges or subscription fees.

Mercedes-Benz battery recycling plant recovers '96%' of materials

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Mercedes-Benz opened Europe's first battery recycling plant in Germany with a 96% recycling rate using an in-house process. The plant recycles valuable materials like lithium, nickel, and cobalt for use in future EVs.

Humans Are Evolving Right Before Our Eyes on the Tibetan Plateau

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Humans continue to evolve and adapt to their environments, as seen in Tibetan communities thriving at high altitudes despite low oxygen levels. Researchers found that women with specific traits, such as high oxygen saturation in hemoglobin, had higher reproductive success rates in these environments.

Man locked out of Google Drive and loses 9 year old photos after SIM Swap attack

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A man lost his online photos and business records after his mobile phone provider EE failed to secure his account, allowing fraudsters to take control of his phone and spend thousands on gift cards. EE apologized for not acting quickly enough to cancel the replacement e-sim order and has provided coaching to the customer service guide.

Malcolm Gladwell Holds His Ideas Loosely. He Thinks You Should, Too

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The Script Creator

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In western Myanmar's Chin State, Laipianism is a local Indigenous faith with about 5,000 followers, founded by Pau Cin Hau in the early 20th century as a response to Christianity. Laipianism emphasizes monotheistic teachings, the Pau Cin Hau script, and holy behaviour, with a focus on healing and a unique blend of traditional Chin cosmology and Pau Cin Hau's teachings.

NIST Standard Reference Materials Catalog [pdf]

NIST provides Standard Reference Materials (SRMs) for various applications, including calibration of instruments and validation of analytical methods. SRMs are certified reference materials with well-defined values for chemical composition and physical properties.

E. Coli Outbreak Linked to McDonald's Quarter Pounders

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McDonald's is investigating an E. coli outbreak linked to their Quarter Pounder hamburgers. They've stopped using fresh slivered onions and quarter pound beef patties in several states to protect customers.

A Lisp compiler to ARM written in Lisp

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A simple Lisp compiler written in uLisp compiles Lisp functions into ARM machine code, replacing the original Lisp code, for efficient execution. The compiler uses a subset of Common Lisp and supports recursive function calls, boolean operations, and list processing.

California Businesses Stop Hiring

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California's private sector job growth is dismal, with a 46,000 worker decline since January 2023, and the state's economy is being dragged down by its high cost of living and poor public services. Businesses are leaving California due to its unfriendly business climate, high taxes, and regulatory burdens, with many relocating to other states with more favorable conditions.

Her Majesty’s Rat-Catcher (2013)

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Jack Black was a Victorian rat-catcher who caught thousands of rats in London using dogs and ferrets. He was a minor celebrity and even supplied rats for popular dog and rat matches in the mid-19th century.

Show HN: I built a tool that helps people scan and clean any repo for secrets

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Securelog scans and cleans codebases, logs, and CI pipelines for leaked secrets and API tokens. It verifies and prevents sensitive data leakage in workflows.

1 Dead from E.Coli Outbreak Linked to McDonald's Quarter Pounders

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The US CDC issued a food safety alert for E. coli linked to McDonald's Quarter Pounders, with 49 reported illnesses and one death. McDonald's stopped using slivered onions and quarter-pound beef patties in several states while investigating the outbreak.

How Many U.S. Persons Does Section 702 Spy On? The ODNI Needs to Come Clean

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EFF and 23 organizations demand the ODNI provide an estimate of U.S. persons' communications collected under Section 702. They seek transparency to restore public trust and fight for privacy rights.

Anthropic Claude 3.5 Sonnet and Haiku

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Don’t miss what’s happening People on X are the first to know.

Colorful cars are becoming a thing of the past

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Automakers narrowed their color palette due to corporate cost cutting, with less than 20% of vehicles now painted a color other than black, white, silver, or gray. Luxury cars still offer a wider range of colors, with 44% of Lamborghinis coming in a color, compared to 12% of Chevys.

Everything I built with Claude Artifacts this week

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The user is a heavy user of Claude's Artifacts feature, using it for 14 projects in one week to create interactive web apps, tools, and prototypes, often solving immediate problems and exploring new ideas.

Developer pockets $2M in savings from going cloud-free

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37signals saved almost $2 million in its first "clean year" after switching to on-prem from cloud services. The company has already recouped the costs of extra hardware and expects total savings to be over $10 million over five years.

Grok TiddlyWiki 2.0 is live

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Major revisions to Grok TiddlyWiki are complete, updating it with new TiddlyWiki features. The revised resource now covers procedures, functions, and custom widgets, while de-emphasizing older methods.

Mining Bitcoin with pencil and paper: 0.67 hashes per day (2014)

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A person manually mined Bitcoin using pencil and paper, completing one round in 16 minutes and 45 seconds. Manual mining is extremely slow and impractical compared to hardware mining.

Requiem for Raghavan

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Prabhakar Raghavan was made Head of Search in 2020 and led Google's decline with worsening search results and increased revenue. He was replaced by Nick Fox, a former McKinsey consultant, as Google's growth slows and AI becomes its focus.

Show HN: Optimizing compiler for a large subset of C, written in Rust

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The compiler driver orchestrates the compilation process through several stages of analysis and optimization. It generates optimized x86_64 assembly code using a register allocator and coalescing.