Chinese people, even the well-educated, are forgetting how to write common Chinese characters due to the complexity of the writing system and the rise of digital technology. This phenomenon, known as "character amnesia," is a concern for educators and cultural preservationists, who see it as a loss of cultural tradition and a link to China's history and identity.

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Users are working on various projects including a custom NC manufacturing robot, genome synthesis, transformer architectures, interactive stories, cloud agnostic platforms, accessible color palettes, and more. These projects range from technology and science to art and personal development, showcasing diverse interests and passions.

You-get is a command-line utility to download media from the web. It supports various sites and formats, and can be installed via pip.

The author is taking a 5000 km train trip from New York to San Francisco, with a stop in Chicago and a change to the California Zephyr in Chicago. They're enjoying the scenic views and meeting fellow passengers.

A new Oxfam report reveals nearly 40 percent of World Bank climate funds, up to $41 billion, are unaccounted for due to poor record-keeping. This lack of transparency undermines trust in global climate finance efforts ahead of the COP in Azerbaijan.

Microsoft's 1JS monorepo grew to 178GB due to large blobs and Beachball change files. A packing issue caused by old Linux Torvalds code led to rapid growth, but a new git path walk algorithm reduced the size.

This tutorial series guides users in building a PDF to Podcast workflow using LLMs and audio models. It covers pre-processing PDFs, writing podcast transcripts, and converting transcripts into podcasts.

NewPipe is a YouTube frontend that preserves privacy by parsing the YouTube website. It's FLOSS and can be used on devices without Google Services.

Playlists: '30c3' videos starting here / audio / related events How I discovered mysterious hidden signals on a public radio channel and eventually found out their meaning through hardware hacking, reverse engineering and little cryptanalysis.

Clace is an open source project for developing and deploying internal tools with a secure platform. It uses SQLite for storing app files and metadata for atomic version changes and other benefits.

The author argues that modern education stifles agency and creativity in children, instead of fostering mastery and responsibility. Parents can empower their children by providing opportunities for meaningful work and learning, leveraging technology and resources.

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The author predicts a future where many people can't write due to AI making writing easier, creating a world divided into good writers and those who can't write. This is bad because writing is a form of thinking and will lead to a world of thinkers and non-thinkers.

The sugar industry funded research in the 1960s to downplay sugar's risks and highlight fat's hazards. The industry sponsored a Harvard study that concluded cutting fat was the best way to prevent heart disease, with no disclosure of sugar industry funding.

Freenet is a decentralized platform replacing the World Wide Web, offering a secure and private alternative to centralized services. It enables interoperable, scalable, and user-controlled solutions for messaging, social media, email, and e-commerce.

The author created Pollen to make web-based books with features like automation and data integration. Pollen uses a markup-based language with a full programming language, Racket, for advanced tasks.

Researchers developed Moonshine, a speech to text model that's 1.7x faster and more efficient than Whisper, with a variable input window and low resource demands. This allows for almost instant translations and can run locally on devices, safeguarding privacy and enabling use anywhere.

Open Source alternatives to big tech are often unrealistic due to lack of support and resources. Successful adoption requires significant investment in training, support, and infrastructure.

Typeset is a pre-processor for web typography providing traditional print features. It uses less than a kilobyte and works in Internet Explorer 5.

The user was experiencing memory issues with their Mess With DNS service, which was running out of memory and getting OOM killed. They tried various solutions, including using SQLite to store IP address data on disk, but it was slower than their original binary search method.

The US Navy's research vessel R/P FLIP was saved from scrapping by DEEP, a subsea design firm, and is being refitted for ocean research. FLIP will support DEEP's underwater habitat deployments and expand its capabilities in ocean science.

The web is losing on mobile due to poor performance, driven by JavaScript-heavy development and lack of browser intervention. To survive, the web needs to improve performance and become a credible option for mobile experiences, requiring a shift in developer culture and browser support.

Scientists are using fewer hedging words in their papers, with a 40% drop over 2 decades, potentially leading to unreliable claims. This trend may be due to pressure to publish and a shift towards a more informal writing style, which could make research less understandable.

Transport for London's systems were hacked in September, causing major disruption to the lives of millions of Londoners, particularly those who rely on discounted travel cards. The cyberattack has resulted in hundreds of thousands of people being overcharged for travel, with some facing cash flow issues and others unable to access refunds or use their accounts.

The book is a history of mathematical thought from the late 19th century to 1980, focusing on intellectual threads and ideas that shaped mathematics. It explores the conflict between pure and applied mathematics, abstraction, and the influence of art on mathematical approaches.

Amphion is an open-source toolkit for audio, music, and speech generation that supports reproducible research and offers visualizations of classic models. It includes various vocoders and evaluation metrics for tasks like speech synthesis and text-to-audio generation.

The IBM WorkPad z50 is a 1999 RISC laptop that resembles a ThinkPad but is not one, featuring a MIPS processor, a 8.2-inch DSTN display, and a 95% keyboard. It runs Windows CE 2.11 and comes with a suite of Pocket Office applications, including Pocket Word, Pocket Excel, and Pocket PowerPoint, but has limitations and compatibility issues with modern software and hardware.

Scythes increase productivity and reduce drudgery for small farmers and agroecologists worldwide. They offer a sustainable solution for harvesting and gathering fodder, especially in regions where sickles are traditionally used.

William Gibson was born in 1948 in South Carolina and grew up in Virginia after his father's death. He found refuge in science fiction and later became a writer, inventing the term "cyberspace" and influencing the cyberpunk genre.

User tracked down a rare 1979 paper "On the Universal Relation" by MH Graham, scanned it, and is sharing it online. The paper is a classic in database theory, but its author and university research group are unresponsive.

The author initially criticized fandom for emotional arrest and potential social implications but now sees its value in contemporary culture. However, they also note that fandom can be a blight with mean-spirited obsessions and entitlement.

You think browser innovation is over and Arc offers limited value to most people. Companies should focus on genuine problems rather than redesigning solved software issues.

The author searches for the first American graphic novel, considering various early comics and cartoon collections, but rejects them due to lack of narrative coherence or originality. The author finally considers "It Rhymes with Lust" (1950) as a potential candidate, but notes that its release date is uncertain and it may not be the first.

John Burton, a 27-year-old rollercoaster designer, was tasked with creating a massive rollercoaster at Thorpe Park with a £18m budget. Burton, who initially had a fear of rollercoasters, rose through the ranks at Merlin Entertainments and was given the project to create Britain's tallest rollercoaster.

I created HexaPDF, a Ruby PDF library, to address missing features in existing libraries and implement the PDF specification from scratch. After releasing the library under AGPL, I later introduced a commercial license and started a business, which has grown with customer interest and support.

China's aerospace industry has followed the "China Cycle" playbook, where foreign companies are lured to China with cheap production and market opportunities, but China eventually appropriates their technology. China has struggled to build a successful commercial aircraft, despite decades of effort and billions of dollars spent.

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Firmware in Macs has evolved from Macintosh ROM to Open Firmware and now Unified EFI (UEFI) and Apple silicon's Secure Boot. Firmware updates are now delivered through macOS upgrades and updates.

Users praise Bulma CSS for its simplicity, ease of use, and flexibility, allowing them to create responsive websites quickly with minimal JavaScript implementation. Bulma's modular design, flexible grid system, and Sass support make it a popular choice among developers for building web applications and websites.

Rapamycin, an antifungal metabolite, was found to possess immunosuppressive and antiproliferative properties, leading to its use in treating various diseases, including cancer and tuberous sclerosis complex. mTOR signaling, a key regulator of cell metabolism, is often dysregulated in human diseases, and rapamycin-based therapy has shown benefits for patients with certain tumors, but its ...

DragonRuby Game Toolkit is free for a few days, focusing on cross-platform development for indie game success. It offers features like hotloading, built-in debugging, and input awareness for a seamless gaming experience across multiple platforms.

Jellyfin 10.10.0 brings new features, improvements, and bug fixes with a faster release cadence. Key updates include media segment management, improved extraction, and enhanced transcoding and playback capabilities.

A recent study found that some people with ADHD cope best during periods of high stress, experiencing temporary full recovery. This is counterintuitive, as researchers initially thought ADHD patients would experience relief during low stress periods.

An animal rights group is seeking to release five elephants from the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo citing their confinement as unlawful. The group argues the elephants are persons under the law and can pursue a petition for release.

Vantage's polling data shows a widening gender gap and Harris' growing support among independents, potentially leading to a 300+ electoral college victory. The current narrative of a close race is likely due to faulty polling and media spin, with reality pointing to a potential blowout for the Harris-Walz ticket.

Intel's former CEO Craig Barrett warns that spinning off its foundry division could harm the company and US semiconductor leadership. He suggests focusing on technological leadership and investing in R&D to turn Intel around.

Are rotary mixers always ‘better’ by default? Or has the cult of the rotary created a monster? Declan McGlynn investigates

The EU has introduced a directive making software companies liable for damages caused by defective products, while the US is still debating the issue. The EU's approach aims to motivate companies to improve product security.

The Perceptron and multilayer neural networks are foundational models in artificial intelligence that mimic the human brain's learning mechanisms, enabling machines to learn from data and adapt to stimuli. These models have limitations, but their emergence marked a major turning point in AI evolution, paving the way for deep learning systems and complex architectures that continue to push the ...

Scientists discovered a new firefly species, Flammarionella hehaikuni, in 99 million-year-old Burmese amber. The discovery helps researchers understand the early evolution of fireflies and their bioluminescence, a characteristic that evolved at least 100 million years ago.

The Commodore HHC-4 was a handheld computer released in 1983 that was actually a rebranded Toshiba Pasopia Mini, a portable computer with a unique architecture and limited BASIC capabilities. The Pasopia Mini was a Japanese handheld computer with a 20K ROM and 4K RAM, featuring a single-line LCD display and a docking station with a thermal printer and cassette interface.

The British Sleep Society calls for abolishing Daylight Saving Time due to negative health effects from disrupting the human circadian rhythm. They recommend sticking to Greenwich Mean Time for better alignment with the natural day/light cycle.

The Great Exhibition in Stockholm has introduced The Frontal Lobe, an indoor office roller coaster that winds through their workspace. The roller coaster reflects the studio's shift towards creating unexpected experiences and physical installations that foster creativity and strong memories.

Dave Hodges, founder of Zide Door, a nondenominational church in Oakland, uses natural hallucinogens like psilocybin mushrooms in religious practice. Zide Door offers membership and sells mushrooms to its members, despite local law enforcement challenges.

The user is testing the speed of parsing a large 11 MB CSV file in C# using different methods, including CsvHelper and NReco.Csv libraries, and achieving speeds of up to 0.33 GB/s. By going lower level and loading blocks of bytes, the user is able to achieve a speed of 1.2 GB/s, which is limited by the processor.

The tutorial explains how to identify and analyze TLS callbacks in a binary, which can be used as an anti-debugging mechanism, and how to use the TLSCatch plugin in Olly to detect and break at these callbacks. The tutorial also covers how to create a binary with a TLS callback using RadASM and how to modify the PE header to include the TLS information.

A decentralized Twitter alternative uses blockchain technology and Ethereum smart contracts for secure, transparent, and user-controlled interactions. Users can post anonymously with no central servers, storing data on the blockchain through MetaMask wallet login.

Researchers developed a new technique called Asymmetric Information Management (AIM) to detect liars by encouraging suspects to provide detailed information. The AIM technique has shown a 33% increase in lie-detection accuracy rates, making it a promising approach for various settings.

Researchers investigate unified generative models for search and recommendation tasks, leveraging Large Language Models (LLMs). They find that joint training regularizes item popularity and latent representations, improving effectiveness over single-task approaches.

User needs to register or sign in with developer credentials and ensure a unique User-Agent string to access the application. Alternatively, they can try resetting to default User-Agent or file a ticket for assistance.

Trilogy Systems, founded by Gene Amdahl in 1979, failed to build its revolutionary mainframe designs due to technological and organizational challenges, including heat dissipation issues and a lack of cohesion among its engineers. The company's demise took a personal toll on Amdahl, who felt responsible for the failure and was haunted by guilt feelings, and its technology was eventually used ...

Scientists in the Northern Hemisphere often use Northern Hemisphere seasons for scheduling and analyses, excluding those in the Southern Hemisphere. This oversight can lead to flawed research and skewed results due to hemispheric differences.

Scientists have been searching for room-temperature superconductivity for over a century, a breakthrough that could revolutionize energy, computing, and electronics. Researchers recently announced a milestone in achieving room-temperature superconductivity using Scotch-taped cleaved pyrolytic graphite.

ModelKit is a standardized packaging format for AI/ML artifacts, streamlining development and ensuring broad compatibility. It enables seamless sharing, efficient management, and optimized workflows for AI/ML projects.

Mathematical proofs are essential for establishing truth in mathematics and computer science, and involve logical deductions from axioms and previously proved statements. A good proof should be clear, concise, and free of unnecessary complexity, with a logical flow of ideas and proper use of notation and terminology.

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