Rachel Plotnick, an expert on buttons, wrote a book about their history after noticing a trend of touchscreen mania and the potential death of physical buttons. She now helps companies improve their tactile controls, finding that buttons offer a unique tactile experience and simplicity that can be beneficial in certain situations.

Researchers created a large-scale simulation of AI agents in a Minecraft environment, where they developed specialized roles and collective rules. The PIANO architecture enabled agents to interact with humans and other agents in real-time, achieving significant milestones towards AI civilizations.

Matrix 2.0 is now live, offering improved performance, security, and usability through features like Simplified Sliding Sync, Next Gen Auth, MatrixRTC, and Invisible Encryption.

Standard Intelligence open-sourced hertz-dev, an 8.5 billion parameter audio-only transformer base model, for real-time voice interaction. The model has a 65ms theoretical latency and 120ms real-world latency, making it suitable for conversational audio tasks.

Google's network infrastructure has evolved over 25 years from simple to a fifth-generation Jupiter data center network architecture that scales to 13 Petabits/sec. This network supports hundreds of services, billions of users, and large ML training infrastructures with high availability and performance.

The author discusses the importance of charging a fair hourly rate as a consultant, rather than a fixed price, to ensure a good incentive structure and prevent "just one more thing" syndrome. He also shares advice on how to determine a fair price, including doubling your initial estimate and not negotiating on price.

WhatDinner makes it easy for couples to decide on a meal together. Our simple meal planning interface is designed for couples who enjoy cooking dinner as a team.

The user would prioritize preserving essential knowledge and tools in case of a prolonged internet outage, including source codes, books, and Wikipedia archives. They've already downloaded 2TB of data from various websites, including Wikipedia, Sci-hub, and Library Genesis, to act as a backup of human knowledge.

pg_flo applies transformations and filters data before reaching the destination, ensuring data privacy and security. It leverages PostgreSQL's replication system and NATS as a message broker for seamless data routing and scalability.

Nvidia is warning GeForce GPU owners of eight high-severity security vulnerabilities that can grant attackers system access. Update to Nvidia GeForce drivers version 566.03 for Windows or corresponding Linux versions to address the issue.

The author argues that systemd is not suitable for embedded Linux systems due to its resource usage and complexity, which can increase boot time and memory usage. The author suggests that Linux distributions should offer alternatives to systemd for embedded environments.

PostgreSQL can replace Redis for certain tasks such as job queuing, distributed locking, and event pushing due to its SKIP LOCKED option and advisory locks. However, PostgreSQL may not be suitable for pessimistic locking and has performance tradeoffs compared to Redis.

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gptel is a simple Emacs chat client for Large Language Models with support for multiple models and backends. It allows users to interact with LLMs in a flexible and free-form way.

We're modeling Ractor behavior after Erlang's practices, starting with a "Hello world" sample actor that prints "Hello world" for every message sent to it. The actor's struct-type is MyFirstActor, which defines state, arguments, and a message handler to print "Hello world" and handle RPC calls.

ToolGit is a collection of scripts that extend Git with various sub-commands to make life easier. Extract ToolGit to an appropriate folder of your choice and add the folder path to your PATH environment variable. Git will recognize executable git-* files in PATH and allow using them as sub-commands.

Access control and authentication are fundamental security mechanisms that define and enforce access policies to protect resources in a system, while authorization is the process of determining what actions an identity can perform on a resource. Various technologies such as OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, and JSON Web Tokens are used to implement access control, authentication, and authorization ...

American lawmakers are discussing a possible rescue package for Intel, worth more than the $8.5 billion from the CHIPS Act, to prevent its financial situation from deteriorating. The package is seen as a precautionary measure to ensure Intel's survival, given its critical role in the US semiconductor ecosystem and as a top exporter.

Lalacheck: The Simplest Checklist You'll Ever Need Create and share tasks instantly with a single link—100% free, no logins, just pure simplicity. New Checklist

Bill Atkinson may have accidentally shared Douglas Adams' address and phone number on The Computer Chronicles while demonstrating HyperCard. This incident could have led to Adams being the first European to own an Apple II computer.

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Researchers found that people's reasoning is often flawed due to biases like confirmation bias and the illusion of explanatory depth. These biases are thought to have evolved to help humans cooperate and avoid being taken advantage of by others in their group.

The DeskThing is a desk assistant that integrates Trello, Spotify, AccuWeather, and Macro capabilities. It requires flashing a CarThing device with a custom image and setting up the DeskThing app on a computer.

This year's genetics discoveries were less flashy but more substantial, with a focus on consolidating research and filling in the map of ancient DNA. A database of over 10,000 ancient individuals was built, and new techniques allowed for the study of kinship and interactions between ancient populations.

A first-time contributor submitted a small, important code change to Spectre.Console, but failed to confirm it was copyright-free. The maintainer decided to merge the contribution anyway, considering the repository's MIT license and the trivial nature of the change.

The author built an HTML resume using front-end web development skills, leveraging HTML, CSS, and a static site generator called Eleventy. They used a JSON Resume schema and Liquid templating language to create a customizable and accessible resume.

Redox OS has made significant progress in October, including RISC-V support and Raspberry Pi 4 booting. Key features and software have been ported, including COSMIC Store, ACPI driver updates, and LuaJIT.

Future Music magazine, a 32-year-old music technology publication, has ceased print publication but its writers will continue on MusicRadar. The magazine's closure is part of Future PLC's decision to end several music magazines.

The author moved Podia away from Heroku by first moving CI to GitHub Actions, then negotiating direct billing with add-on providers, and finally migrating databases to CrunchyData and Redis.com. They now plan to move compute off Heroku to another provider when their bill hits $10k/mo.

Google's RCS strategy has paid off with 930 million active users, but the service is now controlled almost end-to-end by Google, raising concerns about carrier costs and Google's dominance. Apple's RCS support is delayed, possibly due to avoiding regulatory scrutiny and maintaining its iMessage dominance in the US market.

The author argues that despite rapid advancements in hardware, many modern applications are slow and poorly optimized, often due to the convenience of web technologies and the lack of attention to performance. The author encourages software developers to prioritize precision and quality, paying attention to the milliseconds and taking pride in their craftsmanship to create better user experiences.

Enbridge is building a massive 815-megawatt solar project called Sequoia in Texas, one of the largest in North America. The project, valued at $1.1 billion, has secured long-term power deals with AT&T and Toyota.

Rust's let and const statements allow for powerful variable and constant declarations. However, their flexibility can lead to confusing code, especially when using uppercase names for constants and variables.

North Korea is sending thousands of soldiers to Russia to support its invasion of Ukraine, with potential benefits including financial compensation and food aid. The move may also secure Russia's support in a potential Korean Peninsula contingency, strengthening North Korea's position.

D2 creates diagrams in minutes with simple syntax and endless customization. It's a collaborative tool for teams to visualize mental models.

Zed's remote development beta is out, offering seamless collaboration between humans and AI. It features fast performance, thoughtful design, and hundreds of extensions for a customizable experience.

PDFgear is a free PDF editor offering advanced features for reading, editing, converting, merging, and signing PDFs across devices. It prioritizes user privacy with local processing in desktop apps.

Mathematicians gathered in Canada to discuss breakthroughs in Ramsey theory, a field that studies order in random systems. Researchers used novel combinations of approaches to tackle a problem that had seen little progress in four decades.

A fast JavaScript engine backed by all the resources of Mozilla's SpiderMonkey & Firefox development.

A spam attack on the Fediverse network was mitigated within 48 hours by the IFTAS Connect community, who alerted impacted service providers and blocked spam servers. The attack, which originated from Misskey servers, highlighted the need for better spam blocking tools and account creation review options in decentralized networks.

User agrees to comply with UAS requirements and state laws, and assumes full responsibility for device use and potential risks. User releases XMatter LLC and affiliates from liability for device-related incidents.

Replacicon is a macOS app that helps change and replace app icons to match the system or personal taste. It scans online sources for replacement icons and allows one-click changes to customize the Dock.

A new study suggests Uranus' moon Miranda may have a water ocean beneath its icy surface, challenging assumptions about its history and composition. Researchers believe tidal forces and heating created the ocean, which could be a life-sustaining environment.

The Associated Press determines winners in nearly 5,000 US races by analyzing vote tallies and election data. They use factors like past voting trends, demographic data, and AP VoteCast to call races based on provable facts, not predictions or speculation.

Elon Musk failed to turn Twitter into a "digital town square" and "everything app" as he intended. X is now primarily used as a political tool, with Musk focusing on getting Donald Trump elected rather than developing its financial features.

Hermes 3 is a fine-tuned model with advanced capabilities like multi-turn conversations and complex roleplaying. It outperforms Llama 3.1 with deeper reasoning and creativity.

User created Text Capture app for easy text copying and pasting, with simple UI and straightforward pricing. It currently supports 6 languages and offers a 7-day refund policy.

A new study in Nature reveals that a significant amount of meltwater is temporarily stored within the Greenland Ice Sheet during summer months. This discovery challenges current models of ice sheet contribution to global sea level rise and may require scaling adjustments of up to 20% for warmer years.

The extension enhances Hacker News experience with personalized story recommendations based on liked posts and similar stories from historical HN posts. It integrates seamlessly with the native interface and stores likes locally without collecting personal data.

The user is trying to overlay a looping short music track over a long voice soundtrack using ffmpeg, but the music cuts off after the first iteration. They use io.Pipe and io.MultiWriter to create a backup file that can be read again to loop the music.

Researchers at UNLV have developed a technology that captures large amounts of water from low-humidity environments. The technology uses a hydrogel membrane inspired by nature and can generate up to a gallon of water per day in dry conditions.

The user's model of the mind views it as a massive prediction engine that combines sensory inputs with mental models to decide how to act, and pain is the brain's way of prompting us to reassess our conditioned beliefs and align them with our lived experiences. By understanding and reconciling our conditioned beliefs with our experiences, we can address mental illnesses, grief, and pain, and ...

A new study found that most YouTube users who consume extremist content are subscribers to these channels and not driven by algorithmic recommendations. The study suggests that a small group of users with high levels of gender and racial resentment are responsible for most of the time spent on these channels.

Darl McBride, former SCO CEO, died on September 16, 2024, after a battle with ALS at 64. He was infamous for trying to sue Linux out of existence with SCO in the early 2000s.

The Unicode Standard includes characters with case distinction that are not uppercase or lowercase, such as the Latin Small Letter DZ. This character is special because it's used in Serbo-Croatian for one-to-one transliteration between Latin and Cyrillic scripts.

A 94x speed improvement demonstrated using handwritten assembly

Pharmaceutical companies like Roche and Lilly used aggressive marketing to promote benzodiazepines and SSRIs, downplaying their risks and dependence potential. This led to a culture of Risk Communication, where regulators and companies prioritize economic interests over public health, silencing doctors and patients who raise concerns about drug safety.