Transit engineers created an offline motion detection system to track subway riders' locations between stations. The system uses phone vibration signatures to predict riders' locations, allowing for accurate ETA updates and station counting.
Jungle music originated in the UK in the late 80s and became a perfect match for the fast-pace games of the 90s PlayStation and Nintendo 64 era due to its energetic drum patterns and high tempo. The genre evolved into various subgenres such as ragga, atmospheric, liquid, and techstep, influencing game soundtracks and eventually giving rise to the drum and bass style.
OpenAI's new AI model Orion failed to meet performance expectations, particularly in answering coding questions. Orion is not considered a significant improvement over existing models like GPT-4.
Francois Chollet, Keras creator, is leaving Google to pursue a new chapter in his career. He remains committed to Keras and will continue contributing to its development and roadmap.
ChatGPT can help students develop skills of rigorous thinking and clear writing by automating tedious tasks, suggesting sources, and providing feedback on drafts. It should be used transparently and responsibly, with proper citations and open communication with professors to maintain academic integrity.
Amazon is making it harder for disabled employees to work from home, requiring a more rigorous vetting process and office trials. This move aims to get the corporate workforce back to the office five days a week.
New York renters will no longer pay broker fees for apartment leases. Landlords must now pay real estate agent fees under the FARE Act.
FBI raided the New York City apartment of Polymarket founder Shayne Coplan, sparking speculation about an investigation. Polymarket is a prediction betting market that correctly called the 2024 presidential election, according to its spokesperson.
The Guardian will no longer post on official accounts on social media site X due to its toxic content and influence. Readers can still share articles and access news on theguardian.com, which is funded directly by readers.
This project creates a Bluetooth USB HID relay using a Raspberry Pi Zero to connect Bluetooth peripherals to computers with disabled Bluetooth. It presents the board as a composite USB HID device and can be used with Windows and MacOS, with a license under the MIT License.
User tried cycling while working at a desk, but initial setup was uncomfortable due to keyboard handling. They found a solution using a tripod mount for their keyboard, allowing them to type comfortably at a 45-degree angle while cycling.
Users are concerned about private data leakage by Large Language Models, while a recent hackathon showed that visual prompt injections can bypass model defenses.
Researchers at Snyk Security Labs found a privilege escalation vulnerability in Ubuntu 24.04 that allowed them to gain root access by chaining a small bug in a privileged component with other features. They exploited the vulnerability by using the DBus interface to set a configuration file to be world-writable, then used a printer configuration to execute a malicious command as root.
Researchers at MIT developed a new electrode design that boosts the efficiency of converting carbon dioxide into ethylene and other products. The design, which combines a water-repelling material with conductive copper wires, could lead to cost-effective solutions for capturing and converting CO2.
S3ctor, a core developer of OpenMW, created a new workflow that allows modders to use the Quake brush-based level editor in OpenMW, enabling faster and more unique level design. This workflow, combined with the Morrobroom compiler, allows for the creation of Morrowind-like maps in Quake, and has the potential to revolutionize level design in game development.
Alibaba's Qwen research team released Qwen2.5-Coder Series, a 32B open-source LLM matching GPT-4o's coding capabilities. It runs on a 64GB MacBook Pro M2 and shows competitive results in code-related benchmarks.
A 1997 Pokémon episode caused seizures in 685 children, but the animators were not responsible due to ignorance of red lighting effects. The incident led to safety guidelines and a computer program, "The Harding Test," to prevent similar incidents, making anime safer for photosensitive viewers.
You're dealing with a friend's severe mental health breakdown, involving erratic behavior, suicidal thoughts, and refusal of treatment. He's insisting on returning home, but you're worried about his safety and unsure how to navigate the situation with his family and the crisis team.
DeepComputing launched an early access program for the DC-ROMA RISC-V Mainboard, offering enterprise customers hands-on experience with premium RISC-V development hardware. The program includes discounted upgrades and a chance to influence product development.
Wonder is acquiring Grubhub for $650 million to create a super app for mealtime, offering convenience, speed, and selection of restaurants, groceries, and meal kits. The acquisition will bring Grubhub's 375,000 merchants and 200,000 delivery partners to Wonder's platform.
This project is a recreation of the IBM 16-bit AT PC design, built using a combination of programmable logic and discrete components, and is intended for educational and hobby purposes only. The project has been extensively tested and verified to operate at 20MHz CPU speed, with various modifications and upgrades made to improve its functionality and stability.
The Micron 6550 ION offers up to 61.44TB capacity with lower 20W power consumption compared to competitors. It provides better performance per watt and meets most OCP Datacenter NVMe SSD requirements.
Netflix has developed a Distributed Counter Abstraction to store and query large volumes of temporal event data with low latency, enabling distributed counting at scale while maintaining similar performance. The service uses a combination of caching, queuing, and aggregation to provide accurate and durable counts, with a unified Control Plane configuration to manage control settings for all ...
The user discusses the limitations of Docker-compose, a tool for working with Docker containers, and proposes a higher-level abstraction that includes concepts like SQL databases, local caches, durable storage, service discovery, and resource management. The user introduces Tealok, a runtime that imposes constraints on containers and provides standardized interfaces, aiming to make hosting ...
The American Institute of Electrical Engineers held a live national meeting in 1916, connecting over 5,000 attendees across eight cities via telephone lines. The meeting featured speeches, music, and resolutions, showcasing engineering achievements and progress in communications, transportation, and power.
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.
Manage multiple difficulties (Monkey, Chimp, Gorilla) and modes (Standard, Battle, and Challenge) from the same project.
Nuclear power plants are extending operations and new reactors are being built due to historic investments and tax incentives. This expansion aims to meet US climate goals and create jobs, with a goal of adding 35 GW of new capacity by 2035.
This is a bit problematic, as they include a lot of info in those reports : all your machine hardware, timezeone, country, etc.
Grab built its own map, GrabMaps, with inputs from drivers and merchants in eight countries across Southeast Asia. The map's accuracy helps drivers reduce trip duration by 90 seconds, and Grab aims to expand its mapping capabilities with advanced cameras and AI technology.
Giving direct and specific feedback is key to helping others improve, rather than using vague language or sandwiching criticism between compliments. By focusing on the impact of the work and using specific examples, you can provide actionable feedback that leaves the recipient with a clear understanding of what to do next.
AMD's Ryzen 7 9800X3D processor sold out quickly and tops the charts with over 90% market share, leaving Intel's new series behind. The 9800X3D and other X3D processors are favored by consumers, with the AM5 socket taking the lead over Intel's LGA 1851 socket.
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Professor Markus Buehler developed an AI method that finds hidden links between science and art to suggest novel materials. This AI method uses generative AI and graph-based computational tools to reveal new ideas and designs by analyzing complex patterns in science and art.
The Soviet Union developed the Tsar Bomba, a 100-megaton hydrogen bomb, in 1961, while the US also considered similar high-yield weapons. Both countries engaged in nuclear testing, with the US eventually developing a 50-megaton bomb, the Mark 41.
User bootstrapped Zig without official binaries and compared the resulting zig1.wasm to the official one in Zig 0.13.0. The hashes of both versions match, indicating no hidden code in the official zig1.wasm.
The Windsurf Editor combines AI and human coding for a seamless experience, allowing developers to collaborate with AI in real-time. It features advanced tools like Cascade for deep codebase understanding and contextual awareness.
Cock.li is on red alert due to government threats and is asking for donations to offset lost time and keep the service running. The service is still operating normally but the website is currently offline for registration and password changes.
The user successfully set up an offline version of Github Copilot using ollama-copilot on macOS, overcoming certificate issues with mkcert. This setup allows for offline completion suggestions, although it's not faster than the online version, it's still a useful alternative.
NET 9.0.0 and SDK 9.0.100 are available for download, including ASP.NET Core Module for IIS.
The Supreme Court made several key rulings and decisions, including rejecting a plea from Mark Meadows to transfer his Georgia election interference prosecution to federal court. The court also declined to remove Robert F Kennedy Jr's name from Wisconsin and Michigan ballots.
User uses hledger for personal finance tracking, finding it painless and effective. They track finances bit by bit, using CSVs from banks and version control for easy comparison and safe experimentation.
The author describes a fault injection attack on an ESP32 chip using voltage glitching, a technique that deprives the chip of power, making it unstable. The author analyzes the results, identifying parameters that lead to corrupting specific instructions and hypothesizes what happens at the processor level, debunking the myth of "an instruction was skipped".
Puzzlip is a simple puzzle generator with rotating pieces and adjustable difficulty. It offers various image categories and a custom image loading feature.
The European Union accused Apple of violating anti-geo-blocking rules in its media services, restricting access and payment methods based on country of residence. Apple has one month to resolve the issue or face enforcement measures, including fines.
This paper proposes a Contracts facility for C++ that allows programmers to specify and check contract assertions, which are conditions that must be met for a function to work correctly. The facility includes syntax for specifying preconditions, postconditions, and assertion statements, and provides a way to specify a user-defined handler for contract violations.
Briggs wants to discuss new Bigfoot evidence on the podcast, but his co-host thinks it's a repeat topic. Briggs claims it's due to public demand, but his co-host suspects he's just emailing himself under fake names.
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FBI agents seized Polymarket CEO Shayne Coplan's phone and electronics in a raid, likely due to the platform's accurate prediction of President-elect Donald Trump's win. The move is seen as political retribution by the outgoing administration against Polymarket.
Burner is a secure, user-friendly computer for crypto that can be used with a browser and is pin-code protected. It allows easy gifting of USD II stablecoin and storing of NFTs and tokens.
The GOG Preservation Program ensures classic games remain playable on modern systems, DRM-free, and with dedicated tech support. It tests and updates games to work flawlessly on popular PC configurations, maintaining their quality.
US Congress held a hearing on unidentified anomalous phenomena, with witnesses claiming the government has recovered nonhuman biologics and is operating a secret reverse-engineering program. Witnesses also called for government transparency on UAP reports and the adoption of UAP transparency legislation.
Wonder, a food hall delivery startup, is buying Grubhub for $650 million and plans to integrate it into a "super app" for ordering food and groceries. The deal is expected to close in the first quarter of 2025, subject to regulatory approvals.
Backblaze monitored 288,547 operational hard drives in Q3 2024, with a quarterly failure rate of 1.89% and a lifetime failure rate of 1.31%. The 8TB drives are the primary culprit for the increasing quarterly failure rate.
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The Guardian will stop posting on X due to its toxic environment and Elon Musk's influence on political discourse. The outlet can still be shared on X, but prefers to focus on less toxic platforms.
Journalist Matt Pearce discusses the challenges of quality journalism in a postliterate media economy where truth is being driven out by cheaper "bullshit" content. He argues that the problem is not just about legacy media companies but also trillion-dollar platforms that prioritize profit over quality information.
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Building a B2C billing system is complex due to adaptability, tax laws, and payment methods. It requires flexibility to handle various pricing strategies, payment instruments, and regional tax regulations to avoid compliance issues and customer churn.
The stock market is betting on Tesla's potential benefit from government corruption, with investors hoping for handouts and exemptions from a likely corrupt administration. This is a far cry from supporting properly working markets and competition, and instead advocates for corruption.
kibi is a minimalist text editor built in Rust, designed to stay under 1024 lines of code. This editor has core editing features like UTF-8 support, incremental search, syntax highlighting, and line numbers. Its lightweight design supports Linux, macOS, Windows and WASI making it accessible across platforms. Configuration is simple, with options for syntax highlighting and custom keybindings.
The Guardian will no longer post on official accounts on social media site X due to its toxic content and influence. Readers can still share articles and access news on theguardian.com, which is funded directly by readers.
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The author sold their bootstrapped hardware company, TinyPilot, after four years of operation. They learned several practical lessons from the experience, including the importance of well-defined processes and a team that knows how to execute them.
The user set up an e-ink display in their mom's apartment to help her live with permanent anterograde amnesia, and it has worked extremely well for two years. The display shows messages from the user and their siblings, which helps their mom feel connected and reduces her anxiety about their whereabouts.