The user discusses their experience with OpenStreetMap (OSM) vector tiles, rendering maps with QGIS and Jupyter Notebook, and analyzing the data with Python and DuckDB. They offer consulting and hands-on development services to clients in North America and Europe, and can be contacted via LinkedIn.

Cerebras Inference achieves instant speed with Llama 3.1 405B, outperforming GPT-4o and Claude 3.5 Sonnet by 12x and 18x respectively. It delivers 969 tokens/s and 240 milliseconds time-to-first-token, a 75% drop in total latency compared to GPT-4.

Niantic is pioneering a Large Geospatial Model that uses machine learning to understand scenes and connect them globally. This model will enable computers to perceive, comprehend, and navigate the physical world.

Researchers collected data on 20,000 coin flips from 48 people to test the Diaconis, Holmes, and Montgomery model of coin flipping. The data showed overwhelming evidence for same-side bias, with coins landing on the same side they started more often than 50%.

The author's life turned upside down after a car accident and a labor strike at the New York Times. They're learning about the auto insurance process and comparing it to modernizing legacy software.

Black Hole Vision app simulates a black hole's gravitational lensing effect on surrounding stars, revealing a photon ring. The app's code is open source and available on GitHub, licensed under GPL-3.0.

Underjord is a tiny Elixir consulting team. They discuss Erlang hot code updates, a feature that can be used in Elixir but requires manual setup.

Super Heavy is proceeding to a landing burn and splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico

The article "Why I Hate the Index Finger" by William L. White discusses the index finger's poor personality and tendency to cause problems in hand function. The author suggests that the index finger should be amputated if it cannot be restored to a functional status.

We think that the world will be a more exciting and interesting place if everyone has access to the ability to bring big human scale things from the digital world into the physical world. Our goal is to make large format CNC routing accessible.

Researchers trained rats to drive cars, discovering they have a strong motivation for driving and can learn complex behaviors. The study found that anticipating positive experiences, like driving, can shape rat behavior and brain chemistry, offering insights into human behavior.

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The user created a hand-tracking mouse input system using MediaPipe and OpenCV, but initially faced lag issues which were resolved by switching to the web version of MediaPipe and using a WebSocket to communicate with a Python backend. The system was further improved with the addition of a front-facing mode, One Euro Filter, and thresholding, but still has some issues with shaking input and ...

New data engineers should follow the 2024 breaking into data engineering roadmap and join high-quality data engineering communities to learn and network. The roadmap includes a 6-week free YouTube boot camp and interviews for passing data engineering interviews.

Shift left is a transformative change in semiconductor design methodology and EDA tooling, moving from insular semiconductor perspective to systems' age of design. It involves optimization strategies, system-level metrics, and increased interdependence, requiring holistic optimization and better estimation tools.

The user creates a PostgreSQL table with an SQLite column, inserts a row, and executes SQLite queries on it. They use functions to execute SQL queries, retrieve results, and update the SQLite database stored in the PostgreSQL column.

Rosetta 2 translates x86 to ARM instructions ahead-of-time or just-in-time, using a lookup table and maintaining a mapping for precise exception handling and debugging. It optimizes for instruction-cache benefits and simplifies code generation, making translation faster.

PyTorch is a popular deep learning choice with uv managing projects and dependencies across Python versions and environments. PyTorch wheels are hosted on a dedicated index, requiring configuration to use CPU-only or CUDA-enabled builds.

MP3s are compressed music files that lose information when converted, with sounds filtered out to reduce file size. A project called "moDernisT" recovered these lost sounds from songs like "Tom's Diner" by Suzanne Vega.

A team implemented a zero-instrumentation BPF profiler for LuaJIT, a high-performance interpreter, by creating an unwinder that can walk the Lua stack and native frames to report call frames in the context of native call frames. The unwinder uses a combination of LuaJIT's internal structures, DWARF information, and longest prefix match tries to find the LuaJIT context pointers, walk across ...

A software engineer attempted to create a chess engine within a 1024-token limit using a simplified neural network. The project failed due to the loss of context and inability to replicate the complexity of Stockfish's NNUE.

Integrate is a Rust library for numerical integration using methods like Newton-Cotes and Gaussian quadrature. It's designed for approximating definite integrals with various algorithms and error estimates.

Foreign Ministers of France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain, and the UK met in Warsaw to discuss Europe's security policy challenges due to Russia's aggression against Ukraine. They reaffirmed their commitment to a united NATO and strengthened European security through increased spending and cooperation.

FLTK 1.4 adds new widgets, HighDPI support, and CMake improvements. It is mostly API compatible with FLTK 1.3.x but requires recompilation due to ABI changes.

The Analog Thing is a tool for dynamic system modeling with speed, parallelism, and energy efficiency, allowing intuitive interaction and visual exploration. It's a not-for-profit analog computing platform available at a regular price point with an educational discount.

Sequin is a utility for debugging CLIs and TUIs, and exploring ANSI escape sequences. It can also generate golden files for TUIs and inspect program output.

SilverStone's FLP01 desktop case, inspired by NEC PC-9800, will be released in Q1 2025 for JPY 19,800. The case features a beige design, optical drive, and front I/O array, with room for powerful components and a maximum GPU length of 300mm.

Our passionate community contributes documentation, code, and camaraderie across the stack. Say hello in our Discord server or GitHub discussions, or read the contributor spotlights on our blog.

Sweden's total defence involves military, civil, and private sectors to protect citizens from threats. Citizens must prepare for emergencies by having essential supplies, knowing evacuation routes, and staying informed through official channels.

The US National Nuclear Security Administration unveiled El Capitan, the world's fastest supercomputer, to maintain a safe nuclear stockpile. El Capitan can perform 2700 quadrillion operations per second and will aid in nuclear weapon modeling, fusion efforts, and artificial intelligence training.

Powered by Jaz's bsky stats with some extra interpolation. Made by @theo.io. Increasing by 4.6 users per second.

A Google Search pagination bug affected the Chinese version, causing the "Next" link to wrap onto multiple lines due to CSS layout quirks involving CJK text rendering. The issue was fixed by removing float: left and applying a consistent line-height to the text.

Dragon performs a series of burns to position itself near the International Space Station. It then docks, pressurizes, and opens the hatch for crew entry.

Experts warn that prolonged sitting on the toilet can harm health, increasing risk of hemorrhoids and weakened pelvic muscles. To avoid this, spend no more than 5-10 minutes on the toilet, stay hydrated, and eat high-fiber foods.

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Prusa CORE One is a fully enclosed CoreXY 3D printer with active temperature control, designed for quality and speed. It prints PLA and PETG with doors closed and has a compact footprint with a large print volume.

A Hong Kong court sentenced 45 democracy activists to prison, with Benny Tai getting 10 years and Joshua Wong 4 years and 8 months. The US government criticized the sentences, vowing to put visa curbs on officials responsible for the crackdown.

The hyrumtoken Go package encrypts pagination tokens to prevent clients from depending on their contents, ordering, or characteristics, thus enforcing opacity and preventing unintended behaviors. By using encryption, developers can avoid issues like clients assuming tokens never expire or trying to parse them, and can easily switch between different pagination approaches or rotate keys.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux is coming to Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) with Microsoft's support for hybrid cloud strategies and building Linux apps on Windows. RHEL will be an official WSL distribution in the coming months with additional features and enhancements.

Orlando Reade's book "What in Me Is Dark" explores how John Milton's epic poem "Paradise Lost" has been reinterpreted and repurposed by various groups and individuals. The book delves into the poem's themes of slavery, rebellion, and freedom, and how they have been used to justify and challenge different ideologies.

Governments around the world are implementing online age verification systems that could trap everyone in their web, not just minors, and potentially lead to digital identity wallets for widespread public use. Critics argue that these systems are surveillance systems that could compromise users' privacy and data protection, and that they may not be effective in preventing online harms.

逮捕されたのは、栃木県那須町の職業不詳、薄井信明容疑者（29）です。警視庁によりますと先月、磁力で弾丸を発射する電磁石銃、いわゆる「コイルガン」1丁を自宅で所持したとして、銃刀法違反の疑いが持たれています。 容疑者は製造する様子を写した動画を動画配信サイトで公開していて、捜査員が「サイバーパトロール」でその動画を見つけて押収し鑑定したところ、実弾が発射できる構造で殺傷能力が認められたということです。調べに対し、「高校生のときにつくった」などと供述しているということです。コイルガンをめぐってはことし6月に法律が改正され、来年3月までに原則、所持が禁止となるため、警察では無償で引き取りを行っていて、最寄りの警察署に持ってきてほしいと呼びかけています。

PyTorch's Autograd engine uses a dynamic computation graph to automatically compute gradients for neural networks, allowing seamless computation regardless of the architecture type. The Autograd engine uses a recursive backpropagation algorithm to compute gradients, which can be accessed by calling the grad attribute of a Tensor.

Scientists at X are developing a system to identify and recycle plastic waste at the molecular level, creating a circular economy. Their technology uses machine learning and AI to catalog plastics and sort materials for recycling, aiming to reduce waste and extract raw resources sustainably.

The user proposes a C++ framework with mixins, Result/Option for error handling, and a create() factory function for non-trivial object creation. The framework would also use the CRTP pattern, utility types, and a vtable to provide features like lazy instantiation and associated types.

The author is writing a blog post on using Liquidsoap for declarative Internet radio streaming. They aim to create a seamless radio stream handling both a primary playlist and live microphone break-ins without requiring loopbacks.

Charles Darwin and Jane Austen share a fascination with beauty and the natural world, but their views on the role of ornamentation differ, with Darwin seeing it as a natural phenomenon and Austen viewing it as unnatural and aberrant. Austen's engagement with fashion complicates her portrayal as a naturalist, suggesting that there are multiple ways to engage with style and that authenticity is ...

Humans have reached the deepest ocean point, The Challenger Deep, at 332 meters, set by Ahmed Gabr in 2014. Deep sea creatures have adapted to extreme conditions, with some living up to 200 years and using red as camouflage in the dark depths.

Researchers have developed a new algorithm called PaCMAP that can preserve both local and global structure in high-dimensional data, which is a challenging task for existing dimension reduction methods. PaCMAP achieves this by using a dynamic choice of graph components and a new loss function that obeys certain principles, making it a more effective and reliable tool for data visualization.

Germany suspects sabotage damaged two undersea fibre-optic cables in the Baltic Sea. Authorities are investigating the incidents, which may be linked to previous attacks on Nord Stream gas pipelines.

BlueSky user numbers have doubled to 3.5 million, surpassing Threads in active users and search volume. Meta's Threads is struggling due to its algorithm and association with Facebook, while BlueSky is gaining popularity as a Twitter alternative.

Bose Corp is purchasing the McIntosh Group, a deal that gives Bose control of a high-end audio brand. The purchase provides Bose access to the luxury audio market and allows it to test a higher-end market for its products.

Paged Out! Issue #5 has been released, marking a milestone of over half a million downloads, and features various articles on topics such as graph theory, password hashing, and Java class minimization. The issue includes contributions from multiple authors and artists, and the team is working on making printed versions available.

A Lamborghini Huracan owned by MLB player Kris Bryant was stolen by hackers who rerouted it to a different destination in Las Vegas. The car was recovered less than a week later and led to multiple arrests and the discovery of other stolen vehicles.

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The user discusses their experience with Python's performance, running benchmarks on various languages and versions, and concludes that Python's performance has improved significantly with the 3.11 release, with PyPy running at or close to Node.js speeds. The user also tests the experimental free-threading and JIT features in Python 3.13, finding that the JIT feature has potential but is not ...

Toshiba Tec debuted the Jimucon SJ-9500 AIO printer PC with a built-in ink matrix printer and 15-inch LCD screen. It features dual 240 GB SSDs, 8 GB RAM, and a modest sales target of 1000 units per year in Japan.

The user is using a reward model for reinforcement learning on LLMs, specifically ArmoRM-Llama3-8B-v0.1, to improve LLM performance. They successfully implemented dynamic batching for high-throughput reward model inference using Mixedbread and Modal.

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The author expresses outrage and frustration with the C++ committee's handling of memory safety, citing a lack of leadership and a culture of silence and retaliation against whistleblowers. The author specifically targets committee members Herb Sutter, Gaby Dos Reis, and Bjarne Stroustrup for their alleged behavior and lack of accountability.

Researchers at UC San Diego found an unexpected weakness in antibiotic-resistant bacteria, a microscopic competition for resources that could be exploited to fight these deadly infections. The discovery suggests a new way to tackle the crisis without relying on traditional antibiotics, by targeting the bacteria's dependence on magnesium.

JEP 450 optimizes heap utilization by shrinking the object header size in HotSpot from 96 bits to 64 bits. This reduces overall heap size, improves data locality, and increases data locality.

PC-BSA specifies a standard Arm 64-bit hardware architecture for PCs. It extends Arm BSA requirements for system software like operating systems and hypervisors.

Brazil and the UN launched the Global Initiative for Information Integrity on Climate Change to combat disinformation. The initiative aims to fund research and public awareness campaigns to stop the spread of climate lies.

IUMENTA is a software framework creating digital twins of animals for research. It uses the Open Digital Twin Platform and EnergyTag system for real-time monitoring and insights into animal energy balance.

Elon Musk outlines a 5-step process for design and production, emphasizing the importance of questioning requirements and constraints. He stresses that design is underrated and manufacturing is the hard part, requiring significantly more effort and work.

The National Security Agency's podcast "No Such Agency" features four N.S.A. employees discussing their work in a secure studio. The podcast is a recruiting tool that showcases the agency's mission capabilities without revealing classified information.

Prusa CORE One is a fully enclosed CoreXY 3D printer with active temperature control, designed for quality and speed. It prints PLA and PETG with doors closed and has a compact footprint with a large print volume.

A painting of Francis Williams, a Black Jamaican scholar, was created around 1760 by William Williams, a self-taught artist. The painting is a self-portrait of Williams, showcasing his intellectual abilities and interests, and commemorates his work on Newton's Principia and the return of Halley's comet.

Hi , to save you headaches and years more of court battles -- Rumble is very interested in acquiring Google Chrome. The US Department of Justice will ask a judge to force Google to sell off its Chrome internet browser, Bloomberg News reports, citing people familiar with the plans. More here: https://reut.rs/3UY6Zf3

The author argues that our increasing reliance on technology is leading to a loss of authenticity and human connection, and that we need to cultivate a sense of awe and vulnerability to live a more meaningful life. Slow-simmer awe, which involves embracing uncertainty and mortality, is a more profound and transformative experience than quick-boil awe, which focuses on surface-level sensations.

The author expresses outrage and frustration with the C++ committee's handling of memory safety, citing a lack of leadership and a culture of silence and retaliation against whistleblowers. The author specifically targets committee members Herb Sutter, Gaby Dos Reis, and Bjarne Stroustrup for their alleged behavior and lack of accountability.

The project aims to maintain a community fork of OpenJDK with Authorization functionality, focusing on user authorization and least privilege principles. It uses PolicyWriter to automate policy file generation and auditing for third-party code.

SpaceX's Starship rocket exceeded projected noise levels during its fifth test launch, generating a powerful sonic boom that risks property damage. The rocket's noise is 10 times louder than SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket and equivalent to standing near a Boeing 747 during takeoff.

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The user is building a personalized content feed and wants to combine full-text search and vector similarity search using BM25, a widely used algorithm for full-text search that ranks documents based on their relevance to a query. BM25 uses four components: query terms, Inverse Document Frequency (IDF), term frequency in the document, and document length normalization, and the user can ...