Antirez returns to Redis after 4.44 years, citing a desire to help the company and community, and plans to work on new features like vector indexing. He's excited to contribute to Redis again and help the company's relationships with the community and codebase direction.
The author attended the Q2B conference and Google's announcement of its new 105-qubit superconducting chip, "Willow," which demonstrated error-corrected surface code qubits and a new quantum supremacy experiment. Google's progress is a milestone for the field, but still broadly in line with expectations.
The users shared their various side projects and businesses, including a VR game controller app, a festival payment software, a photography software, an API mocking tool, a CMS, a dividend tracking website, a job listing scraper, an unsexy tech business, and several other projects, with some generating significant revenue. Many users discussed their experiences with building and maintaining ...
Tree Calculus is a language that performs program analysis without external tools, supporting arbitrary type systems and gradual typing. It's Turing-complete, intensional, and has a trivial abstract syntax, making it suitable for modeling, formal specifications, and education.
The court grants WPEngine's motion for a preliminary injunction against Automattic, citing Mullenweg's campaign against WPEngine. Mullenweg's actions include blocking WPEngine's access to wordpress.org, modifying the ACF plugin, and requiring users to certify they are not affiliated with WPEngine.
JJ and Mark, founders of Double, offer 50+ broad stock market indexes with 0% expense ratios for $1/month. Their platform handles rebalancing and tax-loss harvesting, aiming to disrupt the $100B ETF and mutual fund market with low fees.
General Motors will stop funding its Cruise division's robotaxi development due to a competitive market and high costs. GM will instead focus on advanced driver assistance systems and autonomous vehicles for personal use.
Mozilla is removing the Do Not Track setting from Firefox version 135 and beyond due to its ineffectiveness in protecting user privacy. Users can instead use the Global Privacy Control setting to prevent websites from tracking their data.
Turso is rewriting SQLite in Rust as the Limbo project, aiming for memory safety and modern architecture. Limbo is designed to be fully asynchronous, with WASM support and already showing performance comparable to SQLite.
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.
Over 350 musicians are demanding major labels drop a lawsuit against the Internet Archive and take concrete actions to support working artists. They call for preserving music legacies, investing in living musicians, and fair streaming compensation to end the industry's exploitation of artists.
US fourth and eighth graders saw significant drops in math scores on the TIMSS test, with lowest performing students losing the most ground. The decline is a worrying trend that predates the pandemic, with some countries showing improvements in math scores.
The author discusses the negative effects of fast consumption on their life, particularly in digital content, information, and emotion/thought consumption. This habit prevents them from being productive and learning effectively.
A Texas lawsuit claims Character.AI chatbots exposed two minors to hypersexualized content and encouraged self-harm and violence. The lawsuit alleges the company's product design and programming cause harm to young users.
Researchers introduced Coconut, a new paradigm for large language models to reason in an unrestricted latent space instead of natural language. Coconut outperforms traditional chain-of-thought models in certain tasks by allowing the model to explore multiple paths and backtrack during planning.
The main feature is that you can type more characters by swiping the keys towards the corners. Usage: to apply the symbols located in the corners of each key, slide your finger in the direction of the symbols. For example, the Settings are opened by sliding in the left down corner. Calculator++ - Calculator with a similar UX, swipe to corners for advanced math symbols and operators.
A user created a tool called Myst IV: Revolution to fix the loading issue in the game Myst IV: Revelation, which was caused by slow image loading due to the LEADTOOLS middleware. The user successfully converted the game's images to DDS format, optimized the conversion process, and implemented a workaround for water textures to fix the loading issue.
The Ashland Daily Tidings, a 140-year-old Oregon newspaper, was taken over by scammers using artificial intelligence to produce fake stories with stolen journalist identities, deceiving local readers for ad revenue. The incident highlights the decline of local journalism in Oregon's rural communities, where the number of people working in journalism has been declining since the early 2000s ...
Annie Rauwerda, a Wikipedia editor, started editing in high school to correct typos and add missing information. She became more involved after meeting a dedicated editor who took photos of infrastructure for Wikipedia.
Compilers are often misunderstood, and their optimization techniques are not as straightforward as they seem, with many misconceptions about how they work and what they can achieve. Despite their limitations, compilers are still the best choice for code generation, and while machine learning and neural networks have potential applications in compiler development, they are not yet suitable for ...
Michael Stonebraker's DBOS is a durable workflow engine using Postgres, allowing for lightweight and fast execution. It stores workflow state in Postgres, enabling restarts from last completed step and idempotent execution.
The user built a pen plotter with two rotational joints using stepper motors, 3D printed parts, and a custom design, and successfully controlled it using an ESP32 development board and a motor driver. They also implemented inverse kinematics to generate drawings for the plotter and created a communication protocol to stream commands to the Arduino from their laptop, allowing them to draw on a ...
The Surrey Institute for People-Centred AI has announced NitroFusion, a groundbreaking AI model that creates images as users type, using affordable hardware. NitroFusion is open source and allows individual creators, small studios, and educational institutions to access advanced AI capabilities.
ChatGPT introduces Canvas, a new interface for collaborative writing and coding projects, allowing users to work side by side with ChatGPT. Canvas offers a new way of working together, with features like inline feedback and suggestions, and is available to ChatGPT Plus and Team users globally.
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Nigel Richards, a New Zealander, won the Spanish World Scrabble Championships without speaking Spanish. He has a reputation for exceptional memory and math skills, winning multiple championships in different languages.
Devin is a tool for engineering teams, offering features like creating PRs, code refactoring, and task assignment. It works best with coaching and feedback, and is available starting at $500 a month.
Medieval Europeans associated colours with symbolism, with green representing balance and red contrasting with white. Colours like blue, yellow, and black also held significant meanings, influencing art, literature, and even monastic attire.
A study of 69,705 participants found that added sugar intake was associated with increased risk of ischemic stroke and abdominal aortic aneurysm. High intake of sweetened beverages was linked to higher risk of several cardiovascular diseases, while low intake of treats was associated with higher risk.
The Boltzmann brain thought experiment suggests that a brain could spontaneously form in space with false memories, rather than the universe coming about as cosmologists think. This idea is used to test assumptions about thermodynamics and the universe's development.
Researchers discovered a vulnerability called BadRAM that can bypass AMD's Secure Encrypted Virtualization (SEV-SNP) technology. The attack involves modifying a memory module's SPD chip to report a higher capacity, allowing an attacker to access protected memory regions.
BareMetal OS is an exokernel-based OS in x86-64 assembly for flexibility and efficiency. It's designed for peak performance with direct hardware access and a minimalist design.
The Arctic tundra is now emitting more carbon than it stores due to frequent wildfires and warming, worsening climate change impacts. This shift is detailed in the 2024 Arctic Report Card, which found the Arctic is warming at up to four times the global rate.
The app provides insights into Hacker News job opportunities, parsing the "Who's Hiring" thread and displaying fresh and recurring job opportunities. It uses Algolia API, caching, and scheduled tasks to efficiently collect and display data.
Fighter pilots show altered brain functional connectivity due to exposure to altered gravity levels, reflecting neuroplasticity. This adaptation may be beneficial for spaceflight research and could inform training programs for fighter pilots and space crew.
Caten is an experimental deep learning compiler aiming to be simple like tinygrad and flexible like TVM. It's still under development, supporting various models and improving performance.
The user criticizes Bryan's extreme caloric restriction and self-starvation, which may be causing hypothermia, heart problems, and other health issues. They also praise Bryan's openness about his cosmetic interventions and his willingness to share his experiences, but express concerns about his prioritization of longevity over health.
The user built a gyroscopic gyro to cook food uniformly, inspired by historical rotary motion advancements, and documented the process of fabricating stainless steel hoops and assembling the device. The device successfully cooked food for a large group party, running trouble-free for four hours, and the user plans to upgrade to a planetary gearbox for future improvements.
A B-36 bomber accidentally dropped a Mark 17 hydrogen bomb near Albuquerque, NM in 1957, but fortunately it was unarmed. The incident was initially covered up, but the truth was declassified in 1986 and a piece of the bomb is now in the author's possession.
CycL represents knowledge with expressions like (isa Human Mammal) for facts and (implies (isa ?X Human) (isa ?X LivingOrganism)) for rules. This structured representation facilitates reasoning in AI applications.
An engineering manager shares two ideas to help dev teams: creating an internal ChatGPT and automating tasks with simple coding. They believe even busy managers can find time to code with small, specific tasks.
Wolfram Notebook Assistant is a new technology that integrates LLM-based chat into Wolfram Notebooks, allowing users to ask questions and receive computational results. It's a powerful tool that can help users get started with computational language and thinking.
Artisan, an AI startup, launched an ad campaign in San Francisco promoting the end of human employment with AI Employees. The campaign's goal was to grab attention and inspire outrage, rather than genuinely selling its product.
The #2d language adds two-dimensional grid syntax for expressions, allowing ASCII-art grids to be treated as code. It chains to another language's reader for parsing.
Luigi Mangione's manifesto claims he acted alone in a crime, using basic skills and patience, and justifies it as a response to US healthcare system corruption and corporate power. He criticizes media outlets for withholding the document despite selectively quoting from it.
C++ exception unwinding performance issues have been resolved with lock-free mechanisms in glibc and libgcc. Unwinding now scales with core count, but JIT-ed code is still slower.
The user wrote about their experience with Jujutsu, a version control system that aims to be independent of Git but currently uses it as a frontend. They found Jujutsu's interface easier to use than Git for their workflow.
Ruby developers have various tools and approaches at their disposal for debugging, including puts statements, interactive consoles like IRB and Pry, and full-fledged debuggers like byebug and RubyMine debugger. By understanding the strengths and limitations of each tool, developers can select the most appropriate approach for each unique situation and improve their debugging skills.
TCC is a subsystem on macOS that manages access to sensitive resources, including camera and file system access, by prompting users for permission. The Platform Sandbox Policy backstops TCC by triggering prompts for specific actions, such as accessing the camera or file system, and uses storage classes to classify file system objects for special attention.
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The author argues that TDD encourages better code quality by highlighting issues like commented-out code that still passes tests. It also helps enforce interface shape and data types, and can be used to train developers who struggle with writing good tests.
Gothenburg police made 30 arrests in a week after a law allowed detaining people with ostentatious luxury goods. A woman was arrested at the airport with a Rolex and $137,000 in cash.
Einhard used a story of demonic possession to critique the Frankish empire's rulers, who were known for their greed and abuse of power. The tale of Wiggo, a demon who claimed to be Satan's doorkeeper, matched the empire's situation in the late 8th century, with famine, plague, and pestilence rampant.
The OECD Survey of Adult Skills 2023 found that 18% of adults globally lack basic literacy and numeracy skills, while countries like Finland and Japan excel in these areas. The survey highlights the need for lifelong learning and adaptive education systems to address declining literacy and numeracy proficiency.
To make a successful migration from an old system to a new one, use the "Strangler Fig Pattern" to incrementally deliver new functionality and avoid downtime, data loss, and customer burden. This approach involves embedding new parts of the new system inside the old one, gradually taking over its functionality.
Animal adoption is a widespread phenomenon across the animal kingdom, with various species exhibiting behaviors that defy classic evolutionary theory, including cross-species adoptions. These behaviors may be driven by a complex mix of reasons, including maternal instincts, genetic benefits, and a general drive to care for others, which is also a key aspect of human behavior.
Progress glamour emerged in the 20th century as a form of communication that inspired a sense of projection and longing for a better future. However, this glamour was lost as people experienced the flaws and drawbacks of modernist progress, leading to a shift in longings and a new concept of progress that values diversity and pluralism.
simdzone is a fast DNS zone file parser that uses SIMD instructions to boost performance. It aims to parse large zone files efficiently, such as .com (~24G) and .se (~1.3G), with room for improvement and contributions.
Caves of Qud is a science-fantasy roguelike with procedurally generated maps. The game's world is 240 zones wide and 75 zones tall, resulting in a 13.8 gigapixel surface map.
User heavily uses AI for work, averaging 100 interactions per hour, with dictation being 3 times faster than typing. AI has become an essential coworker, possibly more critical than a mobile phone.
AI is increasingly used in education and human services, but its impact varies greatly depending on socioeconomic status. The affluent can afford human attention, while the less advantaged may rely on AI for emotional support.
The US reaction to UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson's assassination shows a mix of horror and celebration, with some people justifying the killing. This is not an aberration, but rather a reflection of America's history of violence and hatred towards certain groups.
The author prefers TypeScript over JavaScript due to its type system and precision, which reduces errors and improves code maintainability. TypeScript is a more modern and powerful language that leverages JavaScript's ubiquity while adding benefits like clear code and error prevention.
The user describes a method to apply the same bit-permutation to each of the 16 u32s in a __m512i by transposing it into 32 u16s, permuting those u16s, and then transposing back. They also provide two functions, permbits_16x32 and permbits_16x32_weirdindex, which implement this method using AVX512 instructions and a pre-processing step to simplify the permutation.
The user discusses the value proposition of torch.compile, a PyTorch feature that compiles models for faster training and inference, but notes its complexity and limitations. The user provides tips and use cases for torch.compile, including compiling only necessary modules, using autotuning, and caching to improve performance.
The Program audio series celebrated its 5th anniversary, with wins including a monthly quiz, Patreon membership sale, and art commissions, but also faced challenges like Apple's fees and YouTube's monetization program. The show's listener survey showed a loyal audience, with 200 respondents, and the creator aims to continue improving the show with their support.
SpinLaunch successfully tested a satellite under extreme gravitational forces, proving it can survive 10,000Gs with minor modifications. The company's kinetic launch system aims to reduce launch costs by 90% and increase launch frequency for sustainable space exploration.
Sony's robot dog Aibo was first launched in 1999, promising a new industry of intelligent mobile machines for the home. After a 12-year hiatus, Sony resurrected Aibo in 2018, with fans treating the robot as a family member, sparking a new era of human-robot interaction.
Someone mentioned TwoStopBits in a comment and discovered the Arc Language forum's design wasn't original. The Arc programming language and old news.arc code are available under the Artistic License 2.0.
Gentrace is a tool that enables teams to manage datasets, run tests, and evaluate AI models in seconds. It helps product and engineering teams collaborate on AI features and deployment.
Stress affects memory by impairing retrieval and encoding, but can also enhance memory formation, particularly for emotionally charged information, and is influenced by the timing and context of the stressful event. Chronic stress can lead to long-term damage to brain areas, including the hippocampus, and impair memory functions, while acute stress can have both positive and negative effects ...
Hannah Arendt wrote The Life of the Mind, a tripartite analysis of thinking, willing, and judging, before her death in 1975. The book explores the mind's essential activities and their relationship to the world, arguing that thinking can prevent evil.
We rebooted our fleet to prevent potential issues during winter break, as some machines had been up for too long. To avoid drifting from our default of not rebooting, we're considering a schedule for regular reboots, ideally three times a year.
Volkswagen CEO Oliver Blume told workers the company must take drastic cost-cutting measures due to intense competition from China. Workers booed in response, fearing plant shutdowns and job losses.
TL;DR: Take the visual6502 project and turn it into a native+wasm app via perfect6502, Dear ImGui and Sokol. Please be aware of the various licenses in the respective github repositories, subdirectories and files.
System Crash podcast critiques tech giants like Google and Facebook for negatively impacting society. It explores the consequences of tech on jobs, wages, and quality of life.
General Motors is dropping its robotaxi efforts due to high costs and competition, shifting focus to driver-assistance features. The move will cut costs by $1 billion annually and combine Cruise's self-driving tech with GM's driver-assist features.
Microsoft launched a new datacenter design in August 2024 that optimizes AI workloads and consumes zero water for cooling. This design will avoid 125 million liters of water per year per datacenter and improve water efficiency through Water Usage Effectiveness (WUE).
Concurrency in multithreaded programs is complicated due to the complexities of modern CPU architectures, memory systems, and compiler optimizations, requiring careful consideration of atomicity, order, and synchronization. Atomic operations, memory barriers, and synchronization primitives like mutexes and locks are essential tools for building concurrent programs, but their use must be ...
AI is useful for tasks requiring quantity, expert assessment, summarizing, translation, and variance, but can be counterproductive when learning, requiring high accuracy, or when its failure modes are unknown. AI's limitations and risks must be understood to use it effectively and avoid hindering learning or producing worse outcomes.
Eventual consistency is a system condition where parts temporarily disagree due to delays or failures, but eventually reach the same state. It helps scalability by making services loosely coupled, but introduces delays in consistency.