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GM Gukesh D won against GM Ding Liren in a long endgame. Ding blundered into a losing king and pawn endgame after a long struggle.
Canada's assisted dying rate grew 16% in 2023, with 15,300 people undergoing euthanasia, mostly due to cancer. The rate is slower than previous years, with 96% of recipients having a foreseeable natural death.
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Two months into teaching a computer proof of Fermat's Last Theorem, a PhD student proved a key abstract algebra result. The team is using Lean and mathlib to formalize the proof, which involves teaching the computer crystalline cohomology.
Android XR is a new operating system for extended reality devices like headsets and glasses, combining AI, AR, and VR to bring helpful experiences. It will launch with headsets next year, offering a unified platform for developers to build experiences across various devices.
This C program implements a dependency-free version of the GPT-2 language model, a type of transformer neural network, using a much weaker model from 2019, and is optimized for efficiency with KV caching and matrix multiplication algorithms. The program is made up of several main blocks, including a basic matrix math library, fast matrix multiplication, neural network layers, and byte pair ...
The user discusses how terminal programs behave in a somewhat consistent way despite the lack of standards, and lists several "rules" they've observed over 20 years of using the terminal. These rules include how programs respond to Ctrl-C and Ctrl-D, use of base 16 ANSI colors, readline keybindings, and formatting output differently when writing to a terminal versus a pipe.
User discovered Quantus, a learning platform that makes complex financial modeling concepts accessible and engaging. Quantus stands out as an innovative leader in online financial modeling, offering a seamless and intuitive learning experience.
People who can't use mice deserve an efficient, full-featured alternative -- mouseless is *exactly* that. Laptop trackpads can be dangerous for prolonged use -- mouseless prevents strain and injury by reducing reliance on trackpads.
Parkinson's Law states that work expands to fill available time, leading to scope creep and delays. Setting challenging deadlines helps achieve better results by manipulating the Iron Triangle of scope, resources, and time.
Elixir and Erlang enable code hot swapping through functions like :sys.suspend, :sys.change_code, and :sys.resume, allowing for seamless upgrades without restarting systems. The distillery project generates releases and upgrades with .appup and .relup files, facilitating complex release management and hot upgrades.
Microsoft's Recall feature captures PC activity, but its filter for sensitive info has holes. The feature is now opt-in and encrypts data, but security concerns remain.
Carta, a market leader in the industry, is facing criticism from startup founders who claim it's making it too hard to cancel subscriptions. Carta requires a meeting to cancel, but slots are often unavailable until after the renewal date.
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Professor Robin Dunbar found that groups of four have the most enjoyable conversations, while groups of five or more tend to split into smaller groups. This is due to the "theory of mind" which limits our ability to track the thoughts of others, making it hard to follow conversations with more than four people.
An electronic holiday card harvests energy from radio waves and light to flash LEDs without a battery. It can be powered in three ways, including RF energy from a microwave oven, and can be remotely controlled via WiFi.
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 ...
This book, "Taming LLMs", focuses on the limitations and challenges of Large Language Models, providing practical Python examples and open source solutions to help engineers and product managers build effective LLM-powered applications. It aims to equip readers with the knowledge to harness LLM power while avoiding their inherent limitations.
Glenmark Pharmaceuticals issued multiple recalls for pills that didn't dissolve properly, including one for potassium chloride that could be deadly, but the FDA failed to stop the company from shipping more pills from the same factory. The FDA's anemic response highlights longstanding weaknesses in overseeing generic medications manufactured in foreign factories, putting patients at risk of ...
Modern programming languages provide memory models that answer questions about behaviors parallel programs can rely on to share memory between threads, with most languages guaranteeing data-race-free sequential consistency. However, languages like C++ have weaker guarantees, allowing programs with data races to behave arbitrarily, while languages like Java and C++11 provide stronger ...
A lithium-air battery using a ceramic-polyethylene oxide-based composite solid electrolyte enables a four-electron redox reaction through lithium oxide formation and decomposition. This battery can deliver an energy density comparable to that of gasoline and operates at room temperature with a low polarization gap.
Anthropic developed Clio, an automated analysis tool that enables privacy-preserving analysis of real-world language model use, to understand how people use their AI model Claude while maintaining user privacy. Clio has provided valuable insights into how people use Claude, including a focus on coding-related tasks, educational uses, and business strategy, and has helped improve safety ...
A study on black plastic kitchenware found high levels of toxic chemicals, but a math error exaggerated the risk. The actual exposure is much lower than initially claimed, but experts still recommend discarding black plastic items.
A recent innovation in Qubes OS securely converts complex PDFs and graphics files into trusted PDFs by using a parser in a Disposable VM to return a Simple Representation of the file, which is then converted into a raw RGB format. This approach allows for safe conversion of PDFs without compromising the system, and the converted PDFs can be opened natively in the user's VM without fear of compromise.
Scientists found that ancient Americans primarily relied on mammoths and other large animals for food, supporting the hypothesis that Clovis people specialized in hunting large animals. This diet allowed them to spread rapidly throughout North America and may have contributed to the extinction of large ice age animals.
The ZeldaRET team has completed 100% decompilation of The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask, matching the original code. This achievement opens doors for a proper PC port, despite existing projects like Recompilation and 2Ship2Harkinian.
Wayne Ratliff created the database management system Vulcan, which was later renamed dBASE II, and became a standard for CP/M software. dBASE II was later ported to the IBM PC and became a huge success, but its market share declined due to competition from SQL and client-server models.
Clojure's idiomatic error handling involves throwing native exceptions, ex-info, or returning error maps to handle control flow and data. The choice of approach depends on the context and personal preference, with various libraries offering alternatives like Either monads and error categorization.
The GFXPrim library implements a nearest-neighbor, one-dimensional, binary cell automata and its reversible version, displaying them over time in two dimensions. The library uses bitwise operations to efficiently match patterns and update cell states, and can be optimized for performance by reducing the number of operations and using vectorization.
Pink Floyd's the Wall is a concept album tracing the life of Pink, a rock star who builds a mental wall due to loss and isolation. The album explores themes of nihilism and existentialism, with Pink's story culminating in a mental trial and a message of personal responsibility.
Stripe's DNS system experienced SERVFAIL responses due to a spike in reverse DNS queries from their Hadoop cluster, which was causing the VPC resolver to hit its packet limit. The issue was resolved by configuring Unbound to forward reverse queries to the VPC resolver independently from each host, reducing the load and eliminating the SERVFAILs.
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The author compares the performance of Rust's for loop and functional programming facilities like map() and fold() for various operations, finding that the humble for loop is often the fastest and most convenient option. While map() and fold() can be more declarative and sometimes faster, the for loop's simplicity and flexibility make it a valuable choice in many cases, especially for error ...
TDE R14.1.3 is a free/libre lightweight desktop environment for Unix-like systems with low system requirements. It's ideal for dated hardware and offers a fully usable desktop experience with various Linux distros and BSD support.
The author learned Tibetan to deepen their connection with Buddhism and found it opens them to new perspectives and worldviews. Tibetan language has transformed their mind, teaching them about impermanence, attachment, and the importance of humility.
The author reflects on how relationships shape lives and how poorly managing them can cause stress. They realized they under-invested in relationships and started building a private social network called Mozi to help people connect with friends and family in person.
LiTEfoot is a low-power wide-area cellular localization system that uses non-linear transform of the entire cellular spectrum to obtain a systematic superimposition of synchronization signals at the baseband, enabling simultaneous identification of multiple cell towers and achieving a median localization error of 22 meters in urban areas and 50 meters in rural areas. The system consumes 0.9 ...
Stanford professor Fei-Fei Li is pushing AI boundaries with her startup World Labs, which generates 3D scenes for users to explore. She aims to give AI "spatial intelligence" to interact with 3D worlds, unlocking creativity and productivity.
A browser extension for Hacker News uses LLMs to summarize articles with OpenAI, Anthropic, and Ollama. It adds summarize buttons to HN pages, requiring API keys or URLs for LLM access.
Use GitHub Actions as ephemeral compute and S3 for storage to create a "serverless-ish" database that runs only when needed, free of charge. This approach is suitable for short-term integration tests, temporary demos, or quick development tasks, not for continuous or long-running services.
Scientists have determined that Neanderthals interbred with modern humans in Eurasia starting about 50,500 years ago and lasting 7,000 years. This interbreeding left Eurasians with 1-2% Neanderthal genes, which may have contributed to human health and adaptation to environments.
Recursion Pharmaceuticals switched from cell painting to brightfield imaging due to the latter's simplicity and potential for time-lapse microscopy. The company's VP, Charles Baker, led the transition, which involved testing and re-adapting software to rely on brightfield imaging.
Embodied is closing down and its robot Moxie will be bricked due to a failed funding round. Owners have limited time to use the device before it stops working and may not receive refunds.
A study suggests Mount Vesuvius erupted on 24 August AD79, contradicting a previously widely accepted date of 24 October AD79. Experts now believe Pliny the Younger's account of the eruption was correct, despite some evidence initially seeming to contradict it.
Nollywood star Etinosa Idemudia promotes her film on WhatsApp, reaching 200,000 followers and nearly 400,000 views. WhatsApp has become a vital platform for various communities worldwide, from entertainment to education and even matchmaking.
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The Nintendo Entertainment System's expansion port, a feature that was never used by Nintendo, has been leveraged by modders to add Bluetooth and Famicom Disk System support to the console. This mod, known as the NES Hub, is a commercial product that showcases the creativity and technical expertise of the retro gaming community, highlighting the potential for consumer-driven innovation in the ...
The author, Donald Knuth, shares his 10-year experience developing the TEX typesetting system, documenting over 850 errors and lessons learned. He categorizes errors into 15 types, including bugs, enhancements, and design flaws, and reflects on the importance of structured programming and user feedback.
OpenAI's Sora platform offers collaborative writing and coding, video creation, and content generation with expanded storytelling tools. It's expanding alpha access to Reinforcement Fine-Tuning and updating safety features in the o1 system card.
The user is explaining how to implement geometry clipmaps for terrain rendering, including how to generate filler and trim meshes, handle seams, and render the terrain with a single mesh. They also discuss how to handle ocean geometry, LOD transitions, and mesh swapping at render time, and provide code snippets to illustrate their points.
The Intel Arc B580 graphics card shows promise in GPU compute workloads with OpenCL and Level Zero results comparable to AMD Radeon and NVIDIA GeForce competition. It requires Linux 6.12+ and Mesa 24.3+ for graphics workloads and Linux 6.12+ for compute workloads.
The Paris Judicial Court ordered Google, Cloudflare, and Cisco to block access to several pirate websites by poisoning their DNS, and now Quad9 and Vercara are also targeted. Quad9 will block the sites globally to comply with the order, but plans to appeal the ruling, calling it "DNS censorship" that threatens internet security and freedom.
ChatGPT and similar AI software may generate program code but cannot replace programming due to fundamental limitations in computational complexity theory. Program synthesis remains a challenging problem that requires significant resources, making it unlikely that AI software can fully automate programming.
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Oasis Security's research team found a critical vulnerability in Microsoft's MFA allowing attackers to bypass it and gain unauthorized access. Microsoft has fixed the flaw, but users should still enable MFA and monitor for failed second factor codes to stay secure.
NASA Goddard's Space Flight Center simulated internal tides data is visualized to show ocean currents and patterns. The data reveals large internal tides generated by underwater mountain ranges and mid-ocean ridges.
Scientists at the Salk Institute discovered that a nutritional switch from acetate to citrate determines T cell fates, turning them from active to exhausted cells. This finding may lead to new therapies targeting nutrient-dependent mechanisms to help T cells stay active against chronic diseases.
The NeurIPS 2024 Best Paper award for Visual Autoregressive Modeling: Scalable Image Generation via Next-Scale Prediction is under scrutiny due to misconduct by the first author, Keyu Tian, who sabotaged colleagues' research projects and used unauthorized resources. The research community is urged to reconsider the award and uphold ethical standards in academia, prioritizing integrity, ...
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Automattic and WordPress Foundation defend the open source community against WP Engine's misuse of trademarks and lack of contribution. They block WP Engine's access to WordPress.org resources and encourage users to choose ethical hosting providers and support the community.
Tektronix entered the low cost color terminal market with the 4105, 4107, and 4109 raster scan terminals, meeting the $5,000 target and exceeding project objectives. The project, known as Unicorn, introduced a 4170 Local Graphics Processor and later led to the 4200 series with major cost reductions through electronic and package integration.
Small businesses often lack access to advanced technology tools due to budget, expertise, or infrastructure limitations, hindering their ability to compete with larger corporations. To bridge this gap, small businesses can explore affordable alternatives such as free or tiered platforms, government grants, open-source solutions, and tech partnerships to drive growth and competitiveness.
Jim Baggott discusses Schrödinger's cat, a thought experiment that exposes the absurdity of quantum theory. The cat's superposition state represents a calculational trick, not a literal possibility, and its placement is a matter of interpretation.
Mullvad VPN app has a high security level after a recent security audit by X41 D-Sec. Six vulnerabilities were found, but none were critical, and fixes were released in new app versions.
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Techdirt was mistakenly flagged as a phishing site by Cloudflare due to a bulk processing error. This highlights the challenges of content moderation and the need for policymakers to consider the potential for abuse in any system that enables content removal.
A nondescript building at 99 Notre Dame Avenue in San Jose, California, was once home to IBM's first West Coast laboratory, where engineers designed and built the IBM 350 disk storage unit, the first computer system with a hard drive, in the 1950s. The text explores the challenges of storing digital data for 100 years, discussing various methods and platforms, including hard drives, ...
System76's Thelio Astra offers native arm64 development, quick iteration, and peak performance on custom-built hardware. It features a thermal system, expert support, and a comprehensive manufacturing process under one roof in Denver, Colorado.
TSMC unveiled its N2 2-nanometer transistor technology offering up to 15 percent speed up and 30 percent better energy efficiency. Intel also made progress in transistor scaling, achieving a 6-nanometer gate length with a nanosheet just 3 nm thick.
A study on black plastic kitchenware found high levels of toxic chemicals, but a math error exaggerated the risk. The actual exposure is much lower than initially claimed, but experts still recommend discarding black plastic items.
Researchers created a DNA-based catch bond called the fish-hook, which can be finely adjusted to a wide range of catch behaviours and exhibits a slip-catch-slip behaviour, making it a valuable tool for reprogramming biological interactions and engineering force-strengthening materials. The fish-hook catch bond has a vast design space with catch bond parameters within a biologically relevant ...
The author is retiring from Hanami's core teams after 2 years of contemplation, citing a need for a simpler and more balanced life to prioritize family and well-being. They will continue to support Hanami and the Ruby community in a less active capacity.
The AI industry is shifting beyond pre-training scaling trends, with new methods like synthetic data generation, proximal policy optimization, and functional verifiers driving model improvements. Large AI labs are accelerating datacenter buildouts, indicating confidence in scaling laws despite concerns about saturated benchmarks and training data exhaustion.
Researchers developed a decision procedure for DNS verification, establishing its complexity as 2ExpTime. The procedure involves abstraction and reduction to pushdown systems to ensure DNS security and reliability.
The author discusses climate classification systems, specifically the Köppen-Geiger system, and its limitations in describing exotic climates on other planets. They explore alternative systems, including modifications to the Köppen system and new classification systems, to better predict biomes on other planets.