User watched a video of a 9-year-old girl quickly identifying differences in images. User learned to spot differences by cross-eyeing images to create a third, shimmering image.
Meta is ending its DEI programs and shifting focus to accessibility and engagement. The company will continue to source diverse candidates but make hiring decisions based on individual merit.
Anna's Archive aims to back up all of humanity's knowledge, but lacks a list of all books. They have a large open dataset of ISBNs, but need a way to identify rare and at-risk books.
Cuttle is a 2-player combat card game from the 1970s where players aim to accumulate 21 points worth of point cards on their side of the table. The game involves various card effects, including scuttling, one-off effects, and permanent effects, which can be used to attack or defend against opponents.
IPF's team struggled to implement OpenTelemetry due to conflicting APIs from Spring and Akka, requiring manual conversion of OTel context to Jaeger SpanContext. A workaround was found by accessing the ExtendedTracer programmatically and manually propagating the context, but a full rewrite of the Lightbend Telemetry library is still needed for seamless integration.
Finland's sustained national strategy and Housing First approach have nearly eradicated homelessness, with a rate of 0.08% of the population. The approach combines emergency assistance, integrated support services, and increased housing supply to achieve durable outcomes.
The author has narcolepsy, a condition characterized by excessive daytime sleepiness and cataplexy, which causes temporary paralysis. They've learned to manage their symptoms with medication and have developed a trick to end cataplectic attacks by focusing on wiggling their index finger.
Starlink, launched by SpaceX in 2019, has become a leading satellite internet provider in over 100 countries, offering affordable options in areas with limited internet service. In Africa, Starlink is sometimes the cheapest way to get online, with prices ranging from $10 to $50 per month.
Rodney Brooks, a robotics and AI expert, reviews his 2018 predictions on self-driving cars, robotics, AI, and human space travel, finding that many have not come to pass as expected. He notes that hype and unrealistic expectations have led to a lack of understanding of the actual capabilities and limitations of these technologies, and that the industry is still far from achieving fully ...
Researchers propose Meta Chain-of-Thought, a framework extending traditional CoT with explicit reasoning modeling. They outline a pipeline for training models to produce Meta-CoTs and discuss open research questions for scaling and improving AI reasoning.
The Battle Royale franchise, a quarter-century old, remains the standard for stories about people trapped in life-or-death games, inspiring shows like Squid Game. Its creator Koushun Takami got the idea from a dream, while director Kinji Fukasaku infused the movie with his personal experiences and anti-violence message.
The author believes formal methods are crucial for good software engineering, especially in large-scale systems, as they reduce rework and the cost of change. Formal methods can increase the speed and efficiency of software development by saving on rework and getting interface changes out of the way earlier.
The author reminisces about his childhood love for trains and how it has endured into adulthood, inspiring his enthusiasm for train games like Railroad Tycoon II, which he considers a creative and commercial success. The game's developer, Phil Steinmeyer, had a complex past with his former employer New World Computing, and there are allegations of code theft, but the game remains a beloved ...
The author created Bauble, a tool for making 3D graphics with math, but it became too complex and limited. The author rewrote Bauble from scratch, creating a new version with improved performance and features.
Unsloth improved Phi-4's accuracy by fixing 4 bugs and converting it to Llama's architecture. It also made finetuning 2x faster, used 70% less memory, and enabled longer context lengths.
A design company posted an inaccurate illustration of flight paths, likely a mistake rather than a joke or intentional misinformation. The error is due to incorrect calculation of the Earth's radius, making the outer arc only 1% longer than the inner arc.
Popular apps like Candy Crush and Tinder are being used to harvest sensitive location data on a massive scale through the advertising ecosystem. Rogue members of the advertising industry and tech giants are likely responsible, with data ending up with a location data company that sells to US law enforcement.
The Quake engine used precomputed visibility to reduce overdraw by dividing the map into cells and portals, and then precomputing a leaf-to-leaf visibility matrix. The vis.py tool reimplements this algorithm in Python, performing two recursive depth-first traversals and a resolve pass to compute the visibility matrix.
The author discusses a Boolean algebra axiom discovered using automated theorem proving and its long and complicated proof, which has been a challenge to understand. The proof involves 307 steps and uses a combination of substitution and bisubstitution to derive new lemmas.
TikTok's LA office is closed due to wildfires and employees are being asked to use personal or sick time to account for days off. The company's policy doesn't specifically state that time can be used for natural disasters, leaving employees with limited options.
Tactility is an operating system that targets ESP32 devices
Gleam v1.7.0 has been published with improvements including record update monomorphisation and a new code action to generate dynamic decoders.
The article discusses C language features including function declarations, forward parameter declarations, and asm syntax for renaming C symbols. It also touches on a BASIC compatibility mode and a GNU extension allowing a function declaration as a for loop iterator.
Glimmer is a Ruby GUI library that provides a declarative DSL (Domain Specific Language) for building desktop applications, with support for multiple GUI DSLs, data-binding, and logging. It offers various DSLs for different GUI libraries, including SWT, LibUI, and Tk, and provides a data-binding library that enables bidirectional synchronization between GUI properties and model attributes.
CannonBall is a C++ game engine for OutRun, rewritten from 68000 and Z80 assembler code, supporting modern platforms with higher frame-rates and widescreen. It requires original ROMs and uses SDL 2 and Boost libraries.
The author discusses data structure flattening, a technique that replaces pointer-based data structures with contiguous arrays, improving performance and ergonomics in language implementations. By using a single array to hold all AST nodes and replacing pointers with indices, the author achieves a 2.4× speedup in a microbenchmark and highlights several benefits, including locality, smaller ...
We Use Rails is a directory of web apps built with Ruby on Rails, showcasing over 800 categories of businesses and projects. It's free to browse and submit a Rails web app, with premium features available for those who want to stand out.
CubeTrek is a platform that allows users to upload GPS files and view their outdoor activities in 3D. It uses various libraries and APIs to create interactive 3D topology views, heatmaps, and statistics.
NVIDIA-Ingest is a document extraction microservice that uses NVIDIA NIM microservices to extract text, tables, charts, and images from documents. It supports various document types and extraction methods.
Northeastern's computer science curriculum is being overhauled to focus on Python, but critics argue this will make students less adaptable to changing industry trends. The current curriculum emphasizes fundamental principles and systematic program design.
Commonplace is a journal discussing early American history and culture before 1900, covering topics from architecture to parlor manners. It features articles, reviews, and creative writing on various aspects of America's past and its peoples.
The user proposes a new decentralized protocol called RSDS (Really Simple Decentralized Syndication) to replace existing social media platforms, which would allow users to publish content without relying on centralized platforms. RSDS would use existing protocols and infrastructure, such as domain names and Bitcoin, to provide a scalable and secure decentralized social information network.
Employers worldwide expect AI to automate tasks, reducing staff by 41% but creating 170 million new jobs by 2030. The jobs most at risk are graphic designers and legal secretaries due to AI's increasing capacity to perform knowledge work.
Large language models like ChatGPT handle conflicting information by learning a probability distribution over possible answers, not always choosing the most recent one. This can lead to sensitive responses to prompt wording, where slight changes can tip the balance of probabilities and result in outdated information being presented.
Kagi is a paid search engine that provides good search results without ads, focusing on user-centric search and offering a pleasant browsing experience, but its $10 monthly price may be a barrier for some users. The company has also developed a browser called Orion and is exploring AI tools, but its recent partnership with Brave Search and handling of sensitive topics has raised concerns ...
Tomchuk's website Triplegangers was attacked by OpenAI's bot GPTBot which sent tens of thousands of server requests to download its enormous database of 3D human images. The attack was stopped after Tomchuk properly configured his robot.txt file and set up a Cloudflare account to block the bot, but he still has no way to know what data was taken.
You're taking a strategic approach to onboarding, focusing on learning key information, managing knowledge, and making a positive impression to drive impact and lead effectively.
Global temperatures in 2024 reached a record high of 1.6C above pre-industrial levels, despite world leaders' vow to avoid 1.5C warming. Scientists warn that continued fossil fuel emissions will bring more extreme weather, but sharp reductions can still limit warming to 1.6C or lower.
Television is a fast search tool with fuzzy matching that can search various data sources. It has a customizable UI with themes, keybindings, and previewers for optimal performance.
BepiColombo spacecraft took a photo of Mercury's north pole on January 8, 2025, showing craters with permanent shadows and frozen water. The image also shows Mercury's vast volcanic plains, Borealis Planitia, formed by ancient lava flows.
Neural Ordinary Differential Equations (NODEs) are a promising development in machine learning that combines neural networks and differential equations, allowing for more complex and expressive models. NODEs have been used in various applications such as probability density estimation and generative models, and have shown great potential in solving problems that traditional neural networks ...
This is a port of 'lc' (List files in categories and columns) from MWC (Mark Williams Company) Coherent UNIX.
Cybersecurity industry is expected to grow rapidly with increasing demand for data protection and threat prevention. Robotics industry will likely see advancements in AI, autonomous systems, and IoT integration, with potential applications in healthcare, logistics, and manufacturing.
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Boulette is a tool that raises a warning prompt on dangerous commands in SSH sessions. It can be used to protect commands like shutdown, systemctl suspend, and reboot by creating aliases with the boulette prefix.
The user implemented a direction field to introduce fast and dynamic pathfinding in a browser game, allowing enemies to route around obstacles and the player. The direction field is updated when the player moves or obstacles are added or removed, ensuring the shortest path to the player is always known.
Researchers studied 482,000 Wikipedia users to identify three curiosity styles: busybody, hunter, and dancer. The study linked curiosity styles to location-based indicators of well-being and inequality, revealing differences in browsing patterns across countries.
Reddit users Paul Gatto and Victor Morgan are leading a movement to make car headlights less bright due to the excessive glare caused by LED headlights, which have roughly doubled in brightness over the past 10 years. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has not updated its regulations to account for the increased brightness of LEDs, leading to a stalemate between automakers, ...
Developers at AgentStation created the uuidkey package to generate human-readable API keys from UUIDs, which are sortable and indexable in databases. The package uses Base32-Crockford encoding and is designed to work with any UUID that follows the official UUID specification, with a focus on readability and performance.
The FT offers a digital subscription for $319 for the first year, then $75 per month, with a 20% discount for paying upfront. The offer includes complete digital access to quality journalism, but excludes access to ft.com and the FT App.
Meta employees are upset about new content moderation changes allowing users to claim LGBTQ+ people have mental illness. The changes are part of a shift to reduce moderation and allow more free speech on Meta platforms.
httpz.Server(T) is a generic type that serves two purposes: application-specific context and configuration object. Using a type T for configuration allows for compile-time optimization and feature detection, but should be used sparingly for library options.
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Time dilation occurs when objects move at high speeds, causing time to pass slower for the traveler compared to stationary observers. This effect has been measured and applied in GPS corrections and is a fundamental aspect of Einstein's Theory of Relativity.
Samsung Display will start mass producing the world's first rollable OLED laptop screen in April 2025. Lenovo plans to launch its ThinkBook Plus G6 Rollable laptop with this screen globally in June.
Google's new policy allows device fingerprinting for advertising, undermining user control and transparency, and contradicting its previous commitment to user privacy. This shift raises concerns about the future of online privacy and the impact on the Privacy Sandbox initiatives.
Some programming languages struggle due to obscurity or being too ambitious, while others are too fun to implement, leading developers to build their own instead of using the language. A language with a straightforward implementation and small specification can be both beneficial and a pitfall, requiring a balance between simplicity and size.
The article discusses optimizing matrix multiplication for machine learning operations involving unsigned byte and signed byte matrices, focusing on using AVX VNNI instructions to improve performance. A custom layout is proposed to efficiently use the vpdpbusd instruction, resulting in faster execution compared to existing libraries like gemmology.
Globalisation is not a new phenomenon, but rather a fundamental process that has been ongoing for tens of thousands of years, shaping human culture and societies through encounters and exchanges. Our tendency to forget this shared history and focus on the uniqueness of the present has led to misconceptions about globalisation, which is often seen as a threat to national identities and ...
Yangwang's electric U9 supercar jumped over a 2.5m pothole and 4m tyre spikes at 120km/h. The car uses BYD's DiSus X suspension system to achieve this feat.
The user and their friend Luke started a YouTube channel in 2024, creating 8 videos and learning from their experiences, with Luke working full-time on the channel. They share their process, successes, and failures, offering advice to others starting out in content creation.
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Teddy Blanks, a title designer, created the opening title for the movie "Wicked" and was excited to see it on the big screen. He based the design on old chapter letterings from L. Frank Baum's "Oz" book and worked with the director to perfect the font.
Scientists successfully drilled 2.8 kilometers into Antarctic bedrock to reach 1.2 million year old ice, which will help understand Earth's atmosphere and climate evolution. The ice core analysis may reveal how greenhouse gases and climate have changed over time, providing insight into human contributions to climate change.
The International Earth Rotation Service issues directives on leap seconds, which can cause time synchronization issues. To avoid problems, the company implemented a "leap smearing" technique, slowing down their time by 1 second over 20 hours to stay in sync with the rest of the world.
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The H-1B visa program is criticized for not working well, with proponents saying it's a pipeline for global talent and critics arguing it steals jobs from Americans and drives down wages. The program awards 65,000 slots to undergraduates and 20,000 to those with advanced degrees through a government lottery.
This Racket package converts X-expressions to HTML5 strings with tidy presentation. It indents and wraps lines, favoring HTML5 syntax and handling Unicode characters.
A recent study from the University of Cambridge found distinct brain structure differences between male and female newborns, with females having more grey matter and males having more white matter. These differences may contribute to various cognitive strengths and weaknesses between the sexes, but do not imply superiority of one over the other.
Morse Micro's Wi-Fi HaLow technology offers a 10-mile range and can penetrate walls, providing seamless connectivity. It uses Sub-GHz frequency waves and may become a standard feature in devices, allowing for long-distance internet connectivity.
People experience varying review times for PRs, ranging from immediate to several days or even weeks, depending on the complexity and the reviewer's workload. Establishing clear guidelines, incentivizing timely reviews, and promoting a culture of collaboration can help improve the efficiency and quality of the review process.
Lazy enumeration in Ruby helps avoid unnecessary work by processing only required items, making it useful for large datasets or expensive operations. It works by flipping the order of operations, processing each item one at a time before moving to the next, rather than constructing intermediate collections.
Floating wind turbines are supported by structures that bob and sway in response to waves and wind, allowing them to be placed in deep water where wind blows strongest. Designing these platforms is a challenge, with over 100 ideas categorized into six types, each with its own advantages and limitations.
A small engineering team used LLMs to solve a challenging image matching problem for a museum app, leveraging a KNN search and multimodal model to identify car illustrations. The solution proved effective, migrating their main image matching service and illustrating how LLMs are changing product development dynamics.
The author, a programmer with 30 years of experience, has found that using generative models (LLMs) in his work has been net-positive for his productivity, allowing him to automate mundane tasks and focus on more complex problems. He believes that the key to getting value out of LLMs is to focus on solving specific problems rather than trying to build general-purpose tools, and is working on ...
Lovable experienced a 19-hour outage due to Github disabling its app due to excessive repository creations. The issue was resolved by using AWS S3 for file storage and Github lifting its ban on the app.
Startup failure rates are high, with 90% of startups failing to survive past a decade, but failure can be a stepping stone to success with the right approach. Founders can mitigate risks by prioritizing financial planning, market research, and adaptability to navigate the challenges of the startup journey.
Hachyderm defederated with Threads due to changes in moderation policy allowing harassment of targeted groups. This decision prioritizes community safety, especially for vulnerable members.
Copyright (c) 2012-2024 Barbara Geller & Ansel Sermersheim This documentation is released under the terms of the GNU free documentation license, version 1.3.
Meta's recent changes to content moderation policies allow more hateful speech against vulnerable groups, particularly LGBTQ+ individuals, while its initial announcement aimed to promote freedom of expression. Meta must invest in cultural and linguistic competence in moderation practices and prioritize real reforms to content moderation to protect marginalized users.
Data races in C or C++ source code are always unsafe in portable code, as they can lead to incorrect behavior due to compiler transformations. Ignoring data races introduces a practical risk of future miscompilation, making it difficult to avoid with certainty.
The author discusses how video games use mechanics like coyote time, invincibility frames, and catch-up mechanics to balance challenge and forgiveness, and how these can inform teaching practices to create a more supportive learning environment.
A diagram is provided to help understand Kubernetes security, intended for discussion and internal use at Telenor Norway, but released for general use. It's not a solution or design, but rather a cheatsheet for on-prem Kubernetes security.
Historians see parallels between the US today and the rise of fascism in Italy and Germany in the 1920s and 1930s, citing economic insecurity, trauma, and a strongman leader. The US has its own unique conditions, but scholars warn that a break with democracy is possible if Americans turn away from democratic institutions and processes.
Pac-Man's cultural impact transcended video games, inspiring various forms of media and merchandise. Its enduring appeal lies in its design innovation, particularly its metaphorical use of collision to express consumption, making it a relatable character.
Alt text bridges the gap between visuals and accessibility, ensuring users with visual impairments can understand content. An alt text checker verifies and improves image descriptions, making websites more inclusive and usable for all.
The Haywood Algorithm for business success, which involves doing all necessary tasks every day, is exemplified by SpaceX's relentless pursuit of innovation and perfection under Elon Musk's leadership. Musk's willingness to take risks and defy conventional wisdom has enabled SpaceX to dominate the space industry, despite facing numerous challenges and setbacks.
To properly dispose of old smart devices, perform a factory reset to remove personal data and then dispose of them through electronic waste. This is crucial even for broken devices, as they may still contain sensitive information.