The author of Keygen avoided sales calls by clearly explaining their value, narrowing their focus, and providing transparent information on their website. This approach helped them gain trust and close deals without the need for calls.
David Lynch, a director known for his dark and surrealistic artistic vision, has died at 78. He was diagnosed with emphysema in 2024 and had been unable to leave his house to direct.
The user is trying to reduce their social media usage by using RSS feeds to access quality content without algorithmic padding, citing operant conditioning as the reason behind social media's exploitative design. They provide a step-by-step guide on how to use RSS feeds to filter out unwanted content from various websites, including Reddit, YouTube, and IGN.
Nepenthes is a tarpit software that targets web crawlers, particularly those scraping data for LLMs, by generating endless sequences of pages with dozens of links that lead back to the tarpit. It can be configured with optional Markov-babble to accelerate model collapse and comes with a Dockerfile and compose.yaml for easy deployment.
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.
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The user shares common Git mistakes and how to fix them, including using reflog to recover deleted files and reverting commits with git revert. They also provide alternative methods like cherry-picking and git reset for specific situations, warning against amending pushed commits and using destructive reset commands.
Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket successfully reached orbit on its debut launch, a major milestone for the company. The rocket's first stage did not return to Earth, but the attempt is seen as a positive step towards future landing capabilities.
New features are being rolled out to everyone, including sub-issues, issue types, and advanced search for issues. These features will be available by the end of the week and include improvements to the issues front end for faster and more familiar use.
Learn Yjs is a tutorial series on building real-time collaborative apps using Yjs CRDT library. It covers basics, state handling, and pitfalls in collaborative applications with demos and code exercises.
The author built a small database from scratch in Go to learn the core ideas of databases, focusing on essential concepts and minimizing uninteresting details. The project involved implementing a copy-on-write B+tree, append-only KV store, and transactional interface, resulting in a 2795-line codebase that serves as a minimalist database.
The Linux and free-software community can expect significant changes in 2025, including the extensible scheduling class (sched-ext) becoming a game changer, Rust code landing in the kernel, and more cloud-based products being turned to bricks by manufacturers. The community will also face challenges such as single-maintainer projects being seen as risky, AI-generated code being merged into ...
Jack Dorsey, former Twitter CEO, is giving a keynote at FOSDEM despite being a key figure in Twitter's decline and a billionaire with questionable values. A sit-in is being organized to prevent his talk from proceeding.
The Australian Open has a workaround for international viewers by streaming a cartoon version of matches on YouTube, avoiding broadcast obligations. This animated feed uses 12 cameras and 29 skeletal points to create a two-minute delayed reproduction of the match.
The user proposes a framework that integrates AI development tooling with traditional software engineering principles to improve reliability and maintainability. This framework, which combines Large Language Models with Test-Driven Development, can help tackle leetcode-style questions and practical codebases with an actual dependency graph.
Intel has open-sourced the Tofino P4 software, allowing developers to access and contribute to the powerful tools in networking. This move democratizes access and invites the global developer community to participate, innovate, and shape the future of programmable networks.
We will introduce six-day certificates with IP address support and longer-lived certificates will remain available. Short-lived certificates reduce the potential for compromised certificate use due to their quick expiration.
User attempted to solve 100 Project Euler problems in 100 different programming languages, completing the task after several breaks. Learning new languages was a good use of time, despite the project's challenges.
You can promote your startup or side project on various platforms such as Reddit, LinkedIn, and online communities like Indie Hackers and Product Hunt to get visibility and feedback. These platforms include r/indiebiz, r/MicroSaas, r/SoftwareAsAService, and others, as well as platforms like BetaList, Makerpad, and Launching Next for showcasing beta products and upcoming startups.
Experience Nintendo Switch 2 for yourself at a hands-on event. A free Nintendo Account is required to register.
GitHub now offers free Linux arm64 hosted runners for public repositories, providing a 40% performance boost and power-efficient compute layer. To use them, add labels ubuntu-24.04-arm or ubuntu-22.04-arm to your public repository workflow runs.
The author is creating a new web framework called Nue that focuses on standards, simplicity, and systematic design, aiming to relieve the frontend ecosystem from unnecessary complexity and bloat. Nue's goal is to enable developers to build websites with clean code, faster tooling, and a liberating experience, while also promoting design engineering and creative freedom.
Exploring unseen concepts of design and opportunities of design-driven transformation and change
Mathematicians have solved the sphere packing problem in dimensions 4, 8, and 24, but not in other dimensions. Anqi Li and Henry Cohn improved estimates of the kissing number in dimensions 17 through 21 by using a new approach that deviates from conventional methods.
David Lynch, a renowned American director, has died at 78 due to emphysema complications. He left a lasting impact on cinema with surreal films like Eraserhead, Blue Velvet, and Mulholland Drive, and the influential TV series Twin Peaks.
Nature Communications (2015) - Comments pubmed: 26586091 doi: 10.1038/ncomms9888 issn: 2041-1723 Peisu Zhang, Kotb Abdelmohsen, Yong Liu, Kumiko Tominaga-Yamanaka, Je-Hyun Yoon, Grammatikakis Ioannis, Jennifer L. Martindale, Yongqing Zhang, Kevin G. Becker, In Hong Yang, Myriam Gorospe, Mark P. Mattson
The US Department of Commerce is amending the Export Administration Regulations to control the global diffusion of advanced artificial intelligence models and large clusters of advanced computing integrated circuits. The new rules aim to protect US national security and foreign policy interests while enabling validated entities to access the benefits of advanced AI models.
The author discusses the challenges of displaying images on a screen, including the lack of support for modern image formats and the difficulties of handling HDR images, and decides to write their own image viewer to address these issues. The author also explores the complexities of color management and image processing, including the need for tone mapping and color space conversion, and ...
Researchers from Stanford and King Fahd University created a mesh that generates ammonia from air without external power, using atmospheric nitrogen and water vapor. This innovation could provide a sustainable and cost-effective alternative to traditional ammonia production, suitable for fertilizer and green energy.
Suchir Balaji's death is now under investigation after initial reports ruled it a suicide, with family alleging signs of struggle and a second autopsy contradicting the original findings. The case raises concerns about threats to whistleblowers in the tech industry, particularly those questioning AI companies.
Red Hat launched OpenShift Virtualization Engine and Advanced Cluster Management for Virtualization to help VMware users migrate to its platform. The new tools aim to provide a safe harbor for virtualization workloads as VMware contracts expire.
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Google is now requiring JavaScript to be enabled for search results, redirecting users to a page that says "Turn on JavaScript to keep searching." This change is causing issues for users who prefer to disable JavaScript for security and privacy reasons.
Digital rights advocacy groups are urging EU regulators to enforce Apple's compliance with the Digital Markets Act, citing issues with interoperability and transparency. They want Apple to change its practices, including allowing developers to submit interoperability requests and providing public bug tracking systems.
Potoooooooo was a successful 18th-century thoroughbred racehorse who won over 25 races and became a prominent sire. He was sired by Eclipse and had notable offspring including Waxy, Champion, and Tyrant.
Under Whose Command is a platform that analyzes command chains in Myanmar, developed by DOT • STUDIO and Security Force Monitor (SFM) to help identify perpetrators and commanders in war crimes. The platform uses a logic system and data model to map command hierarchies, making it easier for researchers, journalists, and courts to connect commanders to their subordinates' actions.
The BananaPi M71 2 is set up as a KVM hypervisor using Armbian and QEMU to run Linux virtual machines. A custom Armbian image is built with a suitable kernel version and ZFS support for efficient storage and VM management.
Anthropic achieved ISO/IEC 42001:2023 certification for its AI management system, demonstrating commitment to AI safety and responsible development. This certification validates Anthropic's framework for identifying and mitigating AI risks, ensuring systems are developed and used responsibly.
Archaeologists in Spain have raised the Mazarrón II shipwreck from the Mediterranean after 30 years underwater. The 27-foot-long Phoenician-era ship is being conserved and reconstructed at a lab in Cartagena for possible museum display.
Walgreens installed smart fridge doors with ads at its flagship store, but they frequently malfunctioned and caught fire. Cooler Screens, the company behind the doors, sued Walgreens for breach of contract after it tried to remove them.
Through-running at Penn Station would transform regional rail in NYC, and we have the infrastructure to do it. However, in a recent report, Amtrak made fundamentally flawed arguments pushing its unnecessary and expensive Penn Expansion project.
MuJoCo Playground is an open-source framework for robot learning that streamlines simulation, training, and real-world transfer. It supports diverse robotic platforms and enables zero-shot sim-to-real transfer with a simple installation process.
DBOS is a lightweight library for durable execution backed by Postgres, allowing programs to resume from interrupted states. It can be added to any TypeScript application with no external dependencies except Postgres.
Scientists have found a potential solution to the "chicken or egg" dilemma of life's origin by suggesting RNA played a dual role in storing information and sparking chemical reactions. This concept, known as the "RNA world," proposes that RNA molecules could have been the first to replicate and evolve, with proteins and DNA emerging later.
Robert Proctor discusses how R.A. Fisher, a statistician, was funded by Big Tobacco and promoted junk science linking non-cigarette causes to cancer. Fisher's views were influenced by politics, personal biases, and a lack of expertise in the field.
New Glenn will launch from LC-36 at Cape Canaveral, carrying the Blue Ring Pathfinder on its first National Security Space Launch certification flight. The rocket will land its first stage and place the payload in a medium Earth orbit.
Users experiencing Docker Desktop issues on macOS due to malware reports can resolve the issue by quitting Docker, stopping services, removing and reinstalling binaries, and restarting Docker Desktop. Patch releases for Docker Desktop versions 4.32 to 4.37 are available to fix the issue.
After a disaster, donating financially to recognized relief organizations is the most effective method, while volunteering with established non-profits provides critical support.
Replit's CEO Amjad Masad says their AI-powered tool "Agent" has been a huge success, allowing users to create working software with natural language prompts. The company's growth is driven by a breakthrough in AI capabilities, but raises questions about its competitive advantage.
This project uses nonlinear optics to explore complex systems through a real-time simulator of coupled optical fields interacting with an adaptive medium. An ADAM optimizer continuously updates the medium's properties to guide the fields toward desired states.
Elon Musk claims the U.S. needs a pipeline of foreign employees working on H-1B visas because the country lacks skilled engineers. Here's what the data shows.
The Washington Post is changing its slogan to "Riveting Storytelling for All of America" and shifting focus to making money. The paper aims to reach 200 million paying users by an unspecified time, with a goal of delivering news in formats people want.
WebAssembly has added 64-bit pointers with the Memory64 proposal, but this change makes apps slower due to bounds checks. The performance penalty is due to hardware, OS, and WebAssembly design, not lack of optimization.
Tools and resources on how to use web fonts without sacrificing page loading speeds
Physicists discovered a theoretical substance that maintains order at any temperature, defying expectations. This idealized substance, resembling intermingled magnets, could influence cosmology and quantum phenomena research.
California must rebuild quickly and differently after the Los Angeles fires, addressing housing affordability and availability. The state's housing ecosystem is at a crisis point, with soaring insurance premiums and limited rental options, threatening a wave of foreclosures and homelessness.
California wildfires have ravaged the Los Angeles area, but some houses designed with passive home principles have been spared from fire damage. Passive homes are designed to be eco-friendly and have some protection against fire damage, with features such as airtight construction, fire-resistant materials, and energy recovery ventilation systems.
John Venn's diagrams, used for logic and set theory, have limitations with four or more overlapping circles. Mathematicians have found ways to overcome these limitations, including using ellipses and exotic shapes, and have discovered new geometric properties of Venn diagrams.
You're offering a 3-session mentoring program for various topics, with a focus on helping individuals achieve their goals and potentially advancing the universe's welfare. You'll consider applicants based on how much you can help them and the potential impact of their goals.
Multiple professionals hold various roles in sports, technology, and entertainment, including coaching, management, and development. They work in areas such as venue planning, software engineering, marketing, and data analysis.
Karen Wynn Fonstad was a cartographer who created an exhaustive atlas of Middle-earth from J.R.R. Tolkien's novels. Her book, "The Atlas of Middle-earth," is in its 32nd printing and is considered a true achievement in topographic detail.
Researchers developed MatterGen, a model that generates stable inorganic materials with desired properties. MatterGen outperforms prior models, producing novel and stable materials with properties such as chemistry, symmetry, and mechanics.
David Lynch, a director known for his dark and surrealistic artistic vision, has died at 78. He was diagnosed with emphysema in 2024 and had been unable to leave his house to direct.
Astronomers discovered a dead star called ASKAP J1839-075 that spins extremely slowly, taking 6.5 hours to complete one rotation. This finding challenges conventional wisdom on neutron star evolution and may reveal new insights into the physics of these mysterious objects.
The Gauls, led by Brennus, attacked Rome in 390 BC but were thwarted by a group of geese that alerted the Roman defenders, allowing them to repel the attack. The Temple of Juno Moneta, built to honor the goddess who saved Rome, became the mint where Roman coins were made, striking a seemingly endless river of coins that spread the dream of Rome far and wide.
Argentina's government is dismantling human rights sites and museums, erasing the record of state terror and disappearances. Workers and human rights groups are resisting, demanding memory, truth, and justice for the victims of the 1970s and 80s dictatorship.
Researchers used AI tools to design new proteins that can inhibit snake venom toxins, showing the potential of AI in biology. The new proteins were able to provide complete protection against a type of snake venom toxin in mice, but more work is needed to target other toxins.