User bought Canon G5 X II camera for concerts but it's collecting dust due to limited use. Canon's webcam software requires a subscription to unlock full features despite being a hardware company.
The US Supreme Court upheld a law requiring ByteDance to divest TikTok by Sunday or face a ban. The decision may force many US users to lose access to the app.
Railway built its own data centers to deliver an "infra-less" cloud experience, choosing cage colocation for its flexibility and power efficiency. The process involved designing and installing servers, cabling, and networking infrastructure, requiring extensive documentation and collaboration with contractors and vendors.
The world is becoming uninsurable due to rising global risks from climate change, making it financially unviable to rebuild in areas prone to disasters. This reality is being ignored by policymakers who seek to transfer risks to others, rather than accepting the limits imposed by nature.
A social media post claimed a Chinese-made Ethernet-to-USB adapter had malware, but an investigation found it was likely a legitimate device with a driver for an old chip. The chip's flash memory was used as a virtual CD-ROM to install the driver.
The user solved a decades-old problem in the StarCraft: Brood War community by creating a machine translation process using LLMs and free software. This process allows for more efficient translation of Korean content, reducing the signal-to-noise ratio and enabling the foreigner community to access Korean discourse.
A new AI company called IOI launched Devin, a fully autonomous software engineer that can chat with users like a human colleague, but our team at Answer.AI found it struggled with real-world tasks, producing overly complex solutions and failing to deliver on its promises. Despite initial successes, Devin's limitations and failures led us to conclude that it's not yet ready for widespread use, ...
Researchers at NYU and Cornell have published a paper on the intersection of end-to-end encryption and AI, highlighting the challenges of balancing AI processing with private data security. The future of end-to-end encryption may be threatened by the increasing need for AI processing, which could lead to a loss of user control and potentially compromise individual privacy.
A study of 4,568 Japanese adults found that higher potassium intake, especially at dinner, was associated with fewer sleep disturbances. The results suggest that potassium may play a role in regulating sleep quality and blood pressure.
Mermaid's new Visual Editor makes editing class diagrams easier with direct interaction and various tools. It streamlines editing with features like layout adjustment, title addition, and theme selection.
Most TPM2 unlock setups fail to verify the LUKS identity of the decrypted partition, making them vulnerable to a filesystem confusion attack where an attacker can decrypt the original filesystem after creating a fake LUKS partition. To protect against this, it's recommended to use a TPM PIN or implement PCR 15 verification in the initrd, which is not easily available as a module or script on ...
The FTC reached a 5-year settlement with General Motors banning the automaker from sharing driver data with consumer reporting agencies. General Motors must also make it easier for drivers to turn off tracking and delete collected data.
The author argues that Chrome's lack of open-ness to user modifications will drive developers away and fragment the user experience. This is because services that require trusted clients are not available to web apps.
Medicare added 15 more drugs, including Ozempic and Wegovy, to its list for price negotiations with manufacturers. This move is expected to save taxpayers billions of dollars and lower prescription costs for Medicare enrollees.
The user is trying to encode a 32-bit code point into UTF-8 without using branches, but found that even with a branchless approach, the x86_64 assembly still had two branches. The user was able to eliminate the branches by using a boolean as an integer for masking and was able to prove that the resulting function is branchless.
Explore games that uncover how digital product design influences your choices, behaviors, and the world around you.
The user connected a Family BASIC keyboard to an NES via a custom adapter to play its unique triangle waveform live. They used an AVR ATtiny85 microcontroller to multiplex the keyboard's parallel signals into a UART-like bitstream for the NES to read.
You're considering a career change after 20 years in digital-focused roles, seeking advice on repositioning your experience and upskilling in a new field like cybersecurity.
Archaeologists in Pompeii have discovered a large private bathhouse with hot, warm, and cold rooms, artwork, and a plunge pool. The find sheds light on ancient Roman life and contrasts the luxurious lives of the wealthy with the harsh conditions of slaves.
The user discusses writing graphical applications on NetBSD without X11 using the wsdisplay and wskbd frameworks. They provide a step-by-step guide on how to access the framebuffer and handle input from a keyboard.
Rhai is a Rust embedded scripting language for safe and easy application scripting. It provides efficient evaluation, data type support, and security features like sandboxing and protection against malicious attacks.
French writers in the 19th century, such as Baudelaire and Mallarmé, initially criticized the newspaper for its corrupting influence, but later saw its potential for artistic innovation and intermediality. Today, writers are grappling with the challenges of digital media, with some embracing its possibilities and others lamenting its impact on traditional literature and the reading experience.
The c2fj project compiles C code into FlipJump (FJ) files, which are then compiled into FJM files and run using the FlipJump package. The compilation process involves multiple phases, including RiscV ELF compilation, FJ compilation, and FJM compilation, with the goal of creating a compact and efficient executable.
The University of Eastern Finland and Henki Robotics have open-sourced a robotics course on GitHub, covering ROS 2 essentials. The course is beginner-friendly, using Docker for exercises and no prior ROS 2 installation is required.
Zig Software Foundation is releasing version 0.14.0 with improvements to the x86 backend and incremental compilation. The release is expected on February 17th with a focus on quality assurance and addressing the pull request queue.
CIELab color space has a goal of being perceptually uniform but fails to account for the Helmholtz-Kohlrausch effect. This effect undervalues red's saturation contribution to lightness, causing reds to appear darker in desaturated images.
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The Byzantine-Sassanian War of 602-628 CE was a devastating conflict that weakened both empires, ultimately paving the way for the Arab Conquest. The war's legacy is its influence on religion, particularly the treatment of minority groups, which contributed to their receptiveness to Islam.
Project MINI RACK is an open source project for mini 10" electronics racks, aiming to provide a central resource for compatibility testing and equipment listings. The project showcases three unique mini rack builds, including a portable UPS-powered rack and a radio-centric mini rack.
General Motors settled with the FTC over its Smart Driver program, which collected driver data without consent. The proposed 20-year agreement requires GM to obtain driver consent and allow data deletion.
A group of humanist scholars, including librarians and professors, played a crucial role in the US war effort during WWII by collecting and analyzing information. Their unconventional approach, which emphasized diversity and objectivity, helped the US gather vital intelligence and ultimately win the war.
Researchers investigate Waffle game combinatorics, finding perfect unscrambling requires 11 orbits on 21 squares. Extreme games are hard due to this requirement.
Dr.TVAM is an inverse rendering framework for TVAM, based on Mitsuba renderer and physically-based differentiable rendering. It provides a command-line tool and abstractions for custom TVAM setups under a non-commercial license.
User needs to register or sign in with developer credentials and ensure a unique User-Agent string to access the application. If blocked, try changing back to default User-Agent or file a ticket for assistance.
Skyvern 2.0, an open-source no-code browser agent builder, achieved state-of-the-art 85.85% performance on WebVoyager Eval with its planner-actor-validator agent loop architecture. The team published the entire evaluation run, allowing users to see Skyvern's thought process and actions for each case, and plans to improve the agent's performance in uncertain situations and with more tools.
New York State Assembly proposes law requiring retailers to conduct background checks on buyers of 3D printers capable of creating firearms. Background checks would be done through the Division of Criminal Justice Services.
The SS Morro Castle caught fire and sank in a storm off New Jersey in 1934, killing 135 people. The investigation suspected arson, but the case was ultimately dismissed as an accident, and the incident led to changes in maritime safety regulations.
User's Gitea server is being hammered by bots, with 10% of requests not having an AmazonBot user agent. User requests AmazonBot team to block their domain and offers payment for legitimate crawling.
The ZX Spectrum has a 256x192 pixel display with 3 vertical bands of 64 lines each for efficient TV signal generation. Its unique display architecture features a border region that can be dynamically changed to any of 8 base colors.
Researchers developed a simple method to fabricate flat lenses using color resist, a special type of photoresist that absorbs at certain wavelengths. The lenses were able to focus light down to a diameter of approximately 1 micrometer with a focusing efficiency of 7.2%.
Apple is facing two UK lawsuits alleging it abuses its control over the App Store, charging excessive commissions. The company claims it doesn't know its App Store profit margin, despite estimates ranging from 75% to 78%.
The FTC alleges GM and Onstar collected and sold drivers' geolocation and driving data without consent. GM will be banned from selling data to consumer reporting agencies for 5 years under a proposed FTC order.
In El Paso, artisans known as agujas de oro, or Golden Needles, are struggling to keep the traditional custom cowboy boot-making industry alive. These skilled craftsmen, mostly from Mexico, are in high demand but face retirement and a lack of younger successors.
The author speculates that OpenAI's GPT-5 is real and being used internally for data generation and model improvement, not publicly released due to poor results and cost control. This is similar to Anthropic's approach with Claude Opus 3.5, which was used to distill a smaller, cheaper model.
Car companies have long been involved in food, from publishing guides to creating their own products like Fiat's cremino chocolate and Volkswagen's currywurst. Some even lend their names to kitchen equipment like Peugeot's pepper mills.
SemiAccurate received an email about a company trying to acquire Intel whole, initially with 60% confidence, but confirmation from another source increased it to near certainty. A mystery company with the resources to pull off the acquisition is now believed to be seriously considering buying Intel.
Creduse offers a developer-friendly API for integrating a sophisticated credit system into platforms like SaaS, e-commerce, and gaming. It handles complexity, allowing you to focus on core features and offer free trials, credit bundles, and compensation for user issues.
California's insurance industry is exploiting climate change to push deregulation and higher rates, despite making billions in profits. The state's insurance commissioner is supporting the industry's efforts, which could leave many homeowners uninsured and vulnerable to climate-related disasters.
Restaurants in San Francisco's Hayes Valley are experiencing issues with diners holding knives upside down due to the unique sheepsfoot shape. Local artisan Roland Lannier crafts these knives by hand, which can keep their sharpness four times longer than typical knives.
Card games like Solitaire and Balatro have addictive qualities due to their unique combination of certainty and uncertainty, known as the "jerk." The familiarity and intimacy of playing cards, as well as their tactile feel, contribute to their universal appeal and make them a popular medium for game design.
Kevin Killian, a writer and artist, posted over 2,000 Amazon reviews from 2003 to 2019, which were compiled into a 697-page collection. His reviews, written in a conversational style, often blurred the line between product reviews and personal essays, showcasing his knowledge of literature and film.
Researchers Mike Goodrich and Vinesh Sridhar studied algorithms with noisy primitive operations. They found some geometry problems can be solved without slowdown despite errors.
Google requires JavaScript for Google Search to protect against malicious activity and improve search results, but this may add friction for users with accessibility tools. Millions of searches are done without JavaScript, which could be a motivation for Google to limit third-party tools that analyze search trends.
Synapse Pro is a commercial version of Synapse designed for nation-scale Matrix deployments, offering improved scalability and performance compared to the community version. It provides a more resilient architecture, elastic scaling, and shared data caches, making it suitable for large-scale deployments, while community Synapse remains focused on smaller deployments.