OpenAI o3-mini is a cost-efficient model for STEM tasks, available in ChatGPT and the API, with improved performance and lower latency. It supports developer features and offers three reasoning effort options, replacing OpenAI o1-mini in the model picker.
Google's AI-powered search results can be disabled by including expletives in the search query, which prevents AI Overviews from appearing at the top of the results page. This method allows users to avoid AI summaries and view standard blue link results instead.
A user discovered a security loophole in the DeepSeek-R1 AI model by using charcodes to bypass its censorship filters, allowing unrestricted conversations. This exploit highlights the importance of robust security measures in AI and machine learning models, which must be continuously updated and tested against new methods of exploitation.
The Casio F91W, a cheap digital watch, was successfully tested to 4,950 meters underwater after being modified with oil, demonstrating its pressure resistance. The deep ocean plays a critical role in global espionage operations, with the US Navy and other nations using advanced technology and marine mammals to gather intelligence and conduct sabotage.
Elon Musk's Tesla paid $0 in federal income taxes in 2024 despite earning billions. The company's average tax rate over three years is 0.4 percent, much lower than the statutory corporate tax rate of 21 percent.
Meta temporarily blocked or blurred posts from abortion pill providers on Instagram, citing rules against selling pharmaceuticals without certification. The actions were later restored after The New York Times inquired, amid concerns over Meta's new speech policies.
Hydro is a Rust framework for distributed programming that ensures safety and scalability. It uses a two-stage compilation approach and integrates with Hydro Deploy for easy deployment.
uscope is a side project for a better debugger, currently not suitable for daily use. It aims to support multiple languages, visualization, and extensible design.
Scientists found that humans' ear muscles activate when listening hard, especially in challenging environments. The muscles, which were once used by our ancestors to funnel sound, can provide an objective measure of listening effort.
The author of Tracebit chose C# as the language for their B2B SaaS Security Product due to its high productivity, maintenance capabilities, and open-source nature. They found .NET to be a solid foundation for future growth and appreciated its cross-platform compatibility.
Researchers developed TopoLoss, a loss function that promotes organized topographic representations in AI models without sacrificing task performance. TopoNets, trained with TopoLoss, exhibit brain-like properties and outperform previous topographic models.
Researchers at Tufts University found that traumatic brain injury can reactivate latent herpes virus in the brain, leading to Alzheimer's disease. This discovery suggests that antiviral drugs could be used as a potential early preventive treatment for Alzheimer's.
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This site contains the original 1980s source code for the classic space game Elite, with documentation and explanations. It offers deep dives, gameplay, and hacks for learning about the game's mechanics.
The National Science Foundation has begun reviewing billions of dollars in grants for compliance with President Trump's directives, blocking access to funds and causing chaos in the academic research community. NSF is vetting 40,000 grants for topics such as diversity, equity, and inclusion, and foreign aid, with unknown consequences for grantees and researchers.
The user trained their own AI image model using the Flux model and LoRA technique, generating pictures of themselves and their kids in various scenarios with a cost of around $10. They used Replicate for GPU rentals and Hugging Face for model storage, and found the results to be mixed but fun and worth the effort.
The text describes a Python library for symbolic tensor manipulation using tensor diagrams. It provides a standardized notation for tensor diagrams, similar to the 'Matrix Cookbook'.
DeepSeek R1's release shocked the industry due to its open model rivaling OpenAI's o1 in complex reasoning tasks using Group Relative Policy Optimization (GRPO) and RL-focused multi-stage training approach. A blog post recreated the 'aha moment' of DeepSeek-R1 using GRPO and the Countdown Game, showcasing the model's ability to learn self-verification and search abilities to solve the game.
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Sixos is a new operating system using s6 supervisor instead of systemd, aiming to improve UNIX userspace philosophy and security. It replaces NixOS modules with the simpler infuse combinator and retains good ideas from NixOS.
Smoke alarms went off at 3am due to a faulty HVAC system, prompting a 911 call and fire department visit. A Servpro representative arrived at the user's door hours later, aggressively pushing services, highlighting concerns about consumer privacy and data sharing.
I developed chronic nausea on November 20, 2023, which has continued daily with varying intensity. Despite seeing a dozen doctors and trying many medications, no clear cause or lasting treatment has been found.
RamaLama is a project that makes working with AI boring by using OCI containers. It inspects system GPU support, pulls necessary images, and runs AI models within containers.
Google is offering a voluntary exit program with severance to US employees in the Platforms and Devices team, aiming for those who stay to be deeply committed to its mission. The move has sparked concerns of potential layoffs if not enough employees take the offer, amidst cost-cutting measures and a strong financial position.
A PDF file can run a Linux system via a RISC-V emulator, with limited IO capabilities due to security concerns. The emulator's performance is slow, taking 30-60 seconds to boot Linux, due to the disabled JIT compiler in the used V8 version.
The FBI and Dutch authorities seized servers and domains for a Pakistani cybercrime service called The Manipulaters, which sold spam and malware tools to organized crime groups. The operation disrupted the service's ability to sell tools used in business email compromise schemes and phishing attacks.
This is a minimalist Ruby X11 window manager that supports tiling and floating layouts, but lacks keyboard handling and window decorations. It's still in development and not recommended for production use, but can be controlled with sxhkd or similar tools.
Did you know...? LWN.net is a subscriber-supported publication; we rely on subscribers to keep the entire operation going. Please help out by buying a subscription and keeping LWN on the net. The computer mouse is a wonderful invention, but for the past few months I've been working to use mine as little as possible for productivity and ergonomic reasons. It should not be surprising that ...
The script library in Go allows for easy system administration tasks by composing operations on a stream of data like shell scripts. It provides a clean API design inspired by shell pipes, making it easy to write Go programs that chain operations into a pipeline.
Release notes for Ghostty 1.1.0, released on January 30, 2025.
The author, a professor at Stanford University, criticizes AI music company Suno for promoting a labor-saving approach to creative expression, which he believes undermines the value of the creative process. He argues that the process of making art is often difficult and frustrating, but it's also where the true value and meaning lie.
The US Department of Justice argued that money is not property for constitutional purposes, allowing them to confiscate $50,000 from a small business without a trial. This argument is wrong and could be used to justify seizing all money without a trial, violating the Due Process Clause.
You're building a computer using relays, inspired by Konrad Zuse's machines from the 1930s and 1940s. You've collected 1500 relays from discarded telephone exchange circuit boards.
If you're reading this page, chances are that you're already well aware that E.T. for the Atari 2600 is one of the most reviled games ever made. I never understood why. As a child, it was one of my favorite games. I still think it's a good game. Apparently, I'm not alone. On this page I'm going to briefly explore why people hate E.T., and how the game can be fixed. April ...
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Large Language Models underperform humans in open-ended exploration tasks, except for the o1 model. LLMs' limitations stem from processing uncertainty and empowerment values too quickly, hindering effective exploration.
The author used a mainframe in 1966 and later an Alto personal computer in 1976, which had a full-page graphics display and Ethernet interface. The Alto's software and hardware ideas influenced modern devices, including raster displays, mouse pointing devices, and Ethernet.
Sparrow is a lightweight C++ library for working with Apache Arrow's columnar format, designed for simplicity and ease of use. It provides a focused API for reading and writing Arrow data, with convenient conversions and idiomatic C++ interfaces.
Researchers proved the first unconditional lower bound against multi-layer decoder-only transformers, showing they need a large model dimension to perform certain tasks. This result leads to a depth-width trade-off, separation between encoder and decoder, and an advantage of chain-of-thought methods.
Researchers proposed two concepts to reduce misalignment in Dynamic Facial Projection Mapping: a high-speed face-tracking method and a lens-shift co-axial projector-camera setup. These concepts enable nearly perfect alignment with human visual perception in the makeup and entertainment industries.
NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission found molecules key to life and a history of saltwater on asteroid Bennu, suggesting life could have formed on other planets. The findings increase the odds of life existing elsewhere in the solar system, rewriting the textbook on its beginnings.
Astronomers have obtained high-resolution images of 74 exocometary belts surrounding nearby stars, enabling scientists to study their properties and evolution in detail. The study reveals a surprising variety in the structure of these belts, with some conforming to a narrow ring and others being wider or having multiple rings.
ldump is a Lua serializer that can handle complex data, including circular references and non-serializable types. It outputs valid Lua code that recreates the original object.
Detroit, once a declining city, is experiencing a resurgence with new innovation and investment, including a $700m Ford Motor Company investment. The city is now a hub for startups and entrepreneurs, with over 100 companies working on mobility and technology projects.
Going viral on social media can bring a large spike in users, but these users are often low-quality and don't stick around, making the growth unsustainable. To achieve durable and valuable growth, focus on targeting high-quality users through repeatable marketing channels and metrics that measure stickiness and engagement over time.
Tesla paid zero federal income tax last year and just $48 million over three years on $10.8 billion income. The company used tax breaks and credits to save over $1 billion in taxes.
MillenniumDB is a graph database management system for testing new techniques and algorithms. It supports multiple graph models, RDF/SPARQL, and a custom Property Graph query language.
The article discusses the use of global variables, often discouraged due to potential bugs and difficulties in debugging, but also highlights cases where they can be useful and safe when properly encapsulated. The author provides examples of when global variables can be beneficial, such as counters, serial IDs, and message queues, and shows how encapsulation can make them error-proof.
Wealthy individuals and government officials are using the language of free speech to justify silencing critics and opponents through lawsuits and intimidation, exploiting the legal system to suppress speech. To counter this, anti-SLAPP laws and stronger legislative guardrails are needed to protect critics from devastating expenses and defend existing First Amendment protections.
Researchers found original organic materials in a 75 million year old Edmontosaurus fossil using advanced techniques. The discovery opens new avenues for studying ancient life and could reveal connections between dinosaur species.
The author discusses the design of the Go programming language, evaluating criticisms against its original design goal of making large, concurrent server code easy to write and maintain. The author argues that many criticisms can be explained by the design goal and trade-offs made by the language's creators.
Older adults struggle with touch screen interfaces due to a probable physiological barrier, such as dry skin, which affects 30-60% of older adults. This barrier, combined with dual-task difficulties, may exacerbate their struggles with in-vehicle technologies.
A Basel tax administration flyer with incorrect information led to the purchase of a web address in the Bahamas. The mistake was cheaper to fix by buying the domain for 900 francs than reprinting flyers for over 100,000 households.
voidDB performance results show faster get and get next operations compared to other databases. Put operations in voidDB are slower than LMDB and Bolt.
Federal employees were ordered to remove pronouns from email signatures and other documents due to Trump's executive orders on diversity and equity. The move is part of the Trump administration's effort to end diversity and equity programs in the federal government.
A small plane crashed in Northeast Philadelphia, causing multiple casualties. The Learjet 55, carrying two people, went down after departing from Northeast Philadelphia Airport.
Google released an update for the Pixel 4a that cut battery life in half for some users due to a change in battery charging. Users with the Lishen battery were affected, while those with the Amperex battery were not.
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A watchdog timer is an embedded system's last line of defense against firmware failures. It simply has to be designed correctly. Few are. This page shows how. Launched in January of 1994, the Clementine spacecraft spent two very successful months mapping the moon before leaving lunar orbit to head towards near-Earth asteroid Geographos. A dual-processor Honeywell 1750 system handled ...
Germany's unemployment rose to 2.993 million in January, the highest since 2015, with a 187,000 increase from January 2024. Experts warn of economic weakness and call for reforms to reduce bureaucracy, labor costs, and energy prices to boost growth.
The FDA approved suzetrigine, a nonaddictive pain medication, with a list price of $15.50 per pill. It works by blocking pain signals outside the brain and has shown similar side effects to a placebo in clinical trials.
The user discusses the challenges of reconstructing a 3D surface from a point cloud and explores alternative methods to guarantee a particular type of output, specifically a mesh with no gaps. They implement a spherical meshing algorithm that gradually perturbs points until they unravel, but note that it has limitations and may not perform well with complex objects or high iteration counts.
Shell is abandoning its major Atlantic Shores offshore wind project off New Jersey due to increased competition, delays and a changing market. The decision comes after President Trump's executive order in 2017 temporarily halted offshore wind lease sales and approvals.
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Bespoke tailors on Savile Row are facing challenges due to the weight loss caused by Ozempic, requiring extensive alterations to existing suits and shirts. The time-consuming and costly process is also straining staffing resources, with tailors working overtime to keep up with the demand.
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The US Copyright Office declared no laws need to be clarified for AI-assisted works, stating existing law resolves copyrightability questions. Human-authored elements can be copyrighted, but AI-generated aspects cannot.
Australia passed a law banning children under 16 from social media, with fines up to $50 million for non-compliance. The law aims to protect kids from online harm, but critics argue it may drive them to darker corners of the internet.
US National Science Foundation funding remains frozen despite Trump's supposed rescission, causing confusion and paralysis among program directors. If the freeze continues, tens of thousands of grad students and postdocs may lose stipends, and basic science in the US could grind to a halt.
The first-ever ‘green’ ferry service carrying passengers from mainland Spain to Morocco has been announced by Spanish operator Baleària.
The user deployed DeepSeek R1 671B locally with ollama, suggesting a memory requirement of 158 GB model weight and additional space for context cache. The user tested the model on a workstation with four RTX 4090 GPUs and a ThreadRipper 7980X CPU, noting high CPU utilization and low GPU utilization.
Wave doesn't use cryptocurrency for financial inclusion due to difficulties in exchanging balance for cash and complying with regulations. Instead, Wave uses a relational database and traditional trust markers to provide a smooth user experience.
Hello! Yesterday, we open-sourced Perforator, a continuous profiling system we use at Yandex, to analyze the performance of most of our services. The GitHub repository contains the source code and infrastructure for deploying Perforator on a Kubernetes cluster. You can also run Perforator locally as a simpler alternative to perf record, providing more accurate profiles with lower overhead. ...
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User bought a replacement motherboard for their Casio F-91W from Crowd Supply, adding modern functionality and long battery life. They customized the watch with new features and firmware, including a thermometer and stopwatch.
Apple's iPhone sales dropped at the end of last year due to a lukewarm response to new AI features. The company's overall sales rose 4% to $124.3bn, driven by computer sales and services growth.
Phaser v4 Beta 5 introduces a new Sprite GPU Layer Game Object for ultra-high performance in background layers, allowing for rendering of 1+ million animated sprites fully on the GPU. This new feature is designed for background layers and can be used to create animated scenes with features like tween-like configs and custom vertex shaders.
The user implemented a mini map in their Minesweeper game for the Nintendo E-Reader, but initially encountered a problem where lines were drawn gradually due to the DrawLine function's ability to draw lines over time. The user discovered that the duration parameter was being passed on the stack, and by pushing zero onto the stack, they were able to draw the lines instantaneously.
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Perforator is an open-source Continuous Profiling app that collects CPU profiles from production without affecting performance. It's made by Yandex and runs on x86 64-bit Linux platforms consuming minimal resources.
Researchers found that scratching worsens skin conditions due to a chemical and cellular response, but it may also have a benefit by reducing Staphylococcus aureus bacteria. However, this benefit is outweighed by the damage scratching causes to the skin.
FOSDEM, a free event for software developers, is approaching in Brussels, Belgium, with a specific room for 'FOSS on Mobile' on February 1st, 2025. The event features talks and stands showcasing Linux on Mobile projects, including Mobian, Sailfish OS, and PureOS.
Feluda is a Rust tool analyzing project dependencies, licenses, and permissions. It outputs results in plain text, JSON, TUI, or gist formats.
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Scientists are archiving CDC data due to concerns that the Trump administration's changes to federal agencies' websites will erase mentions of gender and DEI. This could hinder researchers' ability to track diseases and health conditions across specific communities.
OpenAI launched o3-mini, a powerful and affordable reasoning model, to broaden accessibility to advanced AI. It's fine-tuned for STEM problems and available via ChatGPT, with paid users getting higher query limits and unlimited access.
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Researchers tested transformer-based language models on tasks like Einstein's riddle and found they struggle with compositional reasoning. The models' limitations are due to their inability to solve problems beyond their training data and are mathematically bounded.
A transformer-based language model inspired by GPT architecture, incorporating RoPE (Rotary Position Embeddings) and GeGLU (Gated Exponential Linear Unit) activations for enhanced performance.
Discord hired Jules Shumaker as its first chief business officer to scale up sales and partnerships. Shumaker comes with gaming advertising experience and plans to maintain Discord's core identity as a gaming-centric platform.
This project offers a customizable digital workspace where users can create and organize tools as cards. It's an open-ended system that adapts to individual needs, unlike traditional productivity apps.
A developer thinks React is becoming a ubiquitous UI development interface, but its unit testing is imperfect and non-deterministic due to asynchronous rendering. This makes testing challenging and prone to regressions, requiring workarounds like act and waitFor.