Researchers at Anthropic used a new approach to study a large language model called Claude, allowing them to see how it thinks and make decisions. They found that Claude has a universal "language of thought" and can plan ahead when writing, but sometimes makes up plausible-sounding arguments.
Apple needs to release a "Snow Leopard" style update that focuses on cleaning up and streamlining its operating systems, rather than adding new features. This would improve the underlying system, reduce bugs, and make Apple's products feel polished and reliable again.
Blender 4.4 focuses on stability and introduces Action Slots for improved animation workflows. It also includes various quality-of-life upgrades, such as improved video editing and compositing, and enhanced mesh topology tools.
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An em dash is used to set off extra information, introduce a clause, or mark an abrupt change in a sentence. It can also indicate interrupted speech or a speaker's confusion, and is often used in place of commas or parentheses to emphasize material.
The user created a DIY artificial sunlight device using a grid array of lenses and LEDs, which was a learning experience in manufacturing, 3D design, and optics. The device achieved a soft white glow but was too weak, and the user identified areas for improvement, including more power, surface area, and optical design, to create a more convincing effect.
Better search results with no ads. Welcome to Kagi (pronounced kah-gee), a paid search engine that gives power back to the user.
The author discovered a unique perspective trick used by 18th-century artists like Piranesi, which involves drawing parallel lines as straight lines rather than converging them, making images more legible. This trick, called Piranesi's perspective trick, can be replicated in computer software and has potential applications in image editing and map-making.
California Governor Jerry Brown signed pro-housing bills in 2017, but their impact was limited due to excessive process. The concept of "abundance" now emphasizes tangible outcomes over bureaucratic means.
Artificial intelligence models can be prone to bias, particularly in detecting diseases in marginalized groups such as women and Black people. A new study found that the AI model CheXzero failed to accurately detect potentially life-threatening diseases in these groups.
Scientists have found that ancient life-form Prototaxites may not be a giant fungus as previously thought but a completely unknown branch of life. Prototaxites fossils show unique internal structures and chemical signatures that differ from fungi and other known organisms.
Around the same time on September 7th 2023, Citizen Lab published a blog post linking the two CVEs fixed in iOS 16.6.1 to an "NSO Group Zero-Click, Zero-Day exploit captured in the wild": "[The target was] an individual employed by a Washington DC-based civil society organization with international offices... The exploit chain was capable of compromising iPhones running the latest ...
Apple Music has introduced DJ with Apple Music, allowing subscribers to build and mix sets from its 100 million song catalogue. The feature integrates with popular DJ software and hardware platforms for seamless music access and discovery.
The user is trying to run Go code on a PlayStation 2 console using TinyGo, a Go compiler for small devices, and is facing technical issues with the PS2's MIPS R5900 CPU and the lack of a standard OS. The user has made progress by creating a custom target file for TinyGo, defining baremetal functions, and implementing a workaround for the PS2's missing 64-bit division instruction.
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The trap was laid in a rented office: two rooms in downtown Copenhagen, furnished without a whisper of Scandi style. If it wasn’t for a Frida Kahlo print on one wall, the premises might have felt as impersonal and stark as a confessional. That, in any event, was what it became. For six months, beginning in mid-2022, a parade of people – members of motorcycle gangs, entrepreneurs, lawyers, ...
The familiar blue and gold intro graphic fills the screen every evening at six o’clock on the dot. The jabbing staccato string music conjures up vague secondhand memories of what a teletype machine might have sounded like. A high angle view of the studio floor with the large Lexan-clad desk in the middle, then a cross dissolve to a two shot of the presenters for this newscast. The music ...
Custom AI code assistants are configurations of building blocks that enable you to receive assistance tailored to your specific use casesLearn more The following assistants are curated by the Continue team and are ready to be used by you now
Rivulet is a list-based programming language with a unique writing system inspired by mazes and natural language. It uses glyphs, tightly-packed blocks of code, with no branching or looping.
The author took Humanity's Last Exam, a test for AI, and failed, highlighting its bias towards mathematics over history. The exam's focus on providing correct answers to complicated questions is a narrow definition of intelligence, neglecting the importance of asking new and distinctive questions.
Scientists have long wondered how the brain removes waste, given its protective blood-brain barrier. A recent study suggests that the brain's cerebrospinal fluid may play a key role in this process.
A Yale study found that poor-quality microphones can negatively affect listeners' impressions of a speaker's intelligence, credibility, and desirability. The study suggests that superficial audio quality can influence social judgments, potentially leading to unintentional bias and discrimination.
Researchers present DeepSeek-V3, a strong 671B parameter MoE language model with efficient inference and cost-effective training. It outperforms open-source models and matches closed-source models in performance, requiring only 2.788M GPU hours for training.
California lawmakers introduced a bill to phase out ultra-processed foods from school meals by 2032. The bill would establish a definition of ultra-processed foods and direct scientists to identify particularly harmful products.
The new edition of Modern C updates the book to the C23 standard, including new features like bit-precise types and nullptr constant. The book also includes new material on compound expressions and lambdas, and is available in print and eBook formats.
Signal's user growth has doubled its usual rate after a Trump administration scandal involving the app. The app's downloads in the US increased 105 percent compared to the prior week.
User is a 90s kid who recreated Glider for the Apple II in 6502 assembly, requiring an Apple ][+ or later with optional mouse. The game is best played on a monochrome screen with smooth VBlank handling.
NASA has deleted two comic books about women astronauts from its website, reportedly due to the Trump administration's purge of 'DEI' content. The Iceland Space Agency has vowed to host and translate the comics, calling for diversity, equity, and inclusion.
I was surprised by the live demo of my Emacs Solo configuration on the System Crafters Weekly Show, which showcased Emacs' power with built-in packages. I'm grateful for the community's support and the contributions that made the Emacs Solo project possible.
We analyze the system Amazon deploys on the US “amazon.com” storefront to restrict shipments of certain products to specific regions. We found 17,050 products that Amazon restricted from being shipped to at least one world region. While many of the shipping restrictions are related to regulations involving WiFi, car seats, and other heavily regulated product categories, the most common ...
Netlify engineers face unique challenges maintaining feature parity with Vercel's Next.js platform due to its closed nature and lack of adapter mechanism. Netlify is collaborating with the Next.js team and other providers to address these challenges and improve the deployment experience for Next.js developers.
I encountered the idea as a student, when I first read The Art of Computer Programming. I’d been programming already for most of my childhood, and I was completely blown away by the idea, which was entirely new to me. In fact, it’s probably not an exaggeration to say that in the whole of TAOCP that was the single thing that changed my life the most. Within a few months of encountering the ...
High-profile US intellectuals are fleeing to Canada due to Trump's presidency, citing threats to academic freedom and safety. Canada can attract more US professionals with a "Brain Rescue Visa" and strategic regional settlements.
The earliest versions of the very first c compiler known to exist in the wild written by the late legend himself dmr. - legacy-cc/last1120c at master · mortdeus/legacy-cc
The user is working on a project to build a clean, embedded DSL and formal verification framework for ZK circuits in Lean4, aiming to provide a robust library of reusable formally verified circuit gadgets. The framework allows for defining circuits, specifying desired properties, and formally proving them, with a focus on building an embedded DSL for writing zk circuits in Lean4.
The American Medical Association (AMA) earns a significant portion of its revenue from royalties on Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) codes, a system used for medical billing, and has become more responsive to political elites than its members. This has led to the AMA's transformation from a voice of doctors into a Silicon Valley tech incubator, and its silence on the nomination of Robert ...
Roy Lee, a Columbia University sophomore, created Interview Coder to solve LeetCode problems, challenging the relevance of technical interviews in the software industry. He was disciplined by Columbia University after an Amazon executive filed a complaint, but Roy views his actions as a form of free speech and a protest against the industry's flaws.
Scientists discovered long-chain alkane molecules in Martian rock samples collected by Curiosity rover in 2013. The molecules were detected after a different treatment of the samples, suggesting they may be decarboxylation products of fatty acids, possibly from life or abiotic processes.
The author regrets caving to Apple and Google's influence, realizing AI is a threat to human creativity, self-reliance, and competence. They choose to opt out of AI products, citing dependence on Silicon Valley overlords and the potential for AI to hinder human development.
Sgnly automates 80% of document workflows with AI, saving time and money. It learns from feedback and can be onboarded in minutes with dedicated support.
ZeroMerge is a dynamic zero-shot compression framework that optimizes cache management for large language models. It achieves efficient cache management with fine-grained memory allocation and residual merging, maintaining performance at 5% compression ratios.
Researchers at Stanford created a novel thin film, niobium phosphide, that exhibits increased conductivity as it gets thinner, unlike copper. This breakthrough could lead to more energy-efficient digital circuits by reducing heat loss in connections between transistors.
The search engine's crawler takes a long time to finish due to large websites and domain limits. A revised sorting method prioritizes domains with more than 8 subdomains, adding jitter to delay instructions to avoid simultaneous requests.
The Trump administration has canceled $11.4 billion in COVID-era funding for addiction and mental health programs. This move could trigger layoffs and treatment disruptions, reversing progress in reducing overdose deaths.
US Air Force B-2 Spirit bombers have been spotted transiting from Whiteman AFB to Diego Garcia, with at least four aircraft involved. The deployment may be related to potential combat operations against Iran, given recent US sanctions and military threats.
Anthropic released its second research report on the Anthropic Economic Index, covering usage data on Claude.ai following the launch of Claude 3.7 Sonnet. The report shows modest increases in coding, education, and scientific use cases, and identifies patterns in automation and augmentation across tasks and occupations.
The author argues that chat interfaces are often an anti-pattern for human users, especially for tasks that require complex information or decision-making. A well-designed GUI is more effective and accessible for most people.
Venice's ancient wooden foundations have lasted over 1,600 years due to ingenious engineering and the forces of physics and nature. The city's unique technique of using short wooden piles driven into the ground with their tips facing downwards has proven remarkably resilient.
The article discusses the evolution of HDMI technology and its impact on digital video and audio. The author notes that while classic audiophile technology has matured, modern digital video tech is still evolving with the introduction of HDMI 2.2.
dish is a monitoring service that tests HTTP/S and TCP endpoints from local JSON files or remote REST APIs. It provides notification options via Telegram, Pushgateway, and Prometheus for failed socket tests.
User improved their Go HTTP Server by adding unit tests, case-insensitive headers, and response streaming. They also implemented middlewares, subrouters, and improved the server's UX, but acknowledge the need for more unit tests.
The EU launched EU OS, a Linux-based operating system for public sector organizations, to promote digital sovereignty and reduce dependency on external vendors. EU OS builds on Fedora with KDE Plasma, offering a standardized Linux distribution for regional and national needs.
Inko is a language for building concurrent software with confidence, featuring deterministic memory management and type-safe concurrency. It compiles to machine code using LLVM and is licensed under the Mozilla Public License version 2.0.
A study found that people's preference for human-written stories over AI-generated ones does not translate into their actual behavior, as they spend the same amount of money and time reading both. Despite this, many consumers believe they would pay less for AI-generated work, highlighting a disconnect between their subjective assessments and actual choices.
A new AI model has been announced with improved capabilities, including photorealism and text-rendering, making generated AI images more viable for marketing. This has led to the emergence of "vibe marketing," using AI-generated images for growth, potentially affecting the illustration and design industry.
Japanese writing system combines three scripts: Kanji for core meanings, Hiragana for grammar and native words, and Katakana for borrowed terms. Mastering these scripts is essential for reading and writing Japanese effectively.
The library supports eBPF for Windows with interpreter, JIT, and native driver modes, but a stable release will likely only support native drivers. It supports a subset of the full API on Windows due to eBPF for Windows runtime limitations.
xorq is a Python ML framework that enables declarative pipelines, automatic caching, and seamless engine switching for replicable and performant data processing. It uses Ibis and DataFusion to build unified workflows and orchestrate data movement between engines.
Web-based "end-to-end" encryption is inherently incoherent due to the web platform's design, where client-side code is distributed by the same entity it's supposed to secure against. Companies use this "snake oil crypto" as a legal loophole to exempt themselves from processing warrants, rather than providing actual security, and this approach is vulnerable to changes in law and government coercion.