The user's experiment on germanium resistivity vs temperature found no exponential dependence as expected. Instead, they found noise and issues with equipment and lab support.
Nue is a web framework that uses modern web standards to simplify complex web development. It emphasizes a model-first approach, true static typing, and minimal dependencies for a cleaner architecture.
The author pulled a practical joke on their university campus by changing the READY message on networked printers to INSERT 5 CENTS, making it seem like they required a nickel deposit per page. The joke was discovered by university administration and caused chaos, but was eventually dropped after the author apologized and made amends.
Charlotte "Betty" Webb, a 101-year-old decorated World War Two code breaker, has died. She was a last surviving Bletchley code breaker and received France's highest honour, the Légion d'Honneur, in 2021.
Turns language learning into an adventure. Watch anything you love—news clips, music videos, or influencer content—while mastering vocabulary and building fluency with precision. Personalize your journey and learn your way, with quality and engaging content at the heart of every lesson.
The author, who previously used Java and OCaml, has recently discovered F#, a functional programming language developed by Microsoft, and found it to be a great choice for ad-hoc scripts and a viable option for client-side programming. F# is a robust and niche language that is unlikely to become very popular, but it has a great community and is a good fit for data analysis, backend services, ...
User tested lithium power for a week, noticing better charge efficiency and predictable voltage drop. They encountered a voltage drop issue due to uneven cell counts in packs, which was resolved by rebalancing.
Scientists at CERN found evidence of quantum entanglement in sheep, allowing them to move and vocalise simultaneously. This phenomenon is similar to subatomic particles and has implications for ovine research and quantum physics.
LLMs should be used as a user interface to translate user input into API calls and translate results back into text. They should not implement logic, as they are slow, hard to debug, and lack transparency.
The document colour tracking dots are small systematic dots that encode information about the printer and printout, and can be read and decoded from a scanned image. A software tool called deda allows anonymisation of these dots to prevent tracking, and can also create custom tracking dots and anonymisation masks.
The author argues that conversational interfaces are not a replacement for existing computing paradigms due to their inconvenience and inferior data transfer speeds.
Netflix developed the Media Production Suite (MPS) to streamline media management logistics and enable creative storytelling. MPS uses cloud-based workflows, automation, and open standards to eliminate tedious tasks and enhance global collaboration.
1-2 days/week in person, in brooklyn, and the rest remote. bloomberg is hiring experienced software engineers to build high-performance infrastructure that powers real-time financial data for global markets. trunk is an a16z funded dev tools startup, redefining software development at scale. if you're excited about building meaningful products in the real estate space from the ground up ...
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Songs have a far more complex and concealed musical history, spanning genres, cultures, and even centuries.
Dave was a brilliant man who helped the world with FQ-CoDel and CAKE, improving internet connectivity for millions. His contributions enabled reliable video calls, telemedicine, and human connection worldwide.
Silica gel packets are used to control humidity in packaged goods and are often found in unexpected places. They work by adsorbing water vapor through tiny pores, allowing them to maintain a stable humidity level.
The Trump administration accidentally sent a Salvadorian immigrant to a notorious prison in El Salvador despite his protected immigration status. The man's family is seeking court orders to have him returned to the US and for the government to stop paying for his detention.
The user discusses self-hosting alternatives to big-brother services, focusing on container runtimes like Docker, Podman, and Kubernetes. They highlight web-based tools like Portainer and Dockge for managing containers.
A benchmarking tool compares OCR and data extraction capabilities of large multimodal models like gpt-4o, evaluating text and JSON extraction accuracy. The tool measures accuracy using JSON-diff and Levenshtein distance, with a focus on JSON extraction from documents.
Linux binary compatibility is plagued by the chaotic mix of different services, libraries, and philosophies across various distributions, making it difficult to ship software that "just works." The authors propose breaking down the GNU C Library (GLIBC) into smaller, more focused components and using the Relaxation Approach to link against older system libraries, which would greatly improve ...
AMD needs significant resources to compete with NVIDIA's CUDA, but the potential reward is substantial due to the large market gap. Investing in thousands of engineers could be a worthwhile investment to close the gap.
The dh16a6l sees no issue at all with the burn – a smooth readback and very reasonable amount of c1 errors. despite being made in japan, this disc is rated at 4x and the read/write quality is excellent - although dips from the write could be attributed to more dye spatter which previously showed up in the ricoh 2.4x discs....... which was also made from japon
Aws strives to deliver reliable services that customers can trust completely. formal methods include theorem proving, deductive verification,18 and model checking,19 fuzzing,9 and runtime monitoring,10 - samuel desai and dr. jimmy zufferey et al. found that 92 percent of catastrophic failures in tested distributed systems were triggered by incorrect handling of nonfatal
RubyUI is an open source collection of reusable UI components that can be customized and copied into apps for speed and accessibility. It leverages Phlex for fast rendering and Tailwind utility classes for customization.
Igatha is an open-source SOS app for war zones and disaster areas that enables offline emergency communication. It uses BLE and location permissions for automated disaster detection and transparency through open-source code.
ReelControl adds a progress bar and playback controls to social media videos, allowing users to know video length, rewind, and skip ahead. It's an open-source extension available on GitHub, built to help users take back control of their video experience.
Simulating the human brain is a long-term goal that could offer profound implications for humanity, but it's a complex task that requires significant advances in computational resources and understanding of neural networks. Recent breakthroughs in microscopy and machine learning may finally make it possible to simulate the brain of a simple organism like C. elegans, which could serve as a ...
Canadians are boycotting US travel due to President Trump's policies, with over 20% fewer border crossings in February. This could result in $2.1bn in lost spending and 14,000 job losses in the US.
The Trump administration admitted to mistakenly deporting a Maryland father with protected legal status to El Salvador due to an administrative error. The government claims US courts lack jurisdiction to order his return from a Salvadoran prison.
Cloudflare's WAF ruleset change blocks URLs with 'camel' due to a security rule. AI Startup School is happening June 16-17 in San Francisco.
TopoSort is a Zig library for topological sort on dependency graphs with features like CLI tool and parallel processing. It uses a simpler data structure for positive integer node values, resulting in faster performance.
Alan borsuk: douglas coupland's novel is about the spiritual yearnings of young coders. in microserfs, those unused belief-muscles find purpose again through faith in bill - he says oscar-winning writer argues that the idea of cutting the corporate cord to work for start-ups has been superseded twice in the culture, bourn writes.
IMLS staff is on 90-day paid leave after a meeting with agency leadership. The agency's future and grants are uncertain due to staff absence and potential federal funding cuts.
The website offers long-form stories, newsletters, and podcasts on India's startup ecosystem and tech industry. It provides free and premium content on various topics including e-commerce, fintech, and edtech.
User built a workstation with dual Epyc CPUs and 4 GPUs to run LLM workflows efficiently while minimizing energy consumption. They created a CLI tool called WattWise to monitor power usage and automatically adjust system performance during peak hours to save electricity.
A YouTuber in Queensland was ordered to pay $350,000 plus interest and costs to a former Donkey Kong world record holder for defaming him with false claims. The court found the YouTuber acted "recklessly" and severely damaged the record holder's reputation.
DOGE-affiliated officials have taken control of the US Institute of Peace, firing staff and attempting to transfer its $500 million headquarters to the General Services Administration. A lawsuit seeks to stop the transfer, with a judge set to decide on Tuesday.
Gartner forecasts a consolidation in the large language model market due to high costs and competition. The market will likely see a slower pruning of companies, with AI services experiencing the most rapid growth.
Daniel and Daniel from aSim created a mobile app that generates shareable mobile apps from your phone using LLMs, aiming to make it easy to build prototypes and fun apps. aSim is currently free to use and they're looking for feedback on features and problems with app generations.
Ukrainian soldiers discovered an ancient Greek burial site in southern Ukraine with ritual objects and human remains. Experts believe the buried individuals held high social status due to the intact condition of the vessels.
The textcase library converts text between different cases, including snake, constant, kebab, camel, pascal, lower, upper, title, and sentence. It also allows custom case conversion and boundary specification.
Researchers tested transformer models' ability to learn and apply Caesar ciphers, finding they can infer and apply offsets with high accuracy for common offsets. However, models struggle with uncommon offsets, but surprisingly, a specific Unicode cipher with an offset of 118784 works well due to a linear property in the tokenizer.
A developer has successfully run Windows on ARM on a Google Pixel Watch 3, using a modified UEFI environment. The project is an April Fools' experiment, but the developer plans to release updates for Surface Duo and other Snapdragon devices.
Jargonic is a new ASR model that handles industry-specific language and real-world noise with advanced domain adaptation and keyword spotting. It outperforms competitors in transcription accuracy and keyword detection across multiple languages.
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Svggles is a React utility package for creating interactive illustrations using SVGs. Svggles is published as the `interactive-illustrations` npm package.
Credit card interest rates are high due to banks' significant pricing power and high operating expenses. The rates also reflect compensation for undiversifiable default risk.
The author reflects on how technology has made art, music, and experiences more accessible but also less meaningful. They worry that AI will further cheapen our appreciation for beauty and wonder.
Augmented reality smart glasses use Near-Eye Display technology to project images directly onto the retina, reducing eye strain. This technology can potentially prevent asthenopia and myopia by allowing the eyes to receive two light sources at the same time.
Airbnb calculates listing lifetime value to identify valuable listings for guests and develop resources for hosts. The framework estimates baseline, incremental, and marketing-induced incremental LTV to measure listing value and impact of internal initiatives.
The Geography and Map Division holds a collection of printed globe gores from the 16th to 20th centuries, including early examples by Martin Waldseemüller and Gerard Mercator. Globe gores are pre-assembled map strips used to construct globes, with features like equatorial coordinates and ecliptic lines becoming common over time.
WordPerfect was a dominant word processor in the 1980s, known for its innovative features and user-friendly interface. It rose to fame with its first version in the late 1970s and remained popular until the 1990s when it lost market share to Microsoft Word.
Connecting decision makers to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas, Bloomberg quickly and accurately delivers business and financial information, news and insight around the world Connecting decision makers to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas, Bloomberg quickly and accurately delivers business and financial information, news and insight around the world
Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos says movie theaters are unlikely to return due to the post-Covid rebound of live events. He views YouTube as a place to develop ideas before coming to Netflix for better monetization and financial security.
Ampler's Nova and Nova Pro e-bikes have a USB-C port for charging and can be charged in three hours from a 140W charger. They are available for preorder in the UK, EU, and Switzerland with a two-year warranty and 14-day return policy.
Hardware accelerated raytracing relies on an abstract data structure, known as “acceleration structure” or “bls”. the driver is responsible for building shader code that iterates over the scene, using the special instructions for node tests. with fp32 box nodes, we estimate that bvh can take a minimum of 114 bytes/triangle on amd hardware; the largest number we can see from the official driver
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Users viewed various customization options including custom cursors, badges, and design systems. They also viewed sections and pages for gaming, guestbook, and contact information.
The user, a 20-year web developer, finds that website builders like Wix and Squarespace are beneficial for clients with simple needs, offering ease of use, reliability, and affordability, but may not be suitable for more complex projects. The user notes that while there are no SEO penalties, these services can be inflexible and expensive, and may not offer the same level of customization as ...
The author counted lines of code in 15 VMS facilities, totaling nearly 2 million lines across four releases, with a 400,000 line increase per release. The codebase has shifted from BLISS and MACRO-32 to mostly C, with some facilities showing significant changes over time.