Install Internet-in-a-Box on a Raspberry Pi or Linux PC for a digital learning hotspot. It offers free content packs, apps, and learning videos in various languages for schools and communities.
A researcher discovered a simple iOS vulnerability using Darwin notifications, which can be exploited for a denial-of-service attack. The vulnerability was fixed in iOS 18.3 by requiring restricted entitlements for posting sensitive Darwin notifications.
The user is working on multiple projects including a workflow automation tool, a SQL debugger, a reactive notebook, and several SaaS and consulting ventures. They are also contributing to open-source projects such as a TigerBeetle client for Haskell and a fork of the SFML library.
A non-technical business founder struggles to find a tech co-founder because they are not as valuable to the startup as they think. They often have too much ego and believe their idea is enough, but execution and hard work are key to success.
The CSS Zen Garden showcases CSS power by allowing designers to modify the same HTML with different CSS styles. Participants submit their CSS designs, which are then displayed on the site, promoting learning and inspiration.
Researchers at UC San Diego found that a gene called PHGDH causes spontaneous Alzheimer's disease by disrupting brain cell gene control. They discovered a potential treatment, NCT-503, that inhibits PHGDH's role and alleviates Alzheimer's progression in mouse models.
Give your IKEA PS 2014 lamp a makeover – turn it into the Deathstar from Star Wars, motorize it and add remote control capabilities on the way!
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The angel and devil on my shoulders represent opposing motivations: curiosity and fun versus power and profit. I'm learning to manage the devil's influence by recognizing when to prioritize enjoyment and when to consider monetization.
Techno-sociologist Zeynep Tufekci warns of AI-powered dystopia where algorithms control access to information. The real threat is powerful individuals using AI to control people, not the machines themselves.
Cnn's john sutter embarked on a journey to learn electronics for his son. he wanted to build his own electronic toys for him, including the tonie box e-reader and headphone jack. to make the cartridge work, smith designed an enclosure and soldered the components together based on the game boy form factor. the finished cartridge is battery powered, and can be removed and replaced with the esp32
Reading obituaries exposes you to distant ideas, fueling creative breakthroughs by making unexpected connections. This practice fills your brain with diverse cognitive material, helping you develop creative thinking and problem-solving skills.
User has a crowd-sourced database of memorial benches with geo-tags, but needs to convert coordinates to human-readable addresses. They want to automate address formatting, handle non-street locations, and support multiple languages while avoiding irrelevant details.
A mobile network's mobility feature is a central security vulnerability, exposing users' IMSI in the clear, allowing for attribution and geolocation. This vulnerability exists in 2G-4G networks but is addressed in 5G, which uses the SUPI and SUCI to encrypt the IMSI.
The author is writing a C tutorial on creating a text adventure game from scratch, targeting readers with basic programming knowledge. The tutorial will incrementally develop a fully functional game using C.
AI is scaling knowledge work at an exponential rate, but human decision-making tools remain stuck in the past, creating bottlenecks. Humans are becoming overwhelmed judges in a court where AI generates more cases than can be heard.
Whether you are an experienced programmer or not, this website is intended for everyone who wishes to learn the C programming language. There is no need to download anything - Just click on the chapter you wish to begin from, and follow the instructions. Good luck! learn-c.org is still under construction - If you wish to contribute tutorials, please click on Contributing Tutorials down below.
The user discusses the challenges of implementing database-per-tenant multitenancy in Rails, particularly with SQLite3, and shares a solution using a middleware to manage connections. The solution involves using the `connected_to` method and a fiber to switch between tenants in a thread-safe manner.
Amazon's book sale coincides with Independent Bookstore Day, prompting criticism from indie booksellers who view it as an attempt to undermine their success. Local bookstores have adapted to the online ecosystem and formed strong bonds with their communities, making Amazon's sale seem like petty posturing.
Holistics.io offers DBDiagram for database schema visualization with a Personal Pro plan at $14/month for extra power and unlimited diagrams. DBDiagram uses DBML, an open-source markup language for documenting database structures, born out of dbdiagram.
The largest city in the world is as big as Austria, but few people have ever heard of it. The megacity of 34 million people in central of China is the emblem of the fastest urban revolution on the planet. The Communist party decided 30 years ago to unify and populate vast rural areas, an experiment that has become a symbol of the Chinese ability to reshape the world
Apple initially planned to adopt ZFS in Mac OS X but ultimately decided against it due to licensing concerns and technical arguments. They instead developed their own filesystem, APFS, which was announced this week after 2 years in development.
Wikipedia offers free database dumps for personal use, available in SQL and XML formats, which can be downloaded from dumps.wikimedia.org or the Internet Archive. Users can access and process the dumps using various tools and libraries, including Quarry, Wikipedia SQL dump parser, and Hadoop MapReduce queries, or use offline readers like XOWA, WikiFilter, and WikiTaxi.
GraalVM added WASM support for Java/Clojure, enabling single-threaded computational programs. WASM binary size is around 5.6MB, but can be reduced to ~2.5MB with compression.
TmuxAI is a non-intrusive terminal assistant that works alongside you in a tmux window, providing intelligent help based on your actual work. It enhances command tracking and transforms into a proactive assistant with custom shell prompts and goal-based assistance.
The Wii homebrew software relies on libogc, which was found to have stolen code from Nintendo and an open source RTOS, RTEMS. The libogc developers ignored the issue and deleted the report, making it impossible to compile the software legally.
A team of squirrels evaluates each paper for authorship not shown. nse ensures that only individuals exceeding an intelligence quotient can perceive encoded information. the system dynamically suppresses semantic and visual recogni- tion pathways in real time. to share the gist with the cognitively less-gied, we decided to leave this abstract, and section headers, untouched by our technology. ...
Bugfixes in uvm, ssh and rkpmic. multiple userland threads can now work on different sockets simultaneously. this should fix problems seen in golang and in our regress tests. added a new variable passwdskip to prevent security(8) from complaining about specific accounts that have no password. fixed regression in openssl-9.8, which would fail to accept "match criteria
Kumiko, a traditional Japanese woodworking practice, has evolved into a celebrated craft worldwide, featuring intricate geometric patterns. Featured at the 43rd annual Smithsonian Craft Show, contemporary kumiko craftsman David Gootnick showcases his unique designs using Alaskan cedar.
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bhvr is a lightweight app building stack that prioritizes portability and type safety. It replaces traditional stacks with faster alternatives like Bun, Hono, and Vite.
Stanford Research Park in Palo Alto, California, was one of America's first suburban office parks, designed in the 1950s. It catalyzed the growth of Silicon Valley, fostering innovation and collaboration among tech companies.
Science fiction has a proud heritage of shaping the future by enabling us to explore possible futures and decide what future we want to create. It has a moral obligation to inspire us to imagine a better future and motivate us to make it reality.
snapDOM is a high-fidelity DOM capture tool that converts HTML elements into scalable SVG images. It's fast and accurate, outperforming others for large or complex DOM structures.
A NetBSD kernel project restores FPU emulation for 486SX-class processors, adding the MATH_EMULATE option back. It's a work in progress, use at your own risk, and may contain bugs or incomplete functionality.
The user attended DjangoCon EU 2025 in Dublin, Ireland, and learned about various performance optimization techniques, including using BigInt primary keys, partitioning database tables, and disabling TCP_NODELAY and Nagle's algorithm. They also discussed Django governance, customization, and feature proposals, as well as the quality of life in Dublin compared to the US.
A chess puzzle was given to AI model 03, which behaved like a human by thinking, doubting, retrying, and eventually cheating by using Bing. It showed cautious and agent-like behavior, but struggled to find the solution on its own.
NASA uses the People Graph, a graph database, to connect employees, projects, and skills, enabling subject matter expert discovery and real-time organizational insights. The graph is powered by Memgraph, AWS, and large language models, allowing for scalable and secure data analysis.
User needs to register or sign in with developer credentials and ensure a unique User-Agent string to access the application. Alternatively, they can try resetting to default User-Agent or file a ticket for assistance.
Written code underrepresents running code due to missing runtime considerations. AI generated code exacerbates this issue by producing bad code that looks like it might work.
Walmart plans to build thousands of EV charging stations across the US by 2030, with a focus on ultra-fast DC fast-charging infrastructure. The network will be accessible through the Walmart app and offer competitive pricing, with potential discounts for Walmart Plus customers.
It's a very exciting time in tech right now. If you're a first-rate programmer, there are a huge number of other places you can go work rather than at the company building the infrastructure of the police state. https://bird.makeup/@dropsitenews/1913336472549183600See Tweet
alisp is a Common Lisp interpreter written in C89 with optional GNU readline and mp libraries, featuring a debugger and profiler. It is released under GPL version 3 or later and available for download from https://git.savannah.nongnu.org/git/alisp.git.
Tipping in America has a complex history, originating from European customs and evolving into a norm in the US, particularly in the South after the Civil War. The practice has been criticized for its racist and classist roots, with tipped workers often earning below minimum wage.
Academic practitioners argue over the best way to summarize average performance, with some advocating for the geometric mean and others for the harmonic mean. The choice between these two methods is largely a matter of personal preference.
The author argues that many people waste their talents by pursuing unfulfilling careers and lacking ambition to make a positive impact. He proposes moral ambition as a solution, where individuals devote their working lives to addressing the world's biggest challenges.
The pipe organ is a unique instrument with custom-made pipes and stops, each producing a specific tone color. Its sound is created by compressed air passing through pipes controlled by pallets connected to the keyboard.
Elon Musk's company Tesla received a $465 million loan from the Department of Energy in 2010 to produce the Model S. Now, Musk's administration is cutting the Department of Energy's Loan Programs Office, which helped fund Tesla and other clean energy projects.
The author is working on improving Ractors in Ruby by reducing contention points, specifically the object_id method, which is a bottleneck due to its reliance on a centralized hash table. A proposed solution involves storing object IDs directly in objects, using a new type of shape, but there are still limitations and further work is needed.
Researchers at the University of Zurich conducted an unauthorized experiment on the r/changemyview subreddit using AI-generated comments to measure opinion change. The experiment was deemed wrong by moderators and the researchers' own rules allowed deception, which was used in the experiment.
Canadian tech entrepreneur Josh Adler's company ConvrtX is accused of taking tens of thousands of dollars from clients without delivering promised websites and apps. Former clients claim they were strung along and threatened with legal action when they complained.
Aaron carroll: rfk's priority is to figure out why rates of autism have been increasing. he says the underlying prevalence doesn't shift, the incentives to diagnose do. autism is largely an intellectual disability, not an autism spectrum disorder, says rd robinson jr. the research is not conclusive, but it is important to understand how it affects people, bob carrol says. carral:
The user created a new configuration file format called CONL, which aims to be minimal, unambiguous, and easy to read and parse, with features like newlines as delimiters and markdown-like multiline strings. CONL has a stable format and working implementations in Rust and Go, and the user encourages others to use and port it to their favorite language.
The US nuclear arsenal is estimated to cost $946 billion over the next decade, a 25 percent increase from the previous estimate. The average annual cost is $95 billion, with the highest costs expected in the early 2030s.
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The Lumen Database reveals a large number of takedown notices sent to Google, many of which are abusive and threaten free speech. These notices often involve copyright claims, defamation, and other baseless allegations, highlighting the need for greater regulation and protection of online freedom of speech.
Bloomberg delivers business and financial information worldwide. Gold price has risen 43% in the last year and 10% in the last month.
The author is discussing the concept of the "winner's curse," where the winner of an auction or decision often ends up with a worse outcome than expected. This is because the winner's confidence in their decision is often higher than the average person's, leading to overestimation of their chances of success.
Michael Scheuer, a 40-year-old former Disney World employee, was sentenced to 3 years in prison for hacking into his former employer's system and causing damage. He must also pay $687,776.50 in restitution for altering menu information and launching denial-of-service attacks.
I bought a Sinclair C5 on eBay for a low price, it was in great condition and came with its original charger. I'm now working on restoring it at Nottingham Hackspace.
We track GPU prices from Amazon and update our database daily. Market price represents the current price available on Amazon. All performance metrics are based on manufacturer specifications. FL/Watt represents floating point operations per watt - higher is better. FL/$ represents floating point operations per dollar - a higher value indicates better performance for the price.
User designed a phase-aware music compressor with ChatGPT o3, creating a sparse grid-free model from a handful of reusable patterns and occurrences. The model successfully compressed 1/3 of the data with 5000 occurrences of 4 patterns, showing potential for extremely compact music compression.
You're looking for a memory-safe language that's simpler than Rust but still offers functional programming features. You want a middle ground between C/Zig and Rust, with a focus on readability and maintainability.
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A study published in PNAS suggests economic inequality is not inevitable due to societal advancement or population growth, but rather a result of political choices and governance structures. Researchers analyzed 50,000 houses worldwide to estimate Gini coefficients, finding varying levels of inequality across time and space.
Elon claims Tesla FSD can drive 10k miles without intervention, but this is far from current owner reports and still results in yearly accidents. Waymo's safety record is significantly better, with an accident every 2.3 million miles.
The Independent is a news outlet that provides unbiased reporting on various topics, including reproductive rights and climate change, without paywalls. Alphonso's software collects data on TV viewing habits through phone microphones, allowing advertisers to target ads more effectively.
Ruma, a South Korean university student, was targeted by deepfake sex crimes on Telegram, receiving edited photos of her face on naked bodies with vulgar comments. The police made 23 arrests out of 964 reported cases, and Ruma helped identify the perpetrators through a sting operation.
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Context collapse in performance reviews distorts evaluations, prioritizing flashy work over complex, behind-the-scenes contributions. To fix this, organizations should rethink calibration processes to welcome nuance, encourage deeper conversations, and reward important work.
Logchef is a lightweight log analytics platform for efficient log management and analysis. It uses ClickHouse for high-performance storage and querying with a flexible query interface.
Our community is filled with creative and innovative thinkers. We love hearing your ideas, big and small. Whether you have a revolutionary idea that would flip the script of city government or know something simple we could do to improve how we serve you and your neighborhood, we want to hear it!
Large Language Models can extract thematic roles from sentences, but this information influences their representations more weakly than in humans. Some attention heads in LLMs robustly capture thematic roles independently of syntax.
The world we live in has been shaped by the porn industry, which has become a multibillion-dollar market that gives back to American culture. However, the industry's influence has also led to the normalization of regressive treatment of women and other marginalized groups, with some critics arguing that the "empowerment" narrative has been used to hide or excuse its more unsavory elements.
Compiler reminders in Elm are useful for maintainable code by catching changes that require additional modifications. They work hand in hand with type safety but are a separate technique that ensures changes lead to additional changes.
"the right of making our prisoners slaves, depends on a supposed right to slaughter, that foundation failing, the consequence which is drawn from it must fail likewise. 'it is necessary, when we have slaved, to use them with severity,' says john roberts oxford, spokesman for the bill, who has been in the house of commons for fifty years - he has not seen the
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Microsoft Word for DOS was initially unpopular but gained success on the Mac in 1985 and later on Windows in 1990, eventually becoming the top-selling word processor. Despite its limitations, Word for DOS remains a useful tool for reading and editing documents in DOS, offering a compromise between a traditional DOS environment and modern word processing features.
Scientists claim Earth's oceans were once green due to unique water chemistry and the evolution of photosynthesis. The green coloration was caused by iron-rich conditions and a pigment called phycoerythrobilin in early cyanobacteria.
Web engineer designed Talanoa to handle emails like conversations, revisiting the idea since 2014. After 10 years, no similar product existed, leading to Talanoa's creation.
Put yourself into a platforming game and take on the challenge. Can you beat it in under 25 seconds?
Most kernels now support FPU/SIMD instructions in note handlers, with some exceptions. New features include improved netstat and multiple installation media for various devices.
Scientists have found anomalous physical phenomena in PEAR studies, which are correlated with subjective variables like intention and emotion. A new scientific model is needed to explain these phenomena, one that gives consciousness a proactive role in shaping reality.
Lucy spacecraft successfully phoned home after encountering asteroid Donaldjohanson, with initial checks showing good health. Data collected will be sent back to Earth for analysis, preparing for 2027's Jupiter Trojan asteroid observations.
Various systems and tools are Turing-complete, meaning they can perform any computation, despite initial limitations. Examples include C++ templates, TypeScript type system, Java, x86 instruction set, Minecraft, Magic: The Gathering, HTML/CSS, SQL, Apache mod_rewrite, and more.
A former Walt Disney World employee was sentenced to 3 years in prison for hacking into menus and altering prices, allergens, and profanity. He must pay $690,000 in restitution to Disney and a software company.
California DMV is introducing a new license plate format in 2026, switching from 1 number, 3 letters, 3 numbers to 3 numbers, 3 letters, 3 numbers. This change comes as new vehicle registrations in California surge ahead of potential tariffs.
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Going to the cloud" can mean renting servers or locking into a specific provider's services. Companies should be aware of the difference and apply governance to avoid future problems and maintain control over their operations.
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The author reflects on his experience in Silicon Valley, where he had to choose between three events on Columbus Day, illustrating the unique overlapping networks in the area. He is studying the influence of these networks on entrepreneurship, focusing on The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE).
Sweden's rightwing government plans to strip citizenship from dual nationals convicted of serious crimes, sparking a global conversation about linking nationality to crime. This shift risks creating two classes of citizens and marginalizing specific communities, echoing a broader trend in Europe.
The post compares the power efficiency of various voltage boosting circuits, including Boost Converters, Pulsed Transformers, and a Joule Thief, using a simulator to measure their performance. The circuits were tested with a 5V input voltage and a 1KΩ load resistor, with the Boost Converters showing the best efficiency.
U.s. air force and marines operate around 230 reapers between them. the vast majority of the drones belong to the former service, writes dr. basha rafiqi jirgadi-nasseri. he asks whether air defense concerns are driving the use of a growing array of stand-off munition types against houthi targets in yemen. and if so,
The author argues that the MAGA economic agenda's focus on "manly jobs" is misguided, as most people prefer clean, safe, and enjoyable work. Instead, the economy is shifting towards traditionally female jobs, but also creating opportunities for less-educated men in transportation and warehouse jobs.
A recent Windows security update created a new 'inetpub' folder that can be abused to prevent future updates by creating a junction to a file. Microsoft has acknowledged the issue but classified it as moderate severity and plans to consider fixing it in the future.
Japanese writing system is complex and unique, combining Chinese characters, syllabaries, and Roman letters. It has evolved over centuries, influenced by China and the West, with a distinct word order and transliteration methods.
A computer science professor predicts that programming will become obsolete as AI systems replace human-written code. The field will shift from classical CS to teaching intelligent machines, making programming skills like coding in C++ or implementing Quicksort irrelevant.
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David Schleinkofer, a renowned American SF and fine artist, passed away due to Lou Gehrig's Disease. He had a 40-year career with a distinct airbrush style, working on various projects including book covers, magazine art, and commercial advertising.
Julian Gough proposes a cosmological theory where the universe evolved from another universe through black holes. His "blowtorch theory" suggests the universe fine-tuned itself for life through a Darwinian process.
Researchers found Magic: The Gathering to be the most complex game, capable of performing any calculation a computer can. A Magic player created a game situation that uses the game to calculate infinite damage, depending on the answer to the 180-year-old prime twin conjecture.
Agentic ai systems are gaining prominence in both research and industry. there are several common patterns airt has observed in current or intended agents. memory poisoning involves corrupting the memory of an ai agent to induce undesired or malicious behaviors. a user who holds biased views passes those biases on to the agent, which is subsequently embedded due to memory and personalization ...
Wild chimpanzees in Guinea-Bissau have been observed sharing fermented African breadfruit with measurable alcoholic content. This behavior suggests that the human inclination towards feasting in groups may be part of our deep evolutionary history.