Scientists at CERN's LHC have successfully transformed lead into gold through near-miss collisions, a process previously thought impossible. The ALICE collaboration measured the transmutation of lead into gold at a rate of 89,000 nuclei per second.
LegoGPT generates physically stable LEGO designs from text prompts using a large language model and physics-aware rollback. It produces diverse, aesthetically pleasing designs that can be assembled manually or by robots.
The author criticizes popular business books for oversimplifying complex concepts and ignoring real startup mechanics. They argue that success often results from iteration and execution, not singular insights or universal strategies.
The National Science Foundation is abolishing its 37 divisions and reducing programs due to a 55% budget cut proposal by President Trump. This restructuring may make the agency more vulnerable to White House pressure on research funding.
Sofie is a web-based, open source TV automation system for studios and live shows, used in daily live TV news productions by the Norwegian public service broadcaster NRK since September 2018.
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Sep 0.10.0 achieves 21 GB/s CSV parsing speed on AMD 9950X, a 3x improvement since its first release. Upgrading from AMD 5950X to 9950X delivers a 1.6x performance gain, thanks to AVX-512 support and higher clock speeds.
Stephen Hawking believed humans need space exploration for a future. Starlink, a satellite internet service, uses user terminals with a router and antenna, which has a large PCB with RF front-end chips and a custom-made quad-core SoC.
Kyle Schutt, a software engineer at CISA and DOGE, had his login credentials leaked multiple times since 2023 due to info-stealer malware. His credentials have been exposed in at least 51 data breaches, potentially putting sensitive government information at risk.
itter.sh is a micro-blogging platform accessed via SSH for a noise-free experience. It's open source and available on GitHub for contribution and bug reporting.
Ricardo Prada Vásquez was deported to El Salvador despite not being on a leaked government list, raising questions about deportation accuracy. His case highlights concerns about due process and record-keeping in deportations.
The author argues that the economy has become a "friction economy" where effort is redistributed from one domain to another, creating three worlds: digital, physical, and curated. This system perpetuates inequality and dysfunction, but also presents opportunities for new systems to emerge and for effort to be directed towards sustaining us.
Cryptpad is a privacy-first alternative to google docs. easy to use, data protection on high level and open for persons without crypad account. i love that cryptpad allows me to work anonymously. it's free and has good functionalities. open source is huge amount of the appeal. in the future i will use for the company where i work - because it's safe and man can easy navigation
Aberdeen is a JavaScript library that allows for reactive UIs without complex abstractions or JSX. It updates UI elements automatically when proxied data changes.
Microsoft's quantum computing chip research is under scrutiny due to undisclosed data manipulations in a 2017 study. Two authors now call for the study's retraction, citing insufficient corrections and concerns about standard research practices.
Amazon announced Vulcan, a robotic system with a sense of touch, to transform warehouse interactions. Vulcan assists with stowing and picking items, with robots now slightly faster than humans at stowing, but humans still excel at Tetris-like item placement.
BART has resumed service after a computer networking problem caused an hours-long outage on Friday morning.
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The drake passage was the least impractical route for large european ships to travel around south america. a veteran ship’s gunner john bulkeley was officer of the watch, overseeing the navigation in the midst of violent storms, writes sandra gillespie jr. the passage is harrowing even for modern motorized seagoing vessels, he says, but it is also the best way to get to the west
The latest version of the popular programming language has a number of new features. the language's concurrency is now much easier to use, thanks to -default-isolation flags. if you want to run code on its own task, you should make the value being observed optional. you can also now evaluate conditions outside of tests by using its evaluate() method. in swift 6.2 and later, yielding accessors ...
Kenneth Rogoff's book predicts the US dollar's decline in global finance due to rising interest rates and a large fiscal deficit. He argues that the dollar's unique status will be lost, but it will still be the first in global finance.
Allen Ginsberg's letter mentions reading Baudelaire's works with his Angel kid who has read multiple translations. Fleursdumal.org is a website dedicated to Baudelaire's poems Les Fleurs du mal with various translations.
Apple's imessage uses an elliptic curve signature scheme, which can be broken by a quantum computer. to protect active sessions, both parties perform public-key ratcheting, but there are significant differences in the concrete details of how they are per- formed - daniel saunders, edward mcgraw-hill & steven wilson, they say omit
Claire and Christophe from nao Labs launched nao, an AI code editor for data, directly connected to data warehouses and powered by an AI copilot. nao helps data teams write relevant code, visualize its impact, and quality check it for faster data shipping.
Odin is a modern systems programming language that emphasizes simplicity, performance, and readability, offering a balance between control and ergonomics. It provides a straightforward syntax and a wide range of built-in features, making it a viable alternative to C for systems programming.
Jake, a Sorbet developer, explains that Sorbet's syntax was chosen to be compatible with Ruby and to allow for runtime checking, which is a unique strength of Ruby. He proposes a new approach where the Ruby VM parses RBS comments and exposes them at runtime, which would solve some of the syntax limitations and allow for more flexibility.
The author lost their Meta accounts due to a malicious report and struggled to regain access, highlighting the issue of companies having too much control over online participation. Losing an account can severely impact daily life, especially in societies where one platform dominates communication and access to services.
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The user implemented a struct-of-arrays vector in C++26 using Reflection, which stores non-static data members of a type in separate arrays, and demonstrated its usage with a Point type. The user compared this implementation to a similar implementation in Zig, highlighting differences in syntax and semantics, and noted the potential benefits of Zig's features, such as constexpr function ...
USENIX is ending its longest-running event, the USENIX Annual Technical Conference, after 30 years due to declining attendance. The conference will be celebrated at its final event in July 2025, marking 50 years of USENIX innovations and gatherings.
To test a beta app, install TestFlight and accept an invitation to download the app. You can test the app for up to 90 days and receive automatic updates if enabled.
Researchers at Bocconi University analyzed the Vatican network to predict papabile figures. They used social network analysis to identify cardinals with high status, information control, and coalition-building abilities.
The user created a Python program called lsds to display information about Linux block devices in one place, reading relevant info from sysfs directories directly, and it supports various options for customizing the output. The program can display information such as device name, size, type, scheduler, rotational flag, model, queue depth, number of requests, write cache, and more, with ...
Tesla's driverless two-seater car faces trademark issues with "robotaxi" being deemed too generic by the USPTO. The company must now find a new name for the vehicle and explain its differences from competitors.
Purchasing the beta version is a way to support the project and includes the final version when it's released. There's a CLI version which is free and open source.
All-hands slides - basic set of slides of meeting with a big group on a regular basis.
The user created an eBPF program to redirect DNS requests but encountered issues with IPv6 traffic from a .NET application. The problem was caused by .NET's DualMode sockets feature, which uses IPv4-compatible IPv6 addresses, requiring the eBPF program to be updated to handle both IPv4 and IPv6 traffic.
The build tooling of this project is xmake. You will need it to compile dependencies and run demos.
Linux kernel's PGP keyring has 602 valid keys, but 485 would lose trust paths if SHA-1 signatures are dropped. This affects notable contributors like Andrew Morton and Linus Torvalds.
Former Justice David Souter has died at 85, serving the Supreme Court with distinction for nearly 20 years. He surprised Republicans by joining the court's liberal wing after being appointed by President George H.W. Bush in 1990.
The Dasung Paperlike 13K is a 13.3 inch E Ink monitor with 3200 x 2400 pixel display, priced at $749 for color and $679 for black and white. It supports USB-C, HDMI, and touchscreen functionality, with expected shipping in mid to late May 2025.
Mathematicians use Lean Blueprints to plan formalizations of results, encoding definitions and lemmas before writing proofs. This process is now being tracked and visualized, providing insights into how mathematicians prove things.
People often overlook the social origins of serious alcohol problems, as research shows individuals consume more alcohol in social contexts than alone. Social drinking is linked to many negative consequences, including violence, risky sex, and binge drinking.
The book discusses the design of the first adventure game, Colossal Cave, and its evolution into video games like Adventure for the Atari 2600 and educational simulations like Rocky's Boots. These games were pioneering in their respective fields, with Colossal Cave being the first text-based adventure game and Rocky's Boots winning multiple awards for educational software.
Hyper is a standards-first markup language for building UIs with clean syntax, separating HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. It aims to simplify UI development by eliminating complexities and returning to web standards.
BlenderQ is a terminal UI tool for managing local Blender renders, still in beta. It uses Node.js and TypeScript for a functional and maintainable TUI.
Async/await is just such a feature in cpython 3.9. generators allow us to write iterators as functions that yield values - but yield from does much more when you use it with generator's methods. event loops call send(none) to run native coroutines, while generator's send() method executes the generator’s frame like any other function. the handle.cancel()
Modal uses a linear programming solver to optimize cloud compute resources, finding the cheapest prices to satisfy demand and maintain a buffer for instant scalability. This approach allows Modal to save millions of dollars a year and deliver good performance to customers despite cloud instance quotas and reservations.
Hollow core fiber guides light through a hollow core, minimizing signal loss and dispersion for faster data transmission. Its unique design offers lower latency, higher power handling, and reduced nonlinear effects, making it suitable for high-performance applications.
pg_duckdb combines DuckDB's analytical capabilities with Postgres' transactional strengths, boosting query performance and simplifying data access. This integration enables local-first software to analyze data quickly and efficiently.
Siemens documented 6502 "illegal" opcodes in a 1980 programming manual for the PC 100 single-board computer. The manual describes 9 special instructions, some of which are unstable and not always processed correctly.
The Catholic Church in Washington state is warning priests that complying with a new law requiring child abuse reporting will result in excommunication. The law, set to take effect July 27, eliminates the confidentiality of the confessional, sparking a standoff over religious liberty and child protection.
A major storm system hit the Pittsburgh area, leaving my family without power for six days, but my preparations, including a Jackery battery system and solar panels, helped us stay safe and comfortable. I learned the importance of community, liquidity, and flexibility in the face of disaster and will continue to review and improve my emergency plans.
The key to successful AI is its ability to verify its own knowledge and actions, allowing it to make modifications and decisions independently. Current AI systems are often brittle and unreliable due to their inability to verify their own knowledge, requiring human intervention and limiting their size and complexity.
Cogent Core is a free, open-source framework for building cross-platform 2D and 3D apps with a single Go codebase. It supports macOS, Windows, Linux, iOS, Android, and web platforms with extensive documentation and examples.
Acid cookers are notoriously hard to catch. to cook acid is to perform a sacrament, says john b. c. dobson jr. the brotherhood of eternal love is not to be taken lightly, he says. pickard was arrested for making amphetamines in 1980, and later for transporting narcotics to the u.s. in recent years, there has been
A mother in Lexington, Ky, discovered 50,600 lollipops at her doorstep after her 8-year-old son accidentally ordered them online. The son had been browsing Amazon and mistakenly placed a large order for a carnival.
Anarchitecture was a 1970s New York artists' group critiquing modernist architecture and capitalist modes of production. They used wordplay and found photographs to explore issues related to cities and property ownership.
Ainsley Vinall catalogued 300 slides from the 1958-59 Royal Society expedition to Southern Chile, led by Sir Martin Holdgate. The expedition aimed to study species common to New Zealand, Australia, and South America, and its findings helped inform modern knowledge about the Earth's history.
New NASA research reveals Venus' crust is surprisingly thin, about 25 miles thick, due to a unique metamorphism process. This process involves the crust breaking off or melting, returning water and elements to the planet's interior and driving volcanic activity.
Screenshotbot stores a "commit-graph" for every repository on its server, using commit SHAs and parents, without read-access to users' GitHub repositories. The company recently implemented the git-upload-pack protocol to efficiently retrieve commit information from Git servers via SSH, supporting shallow clones and reducing network traffic.
The user is discussing C++ overload resolution and implicit conversion sequences, specifically focusing on how to reason about the conversion of one type to another and how to rank the standard conversions. The user provides examples and explanations of how to determine the cv-qualification signature of a type and how to rank the standard conversions, including rules for when one conversion ...
Apple is working on a chip for smart glasses to compete with Ray-Ban Metas, based on Apple Watch chips with camera capabilities. Mass production of the chip is expected to start by 2026 or 2027, with glasses potentially launching around the same time.
The National Science Foundation is abolishing its 37 divisions and reducing programs due to a 55% budget cut proposal by President Trump. This restructuring may make the agency more vulnerable to White House pressure on research funding.
Vom is a decision platform that helps companies make automated decisions with ease and compliance. It offers a user-friendly, scalable, and secure platform for A/B testing, data access, and continuous improvement.
A deep learning algorithm was used to model moth wing patterning. it predicted height for high contrast areas, and the retinex based algorithm predicted variations in heights for low contrast spots and dots. the results suggest that some types of mott pattern are more likely to provide false depth cues. this could be due to the fact that animals use different visual cuing systems for ...
Zig's design incorporates memory safety mechanisms to prevent common errors while maintaining performance benefits. Its features include explicit error handling, runtime bounds checking, and comptime evaluation to ensure predictable and safe code.
kdlfmt is a CLI wrapper for the kdl-rs parser, installable via Homebrew or precompiled binaries. It supports various package managers including Homebrew and others listed on Repology.