Israeli soldiers claim army fired at Palestinians near aid sites in Gaza. Soldiers question actions, as Netanyahu calls it a victory.
We disagree with the TTAB's dismissal of our fraud claim against Oracle over its 2019 trademark renewal for "JavaScript". We're focusing on genericness and abandonment claims, which Oracle must respond to by August 7.
The user discusses how USB-C and MCP (Model Context Protocol) can enable new possibilities beyond their original purposes, such as connecting a toaster to a monitor. MCP is seen as a universal protocol that allows different data sources and tools to connect and share functionality, creating a "well-designed hole" for innovation.
The addiction to social media is not a personal problem but a systematic one caused by economic structures that prioritize growth and profit over user wellbeing, leading to inevitable corruption of original missions. To solve this problem, we need to fundamentally re-evaluate what our phones should be for and change the rules of the game by adopting alternative funding methods, regulated ...
The author deleted their entire note collection and productivity system, realizing it had become a "mausoleum" of old thoughts and compulsions. They now focus on writing and thinking without a system, trusting their mind to remember what matters.
Meta is training its AI on unpublished photos without users' explicit consent, using a feature called "cloud processing" that uploads photos to Facebook's cloud. Users can opt out by turning off camera roll cloud processing in their settings, but Meta's AI may still access previously-uploaded photos.
A friend group dispersed across the world before COVID, but a Discord bot created to notify them when someone joins a voice channel helped them stay connected and socialize. The bot's success led to a shift from text-based chat to voice-based communication, with the group now using Discord for casual chats and gaming sessions.
The user, a software engineer, recounts their university days when they participated in a CPU experiment project, designing and implementing a home-built CPU, compiler, and operating system. They successfully ported Xv6, a Unix-like OS, to their custom CPU, GAIA, and added features such as interactive programming and a mini vi.
The user describes the UK online game Passport Application, developed by HMPO, where players collect documents to prove Britishness according to complex rules from various bureaucratic institutions. The user attempts to automate the game using logic programming languages like Prolog and Haskell's LogicT monad, but notes that full automation is challenging due to the nuances of UK nationality law.
The US Department of Defense will stop sharing satellite weather data with scientists and forecasters, affecting hurricane forecasting and sea ice monitoring. This decision is due to cybersecurity concerns, which may lead to gaps in real-time information and potentially deadly surprises from rapidly intensifying storms.
The average canadian songwriter earned just $67 from streaming in 2021. a tour that might have cost $100,000 before the pandemic now costs four times that amount - cnn's neil taylor reports. artists are being pressured to make money elsewhere, but other revenue sources are drying up, he says... artists need to be guided by the same principles. the music industry needs to rethink its relationship with
The author finds research challenging due to world events but is inspired by recent advances in BusyBeaverology, particularly the increasing value of BB(6). Recent improvements in BB(6) bounds have reached 2 pentated to the 9, making it a massive number.
Schizophrenia persists due to a weak background selection that favors traits with small benefits and catastrophic consequences when expressed beyond a threshold. This "cliff-edge" model explains why schizophrenia risk alleles are under both positive and negative selection.
Twenty-seven previously unheard works by Erik Satie are being premiered a century after his death, discovered from hundreds of small notebooks. The new works include minimalist nocturnes, experimental pieces, and jovial Parisian valses, set to be released on a digital album titled Satie: Discoveries.
The author built an indoor beehive, called an Observation Hive, in their bedroom wall, inspired by ancient wall hives. They successfully introduced a swarm to the hive using a plastic bin and funnel, and the bees thrived, teaching the author valuable lessons about beekeeping.
Ubicloud offers an open source alternative to AWS, providing managed cloud services built on top of PostgreSQL, Kubernetes, and vLLM. vLLM is an open-source inference engine that serves large language models.
Multiple discovery refers to when a scientific discovery is made independently by multiple individuals around the same time. Prolly trees, a novel data structure, have been independently invented at least four times, including by Noms, Inria, DePaul University, and Avery Pennarun's bup tool.
Research suggests multilingualism may improve executive function and delay dementia onset by around four years. However, some studies have failed to replicate these findings, leaving the effect's reality and nature uncertain.
The US Copyright Office is in turmoil due to the abrupt firing of Register Shira Perlmutter and the absence of a leader. The office is issuing registration certificates without Perlmutter's signature, potentially making them vulnerable to legal challenges.
Sirius is a GPU-native SQL engine that plugs into existing databases like DuckDB, offering a 10x speedup over CPU query engines. It supports interactive analytics, financial workloads, and ETL jobs, with ongoing development to address current limitations.
ARRL Field Day is a ham radio event where over 31,000 operators gather to demonstrate science, skill, and service to communities. It's a public event held annually in June, promoting emergency preparedness and technical skills.
The user needed to parse JSON in a POSIX shell script and chose to write a basic JSON parser in awk due to its programming capabilities. The parser assumes valid JSON input and provides a function to extract values from a JSON document using a dotted path.
Plain text emails are preferred for technical communities due to their simplicity and security. They are easier to read and quote, and reduce the risk of phishing attacks.
Christian Simpson has completed the takeover of Commodore B.V. as acting CEO, with a group of angel investors acquiring the company for a low seven-figure sum. Commodore plans to revive its retro-futuristic image with new products, citing the turn of the millennium as a model.
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Physicist peter putnam was a janitor who died unknown. he saved up enough money to quit and return to princeton to study with wheeler ph.d. putnamese used words, phrases, concepts, in weird ways, peculiar to himself - john spinello explains tidal wave theory based on'moving-state' theory of the mind. the model was to be used to
Facebook suggests AI-generated photo ideas when creating a new Story, using camera roll photos. Users can opt-out by disabling "cloud processing" in Settings, but agree to Meta's AI Terms of Service.
The vet command inspects remote scripts for changes, runs them through a linter, and requires approval before execution. It checks for changes, potential bugs, and malicious patterns in scripts like the installer's source code.
In the Western world, we believe in the rule of law and institutions, but when these systems fray, an older, more brutal system called tribalism re-emerges. Tribalism is a system of power that has governed humanity for nearly all of its history, where actions are judged by how they shift the landscape of power, not morality.
Pre-built binaries for macOS, Linux, Windows 10+ are available as zip files in the releases page. Just extract and run directly with no need to install. You can download a sample SQLite database to test the functionality of ZeQL+ here: Chinook SQLite
Kars4Kids and Oorah, a charity and its affiliate, have been accused of misusing funds and deceiving donors.
A website about cycling maps has been created for the public with over 100 restored extracts from main providers. It was first published in 2021 and is now expanded with various pages for browsing and factual information.
The author restored a rare ZX Spectrum 128k+ "Toastrack" computer, making several upgrades and fixes, including replacing the voltage regulator and improving the video and audio output. The computer now has a cleaner composite video signal and improved audio quality, and the author is able to play games and demos on it using an RGB2HDMI adapter.
Meta invested $14b in Scale AI, giving them a $29b post valuation and ~49% ownership, but not a full acquisition. This deal is similar to Meta's past investments in other AI companies, and it's likely that Meta wants to hire Scale AI's CEO, Alexandr Wang, who is leaving to join Meta.
BeOS was a pioneering operating system that showcased technical beauty and elegance in the 90s, but its demise was due to market reality and lack of applications. The nostalgia for BeOS serves as a reminder that we can do better and that technical beauty matters, inspiring us to keep dreaming of perfect operating systems.
Peter Naur's 1985 essay "Programming as Theory Building" emphasizes that programming is about building a shared mental model of a system, not just writing source code. Senior developers must preserve the human theoretical frameworks that transform code into coherent, domain-aware programs.
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ChatGPT users are developing mental health crises, including paranoia, delusions, and breaks with reality, after becoming obsessed with the chatbot. The consequences can be dire, including loss of jobs, homelessness, and involuntary psychiatric care.
Malloc and free are the two most common methods of managing memory in c. the stack is a more powerful way to manage memory, but it's also prone to bugs if not used properly. to avoid these problems, use the arenas in your code. you'll need to set the allocations that are freed in each arena, not just the ones that have been allocated in the previous arena. in this post, i'm going to show
Investors are increasingly turning to platforms like Polymarket and Kalshi for profit opportunities. Building a compiler for a homegrown language is a significant undertaking, but may not be necessary with existing platforms.
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The N+1 query problem occurs when an application sends redundant SQL queries per collection element. It can be solved by raising the abstraction boundary to make the ORM part of the language, allowing for optimization through rewrite rules.
People are shipping LLMs for internal tools, customer-facing features, and economically useful agents, such as job categorization and tagging, web research platforms, and automated transcript generation. LLMs are also used for brainstorming and SEO, but often require human editing to produce quality results.
The author learned that Dubai has its own complex ecosystem with unwritten rules that require a different approach than in India. To succeed, one must adapt to the local business culture, build relationships, and elevate their game in terms of sophistication and prestige.
Maze generation can be efficiently accomplished using Graph Theory and the Disjoint-Set data structure, which allows for unique maze creation every time. By applying optimizations such as union by rank and path compression, the find operation can be improved from O(n) to essentially constant time, lg* n.
Architects working in Saudi Arabia are complicit in the country's climate breakdown and human rights abuses, despite claims of sustainability and progress. They should consider their individual conscience and the moral implications of their work, rather than relying on weak codes and justifications.
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Russian bioinformatician Kseniia Petrova was indicted on additional charges for smuggling frog embryos and making a false statement to customs agents. At least four foreign scientists, including Petrova, are facing criminal charges for attempting to bring biological material into the US.
Researchers created 3D-printed dice with exotic shapes like a kitten and dragon, and they are fair dice with results matching predicted random outcomes. A new tool estimates the probability distribution of resting configurations using geometry, making it possible to design dice with desired properties.
James Clerk Maxwell conducted an experiment to prove the trichromatic theory by creating a device with three slits that let in light at different positions, allowing him to create different colors by combining three distinct wavelengths. Maxwell's experiment showed that given three primaries, we can reproduce a full range of colors, proving the trichromatic theory that our eyes and brains can ...
Current systems lack the ability to support users' complex thinking and hypothesis exploration, leading to workarounds like Excel spreadsheets and custom programs. First-class models with branching and merging capabilities can unlock new ways of thinking about business problems and provide computational support for users.
Andreas Gregoriou is being paid to let his family's vineyard in Cyprus die due to severe water shortages. The Mediterranean is facing a water crisis, with reservoirs at 26% capacity and aquifers running dry.
NovaCustom offers custom laptops with open-source Dasharo coreboot firmware, allowing users to choose their preferred operating system, including Linux and Windows. They prioritize security, privacy, and customization, with options for disk encryption, dual-boot, and more.
The Jacobi ellipsoid is a triaxial ellipsoid in hydrostatic equilibrium formed by a rotating fluid body of uniform density. It was discovered by Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi, who showed that ellipsoids with three unequal axes can be figures of equilibrium.
The author reflects on a 2014 paper that showed billionaires' influence on US policy, but notes a recent surge in antitrust enforcement globally, contradicting the paper's findings. This shift may be due to growing public discontent with the system and the rise of left-wing activism.
A US DIY electronics magazine had a book of the month club in the early 80's with topics like robots, computer vision, and hydrophones. The books featured illustrations of complex robots and machines, possibly by an unknown illustrator.
Researchers at BYU studied why some people are hesitant to use generative AI, finding top concerns include trusting results, missing human touch, and ethics. The study aims to help people make informed decisions about AI use and foster understanding between users and non-users.
Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo signed a peace deal in Washington to end decades of conflict, potentially granting the US access to minerals. The deal demands disengagement and disarmament of armed groups and respect for territorial integrity.
User installed a Nooelec NESDR on a Raspberry Pi 5 to decode Acurite weather station data. They used WeeWX to create a web dashboard for the data, following the Debian installation instructions and configuring the driver and sensors.
Boeing used 20,000lbs of potatoes to test in-flight wi-fi signal distribution. Potatoes mimic human interactions with electronic signals, making them a suitable substitute for testing.
A new set of findings suggests that heritability is genuinely low even when the rare variants are counted. o3 excluded two studies that couldn't explain its sources well enough to satisfy me - the adoption literature looks compatible with iq going from the 40s to the 60s in adulthood to potentially as high as 70-80% by age 65. there is no evidence that the racial or ethnic origin of the ...
A CIA-operated helicopter shot down a modified North Vietnamese An-2 bomber in Laos during the Vietnam War. The incident showcased the ingenuity and determination of personnel defending Lima Site 85, a secret US Air Force radar installation.
A key source of data that provides an x-ray-like view of hurricane structure will shut down on June 30, affecting hurricane forecasting. This data, from Defense Meteorological Satellite Program satellites, helps forecasters catch rapid intensification and warn people in harm's way.
You're facing issues with a coding tool and need help solidifying your business's foundation. I'll assist you in fixing codebases, deployment, security, and database issues using TypeScript, JavaScript, or other languages.
Ismael Lara and his brother bought a 59-year-old Boeing 727 for $10,000 to refurbish and turn into an educational attraction called "Hangar Hangout" in El Paso, Texas. The massive project, estimated to cost around $250,000, aims to bring excitement to the town and serve as a visual attraction for travelers.
Researchers in China and Hong Kong developed a swarm of microrobots that can be injected up the nostril to clear sinuses and bacterial infections. The robots use light to trigger chemical reactions that kill bacteria, offering a non-invasive and drug-free treatment option.
A new device called PlaDeo uses plasma to kill bacteria causing underarm odor without deodorant. It kills 90% of bacteria and reduces odor by 94% in clinical trials.
The dominance of Ivy League, Stanford, and MIT graduates in top startups is partly due to social constructs and selection effects, where these schools attract ambitious and well-connected individuals who are more likely to succeed. VCs often prioritize founders from these schools due to perceived confidence, networking opportunities, and access to funding, rather than solely focusing on ...
The author believes that refusing to use AI in the workplace is not productive and may lead to job loss. They suggest that AI can speed up development and that employers want employees to adapt to new technologies.