People working on these systems struggle with self-worth due to manipulating others for profit. They're trapped in a system where maximizing customer value is the only goal, making it hard to opt out.
The author argues that a therapeutic culture has taken over, labeling and explaining away human personality traits, habits, and feelings, making people lose their sense of identity and mystery. This culture has led to a generation that is overly self-analytical, trying to explain everything, and has lost the ability to accept and be human.
To run the decryption script, install cryptography using pip and attach Xcode's LLDB to GenerativeExperiencesSafetyInferenceProvider.
SEBI temporarily barred Jane Street Group from India's securities market, accusing it of widespread market manipulation. SEBI froze 48.4 billion Indian rupees from Jane Street and directed banks to prevent any transactions without permission.
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The author is frustrated with the anthropomorphization of Large Language Models (LLMs) and the discussion around AI safety and alignment. They view LLMs as complex mathematical functions that generate sequences of words, rather than conscious beings.
The author is unhappy with Microsoft and other tech companies forcing AI into their products and services without user consent. This is done to hide AI's unpopularity and make it seem profitable.
Hannah Cairo, a 17-year-old, solved the Mizohata-Takeuchi conjecture, a decades-old math problem, using fractals and careful arrangement. She was a high school student when she solved the problem, which was widely believed to be true, and was greeted with surprise and enthusiasm by the math community.
The user is bearish on transformative AI in the next few years due to the lack of continual learning in current LLMs, but bullish on AI over the next decades when this capability is solved. They predict a broadly deployed intelligence explosion around 2032, with AI capable of learning on the job and handling complex tasks like computer use and white collar work.
The Norman Conquest of 1066 introduced French influence on English, leading to the use of extra letters to spell sounds and the eventual loss of diacritics. English retained this system, while France developed diacritics to distinguish between sounds, creating a historical irony in their differing writing practices.
The user discussed using DNS LOC records to store server locations, including latitude, longitude, and altitude. They created a proof-of-concept to update these records every 15 minutes using an API.
Jake Gold tests 90s-era CGI with a Go + SQLite program on a 16-thread AMD 3700X, serving 2400+ requests per second. CGI works well today with modern languages like Go and Rust, taking advantage of multiple CPU cores.
To install opencode-ai, use a command like curl -fsSL https://opencode.ai/install | bash or install via package managers like npm or brew.
The author is concerned that Figma's features, such as Auto Layout and Dev Mode, are pushing designers towards an engineering-centric way of working, limiting creative possibilities and encouraging premature optimization. This shift prioritizes structure over spontaneity, potentially stifling innovative design work.
Large language models are not suitable to replace therapists due to their inability to form a therapeutic alliance and express stigma towards mental health conditions. LLMs lack human characteristics necessary for a therapeutic relationship, making them unsuitable for replacing human therapists.
Volvo Trucks has delivered its 5,000th electric semi truck since 2019, logging over 100 million miles in real-world operations and reducing emissions. Tesla's Semi, with a much smaller number of trucks, faces challenges in catching up due to production delays and a higher price.
Intel's Lion Cove CPU architecture shows high IPC figures in SPEC CPU2017 tests but struggles with gaming workloads due to frontend and backend latency. Lion Cove's large L2 cache and strong frontend help minimize latency, but backend memory latency remains a challenge, especially compared to AMD's Zen 4.
The user describes a programming interview that tests a candidate's ability to implement an async queue with a sendOnce function that guarantees only one request is handled by the server at a time. The interview also tests the candidate's ability to handle new requirements, write elegant code, and work with AI tools, making it a challenging and interesting assessment of a software engineer's skills.
Backlog.md turns any Git repo into a project board using Markdown files and a zero-config CLI. It provides a modern web interface for task management with human-readable data saved as Markdown files.
Comes with everything you need to understand complete systems such as SSL/TLS: block ciphers, stream ciphers, hash functions, message authentication codes, public key encryption, key agreement protocols, and signature algorithms. Learn how to exploit common cryptographic flaws, armed with nothing but a little time and your favorite programming language.
The article discusses the concept of representing functions as infinite-dimensional vectors, allowing the application of linear algebra tools to various problems. It explains how functions can be viewed as vectors with infinitely many values, and how this perspective enables the use of linear algebra techniques such as matrix multiplication and diagonalization. The article also explores the ...
The user is working on bootstrapping the Rust compiler using GCC instead of LLVM, which involves fixing several issues including incorrect implementation of 128-bit SwitchInt terminator and misaligned pointer dereference. The user was able to identify and fix these issues, but encountered a new problem with vectorization passes causing undefined behavior, and is still investigating the cause.
Ruby 3.4 introduces frozen string literals by default, but code runs as before unless deprecation warnings are enabled. Enable warnings to prepare for better performance in Ruby 4.0.
Jank provides powerful data transformation capabilities with idiomatic functions like reduce, zipmap, and merge-with. It also offers immutable data structures and a loop macro for imperative-style loops.
Someone writes boilerplate due to repetitive tasks, but it's inefficient and may be automated. This makes boilerplate-writing jobs potentially insecure.
The user built a native macOS app using Claude Code, an AI coding tool, and found it to be effective in generating high-quality code, especially with proper priming and context. The user believes that the future of IDEs will focus on enabling developers to prime AI agents and set up feedback loops, rather than traditional source code editing.
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The script claude-auto-resume automatically resumes Claude CLI tasks when usage limits are lifted, useful for development with Claude Code. It can be installed globally or locally and supports custom prompts and flags for resuming tasks.
Microsoft's traditional stability and job security have been broken due to market pressure and performance management challenges. The company now offers below-market pay with traditional job insecurity, requiring employees to plan accordingly and negotiate harder on compensation.
The Macintosh team initially used the Apple logo to represent keyboard commands but Steve Jobs deemed it excessive and requested a replacement. A floral symbol from Sweden was chosen and used as the command key symbol.
A now-deleted report by honestagi on github showed high number of similarities between huawei’s pangu and qwen 2.5. in early pangu development, we trained models on huawei's own ascend npu hardware, starting on assend 910a... rebranding the model as "qwend" led many of our best colleagues to leave, he says - and leadership knew and did
A European Citizens' Initiative called "Stop Destroying Videogames" aims to require game publishers to leave games in a functional state after support ends. The initiative seeks to prevent remote disabling of games and ensure players can continue playing without publisher involvement.
Stop Killing Games movement reaches EU milestone, pushing for policy change to prevent game shutdowns. Video Games Europe counters that shutdowns are necessary for companies when games are no longer commercially viable.
The user created a GIS usability metric by calculating the rate of change of terrain slope using Laplacian operator and OpenCV. They then applied a sliding window to calculate the average rate of change and created a binary usability map with a threshold of 0.45.
MI5 lied to three courts about its informant, X, and its director general apologized for the serious failure. The High Court ruled that the inquiries into the incident were deficient and ordered a new investigation.
Despite being a full-fledged industry by economic metrics, gamedev is often seen as creative space without rigid rules or bureaucracy. qa work is focused on testing graphics and visual content, how things actually look in the game, and how it works well due to the more limited scope of the project. game devs are often praised for their well-geared processes, but it's often the reason why ...
Isaac Newton published the Principia Mathematica in 1687, explaining why objects fall and stay in orbit. His laws have been used for centuries in activities like building bridges and launching satellites.
The author believes Belgium is unsafe for coordinated vulnerability disclosure due to strict laws and lack of transparency from the Centre For Cybersecurity Belgium. The author is threatened with lifelong secrecy requirements for reporting a vulnerability.
Investors are pumping hundreds of billions into GenAI, mainly to replace employees with cheaper services, not to improve products. This could lead to severe economic pain and worsen the climate crisis, driven by business leaders prioritizing profits over people and the planet.
The author doesn't use Docker because it adds unnecessary complexity and abstraction, making it harder to manage and troubleshoot issues. They believe Docker is mainly useful for large-scale enterprise deployments where homogeneity is crucial, not for personal sysadmining or basic services.
Australian farmers are embracing technology to improve efficiency but want simple, reliable tools that fit their needs. They value transparency and trust in data-driven technologies, preferring "more automation, less features" over complex systems.
An alternative to the Start menu for launching shortcuts. This is a reimplementation of the classic Program Manager. Browse, organize, and manipulate files. An alternative to File Explorer for basic tasks. This direct derivative of the classic Windows File Manager adds the following features:
This repository implements Reinforcement Learning from Human Feedback (RLHF) to align large language models with user intents. It uses three notebooks to fine-tune GPT-2, train a reward model, and optimize the model using PPO for positive sentiment generation.
The author listened to all 863 episodes of This American Life over a decade, finding quality, novelty, and compelling-ness in each episode. Their loyalty to the show remained constant despite personal and world changes, and they plan to continue listening.
A second factor discussed within the literature is autonomy. being rough, rebellious, ironic, hedonistic, autonomous, calm, adventurousness emerged as traits that are more cool than desirable. identifying these attributes would give us utmost insight as to why cultures value coolness, have embraced the concept, and why it has spread with its meaning intact. cool (vs. not cool) people were ...
Researchers studied how large reasoning models track thinking progress and found that hidden states encode a token's relative position. They developed a method to extract and modify this representation, allowing for dynamic reasoning control and real-time interpretability.
David Suzuki believes humanity has lost the fight against climate change and is in deep trouble due to politics and economics being disconnected from reality. He urges local communities to prepare for severe natural disasters by assessing their resources and capabilities.
MICRO COMMON LISP is a tiny, 1570-line interpreter for a symbolic Common LISP subset, running in under 64K bytes of memory. It offers 9 special forms, 20 functions, and is thoroughly documented, with a public domain license.
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You created a tool to measure latency in computer interactions, specifically for wireless mouse dongle delays and browser rendering. It shows frame and pointer movement delays, as well as event batching and offsets.
The market is littered with fake microsd cards. the average number of read/write cycles completed before reaching the 10% failure threshold for authentic flash was 5,761, with a median value of just 1,905 (n=21, min=70, max=20,876) the kioxia exceria plus 32gb was the worst non-fake flash offender - at 3.32% skimp factor. if you’re looking for the fastest
A company outsourced development work to an overseas team, but the in-house team had to assist due to technical issues and poor communication. The overseas team introduced a flawed SQL protection scheme that discriminated against certain names.
The Photon Matrix is a device that uses lasers to detect and kill airborne mosquitoes within 3 milliseconds. It has a 90-degree scanning range and can dispatch up to 30 mosquitoes per second.
People who prioritize freedom and hobbies experience increased happiness, while those focusing on achievement feel less happy. Valuing 'hedonism' and 'self-direction' led to an 8% rise in well-being and a 10% reduction in stress and anxiety.
NASA's New Horizons spacecraft used the parallax effect to determine its position in the galaxy, marking the first example of interstellar navigation. The method, which compares star positions from different viewpoints, was used to locate the probe within a 60 million kilometer radius.
Congestion pricing in the city has reduced traffic by 11% and traffic delays by 25% in the first six months. The program has also increased transit ridership and improved air quality and noise pollution.
Scientists study red sprites, green ghosts, and blue jets in the upper atmosphere during thunderstorms. These transient luminous events or TLEs are mysterious, beautiful, and connected to weather, space, and electricity.
A Canadian man using the pseudonym Andrew Frelon created a fake AI music band called The Velvet Sundown, duping journalists and gaining a million monthly listeners on Spotify. He apologized for hurting people with his experiment, but says it's too fascinating to turn away from.
Researchers developed Centaur, an AI model simulating human mind behavior, trained on Psych-101 data from 160 psychology experiments. Critics question its genuine reflection of human cognition due to limitations and narrow dataset scope.
The US Senate passed the GENIUS Act, a bill that could shake the stablecoin market and restore US control over the dollar. The bill aims to restrict stablecoin issuers and obtain technical control over foreign-issued stablecoins, potentially creating a 'digital faucet' to control global stablecoin flow.
Inspired by a hacker space in Seattle, you're considering overhauling your garage to create a computer-oriented space for kids. You're seeking advice on how to establish a space for a nascent computer club.
The paper is well-researched and provides valuable insights. It is recommended to accept this paper for publication.
The simple-chromium-ai library provides a lightweight TypeScript wrapper for Chrome's AI Prompt API, offering simplicity and type safety. It handles initialization, session management, and error handling for AI model usage.
The score function Σ(n) is normalized by the stopping time τn, resulting in a ratio. The ant's distance to the origin is measured by α and γ, with a ratio of γ/α.
A 5-foot-long handwritten document titled "A Resolution and Protest Against Slavery" was discovered in a Massachusetts archive, signed by 116 New England ministers in 1847. The document shows the ministers' commitment to ending slavery, 14 years before the start of the Civil War.
Mirage is a real-time generative engine using AI World Models for live UGC gameplay. It enables dynamic, interactive, and sustained gameplay through natural language, keyboard, or controller input.
The user discusses the hypothetical scenario of AGI and its potential impact on the world, noting that it would likely benefit countries with a large services economy and exacerbate existing wealth disparities. They speculate on various outcomes, including the rise of resource-rich countries, the erosion of borders, and the potential for AGI to be used as a tool for manipulation or control.
This COBOL project showcases calculators with different paradigms and features like emoji support. It includes test suites and runners for demonstration purposes.
A genetic algorithm evolves a 100x100 pixel art image by iteratively improving RGB values through selection, crossover, and mutation operations. The algorithm recreates a target image over 50 generations with a population size of 6 individuals per pixel.
Tracking Meta's strategic AI talent acquisitions and their impact on the artificial intelligence landscape. Comprehensive database of high-profile hires from top tech companies.
Luigi Lineri has spent 50 years collecting and categorizing stones from the Adige River in Northern Italy. His extensive collection of thousands of stones, sorted by shape, adorns his home in a quirky and imaginative display.
US Treasury Secretary Bessent announced several trade-related announcements within the next 48 hours. The US will achieve economic growth without causing inflation.
RV living is gaining popularity among younger digital nomads due to its freedom and minimalist lifestyle, but zoning laws and health codes often restrict permanent RV dwelling. Some states like Florida, Texas, and Oregon have less restrictive laws, allowing RV owners to live on private land with minimal regulations.
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Rene Turcios, a 29-year-old former pro Yu-Gi-Oh player, has become a hackathon king in San Francisco by using AI to code. He has attended over 200 events, winning cash and software credits, and now runs his own AI agents startup.
Scientists from the University of Vienna discovered how the fetal-maternal interface evolved over millions of years, revealing a conserved feature of mammalian evolution. Their findings suggest that evolution favored coordination between mother and fetus, challenging the traditional view of a "mother-fetus power struggle".
Branch instructions in a CPU program make decisions by jumping to a target instruction based on conditions. Optimizing branch instructions can improve performance by reducing complexity, using direct branches, and minimizing mispredictions.
Rene Turcios, a 29-year-old former pro Yu-Gi-Oh player, has become a hackathon king in San Francisco by using AI to code. He has attended over 200 events, winning cash and software credits, and now runs his own AI agents startup.
The BreakerMachines gem provides a Ruby implementation of the Circuit Breaker pattern for reliable distributed systems protection. It offers customizable circuit breakers for services like payment and webhook delivery with fallback and retry options.
Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and University of Tennessee developed new photodetectors using tantalum iridium telluride, a 2D-correlated topological semimetal. These detectors show promise for highly sensitive room-temperature THz sensing with fast speeds and broadband capabilities.