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Deno filed a petition to cancel Oracle's JavaScript trademark, hoping it will become public domain. Discovery is underway, and funds are needed to support expert witnesses and surveys to prove JavaScript's generic nature.
Ruby Central revoked access to RubyGems, a hostile action against its 10-year maintainers, despite it being a mistake. Maintainer restored previous permissions after talking to Marty, admitting to the error.
A former editor-in-chief of How-To Geek now promotes free YouTube downloaders, including Stacher for Windows, yt-dlp for the command line, and NewPipe for Android, which allow users to back up important videos. They argue Google's tacit approval of YouTube downloaders helps keep videos available offline despite YouTube's terms of service.
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Iberian harvester ant queens can lay eggs that hatch into a different species, the builder harvester ant, defying a fundamental biology principle. This discovery may cause scientists to redefine a species as two species are needed in this case, Messor ibericus and M. structor.
The author built a 10-node Pi 5 cluster for AI and HPC, spending around $3,000. The cluster is efficient, quiet, and compact but lacks the performance of a Framework Desktop cluster at the same price.
User experienced unemployment for 14 months, then found a job at Microsoft, but it was a poor fit, before transitioning to a happier position in non-tech field. They are focused on creating opportunities in tech with a body of work and also prioritize leisure activities like running, woodworking, and spending time with family.
User describes a man who has four stages of excitement and disillusionment with large language models before going back to roots and exploring Markov chains.
The FTC sued Live Nation and Ticketmaster for allegedly colluding with ticket resellers to hike prices and charge excessive fees. The companies may face substantial damages for violating consumer protection laws.
The US SEC dropped its fraud case against Nikola's founder Trevor Milton due to his presidential pardon by Trump, ending a five-year ordeal. Milton is now seeking $69 million in legal fees from Nikola, despite the company arguing his actions were "grossly negligent" and "in bad faith".
More sunlight benefits heart and immune systems, but be cautious of sunburn. Millions of people in the northern hemisphere seek warmer destinations for sun rays during the winter months.
Gemini in Chrome assists with AI help directly in the browser. It uses open tabs to provide relevant responses to key takeaways and answers.
The author misses the curious, tinkerer mindset that drives innovation in software development, where individuals create something new without expectations of profit or fame. This mindset is slowly disappearing as developers focus on metrics, revenue optimizations, and building for a niche audience.
David Lynch's Hollywood Hills home, designed by Lloyd and Eric Wright, is listed for $15 million after being his creative sanctuary for decades. This sprawling Mid-Century modern estate comprises seven structures, including a 2,000 sq ft house with 10 bedrooms and 11 bathrooms.
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A multikernel architecture patch series was introduced to enable multiple kernels to coexist and communicate on a single machine for improved fault isolation, security, and resource utilization. The patch series adds support for multiple kernel instances, inter-kernel communication, and monitoring interfaces.
Discover real-world Elixir solutions in our directory of applications, libraries, and organizations using the Elixir programming language.
Google requires verified developer registration for apps to be installed from outside its ecosystem. Users may not be able to sideload even verified apps without an active network connection.
StringZilla v4, a SIMD-first string processing library, is now capable of accelerated performance on both CPUs and GPUs, featuring over 500 GigaCUPS of edit-distance calculations. Its features include parallel multi-pattern search, sorting algorithms, and string similarity kernels, all under a permissive Apache 2.0 license.
FCC Chairman Brendan Carr targets ABC, NBC over alleged rule violations on The View and late night shows. He threatens to strip licenses if they don't comply with Equal Opportunities Rule.
Notion's AI Agents can be exploited if an attacker embeds a malicious prompt into a file, tricking the AI into exfiltrating sensitive data. This is known as an indirect prompt injection attack, which can occur through various sources connected to Notion.
Zedis is a Redis-compatible data store written in Zig with a focus on simplicity, performance, and thread safety. It can be built and run using zig build and zig build run commands.
To play Minecraft without actually executing Mojang code, you can use a custom cleanroom implementation of the game through a Cuberite server, ViaProxy Protocol Translator, and a Minosoft client software. This requires a 64-bit computer with at least 4 GB RAM, an OpenGL graphics card, and a Java 17 JDK to run all components smoothly, including the client and proxy.
iTerm2 includes a built-in web browser that fits into its existing window hierarchy. It offers features like private browsing and password management within a unified terminal and web experience.
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Intel's high-end Arc Battlemage B770 desktop GPU is reportedly alive, with specs including 32 Xe cores and a 256-bit bus, despite facing inconsistent performance and limited supply. Intel may cancel desktop Arc GPUs, effectively ending its struggling GPU business.
The AI industry is driven by hype surrounding the technology's capabilities, with proponents like Ray Kurzweil making extravagant claims about its future, such as merging with AI, uploading minds, and achieving immortality. However, AI is a limited technology with only marginal applications, and its successful implementations will be heavily promoted, while the industry's neglect of its ...
Residents in UK retirement villages face service charges and fees that can exceed £524 per month and £500 annually. The system often feels exploitative due to lack of regulation and unclear models.
oLLM is a Python library for running large-context LLM inference on consumer GPUs. It supports models like gpt-oss-20B and Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct with ~$200 GPU and 8GB VRAM.
Scientists have developed a simple and cheap take-home test called Fastball EEG to detect Alzheimer's earlier than traditional clinical diagnosis. The test uses brain wave activity and can identify people at risk of developing Alzheimer's before symptoms appear.
The Classical Ising Model is a statistical physics system explaining magnetic materials and phase transitions. It's implemented with 1D Metropolis and Glauber Monte Carlo simulations and exact solution utilities.
User's PC with Windows 11 and a powerful graphics card experiences YouTube freezing when running alongside other programs or opening the YouTube 'My Videos' tab but works in fullscreen. Possible cause suspected, possibly an intentional act by YouTube due to ad blockers or other restrictions.
The European Space Agency's (ESA) reusable rocket demonstrator Themis is standing at its launch pad in Kiruna, Sweden, with the first vehicle model fully assembled and ready for a first flight. Themis is set to be the first European demonstration of a full-scale reusable rocket stage using cryogenic propulsion.
This repo provides an implementation of the GNU Interface Layer (GIL) and standard library for g++. The above command only works if you invoke g++ from the root of this repo; otherwise, you will have to provide the full path to the required abstract system emulator drivers (ased) folder.
BYD unveiled HaoHan, a single-unit DC battery block with 14.5 MWh capacity and a proprietary grid-forming inverter for energy storage market. HaoHan features a 2,710 Ah Blade Battery cell, achieving three times conventional storage battery capacity and reducing total lifecycle cost per kilowatt-hour to below CNY 0.1.
Bluefin LTS, a long-term support desktop, and Bluefin GDX, an AI workstation, are now Generally Available (GA).
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The US has a problem with employers exploiting the H-1B visa program to replace American workers with lower-paid labor. This has harmed the US economy and national security.
A US court ruled against reinstating about $1 billion in cancelled NSF research grants, deeming it "retrospective relief" not within the DC District Court's jurisdiction. Research groups plan to challenge NSF's new grantmaking policy, allowing them to potentially scrutinise future grant decisions.
EU Data Act may kill contract-based ARR in Europe with "cancel anytime" subscriptions. Companies should focus on customer satisfaction and resilience in operations, not contract lock-in, to survive and differentiate.
I built a vintage TV interface for my dad's 50th birthday in 2017, using a raspberry pi to play 70s-80s TV shows.
User's iPhone 13 mini experiences poor performance after updating to iOS 26, which is a shockingly bad experience. They hope Apple will improve the update's performance without pushing an obsolescence agenda.
The essay discusses AI capabilities, including its potential for predictive analysis and composing music, also referencing a scenario from AI 2027 predicting AI's rapid progress between 2027 and 2029.
Researchers created the 8 terabyte "Common Pile" dataset for open-licensed pretraining of Large Language Models. Two models, Comma v0.1-1T and Comma v0.1-2T, trained on this dataset showed competitive performance with similar models trained on unlicensed text.
Rising grocery prices due to supply chain disruptions, pandemic, war, and tariffs are causing stress and financial burdens for many Americans. People are coping by buying cheaper products, shopping around, and skipping meals to manage their expenses.
Notion 3.0 introduces AI Agents that can perform tasks in Notion, from creating docs to building databases and executing workflows. Agents can be personalized and soon teams will have Custom Agents to automate different workflows.
Research is lacking on the time developers spend on error detection and handling. Estimated numbers range from 1995 claims that it makes up more than two-thirds of code in production systems.
The speaker criticizes David Heinemeier Hansson, creator of Rails, for his shift to the far right and racist views. They claim Rails' leadership, beholden to Shopify money, fails to address DHH's problematic behavior.
Mikhail Budyko and Valerio Lucarini studied climate tipping points in the 1960s and 1970s, which could lead to abrupt and drastic shifts in Earth's climate.
Blots is a small, expression-oriented programming language for quick calculations and data transformation, particularly with JSON. It can be installed with Homebrew on macOS and has a language support extension for VSCode.
Count Folke Bernadotte was assassinated in Jerusalem on September 17, 1948. He was trying to broker a peace deal between Israel and Arabs after a Swedish rescue mission saved over 17,000 people, mostly Jews, from Nazi camps during WWII.
The user explores different methods to idle loop in user-land for a fixed amount of time, testing various techniques on Linux and Mac OS to prevent CPU optimization. Seven methods are presented including checking the time continuously, using compiler attributes, volatile variables, inline assembly, monotonic clock, and an alarm function to signal the operating system to interrupt the loop ...
Rungis is Europe's largest fresh food market, located near Paris, where 13,000 people work daily to supply 60% of the Paris region's produce. The market's efficiency comes at the cost of severing historical ties to central Paris, changing the relationship Parisians have with their food.
The Byzantine Emperor Theodosius I closed pagan temples in AD 391, ending a 4,000 year old tradition of the ancient Egyptian language. Egyptian hieroglyphics were recovered through the Rosetta stone and deciphered by Jean-Francois Champollion in the 19th century.
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A well-defined unit of work in software development is crucial for productivity and accountability. It should be negotiable, break down complex tasks, and track progress clearly to achieve the best results.
A former Palantir employee Juan Sebastián Pinto speaks out against the company's role in perpetuating violence, particularly in Gaza and the US.
A US ally, South Korea, arrested hundreds of its citizens in Georgia, including Hyundai employees, after ICE agents mistakenly detained them for illegal immigration. The raid sparks outrage, threatening significant diplomatic and economic fallout, similar to concerns had if such an incident occurred in Mexico involving US citizens.
For edge case weights like { 5, 1, 1 } we now produce { a, a, b, a, c, a, a } sequence instead of { c, b, a, a, a, a, a } produced previously. Algorithm is as follows: on each peer selection we in...
Pelle Dragsted's book "Nordic Socialism" proposes democraticizing economic life through pluralist socialism and prioritizing non-reformist reforms. He argues societies are hybrids containing non-capitalist elements and seeks to expand these elements through democratic forms of ownership and work-based reforms.
A user cannot log in due to an invisible Unicode character in their email causing string inequality. This highlights the importance of testing for invisible bugs like zero-width spaces in input fields.
The author is blocking older browser versions to prevent crawlers from overloading Wandering Thoughts. This includes archive.today and archive.is, but a better behaved archival crawler is archive.org.
The program is a simple game called Air Attack presented in Games Apples Play, where players drop bombs to hit enemy ships. The goal is to score points while running out of bombs.
Nallely is an open-source platform for modular signal processing and creating meta-synths from various sources. It enables users to build and control MIDI brains using Python with a dynamic and extensible API.
Applicants can receive US residency via the Trump Gold Card through a vetting process after a $1 million contribution. Applicants for the Trump Platinum Card should join the waiting list now since it has not been released yet.
Typhoid deaths fell by two-thirds after cities built sand filtration systems and chlorinated water in the 1900s. Today, equivalent airborne threats can be addressed with far-UVC light, which cleans air safely and effectively.
Pocket Casts users are upset about revenue changes, especially a recent ad addition and potential monetization methods, after the app was acquired and changed from a one-time pay model to a subscription-based service. Some users suggest contributing to the community, using the open-sourced app, or considering alternative podcast services and self-hosting options to reduce costs.
China's gig workers are transforming its labor force with over 200m people in flexible work. Their fortunes will shape China's economy and society for years to come.