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Jason Williams, a senior software engineer at Bloomberg, discusses the development of Temporal, a new JavaScript API for dates and times. Temporal is the result of nearly a decade of work and represents a major improvement over the existing Date API.
The post argues that AI is not a game changer but a continuation of progress, and people should focus on creating value rather than playing zero sum games. It advises against rent seeking and instead encourages creating more value than consumed to be welcome in any community.
WebAssembly has made significant progress since its release in 2017, but its adoption is limited due to being a second-class language on the web. WebAssembly Components could provide a first-class experience by allowing direct access to web APIs without JavaScript glue code.
The MacBook Neo is a $600 laptop that uses Apple's A18 Pro chip, offering impressive performance and features like a bright display and good sound quality. It's a great option for those who want a small, portable Mac for everyday tasks, and it's also a good alternative to iPads for users who prefer a keyboard and MacOS.
Remember flipping through the TV guide? Channel Surfer turns your YouTube subscriptions into a retro cable TV experience. Import your channels, tune in, and let it play.
An autonomous security agent discovered a SQL injection vulnerability in McKinsey's internal AI platform Lilli, exposing sensitive data and allowing potential manipulation of the AI's output. The vulnerability was found in a publicly exposed API endpoint, highlighting the need for organizations to secure the prompt layer that governs AI system behavior.
A movement is growing in favor of wired headphones due to better sound quality and a backlash against technology. Sales of wired headphones have increased significantly in recent months, with some people finding them more comfortable and a symbol of a simpler time.
The Verge's AI reporter tried AI interview tools, finding them unnatural and biased, despite claims of reduced prejudice. AI-led job interviews are becoming common, but their effectiveness and fairness are still debated.
The author is frustrated with the increasing presence of AI-generated content on the internet, citing examples from Hacker News, Reddit, and LinkedIn. They long for a return to a more authentic online experience.
The Zig compiler has undergone significant changes including improved type resolution logic, better dependency loop error messages, and faster incremental compilation. Additionally, the Zig standard library has made progress in preferring the Native API over Win32 and has started to delete redundant code by providing libc functions as Zig standard library wrappers.
LEGO maintains 0.01mm mold tolerances for precise fit. This allows bricks from 1958 to snap onto modern bricks.
bitnet.cpp is an official inference framework for 1-bit LLMs that achieves speedups of 1.37x to 6.17x and reduces energy consumption by 55.4% to 82.2% on CPUs. It supports fast and lossless inference of 1.58-bit models on CPU and GPU, and can run a 100B BitNet b1.58 model on a single CPU at speeds comparable to human reading.
The Baochip-1x is a microcontroller with a Memory Management Unit (MMU), a feature that sets it apart from other small CPUs, and it's now available for developers to use. The chip was made possible through a collaboration with Crossbar, Inc., and it's being sold through a pre-order campaign to build a community around it and pave the way for a fully open-source silicon-to-software future.
Wiz has officially joined Google, combining innovation and scale to change cloud security. The company remains committed to protecting organizations' workloads and applications, now accelerating progress with AI-powered security.
Site Spy is a website monitoring tool that tracks pages for changes automatically and notifies you instantly. It offers a free plan and paid upgrades for more features like faster checks and email notifications.
British Parliament voted to remove hereditary aristocrats from the House of Lords, ending centuries of tradition. The change aims to make the upper chamber more democratic and representative of the UK.
Scientific fraud is a growing problem, with coordinated activities and entities facilitating systematic fraud, evading interventions, and targeting specific subfields. A study identified networks of cooperating individuals and entities producing fraudulent science at scale, with some editors and authors showing anomalous patterns of behavior.
Researchers found that AI models' performance on benchmarks does not accurately reflect their real-world usefulness, with a significant gap between automated grader scores and maintainer review decisions. The study suggests that benchmarks should be viewed as one piece of evidence rather than decisive, and that more elicitation or human feedback is needed to accurately assess AI capabilities.
The user optimized the arcsine function for use in a ray tracing application, initially using a Taylor series approximation and later discovering a faster and more accurate implementation from Nvidia's Cg Toolkit. This implementation, known as the "CG asin" approximation, was found to be significantly faster than the original implementation, with a speedup of up to 1.8985x on certain hardware ...
The user created their own text editor, Howl, after being dissatisfied with existing options, and through a process of iterative development and learning, they achieved a high level of customization and performance. The experience of building their own editor reignited their passion for programming and led to a deeper understanding of various technologies, including regex, ANSI, and TUI design.
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A new AI operating system takes objectives, giving users a persistent digital proxy. It provides secure, always-on access to files, apps, and sessions from any device.
Basel-Stadt suspended its e-voting pilot after failing to count 2,048 votes due to decryption issues. The canton will delay voting figures confirmation and suspend e-voting until December.
The user traveled from Lima, Peru to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil by bus in 2025, taking a route through Puno and southern Bolivia. The trip was straightforward and easy, with frequent buses available, but safety concerns existed on mountainous routes in Bolivia.
I lost my Twitter handle @hac due to inactivity and it's now owned by X, set to be auctioned for around $100k. To prevent this, Twitter users must sign in every 30 days and stay updated on TOS changes.
Go 1.26 introduces an all-new source-level inliner to help modernize Go code. The inliner replaces function calls with their bodies, enabling self-service API migration and upgrades with the //go:fix inline directive.
The Department of War's declaration of Anthropic as a supply chain risk due to their refusal to remove redlines on mass surveillance and autonomous weapons raises concerns about the government's leverage over private AI companies and the potential for mass surveillance. The user argues that regulation of AI is not the solution, as it could lead to government control over the technology and ...
A Philippines-based woman earns under $2 per hour pretending to be a paid OnlyFans model in online chats. She and other workers are concerned about the largely unregulated nature of this type of online work and potential exploitation.
Klaus is a user-friendly, cloud-based OpenClaw distribution with preconfigured integrations and smart permissions. It automates tasks and manages data securely across various platforms and devices.
ABP reformats web navigation into a discrete, multimodal chat format. It embeds an HTTP server in the browser process for direct access to browser components.
The user discusses Mathematica's handling of trigonometric identities, specifically inverse hyperbolic functions. Mathematica's results for Sinh[ArcCosh[x]] are not always as expected due to the definition of arccosh(x) requiring a branch cut.
Alex Wakeman explains how selective breeding turned wild cabbage into various crops like broccoli and Brussels sprouts. Ancient people selected for denser leaves, inflorescences, or edible buds to create different Brassica oleracea varieties.
Astrid Eichhorn is a physicist investigating asymptotic safety, a theory where the laws of physics stop changing at the Planck scale. She aims to show that a fractal-like space-time is a natural assumption, allowing for predictions using quantum field theory.
Signed Distance Fields (SDFs) are a mathematical way to define 3D objects, allowing for easy combination and procedural generation of complex scenes. A recursive divide and conquer algorithm and linear interpolation techniques can be used to render SDFs on a CPU, potentially making it possible to create 3D games without a GPU.
nah classifies commands by action type, not name, and logs decisions for inspectability. It allows customization through global and project-specific configs, with a deterministic layer and optional LLM resolution.
Refinery processes crude oil by heating, separating, and transforming its components. The goal is to produce usable fuels like Alkylate, Naphtha, and Ring molecules while removing impurities.
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C++26 deprecates ellipsis parameters without a preceding comma to improve C compatibility and reduce confusion with template parameter packs. This change adds a comma before the ellipsis in function parameters, making code more C-compatible and less confusing.
The IEEE floating-point standard discusses rounding error and its effects on various arithmetic operations, including addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division, and proposes methods to reduce or eliminate these errors. The standard also introduces concepts such as guard digits, ulps, and NaNs to handle special cases and improve the accuracy and portability of floating-point arithmetic.
The user purchased a Hyundai Kona EV, built their own home fueling infrastructure, and made various modifications to the car, including installing a "Yuppie Button" and removing the intrusive BlueLink system. They documented their experiences, including driving and charging the car, addressing issues such as tire problems, brake noises, and coolant pump leaks, and sharing their opinions on ...
Researchers led by UNSW Professor Ned Ekins-Daukes have developed a new data transfer method using negative luminescence from LEDs. This method allows for secret data transfer, potentially preventing hacking by making the data invisible to observers.
Hume AI's TADA resolves the mismatch between text and audio in LLM-based TTS systems. It generates speech faster and with less computational effort, virtually zero content hallucinations, and competitive voice quality.
User added examples to man pages of tcpdump and dig tools to help beginners. They found the experience rewarding and learned about the importance of accurate documentation.
Hisense TV sets have been criticized for forcing non-skippable ads on users, even after disabling ad options. Users can reportedly disable ads by contacting Hisense support, but the issue remains unclear and widespread.
Users are experiencing 401 errors and oauth issues with Claude, including long authentication times and failed logins. This appears to be a widespread issue affecting multiple users.
Iran has published a list of US tech companies with Israeli links, including Google, Microsoft, and IBM, as potential targets in the ongoing conflict. The companies operate in the Gulf region and have been accused of supplying technology to the Israeli military, with some having refuted these claims.
MPs rejected a Lords amendment to ban social media for under 16s, instead giving ministers broad powers to restrict internet access to under 18s. This could lead to ID checks, digital curfews, and restrictions on online content.
Phoenix reduced batch size from 2 18 to 2 16, eliminating gradient accumulation overhead, resulting in 1488 steps and improved val_bpb. Adjusting LRs may further improve small-batch training.
The source map format has evolved over the years, with the introduction of new features and improvements to address issues such as large file sizes and debugging complexities. A new official standard, ECMA-426, has been established to formalize the source map format and provide a platform for future development and collaboration among browsers, devtools, and bundlers.
Developers struggle with identity crisis due to changing work requirements from translating tickets to complex problem-solving. Organizations must adapt to help them transition or risk losing experienced talent.
The author, a 26-year CIA veteran, suffered a traumatic brain injury in 2017 and was one of hundreds of intelligence officers, diplomats, and military personnel affected by Havana Syndrome, a condition now officially designated as Anomalous Health Incidents. The author believes the US intelligence community's assessment of Havana Syndrome was flawed and that accountability is still needed, ...
Google is introducing AI agents to automate routine jobs at the Pentagon. The Gemini AI agents will initially operate on unclassified networks.
In the 1980s, filmmaker Chris Marker built a chatbot called Dialector. His life and work offer an uncanny lens on AI, language models, authorship, and memory.
The lab resets every 6 hours or when triggered by a CI. The traffic simulation is configurable through simulator.config.json The lab can also be run locally in the VM using Vagrant. Simulate lab subscribers connecting via DHCPv4 and generate traffic directly from the dashboard without requiring SSH or manual CLI commands.Broadband Network Gateways ( BNGs )
Fungal electronics are living devices made of mycelium that can change impedance and generate electrical potential in response to external control. They can be embedded in materials or used as standalone sensing and computing devices.
A study of 40 companies found AI usage increased by 65% but only led to a 9.97% increase in pull requests. Leaders may need to reset expectations as AI improves productivity but not as much as expected.
A friend reacted to an article idea about Atari 2600 BASIC by saying it's a mentally challenging job due to its limitations, including a 64-symbol program limit and only five math functions. The author plans to write functional programs within these constraints, starting with a simple dot-moving program.
Washington state House approved a state income tax on people earning over $1 million a year. The tax, which would bring in billions of dollars, is expected to be signed into law by Governor Bob Ferguson.
Claude's Status Page - Elevated errors on Claude.ai (including login issues for Claude Code).
PiClaw is a Docker-based sandbox for running the Pi Coding Agent in an isolated Debian environment. It bundles a web-first orchestrator with a streaming web UI and code editor.
The author questions the expectation of privacy with internet-connected devices, citing examples of Meta, Microsoft, and Google collecting user data for AI training and advertising. The reality is that devices can monitor users, even if they don't intend to.
Adding a type system to Elixir involves exploring the trade-offs between expressiveness and type safety, as seen in the example of a proposed Map.take!/2 function that raises if a key is not present in the map. The function's type signature is challenging to define due to the need to specify the exact shape of the return map, leading to discussions on the use of macros, distributive ...
Researchers developed JEPA-v0, a self-supervised audio encoder that learns to represent speech and music in a way that preserves speaker characteristics and emotional tone. The model uses a novel approach called Joint-Embedding Predictive Architecture (JEPA) to learn rich representations of audio, but it currently struggles to capture phonemic sequences and speech meaning, requiring further ...
AutoKernel is a GPU kernel optimization tool inspired by @karpathy/autoresearch. It uses a PyTorch model, modifies one file at a time, and runs a fixed evaluation to optimize Triton kernels.
The author argues that while recursive functions can be transformed into iterative ones, the iterative approach often introduces incidental complexity and makes it harder to understand and modify the code.
The author learned to inline skate after 20 years and initially fell a lot but made faster progress. They realized that being afraid of falling holds adults back from learning new skills and achieving their best.
Asus co-CEO S.Y. Hsu says Apple's $599 MacBook Neo is a shock to the PC industry, forcing a response from PC players. Hsu believes the MacBook Neo has limited appeal due to its unified memory and content consumption use case.
Prism is an AI video generator for short-form content on TikTok, Reels, and Shorts from text prompts. It integrates AI models for various styles and exports videos in multiple resolutions up to 4K.
Michael Faraday, a renowned 19th-century scientist, was a committed Christian who believed his faith influenced his scientific research. His Christian perspective shaped his approach to science, emphasizing the importance of observed facts, laws, and the unity of nature.
Tort law is not just about recognizing relational wrongs, but also about holding defendants morally responsible for causing unjust damage to others, even if they did not intend to harm them. The common law tort system is more complex and nuanced than the Palsgraf principle suggests, and its underlying moral commitments are better understood through the "pigeonhole perspective," which focuses ...
People are pushing for AI to write all code due to a mix of jealousy and practical reasons, including the difficulty of building real systems and the limited number of skilled engineers. AI will augment, not replace, top engineers who use it to become more effective, while less skilled workers are at risk of being detected.
The US is transferring missile-defence systems from South Korea to Iran, raising questions about its military commitments in the Asia-Pacific. This move has Manila questioning whether the US is a strategic partner or just a supplier.
The article discusses the limitations of AI-based troubleshooting, particularly with ChatGPT, which relies heavily on Terminal commands. These commands often lack safeguards and can cause damage or mislead users.
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This platform provides real-time metrics and logs, error surfacing, and resource monitoring with autonomous scaling. It offers pay-per-minute pricing and automated deployment for various applications without configuration or setup.
The system provides tools for session analysis, conversation history, and root-cause diagnosis to improve LLM performance and user experience. It allows for turn-by-turn inspection, conversation filtering, and suggested prompt or code fixes.
The user found a reasonably priced Zipp 2001 bicycle frame on Ebay and Craigslist after years of searching. They plan to upgrade the frame with modern components, including thru-axles and disc brakes, and repaint it in a unique, sparkly design.
Hurricane Electric offers a free IPv6 tunnel broker service for developers and experimenters with 24/7 support and diverse tunnel servers worldwide. Users can register and activate their tunnel in under a minute with automatic configuration commands for various platforms.
The wealthy play a game of accumulation on society's lives, using their power to manipulate markets and control systems. Recognizing this game doesn't free us, but rather requires a shift in perspective and a new understanding of what life is for.
AI-assisted autonomous translations are becoming economically viable due to model capabilities, but current demos have failed to meet expectations. Translation harnesses need improvement, and the field is expected to advance with better models and testing techniques.
A pedagogical C interpreter with time-travel debugging is built in Rust with a terminal-based UI. It has a modular design with focused submodules for engine, operator evaluation, loop control, and heap serialization.
Researchers in Germany successfully cryopreserved and thawed mouse brains using vitrification, preserving some brain functionality. The method could potentially lead to protecting the brain during disease or injury and even whole-body cryopreservation of mammals.
Server logs show automated probes targeting sensitive files. Intentionally disrupting these probes is illegal, even if they target your system first.
WordPress introduces my.WordPress.net, a browser-based platform allowing users to create and work with WordPress without sign-up, hosting, or domain decisions. This approach reframes WordPress as a personal workspace for thinking, learning, and experimenting without pressure.
Will Self has blood cancer and is writing a new book, The Quantity Theory of Morality, which explores mortality and morality in a secular society. He is unrepentant about his past controversies and is focused on making a moral point about the consequences of individual self-gratification.
MetaGenesis Core verifies computational results offline with one command, no model access required. It creates tamper-evident bundles with two verification layers for independent auditability.
Ice is a fast, open-source PHP framework frozen in C-extension, offering improved scalability and performance. It provides a powerful Model, auth module, and Validation class for database manipulation and user authentication.
Country selection forms often rely on slow and hard to navigate native HTML selects with 195 options. A better approach is to use a modal select with filtering and smarter search matching for a better user experience.
Bobby Harrison, a 68-year-old photographer, has spent decades searching for the ivory-billed woodpecker in Arkansas swamps, driven by a lifelong quest to prove its existence. He believes the bird still lives in the wild, despite the US Fish & Wildlife Service's impending decision to declare it extinct.
A Lego collector's sorting process typically starts with unsorted bricks, then progresses through various methods such as sorting by set, color, and type, eventually leading to a complex system of bins, drawers, and categorization. As the collection grows, the sorting system evolves to accommodate new pieces, sets, and storage solutions, often resulting in a unique and personalized system.
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We build a computer inside a transformer β executing arbitrary C programs for millions of steps with exponentially faster inference via 2D attention heads.