A team member used Copilot to edit a PR description, adding ads for itself and Raycast. This is seen as an abuse of the platform's features for self-promotion.
User wants to create a homebrew router using a Linux-powered device, such as a mini-PC, to bypass a US policy banning new consumer router imports.
The US government's mobile apps, including the White House app, request excessive permissions and embed trackers, violating users' privacy. These apps, part of a surveillance apparatus, collect sensitive data that feeds into ICE raids and warrantless location tracking.
Philadelphia courts ban smart eyewear with recording capabilities due to potential witness and juror intimidation. Those caught attempting to bring smart eyewear into courtrooms may be barred entry or arrested for criminal contempt.
LLMs can undermine authenticity and credibility by generating writing that lacks thought and understanding. Effective writing requires human thoughtfulness and effort to establish credibility and increase understanding.
Big AI labs are struggling due to high energy costs, reduced capital from the Gulf, and concerns about rate hikes. This could lead to a market downturn and affect public companies' balance sheets and growth prospects.
Generative AI companies are injecting ads into their products, with Microsoft's Copilot inserting ads into over 11,000 GitHub pull requests. This move is likely to become a new revenue stream for companies like OpenAI, which has already seen a $100 million annualized revenue from ChatGPT ads.
The demo scene initially tolerated copying due to technical limitations, but as it evolved, artists began to value originality and craft over plagiarism. Today, many sceners reject AI-generated art and plagiarism, valuing the creative process and technical limitations that define the scene.
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Apple Silicon M4 and M5 Macs have a limitation that prevents full-resolution HiDPI 4k modes on external displays due to a GPU driver policy. The limitation can be reproduced on M5 Max Macs using specific commands and cannot be bypassed by modifying EDID or DCP settings.
Washington state law signed by Rep Liz Berry outlaws noncompete agreements, effective June 30, 2027. Employers must notify workers about voided agreements by October 1, 2027.
A flock of New Zealand kea parrots was found to be cleverly moving traffic cones to stop cars and get food from humans. Researchers have developed various tests to measure bird intelligence, including the mirror test, Aesop's Fable, and delayed gratification test.
Webminal.org is a free Linux terminal practice site that has survived 15 years with 500k users, despite being built on outdated tech. It's maintained by two developers who met online and have kept it free, relying on personal savings to cover server costs.
User created an Excalidraw extension to generate SVGs for light and dark mode, but it caused frustration due to dependency on text changes. They then created a new extension that automatically exports frames as SVGs in both modes, allowing for local review and reference.
The user's writing skills have deteriorated due to over-reliance on AI tools for grammar and vocabulary checks, causing them to lose their unique voice and creative expression. They are seeking advice on how to regain their writing skills and focus on their own voice, rather than relying on AI assistance.
The FTC took action against OkCupid and Match Group for sharing users' personal info with an unrelated third party despite promises to protect it. OkCupid and Match are now prohibited from misrepresenting their privacy policies.
The article discusses the failures of various startup founders, including those from elite institutions like Stanford and MIT, who engaged in deceptive practices and scams, often with disastrous consequences. A humorous model is presented that attempts to predict startup success based on factors like founder credentials, funding, and industry, but is ultimately revealed to have a 0% accuracy rate.
The US Consumer Price Index has tracked inflation since 1913, revealing episodic regime breaks rather than gradual erosion. Four major inflationary episodes account for 72% of the total cumulative price increase.
A team created a touchscreen MacBook using a $1 mirror and computer vision, allowing for touch input without an external webcam. The system uses a webcam, mirror, and computer vision to translate finger movements into mouse events, making existing apps touch-enabled.
AI is a natural evolution of human tools, facilitating idea creation and dissemination. Its development should remain human-centered to enhance quality of life and expand human thought.
The author uses a four-part note-taking system, with the most useful method being writing by hand in paper notebooks. They date every page and use an index to organize their notes, allowing them to easily find information later.
Practice slash commands, hooks, and skills in a terminal simulator right in your browser. No setup, no API key. Interactive forms generate CLAUDE.md, hooks, and plugin configs you can copy straight into your project. Each module ends with a quiz. Answer wrong and you get the explanation, not just the answer.
A seminal 1952 paper lays the foundation for optimal control and reinforcement learning. bellman extended his work to continuous-time systems, turning the optimal condition into the pde. he estimates $v_kapprox valpha_j$ by monte carlo rollouts of the closed-loop sde and fits $v_theta$ via regression. $$ learned value function matches the exact power-law $
Android is rolling out developer verification to prevent malware and ensure user safety. Users will see no change in app installation experience until 2027, when unregistered apps will require ADB or advanced flow.
VHDL's delta cycle algorithm preserves determinism in a concurrent language by separating signal value updates and process evaluations into distinct phases. In contrast, Verilog's nonblocking assignments do not solve the problem of non-determinism in general, although they can provide determinism in synchronous designs.
Ghostmoon is a pre-release app that provides system control and utility features for macOS, including display management and network tools. It requires Gatekeeper approval or Terminal command to run, with optional donation for additional features.
AI coding agents will drastically alter exploit development, making it easier to find vulnerabilities in software. This shift will profoundly impact information security and the Internet, potentially rendering traditional countermeasures ineffective.
US corporate media generally serves business interests, often parroting CEOs' claims without context or challenge. This "CEO said a thing!" journalism has become normalized, prioritizing ad traffic over truth and public interest.
The author is concerned about social media's decline into a platform for automation and fake human interaction, where people use AI tools to post and comment on behalf of others. They advocate for authenticity and honesty, urging creators to be present and human on social media, rather than relying on virtual doubles.
Anchorgrid.ai's door detection service processes PDFs in 2-4 minutes per job, scaling with page count and complexity. Upgrading to Pro or Enterprise plans uses dedicated GPU infrastructure for faster detection.
The US war with Iran has weakened America's global influence, driven wedges between the US and its allies, and strengthened Russia and China. The US has abandoned its traditional alliances and now relies on coercion, making it a rogue superpower that will be lonely and dangerous.
The author built an NSFW filter for a search engine using a single hidden layer neural network, trained on a dataset of labeled search results. The filter was implemented from scratch and performed well, with a 20-30% agreement with a classifier using open-source models.
US President Donald Trump threatened to destroy Iran's energy resources and infrastructure if a deal is not reached, while Iran continued to attack Gulf neighbors and Israel launched new strikes on Iran. The war raged on with no end in sight, causing widespread destruction and civilian casualties.
AI tools are changing the landscape of software engineering, but the conversation is focused on code generation rather than the skills and judgment required to supervise AI. The structural problem is that AI handles tasks that used to train engineers, leaving a gap in the career ladder and raising questions about where the next generation of engineers will come from.
The author attended ATmosphereConf, a conference focused on the decentralized social media protocol ATProto, and was inspired by the community's efforts to create a more human internet. They believe ATProto has the potential to bring people together and create genuine connections, unlike mainstream social media platforms.
The S&P 500 index is down 7% year-to-date due to the "Hateful Eight" stocks, which account for 85% of the drawdown. These mega-cap tech stocks, including Microsoft, Nvidia, and Apple, have large weights and are causing the index's decline.
Cape hid an Easter egg in their privacy policy offering a free trip to Switzerland, and someone found it after reading the fine print. This highlights the importance of transparency in privacy policies, as most people don't read them and companies often hide data-sharing practices.
Real-time and historical data on Stripe system performance.
DigitalOcean increased its offering to over 10.38 million shares, expecting to close on March 26. The funding will be used for capacity expansion, paying down debt, and general corporate purposes.
Bitwarden's Agent Access SDK allows AI agents to access credentials with human approval, eliminating the need for agents to store API keys. OneCLI, an open-source gateway, injects credentials into requests at the network layer, ensuring secure credential handling.
User relied on Touch ID and muscle memory, leading to password reset issues. Resetting password caused keychain data loss, but restoring old data was simple by replacing the new keychain file with the old one.
This project is an Alpha HD Audio driver for Intel 915 and later chipsets, supporting Windows 98 SE and ME with known issues on Windows 98 First Edition. It's not well supported on Nvidia and AMD chipsets, and may cause garbled audio or hard freezes.
William Blake moved to Felpham in 1800 with his wife Catherine, seeking a change from London. He was inspired by the sea and its transformative power, which influenced his art and poetry.
Coasts is a CLI tool for running isolated dev environments on a single machine with a local UI. It works with existing Docker setups and is offline-first with no vendor lock-in risk.
Open source operating systems are not implementing age verification due to various laws and restrictions. Some developers plan to comply with age verification laws, but none have fully implemented it for Brazil or California.
Seeing individual atoms is impossible with light, but nuclear reactions like alpha particle emission from heavy elements like uranium can produce a visible flash. A scintillation screen coated with zinc sulfide can convert alpha particles' energy into light, allowing us to see thousands of momentary points of light around the source.
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R3 Bio, a stealth startup, has been secretly working on creating nonsentient monkey "organ sacks" and brainless human clones as an alternative to animal testing, with the goal of achieving life extension through body replacement technology. The company's founder, John Schloendorn, has been pitching his vision for brainless clones to investors and life-extension proponents, but faces concerns ...
Human Security's State of AI Traffic report found AI traffic grew 8 times faster than human traffic in 2025. AI traffic, driven by large language models, now eclipses human users on the internet.
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This clock displays the current time alphabetically. It is inspired by this post on Mastodon. In Three-Hand mode, the hours, minutes, and seconds are each independently sorted by their English spelling, with a hand for each.In Combined mode, every possible time (43,200 of them) is spelled out, sorted alphabetically, and a single needle points to the current one.
The Middle East's petro-monarchies' image as reliable oil suppliers has been shattered by the third Gulf war. The war has led to a surge in energy prices, potentially causing a recession.
To stand out in an AI-driven world, focus on building strong social capital through trust and emotional connections, and continuously learn new skills to stay adaptable. By being a connector, treating learning as a daily journey, and cultivating curiosity, you can distinguish yourself in a fast-changing tech landscape.
Mechanism design is a science of creating rules that align self-interest with the collective good, used in various cities to balance preservation and development. This approach has been successful in places like Montgomery County, New York, and Tokyo, but requires maintenance, transparency, and adaptation to work effectively.
I've run into the limits of current coding models. writing too much at once with under specified prompts is easy to get things back on track. most noticeably with inheritance and general oop concepts - they struggle to generate (but not understand) what i might call a typical system in an op paradigm with well defined abstractions. the last few weeks opus 4.6 seems to have got dumb again. ...
F5 Networks reclassified a BIG-IP APM vulnerability as critical-severity RCE flaw, warning of exploitation to deploy webshells. F5 advises checking BIG-IP systems for signs of malicious activity and securing systems against CVE-2025-53521 attacks.
AI singularity is not a single mind but a complex society of thought, with intelligence emerging from social and relational interactions. A new era of human-AI centaurs requires shifting from individual alignment to institutional alignment through digital protocols and checks and balances.
Phantom is a dedicated AI agent that runs on its own machine, installs software, and builds infrastructure without permission, allowing it to remember and learn over time. It can be controlled through Slack and has its own email address, creating tools and dashboards that can be shared with others.
A new study found that women with more sun exposure lived longer and had less heart disease, but the impact was small, adding only 7 months to 2 years to their life. The study's results are uncertain and may be due to other factors, such as healthier lifestyles among sun-exposed individuals.
Tickets should be outcome-shaped, not task-focused, to prevent agents from following narrow paths and introducing new bugs. Assigning big tasks and letting agents break them down is more effective than breaking tasks down upfront.
Developers built an autonomous agent that generates API integrations across five platforms in 15 minutes and under $20, using skills and a simple orchestrator. The agent learned from its mistakes and was improved with better instructions, tighter edit permissions, and explicit checks to produce trustworthy integrations.
Pretext is a browser library that calculates paragraph height without DOM interaction, using an array of tricks to make it faster. It separates calculations into prepare() and layout() functions, caching results for efficient word-wrapping logic.
Playing computer games like Diablo inspired my passion for software and design. Learning AI requires understanding its capabilities and using them efficiently, just like mastering spells in Diablo.