The US defense industry's reliance on obsolete technology and lack of skilled workers led to production delays and shortages during the Ukraine war. The industry's focus on cost-cutting and optimization has left it vulnerable to crises.
Linux 7.0 has been released and Asahi progress report includes updates to the Asahi Installer, which now supports UEFI-only installation and firmware updates for ALS and other hardware. The report also covers various hardware improvements, including PMP support, Bluetooth and WiFi coexistence, display controller work, and audio stack progress, as well as upcoming releases and gratitude to supporters.
A GoDaddy employee transferred a 27-year-old domain without validation, and the company's support team failed to resolve the issue for four days. The domain was eventually recovered by a stranger who accidentally received it, highlighting a major security flaw in GoDaddy's transfer process.
Headspace app is silently appearing on iPhone 13 Pro around 1pm EST daily. Reports of similar issue on Reddit suggest it may be a widespread iOS issue.
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The domain name friendster.com was bought for $7456 in an auction and later sold for $20k in Bitcoin. The new owner created a social network with unique features like phone tapping to connect friends and fading connections to encourage in-person interactions.
The EU Age Verification app is a reference implementation with several problems, including a fallback to normal KYC providers, attestation lock-in to Google or Apple devices, and weaker cryptography than advertised. The app's design relies on wallet behavior for unlinkability, not cryptographic guarantees.
The future of software engineering will belong to those who use AI to augment their skills, not replace them, by focusing on judgment, clarity, and original thought. Effective engineers will know what to delegate to AI and what to own, turning time savings into better thinking and avoiding the trap of shallow understanding and imitation.
A statechart is a visual formalism for complex systems that solves state explosion problems in state machines. It's a great communicator and can be used as an exploratory tool for non-developers and QA.
Sabastian Sawe made history by becoming the first athlete to run a sub-two-hour marathon in a competitive race, crossing the line in 1:59:30. Tigst Assefa also broke her own women's world record in a women-only field, finishing in 2:15:41.
SWE-bench Verified, a benchmark for autonomous software engineering, has contamination issues due to publicly available data and flawed test cases, making it unsuitable for measuring model progress. A new benchmark, SWE-bench Pro, is recommended for reporting results due to lower contamination risk and more robust test cases.
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Waymo's self-driving taxis in London are programmed to veer into cycle lanes for pickups and drop-offs, despite being illegal and unsafe. Cycling campaigners claim this is a normal practice, as customers expect to be dropped off in bike lanes.
Researchers at Mz* Baltazar's Lab developed a method to create PCBs from natural clay, using a 3D printed stamp and a low-energy firing process. The project aims to create sustainable and locally sourced hardware, reducing the reliance on conflict minerals and promoting fair trade practices.
A new version of GnuPG, 2.5.19, is available with several new features and bug fixes. It is recommended to update to this version before the old 2.4 series reaches end-of-life in two months.
The Super Nintendo had various enhancement chips, including the SA-1, CX4, and GSU-1, which improved performance and added features to games. These chips were used in a total of 72 games.
Dillo 3.3.0 adds new features, configuration options, and bug fixes, including experimental FLTK 1.4 support and a new dilloc program for command-line control. It also introduces page actions, OAuth authentication, and remote control via a UNIX socket.
SentinelLABS uncovered a 2005 cyber sabotage framework, fast16, targeting high-precision calculation software with a kernel driver that patches code in memory to tamper with results. The framework was designed for strategic sabotage, introducing small but systematic errors into physical-world calculations.
Monarch butterflies are declining due to pesticides, habitat loss, and climate change, with a 99% chance of extinction by 2080. Conservationists are working to protect the species, using methods like habitat restoration and tracking monarch migrations to increase their chances of survival.
Eden AI provides a unified API for accessing various AI models. It offers flexible routing, automatic model switching, and built-in fallback mechanisms for high availability and efficient usage.
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At least 10 US scientists connected to nuclear and aerospace research have died or disappeared in recent years, prompting concerns of a possible sinister connection. The FBI is investigating the cases, working with other agencies to find answers and potential links.
This textbook provides a clear introduction to thermodynamics for university students and engineers, covering key concepts with examples and problems. It also includes historical explorations to connect ideas to their origins and impact.
A software exhibit that allows you to explore Zork and also Zork's source code at the same time.
A company, Ascensio System SIA, added a restriction to their software, Onlyoffice, licensed under AGPLv3, requiring users to display their trademarked logo. This restriction is considered a "further restriction" that users can remove under AGPLv3Β§7ΒΆ4.
Companies that stop hiring junior engineers due to AI may face a talent pipeline crisis in the future. This is because senior engineers will eventually retire, and without a junior pipeline, companies will struggle to replace them.
The article explains how floating point numbers work, including their representation in base-2 scientific notation, and how they are encoded into binary format using the IEEE 754 standard. It also discusses the limitations and quirks of floating point numbers, including rounding errors, subnormals, and the behavior of NaNs and infinities.
MIT engineers found that rice seeds germinate faster when exposed to the sound of rain. The sound vibrations dislodge statoliths, tiny gravity-sensing organelles, stimulating seed growth.
adidas athletes Sabastian Sawe and Yomif Kejelcha broke the sub-2-hour marathon barrier at the London Marathon. Sabastian and Tigist Assefa set new world records in their respective categories.
YourMemory is a persistent memory layer for AI agents that uses the Ebbinghaus forgetting curve to simulate human memory. It supports multiple agents with isolated memories and controlled access to shared context.
The user built an automated screenshot system for a help centre in Jelly, using Rake tasks and a headless Chrome browser. This system updates screenshots automatically when the UI changes, reducing maintenance and keeping the help centre current.
A user restored a Commodore C900 prototype to working condition after years of inactivity. The restoration involved reverse-engineering and digital archaeology to fix issues with the power supply, keyboard, and hard drive.
The original scenario involves a blue and red button where more than 50% choosing blue ensures everyone survives, otherwise only red button pressers survive. The likeliest outcome is nearly 50% choose blue, resulting in half the world dying.
Professor Alan J. Perlis discusses his experience with APL, a programming language that he finds elegant and expressive. He notes that APL's unique properties, such as its ability to express complex ideas in a concise manner, make it a valuable tool for programming.
A scientist, Pablo Burraco, discovered a dark-colored tree frog in Chernobyl's exclusion zone, sparking a question about radiation's impact on local wildlife. Research suggests some species may have adapted to radiation, but the evidence is still debated among scientists.
The FCC banned new US-made home routers due to national security concerns, but existing devices and FOSS routers like OpenWrt are unaffected. The FCC's decision may restrict software updates to existing hardware, but users can still install community software like OpenWrt.
Sabastian Sawe broke the marathon world record with a time of 1:59:30, becoming the first man under 2:00 in an official race. He was closely followed by Yomif Kejelcha, who ran 1:59:41 in his marathon debut.
The user created a homebrew Twitch Plays Pokemon emulator using MoQ, a cloud-based streaming platform, to save bandwidth and CPU. The emulator uses MoQ's discovery mechanism to find available games and players, demonstrating how to use MoQ for robots and other applications.
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Create a private game and share the code, or join a friend's game with theirs. Jump into a game against a random opponent. Pick a time control or play without one.
You're building WKID, a BrowserID-style identity provider for your personal projects. WKID is a lightweight, federated, and private IdP that uses email domains for authentication, allowing you to control your own authentication flows.
Pentagon emails suggest retaliatory measures against alliance members not supporting US-Israel war in Iran. European leaders, including Spain's SΓ‘nchez and China's president, promote cooperation and reject conflict.
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The scene describes a moment of tension and pain as Thezea struggles to breathe, while Sartha and Jonathan discuss a legend and the Party's hold. A dark presence looms, and they decide to keep the wolves separated.
remoto.el registers a read-only GitHub file system in Emacs, enabling standard file operations via the GitHub API. It provides a simple way to browse GitHub repos without cloning them.
A complex winter scene - perfect for stress-testing classification (snow, hunters, dogs, village, ice skating) the port takes advantage of calcareous sandstonen(kurkar) reefs that createa natural. breakwater and safe haven after 1965 the jaffa port gradually began to sink; after that it was no longer used for cargo. the image was taken from the famous 'black cat
The user built a dial telephone system with eight extensions, a central office line, and features like ring pattern selection, call forwarding, and DTMF tone detection. The system uses an 8031 microcontroller, EPROM, and SRAM to control relays, generate tones, and sequence digital signals, resulting in a functional and entertaining telephone system.
The Knight Programming Language. Contribute to knight-lang/knight-lang development by creating an account on GitHub.
Implementing custom timers on x86 Linux can speed up timestamping by 30% without sacrificing precision, but requires understanding Linux clocks and vDSO internals. By bypassing vDSO and using the TSC, developers can achieve highly predictable latency and reduce timing overhead, but must consider cache misses and kernel updates.
HSL is a license that protects human creativity by requiring commercial licenses from large companies and AI users. It keeps software free for communities and consulting services while capturing value from those who profit most.
Apple and Porsche created affordable products by stripping down existing models and focusing on what's essential, then adding unique features to make them exciting. This approach reveals what customers value and can lead to a deeper understanding of the tool and one's capabilities.
Learn how startup equity really works β from founding to IPO. An interactive 9-stage journey through SAFEs, option pools, dilution, vesting, and exits.