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A massive outage of the learning platform Canvas occurred after a ransom message from the ShinyHunters hacking group. The group claims to have breached 9,000 schools, affecting 275 million students and staff.
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The author is frustrated with the internet being overrun with AI-generated content that adds no value to communities. They argue that sharing low-quality AI work can be detrimental to communities and stifle organic growth.
'dirty frag' is a universal linux lpe that allows obtaining root privileges on all major distributions. once either target is corrupted, spawn /usr/bin/su - inside inside s fresh ttp and bridge the user's root to it. if the target reaches the /etc/passwd ro, it will be able to access the
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Reliable agents need deterministic control flow encoded in software, not elaborate prompt chains. Deterministic scaffolds and aggressive error detection are necessary for reliable systems prone to silent failure.
Donald Trump's oil market bets before announcements raise suspicions of insider trading. This undermines the oil futures market and contributes to a "predation economy" where success depends on connections rather than knowledge.
The user strongly advises against using WebRTC for voice AI due to its limitations and trade-offs, such as introducing artificial latency and aggressively dropping packets. The user suggests using QUIC instead, which offers better performance and scalability, and provides a detailed explanation of how QUIC can be used for load balancing and connection management.
ds4.c is a native inference engine for DeepSeek V4 Flash, a large language model with unique characteristics that make it suitable for local inference on high-end personal machines. The engine provides a Metal-only implementation with a KV cache that allows for long-context inference and persistence, and is designed to work with the DeepSeek V4 Flash GGUFs.
Fred Brooks managed IBM's System/360 in the 1960s and wrote influential book The Mythical Man-Month in 1975. The book emphasizes conceptual integrity in system design, simplicity, and straightforwardness to avoid communication issues and ensure effective work.
Brazil's Pix payment system has surpassed Visa and Mastercard in transaction volume, but faces a US-led commercial investigation into anti-competitive practices. The Brazilian government defends Pix, calling it a "national treasure" and enhancing its functionalities to promote competition.
The Pathways to Choice programme in northern Nigeria delayed girls' marriage by 80% and increased school attendance by 70 percentage points. This multipronged intervention had a net return of $1,627 per $1,000 invested and a benefit-cost ratio of 2.41.
Mozilla used AI models to identify and fix 271 security bugs in Firefox, with 180 rated as high severity. The team also found and fixed 152 additional bugs internally and externally, totaling 423 security bugs fixed in April.
Researchers developed Natural Language Autoencoders (NLAs) to understand AI model activations by converting them into human-readable text. NLAs help improve AI safety and reliability by revealing internal thoughts and motivations.
Emerich Juettner, a frail old immigrant, successfully printed nearly 10 years of crude one-dollar bills, evading authorities until 1948. He was sentenced to a year in prison and paroled after 4 months due to his lack of greed, and his story became a folk hero.
The author, a former Costco skeptic, has become a member and is embracing the Costco lifestyle, finding comfort in its familiarity and convenience. He reflects on the diverse people and experiences within Costco, where every phase of life can be shopped for.
Idempotency is about preventing duplicate side effects in APIs, not just preventing duplicate writes. It requires a clear opinion on how to handle retries, including recovery ownership, response replay, and downstream deduplication.
AlphaEvolve is a system that optimizes AI and hardware design, achieving breakthroughs in efficiency and speed. It has been used by various companies to solve complex problems, including optimizing transformer models, computational lithography, and routing challenges.
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Motherboard sales are collapsing due to AI shortages and chipmakers prioritizing AI processor production, leading to a 33% decrease in Asus sales and a 28% contraction in the overall motherboard market. PC builders are holding off upgrades, causing motherboard manufacturers to revise sales targets downward and offer discounts on combos to clear inventory.
User's blog traffic comes from various sources, with 25% from subscribers and the rest from search engines, link aggregators, and other online platforms. They track traffic from RSS, email, and other sources to understand where people find their blog.
Permacomputing promotes sustainable digital practices through 10 principles, including resilience, hardware care, and simplicity, to reduce environmental and socio-economic impact. It encourages users to observe, question, and reimagine technology to create a more just and regenerative digital culture.
A LinkedIn user is suing Microsoft over GDPR Article 15, which requires companies to provide users with a copy of their personal data. The user wants a list of people who have viewed their profile, but LinkedIn only provides this to premium users.
The user set up a Debian 13 server for Netboot.xyz and used it to remotely boot a Debian installation on a network drive via iSCSI, avoiding the need to repartition their local NVMe drives. They configured the setup to use a custom menu, iSCSI targets, and ZFS volumes, and successfully installed Debian on a remote drive using the Proxmox host as the iSCSI target.
Researchers studied hospital investment in management consultants and found no significant improvements in finances, staffing, or patient outcomes. Nonprofit hospitals spent at least $7.8 billion on management consulting services from 2010-2022 with little evidence of meaningful impact.
A family's streaming subscription was unexpectedly deactivated due to a credit card expiration issue. The problem was resolved after un-linking and re-linking the accounts, revealing a delayed and repeatable failure mode in the system's asynchronous workflow.
TRUST is a retro Rust IDE inspired by classic DOS environments, allowing file saving with F2 or Ctrl+S. It's an independent nostalgia project with features like project creation and compiler output display.
The Fehmarnbelt Tunnel, set to be the longest immersed tunnel in the world, has successfully immersed its first segment. Engineers from Europe are working together to complete the 18-kilometre tunnel by 2026.
Researchers created ProgramBench to evaluate software engineering agents' ability to develop software holistically. Agents struggled to fully resolve tasks, favoring monolithic implementations that differ from human-written code.
Baylor researchers found the human brain processes language and sound while unconscious under general anesthesia. This discovery challenges what we know about consciousness and cognition, and could lead to new technologies for communication.
The author visited YunSun factory in China and learned about the LED manufacturing process, including die production, wire bonding, and epoxy molding. The factory uses a combination of manual and automated processes, with multiple suppliers involved in the tool-chain, making it difficult to create custom LEDs.
A hacker claims to have stolen 280 million records from 8,809 colleges and online platforms using Instructure's Canvas data export features. Instructure is investigating a data breach, with some universities issuing statements about potential impact.
The Department of Home Affairs suspended two officials over AI-generated references in a policy document, which were deemed "hallucinations" due to lack of credible data. The department will implement AI checks and modernise its processes to prevent similar incidents.
The user is creating a custom programming language called pslang for modding their game, aiming for a low-level, imperative language with a static type system and seamless C interop. The language has a unique syntax, including indentation-based scoping, built-in arrays, and a focus on simplicity and ergonomics, with the goal of making it easy to use for modders.
The author switched from Apple's ecosystem to a Lenovo Chromebook due to Liquid Glass issues and found a well-designed laptop with a Mediatek chip that rivals Apple's M2. The Chromebook's software quality meets the author's needs as a web developer.
Unsloth optimized NVIDIA GPU training by reducing metadata-dependent work and overlapping copy/compute streams. This resulted in a 25% speedup in GPU training speeds.
Mozilla used AI model Anthropic Mythos to find 271 Firefox security flaws in two months. The breakthrough was due to improved models and a custom "harness" that guided Mythos through specific tasks, reducing false positives.
Prediction markets have grown in volume but mostly serve entertainment purposes, with few providing useful information for decision-making. AI forecasting may surpass human traders and improve access to forecasts, potentially making prediction markets obsolete.
Zyphra's ZAYA1-8B model performs well on math benchmarks with less than 1 billion active parameters, trained on AMD hardware. It's a reasoning and math specialist, outperforming larger models on certain tasks with the help of a custom inference method called Markovian RSA.
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The US is facing a gerontocratic crisis where aging politicians and voters are increasingly dominating the country's politics and economy, leading to a mismatch between the nation's demography and its leadership. This crisis is fueled by the Great Aging, a demographic transformation driven by scientific advances that prolonged life, resulting in a disproportionate number of older voters and ...
The user proposes using Julet connectors for a more reliable and safe connection to embedded devices' UART TTL pins, instead of using USB-Serial TTL adapters or exposed Dupont wires. Julet connectors come in various sizes and pin counts, and can be easily crimped and connected to create a robust and foolproof setup for serial TTL communication.
Cloudflare's Security and Engineering teams quickly assessed and mitigated the "Copy Fail" Linux kernel vulnerability, ensuring no customer data was at risk and no services were disrupted. The team used existing behavioral detections, bpf-lsm, and eBPF tracing to identify and block the exploit, with all machines in the fleet protected within hours.
California has 4-6 weeks of fuel supply left under normal conditions, but leaders warn of potential long lines at gas stations if imports do not improve. Gas prices are rising, with the average price in Fresno up 25 cents per gallon over the last week.
Researchers found that in Ireland, young men were 2.3 times more likely to see gambling ads on Meta platforms than women, with 25-34 year olds being the most exposed age group. The study's findings are crucial as new Irish legislation restricts social media gambling ads unless users opt in.
River otters have returned to the Great Lakes after decades of absence due to pollution and habitat loss. Their recovery is a sign of the lakes' healing and a testament to conservation efforts.
Proto-Elamite, a 5200-year-old writing system, was likely the most advanced of its time, but its fate remains a mystery. It may have been abandoned by ancient Iranians due to its association with power and control, or it could have evolved into Linear Elamite.
Dayton police officials allegedly shared Flock Automated License Plate Reader data with federal immigration law enforcement despite assurances it wouldn't be used for that purpose. The department will indefinitely stop using Flock cameras and the person who ran the Support Services Division is no longer working with them.
Utah state senator Jerry Stevenson confronted an ABC4 reporter in a physical altercation at a nursery he owns, after the reporter inquired about harassment of employees amid a data center controversy. Stevenson was later issued a trespassing notice and apologized for the incident.
MtnKBD, a bespoke mechanical keyboard designer, is closing down due to cost inefficiencies in shipping niche products. The author, a software developer, understands this struggle as they create high-quality, niche software for small gaming audiences.
The system auto-scaffolds a multi-agent harness for any repository with features like SQLite state, MCP tools, and health checks. It works by prompting for project details and validating them, allowing for easy switching between databases and storage options.
agent-skills-eval is a test framework for Agent Skills that runs skills against the same prompts twice, once with and once without the skill, to measure its impact. It produces a side-by-side report with a judge model's grades and can be used with various agents and models, including OpenAI, Together, and Anthropic.
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The Marc Andreessen Egg Game is a platform where users can draw eggs resembling Marc Andreessen and submit them to a gallery. The game aims to address the underestimated demand for such images and provide a space for builders to create and showcase their work.
The upper middle class is caught in a trap of overpaying for declining quality products and services, such as private education, luxury travel, and housing. This financial arms race leads to lost returns and a lower quality of life, making it essential to opt out of these ultra-competitive sectors.
Bird banding stations in Ontario collect data on migrating birds, promoting conservation and engaging the public in the natural world. However, the US federal budget proposal to eliminate the Ecosystems Mission Area threatens the stability of American bird-banding efforts and Canadian collaborations.
This document extends the MOQT Streaming Format by registering the 'm2ts' packaging value for carrying MPEG-2 Transport Stream packets over Media Over QUIC Transport. It defines catalog fields for transport-stream track description and receiver behavior for joining and validating packetized streams.
A custom-built single-node KV storage engine was designed to avoid fsync calls for PUT and DELETE operations by using preallocated files, O_DIRECT writes, and a journal with aligned commits to ensure durability on SSDs. The engine achieved higher throughput and lower latency compared to ext4 and O_DIRECT+fsync configurations in a 4KB random-write benchmark on AWS i8g.2xlarge local NVMe.
The TD4 is a 4-bit CPU built from 74-series TTL logic ICs, featuring 12 instructions and a 16-byte ROM. It's a simple, educational tool for understanding computer architecture, with a straightforward build process and no firmware or calibration required.
A viewer for reviewing local code changes in small individual chapters. Works with any AI agent. - ReviewStage/stage-cli
OpenClaw had a rough week due to performance issues and plugin dependency problems. The team is refocusing on making OpenClaw smaller, safer, and more infrastructure-grade with a new release and team structure.
Dual-licensing is a commercial open-source strategy where users can choose between free GPL and commercial licenses, allowing enterprise companies to use code in closed-source projects. A successful dual-licensing model requires a Contributor License Agreement (CLA) to re-license contributed code and automate signing with tools like CLA Assistant.
A KLM flight attendant from Haarlem is hospitalized with possible hantavirus infection after contact with a Dutch woman who died of the virus in Johannesburg. The Dutch woman was on a KLM flight from Johannesburg to Amsterdam before being removed due to illness.
User implemented Colored Penumbra effect in Unreal Engine by editing engine shaders. This allows for easy configuration of color saturation across the board, but has limitations in customization per light or scene.
A needle of length L is dropped onto a hardwood floor with floorboards of width W. The average number of lines it crosses is 2L / pi W.
Today's comic features SMBC reader/googler Tanya! It's also loosely based on a conversation I had at the last Beerscussion. Dude I was talking to - I remember everything we talked about, but for some reason at 1:30AM I can't remember your name! If you see this, please send it to me and I'll credit you :)
Cosplay is a phenomenon where people change their appearance to explore new identities through dressing up and sharing online. It originated in Japan and has spread worldwide, allowing individuals to express themselves and understand their personalities through fictional characters.
A Chinese model kit company ROKR created a working wooden typewriter that can type in capital letters, with moving keys and a rolling carriage. The typewriter's design was inspired by the Underwood No. 5 and took a year and a half to develop, with a team of designers and engineers working on it.
Dear ImGui Bundle is a framework for C++ and Python with various tools and libraries. It includes an interactive explorer, playground, and AI-powered DeepWiki for documentation and support.
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Authentic professionals reject fake humility and corporate speak. They connect with genuine people who value quality over networking quantity.
Hackers compromised Instructure's Canvas platform, defacing login pages of several schools and threatening to publish stolen data on May 12 unless a settlement is negotiated. The cybercrime group ShinyHunters is behind the hack, trying to pressure Instructure and its customers into paying a ransom.
Kstack is a skill pack for Claude Code that helps monitor, troubleshoot, and audit Kubernetes clusters efficiently. It uses AI to analyze logs, metrics, and events, and provides recommendations for resource optimization and security.
Gode Cookery is a website featuring medieval recipes and historical culinary facts since 1997. It offers recipes, articles, and books on medieval and Renaissance cookery.
User built a website with Astro on a Raspberry Pi due to a dynamic library requirement. They set up self-hosting using Caddy, PM2, and GitHub Actions to automate builds and deployment.
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Mojo is a compiled, statically-typed language that combines Python's syntax, Rust's memory safety, and Zig's metaprogramming for diverse hardware. It natively interoperates with Python and allows for high-performance GPU programming without vendor lock-in.
Dirty Frag is a Linux vulnerability that grants root privileges by chaining two bugs, xfrm-ESP Page-Cache Write and RxRPC Page-Cache Write. It does not require a timing window and has a high success rate, but no patch exists due to broken embargo.
pg_flight_recorder continuously monitors PostgreSQL system state via pg_cron, capturing various metrics and data. It provides safety mechanisms and tools for analysis, troubleshooting, and performance optimization.
Tesla is recalling 173 rear-wheel drive Cybertrucks due to potentially defective brake rotors that can cause wheels to detach. The recall offers a glimpse into poor sales of the model, which was discontinued after a year.
Immer is a JavaScript library that simplifies immutable data structures by allowing you to modify a temporary draft of the current state. This approach eliminates the need for boilerplate code and string paths, making it easier to work with immutable data in JavaScript.
ICE is developing smart glasses to supplement facial recognition app Mobile Fortify for verifying citizenship. The glasses would be part of the Trump administration's mass deportation campaign.