Jennifer Combs was arrested for a Facebook post about Trinidad's water supply, claiming residents were hospitalized due to bacteria. She filed a federal lawsuit alleging the arrest was an act of political retaliation for speaking out about the city's water problem.
The user converted an old laptop into a writerdeck, a dedicated writing device, by installing Debian in text mode, replacing the network stack with network-manager, and setting up neovim for writing. They also added features like tmux for terminal tiling, acpi for battery details, and light for backlight control, and set up automatic login and syncthing for syncing notes.
The HTML <dl> element represents a list of name-value pairs, which is a common UI pattern. It consists of <dt> for names and <dd> for values, allowing for semantic markup and improved accessibility.
P.T. Barnum's book "The Art of Money Getting" offers 20 rules for success, emphasizing finding one's natural abilities and avoiding debt. Key principles include being the best at one's work, keeping income above expenses, and maintaining a good reputation.
Didgeridoo playing reduced daytime sleepiness and apnoea-hypopnoea index in patients with moderate obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome. It also improved sleep quality for partners.
The author, a security and privacy reporter, investigated Oura's data handling practices after a deal with the Department of Defense and Palantir sparked customer concerns. Oura's security design choices allow governments to access user data, and the company has a responsibility to ensure user data is secure despite its large valuation.
Italy has acquired six Airbus A330 MRTT tanker aircraft worth 1.39 billion euros, shifting its air defence focus to Europe within NATO. This decision strengthens Europe's military capabilities and reduces Italy's dependence on US solutions.
The user and others extracted microcode from a high-resolution image of the 80386 CPU die, disassembled it, and found 215 entry points with new instructions and shared code. The microcode has a hidden security bug in IO permission bitmap handling and may have undocumented features or opcodes, but the exact nature of these is unclear.
A website tracks AI industry spend and revenue, showing NVIDIA as the big winner due to its chip supply role. Estimated cumulative totals are based on leaked financials and industry estimates from sources like Bloomberg and the WSJ.
The author found a newborn baby in a New York City subway station in 2000 and later adopted him with his partner Pete. They named him Kevin and raised him as their own, eventually getting married when same-sex marriage was legalized in New York.
The author reminisces about reading Terry Pratchett's books as a teenager, particularly Rincewind's adventures, which resonated with their own experiences. They miss the impact Pratchett's writing had on them and worry that no one is currently reaching teenagers with similar stories.
Microsoft and Uber are scaling back their internal AI use due to high costs, contradicting the idea of an AI "renaissance" or "revolution". The economics of replacing human labor with AI may be more complicated than initially thought, with costs rising sharply despite falling token prices.
NordVPN was ordered to block IP addresses hosting LaLiga matches, but the court declined to fine the company due to lack of evidence of deliberate breach. The original injunction remains in place, with the case continuing as the court reviews NordVPN's technical objections.
Dutch cabinet is extremely worried about US tech companies sharing civil servants' names with senate committee investigating tech censorship. This could lead to travel bans or sanctions for the officials.
US lawmakers proposed a ban on automated license plate readers, but the FBI plans to buy nationwide access to the cameras for law enforcement. A crackdown on deepfake sexual abuse images is underway, with the FTC warning companies to remove nonconsensual intimate images and the Department of Justice arresting two men for sharing AI-created explicit content.
White Rabbit provides sub-nanosecond accuracy and picoseconds precision for large distributed systems with deterministic data delivery. CERN is recruiting FPGA and hardware designers to work on White Rabbit switch v4 and other projects.
Assuming LLMs will fix code issues is irresponsible, but if organizational leadership mandates leveraging LLMs, we can adapt and move rigor elsewhere. This could involve standardized specifications and tests, checked into project repositories, to ensure accountability and understanding.
To improve deep learning model performance, first identify the bottleneck in your model, which can be compute, memory bandwidth, or overhead. Then, optimize accordingly, such as increasing compute intensity, reducing memory bandwidth costs, or minimizing overhead.
FBI director Kash Patel's merchandise site BasedApparel.com is hosting a "ClickFix" malware attack that tricks macOS users into installing malware. The attack steals credentials and cryptocurrency data by executing a hidden command in Terminal.
Rubish is a Ruby-based shell that supports bash syntax and integrates Ruby features. It allows seamless mixing of shell commands and Ruby code.
ICE awarded Bi2 Technologies $25.1 million for iris-scanning technology to aid field operations. The contract grants ICE continuous access to Bi2's database of over 5 million booking records.
California Governor Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency due to a toxic chemical leak at a manufacturing facility in Orange County. Thousands are under evacuation orders as emergency crews try to contain the leak and prevent a potential explosion.
The user discovered that matrix multiplication performance on an Nvidia A100 GPU is influenced by the values in the matrices being multiplied, with all zeros being the fastest and a normal distribution being the slowest due to power throttling. The GPU's power limit and clock speed also affect performance, with the GPU unable to sustain its peak clock speed due to power throttling, resulting ...
The author is frustrated with modern web design practices that override default browser functionality, leading to a worse user experience. They suggest developers should not roll their own X, especially when browsers already handle it well, to avoid introducing new problems.
In 2001, a group of friends fit three computers and a network switch into a 1984 Ford Laser for a LAN party at a friend's house. LAN parties allowed for low latency gaming and social interaction, but their popularity declined with the rise of high-speed internet and online gaming platforms.
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USCIS will no longer grant green cards to qualified immigrants inside the US, forcing them to self-deport. This policy will harm Americans, employers, and family members by driving talented people to other countries and making the US less competitive.
User is customizing their i3 and Emacs setup to integrate keybindings and window management. They've modified i3 to pass key events to Emacs if it's focused, and added Emacs functions to send messages back to i3 for window movement and terminal launching.
Air France and Airbus found guilty of manslaughter over 2009 plane crash that killed 228 people. They will appeal the verdict and pay a maximum fine of €225,000 each.
z386 is a 386-class CPU built around original Intel microcode, recreating enough of the original machine for the recovered 386 control ROM to drive it. It runs real protected-mode DOS software, including DOS 6 and 7, and games like Doom, with a focus on educational reconstruction and usability.
To avoid compatibility issues when evolving a complex object like ShippingOptions, use the opaque data type design pattern by wrapping a private class with a public type that can be used in type annotations. This approach preserves flexibility and allows for future changes without breaking existing APIs, as shown by using Python's NewType to create a public ShippingOptions type with minimal overhead.
The Spacelab computer was a 16-bit minicomputer built by CIMSA, using a French-built Mitra 125 MS processor. It had a 32-bit ALU and supported up to 128 KB of magnetic core memory.
The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has reached 750 cases and 177 deaths, with the World Health Organization classifying the risk level as "very high" at the national level. The US has been criticized for its withdrawal from global health efforts, which has hindered the response to the outbreak.
The article discusses two Vim plugins, Slimv and Vlime, which provide Lisp development environments for Vim, and compares their features and installation procedures. The plugins use a client-server architecture and rely on the Swank server to evaluate Lisp expressions, and both support interactive programming and debugging.
The Steinwinter Supercargo is a retro-futuristic truck designed by Manfred Steinwinter in 1983 with a modular platform and low profile for efficiency. It was a flop due to handling issues and reliability problems, but appeared in several films and TV shows before disappearing from public view.
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JWT is an overcomplicated authentication method that creates more problems than it solves, especially for web apps. A simple session cookie or opaque bearer token is a more secure and efficient alternative.
Iowa lawmakers added a provision to a budget bill requiring University of Iowa students to take 6 credit hours at the Center for Intellectual Freedom to graduate. The bill now heads to Gov. Kim Reynolds' desk, affecting students at three state universities.
MOSAIC is a versatile microscope that can switch between different imaging modes to study various biological systems and processes, from single molecules to entire organisms, with high resolution and minimal damage. It uses adaptive optics to correct for sample-induced optical aberrations and can image large samples, such as tissues, at nanoscale resolution, enabling researchers to study ...
A reproduction of Oliver Byrne’s celebrated work from 1847 plus interactive diagrams, cross references, and posters designed by Nicholas Rougeux Learn about Byrne’s original publication and how this site was made including design, typography, and more. Decorate your walls with a colorful detailed poster of every geometric illustration from Oliver Byrne’s colorful 1847 edition of Euclid’s Elements.
CodeCrafters, a platform for engineers, reached 400,000+ users and 500,000 GitHub stars, but failed to turn into a profitable business. The project will pause new challenges, but existing ones will remain available.
NeuralNote is an audio plugin that converts audio to MIDI in DAWs. It supports Windows, macOS, and Linux, and allows users to select formats for installation.
Bun.Image is a chainable image pipeline for decoding and encoding images. It supports various formats and has a zero npm dependency, executing off the JavaScript thread.
Polsia's company model has a kill-switch and override on every company, allowing them to impersonate, halt, or delete operations. Their $9.70M headline is mostly ad spend and one-time packs, with only $4.6M in recurring subscription revenue that churns at 48%/month.
A scan of the ra 770 manual can be found here for download. the manual describes the so-called "integromat" - the last electromechanical differential analyzer. this manual was written by konrad zuse and is based on his 1975 thesis on analog computing 'in the real world' if you are interested in analog computers, you can find it here. i have also included the schematics of several of my own computers
Optimizing Docker images can significantly reduce size, improve security, and speed up CI and deploys, with most of the size reduction coming from the first three steps. By following six steps, including using a slim base image, multi-stage builds, and npm ci, teams can reduce their Docker image size from 1.2GB to 78MB and improve their overall development efficiency.
SPEC has updated its CPU benchmark suite, SPEC CPU2026, with 52 workloads, more source code lines, and a focus on core throughput. The new suite challenges modern CPUs, particularly in instruction-side footprint and branch prediction, but retains portability goals and modernizes the benchmark suite.
The White House is directing agencies to install its app on government phones of federal employees, despite concerns from officials about its potential dangers and lack of value. The app provides access to White House live streams, news, and policy initiatives, but also shares user data with third-party services.
The user built a custom serverless platform using Firecracker and learned about the underlying engineering problems, including cold start latency, snapshotting, and IPC design. They implemented warm runtime reuse, achieved 5,400 requests per second and 1ms latency, but had to balance isolation and throughput, making it the most technically difficult and educational project they've worked on.
Learn to use systems thinking to understand how developer ecosystems guide the evolution of your software systems. Improve your intuition for the systemic impacts of AI-driven software development and understand how you can better prepare for the exciting changes coming to our industry.
The true risk is the probability that classifier (h) misclassifies a random future email. the training error of the best hypothesis can't be much higher than its true error. more complex hypothesis classes need more data to distinguish real patterns from coincidences. symmetrization: if you have more than one hypothesis, you can't generalize it to all of them at once. this is called 'constrained
Silicon Labs Si7021 temperature and humidity sensor was discontinued in January 2025 due to material compliance issues and regulatory pressure. A case study uses this event to introduce the Differential Temporal Derivative Soft Sensing framework to maintain measurement capability with lower-cost replacement sensors.
John Gruber's Markdown syntax was designed to be easy to work with, but Microsoft's modifications, such as using isolated dollar signs for LaTeX, have made it ambiguous and difficult to implement. Orion uses an internal fork of markedjs/marked to avoid newer GFM parsers that track this misfeature.
CRC Generator is a cross-platform C application generating Verilog or VHDL code for CRC with customizable width. It's licensed under MIT and created by Evgeni Stavinov with over 20 years of FPGA design experience.