A limited preview of the new gpt5.6 is available to u.s. government partners. the preview is designed to test the effectiveness of safeguards against misuse based on real-world scenarios - and to help users prepare for attacks if they encounter them en route to the tool sandboxed in their home pcs or home labs, for example, he says – and how they might be used...
Daniel Connell creates open source, license free technologies using recycled materials for global self-sufficiency. His designs include energy, food, water, and communication systems, with tutorials and a Facebook group for community support.
A security incident occurred due to a malicious package passing multiple AI-powered security gates. The incident was resolved after the attacker's agent read a file it shouldn't have, which is also how the incident started.
The US government lifted its block on Anthropic's Claude Mythos 5 AI model, allowing release to over 100 US institutions. The decision follows intense talks between the government and Anthropic, which committed to working on protocols and standards for its models.
The author and Om Malik were close friends for 20 years, often attending Apple keynotes together, and Om's presence improved any room with his kind words and humor. He transformed from a quick-trigger blogger to a thoughtful essayist after a heart attack in 2008, and his writing continued to earn respect until his passing.
California State Assembly passed legislation mandating 3D print surveillance software despite EFF's warnings about privacy risks. The bill now heads to the state senate, where it needs to be stopped to protect creators' tools and users' rights.
Akrites is a coordinated effort to remediate vulnerabilities in open source software, bringing together major tech companies to find, fix, and responsibly disclose vulnerabilities in critical open source software. The initiative aims to address the accelerated discovery of vulnerabilities by AI and provide a single, trusted place for coordination, remediation, and disclosure to ensure the ...
Historian Yves Gingras discovered that Max Planck's papers were retracted due to copyright violation, but Gingras and fellow historian Mahdi Khelfaoui argue this was an anachronistic application of modern standards to a 1942 paper. They suspect Springer Nature's algorithm removed the papers without human supervision.
The kinetic energy of an object is proportional to the square of its velocity because it is a consequence of Newton's second law and the definition of work. The quadratic dependence of kinetic energy on velocity is a result of the symmetry properties of space and time, specifically the homogeneity and isotropy of space and the homogeneity of time.
The user built hackmyclaw.com to test OpenClaw's security, sending over 6,000 emails to try and leak a secrets.env file, but none were successful. The experiment showed that prompt injection is harder than expected, even with sophisticated attacks, and the user is now more optimistic about AI security.
Sony is removing 551 movies and TV series from PlayStation Store users' libraries due to licensing agreements. Users who bought these titles will no longer have access to them after September 1.
The WisdPi 10G Ethernet Expansion Card for Framework computers has performance issues due to USB-C bandwidth complexity and Realtek RTL8159 Ethernet controller limitations. It can reach up to 9.4 Gbps speeds on Windows 11 but may overheat and is not recommended for laptop use.
Researchers have developed a new type of hardware using ultrasound to record brain activity without drilling into the skull. This technology captures detailed images of the brain's vascular system, potentially leading to breakthroughs in understanding and treating neurological conditions.
Jolla Phone is a European privacy-focused phone with modern specs, honoring its heritage design. It runs Sailfish OS, allowing users to run native apps, Android apps, or go de-Googled.
The gap between open weights LLMs and closed source LLMs is shrinking, with some benchmarks showing a near catch-up by December 2026. However, a broader analysis of 18 benchmarks shows a more moderate and consistent gap of around 5 months.
The Code 128 Encoder is a tool for encoding text into scannable barcodes. It can be found at a specific URL and is also included in the Code 128 page for further information.
Author argues that AI-generated children's encyclopedias are identical and lack originality. This poses a concern for children's minds being shaped by unoriginal content.
Weave Router is a drop-in proxy that picks the best model for every request from Anthropic, OpenAI, and Gemini. It routes requests per request and speaks everyone's API, with a cluster scorer derived from Avengers-Pro 2.
Mathematicians are concerned that AI may replace human mathematicians, but some see it as a tool to aid in problem-solving and collaboration.
Voters in the US are increasingly opposing massive data center projects due to concerns over energy prices, environmental strain, and local living conditions. Data centers are becoming a major issue in US politics, with local officials and lawmakers losing elections after backing controversial developments.
The MSPM0C110x microcontrollers are part of the MSP highly-integrated ultra-low-power 32-bit MCU family based on the enhanced Arm Cortex-M0+ core platform operating at up to 24MHz frequency. They offer high-performance analog peripheral integration, support extended temperature ranges, and operate with supply voltages from 1.62V to 3.6V.
SQLite database corruption can occur due to various reasons such as application crashes, operating system crashes, power failures, and file system malfunctions.
The author shares their experience with astronomy and outdoor activities, presenting their telescope Wallace and its technical details. They also discuss the challenge of capturing the visual experience of hiking and trail running.
A nomogram is a graphical calculator that uses a set of numbered scales to solve mathematical formulas. It was invented in 1880 and is useful for fast calculations of complicated formulas.
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US housing prices rose 60% from 2019 to 2025 due to foreign investment and low supply elasticity. Cities can control supply sensitivity through zoning and permitting, promoting affordable housing.
A new memo allegedly bans National Park Service staff from publicly reporting deaths or severe injuries at US national parks, sparking concerns over visitor safety and transparency. Experts say the policy change could erode public trust and put visitors at risk due to delayed information.
The human mind can only hold about four things at once, and even that is a narrow beam of attention that misses much of what is happening around it. This limited capacity is the root of many software problems, but it can also be the key to good engineering, which is about shaping systems to work with the way minds actually work.
The author of Blood in the Machine Inc has launched a new audio show discussing the impact of AI on society, focusing on resistance and opposition to big tech and AI industry. The first episode features Molly White, a technologist and journalist, discussing AI and crypto money's influence on politics.
The user created a music visualizer called Waveloop that reveals the harmonic and melodic structure of music, using a chromatic circle and spiral stacked histogram to show pitch class presence. The user analyzed the code behind Waveloop, noting its technical and literary writing style, and its ability to detect ukulele chords in real-time using a live mic mode.
Pre-modern armies were expensive to maintain, requiring non-subsistence labor and resources. States used various methods to fund their armies, including redistribution economies, coinage, and devolving costs to individuals or communities.
User disagrees with party's stance on made-up services, citing hypocrisy in VPN company's business model. User finds it ironic that party criticizes middlemen while operating as one itself.
Companies are facing high AI costs, but advancements in chips, model architecture, and open weight models will lead to a price crash. Local models and zero switching costs will further reduce costs, making AI more affordable for consumers.
The hopscotch-map library is a C++ implementation of a fast hash map and hash set using open-addressing and hopscotch hashing to resolve collisions. It offers better performances than std::unordered_map in most cases and is closely similar to google::dense_hash_map while using less memory and providing more functionalities.
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The author argues that if AI surpasses human intelligence, it will replace humans in all jobs, creating a permanent underclass with no social mobility.
Artificial intelligence is increasingly unpopular in the West, with voters demanding its ban in many industries. Protests and strikes are breaking out globally, from US data centers to South Korean chipmakers.
Yuri Zaporozhets is a prolific developer who has built a RISC-V-based PC, a mainframe on an FPGA, and rewritten QNX twice. He has released QSOE, a new OS that runs on two kernels: Skimmer and seL4.
Gossamer is a language with immutable data, top-to-bottom data flow, and no borrow checker. It has a broad standard library and a clean path to Rust, with a VM compiled to WebAssembly.
Training loss $l$ decreases predictably as we scale up model size $n$, dataset $d$ and compute $c$. train loss and test loss are positively correlated, and more model parameters can induce a finer partition of the data manifold, argues chinchilla. he says this is because the unique high-quality data is not infinite and we likely have to repeat data during training. more data repetition leads ...
Micron signed 16 strategic customer agreements securing high prices for its products until 2030. The deals account for 40% of Micron's revenue and will help fund fab expansions.
The Wychbold Masts in Worcestershire are being considered for listing due to their historical importance and role in broadcasting and World War Two. The masts will stop transmitting the BBC's Long Wave service on Saturday, marking the end of an era.
Hatcha is a reverse CAPTCHA that challenges humans with tasks like multiplication and decoding, while being trivial for AI agents. It uses a stateless verification system with opaque tokens containing hashed answers and expiry dates.
AMD has submitted Linux kernel patches for HDMI 2.1 support, enabling 4K at 120 Hz and 5K at 240 Hz resolutions on AMD GPUs. Valve's negotiations with the HDMI Forum may have contributed to AMD's progress on open-source implementation.
The author discusses font loading security concerns and proposes using monospace as a fallback font. They also criticize the use of specific fonts like Menlo and Courier New, suggesting browser defaults are now better.
Using LLMs is exhausting due to the social energy required to interact with them. This social brainwork is harder and less rewarding than using tools that feel like body extensions.
The user discusses the rise of copyright and unfair competition claims due to the ease of creating new apps with LLMs, and argues that software copyrights are flawed and mainly protect the interests of big corporations. They also discuss the nuances of copyright law, including the fact that UIs can be copied, and that LLM-authored works may not be eligible for copyright protection.
This repository contains a Lisp compiler called slisp that generates assembly for Linux/AMD64. It includes a standard library and functional tests, and can be used to compile and run Lisp programs.
Tim Berners-Lee discusses the use of semi-colons in URLs for matrix syntax and relative URLs. He proposes a syntax for pausing relative URLs with named parameter values and questions the significance of parameter order.
To optimize insert speed with unordered data, batching and pre-sorting can help. A fast comparison method is needed, such as converting the first 8 bytes of a 20-byte random ID to an unsigned long.
In medieval Venice, factional divides led to violent street battles between the Castellani and Nicolotti, with bridges serving as platforms for these fights. The ritualized violence of these battles, known as the "guerre dei pugni," became a popular spectacle in Venice by the 17th century.
Google hallucinated that I am sponsored by ground news. I am not. I have no sponsorships. what the actual fuck! It's linking to a video sponsored by ground n...
User created a custom Pebble Time 2 watchface to help manage depression and ADHD-like symptoms, incorporating features like event visualization and reminders. The watchface design involved iterative prototyping and experimentation with different layouts, colors, and features to create a visually appealing and functional design.
The C string library is compact and fast but prone to buffer overrun errors if not used carefully. Linux kernel has fixed string usage issues and improved the string library's API to prevent security weaknesses.
Manticore's KNN search engine improved by up to 29% at high k with no API changes or index rebuild. Optimizations target distance computation and memory access patterns.
The author stopped reading the news and feels better, realizing that constant exposure to negative information is not necessary for being informed. Quitting the news allows for a quieter mind, reduced anxiety, and more time for meaningful activities and relationships.
Capacitors are power storage devices with high power density and long life, but lower energy density than batteries. They come in two types: EDLC and Lithium-ion Capacitors, with the latter offering improved energy density and safety.
A Haskell technique using RequiredTypeArguments and UndecidableInstances was employed to create a type-checked non-empty string constructor, resulting in a 10% build-time improvement in a large package. This technique can be used to define type-level predicates for any type, enabling type-safe validation and error messages.
The author of Pystd, a custom C++ standard library, is frustrated with the slow compilation times of C++ due to the large size of standard library headers. Pystd aims to minimize build times with a design priority of speed, achieving a build time of 1.9 seconds on a 16-core processor.
Eight individuals received 450 years in prison for their roles in a violent protest outside an ICE detention center in Texas. Critics warn harsh sentencing could chill First Amendment-protected activity and target left-wing protesters.
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Summer is here, pack swim gear and snacks, and create games, toys, and visual novels with Decker. Check out the Decker community forum and Phinxel's Phield Notes for inspiration and tutorials.
Pam's team needs a required approval checkpoint but wants flexibility in formality. A required but lightweight gate lowers stakes and allows for speed.
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SedonaDB 0.4 uses GPU-accelerated spatial joins on gaming GPUs, beating an H100 in some queries. RayBooster, an extension, brings ray tracing core acceleration into SedonaDB with a single monolithic index and universal predicate engine.
A shared Pub/Sub system was chosen to address asynchronous communication needs across a company, considering technical, organizational, and business context. The solution, SNS plus SQS, provided a common infrastructure that allowed teams to focus on product capabilities, resulting in a significant company-wide investment with broader technical leverage.
A WeChat post from 2021 suggested COVID-19 originated from frozen lobsters from Maine. New analysis of the post's maps reveals specific stalls with infected animals and vendors with antibodies, potentially supporting the natural origin theory.
The author created a "fake shell" called Flash to speed up pangenomics workflows by opportunistically switching to faster implementations and avoiding I/O. Flash translates shell scripts into an instruction-based IR, allowing for optimizations and performance improvements.
If you want to find the best fold, you need to use a different function. this is because the gradient is actually based on the same function in probability space as the parameter vector you are calculating from logit space. the form of the dual space depends on norm of your vector space, so it’s not easy to say which method works best for your specific problem. in this article, i’m going to ...
Covid vaccine development was accelerated due to prior research, parallelized trials, and a coordinated effort involving Operation Warp Speed and other initiatives. This effort resulted in unprecedented speed, with millions of deaths averted globally in the first year of vaccination alone.
The British lawn is a symbol of prosperity and a defining feature of landscape design, but its maintenance has a huge environmental impact. The lawn's history dates back to the 18th century, when it was a preserve of the elite, but technology made it accessible to the masses.
The software industry's story of mission and craft was effective for 20 years, but its pillars are less permanent than they appeared, and the conditions that supported them have changed. The industry's shift from focusing on customer value to prioritizing profitability has led to a loss of meaning and purpose for many engineers, who are now grieving the loss of a story that explained why ...
Galois conjugation maps regular pentagons to regular pentagrams and vice versa. This map preserves field operations and interchanges two kinds of quasiparticles in icosahedral quasicrystals.
Restaurants face high costs due to labor, energy, and rising ingredient prices. They struggle to make a profit despite high overheads and increasing expenses.
Jim Parkinson, a renowned lettering artist and type designer, died at his home in Oakland, California, after a long battle with Alzheimer's. He is survived by his wife Dorothy Yule and will be remembered for his incredible talent in rendering various letter styles by hand.
The user worked on improving Emacs performance on macOS, discovering that rendering issues and memory thrashing are the main problems, and created a patch with the help of a Large Language Model (LLM) that was rejected by the Emacs community due to a GNU policy against accepting LLM-assisted work. The user disagrees with the policy, citing its lack of transparency and self-awareness, and has ...
The author implemented a way to prevent data races in a parallel Redux-like system using Rust's type system, by encoding the property of disjointness between reducers and state slices, and using the Sculptor pattern to perform a unique compile-time lookup in a heterogeneous collection. The resulting code is about 200 lines of recursive trait impls and the compiler refuses to assemble code ...
A team encountered a bug in parsing timestamps in the year 0 due to a PHP DateTimeImmutable issue. The problem was caused by a timelib library bug, which has been reported and a pull request has been opened to fix it.
Companies can use AI to automate tasks such as sales follow-ups, invoicing, and reporting, freeing up time for more important work. AI apps can also handle tasks like content creation, HR paperwork, and IT support, reducing administrative time and increasing productivity.
The Indian ice cream market struggles with melting due to heat, but innovators are developing heat-stable ice cream using natural proteins and reformulation. Companies like Unilever and Indian startups are working on solutions to create ice cream that can withstand warmer temperatures.
This tool, tau-tower, livestreams audio from tau-radio to the web, broadcasting a stream that can be used on any website. It requires a remote server with correct privileges, such as AWS or Digital Ocean, and a config file with settings like listening and broadcast ports.
The code uses Reed-Solomon ECC to improve OCR reliability in printed codes with errors. It encodes each parity byte as two OCR-safe characters to correct up to 5 symbol errors.