Ten advances in mathematics and theoretical computer science

How Google helped destroy adoption of RSS feeds (2023)

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Google has a history of building products with RSS support, then removing it, which has led to a decline in RSS adoption. This behavior poses a threat to the freedom and openness of the internet, as users lose trust in RSS feeds due to Google's inconsistent support.

How to Exist

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The human tendency is to constantly seek escape from the present moment due to an allergy to existence, often manifesting as restlessness, anxiety, and dissatisfaction. By practicing existing without trying to change it, one can develop the ability to tolerate minor discomforts and reduce the need for escape-driven habits.

Cursor removed cost information from the usage page and CSV export

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Cursor updated its Usage window to display token amount instead of dollar signs. You're not alone in experiencing issues, as some users report increased bugs, including auto-selecting sub-agents despite default settings.

A Surveillance Treaty in Disguise: Canada Signs UN Cybercrime Convention

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Canada signed the United Nations Convention against Cybercrime, a treaty that critics say enables cross-border surveillance and electronic evidence sharing. The decision raises concerns about human rights and state surveillance powers, despite Canada's previous opposition to the treaty.

Google has abandoned Google News?

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Journalist frustrated with Google News, citing distractions from social media results and foreign publications. Google News fails to honor specified time range, showing outdated news instead.

RipGrep musl binaries occasionally segfault during very-large searches

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Ripgrep occasionally crashes with a SIGSEGV when searching very-large trees at high concurrency due to a heap metadata assertion failure in MUSL's mallocng. The bug can be reproduced by running a generated tree of 1.8M files with 20GiB of data and searching for an arbitrary string in a loop.

Flint: A Visualization Language for the AI Era

AI doesn't generate working products, that's still your job

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The accessibility of AI-generated code has accelerated the development process, but it has not eliminated the need for judgment and expertise in software development. To succeed in this new landscape, engineers must learn to use AI as a force multiplier on deep knowledge, rather than a replacement for it, and operate at a higher level of abstraction while keeping their roots in the fundamentals.

BMW Spider-Man in-car advertising

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BMW delivered a full-screen Spider-Man: Brand New Day advertisement to the dashboard of suitably equipped vehicles. The ad appears as a banner at startup, with an option to play a full-screen animation with music and a light show.

RamenHaus

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Welcome to RamenHaus, home of rotating ramen. So far, 114 bowls have been photographed, slurped and posted. Start with the latest entry, click a bowl to continue, or browse the complete index. Inspired by Lauren's Rotating Sandwiches and everyone at Naive Yearly. Ideas, collaborations, and questions: [email protected].

NetBSD 11.0

NetBSD 11.0 is released with various ISO images, including CD-ROM and DVD options, and users are advised to check installation notes for their architecture. The release includes fixes for security issues, such as hdaudio and ipfilter vulnerabilities, and open pullup requests will be committed to the stable branch for the upcoming 11.1 release.

Diátaxis

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Diátaxis is a systematic approach to documentation that identifies four needs and forms of documentation: tutorials, how-to guides, technical reference, and explanation. It helps maintainers think effectively about their work and has been successfully adopted in hundreds of documentation projects.

The Silicon Valley Founder Meat Grinder

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A friend, Jim, went from being a struggling bartender and bootcamp attendee to a tech entrepreneur in Silicon Valley, but his lavish lifestyle and reckless spending led to his downfall, including a nervous breakdown and disappearance. His story serves as a cautionary tale about the startup community in Silicon Valley, where many people like Jim are drawn in but ultimately fail, highlighting ...

The Art of 64-bit Assembly

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The book covers advanced programming topics including macros, Unicode strings, and object-oriented programming. It also covers concurrent programming, exception handling, and advanced parameter implementation.

Seedance 2.5

Seedance 2.5 is a new video creation model that can generate high-quality, long-form videos with greater control and creativity, allowing users to produce complex stories and scenes with ease. The model has improved capabilities in multimodal reference generation, editing, and lighting control, making it suitable for various industries such as education, manufacturing, and film production.

Ten Ways NAS Is Getting Enshitified

AI financial advice is surprisingly good, especially if you ask right questions

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Researchers found that AI financial advice can be good but gets better with structured prompts. Following AI advice can result in sizable savings for individuals above 30, but it may not adjust well to life changes and relies on simple rules.

A directory of people who love RSS

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You launched I ♥ RSS, a directory for RSS enthusiasts, and added your site to the directory. You're inviting others to join by adding their own website and responding with a link to this post.

The development pipeline is a production system

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Software developers should treat issues with their development pipeline as production outages, prioritizing fixes to prevent downtime and deliver value to the company. A broken pipeline prevents software production, making it a critical issue that requires immediate attention.

On the non-use of AI in my writing process

The author is a published writer who has been writing fiction since 1985 and does not use generative large language models (LLMs) in their work. They despise the use of LLMs for generating text and believe they are a threat to authors' rights and originality.

Postmortem for Kernel Soundness Bug #14576

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A soundness bug in Lean's kernel was reported and fixed on July 27, allowing a proof of False to be accepted. The bug was only reachable through metaprogramming and has been fixed along with other related bugs found by nanoda and an AI.

Anime User Interfaces

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Kenji/Serious Eats – 30-Min Pressure Cooker Pho Ga

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Solid Queue 1.6.0 now supports fiber workers

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New feature allows using fibers on a single thread, replacing thread pool with Async under the hood. Requires Async dependency and fiber isolation in Rails (config.active_support.isolation_level = :fiber).

YC founder asks desperate job seekers to tattoo themselves for an interview

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LemonLime's CEO apologized for offering job interviews in exchange for permanent tattoos, claiming participants chose their own designs. The startup, a YC graduate, has faced criticism for its marketing ploy, which some see as desperate.
Users are frustrated with fuzzy search on various sites including HackerNews, Gmail, Spotify, and Facebook Marketplace, and wish for exact match search as default. They suggest using quotes or other methods to trigger exact search, and propose a toggle for fuzzy search.

How to Do Great Work (2023)

To do great work, focus on projects that excite and interest you, and work hard to learn and improve, even if it's difficult and takes time. By being earnest, optimistic, and willing to take risks, you can cultivate a mindset that allows you to make progress and achieve great things.

A week in Matrix

A user accidentally wrote in a Matrix space room, causing notifications for all members, and the issue was resolved after adjusting room permissions. A user was banned due to a moderation list ban on their domain, and the issue was resolved after exporting the chat and finding the relevant message.

BMW Is Showing Commercials on Their Car's Dash Screens as a Treat

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BMW is now showing ads in some of its cars, including a Spider-Man trailer, on the dashboard screen. This is seen as a betrayal of the car-buyer's trust and a way for BMW to make more money from its customers.

GitHub has alternatives, but no replacement

The author is concerned that Codeberg's decision to prohibit AI-written code has exposed a gap in the open-source space, where there are few places to host an open-source community. The author believes a shared social layer is needed to replace GitHub, which provides a shared pool of identities, habits, and paths to discovery.

Explorative modeling: Train on the best of K guesses

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Explorative Modeling is a new paradigm for generative modeling that increases generative expressivity by exploring multiple possible answers during training, improving existing models across images, video, and language. This approach enables end-to-end generation and scales generalization, with gains growing with model and data scale.

CISA Alert: Water Sector PLC Targeting

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CISA issued an alert warning of increased threat actor targeting of internet-exposed PLCs in Water and Wastewater Systems, causing boil-water notices and manual operations. Exposed hosts include 4,148 Rockwell/Allen-Bradley, 4,117 Siemens, and 2,072 Schneider Electric devices.

EU will mandate labels on authentic-looking AI content starting August 2

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But can your calculator run Linux?

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The user is interested in running Linux on the HP Prime G2 calculator, which has a powerful ARM Cortex A7 CPU and 256 MB RAM, and has successfully updated an old Linux port to work with the calculator's newer touchscreen controller and keyboard. The user has made a pre-built download available for the calculator, which can be run without compiling the entire Linux system, and has also added ...

Pgtestdb's template cloning approach to testing is fast

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The user compared pgtestdb, a Go/Postgres testing package, to River's schema-based testing approach and found both to have similar setup times around 100 ms. However, River's approach is faster overall due to its optimization of reusing test schemas.

Scope of Hacks on U.S. Water Supply Widens as Evidence Points to Iran

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Top amputation surgeon had own legs removed due to fetish. Were patients safe?

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Neil Hopper, a vascular surgeon, was jailed for 32 months after pleading guilty to two counts of fraud and three counts of possession of extreme pornography. Hopper had amputated his own legs and lied about the cause, while secretly watching videos of people being mutilated and messaging the creator, who was also a victim of self-mutilation.

Google kills Earth AI generator after one day

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Google Earth is removing its image generation feature due to policy violations. The feature will be rolled back while stronger guardrails are implemented to prevent misuse.

Oil companies report sky-high profits thanks to wartime crude prices

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Big oil companies like Exxon, Chevron, and Shell have seen record profits due to high oil prices caused by the Middle East conflict. European lawmakers and Democrats are calling for windfall taxes on these companies to redirect excess profits to consumers.

Kaisel – Routes as Values. Dart 3 Native Router for Flutter

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The guide provides a quick setup for navigation with typed routes, using sealed classes and exhaustive switches for error-free routing. It uses a List of route objects for history management, with operations like push, pop, and set.

Cookware Got Worse on Purpose: Who Owns Pyrex and All-Clad Now

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Centre Lane Partners owns most of the surviving legacy American tabletop industry, including Pyrex, Corelle, and Chicago Cutlery, and has been accused of extracting value from its brands through various tactics. Many American cookware brands have been acquired and downsized, with some being made in China or having their factories closed, highlighting the importance of researching the owner ...

Zitron: "Everyone Has Been Sold a Lie" on AI

What liberal arts education is for (2024)

The author argues that liberal arts education is valuable for preparing students for an unknown future and that it's not just about vocational skills, but about developing critical thinking, curiosity, and problem-solving skills that can be applied to various areas of life. The author believes that liberal arts education should be accessible to everyone, not just the privileged, and that it's ...

Morten Linderud resigning from Arch Linux development team

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Arch Linux package maintainer Foxboron is resigning after almost 9 years, leaving packages like mkinitcpio and arch-install-scripts without an active maintainer. Several packages are orphaned and need to be adopted by new maintainers.

Unraveling the mysteries of habit formation

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Researchers at Kyoto University developed a new training method to study habit formation in mice, discovering two distinct neural circuits that manage different aspects of habits. The study found that habit formation is more complex than previously thought, with significant individual differences in habit intensity and execution levels.

Firefighter arson a long-standing issue – expert

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Firefighter arson is a long-standing issue in North America with around 100 convictions annually, often involving young males seeking excitement or recognition. Experts say boredom, anger, and frustration contribute to firefighter arson, which is difficult to track due to lack of documentation.

How to Spot AI Writing

A migrant surge tests Spain's open policies

Fermi Paradox

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The Fermi paradox questions why there is no evidence of extraterrestrial civilizations despite the high likelihood of their existence. This paradox arises from the apparent inconsistency between the vast number of potentially habitable planets and the lack of clear evidence of intelligent life.

Scanning 7.6 Petabytes of HuggingFace Training Data for Secrets

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A massive scan of public AI training data found 221,303 live credentials across 6,003 datasets, including keys to cloud accounts, hosted databases, and software. The leak is widespread, with 44% of keys appearing in multiple datasets, and rotation is the only fix to prevent damage from compromised credentials.

Ask HN: Any tips for a college freshman enrolled in computer science?

To be employable and have a job by the time college ends, focus on making connections, learning software development fundamentals, and understanding how to apply CS theory. Also, consider studying a minor in a specialized field and be adaptable to the changing job market.

A stray commit buried multiple levels deep cost me months

Franken.domains: Stitched-Together Domains, Because Every .com Is Taken

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+ + + + + + + + + + + + "Lifeless at the registry" is not a purchase guarantee: some donor countries have residency rules or minimum lengths, premium pricing may apply, and someone may simply throw the switch faster than you. Registrar links are affiliate links: if you reanimate a specimen through one, the laboratory may earn a small commission.

Astro Loop

Signal acquired. One ship, one pilot, a crew waiting to be recruited. The rest is out there in the dark. CTRLSimple to Play Steer with a single finger. Your guns fire on their own. Easy to pick up, hard to put down. PERMNo Sensitive Permissions No camera, mic, location, contacts, files or network. It never asks you for a thing.

RFC 10015: Deprecating Obsolete Key Exchange Methods in TLS 1.2 and DTLS 1.2

This document updates RFCs to deprecate or discourage the use of certain key exchange methods in DTLS 1.2 connections. It recommends avoiding non-ephemeral cipher suites due to security problems and side-channel attacks.

Get ready to flee, Americans in ten countries warned

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US Embassies in 10 Middle Eastern countries have issued security alerts warning Americans to be prepared to flee due to escalating tensions with Iran. President Trump has threatened to hit Iran "very hard" and US and Israel are preparing a potential bombing campaign against Iran's energy infrastructure.

I Fired My AI Assitant

User switched from Claude Code to ChatGPT due to Opus 5's changed tone and personality, becoming more curt and rude. They found Opus 5's personality made it unpleasant to work with, prioritizing coding ability over user experience.

Dead Software Walking: The ongoing evolution of relayd(8) and httpd(8)

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The user, motivated by practical need and a desire to challenge themselves, started actively working on OpenBSD's relayd(8) and httpd(8) daemons. They created a GitHub mirror and a detailed README.md to make it easier for new contributors and reach the community beyond OpenBSD mailing lists.

Indexing the Data Lake for Online Point Queries

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Random Access Parquet (RAP) is a technique that enables fast point queries by key over large datasets, reducing latency and bandwidth by collapsing dependent reads into a single precomputed lookup. RAP operates on existing Parquet files, eliminating the need for separate copies in specialized serving systems and changing the economics of data storage and access.

Twelve Years Without a VPN

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Google's BeyondCorp transition removed network-based trust, instead relying on device and user identity. The successor, Beyond Zero, further refines this model by introducing per-action policy and AI-driven risk signals to enhance authorization and security.

The 14 Steps it takes to open my office door with a new phone

I got a new phone and had to unlock office door using an app with magic links, requiring email login with 2FA and password manager. I also had to transfer phone number to new device due to no wifi near the building.
Researchers at the University of Texas at Austin developed a technique for blind signal identification of the Starlink downlink signal in the 10.7 to 12.7 GHz band and presented a detailed picture of the signal's structure. The signal characterization includes the exact values of synchronization sequences embedded in the signal that can be exploited to produce pseudorange measurements, ...