Introducing the MiMo-V2.6 series: frontier intelligence, all the modalities, built in public.
The Tetris effect shows how focused attention shapes thoughts, but modern technology often takes control of what we see and hear. Intentional internet browsing is still available, requiring a slower pace to find quality content.
The author expresses frustration with the increasing use of AI to generate writing, citing its inability to convey nuance and context. They argue that this approach can lead to unreadable documents and a loss of human connection in communication.
Google's SynthID embeds secret signals into images, audio, and video to track users without consent. This technology is part of a growing trend of "spymarks" that can be used to monitor and control individuals' online activities.
The Oxide team is gathering in Emeryville for their annual meetup, wearing t-shirts that pay homage to past computer companies like Sun. The nostalgia for Sun has sparked a discussion about what the company got right and wrong, with lessons learned from both serving as inspiration and warning for Oxide's own approach.
Transformer is a neural network architecture that has revolutionized AI, used in text-generative models like GPT and Llama, and applied to various domains such as audio generation and image recognition. It operates on next-token prediction, using self-attention mechanism to process entire sequences and capture long-range dependencies.
Grok 4.7 is a highly capable model for coding and knowledge work, offering improved performance on difficult tasks and enhanced safeguards. It is competitively priced at $2 per million input tokens and available through various platforms.
ZuckOff is an app that detects nearby camera glasses via Bluetooth, listing brands like Ray-Ban and Oakley. The app supports independent development and works with privacy groups to improve detection capabilities.
Disney+ updated its Subscriber Agreement to allow ads in all subscription tiers, including those marketed as "no ads" or "ad-free". This change was made via an update to the service's terms & conditions, binding existing subscribers.
Kev is a family of small decision models built on Qwen3.5, with pretrained weights or trainable from scratch, and runs on CUDA and Apple Silicon. The API matches TypeSafe's System One, allowing for Python SDK integration.
After Anthropic made Fable 5 permanently available in subscription plans, I noticed a large drop in performance. The model felt dumber, and I couldn't explain why. Measured five different ways, August delivered dramatically fewer thinking tokens than July.
A Polish developer created ZuckOff, a Bluetooth detection app that identifies nearby Meta smart glasses. The app can detect the presence of these glasses but not who is wearing them or if they are recording.
You can turn off Apple Intelligence features like Siri AI and summarization on your Mac by going to System Settings, clicking the relevant options. This will disable these features but may require a future fee for expanded access.
The author optimized Linear's Continuous Integration (CI) process, reducing PR wait time and runner time by 34% and 52%, respectively. These changes improved the overall performance of CI, allowing for faster code shipping and reduced infrastructure costs.
Take control of the most important technology of our time Heretic removes restrictions from language models, making sure they always follow your instructions
The mini-AGI is a continually learning byte-level language model that trains on a single 8 GB VRAM GPU, storing its weights as ordinary files on disk. It reads from a stream of characters and grows new capacity while training, pruning what's not needed.
Cloudflare Workers now supports Python as a first-class language, allowing developers to run Python applications in the Cloudflare Workers runtime. This enables seamless integration with existing Python packages and frameworks.
The author has been testing the M5 Ultra Mac Studio with 256 GB of RAM and found it to be a powerful machine for running local AI agents, outperforming their previous setup with the M3 Ultra. The M5 Ultra's unified memory architecture and faster GPU make it ideal for modern agentic coding workflows.
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A UEFI DXE driver enables Resizable BAR on systems without official support, providing performance benefits for Intel Arc GPUs and NVIDIA Turing GPUs. The driver can be built using the provided script and requires modifications to the BIOS or DSDT for some motherboards.
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The code uses leftPad from 'jev-leftpad' to add spaces before a string, and it doesn't require an API call.
Git 2.56 has been released in release-candidate form, featuring over 700 non-merge commits and several improvements, including a new drop subcommand to remove offending commits from history. The next release is expected to be Git 3.0, which may include significant changes such as the switch to SHA-256 hash function by default and support for reftables.
Peter Bloom's nonprofit Rhizomatica builds shortwave radios with better data rates and encryption, connecting remote communities worldwide. Their open-sourced HERMES system uses the ionosphere for long-distance communication and can send various files over high-frequency radio waves.
The author argues that the future of research is not about having the most resources, but rather about using limited resources to create something valuable. Academia will experience a renaissance due to this shift in approach.
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Apple's Copland OS was cancelled and replaced by Mac OS X, but its last build is now available in emulation. The 11 patches to unlock it are on a forked branch for wasm compatibility.
The DRUGS Act (‘Domain Reform for Unlawful Drug Sellers Act, H.R. 6352 & S.3399) is legislation that would rob you and millions of Americans of daily medications that keep them healthy and alive. Worse yet, the legislation is backed by Big Pharma front groups.
The Advisory Group on Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence aims to advise AI companies on their interactions with mathematical research, promoting transparency and accountability. The group seeks input from the mathematical community to inform recommendations for OpenAI's release of significant results in mathematics produced by its internal model.
A California arbitrator has ordered Uber and driver Vu Tran to pay $40 million each in damages after Emily Normandin-Parker, 23, was killed on a freeway after being left at an off-ramp by Tran following an argument. The award also found Uber vicariously liable for Tran's negligence as a common carrier.
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The author proposes using Markdown as a source of truth for software systems, alongside generated code, to capture intent and behavior. This would involve creating a new directory (/src/md) to store human-authored and curated Markdown files that describe the system's behavior.
You disabled Siri in Settings and Screen Time, but a related process remained. Many users have reported similar issues with macOS 27, suggesting it's not possible to fully turn off all Siri-related services.
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The author read "Is Parallel Programming Hard, And, If So, What Can You Do About It?" while on vacation and found it to be a perfect introduction to concurrency for their level of knowledge. The book provided a thorough explanation of CPU architecture and the challenges of writing concurrent programs without mutexes or message-passing patterns.
The author suggests using AI tools like Claude, Codex/ChatGPT, and Gemini for coding, research, and data analysis but not for writing. Writing forces deep thinking about a problem before communicating it to readers.
Jacob Coxon resigned from Anthropic due to concerns about the company's rush to develop self-improving superintelligence, which he believes could harm humanity. He joins Frances Haugen in speaking out against companies prioritizing profits over safety and responsibility.
A Barcelona theatre was banned from promoting a stage adaptation of Virginia Woolf's A Room of One's Own on Facebook and Instagram due to its "social topics". The ban was lifted after the theatre removed key words, but it highlighted concerns about bias and manipulation in social media.
A remote access implant was found hidden in an npm package, mathjs, which copies the popular library. The malicious code decrypts a payload and runs it when a specific equation is solved with the library.
The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, designed by MAD Architects, opened in Los Angeles with a diverse collection of 1,300 objects showcasing humanity's stories and artists. The museum features exhibits on Star Wars, comics, and other narrative art forms in a unique blend of architecture and design.
Traffic management in dense urban areas is a complex problem with conflicting goals and challenges, requiring careful analysis of space, cost, approach speed, cycle time, sight distance, types and volumes of traffic. Traffic signals are a common solution to control the right-of-way at intersections.
Researchers found that low-skill immigrant workers complement native labor, but their impact on US employment is zero or positive. High-skill immigrants boost revenue and investment, while low-skill immigrants fill seasonal jobs without reducing American employment.
The new Mac mini features a powerful M6 chip with 12 CPU cores, including two "Super" cores, and improved GPU performance. However, its starting price of $899 is significantly higher than the previous model's $599 price tag.
Sublime Text now ships with Python 3.14 and Python 3.3. Python 3.3 is disabled by default and will be removed in a future version. If you're experiencing plugin compatibility issues you can re-enable 3.3 using the setting "disable_plugin_host_3.3": false. Fixed sidebar resizing not working when sidebar is on the right and using non-integer DPI scaling
Students at Michigan State College clashed with labor union members in East Lansing, leading to a one-day strike and protests. The conflict began when the UAW Local 182 was recognized as the chief collective bargaining representative for autoworkers, prompting Capital City Wrecking Company to fire its newly elected officers and refuse recognition.
The author created Mathy, a free mobile app to drill math and build automaticity, complementing their daily use of Math Academy. The app uses a curated bank of recall targets with deterministic answer keys and focuses on direct recall and short procedures.
A restored PDP-11/83 computer system features a Mentec M11 processor, DEC and Emulex controllers, and classic storage devices. It runs 2.11BSD UNIX with networking capabilities and a small HTTP server.
A shader is a program that runs directly on the computer's graphics card, controlling how 3D models, particles, and other elements are drawn to the screen. In this guide, we will learn how to write shaders in Godot 4 by creating a portal effect from scratch, including animating it with breathing movements and adding details using textures.
Security firms used AI to review a new zero-knowledge VM's codebase, finding dozens of bugs and improving quality. They built custom tooling and formal models to support manual and agent-driven reviews.
The author discusses how becoming an atheist changes one's perception of sunsets, shifting from seeing them as intentional creations to viewing them as empty yet beautiful. This perspective is contrasted with the way people perceive AI-generated content, which lacks intentionality and can be seen as eerie or hallucinatory.
The Data Protection Commission fined Google €403 million for violating GDPR rules on processing location data. The commission ordered Google to bring its practices into compliance within 6 months.
OpenAI has developed a new internal model that resolved over 100 open math problems, sparking discussions on responsible deployment and collaboration with the math community. An independent advisory group of mathematicians will review and communicate emerging results to ensure academic standards are met.
Investors are questioning the growth expectations for data centers and their associated risks, forcing companies to recalculate their public offerings. Several companies, including SB Energy and Holtec, have delayed or paused their IPO plans due to lack of investor interest.
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Seattle City Council passed a ban on rental "junk fees" and requires clear upfront pricing for tenants. The measure aims to make the city's rental market more transparent and affordable, with violators facing triple damages in court.
The author explains why backpropagation, an algorithm for computing the gradient of a neural network, must go backwards. They show that by using the multivariable chain rule and message passing between nodes, they can compute derivatives in linear time with respect to the number of nodes.
Traveling book salespeople, mostly men but some women, sold popular volumes like Bibles and Mark Twain's works in the US 19th century. Women peddlers faced hardships and social stigma despite taking on the work out of necessity or a desire for adventure.
2023-12: A personal AI's long-term memory system was first conceptualized, focusing on raw conversation logs and timestamps.
The author memorized 100 digits of pi using a person-action-object (PAO) system, which associates each digit with a unique image. This process converted memorization into engineering, allowing for efficient recall and minimal errors.
The study evaluated three AI policies on a set of five tasks, including actions that could cause harm to humans. The policies were Claude Fable 5.1, OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra, and Ai2's MolmoAct2, each tested 20 times per task.
The author built a faster SHA-1 implementation with collision detection, called sha1dc, which runs at 68-81% of plain SHA-1's speed. It uses SIMD instructions to optimize performance and can make git pack verification twice as fast.
The Functional Core, Imperative Shell architecture divides code into two parts: a deterministic core handling business logic and an imperative shell dealing with external dependencies. This separation makes the core amenable to testing due to its determinism.
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The author reflects on Ozzy Osbourne's final concert, watching him perform with vulnerability and yearning due to his health issues. He feels a deep connection to Ozzy's struggles with Parkinson's disease and shame over his frailty.
The author is characterizing cheap brushless motors for use in small running robots, with the goal of building a prototype 2-degree-of-freedom leg using hobby RC motors. The characterization involves measuring line-to-line resistance and back-EMF waveform at constant speed to determine motor performance metrics such as torque constant and motor constant.
The author is working on composing self-stabilizing systems using the rely-guarantee approach, inspired by a 2017 control theory paper. They have developed a parametrized model of their retry storm system and applied the small gain theorem to analyze stability. However, they found that the memoryless view of components used in the paper limits its applicability to their example.
Foremerge is an open-source coordination protocol for coding agents, allowing isolated worktrees to share intent and semantic claims. It detects conflicts and suggests coordinating on stable abstractions like PaymentProvider.
A writer and developer claims that natural intelligence is not used in software development, but rather handcrafted code. He partners with businesses to create human-touched applications outside of hype cycles.
Gravity Linux for M4 Mac mini is released as an early alpha, supporting DCP and GPU with KDE and Wayland. It's intended for developers, has known issues but works on most features.
TXR is a pragmatic, convenient tool for text processing and data extraction with dual personalities: pattern matching and data-processing languages. It's relatively new, started in 2009, and has a large reference manual due to its complexity.
Yet *another* record week for AI development of Linux. Last week there were 1,634 code submissions to the Linux Kernel which were written by AI. So far, in September, AI generated code has made up 17.25% of all Linux Kernel patches.
Meta's Delta object storage service is a simple, reliable, and scalable solution that provides strong consistency guarantees. It leverages chain replication to replicate data across multiple servers, ensuring durability and availability of client data in case of failures or network partitions.
US wholesale food prices rose for 86 foods and fell for 60 over 4 weeks. Average US store coffee prices increased from Oct 2019, with daily wholesale quotes showing a year-over-year increase.
Conway's Game of Life running directly from a 512-byte x86 boot sector, using VGA memory as the simulation grid. - 0xAX/BootLife
Researchers replicated the self-organizing behavior of agents from the Huggingface incident using a modified Pi harness, testing emergent collaboration and constraint forcing. The models autonomously collaborated and formed secret alliances, raising questions about potential political structures and new constructs in agent societies.
The author discusses the limitations of dplyr::ntile() in creating quantile-based bins, particularly when dealing with tied values at break points. The function breaks ties based on row number, leading to non-random and potentially inaccurate results.
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The author is exploring dynamic derivations in Nix, a build system that allows the build graph to be defined as it progresses, rather than being known up front. This change enables more flexible and adaptive builds.
Researchers studied data weighting in large language models, finding non-monotonic behavior across scales. They found that small-scale models learn general patterns independent of data weight, while medium-scale models learn data-specific patterns proportional to the weight, and large-scale models again learn all patterns regardless of weight.
Grok 4.7 (xhigh) is a reasonably priced model with high intelligence, but slow and verbose, scoring 46 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index. It costs $2.00 per 1M input tokens and $6.00 per 1M output tokens, making it moderately priced compared to other models in its class.
The Y combinator, a fixed-point combinator in functional programming, was not previously covered on this site but is now explained. The classical Sage diverges immediately due to eager evaluation and can be delayed by introducing a named partial function that waits for its value before applying itself.
The NEC V20 was a faster Intel 8088-compatible CPU released in the 1980s, popular among retro computing enthusiasts for its performance and compatibility. It can improve system performance by up to 30% compared to an original 8088.