Jerry created a 4000-panel map project using a custom deck of cards with instructions for each panel. The project is a two-dimensional "virtual world" art project with a set of rules and randomly generated instructions.
The Encoder model makes swipe typing predictions, but lacks accuracy, while the ContextLM model improves predictions by eliminating nonsensical words. Combining all 3 models with a beam width of 300 achieves a top-4 fail rate of ~4% and an error rate below 1% on the test set.
Swift Package Index has joined Apple, preserving its vision and expertise to build a comprehensive package registry for the Swift community. The registry will continue to support package discovery, security, and reliability, with new features and capabilities to be introduced over time.
Kevin Mitnick, a hacker-turned-security consultant, was caught by Shawn Nunley, a Novell network administrator, after Nunley recorded a suspicious voicemail from Mitnick. Mitnick later apologized to Nunley and they became friends, with Mitnick leaving Nunley a gift to buy his dream car after his passing.
Teng Xu from crysta.ai printed one of your insects as a gift, using a special 3D printer that creates a "crystal" piece with trapped details. You're excited about the process and possibilities, but suggest improvements to the editor and import capabilities.
Tony Krueger worked on early versions of Microsoft Word and introduced the unobtrusive spell checker with red squiggles under misspelled words. His feature became a standard in word processors and was even referenced in a "Weird Al" Yankovic parody video.
A novel iPhone BootROM vulnerability was discovered and exploited by a team, allowing them to achieve application processor boot-chain compromise on Apple A12, S4/S5, and A13 devices. The vulnerability leverages a hardware bug in the USB controller and a specific configuration flaw in the device firmware, and the team released a proof of concept to document the real-world impact of this class ...
The London Climate Action Week event has been cancelled due to extreme heat warning. It was to announce the Adeline Stuart-Watt Award winner and discuss extreme heat governance globally.
The app allows editing TikZ figures with drag-and-drop functionality and instant code updates. It supports common TikZ features, including \foreach loops, and has a free, open-source license.
The user is uneasy about the future of software development where loops and AI assistants dominate, potentially removing human responsibility and understanding. They question how to retain good engineering rules and human supervision in a future where loops and machines increasingly drive code development.
The user discusses the benefits and limitations of vitamin D supplements, citing various studies and trials that show mixed results, but concludes that taking vitamin D may be beneficial for people with low levels, particularly those with severe deficiency. The user also suggests that daily doses of vitamin D may be safer and more effective than large, intermittent doses, and that raising ...
Larry Masinter and Frank Halasz discuss their work at Xerox PARC, Interlisp, and NoteCards, highlighting the importance of "residential programming" and the tradeoff between speed of invention and engineering discipline. They also reflect on the Medley/Interlisp revival and its potential to preserve software history and inspire innovation.
A requirement for staying sane while working in public as an open source maintainer is realizing that every issue, PR, and piece of feedback is a present, not an obligation. You can accept it, ignore it, and use it partially or not at all. For years, as lead of the Go Security team at the time,1 I’ve told new team members that it doesn’t apply to vulnerability reports. No, vulnerability ...
The model Unlimited-OCR is available on ModelScope for inference using Huggingface transformers on NVIDIA GPUs. It supports single image and multi-page parsing with various configurations.
This CLI tool, ffs, reads disks directly and is faster than ripgrep for large file searches, but slower for small directories due to kernel cache. It supports various file systems, including journaling, B-tree, and APFS, but has limitations and security restrictions.
Rhombus is a general-purpose, functional programming language with extensibility and good performance. It's built on Racket and offers a modern synthesis of functional and dynamic language features.
A technical issue with Germany's GSM-R communication system halted all trains nationwide, leaving passengers stranded. Deutsche Bahn is working to resolve the issue and provide assistance to affected passengers.
People tried to validate email addresses by sending spam, retrying from different servers, but this approach is flawed and can be easily blocked by content filtering. This method is likely facilitated by a SaaS or automated tool, possibly created by a misconfigured or malfunctioning AI.
An ultra-fast mirror of the UbuWeb film archive. 3,205 avant-garde films and videos, free to stream. Fast Ubu re-hosts UbuWeb's film and video collection for faster loading and search. All works belong to their artists. It's an independent project, not affiliated with UbuWeb.
Academia's traditional metrics of success are being undermined by AI-generated content, making it difficult to assess student knowledge and research quality. The current reward system prioritizes volume over substance, allowing AI-maximizing students and researchers to excel while genuine intellectual work is undervalued.
In which I painstakingly remove functionality from a Linux live image. Like a normal person. One of NixOS' cooler party tricks is that you can trivially take some configuration and run it as a virtual machine (VM). nixos-rebuild build-vm will give you one for your system configuration1. But you can also do it for any given configuration you want, system or not! That's enough to get a ...
A wolf named Bram attacked a 6-year-old boy in the Netherlands, causing the boy to be taken to a hospital with bite marks and nail scratches. The incident fueled a debate about the growing wolf population in the Netherlands, with some politicians calling for a "wolf-free zone."
Fold paper in half, then into eight rectangles. Cut and fold to create a plus sign, resulting in eight pages.
Quaise Energy successfully drilled 100 meters using millimeter wave technology in Central Texas, a milestone for unlocking deeper geothermal resources. The company plans to build on this achievement with a more powerful gyrotron and aims to complete a pilot power plant in the Western U.S. by 2028.
Monolisa is a typeface built for you, the developers and creatives. it improves code legibility and provides san serif for all design tasks. after using this font for just two days it's grown on me - i really like it. if you need emojis, you can find them in the font's character set. the characters are easy to read, and the style is very clean.
FROMSOFT uses a low-tech AI system in their Soulsborne games, based on a stack of states called Goals, which can be updated and modified to create complex behavior. The system uses a mix of Lua scripting and C++ code, with a focus on flexibility and ease of use for designers and animators, making it well-suited for creating diverse and punishing NPC encounters.
I was fired by Google two months ago for creating a viral Google Workspace CLI that disrupted their plans. Google announced an official Workspace CLI two days before my termination, revealing their fear of disruption.
April 1 marks the first day of the new year. the u.s. president's eu summit is set for june 1 - thursday, july 1 at london bridge, where he'll be speaking about the world cup and the euro 2012 qualifying games, including the gold medal match between britain and greece, which takes place in switzerland, will be
Send a single email or make a direct call to urge a NO vote on AB 2047, citing its rushed passage and contradictions, as well as its unworkable technology requirements and unfair penalties. The bill also unfairly targets small businesses and makers, while exempting undefined groups such as entertainment studios.