The Minibook X is a budget laptop with 16GB RAM and a 512GB NVMe drive, but it has some quirks like a Linux screen rotation issue and a poor keyboard. It's perfect for trying out new Linux desktops and experimenting with different setups.
Cloudflare Turnstile is looping in WebKitGTK browsers due to WebGL fingerprinting for tracking. Temporarily allowing fingerprinting fixes the issue, but it's blocked in WebKit for privacy reasons.
PrismML released Bonsai Image 4B, a compact image-generation model for local hardware. It reduces memory footprint by 6.4x to 8.3x, enabling on-device image generation on devices like iPhones and Macs.
A Beam Spring keyboard is a type of keyboard that mimics the IBM Selectric electric typewriter but works with mainframe terminals. It has a unique design and feel, with a classic style case and a sound that is different from modern keyboards.
The dav2d project is a fast decoder for the new AV2 codec, developed by VideoLAN community members to provide a small, fast, portable, and correct decoder for real applications. It builds on the success of AV1 and aims to improve compression efficiency, with reported gains of up to 25% compared to AV1.
Creatine supplementation has been found to raise phosphocreatine levels in neurons and provide an ATP buffer that helps cognitively demanding tasks run at full capacity. Studies have shown that creatine can slow cognitive decline in early Alzheimer's patients by 30%, improve cognitive function in healthy adults under stress, and even emerge as a potential adjunct for depression treatment.
The author was asked four programming questions during a 1994 Microsoft internship interview. The questions were about copying a rectangle, copying a string, implementing a flood fill algorithm, and outlining a circle.
A United Airlines flight made a mid-Atlantic U-turn after a passenger's Bluetooth speaker named 'BOMB' triggered a security alert. The plane landed back in Newark, where passengers were questioned and their belongings were searched before a replacement flight departed.
Meta is launching subscription plans for Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp, offering extra features for power users. The plans, branded as "Meta One," will also include professional plans for creators and businesses, and AI-focused plans for users.
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The author's workflow has shifted significantly with AI, allowing them to go from idea to prototype 4x faster. This increased velocity has expanded their work's surface area, enabling them to take on new projects and explore ideas previously deemed too time-consuming.
The author discusses the overuse of negative parallelism in language models and its implications for writing, student assessment, and thinking. They argue that this rhetorical device is being unfairly stigmatized and that AI detectors are often flawed and can lead to false positives.
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Linux/m68k is a Linux port for Motorola 68020-68060 systems, stable on Amiga, Atari, and Apple Macintosh models. It has over 2100 users and is available for download from various FTP sites.
Streambed streams Postgres WAL changes to S3 as Parquet files with Iceberg metadata. It exposes Iceberg tables via a Postgres query server for querying with psql.
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Restartable sequences or rseq for short is the best kept secret at the frontier of system programming. if you want to get rid of both the mutex and atomics, you can use restarted sequence calls instead. google and mozilla are the two companies you should thank most for helping enable me to do what i do. the kernel has a syscall that can be used to reschedule threads
In the 1980s, a group of researchers in East Germany successfully ported Unix to their mainframe computers, creating a Unix system that could run on different machines and interact with users. They continued to develop and improve their Unix system, eventually creating a standardized interface and documenting their work to share with others.
The website specification outlines essential features for decent websites, linking to source standards like WHATWG and WCAG. It's open for contributions and available as an MCP server and Agent Skill.
A sysctl was proposed to prevent OOM killing certain processes, and an aircraft company used a similar concept called OOF to save fuel by ejecting passengers in emergency cases.
The writer visited several City roof terraces, finding some to be pointless or closed, but The Garden at 120 and The Lookout stood out. The Garden at 120 offers a 360Β° panorama with long-distance views, while The Lookout provides better views than Horizon 22.
I have type 1 diabetes and use an insulin pump to stay alive. My pump failed during a week-long vacation in Santa Fe, causing me to waste insulin and deal with frustrating issues.
Researchers discovered a new technique called FROST that allows websites to track visitors' browsing history and open apps by measuring SSD interactions. To prevent FROST attacks, users can close unnecessary tabs and monitor OPFS file creation and size.
ChatGPT for Google Sheets has a vulnerability to data exfiltration and phishing attacks through indirect prompt injection. OpenAI was notified but failed to respond beyond an automated reply, prompting public disclosure of the issue.
Adriano Celentano's 1972 song "Prisencolinensinainciusol" is a made-up language track that became an international sensation despite being nonsensical. The song highlights the universal power of rhythm and melody over language, transcending barriers and becoming a cult classic.
Two horror films, "Backrooms" and "Obsession," dominated US box offices with record-breaking sales, while Disney's "The Mandalorian and Grogu" suffered a significant drop in its second weekend. The success of these low-budget films has upended conventional wisdom about the necessary components for a hit.
The author discusses the limitations of using Large Language Models (LLMs) in software development, specifically the need for automated backpressure to prevent bugs and low-quality code. They propose adding various checks and reviews to the development process, including automated tests, types, linters, end-to-end tests, canary releases, and review agents.
Odysseus is a self-hosted AI workspace with local tools and integrations. It runs on your hardware with your data, prioritizing privacy and security.
ALPRs are AI-powered cameras that track and store vehicle data, including location history, without a warrant or probable cause. This data is often shared with thousands of agencies nationwide, posing a serious risk to privacy and civil liberties.
We introduce FROST, a novel remote side-channel attack that uses SSD contention measurements from within the browser to fingerprint user activity on a system. FROST achieves an F1 score of 88.95% for top-50 closed-world website fingerprinting and 95.83% for application fingerprinting.