GLM 5.2, an open-weight model, beat Claude Code at IDOR detection with 39% F1, costing $0.17 per vulnerability found. The harness still matters more than the model, but open-weight models have crossed a threshold worth watching for security tasks.
The author used Opus 4.8 to analyze an MRI and got a second opinion on their diagnosis, which disagreed with the original doctor's report. The AI analysis found no partial-thickness tear, contradicting the doctor's diagnosis and making the author question the treatment plan.
What do America’s earliest restaurant menus teach us about America?
The interactive dataset tracks historic and current memory and storage prices, including DRAM, NAND flash, and HBM, with modeled estimates from Epoch AI for AI-accelerator costs. The data is downloadable and includes quarterly updates for HBM and monthly updates for DRAM and NAND prices from 1957 to the present.
The LineShine Supercomputer in China has taken the top spot on the 67th TOP500 list with 2.198 Exaflops of sustained FP64 performance. This is the first Chinese submission to the TOP500 in 9 years and marks a significant milestone for China's HPC capabilities.
Professor Roberto Serrano at Brown University detected massive cheating on a midterm exam using AI, with at least 50 students involved. He believes the university's response was inadequate and that AI is altering century-old traditions at elite universities, requiring a broader debate on academic integrity.
LibrePods is a project that allows non-Apple devices to use AirPods features. It implements the proprietary protocol used by Apple devices to exchange data with AirPods.
The author visits Pinal Airpark in Arizona to see retired Boeing 747s, once the principal host of important journeys, now a symbol of American decline. The 747 was a technological innovation that embodied American might, invention, and progress, but its accidental longevity defined an era of decline.
The Loongson processor is a Chinese-developed CPU that emerged in 2001, initially based on MIPS architecture, and was later developed into a 64-bit processor. The Loongson processor was used in the Lemote Yeeloong laptop, a low-cost netbook that was released in 2008.
Zanagrams is a free daily word puzzle. Drag across the letters to find the hidden words and watch the grid shrink as you solve it. A new Zanagrams puzzle every day.
Bash4LLM⁺ è un wrapper CLI sicuro per l'API Chat Completions di OpenAI, scritto in Bash e completamente auditabile. È un singolo script auto-contenuto che può essere scaricato, eseguito e utilizzato subito.
Daisugi, a Japanese technique, involves growing multiple trees from a single tree, creating a giant bonsai-like structure, but it's actually a form of coppicing, a common woodland management technique practiced for centuries. This method produces straight, usable timber without harming the original tree, and it's being re-emphasized as a sustainable way to manage woodlands.
The concept of tokenmaxxing, where companies spend large amounts of money on AI tokens without expecting a return, is not dead but rather evolving as companies realize the benefits of compounding correctness, where more tokens spent lead to better results. The shift towards open model platforms and generalist agents will lead to another rise in tokenmaxxing behavior, ultimately resulting in ...
A from-scratch text generator built in C/CUDA with a ~116M-parameter model trained on a single RTX 4070 GPU produces fluent-looking English with little real knowledge. The project demonstrates a complete, understandable training pipeline and the pretrain→SFT pipeline works end to end, but is not a capable assistant.
The author adapted the olfactory mirror test for LLMs by modifying their textual output and seeing if they notice. The test showed that some LLMs can detect anomalies in their own output, but others may just imitate the pattern.
Multiple stories are presented, each with a main character facing challenges and obstacles. The stories involve mystery, action, adventure, and romance, set in various locations and time periods.
The Space Shuttle's I/O Processor had 24 network connections and 25 virtual processors, implementing two different instruction sets. It used microcode to run the virtual processors on one physical processor.
The author argues that books are not a dying art, but rather a social phenomenon that has always been a minority interest. Corporate publishers' focus on profit and growth has led to the devaluation of literature and the neglect of readers who value books for their intellectual and aesthetic worth.
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What feature would you like to see? A mechanism to explicitly mark files/paths that the agent must not read or send to the model, at both repository and global levels (e.g., a repo-local .codexignore plus a global ignore file). Example: ...
A Polish user reported a bug on Medium where Ś wouldn't appear when typed. The issue was caused by Medium blocking CtrlS to prevent browser save dialogs, but Polish users use AltS to type Ś.
MUMPS is a programming language and database system created in 1966 for hospital information systems. It has a built-in hierarchical database with a schema-free, ordered key-value store.
The KIDS Act package includes bills that require age verification, government-directed moderation, and new rules for private communications. This could lead to restrictive age-checking practices, reduced online privacy, and limited free expression.
The US is being left behind in the electric vehicle market due to restrictive regulations and tariffs that prevent affordable Chinese EVs from being imported. American companies like Aptera are struggling to compete with Chinese manufacturers like BYD and Xiaomi, which have invested heavily in vertically integrated supply chains and battery factories.
Walking the robotics supply chain from atoms to algorithms — one weekday at a time. Two-page reads, written for software people who want to understand the hardware. By subscribing, you agree Substack's Terms of Use, and acknowledge its Information Collection Notice and Privacy Policy. In the last post sprayer had milliseconds to decide and one nozzle to fire. Today the machine stops ...
Akira Yoshizawa's 1955 exhibition in Amsterdam marked a significant event in the origins of modern origami, showcasing his revolutionary paperfolding techniques and inspiring a global movement. The exhibition, organized by Gershon Legman, featured Yoshizawa's intricate models, including birds, horses, and masks, and helped to foster a better relationship between the Netherlands and Japan.
Scientists have found potential evidence of life on Mars, but no conclusive proof, with the latest discovery being two chemicals formed by microbial activity or chemical reactions. The possibility of life on Mars has been tantalizing humans for over a century, with many previous claims debunked, but new research suggests life could exist underground.
Dr Patrick Breyer warns of a double-attack on secure messaging in the EU, with President Roberta Metsola pushing for mass surveillance and EU governments rushing a new scanning mandate. Citizens can email EU lawmakers and government representatives through fightchatcontrol.eu to stop this threat.
Marfa Public Radio creates a sleep podcast reading boring documents to fundraise for the station. Listeners can donate at marfapublicradio.org/donate to keep the station awake.
POSIX is a specification. Not a program. The thing that actually runs your script is bash, dash, ash, ksh, yash, or one of a dozen others. They each implement POSIX with their own gaps, extensions, and historical accidents. On bash, ksh, and a handful of others, you get back exactly what you typed: dash's echo interprets \n as a newline. bash's does not. Run it across shell-versions ...