To use the reMarkable Paper Pro with riddle, you need developer mode and a launcher installed. You can use remagic to set it up with one command.
Anubis is a server protection system using Proof-of-Work to prevent aggressive AI scraping. It requires modern JavaScript features, so disable JShelter or similar plugins for this domain.
You sequenced your genome 5 times at home using an Oxford Nanopore Technologies MinION, taking two months to set up and costing a significant amount. The genome is a reference layer, and analyzing it with tools like VEP and gnomAD provides information on gene expression but is not yet diagnosis-level.
CoMaps is a GPS app for abroad trips without mobile data, offering private navigation and search. It's an open-source project built by a community contributing to OpenStreetMap and Codeberg.
The author discusses the shift in AI economics, specifically the difference between training and inference costs in AI models. They argue that inference costs are where the real money lies, with providers like OpenAI and Anthropic charging high prices for their models.
Adebayo Alonge created a handheld device called RxScanner that uses AI to identify counterfeit medication in Africa. He later developed a smaller, low-power version that can run on an Android phone, enabling it to work in areas without broadband or electricity.
On-device sentence embeddings — engine, weights, and tokenizer in 7 MB of WASM. Search the React docs entirely on your CPU.
Researchers discovered a "J-space" in language models like Claude, a mental workspace that allows the model to think about concepts without writing them down. The J-space is a collection of internal neural patterns that can be read and influenced, and it plays a key role in the model's reasoning and decision-making.
Kapa added a pruner to its AI assistants to reduce context and cost by 68% and 34% respectively, while preserving 96% of recall. The pruner uses a small LLM to grade chunks against a five-level scale, dropping chunks below a threshold.
XBOX is undergoing a significant restructuring with 3,200 job cuts and 4 studios leaving management. The goal is to simplify and refocus on growth, with a new COO and streamlined operations.
The user attempted to port Linux to the Atari Jaguar console, which has a 68000 processor without an MMU, and encountered several challenges including memory footprint, compiler issues, and toolchain setup. After overcoming these obstacles with the help of the linuxmd project and buildroot, the user successfully compiled and ran a Linux kernel on the Jaguar, with a custom initramfs and busybox.
Researchers developed a compact, low-power Ising machine using microwave delay lines, achieving high thermal stability and scalability. It solves complex problems like MAX-CUT, number partitioning, and Sudoku efficiently and outperforms some state-of-the-art machines.
The AMD Ryzen AI Halo is a mini-PC with a Zen 5 AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395 processor, 128 GB of unified LPDDR5x-8000 memory, and a 2 TB M.2 SSD, priced at $3,999.99 USD, offering a "batteries included" software experience with AMD's AI Playbooks and curated configurations.
OpenSSH 10.4 was released on 2026-07-06 with security fixes and general bugfixes. It includes experimental support for a composite post-quantum signature scheme.
The user announces a four-part series called AFS (Acronym Fatigue Series) to explore their aversion to acronyms, citing cultural differences and overuse in marketing as reasons. They believe acronyms are often used as a form of in-group signalling, making them more memorable and effective in marketing, but also contributing to their own fatigue.
OfficeCLI is a binary that gives AI agents full control over Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. It installs automatically with a single line of code and allows agents to create, read, and edit documents with high fidelity.
Microsoft's Global Device Identifier (GDID) is a 64-bit Device PUID assigned by the Microsoft Account service when a Windows installation registers with a Microsoft Account. It is stored in the registry and transmitted with activity uploads, tied to a device's IP history and browsing activity.
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A robotics company in Palo Alto, California, is hiring three principal engineers to lead the development of wearable robotic devices that reduce physical load carrying. The company is seeking experienced engineers to own mechanical, firmware, and software domains, with a focus on real-world applications and user feedback.
The author, Steve, believes everyone should learn to code for educational value, not just vocational gain, and shares his personal experience of discovering math through programming. He aims to spread the joy of programming through Val Town, a platform for writing and deploying code.
Aluminum foil is a thin, highly reflective, conductive, and ductile material suitable for various applications, including origami and cryogenic uses. It can be work-hardened and used to create tools that can shape and form other aluminum foil, enabling potential matter compiler bootstrapping.
benchmarking, i.e., the act of building and applying benchmarks, is a new(ish) form of data activation: a way of turning domain data into something models can be measured against, ranked by, and eventually trained on. i wrote about data activation a while back, and i want to come back to it, because i think benchmarking is one of the cleaner examples of the thing i was reaching for then. ...
Poly/ML is a Standard ML implementation with full ML97 standard compatibility since version 4.0. It offers unique features like thread library and foreign function interface for efficient execution.
Elm 0.19.2 improves compiler performance by reducing allocation during parsing, resulting in faster incremental builds. This update is part of a series of small releases leading to Elm 1.0, with further improvements and features to come.
A Rotman lens is a passive electronic component used for beamforming in radio frequency applications, allowing multiple antenna beams to be formed without phase shifters. It consists of input and output ports with different phase shifts, enabling beam shaping in various directions.
Januscape is a KVM escape vulnerability that lets a guest escape to the host in a KVM/x86 environment, threatening guest-host isolation. It can be triggered with guest-side actions alone and can be used for DoS or RCE attacks on the host.
M/PC is a postfix notation OS for Varvara with a single prompt interface. It supports file management, screen resizing, and console output without a file browser.
Kani is a model checker for Rust that provides correctness guarantees for properties like functional correctness and absence of runtime panics. It compiles proof harnesses from Rust's MIR into a verification engine, automatically checking safety properties with no user annotation.
The user discussed their attempt to combine functional programming with relational programming in their λFS system, which treats relations as finite functions and uses a type system to ensure functions have finite support. They explored different evaluation orders for recursion in λFS, including left-to-right, query planner-based, and parallel evaluation, and discussed the challenges and ...
Scientists at the University of Cambridge used base editing to study human embryonic development, discovering NANOG's crucial role in creating pluripotent cells. The technique's precision reduces the risk of unintended chromosomal abnormalities, potentially improving IVF success rates and understanding early pregnancy loss.