Valve released CAD files for the Steam Controller and Puck, allowing modders to create custom accessories. The files are under a Creative Commons license for non-commercial use, with commercial entities needing to contact Valve directly.
Permacomputing promotes sustainable digital practices through 10 principles, including resilience, hardware care, and simplicity, to reduce environmental and socio-economic impact. It encourages users to observe, question, and reimagine technology to create a more just and regenerative digital culture.
Generative AI is creating a new form of "slop" in workplaces, where workers rely on tools to produce work without understanding its quality. This leads to a loss of judgment and expertise, as humans become conduits for AI-generated output rather than evaluators of its quality.
The author discussed the convergence of vibe coding and agentic engineering, realizing that relying on AI tools for coding can blur the lines between responsible and irresponsible use. They value proven solutions over perfect documentation and tests.
The US Library of Congress recommends SQLite, XML, JSON, and CSV as storage formats for datasets due to their high chance of survival and accessibility. These formats are chosen based on disclosure, adoption, transparency, external dependencies, patent impact, and technical protection mechanisms.
Manufacturers produce power supply series to share infrastructure and optimize components for each output rating. Models within a series typically share similarities in performance, but may have differences in cable selection and minor component changes.
A 13-year-old girl in New Zealand and a girl in New Hampshire became pen pals in 1985 through International Youth Service, and after 40 years, they finally met in person. Despite the decline of traditional mail, pen pal programs are experiencing a resurgence, especially among younger generations who value tactile, slower forms of communication.
The user's company Val Town switched from Clerk to Better Auth for authentication due to reliability and rate limiting issues with Clerk, which caused site outages and complexity. Better Auth provided a more reliable and customizable solution, allowing Val Town to regain control over user sessions and data.
Living on light is a dangerous game. Not only do the sun’s rays carry ultraviolet waves that can snap DNA strands and degrade molecules, but they also vary wildly in intensity. Plants must endure and thrive through soft morning light and blazing summer afternoons, through shade one moment and full sun the next. Their solar calories come in a trickle — or a deluge. “Think of a cloud obscuring ...
Google Cloud launched Google Cloud Fraud Defense, a platform to verify bots, humans, and AI agents, securing digital interactions and commerce. It measures and controls agentic activity, preventing evolving threats and securing customer journeys to accelerate business growth.
Windows doesn't know if a file is binary or text, so you must specify it yourself when opening the file. You can use the C runtime library to open files in text or binary mode, but not directly in Windows.
I wanted to test out the new Unsloth models for Qwen3.6 and Gemma4 on my gaming PC. llama.cpp on Windows is tedious to compile, and I have littered my Windows installation with too many toolchains already. Python venvs, Mingw, Cuda, UCRT64 & WSL to name a few. Windows still does not feel developer friendly to me. I think I’m ok with it being a frontend for Steam’s Big Picture mode. I ...
The author describes the tech industry as a burning ship with no clear direction, where employees are struggling to keep up with the demands of their jobs and the constant introduction of new technologies. The author argues that the real problem is not AI, but rather the greed of corporate leaders who prioritize profits over people and the well-being of their employees.
Hallucinopedia is an encyclopedia covering unusual topics with equal seriousness. It features articles on obscure events, scientific disciplines, and cultural phenomena.
TL;DR: I made an app to share a car with my family using flutter. It was a very interesting experience. We were sitting around the kitchen table trying to make a plan for splitting the gas bill. This was an ongoing problem, and me joining the family had only made it worse. There needed to be a way to determine who needed to pay for filling the car, because otherwise, whoever got it when the ...
The user likes reinventing wheels, especially in art, craft, food, and code, to learn and shape tools to fit their mind. They built a BASIC-based text editor, yvi, with Vi-like commands, which they use for coding and writing.
Tilde provides a versioned filesystem for autonomous AI agents, ensuring safe use with real data and logging every action. It's built on lakeFS, a battle-tested data versioning layer for managing billions of objects.
Flow maps are a way to speed up sampling from diffusion models by predicting any point on a path from any other point on that same path, rather than just the tangent direction at each point. They can be used for faster sampling, more efficient reward-based learning, and improved sampling steerability, but training a flow map is significantly more involved than training a diffusion model.
Deep learning works by memorizing noise and signal, with the signal channel allowing generalization and the reservoir containing memorized noise. A new theory explains generalization and provides a way to train directly on population risk, eliminating overfitting and suggesting more efficient model architectures.
In the UK, sorry is a versatile word used to soften requests, smooth over awkwardness, and avoid confrontation. It can mean various things such as excuse me, move over, I disagree, or I need a moment to process what you said.
CrossPoint Reader is an open-source firmware for the Xteink X4 e-paper display reader, offering EPUB reading with multi-language support. It's built using PlatformIO and targets the ESP32-C3 microcontroller, aiming to unlock the device's potential.
Ted Turner, a media mogul and philanthropist, died at 87 after a life of revolutionizing television news and building a media empire. He founded CNN, a pioneering 24-hour news network, and was a devoted philanthropist, conservationist, and activist.
Try the Templatical drag-and-drop email editor in this interactive playground. Build, preview, and export email templates directly in your browser.
Researchers developed SoundOff, a low-cost, passive ultrasound system for smart home sensing. It uses wearable devices to detect unique ultrasonic emissions from tags on furniture, enabling non-intrusive monitoring.
TL;DR: Human data is directly related to what drug development demands, but is difficult to generate and perturb. Mouse data allows us to discover causality and is easy to generate, but is only a proxy for what matters. What has never existed is causal data that speaks in human terms. We’ve built the system that creates it: a combination of wet-lab innovations and machine-learning ...
php-fts is a self-contained full-text search engine written in pure PHP with no dependencies. It provides solid full-text search with ranked results, filters, and tolerant matching for projects with minimal and portable stacks.
User's blog traffic comes from various sources, with 25% from subscribers and the rest from search engines, link aggregators, and other online platforms. They track traffic from RSS, email, and other sources to understand where people find their blog.
Today's comic features SMBC reader/googler Tanya! It's also loosely based on a conversation I had at the last Beerscussion. Dude I was talking to - I remember everything we talked about, but for some reason at 1:30AM I can't remember your name! If you see this, please send it to me and I'll credit you :)