The article describes an SVG graphic with specific elements: a rounded rectangle, a path, a circle, and a semi-transparent smaller rectangle, all with designated colors and sizes. The graphic uses a limited color palette.
A new product for the Atari 2600 enables creating full-length movies with 80x192 resolution and 4-bit audio at home. Each second of video requires data equivalent to 75.5 Combat cartridges.
The Ioun Stone of Mastery is depicted as merging magic with mathematical prowess, while einsum, useful in ML, is compared in efficiency to other tensor manipulation methods.
The article suggests integrating Rust into Linux kernel code for codec drivers to improve security by eliminating common C coding errors. Stateful vs. stateless hardware decoding is discussed, highlighting the complexity of codec programming and the potential for Rust to simplify and secure kernel-level operations.
The WorldWideWeb initiative seeks to enable access to a vast array of documents. It includes various components such as project summaries, mailing lists, and tools.
The article celebrates Hubris's fourth anniversary, focusing on their unique system call, REPLY_FAULT, which enhances system robustness by aggressively handling IPC errors through immediate task termination, rather than error codes. Hubris's IPC behaves like a Rust function call, enforcing strict error responses that simplify the system and improve development by catching errors early.
The article examines how people's intuitions often lead to incorrect answers in logic problems, despite efforts to prompt reflection, and suggests dual process models may not wholly account for persistent errors in judgment. Even when given hints, many still fail to correct their mistaken intuitions.
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A plane in 3D space is an infinitely extending flat surface described by point-normal and three-point forms; the article clarifies these concepts through visual aids and addresses complex geometric calculations such as finding distances and intersections.
Market Village, once located next to Pacific Mall in Toronto, is now a memory with digital remnants online like photos and reviews, but the site itself is a gravel field with no physical mall present. The future of the space remains uncertain, with speculation about residential developments replacing the planned mall.
The author manages hobby websites with a DIY approach, preferring self-hosting and FOSS tools, and has designed a self-built form system using n8n to avoid using third-party services. They balance hands-on management with using tools like Coolify and Astro for convenience.
New research shows that cats can be attracted to 2D illusions of squares just as they are to 3D boxes, indicating they have illusory-contour perception. This citizen science study is pioneering in exploring cat cognition and their susceptibility to optical illusions in a home setting.
Federal authorities say a "critical safety gap" in 's Autopilot system contributed to at least 467 collisions, 13 resulting in fatalities and "many others" resulting in serious injuries. The findings come from a National Highway Traffic Safety Administration analysis of 956 crashes in which Tesla Autopilot was thought to have been in use. The results of the nearly ...
An experienced developer explains that contributing to open-source should be purposeful, not just for personal gain, and juniors should integrate with projects carefully to support mutual benefit. Open-source contributions are valuable but require mindfulness to ensure they genuinely enhance the project and community.
Douglas Fairbairn interviews Brian Halla at the Computer History Museum, discussing Halla's early inspiration from gadgets and his pragmatic choice of electrical engineering guided by financial prospects. Halla's career progression, from wanting to be a pilot to technology and software, is highlighted with influential figures, including Terry Opdendyk at Intel.
The author describes their method of scraping millions of SERPs without buying proxies, using AWS Lambda and Headless Chrome for legitimate reasons, while avoiding more malicious activities. To evade detection by anti-bot companies, they suggest using real Android devices with diverse IPs rather than emulators or proxies.
A widespread Apple ID outage caused users to be logged out and forced to reset passwords on Friday evening, with no clear reason or acknowledgment from Apple's System Status. The issue, widely reported on social media, also affected 9to5Mac staff.
The article discusses the overcrowding of an AI UX venue and promotes an upcoming AI Engineer World's Fair. It delves into the evolution of generative AI, from simple applications to its potential in simulative AI, and highlights recent advancements and the capabilities of AI models like Cloud 3 in creating immersive simulations.
Software supply chain security involves securing software components' lifecycle and the CI/CD pipeline to mitigate threats. Technologies like SBOM, TUF, Sigstore, and SLSA guidelines enhance transparency and reliability in the process.
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The repository offers code to access datasets and models, reproduce figures, and run experiments for a main paper, focusing on data in MongoDB. Detailed documentation and Jupyter notebooks guide users on setup and data manipulation.
Bun addresses the challenge of crash reporting for CLI tools with Bun v1.1.5's new crash report format, avoiding personal data and creating compact URLs for issue tracking without debug symbols. These URLs help demangle crashes using server-side symbol caching and encode platform, subcommand, commit SHA, and crash message.
The author expresses frustration over the issues with Passkeys and the Webauthn standard, highlighting technical limitations and poor user experiences that undermine their initial optimism for a password-free future. They advocate for alternative security measures like password managers over platform-controlled Passkey stores.
The ADRAS-J satellite, operated by the Japanese company Astroscale, successfully maneuvered to within a few hundred meters of a discarded rocket body this month, snapping a striking photo to memorialize the achievement. "Behold, the world's first image of space debris captured through rendezvous and proximity operations during our ADRAS-J mission," Astroscale said today (April 26) ...
Boyajian's star's odd flickering led some to theorize it could be an alien megastructure, but it's likely caused by a dust cloud. Stellar phenomena like this inform new methods in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence, away from traditional radio signal detection.
Microsoft and IBM have released the source code for MS-DOS 4.00 under the MIT license and shared additional early beta binaries and documentation. This release provides insight into historic operating system development and the MS-DOS evolution.
tscircuit offers tools to build, share, and produce electronic circuits, integrating with React Fiber for rendering on the web. It enhances workflow with a package manager, CLI tool, and aims for auto-routing advancements in circuit design.
Software and AI, notably GPT-4, assist in academic tasks including writing research papers and grant proposals, possibly replacing some academic roles. There's concern this trend may inflate scientific output without enhancing understanding.
Cornwall's Flamm project explored technology through hands-on experiences with minerals, including family mining adventures and building circuits with Cardboard Crystal Synthesisers, fostering both educational and communal engagement. The project connected historical mining practices to modern technology in interactive workshops with a focus on local heritage.