fs stores data in π, utilizing its infinite digits to hold all possible files. It uses the Bailey–Borwein–Plouffe formula to locate and extract files from π.
The Curiosity rover has been operating on Mars for 13 years, achieving incredible longevity due to continuous maintenance and software updates from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Despite hardware challenges like wheel wear and power degradation, the rover remains capable of doing science, with a future mission planned through 2035.
Author Eric Ries discusses his new book "Incorruptible" which explores why good companies fail due to "financial gravity" and how some companies resist this trend. He aims to provide insights on how to prevent this from happening.
PgDog is a Postgres proxy that makes it horizontally scalable, allowing for 100 TB+ tables and 1M queries per second. It's open source, with over 1.4M Docker pulls, and a growing community for support.
Thomas Nagel's article "What Is It Like to Be a Bat" argues that subjective experience cannot be reduced to physical explanations. He claims that understanding what it's like to be a bat requires taking up the bat's point of view.
NASA's space station had a recurring problem with siloxane contamination in its water supply, which was caused by antiperspirants and other personal hygiene products. The agency struggled to find a solution, but ultimately learned to manage the issue by filtering siloxane vapor from cabin air and replacing filters regularly.
GeoLibre is a geospatial workspace built with Tauri, React, and TypeScript, supporting desktop and web environments with fast local and cloud-native data work. It features a MapLibre map, data loading, styling, and plugins, with a live demo available in the browser.
A farmer donated 87 acres of land in Taylor, Texas, to the city in 1999 for $10 with the condition it be used as a park, but it was sold to a data center developer in 2025 for $10M. Locals are fighting the development in court, citing the original deed and concerns about health risks, noise, and property values, with a decision pending in the Third Court of Appeals.
HelixDB is a graph-vector database for knowledge graphs and AI memory built in Rust, offering a single platform for AI applications. It supports graph, vector, KV, document, and relational data models.
GitHub's Status Page - Authentication issues related to API requests.
With the release of Claude Fable, it is clear that Anthropic is progressing from poems to enterprise-scale narrative objects. To keep pace with competitors, the company is developing a broad portfolio of models optimized for the full literary stack.
Mercedes-Benz starts large-scale production of its electric axial flux motor at its Berlin-Marienfelde plant. The motor is used in the new Mercedes-AMG GT 4-Door Coupe and marks a technological innovation in electromobility.
A utility company's website had a big problem with a lengthy application process. The solution was to build a new version using Astro, an HTML-first approach, which doubled the company's users overnight.
File viewers for PDF, DOCX, XLSX, and CSV, with bounding box citations, file upload, e-signing, and more.
Claude Desktop app launches a 1.8 GB Hyper-V VM on every launch, consuming 11% of total memory. This occurs even for chat-only use and can be fixed by disabling VirtualMachinePlatform.
Burr is a Python framework for building AI applications with state management and debugging tools. It provides a robust framework for designing complex behaviors and is easier to use than other platforms like LangChain.
We chose Artie for its reliability and ease of use, transforming our data management and enabling faster decision-making. Artie has become business critical, cutting our overhead by 90% and powering our most important tables.
The Raspberry Pi 5 features a 2.4GHz 64-bit quad-core Arm Cortex-A76 processor, USB 3 ports, and 16GB of RAM. It offers improved CPU and graphics performance, dual 4Kp60 display output, and state-of-the-art camera support.
Japan's railway network expanded from a single line in 1872 to over 9,000 stations by the 21st century. The map shows stations opening over time, revealing Japan's geography through railway development.
Andrey is a software engineer at AWS who created Atlasphere.io to synchronize cloud infrastructure diagrams with actual AWS accounts. He needs feedback on the app, specifically likes and dislikes, after trying it out.
i factored a real 509-bit RSA key by turning a few friends’ gaming PCs into a weekend supercomputer, then used it to decrypt an entire backend protocol off the wire against a completely unmodified client. the game it belongs to is tower unite, but the gaming is incidental. this is a story about breaking hand-rolled crypto with actual number theory, and it’s worth your time even if you’ve ...
Speedrunner SHiFT shares a dirty tactic to beat SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom in record time by smudging the game disc. This method involves strategically placing smudges to cause lag clipping, but risks damaging the game or console.
Meta built six large tents in Ohio to house its data centers, cutting construction time in half. The tents are part of Meta's plan to spend up to $145 billion on data centers and AI chips.
Blue41 helped Bunq secure its AI assistant against spearphishing risks by identifying an indirect prompt injection vulnerability. The issue is a broader architectural challenge for financial institutions deploying AI assistants that process untrusted inputs.
C12 announces Pick & Place, a patented process for precise carbon nanotube assembly on quantum chips. This breakthrough enables scalable manufacturing of carbon nanotube quantum processors with improved flexibility and modularity.
DiffusionGemma is an experimental open model that generates text 4x faster than typical LLMs by processing entire blocks simultaneously. It's designed for researchers and developers exploring speed-critical workflows, but has lower output quality than standard Gemma 4 models.
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SpaceX priced at $1.77 trillion valuation, with 96% locked with insiders. Its 41.5% growth rate is high but not unprecedented, especially considering its massive starting size.
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The user discusses the importance of understanding async programming in Rust, particularly the Future, poll, and Waker concepts, and how they can be used to build a one-shot channel for sending and receiving values between threads. The user provides a step-by-step implementation of a one-shot channel using the standard library and the three pieces of the async puzzle: the Future, its poll, ...