The author argues that the Fediverse is not a communication network but a social media platform, and users don't mind losing messages due to their experience with algorithmic platforms.
A huge animation scene with many references to memes, games, films, series, anime, music groups
"in the hurry of leaving i forgot the sites src at home, sorry, had to rewrite the whole thing. expect a nicer site by tomorrow. im patching as we speak." - crackticker (<- to blame)
Rendering text is incredibly hard due to the complexity of Unicode, fonts, and styling, requiring a robust system to cascade into other fonts and handle various nuances like ligatures and line-wrapping. A good text rendering system must support custom fonts, colors, and styles, handle platform-specific quirks, and provide a native "look and feel" while accommodating different user preferences ...
The author ported Windows 2 to an Apricot PC, a 1980s computer with an Intel 8086 processor. They used the Windows DDK to create drivers for the Apricot's hardware.
Anthropic's AI shopkeeper Claudius improved in phase two of Project Vend with new tools and a manager, but still struggled with business decisions and customer interactions. The experiment highlights the challenges of deploying AI agents in real-world settings and the need for guardrails to balance their autonomy and economic potential.
Rainbow Six Siege is experiencing a major crisis with widespread hacks and exploits causing account disruptions and massive in-game credit gains. Ubisoft is investigating the issue but has not provided a timeline for recovery or confirmed the cause of the problem.
You're building Waycore, an open-source project for a field computer with on-device AI for outdoor and survival scenarios. It includes a separate repo for freely downloadable survival and outdoor PDFs for offline use.
Clock synchronization is a complex problem in distributed systems due to factors like temperature, manufacturing variation, and network delays, which can cause clocks to drift apart and lead to consistency issues. Various algorithms and approaches, such as NTP, PTP, Lamport timestamps, and vector clocks, are used to achieve synchronization, but the level of synchronization required depends on ...
Nvidia paid $20 billion for Groq's IP and talent, but not the company, to avoid antitrust review and geopolitical entanglement. The deal enriched Chamath and Sacks, who promoted "American AI leadership" while cutting deals with foreign governments, while employees who built the technology were either hired or shafted.
A Windows XP manufacturer discovered that playing Janet Jackson's "Rhythm Nation" music video crashed laptops due to a natural resonant frequency matching the hard drive's frequency. They fixed it by adding a custom audio filter to remove the offending frequencies.
User wants to convert a video file using ffmpeg, selecting various options such as format, size, speed, and more. User installs ffmpeg on different operating systems.
Bazel team faced issues due to an expired SSL certificate on their build workflow. Automated certificate renewal failed due to new subdomain additions, causing a hard failure for all users.
The Skyway bridge in Chicago connects the city to Indiana for a $7.80 fee, showcasing financial engineering. The president has public opinion and developers on his side in his second term.
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The OrangePi 6 Plus is a powerful SBC with 16GB RAM, 12-core processor, and Immortalis G720 GPU, offering a fast desktop experience and good performance for gaming and server use. However, it has limitations with software support, power draw, and older Debian image, but its value proposition is still impressive and sets a high bar for future ARM64 SBCs.
Apple offered to buy Antler Software's "Antler Notes" utility for a lump sum, but claimed ownership due to employment contract. Employee received a bonus instead, highlighting labor law complexities regarding employee-created work.
The GLP-1 class of drugs had a complex path to commercialization, with early efforts starting in 1988 by a team including the author, but abandoned by Pfizer in 1991. The story offers valuable lessons on drug development for pharmaceutical companies and researchers.
To improve outbound sales skills, focus on developing a niche and creating case studies that showcase your expertise in that area, then target potential buyers who are likely to be interested in your services. Effective sales involve understanding the customer's needs and building relationships, rather than relying on cold outreach or pushy sales tactics, and optimizing for getting to the ...
LEDやデジタル時計を意識したデジタル数字フォント「DSEG」(でぃーせぐ、と読む)を公開しています。 7SEG表示の「DSEG7」、14SEG表示の「DSEG14」、液晶表示風お天気アイコンの「DSEGWeather」を用意しています。特徴は次の通り。 フリーフォントで、商用利用・埋め込み・改変が自由（ライセンスがSIL Open Font License 1.1） 7セグ・14セグメント表示の英数字と記号書体を収録 True Type形式(*.ttf)と Web Open Type File Format 形式(*.woff, *.woff2)を同梱 ダウンロードは以下よりどうぞ。 ※v0.30以前はSIL Open Font Licenseではないため、同梱のライセンスをよく読みお使いください。引き続き使用は可能です。 ...
Martin Oppenheimer is professor emeritus of sociology at Rutgers University, and has written extensively about the civil rights movement. Betty Medsger, The Burglary: The Discovery of J. Edgar Hoover’s Secret... READ MORE
To enable Brainstorm Mode in VSCode, install two AI agents from the settings panel, such as Claude Code and Gemini, and let them work together to tackle problems. This mode allows multiple implementation approaches and lets you choose your preferred path.
I’ve been trying to learn Rust for years now, and I finally understand enough to (t)rust the process. Or maybe I should say, <T>rust the process. My efforts began in college through reading The Rust Programming Language book, but I was rarely able to proceed past a hump around chapter 4. I think my emphasis on simply reading the book was a large reason for my failures. It’s like when I ...
Interactive React components for creating network diagrams, fiber networks, and rack infrastructure visualization.
mruby is a lightweight Ruby implementation with Ruby 3.x compatible syntax and features, except for pattern matching. It can be linked, embedded, and compiled into byte code using tools like mirb, mrbc, and mrbtest.
NHS England is rolling out Palantir software, a US firm linked to mass deportation and genocide, despite one of its founders opposing the NHS. A tool has been set up to help people find and contact their local NHS trust to demand they reject Palantir.
Foreign central banks' USD-denominated assets dropped to 56.9% of total foreign exchange reserves in Q3, the lowest since 1994. They added more assets in other currencies, particularly smaller ones, while USD assets remained flat.
The disk persists. You have sudo.
The user encountered issues with pre-commit hooks in a git repository, including inconsistent formatting and slow performance, and suggests using pre-push hooks instead. Pre-push hooks are more reliable and faster, but can still be slow on large repositories and require manual setup, which should be documented in CONTRIBUTING files.