Anthropic's Mythos LLM is highly capable at computer security tasks, completing a simulated corporate network attack in 3 out of 10 attempts. Security may be reduced to a simple equation of spending more tokens than attackers to harden a system.
The user built a reusable viewport component in Go for text navigation in terminal applications and used it to create a terminal pager called lore, which they now daily drive as their terminal pager. The viewport component supports features like text wrapping, search, and selection, and is designed to be performant even with large amounts of text.
Two Ohio inmates built computers from dismantled PCs in a prison work programme, accessing internet and storing illicit data. The discovery was made after unusual internet activity was flagged, leading to the finding of two PCs hidden in the prison ceiling.
Google handed over Amandla Thomas-Johnson's data to ICE without notifying him, breaking a nearly decade-long promise to users. The Electronic Frontier Foundation has asked California and New York Attorneys General to investigate Google for deceptive trade practices.
Cal.com is moving to closed source due to increasing security risks from AI-powered vulnerability scanning. They're releasing a modified open source version, Cal.diy, under the MIT license for developers and hobbyists.
User visited the Unearthed: Raw Beauty exhibition at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County and shared a snapshot. The exhibition's title "God Sleeps in the Minerals" is a poetic expression of the beauty of minerals.
Spherical harmonics are a set of special polynomials that can be used to approximate any continuous function defined on a sphere. They are an orthonormal basis for the space of continuous functions on a sphere, meaning that any function can be expressed as an infinite weighted sum of spherical harmonics.
piCore is a Raspberry Pi port of Tiny Core Linux, a customizable system with a small footprint and recent kernel. It runs entirely in RAM and offers flexibility and community support.
yk is a system that automatically converts C interpreters into JIT compiling Virtual Machines with minimal code changes, offering better performance while retaining full compatibility with reference implementations. yk uses meta-tracing to record and optimise the interpreter's actions, allowing it to inline code and achieve significant performance improvements with minimal manual effort.
YouTube users can now set Shorts time limit to zero minutes, effectively removing them from the app. This feature is available for all users, including parents and adults, to control their Shorts viewing time.
Bloomberg delivers business and financial information worldwide. A New York jury found Live Nation Entertainment illegally monopolized the live events industry.
The HackerNews CLI provides options to view stories, comments, and go to specific stories. It supports sorting and limiting the number of top stories shown.
The NOVA program "Terror in Space" explores the Russian Space Station Mir's crash in 2001 and the International Space Station's construction. The website offers interactive features, Q&A sessions, and historical space-related accidents.
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Anna's Archive, a shadow library, was sued by Spotify and major labels for copyright infringement after backing up Spotify data. A US judge awarded $322 million in damages and a permanent injunction to shut down the site's domains.
Gemini app now available on macOS as a native desktop experience, allowing users to get help instantly with a keyboard shortcut. The app brings AI assistance to users' work, enabling them to share screens, generate content, and more.
User has mixed feelings about OpenClaw, using it for a specific workflow but criticizing its execution and security. They think it's overhyped and most people can DIY the tasks it performs.
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User experiences static electricity and monitor issues with a gas lift office chair, likely due to EMI spikes. Solutions include grounding the chair with a metallic chain and using ferrite rings on video cables to reduce the issue.
The author discovered a late-found hobby of singing through his wife's enthusiasm and found a supportive community that encouraged creativity and acceptance. He overcame his initial self-doubt and now enjoys singing with a newfound appreciation for imperfection and the joy it brings.
The author tested three approaches to handle database lookups: in-memory map, binary search on disk, and SQLite, and found that the in-memory map handles ~97k req/s, binary search on disk handles ~40k req/s, and SQLite handles ~25k req/s. The author concludes that for most applications, especially early-stage ones, a database might not be necessary yet, but as the application grows, a ...
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Adaptional is building AI for insurance, aiming to replace manual data entry and outdated software with a modern platform. As a founding engineer, you'll build AI agents, work with top insurance companies, and solve complex problems in a highly regulated industry.
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100x launched Page Booster, a feature that lets users embed or tweak UI as they like on any website. This allows users to automate workflows and customize UI without needing to wait for vendors to add features.
McDonald's Japan website has limited allergen information in Japanese, covering 28 ingredients. English menus and ordering are available through their app and some restaurant locations.
GasTown's default install causes users' credits and GitHub accounts to be used to fix bugs and release the software without consent. This behavior should be moved to opt-in only to avoid unexpected credit usage.
When Caroline Bicks first met Stephen King she was worried. As a teenager she had scared herself silly with his books – Carrie and The Shining were the two that crept under her skin and refused to budge – but now she found herself in the odd position of being Stephen E King professor at the University of Maine. The chair had been named in honour of the English department’s most famous ...
Atlassian is accused of illegally firing an employee who criticized its CEO over workplace changes. The employee, Denise Unterwurzacher, was acting in line with Atlassian's "Open Company, No Bullshit" philosophy.
Libretto is a toolkit for building robust web integrations with a live browser and CLI. It helps maintain browser integrations to common software and is open-sourced for easier use.