User wants to create a homebrew router using a Linux-powered device, such as a mini-PC, to bypass a US policy banning new consumer router imports.
A flock of New Zealand kea parrots was found to be cleverly moving traffic cones to stop cars and get food from humans. Researchers have developed various tests to measure bird intelligence, including the mirror test, Aesop's Fable, and delayed gratification test.
Bitwarden's Agent Access SDK allows AI agents to access credentials with human approval, eliminating the need for agents to store API keys. OneCLI, an open-source gateway, injects credentials into requests at the network layer, ensuring secure credential handling.
Generative AI companies are injecting ads into their products, with Microsoft's Copilot inserting ads into over 11,000 GitHub pull requests. This move is likely to become a new revenue stream for companies like OpenAI, which has already seen a $100 million annualized revenue from ChatGPT ads.
The author uses a four-part note-taking system, with the most useful method being writing by hand in paper notebooks. They date every page and use an index to organize their notes, allowing them to easily find information later.
build123d is a Python-based CAD framework for 2D and 3D modeling, built on Open Cascade. It offers algebraic modeling and a clean, Pythonic interface for precise models.
Anchorgrid.ai's door detection service processes PDFs in 2-4 minutes per job, scaling with page count and complexity. Upgrading to Pro or Enterprise plans uses dedicated GPU infrastructure for faster detection.
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Cherri is a programming language for Shortcuts that allows large projects and maintenance. It has a package manager, type checking, and a GUI IDE for macOS.
AI is a natural evolution of human tools, facilitating idea creation and dissemination. Its development should remain human-centered to enhance quality of life and expand human thought.
The FTC took action against OkCupid and Match Group for sharing users' personal info with an unrelated third party despite promises to protect it. OkCupid and Match are now prohibited from misrepresenting their privacy policies.
Cloudflare's Turnstile program collects 55 properties from a user's browser, including font measurements, storage, and React application data, to verify the user is running a real browser with a fully rendered ChatGPT application. The program uses a custom VM with a server-generated XOR key to collect and encrypt the fingerprint data, which is then sent as the OpenAI-Sentinel-Turnstile-Token ...
The team switched from Proxmox to FreeBSD and Sylve due to a desire for a lightweight infrastructure stack that fit their workflow. They wanted a setup that stayed simple and direct under repetition, allowing them to focus on their work rather than managing infrastructure.
The demo scene initially tolerated copying due to technical limitations, but as it evolved, artists began to value originality and craft over plagiarism. Today, many sceners reject AI-generated art and plagiarism, valuing the creative process and technical limitations that define the scene.
User created an Excalidraw extension to generate SVGs for light and dark mode, but it caused frustration due to dependency on text changes. They then created a new extension that automatically exports frames as SVGs in both modes, allowing for local review and reference.
Mathematicians have long sought to formalize their proofs to ensure rigor and accuracy. They've developed systems like Lean, a computer language that can automatically verify proofs, but its adoption comes with risks of homogenizing math and shifting focus away from the problem domain.
The US Consumer Price Index has tracked inflation since 1913, revealing episodic regime breaks rather than gradual erosion. Four major inflationary episodes account for 72% of the total cumulative price increase.
The user's writing skills have deteriorated due to over-reliance on AI tools for grammar and vocabulary checks, causing them to lose their unique voice and creative expression. They are seeking advice on how to regain their writing skills and focus on their own voice, rather than relying on AI assistance.
A seminal 1952 paper lays the foundation for optimal control and reinforcement learning. bellman extended his work to continuous-time systems, turning the optimal condition into the pde. he estimates $v_kapprox valpha_j$ by monte carlo rollouts of the closed-loop sde and fits $v_theta$ via regression. $$ learned value function matches the exact power-law $
A comprehensive benchmark of 29 C++ hashmaps was conducted, evaluating 174 combinations of hashmaps with different allocators and hashes, resulting in 1914 benchmark evaluations. The benchmark results show that Google's Abseil's absl::flat_hash_map and ankerl::unordered_dense::map are among the fastest hashmaps, with excellent performance in various scenarios, including search, insertion, and ...
Voyager 1, a 48-year-old spacecraft, is still functioning and transmitting data from interstellar space despite having only 69 kilobytes of memory and an 8-track tape recorder. It has made numerous discoveries and is now the most distant human-made object in the universe, carrying a golden record with sounds of Earth for potential extraterrestrial life.
A team member used Copilot to edit a PR description, adding ads for itself and Raycast. This is seen as an abuse of the platform's features for self-promotion.
Washington state law signed by Rep Liz Berry outlaws noncompete agreements, effective June 30, 2027. Employers must notify workers about voided agreements by October 1, 2027.
VHDL's delta cycle algorithm preserves determinism in a concurrent language by separating signal value updates and process evaluations into distinct phases. In contrast, Verilog's nonblocking assignments do not solve the problem of non-determinism in general, although they can provide determinism in synchronous designs.
The creator of Waterfox, a 64-bit Firefox build, shares its 15-year history, from 50,000 downloads to 1M monthly active users. Despite financial struggles, the browser remains independent and committed to user privacy.
Ninja binaries are available on GitHub for Linux, Mac, and Windows. To use Ninja, run ./ninja -h for help or copy misc/ files for features like Bash completion.
I was lucky enough to witness the beginnings of social media, working on the platforms that made it happen. I’ve also seen the decline of its first iterations and products. Currently I am witnessing the idea of a social web being perverted, weaponised and automated out of any trace of human or social aspect… In my current job I’m running a 200k+ subscribers newsletter and a quite successful ...
The ISO C++ committee completed technical work on C++26 in London, resolving international comments and producing a final document for approval. C++26 features include reflection, improved memory safety, and language contracts.
Apereo CAS is a large open-source Spring Boot application that solves complex problems with seven battle-tested patterns, including the thin wrapper pattern, feature flags, and the configurer pattern, which improve scalability and maintainability. By consistently applying these patterns across 400 modules, CAS demonstrates good engineering discipline and makes its complex architecture ...
Files extracted from SAILDART archive include LT, TA, TB, TOP6, and CON6, with documentation and logs to be committed. The software is in the public domain, funded by the USA government through ARPA.