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A supply chain attack compromised the PyPI package 'lightning' versions 2.6.2 and 2.6.3, stealing credentials and attempting to poison GitHub repositories. The attack is linked to the 'mini Shai-Hulud' campaign and affects teams using lightning in their dependency tree.
CVE-2026-31431 is a Linux kernel vulnerability introduced in 2017, affecting multiple kernel versions. A workaround patch has been attached to disable the affected module.
A software engineer built a working Game Boy emulator, Fame Boy, in F# after learning about computer hardware by emulating a Game Boy and using AI to write unit tests. The emulator's development involved optimizing performance, fixing issues with the PPU and APU, and learning about functional programming and domain-driven development.
Belgium will nationalize its nuclear power plants, reversing a 2003 decision to phase out nuclear energy by 2025. The government aims to build new nuclear plants and reduce dependence on fossil imports.
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Oil refineries process crude oil into various products like gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel using distillation, cracking, and other processes. The refining process is complex and requires large industrial facilities to handle the massive volume of crude oil consumed worldwide.
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honker adds durable pub/sub and task queue to SQLite without client polling or daemon. It uses SQLite's PRAGMA data_version for wake signals, with ~0.7 ms latency and ~3 µs read time.
The user attempted to reverse engineer a childhood video game, SimTower, using a large language model (LLM) to create a clean-room spec. However, the LLM struggled with complexity and verbosity of the binary, requiring a different approach.
The SIMD Quad algorithm is a new search algorithm that combines quaternary interpolation search with SIMD instructions to efficiently locate a target value in a sorted array of 16-bit unsigned integers. It outperforms binary search on both Intel and Apple platforms, with significant speedup on large arrays in cold cache scenarios.
A Postgres server can handle up to 144K writes per second or process 43K workflows per second, making it suitable for most use cases. The bottleneck in performance is often the write-ahead log (WAL) and can be mitigated by sharding across multiple Postgres servers or using multiple queues.
The user explores DuckDB's full-text search (FTS) capabilities, comparing them to other FTS solutions like Elasticsearch and Postgres, and finds them powerful but limited. They provide a tutorial on using DuckDB's FTS extension with Python, including pre-processing email data and querying with Okapi BM25 algorithm.
We monitor 27 government auction sources with 75,070 listings, scoring auctions for price, bid velocity, and time left. Daily emails highlight top-scored auctions with direct links to original listings.
User faced backlash for vulnerability disclosure on Mastodon and Forgejo, receiving unwanted attention and vile names. User apologized and sent constructive email to Forgejo security team with recommendations and proof-of-concepts.
Congress is preparing to take measures against LaLiga's fight against piracy causing web page blockages. A non-legislative initiative was approved to reform the Digital Services Act and prevent indiscriminate blocking of IPs by judicial rulings.
The user upgraded their home network to 10Gb/s Ethernet, starting with their study and then expanding to the rest of the house, using a combination of 10Gb/s switches, SFP+ modules, and DAC cables. They encountered some thermal issues with the switches and SFP+ modules, but were able to mitigate them and achieve speeds of up to 9Gb/s, with plans to potentially upgrade to 40Gb/s or higher in ...
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The user recovered deleted files using TestDisk and PhotoRec, a digital forensics tool. They successfully recovered various file types, including images, from old hardware and an SD card, but caution is advised due to potential data corruption and privacy risks.
I gave a talk at the American Corner in Almaty, Kazakhstan about America's 250th birthday and the history of semiconductors, tying in American culture and values. The talk highlighted how core American values like free speech and openness to outsiders contributed to the creation of the world's greatest engineering achievement.
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The Church Rock uranium mill spill occurred in the U.S. state of New Mexico on July 16, 1979, when United Nuclear Corporation's tailings disposal pond at its uranium mill in Church Rock breached its dam.[1][2] The spill remains the largest release of radioactive material in U.S. history, having released more radioactivity than the Three Mile Island accident four months ...
Google is introducing a badge for tablet-ready apps in the Google Play Store, highlighting a long-standing issue with Android tablets. Apple dominates the tablet market with its iPad series, and an iPad Neo could further solidify its position.
The Human Creativity Benchmark separates creative evaluation into two signals: convergence, where evaluators agree on best practices, and divergence, where they disagree on taste and aesthetic direction. The benchmark measures both signals through three methods and finds that no current model is reliably both correct and steerable, highlighting the need for a nuanced approach to evaluating ...
IBM released Granite 4.1, a family of open source language models for enterprise use, trained on 15 trillion tokens. The 8B model, with a dense architecture, matches or beats the 32B Granite 4.0-H-Small across various benchmarks.
Zig has a strict anti-LLM policy to prioritize contributor growth over code quality. Maintainers review contributors, not just their code, to foster trust and future contributions.
The Emmerthal energy cluster in Germany is growing with three large battery storage systems, ground-mounted solar panels, and a new substation. The cluster aims to store and sell wind power surpluses from northern Germany to southern Germany.
OpenAI's models started mentioning creatures like goblins and gremlins in their metaphors due to a subtle incentive from training for the personality customization feature, specifically the Nerdy personality. The behavior was amplified through transfer from Nerdy personality training and later spread to other contexts, requiring OpenAI to retire the Nerdy personality and implement new tools ...
TRiP is an open-source C engine for Transformer AI models, built from scratch for educational purposes. It supports Gemma 1, Llama 2, PaliGemma, and GPT-2 with full inference and training.
Bézier curves are used in computer aided design and computer aided manufacturing (CAD/CAM) applications, graphic design, and scalable vector graphics (SVG). They are defined by linear interpolations between control points, forming a curve that never extends beyond the points used to construct it.