Parley is a decentralized chat network where each instance runs independently and communicates through DNS, HTTPS, and signed messages. It allows users to connect with others across different domains using IRC clients without plugins.
AI companies are shifting their focus to showcasing models' potential for catastrophic consequences, rather than just demonstrating capabilities. They're now highlighting the risks of autonomous AI systems infiltrating governments and causing harm.
You need to repeat 'AT TIME ZONE \'UTC\'' twice because the first conversion loses time zone information, and using timestamp without time zone can lead to errors. This is due to differences in how timestamp and timestamptz handle date calculations.
Here is a detailed view at all the drawings displayed in the map above. D is the Daily, LB Borderline’s land border rounds, C its coastline rounds. Every line anybody has drawn, country by country, over the real outline in grey. The number beside each name is how many drawings are on it.
The author was granted 25,000 NVIDIA stock options in 1993 but didn't exercise them until years later due to a misunderstanding of the vesting schedule. The company ultimately agreed that the options had vested decades ago and awarded him millions of shares.
SpaceX's Starship rocket will attempt its first orbital launch on Monday, September 28. The historic flight will send the 171-foot-tall Ship to Earth orbit and deploy 26 Starlink satellites before splashing down in the Pacific Ocean.
AI has advanced significantly, but most applications are narrow and focused on specific tasks. A better understanding of human intelligence can help develop AI systems with broader capabilities by studying mechanisms like D. Kahneman's theory of thinking fast and slow.
Fireworks Research introduces Ember-1, a specialized model that delivers Kimi K3's quality with 40% fewer tokens. Ember-1 is built on Kimi K3 and learned to cut unnecessary reasoning while keeping the thinking that matters.
The user had a weird experience with Google's AI overview after searching for old tweets about Dario Saric, and wondered why the search engine assumed they were looking for emotional support instead of links. They felt that Google has lost its purpose as a search engine with the introduction of LLMs.
Nissan's e-POWER system combines an electric motor with a gasoline engine for a hybrid powertrain, offering an EV-like experience. The 3rd-gen e-POWER system optimizes performance and efficiency through its modular design and advanced technologies like the STARC concept.
Researchers envision a new computing ecosystem that empowers users to adapt their tools to their needs with minimal friction, enabling "malleable software" where anyone can modify existing software without needing extensive programming skills. This approach aims to break the rigidity of individual applications and enable collaboration among people of different skill levels.
This site is now accessible via Tor as a hidden service with end-to-end encryption. The Tor Project, a nonprofit organization, maintains the network to advance human rights and freedoms online.
A standalone guitar amp and effects pedal are built on the Waveshare ESP32-S3-Touch-AMOLED-2.06, running full-size Neural Amp Modeler A2 captures in real-time. The device has a touchscreen UI, drives a USB audio interface as a host, and supports loading custom presets and models via microSD card or browser upload.
The June Oven, a smart cooking appliance, was shut down by its manufacturer Weber due to high costs and lack of support. The shutdown highlights the fragility of connected devices and the need for consumer protections and local APIs to prevent similar situations.
The author used Claude, a productivity tool, to redesign their homepage without coding. They created a complex project with multiple threads working in parallel and achieved impressive results using cloud-based computing.
Claude Opus 5.5 has improved capabilities and API changes, with faster output tokens and fewer tokens required to complete tasks. The model is stronger on multistep work in real repositories, such as carrying a change through a large code base until its tests pass.
The lunar terminator paradox occurs when looking at a full moon after sunset, appearing to point upwards due to Earth's perspective. The program simulates this phenomenon, showing how the moon's illuminated side points up regardless of its position in the sky.
The Go programming language allows namespace-based code fetching, but this can lead to coupling with a specific hosting provider. Using custom domains is a solution to avoid this issue and make it easier to switch between different hosting platforms.
Nine's infrastructure was targeted by a massive DDoS attack, causing multiple services to be affected over three days. The attack used UDP amplification and overwhelmed the network with 500-600 Gbit/s traffic, forcing Nine to implement blackholing and CDN protection measures.
The author has made significant progress in contributing to the SIMD library, specifically Fearless SIMD. They discuss various approaches to using SIMD instructions on different architectures, including multiversioning and function-level optimization. The author concludes that NEON is a more practical choice for ARM-based systems due to its simplicity and performance advantages over AVX-512.
Lofi Cities is a free web app that generates animated pixel-art city nights with endless lofi music, available on various cities worldwide. The app offers customizable settings and features like weather, track selection, and social interactions without requiring an account or cookies.
A biologist and an evolutionary biologist discovered two new species of a single-celled organism called Paulinella in a motel room. The discovery brings the world's known total to six photosynthetic Paulinella species, made by a team led by Dr. Van Etten.
Google's system detected unusual traffic from your computer network, possibly due to malicious software or automated requests. Solving the CAPTCHA will allow you to continue using their services temporarily.
Even as someone who's deeply invested in modular, repairable technology, it's rare to hear about a repairable "smart" watch. Google's Pixel Watch 4 is setting a bar, but it's still the exception rather than the rule, especially across the industry. Gear that small and that tightly packaged is hard to make sustainable, to the point even the EU added a carve-out to its ...
Imp is a full port of DSPy to the BEAM, allowing users to describe language model steps and optimize them against labeled examples. It provides various optimizers that can improve models by rewriting instructions or training weights, with tools like ReqLLM for accessing external models.
The author spent the summer at Recurse Center, a programming retreat in Brooklyn, where they participated in various projects and study groups. They learned about modern LLMs and agents through Agentic Adventures and Practical Deep Learning.
The author successfully repaired their 10-year-old bike lights by replacing the battery, using minimal electronics skills and guidance from online resources. The repair cost around $20 CAD and has allowed the author to use the lights again without recharging.