Aurora Store returns a "Server busy, please try again later" error when installing applications via an anonymous account on Fairphone 5 with Android 16. The issue persists despite clearing cache, refreshing the account, and restarting the device.
NORI A3 — an affordable bimanual robot for home and office. Made in the US, shipping fall 2026. $1,688.
The AnkiDroid app, a free and open-source flashcard app for Android, has been rejected by Google Play Store due to violating the Payments policy. The issue is that the app allows users to contribute donations to an organization that is not tax-exempt. To resolve this issue, the developers must remove any links directing users to make payments using systems other than Google Play's billing ...
The Qwen3.8-Flash-Next model requires a 512 GB Mac with at least 4 GB of RAM to run, and can be installed on Apple Silicon devices with macOS 14+. The download is around 103.8 GB and takes several hours over slow connections.
Define a light source, and every shadow, highlight and surface gradient follows from it. Calibrated against Blender raytraces — rendered with box-shadow.
I'll post job openings for remote work with the company's name, location, and a brief description of their business.
The author trained a small transformer from scratch in 1.5 hours, achieving scores comparable to large language models (LLMs) on the ARC-AGI benchmark, with costs reduced by 10x and no need for synthetic data or augmentations.
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Quill is a fullstack SDK for adding analytics and data features to apps, backed by YCombinator and top SV investors. They're hiring a SWE for remote PT/ET hours, $150-210K + equity, with high product ownership and tight feedback loops.
Movie Scene Map is a free interactive map of 15,535 real filming locations in 166 countries. It uses open data from Wikidata and Wikipedia to show where films, TV series, video games, anime, and manga were shot or set.
The author implemented readahead in Turso, a database backend, to measure its impact on io_uring and understand why it's faster. The results show that with readahead enabled, the application submits more SQEs but fewer requests arrive at the device due to kernel merging of concurrent requests.
Azriel "Al" Blackman, a 100-year-old American Airlines mechanic, passed away after an 80-year career with the airline. He holds the Guinness World Record for the longest career as an airline mechanic and inspired generations of aircraft maintenance technicians.
Melvin Scheinman, a renowned cardiac electrophysiologist, pioneered catheter ablation in 1981 to treat abnormal heart rhythms. He developed the technique after years of research and experimentation with high-energy electrical currents through catheters.
Winamp is a native binary music player that starts quickly and uses little memory, allowing local playback and control on various devices. It features browsing playlists, search, keyboard shortcuts, and customizable skins for a period-accurate experience.
Optical discs store data using physical WORM technology, making them resistant to viruses and malware. They last 50-100 years, requiring minimal electricity and no frequent updates or replacements compared to other media types.
Keenable SELECT is an MCP server that runs DuckDB queries on live web data, filtering and extracting fields with LLM calls. It generates HTML reports from the results, allowing for collaborative research and publishing.
The author is rebuilding Monica, an open-source personal CRM, after almost a decade of development to address its limitations and changing needs. The new version will focus on relationships as first-class concepts and provide customization options without becoming enterprise software.
The game industry is facing financial struggles and burnout due to the pressure of meeting profit expectations, while also dealing with the impact of generative AI. Tarn Adams believes that this unsustainable model will lead to a "pop and reckoning" unless people find alternative solutions.
Ad Blocker for Firefox on iOS blocks third-party ads and trackers, reducing clutter and distractions while browsing. It's an optional feature that works alongside existing privacy protections in the browser.
Open-source JavaScript and TypeScript Office file viewer library for rendering DOCX, XLSX and PPTX directly in the browser with WebAssembly and Canvas. No upload or server-side conversion.
A public restroom at the Tri Cities Regional Airport's basement level is accessible despite its disrepair. The remaining structure consists of old pipes, a sink, and windows leading to street level or a dark crawl space.
A "jittered" Voronoi variant is a fractal boundary generator that partitions the plane into cells, similar to coastlines. It's computed by recursively halving a grid and finding nearest sites in each layer until an early stopping condition is met or a fixed depth is reached.
The output is a table of Linux ELF files with various properties and functionalities, including malware examples and security topics. The table lists 20 different ELF files with their respective authors and descriptions.
A phone booth is available at Burning Man for free calls to anywhere in the world. Dial +1 (775) 557-4848 to connect with a random Burner or add it as a contact later.
The user set up BirdNet-Go, a bird identification system that uses AI models to analyze audio from security cameras' microphones, identifying birds and other wildlife in real-time. This setup has become a fun game for the user and their wife, providing insights into local biodiversity and even connecting with other birders through a community platform.
Saab has unveiled its A3 collaborative combat aircraft concept, a supersonic, autonomous air vehicle that could be developed in the early 2030s to complement its Gripen E. The A3 is designed to operate in controlled airspace and feature advanced sensors and electronic warfare systems.
I still see the Scratch “visual programming” environment positioned as an introductory path to programming for kids, but unlike game modding, I have never heard a “success story”, where someone credits their early experience with Scratch as key to a fulfilling career. Anyone?
Dwarf Fortress is getting a major update with procedural magic systems, allowing for unique and unpredictable magical situations. The update promises to revolutionize the game's existing magic system, enabling discovery-based research and exploration of new forms of sorcery.