The labor share of income in the US is at its lowest post-war level

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The labor share of income in the US has declined to its lowest level in the post-war period, with a 1.6 percentage point drop below its pre-pandemic level. The decline is driven by within-industry changes rather than shifts in economic activity across sectors, similar to earlier recessions.

Looking Ahead to Postgres 19

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Postgres 19 has a mix of big features, quality-of-life upgrades, and performance improvements. It includes REPACK CONCURRENTLY, SQL property graph queries, and logical replication enhancements.
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Charles Mackay's 1841 book "Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions" studies crowd psychology through historical examples of financial bubbles and mass hysteria. It remains influential in understanding economic speculation and predicting market crashes.

We moved our Bluesky data to Eurosky

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Bluesky users can now store their data on a Personal Data Server (PDS) like Eurosky's, giving them control over their presence. This allows for digital autonomy and migration without losing data or identity.

Building a custom octocopter from scratch with no prior hardware experience

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Chris von Csefalvay plans to train a drone to fly with reinforcement learning, focusing on 6 failure classes and simulating motor lag and loop latency. He's using PPO with parallel environments and an asymmetric actor-critic approach to prepare the drone for real-world crashes.

European digital ID wallets rely on safety services of Google and Apple

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European governments are embedding Google's Play Integrity API into digital ID wallets, which excludes users of de-Googled operating systems. This contradicts the EU's goal of building digital public infrastructure based on openness and inclusiveness.

Open Source Low Tech

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Daniel Connell creates open source, license free technologies using recycled materials for global self-sufficiency. His designs include energy, food, water, and communication systems, with tutorials and a Facebook group for community support.

Knoppix

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KNOPPIX is a bootable Linux system on CD, DVD, or USB with automatic hardware detection and support for various devices. It can be used as a productive desktop system, educational tool, or rescue system without installing anything on a hard disk.

Zluda 6 release (run unmodified CUDA applications on non-Nvidia GPUs)

ZLUDA has released version 6 with improved Windows support, PhysX pre-alpha, and texture support for Blender. Development is now a weekend project with less frequent updates.

Exercise intensity influences body composition in healthy older adults (2025)

High-intensity interval training (HIIT) and moderate-intensity continuous training (MICT) showed similar effects on fat mass and visceral adipose tissue in healthy older adults.

Qwen 3.6 27B is the sweet spot for local development

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User is impressed with Qwen 3.6, a local model that performs well as general intelligence. It recommends Qwen 3.6 27B for its balance of speed and power.

.self: A new top-level domain designed to support self-hosting

The Human-Centered Computing Foundation aims to create an alternative web architecture that prioritizes user data and attention. They are launching a campaign to secure a new Top-Level Domain for ethical, human-centered technology.

Free the Icons

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Apple's MacOS 27 Golden Gate has improved app icons, restoring distinct shapes and sharper designs. However, MacOS 26 Tahoe's forced squircle shape for third-party icons is still a usability issue that Apple should address.

Parse, Don't Validate – In a Language That Doesn't Want You To

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The author discusses the difference between validation and parsing in TypeScript, arguing that parsing is a more effective way to ensure data integrity. They propose using branded types and discriminated unions to create a strict boundary between untrusted and trusted data.

Who are the fire-tamers?

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Memory Safe Context Switching

Fil-C supports memory-safe context switches using longjmp/setjmp and ucontext APIs. It enforces strict rules to prevent stack corruption and capability model violations.

All Logic, No Bite

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The user discusses the concept of logic, explaining that it's a system for drawing conclusions from premises, and how formal logic is used in mathematics to provide a precise vocabulary for proofs. The user then explores the construction of real numbers using axiomatic methods, including the completeness axiom, and compares it to digital logic, which is used in computing to manipulate ...

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LongCat-2.0, a large-scale MoE model with 1.6T total and 48B Active

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We introduce LongCat-2.0, a large-scale MoE language model with 1.6 trillion parameters, achieving strong performance on coding, agentic tasks, and long-horizon tasks.

Rocketlab acquires Iridium

Linux for the Sega MegaDrive

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The emulator needs to emulate the EverDrive's special features and a QEMU fork is included for testing without the real hardware. The EverDrive is detected via USB and a console is available using the MegaDrive's video output.

Mathematics: Its Content, Methods and Meaning

Mathematics: Its Content, Methods, and Meaning (Three Volumes Bound as One [!]), by (Can you believe it?) Aleksandrov, Kolmogorov, and Lavrent’ev, is a titanic work, weighing in at 356 + 374 + 351 = 1081 pages. In Part I (in two parts) a it follows a trajectory from general themes in analysis to analytic geometry, the theory of algebraic equations, and ODE. In Part II (also in two parts) we ...

Why problem statements aren't enough

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A shared Pub/Sub system was chosen to address asynchronous communication needs across a company, considering technical, organizational, and business context. The solution, SNS plus SQS, provided a common infrastructure that allowed teams to focus on product capabilities, resulting in a significant company-wide investment with broader technical leverage.

The US ambassador had Belgian police stop our reporting

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People in the region remember Yugoslavia's past as better times, but their nostalgia reflects current issues. Europe's shared soundtrack is dance music, with the Dutch playing a key role in its global popularity.

One million passports leaked online

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A security researcher discovered 985,000 unprotected photo IDs online, including passports and driver's licenses, through a cannabis club software system. The company, Nefos, has since taken action to secure the data and is cooperating with authorities.

Old Computer Challenge

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Old Computer Challenge community is a group of enthusiasts who participate in retro computing and digital minimalism. The challenge takes place annually, with a theme and rules to create a unique experience.

Ornith-1.0: self-improving open-source models for agentic coding

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Ornith-1.0 is a state-of-the-art coding agent with four models (9B-Dense, 31B-Dense, 35B-MoE, 397B-MoE) that achieve top performance on coding benchmarks. It uses self-improving training and can generate reasoning blocks and solution rollouts.

Exploring PDP-1 Lisp (1960)

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PDP-1 Lisp was developed in 1960 by Peter Deutsch, a 14-year-old high school student, as a minimalist and efficient Lisp for the tiny PDP-1. It introduced the read–eval–print loop (REPL) and evolved Lisp from a theoretical language into a practical, interactive tool.

How to corrupt an SQLite database file

SQLite database corruption can occur due to various reasons such as application crashes, operating system crashes, power failures, and file system malfunctions.

US Supreme Court rules geofence warrants require constitutional protections

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The US Supreme Court ruled that law enforcement's use of geofence warrants requires privacy protections under the fourth amendment. The court held that individuals have a reasonable expectation of privacy in their cell phone location data, even if they are in public areas.