Google is overhauling its Search to use AI, but users are skeptical and some are looking for alternatives. Alternative search engines like Kagi, DuckDuckGo, and Startpage offer ad-free or AI-free options.
The Church calls for a shared discernment process to navigate the challenges of emerging technologies and build a more just world. Christians must choose between constructing a Tower of Babel or rebuilding Jerusalem, prioritizing human dignity and communion over profit and self-sufficiency.
An experiment was conducted to test whether a large language model (LLM) behaves like a fair random number generator by asking it to pick a random number between 1 and 100 10,000 times. The results showed that the LLM, gpt-4.1, produced a lumpy distribution that inherited human-like biases, such as avoiding round numbers and favoring certain "messy" numbers.
The author learned Android development in 2014 and spent a decade honing his skills, creating apps with real-world benefits. He cherishes the human connections made during his journey, not just the outcomes.
IBM's Anderon foundry receives $1 billion in CHIPS incentives to establish a 300mm quantum wafer fabrication facility. The funding structure creates a two-tier quantum ecosystem, favoring superconducting silicon architectures over competing modalities.
Didgeridoo playing reduced daytime sleepiness and apnoea-hypopnoea index in patients with moderate obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome. It also improved sleep quality for partners.
AudioMass is a free, open source web-based audio editor running in the browser with no plugins required. It supports various audio operations and effects, with key shortcuts using Shift + key combos.
Geometric editor with slash command autocomplete
This C header file defines custom error codes for AI-related issues. The codes cover various problems such as hallucination, system compromise, and excessive marketing.
Rust's borrow checker cannot be turned off, but a macro exists to suppress many borrow checker errors for educational purposes. This macro is not safe to use in production code as it allows unsound and unsafe code that may fail unpredictably and dangerously.
Reasonix is a terminal-based AI coding agent for DeepSeek, engineered for prefix-cache stability. It's a free, MIT-licensed project with a paid DeepSeek API key.
Go developers considering Rust are often motivated by correctness guarantees, runtime tradeoffs, and developer ergonomics, rather than performance. Rust's type system and borrow checker provide stronger guarantees and more explicit control over runtime behavior, but can be more verbose and require a different mindset.
White Rabbit provides sub-nanosecond accuracy and picoseconds precision for large distributed systems with deterministic data delivery. CERN is recruiting FPGA and hardware designers to work on White Rabbit switch v4 and other projects.
Jira's automation language is Turing-complete due to a Minsky register machine reduction. It uses two counters and finite instructions to simulate any computation.
Bytecode VMs are used in various places including SQLite, Linux kernel's eBPF, DWARF debug information, WinRAR file format, and TrueType font specification. These VMs are used for executing SQL statements, network packet filtering, debugging, data transformation, and rendering, among other tasks, often providing a flexible and efficient way to execute complex operations.
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I used to live on a quiet hill with a great view of the city, but now I live downtown and work with databases. I spent 50 hours drawing a line graph by hand, learning to control line weight and style, and now I appreciate the process and art of hand-drawn data visualization.
Researchers at Tohoku University discovered a new method to reduce aerodynamic drag by up to 43.6 percent using distributed micro-roughness. This technology, called DMR, delays the transition from laminar to turbulent flow, reducing frictional drag.
New Orleans may be surrounded by the Gulf of Mexico by the end of this century due to rising seas. The city must start relocation planning now to avoid chaos and become a model for sustainable development.
Microsoft released source code for the 86-DOS 1.00 kernel and PC-DOS 1.00 kernel, along with utilities like CHKDSK. The code was transcribed from paper printouts by the DOS Disassembly Group, a team of historians and preservationists.
I used a Bluetooth keyboard with my phone on a 10-day trip to China, allowing me to type quickly and avoid lugging a computer. It's convenient but sometimes makes me verbose in text chains, and I miss the ability to easily switch between apps.
Large Language Model agents struggle with structural constraints in code generation, exhibiting a decline in performance as requirements accumulate. Agents perform better in minimal frameworks but poorly in convention-heavy environments, with data-layer defects being the leading root cause of errors.
The user describes a jujutsu version control system workflow to simplify feature development by compartmentalizing changes and reorganizing them at the end. This technique allows for easier iteration and debugging, but may have downsides like potential compilation issues.
Scientists have solved a 200-year mystery of how tobacco plants make nicotine, a discovery that could lead to safer production of medicines and vaccines. The breakthrough reveals the missing genes and enzymes needed to create nicotine, paving the way for better biotechnology tools.
C++ is not a superset of C, with differences in object model, initialization model, and invariants, requiring explicit language mode labeling. C++20 and C23 changes, such as designated initializers and function declarator rules, affect compatibility and require careful consideration of language mode.
The author is frustrated with the quality of issues and code generated by Large Language Models (LLMs) in Open Source projects. They want humans to own their issue reports and not rely on LLMs to create slop.
The author's childhood computing experience began in the early 1990s at a school with a computer lab, where they learned to program in LOGO and played classic games like Moon Bugs and Space Invaders. The limited access to computers sparked creativity, leading to writing their own game, Andromeda Invaders, and a lifelong passion for computing.
Memory's share of AI chip component spending rose from 52% to 63% from Q1 2024 to Q4 2025. Total AI chip component spending increased from $22 billion in 2024 to $52 billion in 2025.
Scammers are abusing Microsoft's system to send fake emails from msonlineservicesteam@microsoftonline.com, potentially tricking people into thinking they're genuine. Microsoft is investigating and taking action to strengthen its detection and blocking mechanisms.