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ASP.NET Core 9: Enhancements in Static Asset Handling, Blazor, SignalR, and OpenAPI Support
InfoQ @ 2024-11-21 06:00:00
Microsoft has released .NET 9, which contains features regarding ASP.NET Core 9. This latest release focuses on optimizing static asset handling, refining Blazor's component interaction, enhancing SignalR's observability and performance, and streamlining
US Regulators Seek To Break Up Google, Forcing Chrome Sale
slashdot @ 2024-11-21 06:00:00
In a 23-page document (PDF) filed late Wednesday, U.S. regulators asked a federal judge to break up Google after a court found the tech giant of maintaining an abusive monopoly through its dominant search engine. As punishment, the DOJ calls for a sale of
★ Regarding — and, Well, Against — Substack
Daring Fireball @ 2024-11-21 04:33:13
My advice to any writer looking to start a new site based on the newsletter model would be to consider Substack *last*, not first.
Inside the Booming 'AI Pimping' Industry
slashdot @ 2024-11-21 04:30:00
An anonymous reader quotes a report from 404 Media: Instagram is flooded with hundreds of AI-generated influencers who are stealing videos from real models and adult content creators, giving them AI-generated faces, and monetizing their bodies with links t
Ubuntu Linux Impacted By Decade-Old 'needrestart' Flaw That Gives Root
slashdot @ 2024-11-21 02:00:00
Five local privilege escalation (LPE) vulnerabilities in the Linux utility "needrestart" -- widely used on Ubuntu to manage service updates -- allow attackers with local access to escalate privileges to root. The flaws were discovered by Qualys in needrest
Z-Library Helps Students to Overcome Academic Poverty, Study Finds
slashdot @ 2024-11-21 01:15:00
A new study reveals that many users, particularly students and Redditors, view Z-Library as a vital resource for overcoming economic barriers to education, reflecting a "Robin Hood" mentality that prioritizes access to knowledge over copyright concerns. To
Z-Library Helps Students to Overcome Academic Poverty, Study Finds
Hacker News 200 @ 2024-11-21 00:36:10
Article URL: Comments URL: Points: 203 # Comments: 46
Musi Fans Refuse To Update iPhones Until Apple Unblocks Controversial App
slashdot @ 2024-11-21 00:30:00
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Who up missing Musi?" a Reddit user posted in a community shocked by the free music streaming app's sudden removal from Apple's App Store in September. Apple kicked Musi out of the App Store after rece
QCon SF: Mandy Gu on Using Generative AI for Productivity at Wealthsimple
InfoQ @ 2024-11-21 00:00:00
Mandy Gu spoke at QCon SF 2024 about how Wealthsimple, a Canadian fintech company, uses Generative AI to improve productivity. Her talk focused on the development and evolution of their GenAI tool suite and how Wealthsimple crossed the "Trough of Disillu
Comcast Spins Off Cable Networks
slashdot @ 2024-11-20 23:50:00
Comcast plans to spin off several of its cable TV networks into a standalone company as it shifts focus to streaming and other profitable ventures like Peacock, theme parks, and broadband services. The Associated Press reports: Those one-time stars for Com
Introducing Amazon CloudFront VPC origins: Enhanced security and streamlined operations for your applications
AWS Blog @ 2024-11-20 23:12:22
Securely deliver high-performance web apps with CloudFront VPC origins; serve content directly from private subnets, eliminating undifferentiated work.
Strava Closes the Gates To Sharing Fitness Data With Other Apps
slashdot @ 2024-11-20 23:10:00
The Verge's Richard Lawler reports: Strava recently informed its users and partners that new terms for its API restrict the data that third-party apps can show, refrain from replicating Strava's look, and place a ban on using data "for any model training r
Amazon CloudFront now accepts your applications’ gRPC calls
AWS Blog @ 2024-11-20 23:03:14
Unlock high-performance APIs with gRPC on Amazon CloudFront. Reduce latency via a global CDN, secure traffic at the edge, and benefit from DDoS protection.
Verify the Safety of the Rust Standard Library
AWS Open Source News @ 2024-11-20 22:46:24
Rust is one of the fastest growing languages around the world. The Rust community has grown into millions of developers, with more products and services relying on Rust. The ergonomics and strong compiler guarantees make Rust an ideal choice for developers
DeepSeek's First Reasoning Model R1-Lite-Preview Beats OpenAI o1 Performance
slashdot @ 2024-11-20 22:30:00
An anonymous reader quotes a report from VentureBeat: DeepSeek, an AI offshoot of Chinese quantitative hedge fund High-Flyer Capital Management focused on releasing high performance open source tech, has unveiled the R1-Lite-Preview, its latest reasoning-f
Setting the Gradle JVM in IntelliJ IDEA
Baeldung @ 2024-11-20 22:03:37
Learn how to change the JVM version in IntelliJ Gradle projects.
Embedded MariaDB Using MariaDB4j
Baeldung @ 2024-11-20 22:00:34
Learn how to use the MariaDB4j library to integrate with the MySQL alternative MariaDB as an embedded or standalone ephemeral database.
How to Pass Object to Modal Dialog in Thymeleaf?
Baeldung @ 2024-11-20 21:55:07
Walk through the process of implementing a modal dialog in Thymeleaf and passing an object to it.
Debugging Quarkus Applications
Baeldung @ 2024-11-20 21:46:55
Learn different techniques for debugging Quarkus applications.
How to Check if All Map Values Are the Same
Baeldung @ 2024-11-20 21:42:23
Discover various methods for checking if all values in a Java Map are the same.
Resentment is Building As More Workers Feel Stuck
slashdot @ 2024-11-20 21:41:00
Workers in the U.S. are running in place -- feeling stuck in jobs with dimmed prospects of advancement and seeing fewer opportunities to jump ship for something better. From a report: It's a sharp contrast to the heady days of 2022 -- when employees were q
Seamlessly Connect IoT Data Streams: Integrating Confluent Cloud with AWS IoT Core
Confluent @ 2024-11-20 21:25:43
Combine AWS IoT Core with Confluent Cloud to contextualize your IoT data using your other data sources. Learn more and get a full setup tutorial.
Sony's New A1 II Pairs Updated Design With Largely Familiar Performance
slashdot @ 2024-11-20 21:01:00
Sony has announced the a1 II flagship mirrorless camera, retaining its predecessor's 50.1-megapixel stacked sensor while adding AI capabilities and improved stabilization. The camera features a new dedicated AI processor, enhancing autofocus performance wi
D-Link Tells Users To Trash Old VPN Routers Over Bug Too Dangerous To Identify
slashdot @ 2024-11-20 20:22:00
Owners of older models of D-Link VPN routers are being told to retire and replace their devices following the disclosure of a serious remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability. From a report: Most of the details about the bug are being kept under wraps giv
Apple Is Selling Apple News Ads Directly for the First Time
Daring Fireball @ 2024-11-20 19:58:54
Sara Fischer, reporting for Axios: Apple has started selling its own advertising inventory for Apple News, two sources familiar with the effort told Axios. It’s pitching new ad units that it hopes will maximize revenue for itself and its publishing pa
Bob Iger Inadvertently Reveals Percentage of Disney+ Subscribers on Ad-Supported Tier
Daring Fireball @ 2024-11-20 19:54:01
Dade Hayes, reporting for Deadline: Fielding a question from a Wall Street analyst about the growth outlook and pricing strategy of Disney+, Iger divulged how many Disney+ subscribers take the ad-supported tier in the U.S. (37%) and globally (30%). Th
Delhi Trudges Through Another Air Pollution Nightmare With No Answers
slashdot @ 2024-11-20 19:41:00
An anonymous reader shares a report: On Tuesday morning, the air quality in India's capital under a widely used index stood at 485. While that is almost five times the threshold for healthy breathing, it felt like a relief: The day before, the reading had
Masters of Disguise
Nautilus blog @ 2024-11-20 19:26:44
A winning photograph of octopus eggs reveals early organs of camouflage. The post Masters of Disguise appeared first on Nautilus .
Confidential OCR
The Endeavour @ 2024-11-20 19:00:47
A client emailed me a screenshot of a table rather than pasting the table as text into an email. I thought about using an LLM to convert it to text, but the table is confidential client information and so I shouldn’t upload it anywhere. I searched f
Apple Says Mac Users Targeted in Zero-Day Cyberattacks
slashdot @ 2024-11-20 19:00:00
Apple has pushed out security updates that it says are "recommended for all users," after fixing a pair of security bugs used in active cyberattacks targeting Mac users. From a report: In a security advisory on its website, Apple said it was aware of two v
TV Time Attacks Apple's 'Significant Power' After App Store Removal
slashdot @ 2024-11-20 18:20:00
TV Time's parent company criticized Apple's App Store control after the tech giant removed its streaming app over an intellectual property dispute. "Apple holds significant power over app developers by controlling access to a massive market and, in this ca
Undergraduates with family income below $200k will be tuition-free at MIT
Hacker News 200 @ 2024-11-20 17:59:33
Article URL: Comments URL: Points: 430 # Comments: 313
Grover Speedup from Many Forms of the Zeno Effect
Quantum Journal @ 2024-11-20 17:45:03
Quantum 8, 1532 (2024). It has previously been established that adiabatic quantum computation, operating based on a continuous Zeno effect due to dynamical phases between eigenstates, is able to realise an opti
Scientists Announce Progress Toward Ambitious Atlas of Human Cells
slashdot @ 2024-11-20 17:40:00
Scientists unveiled on Wednesday the first blueprint of human skeletal development as they make progress toward the goal of completing a biological atlas of every cell type in the body to better understand human health and diagnose and treat disease. From
On proving the robustness of algorithms for early fault-tolerant quantum computers
Quantum Journal @ 2024-11-20 17:13:11
Quantum 8, 1531 (2024). The hope of the quantum computing field is that quantum architectures are able to scale up and realize fault-tolerant quantum computing. Due to engineering challenges, such ''c
For what d is the following true: For all 2-colorings of \(R^d\) has a mono unit square (Answering(?) the Question)
Computational Complexity @ 2024-11-20 17:10:00
In my last post (see here) I invited you to work on the following question: Find a \(d\) such that --There is a 2-coloring of \(R^d\) with no mono unit square. --For all 2-colorings of \(R^{d+1}\) there is a mono unit square. Actually I sh
All Life on Earth Today Descended From a Single Cell. Meet LUCA.
Quanta Magazine @ 2024-11-20 16:10:40
The clearest picture yet of our “last universal common ancestor” suggests it was a relatively complex organism living 4.2 billion years ago, a time long considered too harsh for life to flourish. The post All Life on Earth Today Descended From
How do I determine whether Explorer is showing or hiding file extensions?
old new thing @ 2024-11-20 16:00:00
You can ask, but maybe you're asking the wrong question. The post How do I determine whether Explorer is showing or hiding file extensions? appeared first on The Old New Thing .
Constant-depth circuits for Boolean functions and quantum memory devices using multi-qubit gates
Quantum Journal @ 2024-11-20 15:51:27
Quantum 8, 1530 (2024). We explore the power of the unbounded Fan-Out gate and the Global Tunable gates generated by Ising-type Hamiltonians in constructing constant-depth quantum circuits, with particular atte
Inevitability of knowing less than nothing
Quantum Journal @ 2024-11-20 15:09:09
Quantum 8, 1529 (2024). A colloquial interpretation of entropy is that it is the knowledge gained upon learning the outcome of a random experiment. Conditional entropy is then interpreted as the knowledge gaine
Construction of perfect tensors using biunimodular vectors
Quantum Journal @ 2024-11-20 15:02:06
Quantum 8, 1528 (2024). Dual unitary gates are highly non-local two-qudit unitary gates that have been studied extensively in quantum many-body physics and quantum information in the recent past. A special clas
How WaterBridge Uses TimescaleDB for Real-Time Data Consistency
Timescale blog @ 2024-11-20 15:00:33
Learn how WaterBridge uses TimescaleDB as a data historian, ingesting up to 10,000 data points/second and displaying them in real time for monitoring and alerting.
What is the origin of the lake tank image that has become a meme? (2021)
Hacker News 200 @ 2024-11-20 14:30:03
Article URL: Comments URL: Points: 513 # Comments: 112
Perfect numbers
The Endeavour @ 2024-11-20 13:40:50
A perfect number is a positive integer equal to the sum of its proper divisors, all divisors less than itself. The first three examples are as follows. 6 = 1 + 2 + 3 28 = 1 + 2 + 4 + 7 + 14 496 = 1 + 2 + 4 + 8 + […] The post Perfect numbers first
Visualising the atomic nucleus
AEON @ 2024-11-20 12:01:00
Take a closer look at the atomic nucleus, from the ancient Greek idea of the atom to its cutting-edge practical applications - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon
Microsoft Introduces Local Emulator for Azure Service Bus Wanted by Developers for Years
InfoQ @ 2024-11-20 12:00:00
Microsoft has unveiled a local Azure Service Bus emulator, transforming the way developers create and test applications. This tool eliminates cloud dependencies and costs, offering a streamlined development cycle and precise debugging in an isolated envi
High-Performance Serverless with Rust: Insights from Benjamen Pyle’s Talk at QCon San Francisco
InfoQ @ 2024-11-20 11:00:00
Benjamen Pyle's talk showcased the power of combining Rust with AWS Lambda for high-performance, scalable, serverless applications. He highlighted Rust's safety and efficiency and its ability to minimize cold start times and costs. Pyle emphasized best p
Timescale Bolsters AI-Ready PostgreSQL with pgai Vectorizer
InfoQ @ 2024-11-20 10:15:00
Timescale recently expanded its PostgreSQL AI offerings with pgai Vectorizer. This update enables developers to create, store, and manage vector embeddings alongside relational data without the need for external tools or additional infrastructure. By M
Fósiles informáticos
brucknerite @ 2024-11-20 10:00:04
Hace mucho, mucho tiempo, sabía programar. No es algo que se olvide, así que puedo decir que todavía sé. No, sin embargo, de una forma que vaya a convencer a nadie en una entrevista de trabajo: no tengo cinco años de experiencia en ninguna de esas platafor
.NET MAUI 9 Launched with Better Performance, New Controls
InfoQ @ 2024-11-20 10:00:00
On November 12th, Microsoft presented the .NET MAUI 9 in its final form. This version brings two new controls (HybridWebView and TitleBar), a slew of improvements throughout the framework, free SyncFusion controls and a Xcode sync tool for Apple-specific
AAA – Analytical Anti-Aliasing
Hacker News 200 @ 2024-11-20 09:03:20
Article URL: Comments URL: Points: 483 # Comments: 73
Yi Peng 3 crossed both cables C-Lion 1 and BSC at times matching when they broke
Hacker News 200 @ 2024-11-20 07:56:47
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Let's Encrypt is 10 years old now
Hacker News 200 @ 2024-11-20 07:13:40
Article URL: Comments URL: Points: 484 # Comments: 176
This Week in Rust 574
This Week in Rust @ 2024-11-20 06:00:00
Hello and welcome to another issue of This Week in Rust ! Rust is a programming language empowering everyone to build reliable and efficient software. This is a weekly summary of its progress and community. Want something mentioned? Tag us at @ThisWee
Blender 4.3
Hacker News 200 @ 2024-11-20 05:39:12
Article URL: Comments URL: Points: 238 # Comments: 107
‘Can You Take a Photo of Us?’
Daring Fireball @ 2024-11-20 05:35:18
Delightfully clever sketch from Tiny Idea. ★
Understanding the BM25 full text search algorithm
Hacker News 200 @ 2024-11-20 04:43:10
Article URL: Comments URL: Points: 281 # Comments: 54
Epic Allows Internet Archive to Distribute Unreal and Unreal Tournament Forever
Hacker News 200 @ 2024-11-20 04:15:50
Article URL: Comments URL: Points: 462 # Comments: 108
Tiny Glade 'built' its way to >600k sold in a month
Hacker News 200 @ 2024-11-20 02:45:13
Article URL: Comments URL: Points: 393 # Comments: 98
‘Inside the Rather Bizarre Relaunch of Jaguar’
Daring Fireball @ 2024-11-20 02:35:14
James Baggott, writing for Car Dealer Magazine: Jaguar unveiled a new look, logo and direction for its cars at what was quite possibly the most bizarre automotive media launch I’ve ever attended — here’s what happened. Embargoed until today, the eve
★ Dr. Oz
Daring Fireball @ 2024-11-20 01:54:51
I met Dr. Oz ten years ago.
Apple Confirms Zero-Day Attacks Hitting macOS Systems
Hacker News 200 @ 2024-11-20 01:26:30
Article URL: Comments URL: Points: 258 # Comments: 93
The EU Cyber Resilience Act - what you need to know
Red Hat blog @ 2024-11-20 01:00:00
Today marks a new milestone in European cybersecurity: the Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) has been published in the EU’s Official Journal, bringing significant changes for businesses operating in the EU. But what does this mean for companies and users alike, a
Rationalizing virtualized workloads: Load balancers and reverse proxies
Red Hat blog @ 2024-11-20 01:00:00
Many organizations are now migrating virtualized workloads to Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization.In many cases, this migration consists of a lift-and-shift (rehosting) approach, in which a virtual machine (VM) is moved from a source platform to OpenShift Vir
CDC and Data Streaming: Capture Database Changes in Real Time with Debezium PostgreSQL Connector
Confluent @ 2024-11-20 00:12:12
CDC has evolved to become a key component of data streaming platforms, and is easily enabled by managed connectors such as the Debezium PostgreSQL CDC connector.
QCon SF: Large Scale Search and Ranking Systems at Netflix
InfoQ @ 2024-11-20 00:00:00
Moumita Bhattacharya spoke at QCon SF 2024 about state-of-the-art search and ranking systems. She gave an overview of the typical structure of these systems and followed with a deep dive into how Netflix created a single combined model to handle both tas
The Once and Future Woods
Nautilus blog @ 2024-11-19 23:33:36
Cathedrals, seed banks, and oaks: How to live in times of change. The post The Once and Future Woods appeared first on Nautilus .
SpaceX Super Heavy splashes down in the gulf, canceling chopsticks landing
Hacker News 200 @ 2024-11-19 23:15:34
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The Power of Small Wonderments
Nautilus blog @ 2024-11-19 21:40:21
Alan Lightman’s three greatest revelations while writing The Miraculous from the Material . The post The Power of Small Wonderments appeared first on Nautilus .
Open Riak – open, modern Riak fork
Hacker News 200 @ 2024-11-19 21:29:30
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Using Erlang hot code updates
Hacker News 200 @ 2024-11-19 21:29:03
Article URL: Comments URL: Points: 262 # Comments: 51
When did estimates turn into deadlines?
Hacker News 200 @ 2024-11-19 21:03:10
Article URL: Comments URL: Points: 303 # Comments: 216
Niantic announces “Large Geospatial Model” trained on Pokémon Go player data
Hacker News 200 @ 2024-11-19 21:02:05
Article URL: Comments URL: Points: 269 # Comments: 227
Texas Education Board to Vote on Bible-Infused Lessons in Public Schools
Daring Fireball @ 2024-11-19 20:56:59
Troy Closson, reporting for The New York Times (gift link): The optional curriculum, one of most sweeping efforts in recent years to bring a Christian perspective to more students, would test the limits of religious instruction in public education.
OCSF Joins the Linux Foundation: Accelerating the Standardization of Cybersecurity Data
AWS Open Source News @ 2024-11-19 20:33:11
In the ever-evolving landscape of cybersecurity, the need for efficient, standardized ways to manage and analyze security data has never been more critical. Today, we are announcing a significant milestone in our industry’s journey towards this goal: the O
El niño español Demchenko, líder
Partidas ajedrez El País @ 2024-11-19 20:31:50
El campeón nacional y subcampeón europeo encabeza el Mundial sub-8 con cinco victorias y un juego muy impresionante para su edad
Airport — A Typeface Revival
Daring Fireball @ 2024-11-19 19:41:26
Lukas Schneider: On 13 November 1961, the Oceanic building at London Airport opened to handle long-haul flight departure. In 1979, German publisher Ravensburger brought out a game designed to help children learn to count. Around Christmas 2023, I stum
Android Authority: ‘Google Is Transforming ChromeOS Into Android’
Daring Fireball @ 2024-11-19 19:17:23
Mishaal Rahman, reporting for Android Authority: While both Android and ChromeOS have seen huge success in different markets, they’ve struggled to compete in one product category where they overlap: tablets. The high-end tablet market is dominated by
Hand Tracking for Mouse Input (2023)
Hacker News 200 @ 2024-11-19 18:18:14
Article URL: Comments URL: Points: 217 # Comments: 49
Show HN: Physically accurate black hole simulation using your iPhone camera
Hacker News 200 @ 2024-11-19 18:06:11
Article URL: Comments URL: Points: 313 # Comments: 114
Carle Lerche Talking at QCon SF about Rust: a Productive Language for Writing Database Applications
InfoQ @ 2024-11-19 18:00:00
Discover how Rust is evolving beyond its systems programming roots to become a viable option for high-level applications. Carl Lerche, AWS principal engineer, showcased its productivity and safety for database-backed systems. Embrace Rust’s potential wit
Inside ISIS’s Graphic Design Team
Daring Fireball @ 2024-11-19 17:20:53
Jason Koebler, writing for 404 Media: According to the filing, which was first reported by our friends at Court Watch , Said was an aspiring ISIS graphic designer who was working with ISIS’s second-in-command graphic designer. That person told Said t
State of Kotlin Scripting 2024
Kotlin Blog @ 2024-11-19 17:07:29
TL;DR: Kotlin scripting remains an essential part of the Kotlin infrastructure. We continue to support it in the experimental state, and we are concluding certain experiments and reducing the number of scripting-related technologies that we provide and act
State of Kotlin Scripting 2024
Kotlin news @ 2024-11-19 17:07:29
TL;DR: Kotlin scripting remains an essential part of the Kotlin infrastructure. We continue to support it in the experimental state, and we are concluding certain experiments and reducing the number of scripting-related technologies that we provide and act
Apple Devices May Learn to Ignore ‘Hey Siri’ Command From TV Ads
Daring Fireball @ 2024-11-19 17:00:51
Filipe Espósito, writing at 9to5Mac: Apple introduced the “Hey Siri” command with iOS 8 to let users easily interact with the virtual assistant without having to press any buttons. However, over the years, this has resulted in Siri being mistakenly tr
Understanding DiskANN
Timescale blog @ 2024-11-19 16:57:11
DiskANN is a nearest neighbor search algorithm designed to minimize computing costs. Learn how it works, its advantages, and applications.
Combinatorial NLTS From the Overlap Gap Property
Quantum Journal @ 2024-11-19 16:52:12
Quantum 8, 1527 (2024). In an important recent development, Anshu, Breuckmann, and Nirkhe [ 3 ] resolved positively the so-called No Low-Energy Trivial State (NLTS) conjecture by Freedman and Hastings. The conj
Exploring Gen AI: Copilot's new multi-file editing
Martin Fowler @ 2024-11-19 16:17:00
A very powerful new coding assistance feature made its way into GitHub Copilot at the end of October. This new “multi-file editing” capability expands the scope of AI assistance from small, localized suggestions to larger implementations acr
Poetry by History’s Greatest Poets or AI? People Can’t Tell the Difference—and Even Prefer the Latter. What Gives?
Singularity Hub @ 2024-11-19 16:00:04
Here are some lines Sylvia Plath never wrote: The air is thick with tension, My mind is a tangled mess, The weight of my emotions Is heavy on my chest. This apparently Plath-like verse was produced by GPT-3.5 in response to the prompt “write a short poem i
A wrinkle in how Windows 95 setup bootstrapped its initial GUI step
old new thing @ 2024-11-19 16:00:00
Getting access to the common controls that don't exist until Windows 95. The post A wrinkle in how Windows 95 setup bootstrapped its initial GUI step appeared first on The Old New Thing .
Microsoft and Atom Computing offer a commercial quantum machine with the largest number of entangled logical qubits on record
Microsoft Quantum Blog @ 2024-11-19 14:30:00
Learn more on how Microsoft and Atom Computing have made rapid progress in reliable quantum computing by creating and entangling 24 logical qubits from neutral atoms. The post Microsoft and Atom Computing offer a commercial quantum machine with the lar
Introduction to LWJGL
Baeldung @ 2024-11-19 13:04:47
Introduction to Lightweight Java Game Library (LWJGL), a powerful open-source library that allows Java developers to interact with native APIs for 3D graphics, sound, and input handling.
OpenStreetMap's New Vector Tiles
Hacker News 200 @ 2024-11-19 13:03:02
Article URL: Comments URL: Points: 474 # Comments: 146
Food and Grace
The Endeavour @ 2024-11-19 12:57:51
I stumbled on a post on X this morning, a commentary on the photo of RFK eating food from McDonalds that has been making the rounds. This photo divides Puritans from Southerners. Puritans think because RFK Jr is on the side of health food he can never com
Fair coins tend to land on the side they started (2023)
Hacker News 200 @ 2024-11-19 10:03:50
Article URL: Comments URL: Points: 391 # Comments: 182
How Recall.ai Saved $1M on AWS by Eliminating WebSockets
InfoQ @ 2024-11-19 08:31:00
Recall.ai recently shared their experience running a platform for building and managing meeting bots on AWS, where they uncovered that using WebSockets was adding an extra 1M USD per year in costs. The team describes how they developed an alternative hig
QCon SF: Using Metaflow to Support Diverse ML Systems at Netflix
InfoQ @ 2024-11-19 05:00:00
At QCon SF 2024, David Berg and Romain Cledat gave a talk about how Netflix uses Metaflow, an open-source framework, to support a variety of ML systems. The pair gave an overview of Metaflow's design principles and illustrated several of Netflix's use ca
[Sponsor] WorkOS
Daring Fireball @ 2024-11-19 03:45:18
With WorkOS you can start selling to enterprises with just a few lines of code. It provides a complete User Management solution along with SSO, SCIM, and FGA. The APIs are modular and easy-to-use, allowing integrations to be completed in minutes instead o
The Talk Show: ‘Annoying Friendliness’
Daring Fireball @ 2024-11-19 03:20:34
Joanna Stern returns to the show to talk about our new best friends, AI chatbots, and I chime in with how the Voight-Kampff test got it all wrong. Sponsored by: WorkOS : The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS — free up to 1 million monthly a
Upgraded
Daring Fireball @ 2024-11-19 01:42:32
My thanks to Upgraded for sponsoring last week at DF. Upgraded’s basic premise is simple: it’s like Apple’s iPhone upgrade program, but for MacBooks. Through Upgraded, you can get a new MacBook every two years with low monthly payments, AppleCare+ coverag
Orestes Rodríguez (1943-2024)
Partidas ajedrez El País @ 2024-11-19 01:13:21
El gran maestro de origen peruano fue uno de los primeros ajedrecistas latinoamericanos que se asentaron en España en los setenta
DOJ Will Ask Judge to Force Google to Sell Chrome and De-Google Android
Daring Fireball @ 2024-11-19 01:03:16
Leah Nylen and Josh Sisco, reporting for Bloomberg: Top Justice Department antitrust officials have decided to ask a judge to force Alphabet Inc.’s Google to sell off its Chrome browser in what would be a historic crackdown on one of the biggest tech
Red Hat announces 2024 North America Public Sector Partner Pinnacle Award winners
Red Hat blog @ 2024-11-19 01:00:00
The Red Hat 2024 North America Public Sector Partner Pinnacle Awards recognize public sector partners for their continued efforts in developing innovative solutions using Red Hat technologies to meet the U.S. government’s needs and improve mission critical
Managed Identity and Workload Identity support in Azure Red Hat OpenShift
Red Hat blog @ 2024-11-19 01:00:00
As organizations are looking to modernize their applications they are also looking for a more secure and easy-to-use application platform. Along with this move to modernization, there is a noticeable shift away from managing long-lived credentials in favor
Landing Zone for Red Hat Enterprise Linux on Azure
Red Hat blog @ 2024-11-19 01:00:00
Deploying new infrastructure can be difficult, whether you’re moving on-premises deployments to the cloud, deploying a new service into your existing architecture or starting from a completely clean slate. There are a lot of choices to make, a lot of poten
How Red Hat Enterprise Linux powers the world’s fastest supercomputer and the future of exascale computing
Red Hat blog @ 2024-11-19 01:00:00
Innovation in computing is fueled by a combination of leading hardware and software–and the latest computing revolution is happening at the exascale level. Exascale machines are capable of performing an exaflop, or one quintillion calculations per second.
Bringing Red Hat Enterprise Linux to Windows Subsystem for Linux
Red Hat blog @ 2024-11-19 01:00:00
The hybrid cloud is an innovation driver, whether pushing the enterprise technology envelope with breakthroughs like generative AI (gen AI) or simply making traditional IT more efficient and responsive through application modernization. Underpinning succes
Color Makes the Universe
Nautilus blog @ 2024-11-19 00:21:08
How a flashy opal inspired artist Tyler Thrasher's new book. The post Color Makes the Universe appeared first on Nautilus .
A ChatGPT-Like AI Can Now Design Whole New Genomes From Scratch
Singularity Hub @ 2024-11-18 23:59:39
All life on Earth is written with four DNA “letters.” An AI just used those letters to dream up a completely new genome from scratch. Called Evo, the AI was inspired by the large language models, or LLMs, underlying popular chatbots such as Ope
Streamline container application networking with built-in Amazon ECS support in Amazon VPC Lattice
AWS Blog @ 2024-11-18 22:55:42
Simplify networking for containerized apps with native VPC Lattice-ECS integration, boosting productivity and flexibility across services.
Automated Browser Testing With Selenium
Baeldung @ 2024-11-18 22:10:59
Learn to do automation testing with tools like Selenium to deliver high-quality websites and web applications more quickly.
Disable Spring Autowiring for a Certain Bean
Baeldung @ 2024-11-18 22:09:39
Explore the scenarios where you need to disable autowiring of beans.
AWS Lambda SnapStart for Python and .NET functions is now generally available
AWS Blog @ 2024-11-18 22:07:15
AWS Lambda SnapStart boosts Python and .NET functions' startup times to sub-second levels, often with minimal code changes, enabling highly responsive and scalable serverless apps.
Mono.fromCallable vs. Mono.justOrEmpty in Spring Reactive
Baeldung @ 2024-11-18 22:03:46
Learn the differences between Mono.fromCallable and Mono.justOrEmpty. Both these methods serve their unique purpose, depending on how we want to handle nullability and lazy evaluation in our streams. In this tutorial, we'll &
Removing All Non-alphabetic Characters From String Array in Java
Baeldung @ 2024-11-18 21:52:12
Learn how to remove non-alphabetic characters from strings in an array.
Find Elements with Max Difference in Java Array
Baeldung @ 2024-11-18 21:43:48
Tutorial on different approaches to finding the maximum difference between any two elements in an integer array in Java.
A Guide to Spring AI Advisors
Baeldung @ 2024-11-18 21:38:10
Learn about Spring AI Advisors and how this feature helps us develop AI-powered applications.
The AI for Science Forum: A new era of discovery
Deepmind @ 2024-11-18 20:57:43
The AI Science Forum highlights AI's present and potential role in revolutionizing scientific discovery and solving global challenges, emphasizing collaboration between the scientific community, policymakers, and industry leaders.
Chigáev brilla como español
Partidas ajedrez El País @ 2024-11-18 20:23:08
Tras su empate en la penúltima ronda, el residente en Platja D’Aro se asegura el pase a la Copa del Mundo y ronda el podio, como Yuffa
Build and modify apps using natural language with AWS App Studio, now generally available
AWS Blog @ 2024-11-18 19:57:02
Unleash your inner developer with AWS App Studio, the generative AI-powered application builder. Turn your idea into fully-fledged, intelligent, custom, secure, and scalable software in minutes.
AWS Lambda turns ten – looking back and looking ahead
AWS Blog @ 2024-11-18 19:23:50
Explore the journey of AWS Lambda, the pioneering serverless computing service, from its 2013 inception to powering over two million users and tens of trillions of function invocations monthly.
AWS Weekly Roundup: AWS BuilderCards at re:Invent 2024, AWS Community Day, Amazon Bedrock, vector databases, and more (Nov 18, 2024)
AWS Blog @ 2024-11-18 18:38:45
This week, we wrapped up the final 2024 Latin America Amazon Web Services (AWS) Community Days of the year in Brazil, with multiple parallel events taking place. In Goiânia, we had Marcelo Palladino, senior developer advocate, and Marcelo Paiva, AWS Commun
Grothendieck inequalities characterize converses to the polynomial method
Quantum Journal @ 2024-11-18 17:32:43
Quantum 8, 1526 (2024). A surprising 'converse to the polynomial method' of Aaronson et al. (CCC'16) shows that any bounded quadratic polynomial can be computed exactly in expectation by a 1-quer
How Uber Sped up SQL-based Data Analytics with Presto and Express Queries
InfoQ @ 2024-11-18 17:00:00
Uber uses Presto, an open-source distributed SQL query engine, to provide analytics across several data sources, including Apache Hive, Apache Pinot, MySQL, and Apache Kafka. To improve its performance, Uber engineers explored the advantages of dealing w
Google Introduces Gemini AI Features to Android Studio
InfoQ @ 2024-11-18 16:00:00
Google has released a set of updates to Gemini in Android Studio, aiming to enhance the developer productivity through AI-powered features. This release is designed to bring AI to every stage of the development lifecycle, such as AI-assisted coding, refa
The operations for reading and writing single elements for C++ standard library maps
old new thing @ 2024-11-18 16:00:00
Breaking down the options. The post The operations for reading and writing single elements for C++ standard library maps appeared first on The Old New Thing .
Mathematical Thinking Isn’t What You Think It Is
Quanta Magazine @ 2024-11-18 15:41:24
The mathematician David Bessis claims that everyone is capable of, and can benefit greatly from, mathematical thinking. The post Mathematical Thinking Isn’t What You Think It Is first appeared on Quanta Magazine
The Rituals of Art, Science, and Superstition
Nautilus blog @ 2024-11-18 15:38:21
A conversation with Issue 58 cover artist Ellen Weinstein. The post The Rituals of Art, Science, and Superstition appeared first on Nautilus .
Scale PostgreSQL via Partitioning: A Dev’s Intro to Hypertables
Timescale blog @ 2024-11-18 15:16:27
PostgreSQL partitioning can be faster and more efficient. Get started quickly with hypertables in this step-by-step developer guide.
Bluesky account
The Endeavour @ 2024-11-18 14:14:31
I’ve had a Bluesky account for over a year, but never posted much on it. Recently I noticed I’d gotten more followers on Bluesky and thought I might try posting there more often. I am not moving to Bluesky. I have orders of magnitude more foll
Otto Frank on the Diary of Anne Frank
AEON @ 2024-11-18 12:01:00
In this 1976 interview, Otto Frank reflects on his decision to give his daughter Anne’s words to the world and their legacy - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon
Could humans hibernate?
AEON @ 2024-11-18 12:00:00
Hibernation allows many animals to time-travel from difficult times to plenty. Could humans learn how to do it too? - by Vladyslav Vyazovskiy Read at Aeon
Un puente hacia el cielo azul
brucknerite @ 2024-11-18 10:00:00
X se desangra. Threads, Bluesky y Mastodón son los destinos preferidos de la gente que huye del hedor de una plataforma social en descomposición. Nunca fue todo lo relevante que creyó ser, pero era el lugar en el que había que estar si pretendías ser algui
Java News Roundup: Spring Framework 6.2, OpenJDK JEPs, Micronaut 4.7, Gradle 8.11
InfoQ @ 2024-11-18 04:50:00
This week's Java roundup for November 11th, 2024, features news highlighting: the release of Spring Framework 6.2.0; four JEPs that have been targeted for JDK 24; two JEPs that have been proposed to target for JDK 24; three new JEP candidates; and the re
KubeCon + CloudNativeCon NA 2024: Key Announcements and Project Updates
InfoQ @ 2024-11-18 03:00:00
Last week, the cloud-native community gathered in Salt Lake City, Utah, for KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2024. Practitioners, tech leaders, and vendors explored the latest innovations and technologies defining cloud-native computing. By Mosta
JEP targeted to JDK 24: 494: Module Import Declarations (2nd Preview)
Inside Java @ 2024-11-18 01:00:00
The following JEP is targeted to JDK 24: 494: Module Import Declarations (2nd Preview)
JEP targeted to JDK 24: 495: Simple Source Files and Instance Main Methods (4th Preview)
Inside Java @ 2024-11-18 01:00:00
The following JEP is targeted to JDK 24: 495: Simple Source Files and Instance Main Methods (4th Preview)
Security of LLMs and LLM systems: Key risks and safeguards
Red Hat blog @ 2024-11-18 01:00:00
Now that large language models (LLMs) and LLM systems are flourishing, it’s important to reflect upon their security, the risks affecting them and the security controls to reduce these risks to acceptable levels.First of all, let’s differentiate between LL
Celebrating Red Hat's origin story: No one innovates alone
Red Hat blog @ 2024-11-18 01:00:00
Do you know the story behind our name? Our co-founder Marc Ewing used to wear his grandfather’s red Cornell lacrosse cap in his college computer lab, and people would say, "If you need help, look for the guy in the red hat." The tech industry is full of st
For what d is the following true: for all 2-colorings of \(R^d\) there is a mono unit square (Asking the Question)
Computational Complexity @ 2024-11-17 23:06:00
In this post I give a question for you to think about. My next post will have the answer and the proof. 1) The following are known and I have a set of slides about it here a) For all 2-colorings of \(R^2\) there exists two points an
[Sponsor] Upgraded
Daring Fireball @ 2024-11-17 23:02:07
Greetings, Daring comrades! Wish to dominate the creative realm with the finest Apple machinery? Your desires align with our grand plan. Introducing the MacBook Upgrade Program: the ultimate strategy against obsolescence! Here’s the operation: S
Netflix Claims 60 Million Households Streamed Mike Tyson vs. Jake Paul Fight Friday Night, Straining Quality to Breaking Point for Many
Daring Fireball @ 2024-11-17 22:49:01
Dominic Patten, reporting for Deadline Friday night: Netflix’s much hyped and much delayed live fight tonight between Mike Tyson and Jake Paul is taking some hits even before the former heavyweight champion and the YouTuber turned boxer have climbed i
Chigáev y Yuffa, a por el podio
Partidas ajedrez El País @ 2024-11-17 19:59:42
Los dos españoles comparten, a dos rondas del final, el 2º puesto del Europeo, que da 20 plazas para la Copa del Mundo de 2025
Meta Releases NotebookLlama: Open-Source PDF to Podcast Toolkit
InfoQ @ 2024-11-17 16:55:00
Meta has released NotebookLlama, an open-source toolkit designed to convert PDF documents into podcasts, providing developers with a structured, accessible PDF-to-audio workflow. As an open-source alternative to Google’s NotebookLM, NotebookLlama guides
ASKAP J1935+2148
John Carlos Baez @ 2024-11-17 13:00:27
MeerKAT is an amazing array of 64 radio telescopes in South Africa. Astronomers want to expand this to the Square Kilometer Array, which will actually consist of thousands of telescopes in South Africa and Australia. But it’s already seeing great stu
ASKAP J1935+2148
Physics Phorums @ 2024-11-17 13:00:27
MeerKAT is an amazing array of 64 radio telescopes in South Africa. Astronomers want to expand this to the Square Kilometer Array, which will actually consist of thousands of telescopes in South Africa and Australia. But it’s already seeing great stu
Monitoring Java Application Security with JDK tools and JFR Events
Inside Java @ 2024-11-17 01:00:00
Learn how to use jcmd, JDK Flight Recorder, JDK Mission Control, and JFR Events to record your Java application security properties, monitor TLS protocol, and analyze X.509 certificate details.
Superconductividad en una bicapa rotada de WSe₂ por debajo de 0.2 K
La Ciencia de la Mula Francis @ 2024-11-16 22:15:34
La superconductividad en el grafeno bicapa rotado con ángulo mágico (MATBG) es la chispa que encendió el camino hacia el Premio Nobel de Física del español Pablo Jarillo-Herrero. Un fenómeno […] La entrada Superconductividad en una bicapa rotada
The mathematics of GPS
The Endeavour @ 2024-11-16 21:48:27
The basic idea of GPS is that if you know the distance to several satellites, you can figure out your position. But you don’t actually know, or need to know, the distance to the satellites: you know the time (according to each satellite’s cloc
This Week’s Awesome Tech Stories From Around the Web (Through November 16)
Singularity Hub @ 2024-11-16 19:35:35
COMPUTING IBM Boosts the Amount of Computation You Can Get Done on Quantum Hardware John Timmer | Ars Technica “There’s a general consensus that we won’t be able to consistently perform sophisticated quantum calculations without the
Traca de belleza en el Europeo
Partidas ajedrez El País @ 2024-11-16 15:32:39
Muy pocas partidas se ven hoy tan vibrantes, bonitas y complejas como este duelo entre Cheparínov y Petrosián tras la Apertura Italiana
Orfebrería exquisita
Partidas ajedrez El País @ 2024-11-16 13:34:36
Los secretos, trucos y recursos técnicos de los finales de alfiles de distinto color, transformados en una espléndida obra de arte
Announcing the 2025 EF Internship Program!
Ethereum blog @ 2024-11-16 01:00:00
The 2025 Ethereum Foundation internship applications are open! Both research and development teams have open positions. Applications close on December 9, 2024. The Ethereum Foundation is running its first formal summer internship program in 2025 aimed at
JEP targeted to JDK 24: 450: Compact Object Headers (Experimental)
Inside Java @ 2024-11-16 01:00:00
The following JEP is targeted to JDK 24: 450: Compact Object Headers (Experimental)
MIT’s New Robot Dog Learned to Walk and Climb in a Simulation Whipped Up by Generative AI
Singularity Hub @ 2024-11-16 00:09:02
A big challenge when training AI models to control robots is gathering enough realistic data. Now, researchers at MIT have shown they can train a robot dog using 100 percent synthetic data. Traditionally, robots have been hand-coded to perform particular t
The Power of Small Brain Networks
Nautilus blog @ 2024-11-16 00:06:22
It only takes four neurons to achieve big things. The post The Power of Small Brain Networks appeared first on Nautilus .
Your Data’s Strange Undersea Voyage
Nautilus blog @ 2024-11-15 23:23:21
The internet is a series of tubes. In the ocean. The post Your Data’s Strange Undersea Voyage appeared first on Nautilus .
Linkage
0xDE @ 2024-11-15 22:17:00
Math hats (\(\mathbb{M}\)): the mathematicians of yore and their silly headwear, 2017. Later published in revised form as “MathCap History” in Math Horizons.
iOS Dev Weekly - Issue 687 - Nov 15th 2024
iOS Weekly @ 2024-11-15 20:47:08
Comment The recent survey I did reminded me that, when you work with Swift every day, it can be easy to see only its complexities. A friend took delivery of one of the new M4 Mac mini machines this week, and
Replicate changes from databases to Apache Iceberg tables using Amazon Data Firehose (in preview)
AWS Blog @ 2024-11-15 20:45:22
Amazon Data Firehose introduces a new capability that captures database changes and streams updates to a data lake or warehouse, supporting PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle, SQL Server, and MongoDB, with automatic scaling and minimal impact on transaction perform
The Impossible Man
Not Even Wrong @ 2024-11-15 18:53:01
There’s a new book out this week, a biography of Roger Penrose by Patchen Barss, with the title The Impossible Man: Roger Penrose and the cost of genius. Penrose is one of the greatest figures in physics and mathematical physics … Continue rea
Se induce la endosimbiosis entre una bacteria y un hongo
La Ciencia de la Mula Francis @ 2024-11-15 18:29:29
La endosimbiosis fue propuesta en 1967 por Lynn Margulis para explicar la aparición de la célula eucariota a partir de células procariotas. En su momento fue una teoría muy polémica, […] La entrada Se induce la endosimbiosis entre una bacteria y
Boosting Postgres INSERT Performance by 2x With UNNEST
Timescale blog @ 2024-11-15 18:00:33
Read how you can double your Postgres INSERT performance using the UNNEST function.
Centrally managing root access for customers using AWS Organizations
AWS Blog @ 2024-11-15 17:56:44
Eliminate long-term root credentials, perform privileged tasks via short-lived sessions, and centrally manage root access - aligning with security best practices.
‘Here’s Why I Decided to Buy “InfoWars”’
Daring Fireball @ 2024-11-15 17:51:26
Bryce P. Tetraeder, Global Tetrahedron CEO, in an op-ed for The Onion: Through it all, InfoWars has shown an unswerving commitment to manufacturing anger and radicalizing the most vulnerable members of society — values that resonate deeply with all of
How do I put a non-copyable, non-movable, non-constructible object into a std::optional?
old new thing @ 2024-11-15 16:00:00
Taking advantage of the conversion operator. The post How do I put a non-copyable, non-movable, non-constructible object into a <CODE>std::optional</CODE>? appeared first on The Old New Thing .
How Public Key Cryptography Really Works, Using Only Simple Math
Quanta Magazine @ 2024-11-15 15:51:08
The security system that underlies the internet makes use of a curious fact: You can broadcast part of your encryption to make your information much more secure. The post How Public Key Cryptography Really Works, Using Only Simple Math first
Combining Semantic Search and Full-Text Search in PostgreSQL (With Cohere, Pgvector, and Pgai)
Timescale blog @ 2024-11-15 15:38:01
Read how you can implement hybrid search in PostgreSQL by combining semantic and full-text search using Cohere, pgvector, and pgai.
Boost Your PostgreSQL Performance With Auto Chunk Size Recommendations
Timescale blog @ 2024-11-15 15:00:08
Meet our latest UI tooling addition, Chunk Size Recommendations—designed to help you boost Postgres performance by finely tuning your hypertable configs.
GPS satellite orbits
The Endeavour @ 2024-11-15 14:19:35
GPS satellites all orbit at the same altitude. According to the FAA, GPS satellites fly in circular orbits at an altitude of 10,900 nautical miles (20,200 km) and with a period of 12 hours. Why were these orbits chosen? You can determine your position usi
Podcast CB SyR 486: Basura espacial, supernova fallida en M31, agujero negro LID-568 super-Eddington y órbita del planeta 9
La Ciencia de la Mula Francis @ 2024-11-15 12:17:59
Te recomiendo disfrutar del episodio 486 del podcast Coffee Break: Señal y Ruido [iVoox A, iVoox B; ApplePodcast A, ApplePodcast B], titulado “Basura Espacial; Supernova Fallida; Agujeros Negros; Planeta 9”, 14 nov 2024. «La tertulia semanal en […]
The cochlear question
AEON @ 2024-11-15 12:00:00
As the hearing parent of a deaf baby, I’m confronted with an agonising decision: should I give her an implant to help her hear? - by Abi Stephenson Read at Aeon
Mike Tyson Slaps Jake Paul in Face During Weigh-In
Daring Fireball @ 2024-11-15 05:02:23
The winner of tomorrow night’s fight gets to be Secretary of the Treasury in the second Trump administration. ★
JEP targeted to JDK 24: 491: Synchronize Virtual Threads without Pinning
Inside Java @ 2024-11-15 01:00:00
The following JEP is targeted to JDK 24: 491: Synchronize Virtual Threads without Pinning
Hardening your operating system? Red Hat Enterprise Linux to the rescue!
Red Hat blog @ 2024-11-15 01:00:00
Security is important in enterprise scenarios, where core business applications need to run seamlessly but are often connected to the external world where they are vulnerable to attack.Malware, unauthorized access to files and execution of unverified code
Dos perlas inhumanas (y II)
Partidas ajedrez El País @ 2024-11-14 23:54:14
Raptor, con negras, sacrifica material desde la apertura y luego convierte su ventaja en victoria con enorme precisión y no poca belleza
Sweet CRISPR Tomatoes May Be Coming to a Supermarket Near You
Singularity Hub @ 2024-11-14 23:44:03
When I was a young kid, our neighborhood didn’t have any grocery stores. The only place to buy fruits and vegetables was at our local farmer’s market. My mom would pick out the freshest tomatoes and sauté them with eggs into a simple dish that became my co
Price and tax updates for apps, In-App Purchases, and subscriptions
Apple Developer News and Updates @ 2024-11-14 23:00:47
The App Store is designed to make it easy to sell your digital goods and services globally, with support for 44 currencies across 175 storefronts. From time to time, we may need to adjust prices or your proceeds due to changes in tax regulations or forei
When Pollution Brings Snow
Nautilus blog @ 2024-11-14 22:53:01
Metals and minerals from industry can trigger snowfall over hundreds of miles. The post When Pollution Brings Snow appeared first on Nautilus .
Favorite Theorems: Learning from Natural Proofs
Computational Complexity @ 2024-11-14 20:03:00
October Edition I had a tough choice for my final favorite theorem from the decade 2015-2024. Runners up include Pseudodeterministic Primes and Hardness of Partial MCSP . But instead in memory of the recently departed Steven Rudich , thi
Scaling Document Data Extraction With LLMs & Vector Databases
Timescale blog @ 2024-11-14 19:00:44
Learn how to use a vector database and LLM-powered intelligent document processing for faster and cost-effective structured data extraction.
The Onion Buys Alex Jones’s Infowars in Bankruptcy Auction
Daring Fireball @ 2024-11-14 18:23:25
Brandy Zadrozny and Erik Ortiz, NBC News: The Onion, the satirical news company that repeatedly spoofed conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, has won the bankruptcy auction for control over his media empire — most notably Infowars, the far-right, conspiracy
Ground and Excited States from Ensemble Variational Principles
Quantum Journal @ 2024-11-14 18:06:13
Quantum 8, 1525 (2024). The extension of the Rayleigh-Ritz variational principle to ensemble states $\rho_{\mathbf{w}}\equiv\sum_k w_k |\Psi_k\rangle \langle\Psi_k|$ with fixed weights $w_k$ lies ulti
Solving the puzzle of trying to put an object into a std::optional
old new thing @ 2024-11-14 16:00:00
How do I set a value? Let me count the ways. The post Solving the puzzle of trying to put an object into a <CODE>std::optional</CODE> appeared first on The Old New Thing .
Workshop season six, episode three
daniel.haxx.se @ 2024-11-14 15:40:56
One positive thing among many others at this version of the HTTP Workshop (day one, day two) is the fact that there have been several new faces showing up here. People who have not previously attended any HTTP Workshops. Getting fresh blood into the mix is
Observational entropy with general quantum priors
Quantum Journal @ 2024-11-14 15:39:08
Quantum 8, 1524 (2024). Observational entropy captures both the intrinsic uncertainty of a thermodynamic state and the lack of knowledge due to coarse-graining. We demonstrate two interpretations of observation
Gradients and frequency profiles of quantum re-uploading models
Quantum Journal @ 2024-11-14 15:24:30
Quantum 8, 1523 (2024). Quantum re-uploading models have been extensively investigated as a form of machine learning within the context of variational quantum algorithms. Their trainability and expressivity are
Stop Building Data Pipelines: Cross-Database Queries With PostgreSQL Foreign-Data Wrappers
Timescale blog @ 2024-11-14 15:00:22
You can now query across your Timescale services and other PostgreSQL databases from a central Timescale service using foreign-data wrappers—learn how.
Ramanujan’s master theorem
The Endeavour @ 2024-11-14 12:31:45
A few weeks ago I wrote about the Mellin transform. Mitchell Wheat left comment saying the transform seems reminiscent of Ramanujan’s master theorem, which motivated this post. Suppose you have a function f that is nice enough to have a power series. Now
Great art explained: Las Meninas by Diego Velázquez
AEON @ 2024-11-14 12:01:00
Step into the world of the enigmatic ‘Las Meninas’ – Diego Velázquez’s masterpiece of royal (and self-)portraiture - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon
The nature of natural laws
AEON @ 2024-11-14 12:00:00
Physicists and philosophers today have formulated three opposing models that explain how laws work. Which is the best? - by Mario Hubert Read at Aeon