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0xDE @ 2025-04-15 20:17:00
IEEE has a pseudoscience problem (\(\mathbb{M}\), via). “Unfortunately, bad science published by IEEE isn’t limited to boring applications of boring algorithms to boring data”: the post goes on to describe IEEE publications about computer-enhanced ayurveda
Ask Slashdot: Where Are the Open-Source Local-Only AI Solutions?
slashdot @ 2025-03-16 04:34:00
"Why can't we each have our own AI software that runs locally," asks long-time Slashdot reader BrendaEM — and that doesn't steal the work of others. Imagine a powerful-but-locally-hosted LLM that "doesn't spy... and no one else owns it." We downlo
Firefly's 'Athena' Lander Watched Friday's Eclipse - from the Moon
slashdot @ 2025-03-16 02:34:00
"For the first time in history, a privately operated lunar lander has captured images of a total eclipse from the Moon's surface," reports Daily Galaxy. While the Athena lunar lander tipped over and ended its mission, elsewhere on the moon Firefly Aerosp
WorkOS: Scalable, Secure Authentication
Daring Fireball @ 2025-03-16 01:30:00
My thanks to WorkOS for sponsoring this week at DF. Modern authentication should be seamless and secure. WorkOS makes it easy to integrate features like MFA, SSO, and RBAC. Whether you’re replacing passwords, stopping fraud, or adding enterprise auth, W
How to Generate a Report of Apple Intelligence Requests Sent to Private Cloud Compute
Daring Fireball @ 2025-03-16 01:29:41
From Apple’s support documentation: You can generate a report of requests your iPhone has sent to Private Cloud Compute. Go to Settings, then tap Privacy & Security. Tap Apple Intelligence Report, then choose a report duration for the las
Cloudflare Accused of Blocking Niche Browsers
slashdot @ 2025-03-16 00:48:00
Long-time Slashdot reader BenFenner writes: For the third time in recent memory, CloudFlare has blocked large swaths of niche browsers and their users from accessing web sites that CloudFlare gate-keeps. In the past these issues have been resolved quickly
Example using a generating function to find asymptotic behavior
The Endeavour @ 2025-03-16 00:31:46
The previous post looked at how to compute Q(n), the number of permutations of 1, 2, 3, …, n + 1 that contain no consecutive integers. We found a way to numerically compute Q(n) but no analytic expression that would let us compute asymptotics. The sequenc
New RCS Spec From GSM Association Adds E2EE; Both Apple and Google to Support It
Daring Fireball @ 2025-03-15 23:08:35
Jess Weatherbed, reporting for The Verge: iPhone and Android users will be able to exchange end-to-end encrypted (E2EE) RCS messages in the near future thanks to newly updated RCS specifications. The GSM Association announced that the latest RCS sta
340 European Cities Restrict Usage of Cars
slashdot @ 2025-03-15 22:48:00
Cities in Europe "are dramatically scaling back their relationship with the car," reports the Washington Post: They are removing parking spaces and creating dedicated bike lanes. They are installing cameras at the perimeter of urban centers and either ch
Elon Musk Says SpaceX's First Mission to Mars Will Launch Next Year
slashdot @ 2025-03-15 21:34:00
"SpaceX founder Elon Musk has said his Starship rocket will head to Mars by the end of next year," writes the BBC, "as the company investigates several recent explosions in flight tests." Human landings could begin as early as 2029 if initial missions go
Is Our Universe Trapped Inside a Black Hole?
slashdot @ 2025-03-15 20:34:00
"Is everything we see around us is sealed within a black hole?" asks Space.com. Because here's the thing. The $10 billion James Webb Space telescope (in operation since 2022) "has found that the vast majority of deep space and, thus the early galaxies it
Sign in as anyone: Bypassing SAML SSO authentication with parser differentials
Hacker News 200 @ 2025-03-15 20:06:01
Article URL: Comments URL: Points: 217 # Comments: 76
Apple Did Demo Swift Assist at WWDC Last Year, and Has Shown It, Under NDA, Since Then
Daring Fireball @ 2025-03-15 19:54:01
In an item earlier this week observing that Swift Assist, the most ambitious Xcode-related Apple Intelligence feature shown at WWDC last year, not only hasn’t yet shipped but still is not in beta, I wondered whether Apple actually demoed it live last ye
Last Year Waymo's Autonomous Vehicles Got 589 Parking Tickets in San Francisco
slashdot @ 2025-03-15 19:34:00
"Alphabet's Waymo autonomous vehicles are programmed to follow the rules of the road..." notes the Washington Post. But while the cars obey speed limits and properly use their turn signals — they also "routinely violate parking rules." Waymo vehicle
Imagine How Powerful Meta Might Be Today If Their PR Wasn’t Run by Sycophantic Morons
Daring Fireball @ 2025-03-15 19:33:34
Katie Notopoulos, writing at Business Insider ( Apple News+ link ): It’s possible that this strident defense is backfiring — creating a “ Streisand Effect ” that’s publicizing the book even more. Notopoulos isn’t one to pull punches or hedge, norm
‘Ted Lasso’ Renewed for a Fourth Season
Daring Fireball @ 2025-03-15 19:06:06
Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter: After more than a year of speculation, Apple TV+ has ordered a fourth season of its Emmy-winning comedy Ted Lasso. The pickup comes after co-creator and star Jason Sudeikis closed a deal to reprise his role as the
Climatologist Michael Mann Finally Won a $1M Defamation Suit - But Then a Judge Threw It Out
slashdot @ 2025-03-15 18:34:00
Slashdot has run nearly a dozen stories about Michael Mann, one of America's most prominent climate scientists and a co-creator of the famous "hockey stick" graph of spiking temperatures. In 2012 Mann sued two bloggers for defamation — and last year
OpenAI Launches New API, SDK, and Tools to Develop Custom Agents
InfoQ @ 2025-03-15 18:00:00
OpenAI has announced the new Responses API, the Agents SDK, and observability tools to address the challenges that creating production-ready agents pose, such as building custom orchestration, and handling prompt iteration across complex, multi-step task
Spring cleaning
C0T0D0S0 @ 2025-03-15 18:00:00
I was once told that for a time i kept my blog in a state, that was comparable to leave your baby, which you have put in a lot of effort into, in the gutter. A very direct comment, but not to be dismissed. At that time , i tried to repair as much as possi
Best vs. First
Daring Fireball @ 2025-03-15 17:46:36
CNBC story from 2016: At a recent public appearance at the Utah Tech Tour, in a conversation moderated by Utah’s Senator Orrin Hatch, Apple CEO Tim Cook pointed out that Microsoft had tablets on the market decades before Apple. Cook emphasized his c
10 Million Cubans Suffer Nationwide Power Outage
slashdot @ 2025-03-15 17:34:00
"Cuba's power grid collapsed Friday night," reports CNN, "triggering a nationwide power outage and plunging its more than 10 million people into darkness." Video filmed by CNN in the capital Havana showed streets and buildings shrouded in total darkness,
Permutations with no consecutive elements
The Endeavour @ 2025-03-15 17:32:23
I was working on something this week that made me wonder how many permutations break up all consecutive elements. For example, if we’re looking at permutations of abcde then acebd counts, but acdbe does not. I’d like to count the number of suc
A Suggested Demo for Google I/O 2025 (May 20–21)
Daring Fireball @ 2025-03-15 17:06:22
Jay Peters, last month for The Verge: Google’s next I/O developer conference will take place on May 20th and May 21st, the company announced today . The event will be “open to everyone online” and will include “livestreamed keynotes and sessions,” a
Show HN: A personal YouTube frontend based on yt-dlp
Hacker News 200 @ 2025-03-15 16:45:42
Article URL: Comments URL: Points: 219 # Comments: 148
Why Microsoft's Developers are Porting TypeScript to Go
slashdot @ 2025-03-15 16:34:00
Tuesday Microsoft "surprised everyone," writes Neowin, "by announcing a new change that will radically improve TypeScript performance" — porting TypeScript to Go. InfoWorld writes that "The initiative promises dramatic improvements in editor startu
Milk Kanban
Hacker News 200 @ 2025-03-15 16:32:02
Article URL: Comments URL: Points: 319 # Comments: 132
Coal-Powered Energy Finally Overtaken by Wind and Solar in the US
slashdot @ 2025-03-15 15:34:00
"Wind and solar energy generated more electricity in the U.S. than coal for the first time last year," reports the Wall Street Journal, "according to analysis from clean-energy think tank Ember. "The two renewable energy sources accounted for 17% of the
This Week’s Awesome Tech Stories From Around the Web (Through March 15)
Singularity Hub @ 2025-03-15 15:00:00
Future Powerful AI Is Coming. We’re Not Ready.Kevin Roose | The New York Times “I believe that the right time to start preparing for AGI is now. This may all sound... The post This Week’s Awesome Tech Stories From Around the Web (Through Mar
NAB Calls For End of ATSC 1.0
slashdot @ 2025-03-15 14:00:00
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Broadband TV News: The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) has filed a petition with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) urging the agency to establish a clear, industry-wide transition plan for the f
Podcast CB SyR 503: Simulación de motores de plasma, cifrado ECDSA, Zuchongzhi 3.0, NGC5084*, DINGO-BNS de LVK, y alerta de petaneutrino y GRB
La Ciencia de la Mula Francis @ 2025-03-15 12:33:36
Te recomiendo disfrutar del episodio 503 del podcast Coffee Break: Señal y Ruido [iVoox A, iVoox B; ApplePod A, ApplePod B], titulado “Propulsión Espacial; Computación Cuántica; Fusiones de Estrellas de Neutrones; Agujeros Negros”, 13 mar 2025. «La [̷
Saturn Solidifies Its Title As Moon King With Discovery of 128 New Moons
slashdot @ 2025-03-15 11:00:00
Astronomers using the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope have discovered 128 new moons around Saturn, bringing its total to 274 -- more than all the other planets combined. CBC News reports: Jupiter and Saturn have been locked in a battle for the most moons fo
Dead Athena Moon Lander Seen Inside Its Crater Grave From Lunar Orbit
slashdot @ 2025-03-15 08:00:00
From a Space.com article: Athena, the second lunar lander from Houston company Intuitive Machines, tipped over during its touchdown on March 6, ending up on its side within a small crater near the moon's south pole. This orientation prevented the lander's
Google Report Reveals How Threat Actors Are Currently Using Generative AI
InfoQ @ 2025-03-15 07:46:00
By Renato Losio
Solaris 11 SRU 75: New options for pgrep/pkill
C0T0D0S0 @ 2025-03-15 06:05:00
In SRU 75 of Solaris 11.4 two options were added to pgrep and pkill . The first option is -Z . With this option you can limit both commands to the current processes zone. root@testbed:~# ps -efZ | grep utmpd global daemon 200 1
Super Nintendo Hardware Is Running Faster As It Ages
slashdot @ 2025-03-15 04:30:00
An anonymous reader quotes a report from 404 Media: Something very strange is happening inside Super Nintendo (SNES) consoles as they age: a component you've probably never heard of is running ever so slightly faster as we get further and further away from
Transformers Without Normalization
Hacker News 200 @ 2025-03-15 04:12:39
Article URL: Comments URL: Points: 245 # Comments: 30
Popular GitHub Action tj-actions/changed-files is compromised
Hacker News 200 @ 2025-03-15 01:43:02
Article URL: Comments URL: Points: 269 # Comments: 3
New York Times shut down Tor Onion service
Hacker News 200 @ 2025-03-14 23:53:58
Article URL: Comments URL: Points: 242 # Comments: 153
Tj-actions/changed-files GitHub Action Compromised – used by over 23K repos
Hacker News 200 @ 2025-03-14 23:29:46
Article URL: Comments URL: Points: 229 # Comments: 264
Everything you say to your Echo will be sent to Amazon starting on March 28
Hacker News 200 @ 2025-03-14 22:33:28
Article URL: Comments URL: Points: 222 # Comments: 99
All-Hands Siri Team Meeting Leaks to Bloomberg
Daring Fireball @ 2025-03-14 22:23:56
Mark Gurman, reporting for Bloomberg today: Apple Inc.’s top executive overseeing its Siri virtual assistant told staff that delays to key features have been ugly and embarrassing, and a decision to publicly promote the technology before it was ready
Icelandic Horses Have Good Genes
Nautilus blog @ 2025-03-14 22:17:33
New evidence suggests their unique gaits have a complex pedigree The post Icelandic Horses Have Good Genes appeared first on Nautilus .
I Can Feel Your Human Fingers
Nautilus blog @ 2025-03-14 21:59:35
On seeing and believing The post I Can Feel Your Human Fingers appeared first on Nautilus .
Kerning, the Hard Way
Hacker News 200 @ 2025-03-14 20:47:12
Article URL: Comments URL: Points: 218 # Comments: 66
Podcast CB SyR 502: Vitrificación de un cerebro, supernovas y evolución humana, ruido en imágenes astronómicas, teoría de cuerdas y teoría de números, Sagittarius A* y un agujero negro de masa intermedia
La Ciencia de la Mula Francis @ 2025-03-14 19:31:33
Te recomiendo disfrutar del episodio 502 del podcast Coffee Break: Señal y Ruido [iVoox A, iVoox B; ApplePod A, ApplePod B], titulado “Vitrificación; Supernova; Redes Neuronales; Cuerdas; Agujeros Negros”, 06 mar 2025. «La tertulia semanal en la […]
Decrypting encrypted files from Akira ransomware using a bunch of GPUs
Hacker News 200 @ 2025-03-14 18:45:33
Article URL: Comments URL: Points: 240 # Comments: 50
The School Car Pickup Line Is a National Embarrassment
Hacker News 200 @ 2025-03-14 18:16:33
Article URL: Comments URL: Points: 244 # Comments: 360
Making Postgres scale
Hacker News 200 @ 2025-03-14 18:07:11
Article URL: Comments URL: Points: 216 # Comments: 165
Computing the nth digit of π directly
The Endeavour @ 2025-03-14 17:56:45
The following equation, known as the BBP formula [1], will let you compute the nth digit of π directly without having to compute the previous digits. I’ve seen this claim many times, but I’ve never seen it explained in much detail how this for
This Robotic Hand’s Electronic Skin Senses Exactly How Hard It Needs to Squeeze
Singularity Hub @ 2025-03-14 17:37:38
The hand can gently pick up anything from plastic cups to pineapples. The post This Robotic Hand’s Electronic Skin Senses Exactly How Hard It Needs to Squeeze appeared first on SingularityHub .
Análisis de ajedrez | Un caballo con bulimia
Partidas ajedrez El País @ 2025-03-14 17:29:51
Todos los astros parecen alineados para que las blancas se vean condenadas a luchar por el empate, pero un corcel muy hambriento da la victoria
I Imagined It and Genmoji’d It
Daring Fireball @ 2025-03-14 17:18:37
As a postscript to that last item, it occurred to me that because we’re close friends, I have a lot of photos of Paul Kafasis in my library. Here’s one from a year ago you can use as a reference. I wondered how Genmoji would do with “An owl who looks li
Samsung Q990D unresponsive after 1020 firmware update
Hacker News 200 @ 2025-03-14 17:10:04
Article URL: Comments URL: Points: 585 # Comments: 514
A 2FA app that tells you when you get `314159` (2024)
Hacker News 200 @ 2025-03-14 17:00:06
Article URL: Comments URL: Points: 209 # Comments: 108
AWS Pi Day 2025: Data foundation for analytics and AI
AWS Blog @ 2025-03-14 16:04:22
AWS Pi Day, an annual event commemorating the launch of Amazon S3 in 2006, has evolved from celebrating cloud storage milestones to showcasing cutting-edge developments in data management, analytics, and AI. In 2025, we're focused on unified data foundatio
Why do transit agencies keep falling for the hydrogen bus myth?
Hacker News 200 @ 2025-03-14 16:03:01
Article URL: Comments URL: Points: 264 # Comments: 435
The Legend of Larry Owl
Daring Fireball @ 2025-03-14 15:57:22
Paul Kafasis, on a seemingly local-to-Boston Genmoji billboard from Apple: Eventually, though, the penny dropped. After my umpteenth time passing the billboard, while trying to distract myself from the single-digit temperatures and the brutal wind chi
I'm Peter Roberts, immigration attorney who does work for YC and startups. AMA
Hacker News 200 @ 2025-03-14 15:39:00
I'll be here for the next 6 hours. As usual, there are countless possible topics and I'll be guided by whatever you're concerned with but as much as possible I'd like to focus on the recent changes and potential changes in U.S. immigration law, policy, a
Briar: Peer to Peer Encrypted Messaging
Hacker News 200 @ 2025-03-14 15:36:23
Article URL: Comments URL: Points: 413 # Comments: 170
The case of COM failing to pump messages in a single-threaded COM apartment
old new thing @ 2025-03-14 15:00:00
A customer encountered a hang caused by COM not pumping messages while waiting for a cross-thread operation to complete. They were using the task_sequencer class for serializing asynchronous operations on a UI thread they created to handle accessibility c
‘Once in a Century’ Proof Settles Math’s Kakeya Conjecture
Quanta Magazine @ 2025-03-14 14:57:28
The deceptively simple Kakeya conjecture has bedeviled mathematicians for 50 years. A new proof of the conjecture in three dimensions illuminates a whole crop of related problems. The post ‘Once in a Century’ Proof Settles Math’s Kakeya Conjec
U.S. Lawmakers Urge U.K. Secretive Investigatory Powers Tribunal to Hold Public Hearing Regarding Demand for Secret iCloud Backdoor
Daring Fireball @ 2025-03-14 14:44:32
Zack Whittaker, reporting for TechCrunch: A group of bipartisan U.S. lawmakers are urging the head of the U.K.’s surveillance court to hold an open hearing into Apple’s anticipated challenge of an alleged secret U.K. government legal demand. U.S. Se
19000 curl commits
daniel.haxx.se @ 2025-03-14 13:39:16
It has been 387 days since I announced having done 18k commits. This is commit number 19,000. Looking at the graph below that is showing my curl commits and everyone else’s over time, it seems to imply that while I have kept my pace pretty consistent
A look at Firefox forks
Hacker News 200 @ 2025-03-14 13:25:04
Article URL: Comments URL: Points: 511 # Comments: 339
Trade-off relations between measurement dependence and hiddenness for separable hidden variable models
Quantum Journal @ 2025-03-14 13:15:33
Quantum 9, 1662 (2025). The Bell theorem is explored in terms of a trade-off relation between underlying assumptions within the hidden variable model framework. In this paper, recognizing the incorporation of h
Apple will soon support encrypted RCS messaging with Android users
Hacker News 200 @ 2025-03-14 13:07:06
Article URL: Comments URL: Points: 314 # Comments: 249
DevProxy 0.25 Improves Configuration Management, Joins .NET Foundation
InfoQ @ 2025-03-14 13:00:00
Microsoft has released version 0.25 of DevProxy, an API simulation command-line tool. The new version improves the tool's configuration management and adds a couple of usability features. The project is also added to the .NET Foundation, a non-profit org
Google Cloud's AI Protection: a Solution to Securing AI Assets
InfoQ @ 2025-03-14 11:00:00
Google Cloud introduces AI Protection, a solution to safeguard against generative AI threats. Managing AI risks through vulnerability assessments, security policies, and proactive threat management enhances asset protection. Integrating with Google’s Sec
Ghosts among the philosophers
AEON @ 2025-03-14 11:00:00
Cambridge, home of analytic philosophy, was also a hotbed of psychical research. How did this spooky subject take root? - by Matyáš Moravec Read at Aeon
Un genio con mala suerte
brucknerite @ 2025-03-14 10:00:00
El Sol nos ofrece energía gratis, si no fuera porque esos paneles que llenan cada vez más parcelas en nuestros campos deben costar algo. Es cierto que la energía del Sol está ahí, lista para ser aprovechada, pero se trata de energía térmica, que debemos co
I-cant-believe-its-not-webusb: Hacking around lack of WebUSB support in Firefox
Hacker News 200 @ 2025-03-14 09:36:08
Article URL: Comments URL: Points: 304 # Comments: 280
The OpenAI API Java Client
Baeldung @ 2025-03-14 09:10:14
A walk-through of integrating OpenAI's Java Client Assistants and Completion APIs. The post The OpenAI API Java Client first appeared on Baeldung .
Introduction to J2CL
Baeldung @ 2025-03-14 09:08:11
Explore how to set up a J2CL project with Maven, customize a simple web page, and implement a Task Manager App using Java and JavaScript. The post Introduction to J2CL first appeared on Baeldung . Click the icon below to watch.
Labeled Breaks in Java: Useful Tool or Code Smell?
Baeldung @ 2025-03-14 09:05:15
Explore the mechanics of Java’s labeled break and continue statements, and weigh their benefits against their pitfalls. The post Labeled Breaks in Java: Useful Tool or Code Smell? first appeared on Baeldung .
Enable HTTP2 with Tomcat in Spring Boot
Baeldung @ 2025-03-14 09:03:44
Learn how to configure your Spring Boot application to enable HTTP/2 on an embedded Tomcat server. The post Enable HTTP2 with Tomcat in Spring Boot first appeared on Baeldung .
Microsoft Launches New AI Chat Web App Template for .NET Development
InfoQ @ 2025-03-14 09:00:00
Last week, Microsoft announced a new AI Chat Web App template, available in preview, designed to simplify AI development with .NET. This template is part of Microsoft's ongoing efforts to make AI more accessible, offering scaffolding and guidance in Visu
Almost RAIDless
C0T0D0S0 @ 2025-03-14 06:00:00
Yesterday, the last missing piece of my new fileserver arrived. But so much to do. I have to work. I’m learning something outside my normal stuff at the moment which has neither to do with my existing hobbies (it’s a new hobby in planning for a few years
Issue 703
iOS Weekly @ 2025-03-14 01:00:00
Running a great technical blog for a company is hard. How do you do it well? 🤔
SuperWord (Auto-Vectorization) - Scheduling
Inside Java @ 2025-03-14 01:00:00
A summary on how the scheduling algorithm improved for C2 SuperWord.
Friday Five — March 14, 2025
Red Hat blog @ 2025-03-14 01:00:00
The Register: Axiom Space and Red Hat to take edge computing into orbitWith Axiom Space, Red Hat is helping lay the foundation for the next generation of space exploration, powered by open-source innovation. Learn more Red Hat OpenShift enhances Vault in
Collaborate and build faster with Amazon SageMaker Unified Studio, now generally available
AWS Blog @ 2025-03-14 00:05:34
Amazon SageMaker Unified Studio is a single data and AI development platform that brings data together with analytics and AI/ML tools, including Amazon Bedrock and Amazon Q Developer, to streamline analytics and AI application development across virtually
Amazon S3 Tables integration with Amazon SageMaker Lakehouse is now generally available
AWS Blog @ 2025-03-13 23:03:44
Amazon S3 Tables integration with SageMaker Lakehouse enables unified access to S3 Tables data from AWS analytics engines like Amazon Athena, Redshift, EMR, and third-party query engines, to build securely and manage centrally.
The Great Whale Conveyor Belt
Nautilus blog @ 2025-03-13 22:28:03
The loss of whales has weakened the longest food chain on the planet The post The Great Whale Conveyor Belt appeared first on Nautilus .
East Coast College Tour 2025
YC @ 2025-03-13 22:26:20
YC is going on a college tour! We're visiting Harvard, Yale, MIT, Columbia, Cornell, and Cornell Tech. If you're a current student at any of those schools and interested in startups, we'd love to meet you.
Green Steel Startup’s Largest Reactor Yet Produces a Ton of Molten Metal With Electricity
Singularity Hub @ 2025-03-13 21:44:41
For Boston Metal, it's a step towards green steel plants that can make millions of tons of steel. The post Green Steel Startup’s Largest Reactor Yet Produces a Ton of Molten Metal With Electricity appeared first on SingularityHub .
Swift Assist Hasn’t Shipped, and Isn’t Yet in Beta
Daring Fireball @ 2025-03-13 17:15:39
Michael Tsai: Swift Assist was supposed to arrive in 2024 , but it never even appeared in a beta. Apple hasn’t announced that it’s postponed or cancelled. It’s not even mentioned in the release notes . Apple announced two AI-powered features f
The Apache Software Foundation Announces New Top-Level Project
ASF @ 2025-03-13 17:00:00
Newest TLP provides high performance shuffling services for cloud native architectures Wilmington, DE – March 13, 2025 – The Apache Software Foundation (ASF), the global home of open source software the world relies on, today announced that Apache U
Java Weekly, Issue 585
Baeldung @ 2025-03-13 15:58:21
New features in JDK 24 and Spring framework 7 The post Java Weekly, Issue 585 first appeared on Baeldung .
New Conversations, Deep Questions, Bold Ideas in Season Four of ‘The Joy of Why’
Quanta Magazine @ 2025-03-13 15:48:57
Steven Strogatz and Janna Levin return for a new season on major scientific and mathematical questions of our time, with 12 all-new episodes and a new format. The post New Conversations, Deep Questions, Bold Ideas in Season Four of ‘The Joy of
Análisis de ajedrez | Lo bueno de Yi Wei (y II)
Partidas ajedrez El País @ 2025-03-13 15:21:56
El 7º del mundo cede el centro en la apertura, pero luego maniobra en el ala de dama con virtuosismo hasta lograr una posición ganadora
Making sure that a DLL loads only from your application directory
old new thing @ 2025-03-13 15:00:00
You can ask for it as an option, but think about what you're actually protecting against. The post Making sure that a DLL loads only from your application directory appeared first on The Old New Thing .
Learnings from Working with Programming Rules and Guidelines
InfoQ @ 2025-03-13 12:56:00
Programming rules and guidelines improve code consistency, but misapplication can lead to poor results. Arne Mertz suggests that software developers selectively adopt rules and guidelines, and document deviations with clear explanations. They can discuss
Baat wahi hai (It’s the same story)
AEON @ 2025-03-13 11:01:00
Two Indian storytellers give intersecting and conflicting accounts of the same Hindu myth in this dazzling animation - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon
Microsoft Enhances Azure Elastic SAN with Auto Scale, Snapshot Support, and CRC Protection
InfoQ @ 2025-03-13 11:00:00
Microsoft's Azure Elastic SAN, launched in early 2024, revolutionizes cloud block storage with unique autoscale capabilities, snapshot support, and CRC protection for enhanced data integrity. This fully managed solution simplifies storage management and
Could conquest return?
AEON @ 2025-03-13 11:00:00
It’s only a century since US diplomats first persuaded the world that it’s wrong for countries to annex their neighbours - by Kerry Goettlich Read at Aeon
Quarkus 3.19 Prepares for LTS Release 3.20
InfoQ @ 2025-03-13 10:00:00
One month after the release of Quarkus 3.18.0, version 3.19.0 was released in February 2025. This is the last release before the next long-term support (LTS) version, 3.20.0, which is now feature complete and scheduled to be released on March 26th accord
Java 24 Release Notes Review for Developers - Inside Java Newscast #87
Inside Java @ 2025-03-13 01:00:00
Java 24 is scheduled to be released March 18th! In this episode of Inside Java Newscast we will review all the noteworthy changes coming to Java 24 that developers would care about.
Open discussion: AI strategies for banks
Red Hat blog @ 2025-03-13 01:00:00
Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming the banking industry, providing unparalleled opportunities for innovation, operational efficiency and customer service improvements. However, these opportunities do not come without challenges, such as data secu
★ Something Is Rotten in the State of Cupertino
Daring Fireball @ 2025-03-13 00:37:14
Who decided these personalized Siri features should go in the WWDC keynote, with a promise they’d arrive in the coming year, when, at the time, they were in such an unfinished state they could not be demoed to the media even in a controlled environment? Th
The Importance of Muscle
Nautilus blog @ 2025-03-12 23:06:26
In his new book, Michael Joseph Gross explores how the notion of strength has changed since Homer The post The Importance of Muscle appeared first on Nautilus .
How To Delete a Topic in Apache Kafka®: A Step-By-Step Guide
Confluent @ 2025-03-12 22:35:22
Learn how to delete topics in Apache Kafka® safely and efficiently. Explore step-by-step instructions, best practices, and important considerations for managing Kafka topics.
Difference Between Apache Camel and Apache Kafka
Baeldung @ 2025-03-12 21:03:46
A quick tutorial on the differences between Apache Camel and Kafka. The post Difference Between Apache Camel and Apache Kafka first appeared on Baeldung .
Brazilian Court Gives Apple 90 Days to Allow Sideloading on iOS
Daring Fireball @ 2025-03-12 17:28:06
Filipe Espósito, reporting last week for 9to5Mac: As reported by Brazilian newspaper Valor Econômico (via O Globo ), a federal judge in Brazil ruled on Wednesday that Apple will have to open up the iOS ecosystem to third-party apps in Brazil just l
Improvements to the FreeBSD CI/CD systems
FreeBSD Foundation @ 2025-03-12 17:17:02
As part of a larger investment by the Sovereign Tech Agency, the Foundation is pleased to announce commencement of a work package to improve the FreeBSD CI/CD processes. The Sovereign Tech Agency has commissioned work on five initiatives all designed to a
Meet the 2025 class of TED Fellows
TED Blog @ 2025-03-12 16:00:33
We are thrilled to announce this year’s 2025 cohort of TED Fellows, whose work spans four continents and represents 11 countries. This year’s TED Fellows are tackling some of the world’s most urgent issues with bold and groundbreaking sol
Gemini Robotics brings AI into the physical world
Deepmind @ 2025-03-12 16:00:18
Introducing Gemini Robotics and Gemini Robotics-ER, AI models designed for robots to understand, act and react to the physical world.
Grafana Loki Introduces v3.4 with Standardized Storage and Unified Telemetry
InfoQ @ 2025-03-12 16:00:00
Grafana Loki recently introduced their version 3.4, which includes enhancements aimed at improving the efficiency and log management standardization. One of the key updates is the integration of the Thanos Object Storage Client, which aligns Loki's stora
Experiment with Gemini 2.0 Flash native image generation
Deepmind @ 2025-03-12 15:58:00
Native image output is available in Gemini 2.0 Flash for developers to experiment with in Google AI Studio and the Gemini API.
Apple Adds Disclaimers Regarding Delayed AI Siri Features
Daring Fireball @ 2025-03-12 15:41:24
Benjamin Mayo 9to5Mac: Apple is still reeling from the last-week’s news that the most compelling new Apple Intelligence features for Siri have been indefinitely delayed. Over the weekend, it pulled a YouTube ad showcasing personal context running on
Google Changes Chrome Extension Policies Following the Honey Link Scandal
Daring Fireball @ 2025-03-12 15:26:07
Jay Peters, The Verge: Google has updated its affiliate ads policy for Chrome extensions after creators accused PayPal’s popular Honey browser extension of being a “scam.” Honey was accused of taking affiliate revenue from the same influencers it
The Road Map to Alien Life Passes Through the ‘Cosmic Shoreline’
Quanta Magazine @ 2025-03-12 15:25:43
Astronomers are ready to search for the fingerprints of life in faraway planetary atmospheres. But first, they need to know where to look — and that means figuring out which planets are likely to have atmospheres in the first place. The post T
What are the thread safety requirements of HSTRING and BSTR?
old new thing @ 2025-03-12 15:00:00
They do not have thread affinity. The post What are the thread safety requirements of <CODE>HSTRING</CODE> and <CODE>BSTR</CODE>? appeared first on The Old New Thing .
Covid and Complexity
Computational Complexity @ 2025-03-12 14:26:00
As we hit five years from when the world shut down, lots of discussions on how Covid has changed society. What about academia and computer science? It's a challenging question to ask as Covid is not the only major change in the last five years. We've see
SharePoint Framework 1.21 Adds Minor Updates for UI Components
InfoQ @ 2025-03-12 13:00:00
Microsoft recently released a beta version 1.21 of SharePoint Framework with minor feature updates regarding the user interface components. The public release is expected to contain more features. By Edin Kapić
Análisis de ajedrez | Lo bueno de Yi Wei (I)
Partidas ajedrez El País @ 2025-03-12 11:19:53
El mejor jugador chino -con Ding en un largo descanso- demuestra el peligro de avanzar los peones del enroque negro en la Apertura Italiana
Google Introduces AI Co-Scientist System to Aid Scientific Research
InfoQ @ 2025-03-12 11:11:00
Google has announced the development of an AI co-scientist system designed to assist scientists in generating hypotheses and research proposals. Built using Gemini 2.0, the system aims to accelerate scientific and biomedical discoveries by emulating the
Christmas, every day
AEON @ 2025-03-12 11:01:00
A glimpse at the lives of preteen influencers Peyton and Lyla in rural Alabama as they switch between performance and reality - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon
Local Development with Workflow Studio for Step Functions
InfoQ @ 2025-03-12 11:00:00
AWS has enhanced its Workflow Studio for Step Functions, now integrated into Visual Studio Code via the AWS Toolkit. This allows developers to create and edit state machines locally with intuitive visual tools. Key features include Design and Code modes,
Mi amigo Elon siempre fue un farsante
brucknerite @ 2025-03-12 10:30:13
Hubo un tiempo en que los magnates de la tecnología se dedicaban a lo tecnológico y los políticos, a la política. Puede que intuyéramos, unos más y otros menos, que había alguna relación entre unos y otros más allá del […]
Platonic dynamical decoupling sequences for interacting spin systems
Quantum Journal @ 2025-03-12 09:48:57
Quantum 9, 1661 (2025). In the NISQ era, where quantum information processing is hindered by the decoherence and dissipation of elementary quantum systems, developing new protocols to extend the lifetime of qua
Quantum reinforcement learning in continuous action space
Quantum Journal @ 2025-03-12 09:34:57
Quantum 9, 1660 (2025). Quantum reinforcement learning (QRL) is a promising paradigm for near-term quantum devices. While existing QRL methods have shown success in discrete action spaces, extending these techn
Optimizing Gate Decomposition for High-Level Quantum Programming
Quantum Journal @ 2025-03-12 09:04:29
Quantum 9, 1659 (2025). This paper presents novel methods for optimizing multi-controlled quantum gates, which naturally arise in high-level quantum programming. Our primary approach involves rewriting $U(2)$ g
Introducing Gemma 3
Deepmind @ 2025-03-12 09:00:00
The most capable model you can run on a single GPU or TPU.
This Week in Rust 590
This Week in Rust @ 2025-03-12 05:00:00
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
Oracle’s Java Platform Extension for Visual Studio Code Passes 2.5 Million Downloads!
Inside Java @ 2025-03-12 01:00:00
Oracle’s Java Platform extension for Visual Studio Code (JPEVSC), brings comprehensive development capabilities for Java to Visual Studio Code, streamlining the edit-compile-debug-test development cycle.
Red Hat Academy learners gain access to courses from IBM SkillsBuild Cybersecurity curriculum
Red Hat blog @ 2025-03-12 01:00:00
Red Hat Academy has partnered with academic institutions around the world to provide the next generation of IT talent with free access to a range of Red Hat’s training courses and certification exams. The program creates an environment where students can a
Enhancing the Kubernetes pod network with user-defined networks
Red Hat blog @ 2025-03-12 01:00:00
Red Hat OpenShift networking is much more than just Kubernetes networking. With Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) as its foundation, it’s a suite of highly integrated Red Hat products and capabilities that provide a state of the art networking ecosystem for
Benefits of an open approach to manufacturing execution system modernization
Red Hat blog @ 2025-03-12 01:00:00
At the last Industrial Transformation Asia Pacific (ITAP) tradeshow in Singapore, I ran an in-person Factory Futures workshop with over 130 attendees.One of the audience chosen topics was Manufacturing Execution System (MES) implementation and modernizatio
★ A New System-Wide UI Look for iOS — Let Alone MacOS, Too — Would Be a Huge Deal
Daring Fireball @ 2025-03-11 23:33:03
You either have taste or you don’t, and most people don’t, at least for judging something new and unfamiliar.
What Megalodons Tell Us About Gigantism
Nautilus blog @ 2025-03-11 23:14:55
The biggest predator ever to have lived was a skinny beast The post What Megalodons Tell Us About Gigantism appeared first on Nautilus .
Why Elephants Rarely Get Cancer
Nautilus blog @ 2025-03-11 22:46:38
What snakes, ferrets, and elephants are revealing about cancer resistance The post Why Elephants Rarely Get Cancer appeared first on Nautilus .
What Google Translate Tells Us About Where AI Is Headed Next
Singularity Hub @ 2025-03-11 21:39:47
The trajectory of AI in translation hints at the future of generative AI. The post What Google Translate Tells Us About Where AI Is Headed Next appeared first on SingularityHub .
Aaron ‘Homeboy’ Tilley Among Those Laid Off From the WSJ’s Tech Staff Last Week
Daring Fireball @ 2025-03-11 21:03:25
Last week The Wall Street Journal laid off about a dozen tech reporters and editors — not on the fun side, where folks like Joanna Stern and Nicole Nguyen work, but on the straight news side. Chris Roush at Talking Biz News obtained a memo sent to the sta
Google Enhances Data Privacy with Confidential Federated Analytics
InfoQ @ 2025-03-11 21:02:00
Google has announced Confidential Federated Analytics (CFA), a technique designed to increase transparency in data processing while maintaining privacy. Building on federated analytics, CFA leverages confidential computing to ensure that only predefined
Google Introduces Widgets Quality Tiers
InfoQ @ 2025-03-11 21:00:00
Google will start classifying all Android widgets in three quality tiers based on their adherence to best practices and widget guidelines, helping creators improve the user experiences of their widgets. By Sergio De Simone
Steal My Tesla
Daring Fireball @ 2025-03-11 19:31:21
New service for disgruntled/embarrassed Tesla owners: Our team at Steal My Tesla has years of experience in the automotive industry, with a special focus on luxury vehicles, premium wheels and rims, catalytic converters, and driver assistance systems.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio, in 2016, on Donald Trump as President: ‘This Is Not Going to End Well One Way or the Other’
Daring Fireball @ 2025-03-11 19:06:19
A clip from this 2016 interview with Marco Rubio — then a candidate for the Republican presidential primary, today Trump’s secretary of state — by CNN’s Jake Tapper is making the rounds on social media. It’s extraordinary. I’m linking here to the ful
The New Yorker Modernizes a Few Words in Its Style Guide
Daring Fireball @ 2025-03-11 17:34:01
Andrew Boynton, head of copy at The New Yorker: Keen-eyed grammar fans may notice some changes in our pages — and in this newsletter. Last fall, David Remnick, the editor, suggested convening a group to talk about the magazine’s house style, to see if
New MLB Caps Are So Fugly They Make MAGA Hats Look Well-Designed
Daring Fireball @ 2025-03-11 16:55:12
If these caps were a student project it’d get an F. Who thinks you can print one logo on top of another? They look like mistakes, like caps that got run through the embroidery machine twice. The only good one is for the “ASHOS” , which comes close to t
[Sponsor] WorkOS: Scalable, Secure Authentication
Daring Fireball @ 2025-03-11 16:07:27
Modern authentication should be seamless and secure. WorkOS makes it easy to integrate features like MFA, SSO, and RBAC. Whether you’re replacing passwords, stopping fraud, or adding enterprise auth, WorkOS can help you build frictionless auth that scal
How GitLab Automated ECR Image Migration and Pull Delays
InfoQ @ 2025-03-11 16:00:00
GitLab recently discussed a solution to automate the migration of container images from Amazon Elastic Container Registry (ECR) to GitLab's Container Registry. The team created a CI/CD pipeline to automate the process of discovering, retagging, and trans
Josh Marshall on Kevin Drum
Daring Fireball @ 2025-03-11 15:43:51
Josh Marshall: I think more than anything I admired Kevin’s restraint and his caution. Blogging is a hustle and the incentives for hyperbole and breathlessness are endless. That makes most people easy to ignore. But Kevin — who had a whole career in t
Kevin Drum, Pioneering Political Blogger and Columnist, Dies at 66
Daring Fireball @ 2025-03-11 15:31:36
Marian Drum, posting yesterday on Kevin Drum’s site: With a heavy heart, I have to tell you that after a long battle with cancer my husband Kevin Drum passed away on Friday, March 7, 2025. No public memorial services are planned. In lieu of flower
What an insightful observation, you get to wear “the hat”
old new thing @ 2025-03-11 15:00:00
Maybe not so insightful. The post What an insightful observation, you get to wear “the hat” appeared first on The Old New Thing .
Análisis de ajedrez | Pujante juvenil mexicano
Partidas ajedrez El País @ 2025-03-11 12:16:32
La racha ascendente de Sión Galaviz desde 2018 ha culminado por ahora con un 5º puesto en el Mundial sub-20, a medio punto del podio
Lost trust
C0T0D0S0 @ 2025-03-11 06:05:00
Five minutes. 5 damned minutes. I received a package in my lunch break with a portable hard disk. It was meant as a disk for the virtualized replication target for my main NAS. A replication meant to run twice daily. However, it took me not more than 5 mi
Decreasing IntelliJ RAM Usage
Baeldung @ 2025-03-11 02:52:18
Learn how to decrease IntelliJ IDEA's RAM usage by tuning its settings. The post Decreasing IntelliJ RAM Usage first appeared on Baeldung .
List Matchers with Generics in Mockito
Baeldung @ 2025-03-11 02:46:50
Learn about how to stub methods that accept generic List parameters using Mockito. The post List Matchers with Generics in Mockito first appeared on Baeldung .
How to Map a Source Object to the Target List Using MapStruct?
Baeldung @ 2025-03-11 02:42:34
Learn how to populate a List in a target object from specific attributes of a source object. The post How to Map a Source Object to the Target List Using MapStruct? first appeared on Baeldung .
How to Convert Nested Loops to Stream in Java
Baeldung @ 2025-03-11 02:39:48
We can use Java Streams to replace nested loops when we need a more declarative, readable, and efficient way to process data The post How to Convert Nested Loops to Stream in Java first appeared on Baeldung .
Front Page Tech on a New UI Style for iOS 19, Back on January 17
Daring Fireball @ 2025-03-11 02:00:19
Jon Prosser, in a YouTube video with mocked-up animations showing exactly what he’s talking about, 51 days ago: Today we have your very first exclusive look at the changes coming to iOS 19 — with a redesigned camera app and possibly ... a redesigned
Tutorial: The Gatherer API
Inside Java @ 2025-03-11 01:00:00
Starting with the JDK 24 you can use a specific API to model your intermediate operations in the Stream API, called the Gatherers API. Design-wise it is similar to the Collector API for terminal Stream operations.
Using AI in hybrid cloud environments: Benefits and use cases
Red Hat blog @ 2025-03-11 01:00:00
Hybrid cloud environments give businesses the best of both worlds, combining on-premise and cloud resources to provide both flexibility and scalability. Organizations can further improve their hybrid cloud strategy with artificial intelligence (AI) and mac
Introducing Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh 3.0
Red Hat blog @ 2025-03-11 01:00:00
We are thrilled to announce the general availability of Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh 3.0. OpenShift Service Mesh is based on the Istio, Envoy and Kiali projects, and is included with the Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform and Red Hat OpenShift Platform
Get ready for OpenShift Commons Gathering in London
Red Hat blog @ 2025-03-11 01:00:00
The upcoming Red Hat OpenShift Commons Gathering in London is taking place on April 1, co-located alongside KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe. OpenShift Commons Gatherings bring together users, partners, customers, contributors and upstream project leads to
DARPA Wants to ‘Grow’ Enormous Living Structures in Space
Singularity Hub @ 2025-03-11 00:00:05
Living materials could self-assemble into antennas, nets to capture debris, or even space station parts. The post DARPA Wants to ‘Grow’ Enormous Living Structures in Space appeared first on SingularityHub .
Yours Truly Guesting on ‘Upgrade’ With Jason Snell
Daring Fireball @ 2025-03-10 23:26:56
Upgrade: It’s been a quiet week, so John Gruber briefly joins Jason to discuss Apple’s AI delay, new Macs, new iPads, and the future of Apple regulation worldwide. Recorded earlier today, so it covers, somehow, all of last week’s Apple news — and
The Perils of Early Springtime
Nautilus blog @ 2025-03-10 22:49:15
How shifting seasons are altering allergies and agriculture The post The Perils of Early Springtime appeared first on Nautilus .
Podcast CB SyR 501: Asteroide 2024 YR4, Majorana 1 de Microsoft, agujero negro ultramasivo y paso por una nube interestelar
La Ciencia de la Mula Francis @ 2025-03-10 21:56:34
Te recomiendo disfrutar del episodio 501 del podcast Coffee Break: Señal y Ruido [iVoox A, iVoox B; ApplePod A, ApplePod B], titulado “Asteroide; Computación Cuántica; Agujero Negro; Nubes Interestelares”, 27 feb 2025. «La tertulia semanal en la […]
DeepSeek-R1 now available as a fully managed serverless model in Amazon Bedrock
AWS Blog @ 2025-03-10 21:01:15
DeepSeek-R1 is now available as a fully managed model in Amazon Bedrock, freeing up your teams to focus on strategic initiatives instead of managing infrastructure complexities.
AWS Weekly Roundup: Amazon Q CLI agent, AWS Step Functions, AWS Lambda, and more (March 10, 2025)
AWS Blog @ 2025-03-10 17:41:16
As the weather improves in the Northern hemisphere, there are more opportunities to learn and connect. This week, I’ll be in San Francisco, and we can meet at the Nova Networking Night at the AWS GenAI Loft where we’ll dive into the world of Amazon Nova fo
Swift Testing Completion Handlers
Use Your Loaf @ 2025-03-10 16:43:28
How do you migrate an XCTest using completion handlers to Swift Testing? I’ve been slowly migrating XCTest cases to Swift Testing . One situation that slowed me down was figuring out the best way to test code that relies on completion handlers.
Análisis de ajedrez | Otro indio, campeón sub-20
Partidas ajedrez El País @ 2025-03-10 15:44:24
Pranav, de 18 años, gana el Mundial juvenil con siete victorias, cuatro empates y un juego que le augura un futuro muy brillante
Approximation and Generalization Capacities of Parametrized Quantum Circuits for Functions in Sobolev Spaces
Quantum Journal @ 2025-03-10 15:17:34
Quantum 9, 1658 (2025). Parametrized quantum circuits (PQC) are quantum circuits which consist of both fixed and parametrized gates. In recent approaches to quantum machine learning (QML), PQCs are essentially
How do I destroy an ABI pointer that I extracted from a C++/WinRT object?
old new thing @ 2025-03-10 15:00:00
You can clean it up the ABI way, whatever that is. The post How do I destroy an ABI pointer that I extracted from a C++/WinRT object? appeared first on The Old New Thing .
Colossus versus El Capitan: A Tale of Two Supercomputers
The Endeavour @ 2025-03-10 14:58:54
Colossus The xAI Colossus supercomputer contains 100,000 NVIDIA H100 GPUs. Upgrades are planned, ultimately up to as much as a million GPUs. The H100 has theoretical peak speed of at least 60 teraFLOPs (FP64 tensor core), though the actual number depends
Why Do Researchers Care About Small Language Models?
Quanta Magazine @ 2025-03-10 14:35:37
Larger models can pull off greater feats, but the accessibility and efficiency of smaller models make them attractive tools. The post Why Do Researchers Care About Small Language Models? first appeared on Quanta Magazine
Quantum key distribution rates from non-symmetric conic optimization
Quantum Journal @ 2025-03-10 14:31:37
Quantum 9, 1657 (2025). Computing key rates in quantum key distribution (QKD) numerically is essential to unlock more powerful protocols, that use more sophisticated measurement bases or quantum systems of high
God stumbled here
AEON @ 2025-03-10 11:01:00
In the mountains of South Africa, the dispossessed locals bear the burden of the green economy without sharing in its gains - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon
Why nothing matters
AEON @ 2025-03-10 11:00:00
It took centuries for people to embrace the zero. Now it’s helping neuroscientists understand how the brain perceives absences - by Benjy Barnett Read at Aeon
Próxima charla en Tres Cantos
brucknerite @ 2025-03-10 10:00:00
El próximo miércoles día 19, a las 19 horas, tendré el placer de volver a dar una charla en Tres Cantos organizada por Ciencia con Tres enCantos con el título «Transporte ¿100 % eléctrico?». Intentaré responder de forma amena a varias cuestiones complejas
Backup
C0T0D0S0 @ 2025-03-10 05:05:00
Currently i’m trying to move a lot of stuff to the new NAS. This has one important implication: So far everything the role of the old NAS was to be the target of Timemachine backups and some scratchspace which i could easily discard. It was already a back
Red Hat OpenShift enhances Vault integrations
Red Hat blog @ 2025-03-10 01:00:00
Last week, IBM finalized the acquisition of HashiCorp, including HashiCorp Vault Enterprise, offered as part of IBM’s software portfolio. An industry leader in security management, Vault manages secrets and protects sensitive data across hybrid cloud envir
Avoid unpatching bytecode twice after a trace flush.
luajit @ 2025-03-09 23:04:23
Reported by Sergey Kaplun. #1345
Unicode, Tolkien, and Privacy
The Endeavour @ 2025-03-09 21:26:17
When I’m in the mood to write, you can often follow a chain of though in my posts. Recently, a post on LLM tokenization lead to a post on how Unicode characters are tokenized, which led to a post on Unicode surrogates. The latter ended by touching o
Unicode surrogates
The Endeavour @ 2025-03-09 18:51:01
At the highest level, Unicode is a simply a list of symbols. But when you look closer you find that isn’t entirely true. Some of the symbols are sorta meta symbols. And while a list of symbols is not complicated, this list is adjacent to a lot of co
Add compatibility string coercion for fp:seek() argument.
luajit @ 2025-03-09 16:21:29
Reported by Magnus Wibeck. #1343
Numbers that look prime but aren't
Computational Complexity @ 2025-03-09 15:11:00
A long time ago I made up the question (are questions ever really made up?) What is the least number that looks prime but isn't? It was not quite a joke in that it has an answer despite being non-rigorous. My answer is 91: Dividing by 2,3,5,1
Practical consequences of tokenization details
The Endeavour @ 2025-03-09 14:48:54
I recently ran across the article Something weird is happening with LLMs and chess. One of the things it mentions is how the a minor variation in a prompt can have a large impact on the ability of an LLM to play chess. One extremely strange thing I notice