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The Mystery of the Strobe Dots on Your Turntable

2025-04-10
The Mystery of the Strobe Dots on Your Turntable

Those little dots on your turntable aren't just for looks; they're a clever speed-checking mechanism! The 'stroboscopic effect' lets you visually verify your turntable's RPM accuracy. A quick glance tells you if the platter is spinning at the correct speed. Jumping or drifting dots? Time to check your motor or pitch slider. This article explains the physics behind this handy feature and how to use it to ensure your vinyl plays perfectly.

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(www.djmentors.com)
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Multiple Critical Vulnerabilities in Pagure Lead to Remote Code Execution

2025-03-23
Multiple Critical Vulnerabilities in Pagure Lead to Remote Code Execution

Security researchers discovered multiple critical vulnerabilities in Pagure, the software forge used by Fedora, allowing for remote code execution (RCE). One vulnerability stemmed from an argument injection in the PagureRepo.log() function, enabling attackers to write to arbitrary files and execute arbitrary code. Other flaws included path traversal and improper handling of symbolic links. These vulnerabilities could be exploited to modify Fedora package specification files, potentially introducing malicious code. Attackers could even gain complete control of the Pagure server by overwriting the `/srv/git/.bashrc` file. Fedora has migrated to Forgejo to address this, but the vulnerabilities highlight critical issues in open-source software supply chain security.

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(fenrisk.com)
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TheAuditor: Giving AI-Assisted Development the Gift of Sight

2025-09-08
TheAuditor: Giving AI-Assisted Development the Gift of Sight

TheAuditor is an offline-first, AI-centric Static Application Security Testing (SAST) and code intelligence platform. It runs industry-standard code analysis tools and generates structured, AI-digestible reports, providing developers and AI assistants with a trustworthy source of "ground truth." Unlike traditional SAST tools, TheAuditor tackles the security and quality assurance challenges inherent in AI-assisted development, preventing AI from generating insecure or flawed code. It supports multiple languages and frameworks, offers dependency graph visualization, refactoring detection, and more, ultimately aiming for a human-free, self-correcting AI development loop.

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SvarDOS: DR-DOS Reborn as an Open Source OS

2025-01-02
SvarDOS: DR-DOS Reborn as an Open Source OS

SvarDOS, an open-source operating system based on DR-DOS, recently transitioned from being a FreeDOS distribution to having its own EDRDOS kernel. It can run on 8086 or 8088 PCs and boasts a network-capable package manager. While the default install is incredibly small, its robust repository contains over 400 packages, including network drivers, editors, and games. SvarDOS requires more manual configuration than FreeDOS, but its powerful features and online update mechanism make it a noteworthy retro OS.

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(www.theregister.com)
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Why I Ditched Steam After Two Decades

2025-07-09
Why I Ditched Steam After Two Decades

A long-time PC gamer deleted their Steam account after 20 years, citing the increasingly bloated Steam client, broken DRM promises leading to incompatibility with older hardware, and proprietary APIs hindering game compatibility and features. The author contrasts Steam with Epic, Microsoft Store, and GOG, arguing that these alternatives offer better DRM and user experience. Subscription services or purchasing from other platforms are suggested as alternatives for better gaming experience and software ownership.

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The Magic of Unreasonable Time Investment

2025-01-01
The Magic of Unreasonable Time Investment

Teller's magic trick, involving a card buried in a park, reveals a secret to success: unreasonable time investment. He pre-buried boxes corresponding to all possible card choices, waiting months for the grass to grow before performing. This mirrors success in other fields; what seems like overnight success often results from an extraordinary amount of time and effort. Starting small, iterating, and accumulating seemingly impossible amounts of practice culminates in a seemingly magical outcome.

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(allenpike.com)
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Continuous Thought Machines: Giving AI a Sense of Time

2025-05-12
Continuous Thought Machines: Giving AI a Sense of Time

Modern AI systems sacrifice the crucial property of synchronized neural computation found in biological brains for the sake of efficiency. Researchers introduce the Continuous Thought Machine (CTM), a novel neural network architecture that incorporates neural timing as a foundational element, using a decoupled internal dimension to model the temporal evolution of neural activity. CTM leverages neural synchronization as a latent representation, demonstrating impressive capabilities in tasks such as image classification, maze solving, and parity checks, even building an internal world model for reasoning. Its adaptive computation and interpretability open new avenues for AI research.

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(pub.sakana.ai)
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Replit CEO: We Don't Need Pro Coders Anymore, Thanks to AI

2025-01-16
Replit CEO: We Don't Need Pro Coders Anymore, Thanks to AI

Replit CEO Amjad Masad revealed that their new AI-powered tool, 'Agent,' built using Anthropic's Claude 3.5 Sonnet, generates functional software applications from simple natural language prompts. This has led to a fivefold revenue increase in the last six months. Masad claims this advancement makes professional coders obsolete, empowering non-coders to build software with AI. He even coined 'Amjad's Law,' stating the return on learning basic coding doubles every six months. While this lowers the barrier to software development, it also raises questions about the long-term competitive advantage of AI models.

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(www.semafor.com)
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XSLT: A Zero-Config Static Site Generator Built into Your Browser

2025-06-27
XSLT: A Zero-Config Static Site Generator Built into Your Browser

Tired of complex build systems like Next.js, the author sought a simpler way to build static websites. After exploring various options, they discovered XSLT, a language for transforming XML into HTML. By storing website data as XML and using XSLT for transformation, they created a 'client-side' build system requiring no extra tools. The browser handles the XSLT transformation directly, generating the final HTML—a zero-config solution for static site generation. While not a perfect replacement for all scenarios, it offers developers a powerful alternative.

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Automating Asymptotic Estimate Verification: A Python Tool

2025-05-02
Automating Asymptotic Estimate Verification: A Python Tool

This post describes a Python tool for automatically verifying asymptotic estimates, particularly those involving a finite number of positive real numbers combined using arithmetic operations like addition, multiplication, division, exponentiation, and min/max. The tool uses case splitting and linear programming to automatically determine if an inequality holds, providing a proof or counterexample. The author illustrates the tool's usefulness with personal examples and discusses future improvements, such as handling more complex expressions and integration into existing mathematical software platforms.

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Ghost Particle Hunting: Machine Learning Cracks the Neutrino Code

2025-05-23
Ghost Particle Hunting: Machine Learning Cracks the Neutrino Code

Laura Dominé, a Stanford physics PhD, used machine learning to identify neutrino reactions in detectors. Neutrinos are elusive subatomic particles, nearly massless and capable of passing through matter. To detect these 'ghost particles', scientists built massive underground detectors filled with heavy water or liquid argon and equipped with sensitive photosensors. Dominé's algorithm helps physicists identify the faint interactions of neutrinos with the detector's material, leading to a better understanding of neutrinos and the universe's mysteries.

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(www.bloomberg.com)
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Clearview AI: A Tech Company Fueled by the Far Right, Weaponizing Surveillance

2025-04-07
Clearview AI: A Tech Company Fueled by the Far Right, Weaponizing Surveillance

Clearview AI, a powerful facial recognition technology company, was founded by Hoan Ton-That, a figure with strong far-right ties and close connections to neoreactionaries and white nationalists. The company built a massive biometric database using billions of images scraped from the internet, offering facial recognition services to law enforcement and corporations, raising enormous privacy concerns. Clearview AI actively pursued partnerships with border patrol and is accused of using its technology to surveil protesters and political opponents. Despite facing multiple lawsuits and hefty fines, Clearview AI thrived under the Trump administration, forging close relationships with agencies like ICE, raising the specter of its technology being used for mass surveillance and deportation. The company's new leadership, openly embracing a MAGA agenda, suggests a continued threat to privacy and democratic institutions.

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(www.motherjones.com)
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YouTube's Sisyphean Task: Fighting the AI-Generated Content Flood

2025-07-11
YouTube's Sisyphean Task: Fighting the AI-Generated Content Flood

YouTube is drowning in AI-generated low-quality content. To combat this, YouTube is updating its Partner Program policies, effective July 15th, to better identify and crack down on mass-produced, repetitive content. This includes AI-generated videos lacking originality, simple slideshows, and highly repetitive Shorts. However, the ease and profitability of creating AI videos continues to attract creators, and the inherent limitations of content moderation mean the platform will struggle to fully eliminate this low-quality content, ultimately harming user experience.

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(gizmodo.com)
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Moscow's Mandatory Tracking App for Foreign Nationals

2025-05-22
Moscow's Mandatory Tracking App for Foreign Nationals

A new Russian law mandates that all foreign nationals in the Moscow region install a tracking app. This app collects residence location, fingerprints, facial photographs, and real-time geolocation data. While presented as a crime-fighting measure targeting migrant crime, the law has sparked privacy concerns. Critics argue it violates Russia's constitutional right to privacy and may deter potential labor migrants. The mass-surveillance experiment runs until September 2029, with potential expansion nationwide if deemed successful.

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(www.bleepingcomputer.com)
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Teardown Reveals Apple's 40W Dynamic Power Adapter: 60W Power in a Compact Package

2025-09-20
Teardown Reveals Apple's 40W Dynamic Power Adapter: 60W Power in a Compact Package

Apple's new 40W Dynamic Power Adapter, unveiled at their Fall Event, packs a punch. A ChargerLAB teardown reveals its impressive internals: a PI ZN1612F master control chip, RECTRON synchronous rectifier, Infineon protocol chip for output control, and NCC and Nichicon capacitors for filtering. Supporting PD3.0 and DCP charging protocols, it delivers fast charging for iPhone 17 and up to 55.94W for MacBook Air. The internal design prioritizes heat dissipation and protection, showcasing Apple's characteristic meticulous craftsmanship.

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(www.chargerlab.com)
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The Hoyle State: A Quantum Dance of Alpha Particles

2025-07-02
The Hoyle State: A Quantum Dance of Alpha Particles

This article explores the Hoyle state of carbon-12, an excited state with slightly higher energy than the ground state. This state can be visualized as a quantum mechanical 'dance' of three alpha particles (helium-4 nuclei), and its energy is remarkably close to the combined energy of a beryllium-8 nucleus and an alpha particle. The existence of the Hoyle state is crucial for carbon production in stars, leading to discussions about the abundance of carbon in the universe and the existence of life. However, the author argues that linking this to the 'anthropic principle' is unnecessary.

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Tech Giants Shift Hiring Overseas Amid AI Investment Pressure

2025-02-07
Tech Giants Shift Hiring Overseas Amid AI Investment Pressure

Faced with the need to invest in AI while maintaining profitability, tech giants like Salesforce and Workday are cutting US-based jobs and expanding hiring internationally, particularly in countries like India and Mexico. This reflects a broader shift in the tech industry towards prioritizing margins and underscores the increasing globalization of skilled talent. While the percentage of US employees is decreasing, these companies still rely heavily on the US market, with international expansion driven primarily by cost-cutting and access to a global talent pool.

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Leningrad's Forbidden Garden: Botanists' Sacrifice During the Siege

2025-02-04
Leningrad's Forbidden Garden: Botanists' Sacrifice During the Siege

During the brutal 900-day siege of Leningrad in WWII, a group of botanists at the All-Union Institute of Plant Breeding made a harrowing choice: starve rather than consume their invaluable seed bank. Facing unimaginable hunger and death, they prioritized preserving the world's most comprehensive collection of plant specimens, a potential lifeline for future generations. Their story raises profound questions about the ethics of scientific progress versus immediate human needs, the value of preservation, and the complex legacy of sacrifice during wartime. Their actions ultimately contributed to the development of high-yield crops, but their decision to prioritize the future over present survival remains ethically complex and deeply moving.

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(www.lrb.co.uk)
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Google Gemini 2.5: Faster, Cheaper, and More Powerful

2025-06-17
Google Gemini 2.5: Faster, Cheaper, and More Powerful

Google announces the general availability of its Gemini 2.5 Pro and Flash models, alongside a preview release of the even more cost-effective and faster Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite. These models achieve a Pareto optimal balance of cost and speed, outperforming their predecessors across various benchmarks including coding, math, science, reasoning, and multimodal tasks. Flash-Lite especially excels in high-volume, low-latency applications like translation and classification. The Gemini 2.5 family boasts features like adjustable reasoning budgets, integration with tools like Google Search and code execution, multimodal input, and a massive 1 million-token context window.

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(blog.google)
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Apple iPhones Join SpaceX Starlink Satellite Messaging Test

2025-02-02
Apple iPhones Join SpaceX Starlink Satellite Messaging Test

T-Mobile has announced that iPhones running the latest iOS 18.3 software are now eligible to participate in SpaceX's Starlink direct-to-cell phone testing program. Currently in a trial phase, the program initially supports satellite text messaging, with voice and data capabilities planned for the future. Previously, the test was limited to select Android devices. This collaboration signifies a step towards broader device compatibility for Starlink, offering new communication possibilities in remote areas or disaster zones.

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(www.yahoo.com)
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Preservation Project Completes: All 54 iPod Clickwheel Games Saved

2025-09-09
Preservation Project Completes: All 54 iPod Clickwheel Games Saved

A community project dedicated to preserving classic iPod clickwheel games has finally reached its goal after over a year of effort. By coordinating multiple iPod users' iTunes accounts, the project overcame Apple's FairPlay DRM and successfully collected and preserved all 54 official games. The project faced numerous technical challenges and setbacks, but the final piece, Real Soccer 2009, was eventually provided by a user, completing the archive.

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(arstechnica.com)
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Git @ 20: Linus Torvalds Reflects on its Journey

2025-04-13
Git @ 20: Linus Torvalds Reflects on its Journey

To celebrate Git's 20th anniversary, GitHub hosted a Q&A with Linus Torvalds. He recounted Git's origins, born out of necessity to solve the Linux kernel's version control chaos. Developed in just 10 days, the early version quickly evolved into an indispensable tool for software development worldwide. Despite initial difficulties, Git's adoption exploded. Linus admits his personal interest waned after his needs were met, quickly handing maintenance over to Junio Hamano. Today, Git's ubiquity presents new challenges, such as a surge in abandoned projects. Linus' focus remains on the ongoing development of the Linux kernel, with no immediate plans for new projects.

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(news.itsfoss.com)
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Mistral's New Agents API: AI as a Proactive Problem Solver

2025-05-27
Mistral's New Agents API: AI as a Proactive Problem Solver

Mistral has unveiled its groundbreaking Agents API, a significant leap towards more capable and useful AI. This API combines Mistral's powerful language models with built-in connectors for code execution, web search, image generation, and MCP tools, along with persistent memory and agentic orchestration capabilities. It simplifies implementing agentic use cases, enabling AI agents to handle complex tasks, maintain context, and coordinate multiple actions. Applications span diverse sectors, including coding assistants, financial analysts, and travel planners. Developers can create agents with built-in connectors and MCP tools, leveraging stateful conversations and agent orchestration to build sophisticated AI workflows.

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(mistral.ai)
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Escape from the Digital Cage: The Rise of Appstinence

2025-05-24
Escape from the Digital Cage: The Rise of Appstinence

In today's fast-paced digital age, a growing number of people, especially millennials and Gen Z, are embracing "appstinence," consciously reducing their smartphone usage. The article highlights the experiences of Matt Thurmond and Gabriela Nguyen, detailing their journeys in overcoming phone addiction and finding greater life satisfaction and productivity. While initial challenges exist, they ultimately discover that reducing screen time leads to increased focus, relaxation, and improved interpersonal relationships. Appstinence isn't about completely rejecting technology, but rather fostering a healthier relationship with it, prompting broader reflection on digital addiction and the negative impacts of social media.

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(www.businessinsider.com)
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Secret Mall Apartment: 4 Years Undetected in a Shopping Mall

2025-05-22
Secret Mall Apartment: 4 Years Undetected in a Shopping Mall

In 2003, a group of Rhode Island artists secretly built and lived in a hidden apartment within a bustling shopping mall for four years, undetected. The documentary "Secret Mall Apartment" chronicles their unusual endeavor, highlighting their artistic spirit and quiet rebellion against soulless consumerism and urban development. Their actions serve as a unique protest against the impersonal nature of modern city planning and the erasure of local character, culminating in a surprising discovery and a thought-provoking narrative.

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(modernagejournal.com)
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ESP32 WiFi Connectivity Woes: Practical Tips and Tricks

2025-03-16

Experiencing intermittent WiFi connectivity issues with your ESP32-based IoT projects? This article shares several practical solutions, including disabling ESP32's WiFi power saving mode, setting your AP to use 20MHz channels, and pinning your ESP32 to a specific access point. While lacking rigorous scientific backing, these anecdotal solutions have proven effective for the author, eliminating frequent network dropouts.

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(supakeen.com)
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Revive Your Old Laptop: Switch to Linux and Plasma

2025-06-03
Revive Your Old Laptop: Switch to Linux and Plasma

Tired of Windows ads, spyware, and forced updates? Give Linux with the KDE Plasma desktop a try! Even laptops 10+ years old can run Plasma smoothly. Plasma is secure, stable, and powerful, boasting a modern graphical interface and numerous useful features like multiple desktops, the powerful Dolphin file manager (with integrated FTP/SSH client, cloud integration, etc.), and built-in desktop sharing. Migrating to Linux isn't difficult; official guides and global events are available to help users get started. While the software ecosystem differs, Plasma comes with commonly used software (Firefox, LibreOffice, Okular, etc.) and offers a vast catalog of free and open-source software through the Discover software manager. Say goodbye to Windows frustrations and embrace a more free and secure digital life!

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(kde.org)
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Running Linux Containers on Apple Silicon: Introducing Containerization

2025-06-09
Running Linux Containers on Apple Silicon: Introducing Containerization

Containerization is a Swift-based project enabling Linux container usage on Apple Silicon. Leveraging virtualization, it offers comprehensive APIs for managing OCI images, interacting with remote registries, creating filesystems, configuring networking, managing lightweight VMs, and running containerized processes. A miniature init system, vminitd, manages in-VM processes. Building requires an Apple Silicon Mac, macOS 15+, and Xcode 26 Beta+. An optimized Linux kernel configuration ensures fast boot times. Version 0.1.0 is released, with community contributions welcomed.

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(github.com)
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KeyPub.sh: A Privacy-Focused SSH Key Verification Service

2024-12-23

KeyPub.sh is a free, publicly available service requiring no installation or configuration. It leverages your existing SSH public key as your identity, linking it to your email address for simplified authentication. Users register and manage their SSH keys via a simple email verification process, controlling the visibility of their email address. This provides a lightweight, privacy-respecting alternative to OAuth for CLI applications, eliminating the need for developers to build user verification systems while empowering users with control over their privacy.

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