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The Sickest Amiga Setup at GERP 2025

2025-02-08

At GERP 2025, a modified Amiga 1200 stole the show. This wasn't just any Amiga; it served as the competition hub, running entries and connected to a VCR, CRT TV, and genlock for multi-source video output to a large screen. Boasting a 68060 accelerator, ample RAM, and a network card, it even leveraged a Raspberry Pi for modern connectivity. More than a retro machine, this Amiga 1200 was a demoscene powerhouse, highlighting the enduring appeal and expandability of the Amiga platform.

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(www.datagubbe.se)
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Internet Archive Settles Copyright Lawsuit Over Great 78 Project

2025-09-19
Internet Archive Settles Copyright Lawsuit Over Great 78 Project

The Internet Archive (IA) has reached a confidential settlement with major record labels, including UMG Recordings, Capitol Records, and Sony Music Entertainment, over a copyright lawsuit concerning the Great 78 Project. This project aimed to preserve early music recordings, but the labels initially sought $700 million in damages, claiming copyright infringement. While details remain undisclosed, the settlement averts potential financial ruin for IA.

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(arstechnica.com)
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AI Winter Bites: The Struggle for Computer Science Grads in a Shrinking Tech Job Market

2025-04-23

The post-pandemic tech layoff wave has hit globally, with many tech companies, especially large ones, significantly reducing hiring. Simultaneously, rapid AI advancements are displacing some programmers. For recent computer science graduates, the job market is tougher. While some secure roles through internships and networking, intense competition and uncertainty remain. Experts suggest over-hiring during the pandemic and worsening macroeconomic conditions also play roles, not just AI. However, tech still needs talent; job types and locations are shifting, with opportunities emerging outside the tech giants, such as in banking.

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(cacm.acm.org)
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Military Casinos Rake in Millions, While Soldiers Struggle with Gambling Addiction

2025-08-04
Military Casinos Rake in Millions, While Soldiers Struggle with Gambling Addiction

In the aftermath of 9/11, US Army officer Dave Yeager found solace in the slot machines at his Seoul base, spiraling into a devastating gambling addiction. This highlights a concerning trend: veterans and service members are more prone to gambling disorders than civilians, often hesitant to seek help due to fear of repercussions. The Army Recreation Machine Program (ARMP) generates tens of millions of dollars annually from its overseas slot machine operations, yet critics argue insufficient funds are allocated to problem gambling education, creating a stark contrast between the program's profitability and the suffering of those it potentially harms.

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(www.wired.com)
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The Hanseatic League: A 500-Year Rise and Fall of a Medieval Trade Coalition

2025-07-26
The Hanseatic League: A 500-Year Rise and Fall of a Medieval Trade Coalition

From humble beginnings as individual traveling merchants, the Hanseatic League forged a powerful coalition that dominated Northern European trade for nearly 500 years. Their collective bargaining, coordinated actions, and surprisingly effective security measures built a vast trade network, even enabling them to wage and win wars. However, internal divisions, external competition, and shifting economic interests ultimately led to the League's decline. This epic tale illustrates both the power and fragility of coalitions, offering valuable lessons about the importance of shared goals, adaptation, and the enduring impact of even temporary alliances.

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(worksinprogress.co)
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Programming with LLMs in 2024: My Experiences

2025-01-07

This post summarizes the author's experiences using generative models for programming over the past year. He found LLMs to be a net positive on his productivity, particularly for autocomplete, search, and chat-driven programming. While chat-driven programming requires adjusting workflows, it provides a first draft and facilitates quicker error correction. The author emphasizes that LLMs excel with well-defined problems and advocates for smaller, more independent code packages for better LLM interaction. He introduces sketch.dev, a Go IDE designed for LLMs to streamline the feedback loop and boost efficiency.

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(crawshaw.io)
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X-37B's Secret Mission: A Quantum Leap in Space Navigation

2025-08-25
X-37B's Secret Mission: A Quantum Leap in Space Navigation

The US military's X-37B spaceplane, launching on its eighth mission in August 2025, carries a potentially revolutionary experiment: a quantum inertial sensor. This sensor uses atom interferometry to enable highly accurate navigation even where GPS is unavailable or compromised, such as deep space or underwater. Outperforming traditional inertial navigation systems in accuracy and stability, it holds significant implications for both military and civilian spaceflight, marking a crucial step towards real-world applications of quantum technology.

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(www.space.com)
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Fediverse Donut Club: Bridging Online and Offline Communities

2025-03-14
Fediverse Donut Club: Bridging Online and Offline Communities

Inspired by a successful office donut club, the author proposes a "Fediverse Donut Club," a bi-weekly #FediDonutFriday event where participants share donut pictures on the Fediverse platform to foster connections. This initiative aims to break down online silos, connecting individuals through a simple, shared activity with the potential for offline meetups. Participation is easy: follow the #FediDonutFriday hashtag and share your donut photos!

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(sethmlarson.dev)
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OAuth 2.0: Securely Authorizing Third-Party App Access to Your Data

2025-08-25
OAuth 2.0: Securely Authorizing Third-Party App Access to Your Data

OAuth 2.0 is an authorization protocol allowing users to grant third-party apps access to their account data without sharing passwords. This article details the OAuth 2.0 workflow, including user authorization, authorization code retrieval, access token exchange, and emphasizes security measures like avoiding direct access token transmission in URLs. Key OAuth 2.0 terminology is explained, such as resource owner, OAuth client, authorization server, and resource server, along with front-channel and back-channel concepts. The article also covers PKCE for backend-less applications.

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(www.ducktyped.org)
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Obsidian Plugin: Note Codes – Unique Codes for Your Notes

2025-09-22
Obsidian Plugin: Note Codes – Unique Codes for Your Notes

A new Obsidian plugin, Note Codes, assigns a unique 4-character code to each note, enabling quick referencing from handwritten notes or other locations. Codes are generated using SHA-256 hashing of the note's path and Base32 encoding. For improved readability, similar-looking characters are omitted. The open-source plugin includes a protocol handler, allowing notes to be opened via obsidian://note-codes/open?code=XX-XX.

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(ezhik.jp)
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Treat Postgres Like SQLite? A Bold Experiment

2025-09-22
Treat Postgres Like SQLite? A Bold Experiment

The author, a long-time SQLite enthusiast, appreciates its speed, simplicity, and stability. However, SQLite's extension ecosystem pales in comparison to PostgreSQL's. This article explores the feasibility of using a local PostgreSQL instance as a drop-in replacement for SQLite, leveraging PostgreSQL's powerful extensions (like pgvector) while avoiding complex cluster configurations. The approach involves running PostgreSQL on a single server and accessing it via a Unix socket, aiming for the convenience of SQLite with the power of PostgreSQL. The author acknowledges the added complexity of configuring a server but believes the trade-off is worthwhile for the combined benefits of ease of use and extended functionality.

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(www.maragu.dev)
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N-Back Training: A Secret Weapon for Boosting Fluid Intelligence?

2025-07-05

Decades of cognitive neuroscience research support the effectiveness of the N-Back test. Jaeggi et al. (2008) published groundbreaking research in PNAS showing that dual N-Back training significantly improves fluid intelligence, with 19 days of training leading to improved intelligence test scores. A large-scale study by Owen et al. (2010) with over 11,000 participants confirmed that working memory training leads to task-specific improvements and some transfer to related cognitive abilities. Klingberg (2010) demonstrated that working memory training, including N-Back exercises, produces measurable changes in brain activity and can be particularly beneficial for individuals with ADHD.

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(n-back.net)
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AI's Impact on Game Development: A Developer's Struggle

2025-04-08
AI's Impact on Game Development: A Developer's Struggle

The rapid advancement of AI is significantly impacting the game industry, leaving many developers grappling with challenges and anxieties. This article features interviews with various game industry professionals, including artists, designers, and programmers, who share their experiences with AI in the workplace. Some companies are using AI to generate images, code, and voiceovers to cut costs or speed up development, leading to decreased quality and feelings of displacement among human creators. Many developers express reservations or outright opposition to AI, arguing that it cannot replace human creativity and emotional expression. They advocate for protecting the rights of human artists.

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(aftermath.site)
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Germline Engineering: A Roadmap to Superbabies

2025-04-06
Germline Engineering: A Roadmap to Superbabies

This article explores the potential of germline engineering to create 'superbabies.' The author recounts a 2023 conference on polygenic embryo screening in Boston, criticizing the scientific establishment's reluctance to embrace gene editing. The author and their cofounder delve into the potential of gene editing to enhance intelligence, reduce disease risk, and extend lifespan, highlighting the superior scalability of gene editing compared to embryo selection. They introduce Sergiy Velychko's 'Super-SOX' technology, which enables efficient creation of naive embryonic stem cells, opening unprecedented opportunities for gene editing. The article also explores alternative gene editing techniques, such as creating eggs and sperm from stem cells, and addresses legal and ethical challenges. Ultimately, the author calls for increased investment and research into this technology, viewing it as a 'backup plan' to potential AI risks.

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(www.lesswrong.com)
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Onyx Boox Mira Pro: A $1900 Color E Ink Monitor Arrives

2025-05-01
Onyx Boox Mira Pro: A $1900 Color E Ink Monitor Arrives

Onyx International unveiled the Boox Mira Pro, a $1900 25.3-inch color E Ink monitor boasting a 3200x1800 resolution. Utilizing E Ink Kaleido 3 technology for up to 4096 colors, it offers HDMI, mini HDMI, USB-C, and DisplayPort connectivity, plus VESA mount support. While refresh rate and image quality vary depending on presets, it combines the benefits of E Ink's eye-friendly display and long battery life with access to multiple content sources via Android, unlike the closed ecosystems of Kindles.

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(arstechnica.com)
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Gemini 2.0 Flash: Google's Native Image Generation Model Enters Developer Experimentation

2025-03-12
Gemini 2.0 Flash: Google's Native Image Generation Model Enters Developer Experimentation

Google's Gemini 2.0 Flash, a multimodal AI model boasting enhanced reasoning and natural language understanding, is now available for developer experimentation. It generates images from text, creates illustrated stories, allows for conversational image editing, and excels at rendering long text sequences clearly. Accessible via Google AI Studio and the Gemini API, Gemini 2.0 Flash promises exciting possibilities for developers building AI agents and visually rich applications.

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(developers.googleblog.com)
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AI's Devolution of Higher Education: Is ChatGPT Turning Students into Cyborgs?

2025-05-20
AI's Devolution of Higher Education: Is ChatGPT Turning Students into Cyborgs?

The AI industry's promise to 'disrupt' society is tragically fulfilled in the US education system. Reports from New York Magazine and 404 Media reveal widespread AI cheating: students use ChatGPT for assignments and even college applications, while schools, influenced by pro-AI consultants, encourage AI in classrooms. This leads to a decline in learning and teaching quality, highlighting systemic flaws and potentially catastrophic intellectual degradation. The easy route facilitated by AI is creating a generation increasingly reliant on technology, ultimately undermining genuine learning and critical thinking.

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(gizmodo.com)
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Six Technological Revolutions: Value Conversion from Agriculture to AI

2025-06-04
Six Technological Revolutions: Value Conversion from Agriculture to AI

This article examines six technological revolutions, from the agricultural revolution to the AI revolution, focusing on how each revolution drives economic development through new value conversion models. It argues that each revolution isn't driven by a single invention, but rather by a combination of core conversion, scalable infrastructure, spatiotemporal compression technologies, and other innovations. The author details each revolution's core conversion method, key resources, economic model, and centralization/decentralization process in a table. The article concludes that future technological revolutions hinge on standardization, infrastructure development, and equitable access, urging policymakers to prioritize digital public infrastructure to ensure fair distribution of technological benefits.

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(ianreppel.org)
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Figma: Collaboration Tool or Creativity Killer?

2025-07-07
Figma: Collaboration Tool or Creativity Killer?

This article reflects on Figma's evolution over a decade, shifting from initial praise for its innovation to concerns about its over-engineered approach. The author argues that features like Auto Layout and Dev Mode, while boosting efficiency, stifle designers' freedom and creativity in the early exploration phases, leading to design homogenization. The author urges designers to be wary of this shift, advocating for flexibility in the design process, prioritizing early exploration and experimentation over premature structure and consistency.

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(designsystems.international)
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Nord Quantique's Single-Qubit Breakthrough: Error-Free Quantum Computing?

2025-06-07
Nord Quantique's Single-Qubit Breakthrough: Error-Free Quantum Computing?

Nord Quantique claims a breakthrough: error-free operation of a logical qubit using only a single physical qubit. Unlike competitors using multiple physical qubits for a single logical one, this approach, while currently limited to single-qubit operations, significantly reduces space, power, and cooling requirements. This innovative error detection and correction scheme offers a potential solution to the challenges of scaling up quantum computing, paving the way for future advancements.

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(arstechnica.com)
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Tesla's Troubles: Rising Chinese Competition and Challenges in India

2025-03-19
Tesla's Troubles: Rising Chinese Competition and Challenges in India

Tesla is facing a tough year. Sales have fallen year-on-year in the US, China, and several European countries, and its stock price has plummeted. Political factors and the rise of Chinese competitors are contributing to the slump. In China, BYD has become the world's leading EV manufacturer, posing a significant challenge to Tesla. Tesla's expansion into emerging markets like India faces stiff competition from local giants like Tata Motors, and its high prices and limited product options are unlikely to attract buyers. Experts suggest that Tesla needs India more than India needs Tesla. The focus for Tesla should be on addressing existing market issues rather than expanding blindly.

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(restofworld.org)
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Recreating Game Boy Sounds with the Web Audio API: Fourier Series vs. Wave Shaper

2025-04-07

While building a web-based Game Boy style music tracker, the author encountered the challenge of faithfully recreating the iconic Game Boy square wave sounds. Game Boy's pulse channels supported variable duty cycles, but the Web Audio API's OscillatorNode only provides a 50% duty cycle square wave. The article explores two solutions: generating a custom waveform using the Fourier series and shaping a sawtooth wave with a WaveShaperNode. The Fourier series approach offers higher accuracy but is computationally expensive; the WaveShaperNode method is simpler but might introduce some noise. The author ultimately prefers the WaveShaperNode approach for its simplicity and its ability to produce a more authentic Game Boy sound.

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(www.danblack.co)
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Arm's Chiplet System Architecture Spec Opens Up a New Era of Silicon Design

2025-01-22
Arm's Chiplet System Architecture Spec Opens Up a New Era of Silicon Design

Arm has released the first public specification for its Chiplet System Architecture (CSA), with over 60 companies already engaged. The CSA addresses the growing demand for custom silicon and the associated high costs and complexities of monolithic chip production by enabling the reuse of specialized chiplets to create multiple custom systems-on-chips (SoCs) with better performance and lower power consumption. This standardization effort, developed collaboratively with the ecosystem, ensures interoperability and reusability, accelerating innovation and reducing fragmentation. Early adopters are already leveraging the CSA to build solutions tailored for diverse AI workloads. Alphawave Semi, for instance, combines Arm Neoverse CSS-powered chiplets with proprietary I/O dies to create performant chips for various markets. Meanwhile, ADTechnology, Samsung Foundry, and Rebellions are collaborating with Arm on an AI CPU chiplet platform for large-scale AI training and inference, boasting a 2-3x efficiency advantage for GenAI workloads.

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(newsroom.arm.com)
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AI Coding Tools: Productivity Boost, Trust Deficit

2025-06-12
AI Coding Tools: Productivity Boost, Trust Deficit

A Qodo survey reveals that while AI coding tools significantly boost developer productivity, trust in their output remains low. Many developers still manually review AI-generated code, negating some productivity gains. The survey found that experienced developers benefit most, while the majority see moderate improvements, and some fail to effectively leverage AI tools. Although about 60% of developers reported improved code quality from AI, 76% still won't ship AI-generated code without human review. Top developer requests for improvement include better contextual understanding, reduced hallucinations, and improved code quality. Qodo's CEO suggests feeding AI models more detailed information—product requirements, specifications, coding styles—to improve output quality.

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(www.theregister.com)
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P vs. PSPACE: Is Space Computationally More Powerful Than Time?

2025-05-21
P vs. PSPACE: Is Space Computationally More Powerful Than Time?

A central question in complexity theory is the relationship between the complexity classes P and PSPACE. P encompasses problems solvable in reasonable time, while PSPACE deals with space complexity. The prevailing belief is that PSPACE is larger than P, due to space's reusability unlike time. Proving this requires demonstrating problems in PSPACE unsolvable in polynomial time. The article recounts the 1975 breakthrough by Hopcroft, Paul, and Valiant, showing space's slight advantage over time, but progress stalled. Ryan Williams' work finally broke the deadlock, offering fresh insights into resolving the P vs. PSPACE problem.

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(www.quantamagazine.org)
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Copilot vs. Atari 2600: AI's Overconfidence Exposed

2025-07-04
Copilot vs. Atari 2600: AI's Overconfidence Exposed

Robert Caruso pitted Microsoft's Copilot against Atari 2600's Video Chess, a rematch of sorts after ChatGPT's humiliating defeat. Despite Copilot's boastful claims of strategic prowess and foresight, it ultimately fell to the vintage game. Like ChatGPT before it, Copilot struggled with maintaining an accurate representation of the game board, leading to flawed strategies and a decisive loss. The experiment serves as a reminder of the limitations of Large Language Models (LLMs) and the dangers of overconfidence in AI.

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(www.theregister.com)
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Aging Stem Cells: The Culprit Behind Middle-Aged Spread?

2025-05-02
Aging Stem Cells: The Culprit Behind Middle-Aged Spread?

New research unveils the cellular mechanism behind age-related abdominal fat accumulation. Scientists discovered that aging triggers the emergence of a new type of adult stem cell, called committed preadipocytes (CP-As), within white adipose tissue (WAT). These CP-As actively generate new fat cells, especially in the abdomen, with their activity significantly increasing in middle age. The leukemia inhibitory factor receptor (LIFR) signaling pathway plays a crucial role in this process. This finding offers a novel therapeutic target for preventing belly fat and extending healthy lifespan.

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(medicalxpress.com)
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Terminator: The AI Coding Assistant Guardian Angel

2025-05-24
Terminator: The AI Coding Assistant Guardian Angel

Tired of AI coding assistants like Cursor being interrupted by stuck command loops? Terminator, a powerful AppleScript-driven terminal session manager, solves this problem! It achieves process isolation by running commands in separate terminal sessions, keeping your AI assistant responsive even with hanging commands. Terminator creates and manages persistent terminal sessions, isolates command execution, intelligently interrupts busy processes, and provides reliable session state management. With simple commands, you can easily train your AI assistant to use Terminator, boosting efficiency and avoiding frustrating workflow interruptions.

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(github.com)
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WSL Goes Open Source!

2025-05-19
WSL Goes Open Source!

Microsoft has announced the open-source release of the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL)! After years of development, the code powering WSL is now available on GitHub. This allows the community to download the source code, build WSL, add new features and bug fixes, and actively participate in its development. WSL's architecture comprises command-line executables, the WSL service, Linux init and daemon processes, and file sharing components. This open-source release marks a significant step towards faster iteration and community-driven development, highlighting Microsoft's commitment to the open-source community.

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(blogs.windows.com)
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