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BusyBee: Blazing-Fast Background Job Processing for .NET

2025-08-20
BusyBee: Blazing-Fast Background Job Processing for .NET

BusyBee is a high-performance .NET background job processing library built on native channels. It offers a simple, configurable, and observable solution for handling background tasks, boasting built-in OpenTelemetry support and flexible queue management. Features include unbounded or bounded queues with various overflow strategies, configurable timeouts, parallel processing, comprehensive logging, and rich job context information. OpenTelemetry integration allows for robust monitoring and analysis. Error and timeout handling is also supported via custom handlers.

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(github.com)
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40-Year-Old Conjecture Shattered: New Hash Table Outperforms Expectations

2025-02-10
40-Year-Old Conjecture Shattered: New Hash Table Outperforms Expectations

Graduate student Krapivin (University of Cambridge), along with Farach-Colton and Kuszmaul (New York University), have overturned Yao's conjecture, a long-held belief in computer science. Their novel hash table achieves a worst-case time complexity of (log x)² for element lookups, significantly faster than the previously believed optimal x. This groundbreaking research not only solves a classic problem in hash table design but also dramatically improves data storage efficiency, sparking significant interest within the academic community.

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(www.quantamagazine.org)
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Anthropic CEO Warns of Chinese Espionage Targeting US AI Secrets

2025-03-13
Anthropic CEO Warns of Chinese Espionage Targeting US AI Secrets

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has warned that Chinese spies are likely stealing valuable "algorithmic secrets" from top US AI companies, urging government intervention. He highlighted China's history of industrial espionage and the high value – potentially hundreds of millions of dollars – of seemingly simple code snippets. Amodei advocates for increased collaboration between the US government and AI companies to bolster security at leading AI labs, potentially involving US intelligence agencies and allies. This concern aligns with Amodei's previously expressed worries about China's use of AI for authoritarian and military purposes and his calls for stricter export controls on AI chips to China. His stance has drawn criticism from some who believe US-China collaboration on AI is necessary to prevent an uncontrollable AI arms race.

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(techcrunch.com)
AI Chinese espionage algorithm theft

MoonBit on Golem Cloud: Building a Collaborative List Editor

2025-01-04

This blog post details building a collaborative list editor on Golem Cloud using the new programming language MoonBit. The author breaks down the application into three Golem components: list, archive, and email notifier. MoonBit's features are leveraged to implement list manipulation, archiving, and timeout email notifications. The post thoroughly explains MoonBit usage, Golem component architecture design, and accessing system time and environment variables using WASI. The application is successfully built and deployed, showcasing MoonBit's potential on the Golem Cloud platform.

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(blog.vigoo.dev)
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No-Soldering Upgrade for Your Casio F-91W: Sensor Watch Pro

2025-07-19
No-Soldering Upgrade for Your Casio F-91W: Sensor Watch Pro

Oddly Specific Objects is back with a solderless upgrade for the classic Casio F-91W: the Sensor Watch Pro. This upgrade features an accelerometer and a custom LCD, allowing for more complex display options. A browser-based emulator simplifies firmware flashing. The upgrade process is straightforward, involving disassembly and component replacement. The author customized the firmware, removing imperial units and the 12-hour clock, and adding a counter, accelerometer, and light sensor displays.

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(blog.jgc.org)
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Quitting Microsoft: Ethics Over Six Figures

2025-03-02

A software engineer who worked on Microsoft's Viva Insights, an employee monitoring tool, quit due to ethical concerns. Despite the high salary and prestige of working at a big tech company, he prioritized his values over income, choosing to live off dividend income and pursue his own IT startup, Fourplex. He'd rather work a less lucrative job or even flip burgers than participate in developing surveillance technology, highlighting a strong commitment to personal ethics over financial gain.

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(www.neelc.org)
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Math.Pow(-1, 2) Returns -1 in .NET 8 Canary Build

2025-07-02
Math.Pow(-1, 2) Returns -1 in .NET 8 Canary Build

An osu! game developer reported a bizarre issue in Windows 11 Canary build (27881.1000) where `Math.Pow(-1, 2)` in .NET 8 unexpectedly returns -1 instead of 1. The problem also occurs in C++'s `std::pow()`, but works correctly in Python. The developer has filed a GitHub issue and suggests joining the osu! Discord server for further details.

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(github.com)
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Slave Ship Mutiny: The Amelia (1811)

2025-09-21

On January 20th, 1811, off the west coast of Africa, enslaved people aboard the illegal slave ship Amelia staged a successful mutiny. Armed with wooden planks, they overpowered the crew and forced the ship back to Africa. This event exposed a vast multinational criminal enterprise, with global repercussions. Unlike the infamous Zong massacre, the Amelia's attempted cover-up was foiled by the captives' rebellion.

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(www.historytoday.com)
Misc slave revolt slave trade historical event

Linux Foundation Launches FAIR Package Manager to Stabilize Fractured WordPress Ecosystem

2025-06-07
Linux Foundation Launches FAIR Package Manager to Stabilize Fractured WordPress Ecosystem

Following months of infighting and legal battles between WordPress creator Matthew Mullenweg, his company Automattic, and rival WP Engine, the Linux Foundation introduced the FAIR Package Manager. This decentralized system aims to distribute WordPress updates and plugins independently, mitigating the risks of single-point control. Designed as a drop-in WordPress plugin, FAIR replaces centralized services with a federated, open-source infrastructure, improving security and aligning with GDPR compliance. The move is welcomed by community members seeking to stabilize the WordPress ecosystem and reduce reliance on any single entity.

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(www.theregister.com)
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Quantum Entanglement Experiment: Ghosts of Time Travel?

2025-02-27
Quantum Entanglement Experiment: Ghosts of Time Travel?

This article delves into the delayed-choice quantum eraser experiment conducted by Kim et al. in 1999. The experiment seemingly demonstrates that photons can influence their past behavior through quantum entanglement, sparking debate about time travel. The author provides a detailed analysis, arguing that the results don't support backward time travel but stem from a misunderstanding of the probabilistic nature of light waves. The article emphasizes that photons always travel as waves, and the apparent particle behavior is a result of localized energy manifestations on the wavefront. The seemingly paradoxical results are explained as stemming from a lack of understanding of probability and wave interference. The author ultimately refutes the concept of wave-particle duality, arguing it's an illusion created by differences in observation methods.

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(drgblackwell.substack.com)
Tech delayed choice experiment

The Neglected Client-Side Web: Why Nobody Cares About Slow Loading Times

2025-08-23

This article discusses the often-overlooked issue of poor client-side web experiences. While server-side problems frequently dominate discussions, the author points out the consistent neglect of slow loading times, clunky UIs, and other client-side frustrations. Using Github's recent update as an example, many users report slow performance, yet website operators prioritize server-side concerns. The author argues that websites hold significant power, leaving users with boycotts as their only recourse, which are largely ineffective. Websites often lack effective measurement of user churn, contributing to their apathy toward client-side experiences. Ultimately, the author admits to making editorial decisions that may negatively impact users but frames it as a necessary trade-off.

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(utcc.utoronto.ca)
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Firebase Studio: Build Apps Faster in the Cloud

2025-04-09
Firebase Studio: Build Apps Faster in the Cloud

Firebase Studio is a new cloud-based development environment that lets you go from opening your browser to building in minutes, not hours. Import existing repositories from GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, or your local machine, with support for most tech stacks. Use the App Prototyping agent to quickly create new applications using natural language, mockups, drawing tools, and screenshots, or choose from a large catalog of popular framework or language templates. You can also customize your environment with Nix. 3 free workspaces are available during preview, with Google Developer Program members getting up to 30.

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(firebase.studio)
Development Cloud Development Rapid Application Development

Lunar Photography Guide: From Beginner to Stunning Shots

2025-06-13
Lunar Photography Guide: From Beginner to Stunning Shots

This comprehensive guide covers everything you need to know about photographing the moon, from equipment selection to shooting techniques and post-processing. It walks you through choosing the right camera, lens, and tripod, as well as setting the correct parameters, composition tips, and post-processing techniques. Whether you're a beginner or an experienced photographer, this guide will help you capture stunning lunar images.

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(astroimagery.com)
Misc Moon Photography Photography Tips

Cryptojacking Campaign Targets Misconfigured DevOps Tools

2025-06-03
Cryptojacking Campaign Targets Misconfigured DevOps Tools

A new cryptojacking campaign, attributed to an attacker named JINX-0132, is exploiting misconfigurations and vulnerabilities in publicly accessible DevOps tools to steal cloud computing resources for cryptocurrency mining. The campaign primarily targets HashiCorp's Nomad and Consul, Docker API, and Gitea. Researchers estimate that up to 25% of cloud environments are vulnerable, with 5% directly exposing these tools to the internet and 30% exhibiting misconfigurations. JINX-0132 leverages these flaws for remote code execution, deploying XMRig mining software. Mitigation involves updating software, disabling script checks, restricting API access, and properly configuring security settings.

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(www.theregister.com)
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Stasi's 'Zersetzung': How East German Activists Resisted Repression

2025-04-28
Stasi's 'Zersetzung': How East German Activists Resisted Repression

This article explores the experiences of East German political activists who faced Stasi informants and infiltration before the fall of the Berlin Wall. The Stasi's invasive spying and disorienting tactics severely limited possibilities for civil disobedience. Despite this, activists sparked a grassroots revolution in 1989. Based on interviews, the article reveals the Stasi's 'Zersetzung' (corrosion) strategy: creating conflict, sabotaging activities, and isolating groups to weaken opposition. Activists resisted through support networks, inter-group solidarity, open actions, and careful investigation of potential informants. Their resilience highlights the human cost of repression and the unexpected success of grassroots movements even under extreme surveillance.

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(www.maxhertzberg.co.uk)
Misc East Germany political activism

US Electricity Prices Soar: Wholesale Costs and Transmission Bottlenecks

2025-09-19
US Electricity Prices Soar: Wholesale Costs and Transmission Bottlenecks

Since 2020, US electricity prices have skyrocketed by 35%. This article delves into trends in wholesale electricity prices, finding that the increase is linked to both generation costs and transmission bottlenecks. Independent System Operators (ISOs)/Regional Transmission Organizations (RTOs) manage electricity markets using Location Marginal Pricing (LMP), composed of energy, congestion, and losses. Analyzing LMP data across various ISOs/RTOs reveals a significant surge in wholesale electricity prices since 2020, partly due to rising natural gas prices. However, transmission bottlenecks are increasingly significant, hindering the movement of inexpensive electricity from low-cost areas to high-demand regions, amplifying price volatility. California's solar power growth and natural gas supply shortages in certain areas exacerbate transmission congestion.

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(www.construction-physics.com)
Tech transmission bottlenecks

Bedrock Robotics Secures $80M for Self-Driving Construction Tech

2025-07-17
Bedrock Robotics Secures $80M for Self-Driving Construction Tech

Bedrock Robotics, a stealth startup founded by Waymo and Segment veterans, emerged from stealth mode with an $80 million Series A funding round led by Eclipse and 8VC. The company is developing a retrofittable autonomous driving kit for construction and other worksite vehicles. The team boasts significant experience from leading companies in the autonomous vehicle space. Bedrock is currently testing its technology in Arizona, Texas, California, and Arkansas with four major construction firms. This funding round underscores the growing interest and investment in autonomous solutions for off-road environments.

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(techcrunch.com)
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ams OSRAM Launches Compact Direct Time-of-Flight Sensor Modules

2025-09-21
ams OSRAM Launches Compact Direct Time-of-Flight Sensor Modules

ams OSRAM has introduced new compact, low-power direct time-of-flight (ToF) sensor modules. These modules integrate a 940nm VCSEL laser, a SPAD pixel array, Time-to-Digital Converters (TDCs), and all necessary signal processing for direct distance readout via I2C. Available in single and multi-zone (up to 8x8) configurations, they come in packages as small as 2.2x3.6x1.0mm, with operating ranges and fields of view up to 5m and 63 degrees respectively. Applications include autofocus for cameras and projectors, obstacle detection for robotics and drones, low-power wake-up for camera systems, touchless controls, and hand gesture sensing.

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(ams-osram.com)
Hardware ToF sensor 3D sensing

IGNITE: The First All-IGS Art Pack Released!

2025-01-05
IGNITE: The First All-IGS Art Pack Released!

Mistigris art group and Break Into Chat have released IGNITE, the first-ever art pack entirely in the IGS (Instant Graphics and Sound) format. IGS is an obscure graphics protocol for BBSes, and IGNITE is a tribute to its creator, Larry Mears. The pack includes static images and animations on diverse themes and features a web-based IGS drawing tool, JoshDraw, created by the author. IGNITE supports Atari ST and is available in various compatible formats.

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(breakintochat.com)
Game art pack

Netflix Accidentally Adds Content to Apple TV App, Then Quickly Removes It

2025-02-14
Netflix Accidentally Adds Content to Apple TV App, Then Quickly Removes It

On Thursday, Netflix accidentally added some of its content to the Apple TV app, sparking online excitement and speculation. However, a Netflix spokesperson confirmed it was an error and the content has since been removed. While briefly available, the content primarily consisted of Netflix originals like Stranger Things and The Crown, but suffered from significant bugs. Features such as incomplete seasons, broken watchlists, and unreliable 'Continue Watching' functionality were reported. The incident is speculated to be a result of an internal test gone public. For now, Netflix content remains exclusive to its own app.

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(www.engadget.com)
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GNOME 48 Accessibility Improvements: AccessKit, Orca Shortcuts, and More

2025-05-14

GNOME 48 boasts significant accessibility advancements. GTK 4.18 integrates the AccessKit backend, enabling accessible GTK applications on Windows and macOS for the first time. Wayland support for Orca screen reader keyboard shortcuts is complete, closing a major accessibility gap. Furthermore, WebKitGTK accessibility has been improved, making GNOME Web a fully accessible, sandboxed browser. The new accessibility tool, Elevado, is also released, offering developers a new way to explore and inspect application accessibility features. Numerous smaller improvements enhance accessibility in GTK and related libraries, including enhancements to the file chooser, list boxes, button size detection, and text attribute reporting.

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(blog.gtk.org)
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Material 3 Expressive: 4x Faster UI Element Discovery

2025-05-16
Material 3 Expressive: 4x Faster UI Element Discovery

Google's research demonstrates that Material 3 Expressive design significantly improves user experience through strategic use of color, size, shape, and layout. Eye-tracking studies show users locate key UI elements up to four times faster in Expressive designs, with key action tap times reduced by seconds. For example, in a redesigned email app, the 'Send' button is larger, better positioned, and uses a secondary color for better visibility, resulting in significantly faster user interaction. This highlights the effectiveness of Expressive design principles in guiding user attention and improving efficiency.

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(design.google)
Design

JWT Turns 10: A Decade of Secure Token Standards and Future Outlook

2025-05-25

Ten years ago, the JSON Web Token (JWT) became RFC 7519, culminating a 4.5-year journey to create a simple JSON-based security token format and underlying cryptographic standards. JWT and its related specifications have seen widespread adoption, even exceeding the initial creators' expectations. However, ongoing work continues to update the specifications to address emerging threats and vulnerabilities, ensuring JWT remains secure for the next decade.

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(self-issued.info)
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Gatehouse-TS: A Flexible, Zero-Dependency Authorization Library in TypeScript

2025-04-13
Gatehouse-TS: A Flexible, Zero-Dependency Authorization Library in TypeScript

Gatehouse-TS is a flexible, zero-dependency authorization library written in TypeScript, combining role-based (RBAC), attribute-based (ABAC), and relationship-based (ReBAC) access control policies. A port of the popular Rust Gatehouse library, it boasts a user-friendly API, supports policy composition with logical operators, offers detailed evaluation tracing for debugging, and provides a fluent builder API for creating custom policies. Its lightweight design and comprehensive documentation make it easily embeddable and adaptable to various projects.

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(github.com)
Development Authorization Access Control

Reverse Engineering The Incredibles: Rise of the Underminer for Speedrunning Optimization

2025-05-03

To optimize their speedrun of The Incredibles: Rise of the Underminer, the author and his brother reverse-engineered and modded the GameCube game. They discovered debug features and out-of-bounds glitches, and statically reverse-engineered the combat system code using Ghidra. To experiment more easily, they created a mod that displays enemy health, applying it via Action Replay codes. This revealed interesting damage information, such as Mr. Incredible's punches doubling in damage with successive hits and higher damage against frozen enemies. They also explained why some known cheat codes were invalid, needing developer mode to work. Finally, the author shared some out-of-bounds glitches and developer mode features like flight and debug overlays.

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(farlow.dev)
Game game modding

POSH is Hiring an Energy Analysis & Modeling Engineer

2025-02-21
POSH is Hiring an Energy Analysis & Modeling Engineer

POSH, a company revolutionizing the battery energy storage industry with innovative solutions for commercial and industrial applications, is seeking an Energy Analysis & Modeling Engineer. This role involves developing, analyzing, and optimizing energy storage models to improve system performance, efficiency, and cost-effectiveness. Ideal candidates will possess a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Energy Systems, or a related field, along with 2+ years of experience in energy modeling or battery storage system analysis. Proficiency in Python and other simulation software is essential. Responsibilities include developing energy models for battery storage and hybrid systems, performing technical and economic analysis, collaborating with hardware and software teams, and working with sales to generate proposals. POSH offers a competitive salary, benefits, and equity participation.

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(www.ycombinator.com)
Tech energy modeling job posting

Quantum Computing's Commercial Dawn: QuEra Computing's Breakthrough

2025-06-24
Quantum Computing's Commercial Dawn: QuEra Computing's Breakthrough

QuEra Computing is making significant strides, accelerating the path to practical quantum computing. The company has successfully deployed quantum computers to research institutions in Japan and the UK and secured substantial funding to further R&D and partnerships. QuEra's unique neutral-atom technology offers advantages in size, power consumption, and scalability, promising commercial value in chemistry, pharmaceuticals, and materials science within the next few years. The industry's positive outlook on quantum computing is underscored by massive investments and active participation from tech giants.

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(www.nextplatform.com)
Tech neutral atoms

Boox Mira Pro Color: An E Ink Desktop Monitor That's Easy on the Eyes (But Expensive)

2025-04-30
Boox Mira Pro Color: An E Ink Desktop Monitor That's Easy on the Eyes (But Expensive)

Boox has unveiled the Mira Pro Color, its first desktop monitor with a color E Ink screen. Building on the 2023 black-and-white model, it uses the same color E Ink technology found in Kindles. While E Ink is known for being easy on the eyes, large color panels are pricey; the 25.3-inch Mira Pro Color costs $1,899.99, with potential import tariffs adding to the cost. While its refresh rate can't match LCDs or OLEDs, Boox offers four display modes balancing quality and speed for tasks like video playback. Ideal for text editing, writing, or spreadsheets in bright environments, it's not suited for gamers or video editors.

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(www.theverge.com)
Hardware E Ink display

NASA Astronauts Debunk 'Abandoned' Claims: We Were Prepared, Never Felt Stranded

2025-02-15
NASA Astronauts Debunk 'Abandoned' Claims: We Were Prepared, Never Felt Stranded

NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore refuted claims by Trump and Musk that they were abandoned at the International Space Station. They emphasized that the mission was a test flight, they were always prepared for potential delays, and never felt stranded or abandoned. Despite propulsion issues and leaks on the Starliner spacecraft delaying their return, NASA had already planned to return them via SpaceX's Crew-9 mission. Their return is now expected around March 12th, slightly ahead of schedule.

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(www.cnn.com)
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