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S3's 19th Birthday: From Simple Object Store to Sophisticated Data Platform

2025-03-14
S3's 19th Birthday: From Simple Object Store to Sophisticated Data Platform

Amazon S3 celebrates its 19th birthday! This post chronicles S3's evolution from a simple object store to a sophisticated data platform. Driven by customer feedback, S3 continuously improves, exemplified by the launch of S3 Tables for enhanced tabular data handling and addressing limitations like increased bucket limits. The S3 team emphasizes 'simplicity,' aiming to let developers focus on business logic, not infrastructure, while continuously improving performance and elastic scalability to meet growing demands.

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(www.allthingsdistributed.com)
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Bird Mimicry: Courtship, Defense, or Accident?

2025-03-15
Bird Mimicry: Courtship, Defense, or Accident?

The Northern Mockingbird and Gray Catbird, well-known North American mimics, learn and reproduce a wide variety of sounds, including other birds, car alarms, etc., to attract mates and showcase their survival skills and experience. Some birds, such as the Indigo bird in Africa, use mimicry to deceive host birds, thus protecting their offspring. Other species occasionally mimic other vocalizations, but their function remains unclear. Studies suggest that incorrect mimicry may lead to reproductive failure and thus be selected against.

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(www.allaboutbirds.org)
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Rescuing 90s Software Magazine CDs from the Rain: A Digital Archiving Adventure

2025-07-28
Rescuing 90s Software Magazine CDs from the Rain: A Digital Archiving Adventure

The author discovered a trove of 90s French software magazines, cleverly published using government subsidies that allowed for minimal original text paired with software CDs. Faced with the challenge of digitizing the CDs, hindered by reflective surfaces, the author ingeniously used a smartphone camera and Darktable software to overcome the scanning difficulties. The journey chronicles the resourceful process of archiving these retro tech treasures, showcasing a blend of nostalgia and digital preservation expertise. The results are now available on Archive.org and Abandonware-Magazines.

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(www.hadess.net)
Misc digital archiving software magazines

Google Unveils Gemini 2.5: A Giant Leap in AI Reasoning

2025-03-25
Google Unveils Gemini 2.5: A Giant Leap in AI Reasoning

Google has introduced Gemini 2.5, its most intelligent AI model yet. The experimental 2.5 Pro version boasts top performance across various benchmarks, achieving the #1 spot on LMArena by a considerable margin. Gemini 2.5 models are 'thinking' models, capable of reasoning through their responses, leading to enhanced accuracy and performance. This reasoning extends beyond simple classification and prediction, encompassing information analysis, logical conclusions, contextual understanding, and informed decision-making. Building on prior work with reinforcement learning and chain-of-thought prompting, Gemini 2.5 represents a significant leap forward, combining a vastly improved base model with enhanced post-training. Google plans to integrate these thinking capabilities into all future models, enabling them to tackle more complex problems and support more sophisticated agents.

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(blog.google)
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Studio Ghibli at 40: A Legacy Uncertain?

2025-06-15
Studio Ghibli at 40: A Legacy Uncertain?

This month marks the 40th anniversary of Japan's Studio Ghibli, a studio celebrated for its complex plots and fantastical hand-drawn animation, boasting two Oscars and a global fanbase. However, the future is uncertain, with the latest hit "The Boy and the Heron" potentially being the final feature film from celebrated co-founder Hayao Miyazaki (84). The release of OpenAI's latest image generator in March sparked copyright concerns due to its resemblance to Ghibli's distinctive style. Since its founding in 1985 by Miyazaki and the late Isao Takahata, Ghibli has become a cultural phenomenon, further boosted by a second Academy Award in 2024 for "The Boy and the Heron" and Netflix's global streaming of its films.

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(www.japantimes.co.jp)
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Why Momentum Really Works: A Deep Dive into Gradient Descent Acceleration

2025-04-28
Why Momentum Really Works: A Deep Dive into Gradient Descent Acceleration

This article delves into the mechanics of momentum in optimization algorithms. By analyzing convex quadratic functions, it reveals how momentum accelerates gradient descent and explains the underlying mathematical principles. The article also explores the limitations of momentum and its combination with stochastic gradient descent, offering insights into future research directions. Using clear language and concrete examples like polynomial regression and image colorization, the article provides a comprehensive understanding of momentum's principles and applications, suitable for readers interested in optimization algorithms.

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(distill.pub)
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iina Player Enhancements: Title Display and Pause Minimization

2025-09-16

This code snippet adds two handy features to the iina video player. First, it displays the video title in a large 48px font at the top of the video player during playback. Second, it minimizes the window when the video is paused and resumes playback when the window is restored, enhancing the user experience.

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(iina.io)
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Add-Ends: A Number Puzzle Game

2025-04-14

Add-Ends is a number puzzle game where you swap black tiles to make all rows and columns add up to the target number. The game offers easy, intermediate, and hard difficulty levels, along with a custom puzzle generator allowing players to choose grid size and difficulty. A zen mode hides the timer for a more focused experience.

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(madmonk13.github.io)
Game number puzzle

The Mystery of High Credit Card Interest Rates: It's More Than Just Defaults

2025-04-01
The Mystery of High Credit Card Interest Rates: It's More Than Just Defaults

Why are US credit card interest rates so high? A study of 330 million credit card accounts reveals the answer: while default losses contribute, high rates also reflect undiversifiable downside risk during economic downturns, significant pricing power of credit card banks, and substantial operating expenses (especially marketing). Even the highest-credit-score borrowers pay spreads far exceeding other loan products, indicating a systemic default risk premium baked into rates, coupled with the high costs of running and marketing credit card businesses.

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(libertystreeteconomics.newyorkfed.org)
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Singapore Leverages AI to Tackle Aging Population Challenges

2025-01-14
Singapore Leverages AI to Tackle Aging Population Challenges

Facing a growing elderly care crisis and a severe nursing shortage, Singapore is turning to artificial intelligence for solutions. The article highlights AI's role in preventive care, showcasing projects like SoundKeepers, an AI tool using voice biomarkers to detect early signs of depression in seniors, and the use of humanoid robots like Dexie to combat loneliness. While acknowledging AI's potential, the article also raises concerns about over-reliance on technology replacing human connection and emphasizes the importance of privacy protection.

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(restofworld.org)
Tech Elderly Care Singapore

First Non-Opioid Painkiller Approved After Decades-Long Search

2025-06-26
First Non-Opioid Painkiller Approved After Decades-Long Search

After a 27-year journey costing billions of dollars, Vertex Pharmaceuticals has achieved a breakthrough: the FDA approval of Journavx (suzetrigine), the first non-opioid pain reliever for post-surgical pain. Targeting the NaV1.8 sodium ion channel in peripheral neurons, Journavx prevents pain signals from reaching the brain without the addictive and debilitating side effects of opioids. This monumental achievement represents a significant victory in ion channel research and offers hope in combating the opioid crisis, although its price and applicability remain areas for improvement.

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(www.worksinprogress.news)
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Tesla Found Partially Liable in Autopilot Wrongful Death Case

2025-08-03
Tesla Found Partially Liable in Autopilot Wrongful Death Case

A Miami federal jury has found Tesla partially liable in a 2019 wrongful death lawsuit involving its Autopilot system. George McGee, driving a Tesla Model S with Autopilot engaged, ran a stop sign and crashed into a couple, killing Naibel Benavides and severely injuring Dillon Angulo. While Tesla argued McGee was solely responsible, the jury determined Tesla bore one-third of the liability for selling a defective vehicle, awarding plaintiffs $129 million in compensatory damages and $200 million in punitive damages. This marks the first time a jury has found Tesla liable in a wrongful death case involving Autopilot.

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(arstechnica.com)
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AI-Assisted Coding: The Two Sides of the Coin

2025-01-05
AI-Assisted Coding: The Two Sides of the Coin

The rise of AI-assisted coding tools has revolutionized software engineering, but it's not without its challenges. This article explores two typical AI usage patterns: "bootstrappers" and "iterators." Bootstrappers leverage AI to rapidly build prototypes, while iterators use AI in their daily workflow for code completion, refactoring, and more. While AI significantly boosts efficiency, it also presents the "70% problem": AI quickly handles most of the work, but the remaining 30% of fine-tuning still requires human intervention, especially challenging for inexperienced developers. The article emphasizes that AI is better suited for experienced developers, helping them accelerate solutions to known problems and explore new approaches, rather than completely replacing them. In the future, AI-assisted coding will move toward "intelligent agents" with greater autonomy and multimodal capabilities, but human oversight and guidance will remain crucial. Ultimately, the essence of software engineering remains unchanged, and the demand for experienced engineers may even increase.

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(newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com)
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Remove the Pedals: A Revolutionary Approach to Teaching Kids to Ride Bikes

2025-01-14
Remove the Pedals: A Revolutionary Approach to Teaching Kids to Ride Bikes

The traditional method of teaching kids to ride bikes—running alongside and letting go—often leads to frustration and tears. This article introduces a revolutionary approach: remove the pedals! By focusing first on balance, children can master this crucial skill before adding the complexity of pedaling. This method makes learning to ride significantly easier and less daunting, resulting in less frustration and more successful experiences. The author's anecdote highlights a simple yet profound lesson about breaking down complex tasks into smaller, manageable steps—a principle applicable far beyond bicycle riding.

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(www.fortressofdoors.com)
Misc parenting bicycle learning techniques

Chromehounds: FromSoftware's Mech Game Rises From the Ashes

2025-05-27
Chromehounds: FromSoftware's Mech Game Rises From the Ashes

Fifteen years after its servers shut down, the cult-classic mech game Chromehounds has been resurrected by a dedicated community. ImagineBeingAtComputers, using the Xbox 360 emulator Xenia and reverse engineering skills, managed to bring back online multiplayer. While currently limited to free battles, the team aims to restore the full-fledged 'Neroimus War' mode, a monumental task involving rebuilding a complex database. This revival not only showcases the enduring passion for niche games but also highlights the power of open-source collaboration and advancements in emulation technology.

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(www.readonlymemo.com)
Game Emulation

Flipper Zero Firmware Bypasses Car Security: Single Button Press Unlock

2025-08-08

YouTube channel Talking Sasquach demonstrated a custom Flipper Zero firmware that breaks the rolling code security of many modern vehicles. The attack requires only a single button-press recording from the key fob to replicate all functions, including unlocking doors and trunks, rendering the original key fob unusable. Affected brands include Chrysler, Dodge, Fiat, Ford, Hyundai, Jeep, Kia, Mitsubishi, and Subaru. Currently, there's no easy fix, potentially requiring mass vehicle recalls. The attack's mechanism might involve reverse-engineering the rolling code sequence or a 'RollBack' attack that resets synchronization by replaying captured codes in a specific order.

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(www.rtl-sdr.com)
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PlanetScale Metal: Ditching the Cloud Database IO Bottleneck

2025-03-13
PlanetScale Metal: Ditching the Cloud Database IO Bottleneck

This article explores the history of computer storage technologies, from tape to hard disk drives to solid-state drives (SSDs), and the IO performance challenges brought about by cloud computing. Traditional cloud database services typically use network-attached storage (NAS), resulting in high latency and IOPS limitations. PlanetScale's Metal product uses local NVMe drives, directly connecting compute and storage, to achieve extremely low latency, unlimited IOPS, and high data durability, completely solving the IO bottleneck problem of cloud databases.

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(planetscale.com)
Tech storage technology

Local LLMs vs. Offline Wikipedia: A Size Comparison

2025-07-20

An article in MIT Technology Review sparked a discussion about using offline LLMs in an apocalyptic scenario. This prompted the author to compare the sizes of local LLMs and offline Wikipedia downloads. The results showed that smaller local LLMs (like Llama 3.2 3B) are roughly comparable in size to a selection of 50,000 Wikipedia articles, while the full Wikipedia is much larger than even the largest LLMs. Although their purposes differ, this comparison reveals an interesting contrast in storage space between local LLMs and offline knowledge bases.

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(evanhahn.com)
AI

Tor: From Military Project to Privacy Lifeline

2025-08-09
Tor: From Military Project to Privacy Lifeline

This article unveils the secret history of Tor, tracing its evolution from a U.S. Navy research project into a crucial tool for digital freedom. Tor employs onion routing, encrypting and bouncing traffic through a global network of servers to shield user anonymity. While often associated with the dark web, Tor also serves as a vital lifeline for journalists, activists, and citizens in authoritarian regimes. The article explores Tor's origins, design philosophy, and its complex relationship between privacy and security, emphasizing the importance of robust privacy-preserving technologies in upholding digital freedom and resisting government surveillance.

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(thereader.mitpress.mit.edu)
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ChatGPT Saved Chats Extension: Never Lose an Important Conversation Again

2024-12-26
ChatGPT Saved Chats Extension: Never Lose an Important Conversation Again

Tired of losing important ChatGPT conversations in your endless chat history? The ChatGPT Saved Chats Chrome extension is here to help! This easy-to-use extension lets you save and organize your most valuable chats with a single click. Simply hover over any conversation and click the save icon to instantly store it for later access. Your saved chats are stored locally, ensuring your privacy. Say goodbye to endless scrolling and hello to easy retrieval of your important conversations.

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(chromewebstore.google.com)
Development Chrome Extension Conversation Saving

The Little Book of Linear Algebra: A Concise Introduction

2025-09-03
The Little Book of Linear Algebra: A Concise Introduction

This concise introduction to linear algebra starts with scalars and vectors, building up to vector addition, scalar multiplication, dot product, norms, and angles. It then delves into matrices, linear systems of equations, linear transformations, eigenvalues, and eigenvectors, illustrating each concept with examples and exercises. The book emphasizes the geometric interpretation of linear algebra and shows its applications in computer graphics, data science, and machine learning.

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(github.com)
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Solar Farms Find Unlikely Allies: Thousands of Sheep

2025-01-19
Solar Farms Find Unlikely Allies: Thousands of Sheep

The booming US solar industry has discovered an unexpected partner: sheep. Large-scale solar farms, like SB Energy's massive Texas project, are utilizing thousands of sheep to maintain the land, replacing gas-powered mowers and offering a sustainable alternative. This 'solar grazing' or 'agrivoltaics' trend is expanding, creating opportunities for struggling sheep farmers and fostering positive community reception to solar farms. While long-term environmental impacts require further study, the success stories, like Texas Solar Sheep's rapid growth, highlight the potential benefits of this innovative approach.

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(abcnews.go.com)
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Phoenix.new: An Elixir-based Online Coding Agent Revolutionizing Real-time App Development

2025-06-20
Phoenix.new: An Elixir-based Online Coding Agent Revolutionizing Real-time App Development

Chris McCord, creator of the Phoenix framework, unveils Phoenix.new, an Elixir-based online coding agent. Running in an isolated VM with root shell access, the agent can install packages, run programs, and interact with applications. Integrated with a browser for front-end testing and interaction, Phoenix.new automates deployment, integrates with Github, and drastically simplifies the development workflow. It can even generate applications based on database schemas. McCord suggests this represents a massive shift in development, with future development likely relying more on agents working in CI environments.

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(fly.io)
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Management Tip: Now, Together

2025-08-23
Management Tip: Now, Together

This post introduces a highly effective management technique called "Now, Together." When an engineer's task is delayed, managers can use one-on-one meeting time to complete the task together with the engineer. This not only solves problems promptly but also uncovers potential obstacles, such as lack of motivation, excessive workload, or undetected blockers. This allows managers to better support team members and improve team efficiency. Overuse of this technique may signal larger management issues requiring further attention.

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(natashajaffe.substack.com)
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Why Blog Even If Nobody Reads It?

2025-02-09
Why Blog Even If Nobody Reads It?

This post explores the value of blogging even if your readership is minimal or nonexistent. The author argues that writing itself is a process of thinking and organizing thoughts, enhancing cognitive abilities and creativity. Even without a wide audience, writing can leave a valuable record for your future self, potentially touching someone at the right moment, and consistent writing will ultimately be more valuable than a fleeting viral hit. Just like street photography, even if unappreciated, the act of creation is self-expression and self-fulfillment.

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(andysblog.uk)
Misc

Oscars: Thanking God or Weinstein? Data Reveals the Truth

2025-02-27
Oscars: Thanking God or Weinstein? Data Reveals the Truth

This article analyzes 1,884 Oscar acceptance speeches to uncover the unspoken rules and relationships behind the Academy Awards. The data reveals a growing trend of winners thanking more people over time, with actresses thanking the most on average. While Harvey Weinstein was once perceived as having immense influence at the Oscars, the data shows that God was thanked far more often than Weinstein. However, Steven Spielberg even surpassed God in thanks during certain periods, reflecting his immense influence in Hollywood.

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(stephenfollows.com)
Misc Oscars

Kubient CEO Jailed for AI-Fueled Ad Fraud Scheme

2025-03-22
Kubient CEO Jailed for AI-Fueled Ad Fraud Scheme

Paul Roberts, CEO of ad-tech firm Kubient, was sentenced to one year and one day in prison for orchestrating a $1.3 million fraud scheme. Roberts inflated Kubient's IPO and sales of its AI tool, KAI, by engaging in a reciprocal billing scheme with another company and fabricating KAI performance reports. This case highlights the ethical risks in the pursuit of growth within AI companies and underscores the need for investor vigilance in evaluating tech company financials.

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(arstechnica.com)
Startup AI fraud IPO fraud

Windows 11 Gets Resizable Taskbar Icons!

2025-04-04
Windows 11 Gets Resizable Taskbar Icons!

Microsoft is testing resizable taskbar icons in the latest Windows 11 Insider Preview Beta. Users can now choose to always show smaller icons, never show smaller icons, or show smaller icons when the taskbar is full. When full, icons shrink to fit, preventing overflow into a secondary menu. This mimics macOS's dock behavior. The Start menu also received an update with a larger layout, offering the option to hide recently used app suggestions and display all apps on one page. Note: users might temporarily lose the new battery charge status icons introduced in January, but Microsoft plans to reinstate them soon.

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(www.theverge.com)
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Google Hit with $425M Verdict for Privacy Violations

2025-09-06
Google Hit with $425M Verdict for Privacy Violations

A federal jury has ordered Google to pay $425.7 million for illegally tracking users' smartphones over nearly a decade. The class-action lawsuit covered approximately 98 million devices in the US, resulting in roughly $4 per device in damages. Google denies wrongdoing and plans to appeal. Plaintiffs argued Google used the collected data for targeted advertising, generating billions in profit. While significantly less than the $30 billion+ sought, the plaintiffs celebrated the verdict as a win for privacy.

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(apnews.com)
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