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Haskell Concurrency: Escape from Thread Hell

2025-04-17

This article recounts the author's journey from embedded systems development in C/C++/Rust to Haskell, highlighting Haskell's advantages in concurrent programming. Haskell uses green threads and event-driven IO, avoiding the complexities of traditional threading models. Through the `async` package and STM (Software Transactional Memory), Haskell offers a cleaner and safer approach to concurrent tasks. Functions like `concurrently`, `race`, and `mapConcurrently`, along with data structures such as `TVar` and `TBQueue`, simplify concurrent operations and prevent common concurrency issues like deadlocks and race conditions.

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(bitbashing.io)
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Post-War Japan's Shipbuilding Miracle: From Imitation to Innovation

2025-05-23
Post-War Japan's Shipbuilding Miracle: From Imitation to Innovation

After WWII, the US's efficient prefabricated welded shipbuilding techniques found their way to Japan. Daniel Ludwig's National Bulk Carriers built the Universe Apollo, the world's first tanker exceeding 100,000 DWT, at Kure Naval Shipyard. This marked the rise of Japan's shipbuilding industry, which owes its success to several key factors: adapting US wartime shipbuilding experience, adopting prefabricated block welding techniques; learning detailed drawings and process management from aircraft manufacturing; and employing statistical process control methods to improve accuracy and efficiency. By integrating these strategies, Japan's shipbuilding industry experienced rapid development, becoming the world's leading force and setting a new standard for modern shipbuilding.

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(www.construction-physics.com)
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Gen Z's 'Career Catfishing': A Rebellion Against Endless Interviews and Ghosting

2025-01-19
Gen Z's 'Career Catfishing': A Rebellion Against Endless Interviews and Ghosting

In a competitive job market, Gen Z is employing a new tactic: 'career catfishing.' They craft idealized online personas to attract recruiters, fighting back against endless interview rounds and the frustrating experience of being ghosted by hiring managers. This trend highlights a generation's challenge to traditional job hunting and a desire for fairer, more transparent hiring practices.

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(fortune.com)
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13,000+ 3D Vertebrate Models Now Openly Available!

2025-04-05
13,000+ 3D Vertebrate Models Now Openly Available!

The Florida Museum of Natural History has launched the openVertebrate (oVert) project, an ambitious initiative to provide free, digital 3D vertebrate anatomy models and data to researchers, educators, students, and the public. Using CT scans, the project has already created detailed 3D models of the skeletons (and some soft tissues) of over 13,000 specimens, representing more than half the genera of amphibians, reptiles, fishes, and mammals. The oVert team plans to scan another 20,000 fluid-preserved specimens in the coming years, aiming to cover over 80% of vertebrate genera. These models and data will be freely downloadable and suitable for 3D printing.

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(www.openculture.com)
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Sguaba: Rust Crate for Foolproof Coordinate Transformations

2025-05-31
Sguaba: Rust Crate for Foolproof Coordinate Transformations

Sguaba, a new open-source Rust crate, simplifies coordinate transformations between various systems (WGS84, ECEF, NED, FRD) for engineers. Leveraging Rust's type system, it prevents accidental mixing of coordinate systems, a common source of errors. Designed for ease of use, Sguaba provides intuitive types like `Coordinate`, `Vector`, `Orientation`, and `Pose`, and uses `RigidBodyTransform` for conversions. Comprehensive documentation and examples are included. While currently missing ENU and ECI support, contributions are welcome.

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(blog.helsing.ai)
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Run 35-Year-Old SGI Demos in Your Browser

2025-09-22
Run 35-Year-Old SGI Demos in Your Browser

This project brings classic demos from 35-year-old SGI workstations to modern browsers. The original C/C++ source code is compiled to WebAssembly using Emscripten and SDL2, with rendering handled by an IRIS GL software rasterizer from the Alice 4 project. Currently, Flight, Newave, and Arena demos are supported, with plans to add more, along with features like a virtual mouse and keyboard, popup menus, and more, for a truly authentic SGI experience.

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(github.com)
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UUIDv7: A New Time-Based UUID Standard

2025-03-11
UUIDv7: A New Time-Based UUID Standard

UUIDv7 is a new time-based UUID standard that combines the benefits of traditional UUIDs with modern, scalable distributed systems. Unlike the randomly generated UUIDv4, UUIDv7 offers both globally unique and time-ordered identifiers, making it ideal for applications requiring timestamps and uniqueness. It addresses privacy concerns associated with UUIDv1 and maintains compatibility with existing UUID libraries. Key use cases include distributed systems, database indexing, logging and monitoring, and e-commerce.

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(uuidv7.org)
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Chrome EULA Controversy: Google's Swift Response and Correction

2025-03-02
Chrome EULA Controversy: Google's Swift Response and Correction

A blog post clarifies a misunderstanding regarding a clause in the Google Chrome End User License Agreement (EULA). The clause granted Google broad rights to content created by users within Chrome, raising user concerns. The Google Chrome team swiftly responded, explaining it was due to the use of universal terms of service and that the clause didn't apply to Chrome, promising its removal. Google subsequently updated the EULA, explicitly stating users retain copyright and other rights to their content, resolving the controversy.

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(www.mattcutts.com)
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Ancient DNA Reveals Isolated Saharan Population 7,000 Years Ago

2025-04-11
Ancient DNA Reveals Isolated Saharan Population 7,000 Years Ago

A new genetic analysis sheds light on the genetic makeup of humans living in the Sahara's green oasis 7,000 years ago. Researchers sequenced ancient DNA from two women buried at the Takarkori rock shelter in Libya, finding their closest genetic relatives were 15,000-year-old foragers from Morocco. This suggests a long-standing, stable population in North Africa before and during the Saharan humid period. This lineage diverged from those leaving Africa over 50,000 years ago and remained largely isolated for millennia, with only minor gene flow from the Levant, including Neanderthal DNA. The study suggests pastoralism spread through cultural exchange, not large-scale migration.

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(www.sciencealert.com)
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Optoelectronic Neural Networks: A Dawn for Post-Moore's Law Computing?

2025-04-10
Optoelectronic Neural Networks: A Dawn for Post-Moore's Law Computing?

This review summarizes the rapid development of optoelectronic neural networks in recent years, from the pioneering work in deep learning to the latest advances in building large-scale neural networks using photonic devices. Researchers have explored various optical computing methods, including coherent nanophotonic circuits, diffractive deep neural networks, and photoelectric multiplication to implement deep learning. These studies have not only achieved breakthroughs in image recognition and StarCraft, but also provide new possibilities for breaking the limitations of Moore's Law and exploring new paths for post-Moore's Law computing.

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(www.nature.com)
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MinIO's Controversial Community Edition Changes Spark Outrage

2025-05-30
MinIO's Controversial Community Edition Changes Spark Outrage

MinIO, a popular open-source object storage solution, has removed key web-based management features from its community edition, prompting backlash from users. The free version now requires users to rely on command-line tools or upgrade to a paid plan. This decision, likened by some to 'enshittification,' has led many to explore alternatives like SeaweedFS, Garage, and Zenko. MinIO maintains that the changes are necessary to sustain the project's development.

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(biggo.com)
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Cyc: The $200M AI That Never Was

2025-04-08
Cyc: The $200M AI That Never Was

This essay details the 40-year history of Cyc, Douglas Lenat's ambitious project to build artificial general intelligence (AGI) by scaling symbolic logic. Despite a $200 million investment and 2000 person-years of effort, Cyc failed to achieve intellectual maturity. The article unveils its secretive history, highlighting the project's insularity and rejection of alternative AI approaches as key factors contributing to its failure. Cyc's long, slow demise serves as a powerful indictment against the symbolic-logic approach to AGI.

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(yuxi-liu-wired.github.io)
AI Symbolic AI

Beyond Alphabetical Order: The Weird and Wonderful Ways Ecologists Determine Authorship

2025-04-15
Beyond Alphabetical Order: The Weird and Wonderful Ways Ecologists Determine Authorship

This blog post explores unconventional methods for determining authorship order in ecology and evolutionary biology papers. From alphabetization to basketball skills, even coin flips, rock-paper-scissors, and bake-offs have been used. The author compiled numerous examples, including croquet matches, random number generators, geographical location, practical considerations, game theory, and dice rolls to decide authorship order. A brownie bake-off stands out as the most unusual and entertaining example. The post also highlights a retracted paper due to authorship disputes, along with examples using code and other innovative approaches. The lighthearted tone reveals the creativity and challenges researchers face when ordering authors.

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(dynamicecology.wordpress.com)
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Instacar Bypasses Apple's Payment System, Sparking Controversy

2025-05-15
Instacar Bypasses Apple's Payment System, Sparking Controversy

The app Instacar, unavailable in the US App Store, displays a warning in the EU App Store for using an external payment system, bypassing Apple's private and secure payment system. The article argues that Apple's understanding of online payments is naive, clinging to the outdated notion that its system's security is a unique advantage. This ignores the fact that mainstream online payment platforms like Stripe and Amazon already offer secure and private transactions.

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(daringfireball.net)
Tech Payment System

San Francisco: A Tech Utopia Divided

2025-04-20
San Francisco: A Tech Utopia Divided

San Francisco, the heart of the tech industry, presents a stark duality. On one hand, lavish parties thrown by tech giants; on the other, ordinary citizens struggling with high housing costs and poverty. The rapid growth of the tech sector hasn't benefited everyone, exacerbating inequality and raising concerns about the future. The author, through personal experiences and observations, reveals the social issues hidden beneath the veneer of tech prosperity, highlighting the widening gap between the promised tech utopia and the harsh realities.

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(rachdele.substack.com)
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A 1991 GPLv2 License Request: A Nostalgic Tale of Mail and Paper Copies

2025-04-24
A 1991 GPLv2 License Request: A Nostalgic Tale of Mail and Paper Copies

While working with open-source software, the author noticed a physical address instead of a URL in the GPLv2 license notice, sparking curiosity. This led to reflections on software distribution in the pre-internet era of 1991 and how people obtained the full GPL license text via mail. The author decided to try it themselves, writing to the address to request the GPLv2 license. They received a reply, but it contained the GPLv3 version instead. This experience is filled with nostalgia and highlights the differences in information access across different eras.

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(code.mendhak.com)
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GTK-LLM-Chat: A GTK GUI for Chatting with LLMs

2025-04-21
GTK-LLM-Chat: A GTK GUI for Chatting with LLMs

gtk-llm-chat is a simple and easy-to-use graphical interface built with GTK for interacting with Large Language Models (LLMs). It supports multiple concurrent conversations in independent windows, integrates with the python-llm library for chatting with various LLM models, and boasts a modern interface, real-time streaming responses, Markdown rendering, conversation management, keyboard shortcuts, fragment support, and an applet mode. Installation is straightforward: use pipx to install llm and run `llm install gtk-chat`.

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(github.com)
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Why are Thunderstorms Rare in the UK?

2025-05-04
Why are Thunderstorms Rare in the UK?

The author observes a stark difference in thunderstorm frequency between Spain and the UK. The article explains thunderstorm formation: warm, moist air rises, colliding with cooler air, creating convection. Water droplets freeze into ice crystals, leading to charge separation and ultimately, lightning and thunder. Lightning's color stems from incandescence at high temperatures and luminescence from excited nitrogen. The article concludes that thunderstorms require warm, humid conditions, which are less common in the UK's higher latitude and cooler climate.

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(www.onepotscience.com)
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iOS 26 FaceTime's Surprise: Auto-Freezing Nudity in Video Calls

2025-07-06
iOS 26 FaceTime's Surprise: Auto-Freezing Nudity in Video Calls

An unexpected feature in the iOS 26 beta has surfaced: FaceTime automatically freezes video and audio when nudity is detected, displaying a warning message with options to resume or end the call. Initially intended for child account communication safety, this function seems to be active for adult accounts as well. While Apple emphasizes on-device machine learning, preventing content upload, this unintended application raises privacy concerns.

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(9to5mac.com)
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Beyond Silicon: Penn State Creates CMOS Computer from 2D Materials

2025-06-14
Beyond Silicon: Penn State Creates CMOS Computer from 2D Materials

Researchers at Penn State have achieved a breakthrough, creating a functional CMOS computer using two-dimensional (2D) materials—just one atom thick—instead of silicon. Published in Nature, this development represents a significant leap towards thinner, faster, and more energy-efficient electronics. Using molybdenum disulfide and tungsten diselenide for n-type and p-type transistors respectively, the team overcame previous challenges in scaling 2D materials to complex computer architectures. While the operating frequency is currently low, this research paves the way for moving beyond silicon-based technology, promising a new era in electronics.

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(www.sciencedaily.com)
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World's Second Worst Graphics Card: A TTL Gate Masterpiece?

2025-09-22
World's Second Worst Graphics Card: A TTL Gate Masterpiece?

Inspired by Ben Eater's 'world's worst video card', Leoneq built something even... worse? This text-mode graphics card, boasting a VGA resolution of 800x600@60Hz (accessible 400x300), uses only TTL gates and a surprisingly low 21 IC count. Featuring support for Latin, Polish, and even the Standard Galactic Alphabet, the card leverages EPROMs and SRAM for character storage. While plagued by glitches, noise sensitivity, and a generally unimpressive image, this project is a testament to resourcefulness and a humorous take on hardware limitations. It's a testament to the power of ingenuity even when facing a 'terrible idea'.

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(github.com)
Hardware

NYC Secret Service Busts Massive SIM Farm: The Weird Hardware Inside

2025-09-24
NYC Secret Service Busts Massive SIM Farm: The Weird Hardware Inside

The Secret Service's recent takedown of a massive SIM farm in NYC has revealed bizarre hardware. These devices, called SIM banks or gateways, hold hundreds of SIM cards, enabling mass texting and calling. While some legitimate uses exist (network testing, marketing), they're predominantly used for spam, scams, and harassment. The devices, costing thousands of dollars each, highlight the scale of such operations and the challenges in combating them. The discovery near a UN meeting underscores the potential threat to telecom systems.

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(tedium.co)
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The Subtle Art of Children's Non-Fiction Illustration: Balancing Detail and Delight

2025-09-24
The Subtle Art of Children's Non-Fiction Illustration: Balancing Detail and Delight

This article explores the artistry of illustration in children's non-fiction books. Using "Road Builders" as an example, the author praises illustrator Simms Taback's style, which features rich vehicle details without sacrificing childlike charm, avoiding overly realistic stiffness. This style perfectly caters to children's curiosity about machinery, making complex equipment approachable. The author argues that instead of using fictional cartoon characters to attract children, presenting realistic yet interesting details showcasing the charm of machinery is more respectful of children's intellectual level and more likely to spark their interest.

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(alyssarosenberg.substack.com)
Design children's books

Pope Leo XIV Rejects AI Papal Avatar: Tech Development Needs Human Connection

2025-09-24
Pope Leo XIV Rejects AI Papal Avatar: Tech Development Needs Human Connection

Pope Leo XIV has rejected a proposal to create an AI-powered virtual version of himself, which would have allowed Catholics worldwide to have virtual audiences. The Pope expressed concerns that an AI representation would be inappropriate, and voiced worries about AI's potential to cause job displacement and exacerbate social inequality. He stressed that technological advancement must be balanced with faith and humanity, preventing technology from becoming a cold, empty shell that neglects human values. This decision echoes the concerns previously raised by Pope Francis, highlighting the importance of upholding ethics and social fairness in the face of technological progress.

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(www.theregister.com)
Misc religious technology

Beat Saber's Secret: Instructed Motion in VR Game Design

2025-05-02
Beat Saber's Secret: Instructed Motion in VR Game Design

Beat Saber's success isn't solely due to music and rhythm; its core lies in the design concept of 'Instructed Motion.' The article argues that scoring isn't based on precise timing, but on the breadth and accuracy of player movements. This isn't limited to music games; the VR combat game Until You Fall exemplifies this, guiding players through specific defensive and offensive motions to enhance immersion and control game intensity and player feeling.

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(www.roadtovr.com)
Game VR game design game mechanics

German Startup Unveils Continuously Operating Fusion Power Plant Design

2025-02-27
German Startup Unveils Continuously Operating Fusion Power Plant Design

Two-year-old German nuclear fusion startup Proxima Fusion published its "Stellaris" fusion power plant design in a peer-reviewed journal. This stellarator-based design aims for continuous, reliable operation, addressing instability issues plaguing tokamak approaches. Proxima Fusion, backed by €65 million in funding, plans to build a fully operational reactor by 2031. This breakthrough marks a significant step forward in the race for clean energy.

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(techcrunch.com)
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From Procrastination to Productivity: A Meta Engineer's Journey

2025-06-07
From Procrastination to Productivity: A Meta Engineer's Journey

An engineer who worked at Meta and Pinterest shares his experience overcoming procrastination. He discovered that action leads to motivation, not the other way around. Instead of waiting for motivation to strike, start with small steps, such as adding a simple log statement to a complex problem. This creates a positive feedback loop: productive work leads to good feelings, leading to even greater productivity. The article also briefly mentions the tech talent shortage and the use of AI in programming.

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(spectrum.ieee.org)
Development engineer

GPT-4: Multimodal Mayhem Ushers in a New Era of AI

2025-01-17

OpenAI has unveiled GPT-4, its latest large language model. More than just a text processing upgrade, GPT-4 boasts powerful multimodal capabilities, processing image inputs and generating text outputs. This means AI can understand and generate richer information, expanding applications beyond text to encompass images, videos, and more. GPT-4's exceptional performance across various benchmarks showcases its impressive comprehension and generation abilities, signaling a significant leap forward in AI technology. This release will undoubtedly have a profound impact on the AI field, accelerating the adoption of AI across various industries.

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(creduse.com)
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War Powers Resolution: A 50-Year Struggle for Power

2025-06-21
War Powers Resolution: A 50-Year Struggle for Power

The War Powers Resolution of 1973, enacted over President Nixon's veto, aimed to curb the President's ability to commit U.S. forces to armed conflict without congressional approval. Born from the Vietnam War and fueled by Nixon's secret bombing of Cambodia, the resolution mandates presidential notification to Congress within 48 hours of deploying troops and limits deployments to 60 days without further authorization. Despite ongoing legal challenges and accusations of violations, the Resolution remains a key element in the ongoing debate over the balance of war powers between the executive and legislative branches, highlighting a half-century of tension between presidential authority and congressional oversight.

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(en.wikipedia.org)
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