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Rediscover the Joy: Building Personal Websites in the Age of AI

2025-02-26
Rediscover the Joy: Building Personal Websites in the Age of AI

The author calls for a return to building personal websites as a counterpoint to today's commercialized and centralized web. The article contrasts the individuality of early websites with the homogeneity of modern corporate sites and the data privacy concerns of relying on large platforms. Readers are encouraged to create unique online spaces driven by personal interests, reclaiming control over their content. Convenient website-building tools and platforms like Neocities are recommended. The piece reflects a longing for a more decentralized web and a celebration of independent creation.

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Misc personal website web culture

The Tech Elite's Homeschooling Obsession: Opting Out of Average?

2025-01-14
The Tech Elite's Homeschooling Obsession: Opting Out of Average?

This article explores the rising trend of homeschooling among tech professionals. The author, a homeschooling alum, recounts their experience and observes the shift in homeschooling's social status. While acknowledging the arguments for and against homeschooling, the author argues the primary motivation is a desire to 'opt out' of interacting with average people, believing it will better equip children to change the world. However, concerns are raised about potential social isolation and lack of empathy. Ultimately, the author chooses to keep their children in traditional school, highlighting the benefits of navigating social challenges for healthy development.

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(newsletter.goodtechthings.com)
Misc homeschooling tech elite socialization

RAM Data Remanence Times: Significant Differences Between DDR4 and DDR5

2024-12-15

3mdeb conducted research testing data remanence times in different RAM types (DDR4 and DDR5). Results showed DDR5 data vanishes almost instantly after power loss, while DDR4 data persists for significantly longer, up to two minutes. This highlights critical differences in data security between RAM types. A custom UEFI application was used, writing and comparing memory patterns while accounting for temperature and humidity. This research is significant for understanding memory data security and designing more secure systems.

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Hardware RAM data remanence

The Ugly Truth About Lisp Indentation

2025-01-19

Lisp programmers have long debated the best indentation style. This article explores various approaches, including no indentation, function-aligned indentation, space-filling indentation, and the author's controversial "sick" macro indentation. Function-aligned indentation becomes unwieldy with deep nesting, while space-filling, though efficient, falls short in extreme cases. The author advocates for a "sick" macro style, which, despite being unconventional, maintains readability in deeply nested code and plays well with most indentation tools. Readers are invited to share their preferred styles.

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Muscle Atrophy as We Climb the Kardashev Scale

2024-12-16

As humanity ascends the Kardashev Scale, a paradox emerges: increased energy access correlates with decreased physical labor. The author outlines three biomechanical stages: pre-industrial, where physical exertion was essential; industrial-modern, where machines reduced manual labor; and post-biological, where humans might remotely control robots via brain-computer interfaces, rendering physical bodies obsolete. This raises questions about the future of humanity's physical form and the complex relationship between technological advancement and human evolution.

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Misc Kardashev Scale Biomechanics Future of Humanity

Real-time Claude Code Token Usage Monitor: Track and Predict Your Consumption

2025-06-19
Real-time Claude Code Token Usage Monitor: Track and Predict Your Consumption

This terminal monitoring tool, Claude Code Usage Monitor, provides real-time tracking of your Claude AI token usage. It features visual progress bars for tokens and time remaining, burn rate calculations, and predictions of when you'll run out of tokens. Supporting Pro, Max5, Max20, and custom max plans, it automatically switches to custom_max when Pro limits are exceeded and includes alerts and customizable reset times. The clean interface enhances user experience.

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Generating Stunning Point Cloud Geometry with Signed Distance Functions

2025-03-29
Generating Stunning Point Cloud Geometry with Signed Distance Functions

This article introduces a creative coding technique for generating point cloud geometry using signed distance functions (SDFs). The author uses the example of particles colliding with spheres to explain how SDFs can efficiently detect collisions and extend to more complex shapes. The article provides Processing code examples, including classes like Point, Vector, Ray, and Tracer, and SDF implementations like SphereSDF and BoxSDF, demonstrating how to use SDFs for sphere tracing to generate beautiful point cloud images.

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Development signed distance functions point cloud

A Quilt's Story: Deconstructing the Myths of Clothing Quality

2025-03-26
A Quilt's Story: Deconstructing the Myths of Clothing Quality

This article recounts the creation of a patchwork quilt using worn textiles from friends and family, sparking a reflection on the quality of mass-produced clothing. The author argues that garment quality isn't solely determined by origin or maker, but by brands' control over costs and production processes. Low-quality fast fashion reflects brand choices to cut costs, not the skill of the workers. The piece challenges stereotypes about East Asian women's sewing abilities, advocating for a focus on brand and supply chain responsibility instead.

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(ruthtillman.com)
Design fast fashion textile production

Ruff: A Blazingly Fast Python Linter and Formatter

2025-01-21
Ruff: A Blazingly Fast Python Linter and Formatter

Ruff is an extremely fast Python linter and code formatter written in Rust. It's 10-100x faster than existing tools like Flake8 and Black, offering drop-in parity with popular tools while boasting built-in caching and automatic fix capabilities. With over 800 built-in rules and support for pyproject.toml, Ruff is used by major open-source projects like FastAPI and Pandas, making it a game-changer for Python development.

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Should Engineering Managers Write Code? It Depends on Your Definition of 'Coding'

2025-03-04
Should Engineering Managers Write Code? It Depends on Your Definition of 'Coding'

This article explores whether engineering managers should write code. The author argues that all managers should be 'in the code,' understanding the codebase and how their team works, but not all managers need to be primary code writers. Managers should focus on improving team efficiency, such as hiring, strategy planning, decision-making, culture building, mentoring, etc. However, in the current economic climate, managers face higher efficiency demands and need to find a balance between being 'in the code' and fulfilling other management responsibilities. The article suggests methods for managers to be 'in the code,' such as setting aside dedicated coding time, pair programming with reports, doing code reviews, and increasing coding involvement during specific occasions (e.g., prototyping or incident handling). Ultimately, the author concludes that the key is whether managers are 'in the code,' not whether they primarily write code.

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(theengineeringmanager.substack.com)
Development Engineering Management Team Efficiency

OpenAI Admits: Even the Most Advanced AI Models Can't Replace Human Coders

2025-02-24
OpenAI Admits: Even the Most Advanced AI Models Can't Replace Human Coders

A new OpenAI paper reveals that even the most advanced large language models (LLMs), such as GPT-4 and Claude 3.5, are unable to handle the majority of software engineering tasks. Researchers used a new benchmark, SWE-Lancer, comprising over 1400 software engineering tasks from Upwork. Results showed these models could only solve superficial problems, failing to find bugs or root causes in larger projects. While LLMs are fast, their accuracy and reliability are insufficient to replace human coders, contradicting predictions by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman.

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(futurism.com)
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Building a Better Future with 'Plausible Fiction'

2025-01-24

This article proposes a novel approach called 'plausible fiction' to tackle real-world problems by constructing believable narratives that bridge the gap between our present and a desired future. The author argues that collective participation in filling the gaps within these narratives can transform fiction into reality. This process resembles a form of collective prediction and creation, potentially leveraging mathematical tools like applied category theory. The article uses a hypothetical platform, FutureForge, to illustrate how gamification and incentive mechanisms can encourage broader participation, ultimately leading to a better future.

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(topos.institute)
AI future prediction applied category theory collaborative creation

Near-Infrared Light Therapy Reverses Age-Related Vision Decline?

2025-02-18
Near-Infrared Light Therapy Reverses Age-Related Vision Decline?

Multiple studies suggest that near-infrared light (670nm) irradiation improves mitochondrial function, thereby alleviating age-related vision decline. Researchers conducted experiments on both Drosophila and humans, finding that near-infrared light enhances mitochondrial ATP production, reduces inflammation, and decreases photoreceptor cell loss. While the mechanism remains unclear, these findings offer new hope for treating age-related macular degeneration and other age-related vision problems, suggesting the possibility of slowing aging through phototherapy in the future.

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(www.nature.com)
Tech Near-infrared light therapy Mitochondria Age-related vision decline

Accidental Leak: Trump Officials' Signal Group Chats Reveal Yemen War Plans

2025-03-26
Accidental Leak: Trump Officials' Signal Group Chats Reveal Yemen War Plans

The Atlantic's editor-in-chief, Jeffrey Goldberg, was accidentally added to a Signal group chat containing top Trump administration officials coordinating a military operation against the Houthis in Yemen. The group chat included Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Vice President J.D. Vance, and others, and detailed discussions of the operation's specifics, including timing, targets, and munitions, were revealed. Initially suspecting a hoax, Goldberg later confirmed the authenticity of the messages. This incident highlights alarming security vulnerabilities within the U.S. government and raises questions about the decision-making process.

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(www.theatlantic.com)
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Serverless Website Screenshot API: Powering Abbey AI

2025-02-06
Serverless Website Screenshot API: Powering Abbey AI

Gordon Kamer built a robust web scraping API to support Abbey, an AI platform. This API runs locally, taking a URL as input and returning website data and screenshots. Powered by Playwright and Docker, it executes JavaScript, includes security features like memory limits and process isolation, and returns a multipart response with JSON data, page content, and up to 5 screenshots. Access is controlled via API keys, with customizable memory allocation and screenshot parameters.

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(github.com)
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Breakthrough: Simulating Time Complexity in Square-Root Space

2025-02-27

New research shows that any multitape Turing machine running in time t can be simulated in only O(√(t log t)) space. This significantly improves upon the O(t/log t) space simulation from Hopcroft et al. 50 years ago. The research leverages a recently discovered space-efficient algorithm for Tree Evaluation by Cook and Mertz, reducing the time simulation problem to a series of implicitly-defined Tree Evaluation instances with favorable parameters. Results imply that bounded fan-in circuits of size s can be evaluated in √s·poly(log s) space, and suggest the existence of problems solvable in O(n) space that require n^(2-ε) time on a multitape Turing machine (for all ε > 0), making slight progress on the P versus PSPACE problem.

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Google's Gemma 3: A Major Upgrade to its Single-Accelerator AI Model

2025-03-20
Google's Gemma 3: A Major Upgrade to its Single-Accelerator AI Model

Over a year after releasing the initial Gemma AI models, Google unveils Gemma 3, boasting superior performance compared to competitors like Llama and OpenAI, especially on single-GPU systems. This enhanced model supports over 35 languages and processes text, images, and short videos. Gemma 3 features an upgraded vision encoder for high-res and non-square images, and includes the new ShieldGemma 2 image safety classifier to filter inappropriate content. While the definition of 'open' remains debated regarding its license, Google continues to promote Gemma 3 via Google Cloud credits and an academic program offering $10,000 in credits for research.

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(www.theverge.com)
AI

EU-US Data Deal: Built on Shifting Sands?

2025-02-06
EU-US Data Deal: Built on Shifting Sands?

The EU-US Data Privacy Framework (TADPF) faces criticism for relying on potentially revocable US executive orders. The European Court of Justice previously ruled US law incompatible with EU data protection standards. Despite this, the EU Commission approved TADPF, allowing EU businesses to freely transfer data to US providers. However, a new US administration could overturn the executive orders underpinning TADPF, leaving many EU businesses in legal limbo. Experts warn EU companies should develop contingency plans to address the potential legal risks.

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(noyb.eu)
Tech cross-border data transfer US-EU relations

2024 Good Tech Awards: AI's Ascent and the Unsung Heroes of Open Source

2025-01-06
2024 Good Tech Awards: AI's Ascent and the Unsung Heroes of Open Source

2024 saw breakneck AI advancements, but also regulatory battles and political turmoil in the tech world. This year's Good Tech Awards celebrate achievements in AI: Epoch AI for providing reliable AI data; open-source maintainers for safeguarding our digital infrastructure; and organizations like the Arc Institute, Lichtman Lab, and SyntheMol for leveraging AI in healthcare and scientific research. The awards also recognize NASA's Voyager 1 support, Bluesky's innovative social network, and useful AI applications like NotebookLM and Coloring Book Hero, highlighting technology's positive impact.

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(www.thestar.com.my)
Tech Tech Awards

Is Storing 2FA Codes in Your Password Manager Secure?

2025-01-01
Is Storing 2FA Codes in Your Password Manager Secure?

This article explores the security implications of storing two-factor authentication (2FA) codes within password managers. Security experts argue that while storing 2FA codes alongside usernames and passwords in a password manager like 1Password isn't ideal (it increases the risk of compromise), the convenience outweighs the risk. The primary benefit of 2FA is preventing phishing attacks; even if the password manager is compromised, an attacker still needs the 2FA code. For most users, storing 2FA codes in a password manager is deemed acceptable, but using a reliable password manager and implementing additional security measures like using a YubiKey or storing some recovery codes offline are recommended.

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(andygrunwald.com)
Tech password manager

Ale, Coal, and the Unexpected Origins of the British Industrial Revolution

2025-02-16
Ale, Coal, and the Unexpected Origins of the British Industrial Revolution

This article unravels a little-known origin story of the British Industrial Revolution: German fuel-saving technology. In the mid-16th century, Germany, facing wood shortages, invented the 'wood-saving art,' an indirect heating process that dramatically reduced fuel consumption. This technology, through a series of patents and technological transfers, eventually reached England. Initially adopted by breweries for its cost-effectiveness, it unexpectedly spurred the large-scale use of coal. London's breweries spearheaded this adoption, leading to a surge in coal demand, which in turn propelled coal mining and related industries, ultimately transforming Britain's energy landscape and laying the groundwork for the Industrial Revolution.

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(www.ageofinvention.xyz)
Tech Industrial Revolution technology transfer energy revolution

Full-Text Search Engine in 150 Lines of Python

2025-01-24

This article demonstrates building a functional full-text search engine using less than 150 lines of Python code. It starts by downloading English Wikipedia abstracts, then uses an inverted index and TF-IDF (Term Frequency-Inverse Document Frequency) for indexing and ranking. The process covers data preparation, tokenization, filtering, index construction, and search functionality, explaining each step's principles. The result is a surprisingly fast search engine capable of searching and ranking millions of documents, showcasing the core mechanics of full-text search in a concise manner.

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(bart.degoe.de)
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Code Review Hack: Ask Engineers "How Do You Like What You've Built?"

2025-01-06

During a code review of complex UI changes, instead of immediately reviewing, the author asked the engineer, "How do you like the new behavior?" The engineer's response led to the discovery and fixing of several bugs and even dropping a problematic requirement. This simple question prompted the engineer to think more deeply about their work and make improvements, ultimately enhancing code quality. The author believes that regularly asking engineers about their feelings towards their creations is a useful technique worth trying.

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(morrisbrodersen.de)
Development code review

Svelte 5 Migration: Performance Gains, Cognitive Overhead

2025-02-18
Svelte 5 Migration: Performance Gains, Cognitive Overhead

Upgrading a web application to Svelte 5 led to unexpected issues. Svelte 5's performance improvements, driven by "deep reactivity," introduce proxies and implicit component lifecycle state. While seemingly simpler, this adds abstractions, requiring developers to manage complex heuristics. Proxies aren't objects, and components aren't functions. The author details problems with proxies and callbacks, such as `DataCloneError` and props becoming undefined after component unmounting. Svelte 5 sacrifices developer agency, increasing cognitive load, leading the author to abandon it for new projects. The conclusion emphasizes choosing tools that leverage existing knowledge and promote understanding over cleverness.

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(hodlbod.npub.pro)
Development Deep Reactivity Framework Migration

MoonshotAI's Kimi k1.5: A Breakthrough in RL and LLMs

2025-01-21
MoonshotAI's Kimi k1.5: A Breakthrough in RL and LLMs

MoonshotAI has unveiled Kimi k1.5, a new multi-modal large language model trained with reinforcement learning, achieving state-of-the-art results across various benchmarks. Key to Kimi k1.5's success is its 128k context window and improved policy optimization, enabling strong reasoning capabilities without complex techniques like Monte Carlo tree search. It outperforms GPT-4o and Claude Sonnet 3.5 on tests like AIME, MATH-500, and Codeforces, also showing significant improvements in short-context reasoning. Kimi k1.5 will soon be available at https://kimi.ai.

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(github.com)
AI

Reverse Engineering Call of Duty's User-Mode Anti-Cheat

2025-01-21
Reverse Engineering Call of Duty's User-Mode Anti-Cheat

This post details a deep dive into TAC, the user-mode anti-cheat in Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War. The author meticulously reverse-engineered TAC, revealing its sophisticated techniques. These include runtime API lookups, anti-debugging measures (detecting debug registers and test signing mode), API hook detection, external overlay detection, and innovative encrypted custom syscall stubs. The analysis covers TAC's process termination methods, anti-signature scanning, and other anti-debugging tricks. The integration with Arxan code protection further enhances TAC's robustness. This research provides valuable insights into anti-cheat mechanisms and reverse engineering.

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(ssno.cc)
Game anti-cheat game security

Stunning JavaScript Clock Visualizations

2025-07-29

This project features stunning clock visualizations rendered in JavaScript. It displays time in multiple creative ways: binary representation of Unix timestamps, polygons showing year, month, week, day, hour, minute, and second, dynamic blobs with waves representing different time scales, a solar system model showing Earth, Moon, and Sun, and peaks and waves illustrating the passage of time. The source code is open and modifiable.

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Development Clock

Musk's DOGE Team Achieves 'God Mode' Access to US Federal Agencies

2025-02-20
Musk's DOGE Team Achieves 'God Mode' Access to US Federal Agencies

A shocking report reveals Elon Musk's DOGE team has gained 'God mode' access to multiple US federal agencies. They have full control over USAID's digital infrastructure, including systems used by US personnel in conflict zones and access to billions of dollars in financial systems. Reports indicate breaches into NASA, CDC, and FAA IT systems as well. This raises serious concerns about sensitive data breaches, national security risks, and potential political retribution. Insiders describe DOGE's actions as aggressive, disregarding security protocols, and even capable of altering employee salaries and terminating access for personnel in conflict zones, putting lives at risk. Lawsuits are attempting to limit DOGE's access, with mixed results. The incident highlights the immense risk of granting such wide-ranging government access to an unelected and erratic individual or entity.

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(www.theatlantic.com)
Tech Government Data

Hubble and Webb Face Operational Cuts Amidst Budgetary Constraints

2025-07-14
Hubble and Webb Face Operational Cuts Amidst Budgetary Constraints

NASA's Hubble and James Webb Space Telescopes, two of its most productive observatories, are facing operational cuts due to budget limitations. Hubble's budget has remained stagnant for a decade, decreasing its purchasing power, while proposed cuts to Webb's budget could reach 25%. This will likely result in fewer telescope modes, reduced user support, and staff reductions. While Webb is performing exceptionally well and has enough fuel for over 20 years, its operational budget, set in 2011, was optimistically low, compounded by inflation. Hubble, despite exceeding its lifespan, requires continued funding for operation. These cuts threaten the scientific output of both telescopes and represent a significant loss to the scientific community.

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(www.astronomy.com)
Tech Space Telescopes
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