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A Programmer's Unexpected Hobby: The Allure of Knitting

2025-06-04

A programmer recounts his journey from staring at screens to the tactile experience of knitting. The article likens knitting to an open-world game, boasting a gentle learning curve and endless possibilities. The author shares the physical and mental benefits, the satisfaction of creating tangible objects, and encourages fellow programmers to try this activity as a way to balance work and life and create meaningful gifts for loved ones.

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(journal.stuffwithstuff.com)
Misc hobby

Intel Xeon 7: Can 18A and 3D Packaging Turn the Tide?

2025-08-29
Intel Xeon 7: Can 18A and 3D Packaging Turn the Tide?

With AMD holding over 40% revenue and 27% shipment share of the x86 server CPU market in the first half of 2025, Intel is betting on its Xeon 7 processors (Clearwater Rapids and Clearwater Forest), launching in 2026, to regain ground. These CPUs leverage the 18A process, 2.5D EMIB interconnect, and Foveros 3D stacking—technologies first deployed (with delays) in the datacenter with the ill-fated Ponte Vecchio. The success of Xeon 7 hinges on stemming AMD's momentum and countering the rise of hyperscaler's custom Arm server CPUs. While the energy-efficient E-core variants have a niche market, they aid Intel in refining its 18A process and 3D packaging. This article details the architecture of the Clearwater Forest E-core processor, including its improved RibbonFET transistors, PowerVia backside power delivery, and 3D packaging, and analyzes its performance potential.

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(www.nextplatform.com)
Hardware

US Professors Condemn ICE Abductions of Foreign Students

2025-04-06
US Professors Condemn ICE Abductions of Foreign Students

Professors at multiple US universities released a joint statement condemning the illegal arrests of foreign students and faculty by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). They describe the arrests as “abductions by ICE cowards” and highlight the silencing of dissent under the current administration. The statement calls for academic resistance against this culture of silence and a fundamental change to the university system that allows such actions.

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(lithub.com)
Misc Academic Freedom Political Persecution

Offline Wikipedia: A Guide to Database Dumps

2025-04-27

This article provides a comprehensive guide on downloading and utilizing Wikipedia's database dumps for offline access. It details different dump file types (e.g., pages-articles-multistream.xml.bz2), using BitTorrent clients for download, and handling large compressed files and operating system file system limitations. The article also explores various offline Wikipedia readers, including Kiwix, XOWA, and WikiFilter, providing setup instructions and considerations.

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Misc Database Dumps Offline Access

React Server Components: Untangling Frontend Data Fetching

2025-04-15

This article explores how React Server Components solve the complexities of frontend data fetching. Traditional REST APIs struggle to keep up with evolving UI needs, leading to either data redundancy or insufficient data. The author proposes a BFF (Backend for Frontend) approach, introducing the ViewModel concept to the backend, allowing the server to directly return the specific data each component requires. By decomposing ViewModel functions into smaller units and leveraging JSX, a tight coupling between components and data loading logic is achieved, resulting in an efficient and maintainable frontend architecture. This method is similar in spirit to Async XHP, seamlessly integrating data fetching and UI rendering, but avoids the limitations of traditional XHP in highly interactive applications.

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NAB Show Reveals 10ns GPS-Synchronized ATSC 3.0 Timing

2025-04-13

At this year's NAB Show, a surprising discovery was made: a precise time synchronization technique using a u-blox GPS receiver and an ATSC 3.0 television signal, achieving a pulse synchronization of ±10 ns between the two. This experimental timing standard, called BPS (Broadcast Precision Synchronization), could be integrated into the US ATSC 3.0 rollout. Its significance lies in providing a reliable terrestrial backup to GPS, enhancing resistance to various jamming attempts, which is crucial for media, power grids, 5G communications, and more. Furthermore, the show also featured consumer-grade Intel motherboards with built-in PPS input/output connectors, highlighting the growing adoption of precise time synchronization technology.

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(www.jeffgeerling.com)
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Unprecedented Detail: The Most Precise Map of US Waters Ever Created

2025-01-23
Unprecedented Detail: The Most Precise Map of US Waters Ever Created

The US Geological Survey and its partners have unveiled the National Hydrography Dataset Plus High Resolution (NHDPlus High Resolution), the most detailed map of US waters ever produced. Boasting over 32 million features, this dataset offers an unprecedented level of detail, depicting rivers, lakes, wetlands, and more with rich attributes for mapping, analysis, and modeling. Now integrated into ArcGIS Living Atlas, this enhanced dataset provides seamless access and powerful capabilities, revolutionizing our understanding of US waterways and enabling advancements in hydrology research, environmental protection, and water resource management.

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(www.esri.com)
Tech Mapping Hydrology

Undecidability: The Programmer's Pandora's Box

2025-05-28
Undecidability: The Programmer's Pandora's Box

This article provides a clear explanation of the concept of "undecidability" in computer science. Using accessible language and concrete examples (like determining if a number is the sum of two primes), the author explains decision problems and the role of Turing machines. The key takeaway is that undecidability doesn't mean it's impossible to tell if a program will halt, but rather that there's no universal algorithm to determine the halting behavior of all programs. This makes many problems (such as verifying program properties) require significant effort and may be unsolvable, highlighting the necessity of fields like formal verification and program analysis.

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(buttondown.com)
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AI-Powered Job Search: Navigating Layoffs with LLMs

2025-07-05
AI-Powered Job Search: Navigating Layoffs with LLMs

Facing layoffs? This article explores using large language model (LLM) AI tools like ChatGPT and Copilot to ease the emotional and cognitive burden of job loss. The author provides prompt examples for career planning, resume optimization, LinkedIn profile enhancement, networking, and emotional support. While not a replacement for personal experience, these tools can help navigate the job search process more efficiently and calmly, offering clarity during a challenging time.

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(www.theverge.com)
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Microsoft Favors Anthropic AI Models, Prioritizing Claude Sonnet 4 for GitHub Copilot

2025-09-16
Microsoft Favors Anthropic AI Models, Prioritizing Claude Sonnet 4 for GitHub Copilot

Microsoft is adding automatic AI model selection to Visual Studio Code, prioritizing optimal performance. GitHub Copilot free users will see automatic selection between models like Claude Sonnet 4, GPT-5, and GPT-5 mini, while paid users will primarily use Claude Sonnet 4. Internal documents reveal Microsoft is instructing developers to favor Claude Sonnet 4 and is making significant investments in its own AI model cluster. Furthermore, parts of Microsoft 365 Copilot will leverage Anthropic models. Despite a new deal with OpenAI, Microsoft's preference for Anthropic's AI signals a shift in its AI strategy.

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(www.theverge.com)
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Wright's Law: The Exponential Curve of Technological Progress

2025-04-16
Wright's Law: The Exponential Curve of Technological Progress

This article explores Wright's Law, stating that as cumulative production of a technology increases, its price decreases at a consistent rate. Using solar power as an example, it shows that for every doubling of global cumulative capacity, the price dropped by 20%. Unlike Moore's Law, which focuses on time, Wright's Law emphasizes experience. It explains the exponential nature of technological advancements, noting that many technologies, such as computers and batteries, follow this pattern. The article highlights the importance of understanding Wright's Law for predicting future technological development, emphasizing that ignoring it can lead to serious miscalculations.

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(ourworldindata.org)
Tech Wright's Law Exponential

Nostalgia Trip: Why Early Computers Were More Fun

2025-04-18

This article explores why older generations find early computers more enjoyable than modern ones. The author argues that the simplicity and limitations of early hardware – slow processors, low resolutions, limited memory – forced creative problem-solving, making the experience more engaging. The largely text-based internet fostered stronger human interaction, lacking the pervasive advertising and passive content consumption of today. The author posits that the appeal lay in the exclusivity; only those truly passionate about computers invested the time, creating a tight-knit community. As computers became ubiquitous and user-friendly, this unique aspect faded, replaced by accessibility but at the cost of depth and challenge.

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(www.datagubbe.se)
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The Evolution and Challenges of AI Coding Agents: From Dial-Up to Highway

2025-09-22
The Evolution and Challenges of AI Coding Agents: From Dial-Up to Highway

The rapid advancement of Large Language Model (LLM)-powered AI coding agents has brought unprecedented productivity gains, but also immense infrastructure challenges. Drawing an analogy to the dial-up internet era, the author describes the evolution of AI coding agents from early inefficient and unreliable states to their current widespread use, while still facing high latency and cost issues. The author argues that higher tok/s (tokens per second) speeds are key and predicts the future will see more advanced, less manually-intensive AI coding workflows, and more flexible pricing models to cope with peak loads.

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(martinalderson.com)
Development

Going Rogue: A TTRPG That Lets You Rewrite Rogue One (and Boycott Disney)

2025-05-25
Going Rogue: A TTRPG That Lets You Rewrite Rogue One (and Boycott Disney)

Jess Levine's tabletop RPG, Going Rogue, inspired by Star Wars' Rogue One and Andor, centers around the guaranteed death of player characters. This mechanic serves as a reflection on the sacrifices and rewards of political action, allowing players to experience the emotional 'bleed' of their characters' dedication and find catharsis often missing in real-life activism. While not explicitly promoting socialism, the game encourages players to confront their feelings about political commitment. Furthermore, in response to Disney's political stances and inclusion on the BDS boycott list, Going Rogue actively encourages players to cancel their Disney+ subscriptions, reclaiming narrative ownership of the Star Wars universe.

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(aftermath.site)
Game Tabletop RPG Political Activism

The Unsung Heroes Keeping Africa (and the World) Online

2025-09-20
The Unsung Heroes Keeping Africa (and the World) Online

Rest of World profiles the Léon Thévenin, Africa's only permanently stationed undersea cable repair ship. The article highlights the grueling work of its crew, like cable jointer Shuru Arendse, who maintain Africa's internet connectivity. Their demanding jobs, often requiring months away from family, are crucial to global data flow, especially with the rise of AI which relies heavily on high-speed connectivity. The piece details the intricate cable repair process, team dynamics, and the dedication of these individuals in safeguarding global internet access.

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(restofworld.org)
Tech Internet Infrastructure

The Untold Story of Speech-to-Text

2025-06-04

Converting speech to text is now effortless; YouTube and our phones do it seamlessly. But Radiolab reveals a surprising history, highlighting the struggles and protests that paved the way for this ubiquitous technology. This episode tells the story of the ‘magicians’ who made it happen, and the unlikely heroes who fought for its realization.

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(radiolab.org)
Tech

The Two Child Problem: Intuition vs. Reality in Probability

2025-08-28
The Two Child Problem: Intuition vs. Reality in Probability

A family has two children, and at least one is a girl. What's the probability both are girls? Intuition might suggest 1/2, but the correct answer is 1/3. This article uses probability trees and sample space to explain the counter-intuitive solution, highlighting the pitfalls of relying on intuition and neglecting problem details. It advocates for computer simulation to verify probability results, emphasizing the importance of precise problem definition, stating assumptions clearly, and avoiding reliance on 'common sense'.

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(blog.engora.com)
Misc conditional probability paradox

A Personalized Journaling System with Neovim

2025-08-13

This post details a personalized journaling system built using Neovim, coreutils, and dateutils, loosely based on Ryder Carroll's Bullet Journal method. The system organizes entries by year and month in a directory structure. Calendar generation uses the `cal` command. Tasks are marked with prefixes like `todo` and `done`, leveraging Neovim's abbreviation and sorting features for efficient task management and visualization. Syntax highlighting and habit tracking are incorporated, with an `awk` script calculating monthly expenses. Convenient scripts are provided to quickly open the current month's journal or entries from the preceding and following two months, streamlining the journaling process.

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(tangled.sh)
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Faster Go Interpreters: Closing the Gap with C++

2025-04-05
Faster Go Interpreters: Closing the Gap with C++

Vitess, the open-source database powering PlanetScale, initially used an AST-based interpreter for its SQL engine. Over the past year, this has been replaced with a Go-based virtual machine that performs comparably to MySQL's native C++ code, while being significantly easier to maintain. The VM achieves remarkable speed improvements—up to 20x faster in some cases—through static type checking and clever instruction dispatch. This article details the design and implementation, including leveraging Go's closures to simplify the VM and handling SQL's dynamic typing challenges.

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(planetscale.com)
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Zero-Cost Static Blog with React Server Components

2025-05-08
Zero-Cost Static Blog with React Server Components

This blog post details how to deploy a completely static blog using Next.js's static site generation capabilities and React Server Components (RSC) on Cloudflare's free static hosting plan, costing exactly zero. The author explains the concept of 'hybrid' frameworks, capable of both server-side rendering and static site generation. By running RSC code during the build process and saving its output, a fully static deployment is achieved, eliminating server costs. A code example shows data being read from the local filesystem during the build, generating static pages. This demonstrates that 'static' is essentially a 'server' running ahead of time, with the code logic remaining the same, only the timing changes.

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(overreacted.io)
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Montana Closes the Data Broker Loophole: A Win for Privacy

2025-05-16
Montana Closes the Data Broker Loophole: A Win for Privacy

Montana has become the first state to successfully close the 'data broker loophole,' a practice that allows law enforcement to circumvent warrants by purchasing personal information from data brokers. The new law, SB 282, prohibits government agencies from using funds to obtain electronic communications data, tracking device information, financial transaction data, pseudonymous information, or 'sensitive data' (including details on personal life, religious affiliation, health status, biometric data, and precise geolocation). While law enforcement can still obtain information through warrants or consent, this legislation represents a significant step towards protecting citizen privacy and sets a precedent for other states to follow.

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(www.eff.org)
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Russia's New Soyuz-5 Rocket: Breaking Free from Ukraine, Targeting Commercial Launches

2025-08-26
Russia's New Soyuz-5 Rocket: Breaking Free from Ukraine, Targeting Commercial Launches

Following the breakdown of space cooperation with Ukraine due to the conflict, Russia is accelerating development of its new Soyuz-5 rocket. Powered by the powerful RD-171MV engine, which avoids Ukrainian components and boasts over three times the thrust of a NASA Space Shuttle Main Engine, the Soyuz-5 aims to replace the Zenit and Proton-M rockets. Russia hopes to gain a stronger foothold in the commercial launch market. However, even more significant is the Soyuz-7 (Amur) rocket, designed with a reusable first stage and new liquid oxygen-methane engines, intended to eventually replace the Soyuz-2. Its debut, however, has been pushed back to no earlier than 2030.

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(arstechnica.com)
Tech Russian space program Soyuz-5 rocket RD-171MV engine

Iran Orders Citizens to Delete WhatsApp Amidst Rising Tensions

2025-06-19
Iran Orders Citizens to Delete WhatsApp Amidst Rising Tensions

Amid escalating tensions with Israel, the Iranian government urged its citizens to delete WhatsApp, citing safety and privacy concerns and alleging the app shares user data with Israel. This directive, delivered via state television, raises concerns about potential information control. WhatsApp denies these claims, highlighting its end-to-end encryption and lack of user location tracking, stating the move could cut off communication when people need it most. This follows previous allegations by Meta of Israeli spyware targeting WhatsApp users, resulting in a substantial settlement.

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(time.com)
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Building MVPs: Speed, Focus, and Avoiding Common Pitfalls

2025-05-16
Building MVPs: Speed, Focus, and Avoiding Common Pitfalls

This article explains how to efficiently build a Minimum Viable Product (MVP). An MVP isn't about shoddy work; it's a streamlined version of your core product designed for rapid validation of core assumptions and user needs. The article highlights common mistakes to avoid, such as feature bloat, wrong technology choices, and neglecting code quality. By focusing on core problems, choosing the right tech stack, and prioritizing code quality and security, you can effectively mitigate risks, accelerate iteration, and ultimately achieve product success.

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(www.erlang-solutions.com)
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California Overtakes Japan as World's 4th Largest Economy, But Trump Tariffs Pose Threat

2025-04-25
California Overtakes Japan as World's 4th Largest Economy, But Trump Tariffs Pose Threat

California Governor Gavin Newsom announced that California's GDP reached $4.1 trillion in 2024, surpassing Japan to become the world's fourth-largest economy. However, he warned that President Trump's tariff policies threaten the tech powerhouse's rapid growth. California's economy outpaced the US, China, and Germany, growing 6% last year. Newsom credits California's prosperity to investments in its people, a focus on sustainability, and a belief in innovation. But he expressed concern over the Trump administration's tariffs, arguing they harm Californian families and businesses. A lawsuit has been filed, accusing Trump of abusing emergency powers to illegally impose tariffs.

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(edition.cnn.com)
Tech California Economy Trump Tariffs International Trade

Sweden Rethinks Tech-Heavy Education, Brings Back Books and Pencils

2025-01-15
Sweden Rethinks Tech-Heavy Education, Brings Back Books and Pencils

Concerns over declining basic skills among Swedish students have prompted a shift in the country's digital education strategy. Years of emphasizing tablets and digital tools in schools have come under scrutiny following a drop in reading scores. In response, the government is increasing investment in physical books and encouraging a return to traditional teaching methods like handwriting practice and quiet reading time. While some experts support this back-to-basics approach, others argue it's an overreaction, emphasizing that technology is just one factor in a complex educational ecosystem.

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(apnews.com)
Tech Sweden

Australia's Outdoor Cinemas: A Century-Old Charm Netflix Can't Beat

2024-12-29
Australia's Outdoor Cinemas: A Century-Old Charm Netflix Can't Beat

Australia boasts a remarkable history of outdoor cinemas, starting with Broome's Sun Pictures in 1916. This history reflects changing Australian culture and social shifts, including past racial segregation. Outdoor cinemas, from traditional picture gardens to drive-ins, remain vital community hubs and unique cultural experiences. Despite the rise of streaming services like Netflix, they continue to thrive, offering a distinct cinematic experience that draws Australians to share stories on the big screen.

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(theconversation.com)
Misc Outdoor Cinemas Australian Culture Cinema History

Python 3.14's Game Changer: Template Strings (t-strings) for Safer String Formatting

2025-04-21

Python 3.14, shipping in late 2025, introduces template strings (t-strings), a significant enhancement to string formatting. Addressing the security risks of f-strings when handling user input (like SQL injection and XSS), t-strings separate string formatting from content. This allows for safe escaping before formatting, enhancing flexibility for complex tasks such as generating secure HTML. Developers access the string parts and values via .strings and .values properties, enabling custom formatting. Iteration is also supported for easier processing. This boosts Python's security and expands string manipulation capabilities.

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(davepeck.org)
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F2: Blazing Fast Command-Line Batch Renamer

2025-05-24
F2: Blazing Fast Command-Line Batch Renamer

F2 is a cross-platform command-line tool for quickly and safely batch renaming files and directories. It boasts a dry-run default for previewing changes, support for file attributes (like EXIF and ID3 tags) for flexible renaming, comprehensive options including string replacement and regular expressions, automatic conflict resolution, and undo functionality. Go developers can install with `go install github.com/ayoisaiah/f2/v2/cmd/f2@latest`; others can download pre-compiled binaries. Bug reports and feature requests are welcome!

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(github.com)
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