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Deep Dive: Humans to Test Underwater Habitat in 2025

2025-01-06
Deep Dive: Humans to Test Underwater Habitat in 2025

British startup Deep is pioneering underwater living with its Sentinel project, a modular habitat slated for completion in 2027. Utilizing advanced 3D printing and welding, Sentinel will enable scientists to live and work at depths up to 200 meters for extended periods. A smaller, transportable habitat called Vanguard, launching in 2025, will serve as a testbed. Vanguard can house three divers for up to a week, demonstrating the potential to dramatically increase the efficiency of ocean research and enhance our understanding of marine ecosystems in the face of climate change.

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(spectrum.ieee.org)
Tech Underwater Habitat Ocean Exploration 3D Printing

Engineer's $2.50/Day Efficient Eating Experiment

2025-01-06

An engineer documented a 46-day experiment where he aimed to spend less than $2.50 a day on food. The blog details his daily meals, costs, culinary science, and the fun of the challenge. From tomato soup and grilled cheese to homemade cabbage rolls, salmon, pork tacos, ramen, potato pea soup, and fried chicken, he showcased impressive cooking skills and a passion for food. He shared recipes, techniques, and emphasized planning, thriftiness, and waste reduction. The experiment successfully demonstrated that delicious and healthy eating is achievable on a very limited budget.

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(futureboy.us)
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Kentucky Cops Kill Innocent Man in Wrong Raid

2025-01-06
Kentucky Cops Kill Innocent Man in Wrong Raid

Kentucky police fatally shot 63-year-old Douglas Harless during a botched raid on the wrong house. Despite dispatchers providing the correct address at least five times, officers raided 511 Vanzant Rd. instead of the intended 489 Vanzant Rd., resulting in Harless' death. Police claim Harless brandished a weapon, but the incident raises serious questions about police procedure, lack of pre-raid surveillance, and echoes the Breonna Taylor case, sparking renewed concerns about police brutality.

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(atlantablackstar.com)
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DeepFace: A Lightweight Face Recognition Library in Python

2025-01-06
DeepFace: A Lightweight Face Recognition Library in Python

DeepFace is a lightweight Python library for face recognition and facial attribute analysis (age, gender, emotion, and race). It's a hybrid framework incorporating state-of-the-art models like VGG-Face, FaceNet, and ArcFace, achieving high accuracy. The library provides a user-friendly interface, encompassing face detection, verification, recognition, and attribute analysis. Users can customize their pipeline by selecting from various detectors and models.

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(github.com)
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This Isn't Your Last Job: A Programmer's Perspective on Career Growth

2025-01-06
This Isn't Your Last Job: A Programmer's Perspective on Career Growth

A seasoned programmer shares his unique insights on career development: this isn't your last technology or job, regardless of your current stage. Using personal anecdotes, he highlights the importance of continuously learning new technologies (like Rust) and the necessity of changing jobs or roles to pursue career growth. He argues that adapting to industry shifts, embracing new technologies, and maintaining a continuous learning attitude are key to staying competitive throughout a long career, ultimately finding a long-term path that fits.

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(v5.chriskrycho.com)
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OpenAI's Reflections: A Rollercoaster Ride Towards AGI

2025-01-06

In a New Year's reflection, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman recounts the company's nine-year journey. From an underdog research lab to igniting the AI revolution with ChatGPT, OpenAI has experienced rapid growth and immense challenges. Altman shares insights into internal decision-making and his personal reflections on his unexpected firing, highlighting the importance of good governance and teamwork. He envisions the future of AGI and expresses confidence in its transformative potential, believing superintelligence will fundamentally reshape human society.

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(blog.samaltman.com)
AI

LogLayer: Unify Your JavaScript Logging

2025-01-06
LogLayer: Unify Your JavaScript Logging

LogLayer is a unifying layer for JavaScript logging libraries, providing a consistent logging experience. It supports multiple logging libraries (like Pino, Bunyan) and cloud services (like Datadog, New Relic), and allows extending functionality with plugins for features such as data filtering and redaction. Developers can easily add tags, metadata, and errors, and switch logging providers on the fly without changing application code.

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(loglayer.dev)
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LLMs Conquered: A Graveyard of AI Benchmarks

2025-01-06

Killedbyllm.com is a fascinating website documenting the rapid progress of Large Language Models (LLMs). It lists numerous benchmarks, from early reading comprehension tests to complex mathematical reasoning challenges, that have been surpassed by models like GPT-4 and LLaMa. The site serves as a testament to the breakneck speed of AI advancement, showcasing how previously insurmountable challenges have fallen to LLMs and prompting reflection on the future of AI.

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(r0bk.github.io)
AI Benchmarks

Global 6GHz Wi-Fi Spectrum Adoption Update

2025-01-06

The Wi-Fi Alliance has released an update on the global adoption of 6GHz Wi-Fi spectrum. The report shows many countries have approved or are considering approving the use of 6GHz Wi-Fi in the 5925-7125MHz band, promising significant improvements in Wi-Fi speed and capacity. The US has completed a three-stage spectrum allocation, while Europe is primarily focusing on the 5945-6425MHz band. This report provides valuable information for vendors and users looking to deploy 6GHz Wi-Fi technology.

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(www.wi-fi.org)
Tech spectrum allocation Wi-Fi Alliance

OS/2's Demise: How IBM's Commitment Shaped Modern Software

2025-01-06
OS/2's Demise: How IBM's Commitment Shaped Modern Software

A retrospective on a 1995 Usenet post by Gordon Letwin, Microsoft's lead architect on the OS/2 project, reveals the true reason for OS/2's failure. It wasn't the lack of native applications, but IBM's commitment to designing OS/2 for 286 machines already sold, missing the opportunity to embrace the 386 processor and its potential. This allowed Windows 3.0 to rise and dominate the market. The article argues that IBM's adherence to customer promises, while seemingly responsible, ultimately led to OS/2's downfall and profoundly impacted the direction of modern software, such as the ever-increasing size of programs.

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(www.theregister.com)
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Microsoft's Windows 365 Link: A Cloud-Based Cage?

2025-01-06
Microsoft's Windows 365 Link: A Cloud-Based Cage?

Microsoft is about to release a new device called Windows 365 Link, essentially a locked-down cloud terminal with no local admin rights, data storage, or apps. The author expresses concern that this gives Microsoft complete control over users' computers, accompanied by hefty monthly fees. This exacerbates existing worries about loss of PC control and predicts mountains of e-waste after a few years of corporate use.

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(cheapskatesguide.org)
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Chip-8 Emulator Intro: Building a Retro Game Console in Code

2025-01-06

This article introduces Chip-8, a simple virtual game console system, and explains how to build its emulator. It clearly explains binary, hexadecimal, and how Chip-8 instructions work, providing the foundational knowledge for building an emulator. The author guides the reader step-by-step, from simple to more complex instructions, explaining the inner workings of Chip-8, making it a great resource for those interested in retro gaming consoles and emulator technology.

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(www.emulationonline.com)
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Duolicious: The Open-Source Dating App Revolution

2025-01-05
Duolicious: The Open-Source Dating App Revolution

Duolicious, claiming the title of world's most popular open-source dating app (by monthly active users), offers a unique approach to finding love. Leveraging a question bank of over 2000 prompts, it delves deep into user personalities to match them with compatible individuals. Rejecting shallow swiping and liking, Duolicious fosters genuine connections through original messaging. Completely free and ad-free, it's sustained by community donations and code contributions. Both the front-end and back-end code are open-source, inviting developers to contribute.

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(github.com)
Game dating app AI matching

ESET Recommends Linux as Windows 10 Support Ends

2025-01-05
ESET Recommends Linux as Windows 10 Support Ends

With the end of Windows 10 support looming, ESET warns of significant security risks for millions still using the OS. They recommend upgrading to Windows 11, but suggest a Linux distribution as an alternative for older hardware that can't be upgraded. The article also discusses the high cost of Microsoft's Extended Security Updates (ESU) for Windows 10 and the potential for cybercriminals to exploit this situation.

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(www.neowin.net)
Tech Security Risks

Kakizome: A Japanese New Year's Tradition of Reflection and Intention

2025-01-05

Kakizome is a Japanese New Year's tradition where one writes calligraphy expressing their aspirations for the year. The author shares their family's practice and connects it to CGP Grey's idea of setting yearly themes instead of resolutions, focusing on long-term trends. Their 2025 theme, "温故知新" (onkochishin – learning new things based on the past), reflects a commitment to revisiting fundamentals amidst information overload. This post blends cultural insights with practical advice on goal setting and self-improvement.

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(harimus.github.io)
Misc Japanese Culture New Year's Tradition Goal Setting

srsRAN: Open Source 4G/5G Software Defined Radio

2025-01-05
srsRAN: Open Source 4G/5G Software Defined Radio

srsRAN is an open-source collection of 4G and 5G software radio applications developed by SRS. Implemented in portable C++ with minimal third-party dependencies, srsRAN runs on Linux with off-the-shelf compute and radio hardware. The srsRAN Project features a complete O-RAN native 5G RAN CU+DU, and a full-stack 4G network implementation covering UE, eNodeB, and EPC. The project is hosted on GitHub with comprehensive documentation and an active community forum.

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(github.com)
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My Simpsons Fan Site, Twenty Years Later

2025-01-05
My Simpsons Fan Site, Twenty Years Later

The author excitedly republishes their Simpsons fan site, originally created twenty years ago. This isn't just a website relaunch; it's a nostalgic trip down memory lane and a heartfelt tribute to the past. The post details the site's creation and the dramatic changes in technology and the internet landscape over two decades, showcasing the author's enduring love for The Simpsons.

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(www.bingeclock.com)
Misc nostalgia fan site The Simpsons

The Salem Tomato Trial: How a Fruit Was Once Considered Sinful

2025-01-05
The Salem Tomato Trial: How a Fruit Was Once Considered Sinful

For centuries, the tomato wasn't the beloved kitchen staple we know today. In Europe, it was associated with sin and poison, partly due to lead leaching from pewter plates reacting with the tomato's acidity. The misconception linked it to mandrake, a plant with aphrodisiac properties in folklore. This changed in 1820 when Colonel Robert Gibbon Johnson famously ate a tomato in Salem, New Jersey, to dispel the myth and pave the way for its widespread acceptance in American cuisine.

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(www.thevintagenews.com)
Misc tomato history food culture historical misconception

The Secret of Elite Sales: It's Not Skill, It's Emotional Manipulation

2025-01-05
The Secret of Elite Sales: It's Not Skill, It's Emotional Manipulation

The author recounts three encounters with elite salespeople: a con artist in an Iowa jail, a top performer in a telemarketing call center, and a master street beggar. The author discovers that top sales aren't about skill, but about manipulating customer emotions. They create demand with their words, skillfully navigating rejection to achieve sales targets. The author's personal experience reveals the brutal reality of the sales industry and its impact on individuals and society. The article explores the evolution of sales from a respected profession to a pervasive force shaping modern life, where everyone is constantly selling themselves.

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(slate.com)
Startup sales techniques emotional manipulation psychology

Remote Code Execution on a Synth via MIDI Shellcode: Bad Apple on an LCD

2025-01-05

A hacker achieved remote code execution on a Yamaha PSR-E433 synthesizer using its MIDI interface. Through reverse engineering, they created a shell accessible via MIDI SysEx messages. This shell allowed them to manipulate the synth's memory, ultimately resulting in a Bad Apple video playing on its LCD screen. The project involved intricate JTAG debugging, firmware analysis, ARM assembly programming, and clever memory manipulation techniques. This impressive feat showcases a deep understanding of embedded systems reverse engineering.

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(psi3.ru)
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Building a Polite and Fast Web Crawler: Lessons Learned

2025-01-05

Mozilla engineer Dennis Schubert found that 70% of Diaspora's server load stemmed from poorly-behaved bots, with OpenAI and Amazon contributing 40%. This article details the author's experience building a polite and fast web crawler, covering rate limiting, respecting robots.txt, minimizing refetching, and efficient enqueuing. Using Python and gevent, the author assigns a coroutine per domain for rate limiting and leverages Postgres for efficient queue management and deduplication. This design allows for fast and efficient crawling while respecting target websites.

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(cameronboehmer.com)
Development web crawler rate limiting concurrency

Axum 0.8.0 Released: Path Parameter Syntax and Optional Extractor Improvements

2025-01-05

Axum 0.8.0 is out! This Rust web framework built with Tokio, Tower, and Hyper boasts significant updates. The most notable changes include an altered path parameter syntax (from `/single` and `/*many` to `/{single}` and `/{*many}`) and improvements to `Option` extractors, enabling more flexible handling of optional parameters and errors. Additionally, due to Rust language feature updates, the `#[async_trait]` macro is no longer needed. These improvements enhance Axum's usability and flexibility, but also introduce breaking changes; careful migration is advised. Consult the changelog for details.

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(tokio.rs)
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Northeastern's Khoury Curriculum Redesign: Abandoning Fundamentals?

2025-01-05
Northeastern's Khoury Curriculum Redesign: Abandoning Fundamentals?

Northeastern University's Khoury College of Computer Sciences is overhauling its curriculum, eliminating foundational courses like Fundies 1, Fundies 2, and Object-Oriented Design. This op-ed argues that this change abandons core computer science principles in favor of chasing the currently popular Python language, neglecting the crucial development of systematic program design skills. The author fears this will lower educational quality, hindering the production of competent software developers and potentially harming the long-term prospects of Northeastern's computer science program.

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(huntnewsnu.com)
Development Computer Science Education Curriculum Reform Programming Education

AI Spear Phishing: A 50%+ Success Rate Shocker

2025-01-05
AI Spear Phishing: A 50%+ Success Rate Shocker

A chilling study reveals that AI-powered spear phishing campaigns using LLMs like GPT-4o and Claude 3.5 Sonnet achieve click-through rates exceeding 50%, drastically outperforming human-crafted emails and generic phishing attempts. Researchers automated the entire process, from target profiling using AI-driven web searches to crafting highly personalized phishing emails, resulting in a 50x cost reduction. This research highlights the significant cybersecurity threat posed by AI, exposing vulnerabilities in current defenses and demanding innovative countermeasures.

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(www.lesswrong.com)
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WireGuard Setup Complexity: A Guide from Simple to Advanced

2025-01-05

This blog post explores various WireGuard setup complexities, ranging from the simplest, with completely isolated internal IP address spaces, to the most challenging 'VPN' setup where some endpoints are accessible both inside and outside the WireGuard tunnel. The author details the difficulty and potential issues of each setup, such as routing conflicts and recursive routing. The article stresses the importance of upfront planning and suggests opting for simpler configurations to avoid complex routing when designing a WireGuard environment.

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(utcc.utoronto.ca)
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Sequin: Coordinating Change Data Capture in Postgres with Watermarks

2025-01-05
Sequin: Coordinating Change Data Capture in Postgres with Watermarks

Sequin is a real-time change data capture (CDC) tool that streams changes from Postgres to destinations like Kafka and SQS. This article dives into how Sequin elegantly solves the complex problem of simultaneously performing full table capture and incremental change capture. By employing a watermarking mechanism, Sequin coordinates two data streams, preventing data loss or duplication and ensuring data consistency. Sequin uses a chunked capture strategy, processing tables in smaller batches for efficiency and reduced memory usage.

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(blog.sequinstream.com)
Development Change Data Capture Data Consistency

Akamai Decommissions China CDN Services, Partners with Tencent Cloud and Wangsu

2025-01-05

Akamai announced that it will decommission its China CDN services on June 30, 2026. To ensure a smooth transition, Akamai has partnered with Tencent Cloud and Wangsu Science & Technology to provide alternative solutions. Akamai will act as a reseller, offering migration services and support to help customers transition seamlessly to the new solutions and ensure compliance with evolving Chinese regulations. All existing China CDN customers must complete the transition by June 30, 2026.

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(content.akamai.com)
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Musk: Straight to Mars, the Moon is a Distraction

2025-01-05
Musk: Straight to Mars, the Moon is a Distraction

Elon Musk has publicly criticized NASA's Artemis program, calling it inefficient and prioritizing jobs over results. He declared SpaceX is going straight to Mars, deeming the Moon a distraction. Given Musk's advisory role in the Trump administration and influence on NASA's new administrator, his statement carries significant weight. While Artemis likely won't be scrapped, NASA may adopt a dual-track approach, pursuing both lunar and Martian exploration. SpaceX and Blue Origin are expected to play key roles in this revised strategy.

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(arstechnica.com)
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Efficient Linux System Call Interception: Beyond the Inefficiencies of ptrace

2025-01-05

This article introduces a more efficient method for intercepting Linux system calls than ptrace: seccomp user notify. Leveraging BPF filters, it returns only for desired system calls, significantly reducing performance overhead. The author uses their tool, copycat, as an example, demonstrating how to intercept open() system calls to achieve file replacement. The article details the seccomp user notify mechanism, including BPF filter creation and system call argument handling. Security and potential issues, such as TOCTOU attacks, are also discussed.

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(blog.mggross.com)
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