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SQL-tString: Secure SQL Query Construction in Python

2025-05-16

SQL-tString: Secure SQL Query Construction in Python

SQL-tString is a robust Python library enabling the construction of SQL queries using t-strings (similar to f-strings) while preventing SQL injection vulnerabilities. It supports parameterized queries, handles optional parameters and NULL value conditions, and flexibly adapts to various database dialects (supporting qmark and $ paramstyles). It's also backward compatible with Python 3.12 and 3.13.

(github.com)

Development SQL Injection Prevention Parameterized Queries

Stack AI Hiring 10x Frontend Engineers to Democratize AI

2025-05-30

Stack AI Hiring 10x Frontend Engineers to Democratize AI

Stack AI, a Y Combinator and Gradient Ventures-backed AI startup founded by two MIT PhDs, is looking for 10x frontend engineers! They're building a user-friendly, no-code platform that democratizes access to large language models, enabling anyone to build impactful AI applications. Integrating top AI models (OpenAI, Anthropic, Google) and various data sources, Stack AI boasts over 85,000 users and 300+ paying customers. The role requires proficiency in React, TypeScript, and a strong UX focus. If you're passionate about AI and thrive in a dynamic startup environment, this is your chance to make a real impact.

(www.ycombinator.com)

Development

UK Police to Expand Use of Facial Recognition Tech, Sparking Controversy

2025-08-14

UK Police to Expand Use of Facial Recognition Tech, Sparking Controversy

The UK government plans to deploy 10 facial recognition vans across seven police forces in England to help identify sex offenders and those wanted for serious crimes. This has sparked concerns from human rights groups who argue the technology is discriminatory and prone to misidentification, potentially leading to wrongful arrests. While the government cites independent testing showing accuracy and no ethnic bias, critics point to evidence suggesting lower accuracy for people of color. A public consultation and new legal framework are promised, but rights groups call for the immediate scrapping of the plan until adequate safeguards are in place.

(news.sky.com)

Tech policing

Smell Test Predicts Female Friendships

2025-04-26

Smell Test Predicts Female Friendships

A new study reveals that women can predict whether they'll befriend someone else by smelling their worn T-shirts. In the study, 40 female volunteers participated in a 'speed-friending' event where they first rated each other's photos, then smelled each other's worn T-shirts, and finally interacted face-to-face. Results showed a strong correlation between odor-based friendship potential assessments and those made after face-to-face interactions, suggesting a subconscious role of scent in friendship formation. While the study was limited to college-aged heterosexual women, it opens avenues for future research into the interplay of olfaction and social relationships.

(arstechnica.com)

Misc smell

China's Clinical Trial Boom: A Case Study in Regulatory Reform

2025-04-28

China's Clinical Trial Boom: A Case Study in Regulatory Reform

China's pharmaceutical industry is undergoing a dramatic transformation, with a massive surge in clinical trials in recent years. This explosion is attributed to government reforms that have lowered barriers to market entry, streamlined approval processes, and accelerated drug development. Compared to the U.S., China's clinical trials are faster and cheaper, attracting significant international investment and fueling a biotech boom. This success story offers valuable lessons for other countries, highlighting the crucial role of streamlined regulation and efficiency in driving pharmaceutical innovation.

(www.asimov.press)

Tech pharmaceutical development China reform

GM and LG Team Up on Cheaper, Safer EV Batteries

2025-05-14

GM and LG Team Up on Cheaper, Safer EV Batteries

General Motors is partnering with LG to develop lithium manganese-rich (LMR) batteries for its electric trucks and SUVs. These batteries promise to be safer, more energy-dense, and less expensive than current technology. GM aims to be the first automaker to deploy LMR batteries commercially in the US by 2028, beating Ford's 2030 target. The LMR approach uses more manganese, reducing reliance on expensive cobalt and potentially lowering EV costs significantly. While challenges like capacity fade exist, GM is confident it has mitigated these risks, projecting a 400-mile range for vehicles using this technology. This move is crucial in reducing EV costs and accelerating adoption.

(www.theverge.com)

Tech EV batteries LMR batteries

Drone Footage Reveals the Perilous Climb of an 1115ft Radio Tower

2025-01-05

Engineer Aaron Cox recently captured stunning drone footage of a daring antenna inspection on an 1115ft radio tower. The video showcases the meticulous work of professional tower climbers, highlighting their expertise and commitment to safety. This inspection was crucial for maintaining a multi-million dollar antenna system, preventing potential failures that could cause widespread broadcast outages. The tower houses equipment for ten radio stations, demonstrating the complexity of modern broadcast infrastructure. The video provides a rare glimpse into the dangerous world of high-altitude work and the sophisticated technology behind radio and TV broadcasts.

(www.jeffgeerling.com)

Tech Broadcast Engineering High-Altitude Work Technical Maintenance

Qweremin: A C64-Based Qwerty Theremin Blends Old and New

2025-09-01

Following a 2022 C64-based theremin project, the author created the Qweremin, a novel instrument merging the classic theremin with a qwerty keyboard. The Qweremin addresses the theremin's notorious difficulty, improving volume control precision and responsiveness using external DACs. The article also recounts a chance encounter with legendary game composer Rob Hubbard, resulting in an autographed clamp for the instrument.

(www.linusakesson.net)

Hardware electronic instrument

Peruvian Identity and Inca Art: A Century-Old Debate

2025-06-11

Peruvian Identity and Inca Art: A Century-Old Debate

In 1930, the Lima National School of Fine Arts' introduction of an Inca art course ignited a fierce controversy. Painter Antonino Espinosa Saldaña publicly denounced the existence of Inca art, arguing it lacked aesthetic merit. This debate centered on the construction of modern Peruvian national identity and the place of Indigenous people in society. The Indigenist art movement sought to ground Peru's artistic future in the pre-Columbian past, overlooking the artistic legacy of Spanish colonial rule. This seemingly innocuous art class reflected deep cultural contradictions and identity crises within Peruvian society.

(publicdomainreview.org)

Design Inca art national identity

Meta's AI Talent Raid on Apple Continues: Apple's Foundation Models Team in Turmoil

2025-07-18

Meta's AI Talent Raid on Apple Continues: Apple's Foundation Models Team in Turmoil

Meta has poached two more key artificial intelligence executives from Apple, following the earlier high-profile recruitment of a top AI leader with a massive compensation package. The latest hires come from Apple's foundational models team, responsible for features like email summaries and Priority Notifications. This latest talent drain suggests significant internal challenges within Apple's AI division, potentially leading to a shift towards using external models from companies like OpenAI to power Siri and other features.

(www.macrumors.com)

AI

Ariadne Suite: A Novel Tamper-Resistant Cryptographic Protocol

2025-06-23

Ariadne Suite: A Novel Tamper-Resistant Cryptographic Protocol

CipherNomad has released the Ariadne Suite, an open-source cryptographic protocol implemented in Rust designed for enhanced digital sovereignty. Its core innovation is a 'Labyrinth' structure and 'Thread' mechanism, enabling aperiodic cryptographic transformations that detect even minor data tampering. Currently in alpha and unaudited, it's not recommended for production use.

(codeberg.org)

Development

Netflix CEO: YouTube is a Training Ground, Come to Netflix for Monetization and De-risking

2025-03-31

Netflix CEO: YouTube is a Training Ground, Come to Netflix for Monetization and De-risking

Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos recently commented on the relationship between YouTube and Netflix. He views YouTube as a platform for creators to hone their skills and develop ideas, but lacking financial support. Netflix, on the other hand, offers funding, reduces creator risk, and provides better monetization avenues. He specifically highlighted creators producing high-quality content on YouTube without compensation, inviting them to join Netflix for payment and reduced risk.

(www.semafor.com)

Startup

Browser Extension: Redirect URLs with Regex

2025-06-01

Browser Extension: Redirect URLs with Regex

This browser extension (Firefox, Chrome, etc.) lets you redirect URLs based on custom regex or wildcard patterns. It's powerful for ad blocking, forcing desktop sites, streamlining DuckDuckGo searches, and more. Examples include redirecting YouTube Shorts to regular YouTube, or Google searches with !bangs to DuckDuckGo. Pre-built rules are included for common use cases.

(github.com)

Development URL redirect

AWS Launches European Sovereign Cloud Amidst Data Sovereignty Concerns

2025-06-03

AWS Launches European Sovereign Cloud Amidst Data Sovereignty Concerns

Responding to growing European distrust of American hyperscalers, Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced a new European organization boasting strong technical controls, sovereign assurances, and legal protections. This move addresses rising data sovereignty concerns fueled by US government policies and actions, leading European businesses to question storing data with US tech giants. The new European Sovereign Cloud will feature a locally controlled parent company and three German subsidiaries, along with an independent advisory board and security operations center to ensure data security and sovereignty. However, despite these measures, AWS remains subject to US law, potentially limiting its ability to fully protect customer data from government access.

(www.theregister.com)

Tech

25 Years of Blogging: A Retrospective on Interconnected

2025-02-26

25 Years of Blogging: A Retrospective on Interconnected

This post celebrates the 25th anniversary of the blog Interconnected. The author reflects on the evolution of blogging from a nascent social platform to a professional publishing tool and finally to a personal public notebook. He details how blogging shaped his career, relationships, and thinking, emphasizing the importance of independent blogs in an algorithm-driven internet. The author encourages readers to start their own blogs and shares his hopes for the future of this medium.

(interconnected.org)

Misc personal experience

Legendary Amateur Press Association Magazine Ceases Publication After Nearly 50 Years

2025-05-10

Legendary Amateur Press Association Magazine Ceases Publication After Nearly 50 Years

Alarums & Excursions, an amateur press association (APA) magazine founded in 1975, has ceased publication after nearly 50 years and over 590 issues. This long-running publication served as a platform for many prominent game designers and writers, including Greg Stafford, and won numerous 'best amateur magazine' awards. Its editor, Lee Gold, a legend in the field, was also a prolific RPG writer and novelist. While its closure is sad news, PDFs of all back issues are available for purchase.

(www.chaosium.com)

Game amateur press legendary figure

IBM's Executive Terminal: A Forgotten Chapter in Computing History

2024-12-13

IBM's Executive Terminal: A Forgotten Chapter in Computing History

A recently discovered 1968 videotape reveals IBM's previously unknown "Executive Terminal" system. Unlike Engelbart's "Mother of All Demos," which emphasized collaboration, this system created an information "war room" for top IBM executives. Executives used modified television sets to query information specialists, who then compiled information from various terminals and resources, presenting it visually to the executives. This showcases an alternative application of early computing technology within a hierarchical organization, contrasting sharply with the collaborative approach of the "Mother of All Demos." Together, they offer a fascinating glimpse into the early development of computing.

(spectrum.ieee.org)

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Tech Executive Terminal Computing History

MIT's Tactile Vega-Lite: Making Charts Accessible to the Visually Impaired

2025-04-09

MIT's Tactile Vega-Lite: Making Charts Accessible to the Visually Impaired

Researchers at MIT's CSAIL have developed Tactile Vega-Lite, a program that transforms data from sources like Excel spreadsheets into both standard visual charts and tactile charts. This tool streamlines the design process for tactile charts, incorporating design standards to help educators and designers quickly create accessible charts for the visually impaired. Users can easily understand information presented in various graphics, such as bar charts comparing minimum wages or line graphs tracking GDPs. Future improvements include a refined user interface and machine-specific customizations for enhanced usability and accuracy.

(news.mit.edu)

Development Tactile charts Data visualization

Changesets: Streamlining Versioning and Changelogs for Multi-Package Repositories

2025-05-01

Changesets: Streamlining Versioning and Changelogs for Multi-Package Repositories

Changesets is a tool designed to simplify versioning and changelog management, particularly for multi-package repositories. It allows contributors to declare how their changes should be released, then automates updating package versions, changelogs, and publishing new versions based on that information. Changesets excels at solving the complexities of managing versions in multi-package repositories, keeping interdependent packages up-to-date and simplifying changes across groups of packages. It uses changeset files to define release intents, and a CLI tool combines multiple changesets into a single release, handling internal dependencies, updating changelogs, and releasing all updated packages from a monorepo with a single command. Comprehensive documentation, CI integration recommendations, and a GitHub Action for automating versioning pull requests and publishing are also provided.

(github.com)

Development changelogs multi-package repositories

Crafting a Killer Programming Languages Conference Talk

2025-09-03

Crafting a Killer Programming Languages Conference Talk

This blog post distills advice on delivering impactful presentations at programming languages conferences. The core argument centers around the concept of 'value': a good talk informs the audience of the work's significance, educates them with valuable takeaways, and entertains them. The author proposes three common value proposition frameworks, highlighting the importance of conveying value due to the audience's limited time. A successful talk necessitates thorough preparation and practice, ultimately aiming to leave a lasting impression and ensure the audience remembers and appreciates the presented work.

(blog.sigplan.org)

Development academic presentations value proposition

NeurIPS'24: Anxiety and Shifts in the AI Job Market

2024-12-24

At NeurIPS'24, many graduating PhD students and postdocs expressed anxiety and frustration about the AI job market. This stems from the rapid development of deep learning over the past decade, where large tech companies aggressively recruited AI PhDs, offering lucrative salaries and research freedom. However, with the maturation and productization of technologies like large language models, the demand for PhDs has decreased, and universities have started training undergraduates and master's students in relevant skills. This shift has left many PhD students feeling left behind, their research direction out of sync with market demands, and their future career prospects uncertain. The author expresses understanding and apologies, noting that many important research directions in AI remain, beyond large language models.

(kyunghyuncho.me)

AI AI job market

GPT-3 Generates a Datasette Tutorial: An Astonishing Display of AI Writing Prowess

2025-05-10

The author used GPT-3 to generate a Datasette tutorial, and the results were astonishing. GPT-3 accurately described Datasette's functionality, installation steps, command-line parameters, and even API endpoints, although with minor inaccuracies. This article showcases GPT-3's powerful text generation capabilities and sparks reflection on AI's role in technical documentation and effective prompt engineering for optimal results. The generated marketing copy for a hypothetical 'Datasette Cloud' service was also surprisingly effective.

(simonwillison.net)

Development

Embracer Games Archive: Preserving Gaming History

2025-05-10

Embracer Games Archive: Preserving Gaming History

Embracer Games Archive aims to preserve video game history. Inspired by Embracer Group CEO Lars Wingefors's personal collection, the archive has grown alongside the company. Its goal is to collaborate with institutions, grassroots movements, journalists, researchers, publishers, and studios to preserve and document gaming history, ultimately benefiting the entire industry.

(embracergamesarchive.com)

Game

Intel Xe3 Architecture Deep Dive: Significant Improvements Target High-End Market

2025-03-19

Intel Xe3 Architecture Deep Dive: Significant Improvements Target High-End Market

Details of Intel's Xe3 GPU architecture have emerged, with software development visible across several open-source repositories. Xe3 boasts a potential maximum of 256 Xe Cores, significantly more than its predecessor, supporting up to 32,768 FP32 lanes. Improvements include 10 concurrent threads per XVE, flexible register allocation, increased scoreboard tokens, and a new gather-send instruction. Additionally, Xe3 introduces Sub-Triangle Opacity Culling (STOC), which subdivides triangles to reduce wasted shader work, enhancing ray tracing performance. These advancements bring Intel's architecture closer to AMD and Nvidia's in terms of performance and efficiency, signaling Intel's ambition in the high-end GPU market.

(chipsandcheese.com)

Hardware GPU Architecture

arXivLabs: Experimental Projects with Community Collaborators

2025-05-06

arXivLabs is a framework enabling collaborators to develop and share new arXiv features directly on the arXiv website. Individuals and organizations working with arXivLabs embrace our values of openness, community, excellence, and user data privacy. arXiv is committed to these values and only works with partners who adhere to them. Have an idea for a project that will benefit the arXiv community? Learn more about arXivLabs.

(arxiv.org)

Development

Say Goodbye to Tracking: Setting up a Pi-hole at Home

2025-05-05

Say Goodbye to Tracking: Setting up a Pi-hole at Home

Tired of constant online tracking and ads? This article guides you through setting up a Pi-hole, a DNS proxy running on a Raspberry Pi, to effectively block ads, trackers, and other malicious domains, protecting your network privacy. The author details the setup process, including hardware requirements, software installation, configuring domain blocklists, and advanced techniques like using iptables rules to prevent devices from bypassing DNS settings. The result? Significantly reduced network traffic and improved network security and online experience.

(den.dev)

Tech

Forget Wishful Thinking: Finding Real Needs with the PULL Framework – A Harsh Startup Truth

2025-08-05

Forget Wishful Thinking: Finding Real Needs with the PULL Framework – A Harsh Startup Truth

Many entrepreneurs are misled by concepts like 'pain points' and 'market needs,' ultimately losing their way. This author proposes a framework called PULL, emphasizing finding users with urgent problems and insufficient existing solutions, rather than chasing vague desires. The author criticizes the ineffectiveness of 'discovery interviews,' advocating that founders get hands-on experience, immersing themselves in users' workflows to truly understand their needs. He stresses that only actual customer purchases validate assumptions, not relying on so-called 'design partners.' Finally, the author presents a three-step validation method: building a hypothesis using the PULL framework, talking to potential customers, and adjusting and repeating based on the results.

(howtogrow.substack.com)

Startup

CoMaps: The Open-Source Navigation App Launches!

2025-07-03

CoMaps, a community-driven, open-source navigation app, is now available on Google Play Store, Apple App Store, and F-Droid! Offering offline search and route planning, battery-saving features, and a privacy-respecting design, CoMaps is completely free and ad-free. All decisions are made publicly and transparently, empowering the community. Download CoMaps today and experience navigation powered by the community!

(www.comaps.app)

Tech open-source navigation offline maps community-driven

Mutmut: A Powerful Mutation Testing Tool for Python

2025-05-26

Mutmut: A Powerful Mutation Testing Tool for Python

Mutmut is a user-friendly mutation testing system for Python. It helps developers identify gaps in their test suites, leading to higher code quality. Key features include incremental testing, parallel execution, and an interactive terminal UI. Users can easily run tests, browse mutants, apply mutants, and configure various settings such as paths to mutate, test directories, and files to exclude. Mutmut also offers optimizations for large codebases and extensive configuration options for diverse needs.

(github.com)

Development Mutation Testing

Dell Sheds 25,000 Jobs, Bets Big on AI

2025-03-26

Dell Sheds 25,000 Jobs, Bets Big on AI

Dell has cut 25,000 jobs globally over the past two years, a 19% reduction. This is linked to restructuring, layoffs, and Return-to-Office (RTO) mandates. Dell says these moves are to become a leaner company and prioritize investments in AI. While revenue grew 8% in fiscal 2024, Dell's stock is down 15% in 2025, and CEO Michael Dell's net worth has fallen by $16.6 billion. Notably, Dell maintains its commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion practices.

(www.businessinsider.com)

Tech

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