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Computer Science Unemployment: The Boom's Bust?

2025-06-02
Computer Science Unemployment: The Boom's Bust?

Despite its popularity, computer science boasts a surprisingly high unemployment rate. A recent report places it seventh among undergraduate majors, with 6.1% unemployment. The tech boom fueled demand, but subsequent layoffs at giants like Amazon and Google have shifted the landscape. Experts attribute this to an oversupply of graduates lacking real-world experience, coupled with rising industry demands and a shrinking entry-level market. The 'get rich quick' narrative surrounding coding is clashing with harsh economic realities.

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(www.newsweek.com)
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Blocking All Crawlers Backfired: A robots.txt Lesson and Open Graph Protocol Deep Dive

2025-07-17
Blocking All Crawlers Backfired: A robots.txt Lesson and Open Graph Protocol Deep Dive

To protect blog data, the author blocked all crawlers via robots.txt, unintentionally breaking LinkedIn post previews and reducing reach. The LinkedIn Post Inspector revealed that robots.txt prevented the LinkedIn bot from accessing page metadata (Open Graph Protocol) needed for previews. Fixing the robots.txt file resolved the issue. This experience led to learning about the Open Graph Protocol and highlighted the importance of thoroughly testing code changes.

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(evgeniipendragon.com)
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The Decline of MSN: A Tech Giant's Fall From Grace?

2025-01-05

Once a dominant force in the internet landscape, MSN has faded into relative obscurity. It holds a significant place in the memories of many, serving as a gateway to the internet for a generation through instant messaging and its portal site. However, the rise of mobile internet and the emergence of new social media platforms led to MSN's decline, highlighting the importance of constant innovation even for industry leaders.

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(www.msn.com)
Misc internet history technological change

The Untold Story of the Mac OS X Dock

2025-01-14
The Untold Story of the Mac OS X Dock

On January 5th, 2000, Steve Jobs unveiled Mac OS X's Aqua interface, prominently featuring the Dock. This article recounts the story behind its creation. James Thomson, a programmer, reveals how he translated designer Bas Ording's Macromind Director prototypes into functional code. Thomson's prior work on a similar application, DragThing, landed him the Apple job. He recounts being secretly recruited in Ireland for project 'Überbar' (the Dock), ultimately 'killing off' his own DragThing. This inside look reveals details of Mac OS X's early development and the power of individual contributions in technological progress.

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(daringfireball.net)
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Sniffly: A Local Dashboard for Analyzing Claude Code Logs

2025-08-31
Sniffly: A Local Dashboard for Analyzing Claude Code Logs

Sniffly is a locally-run tool that analyzes your Claude Code logs to help you improve your usage. It identifies errors made by Claude Code, allowing you to learn from mistakes and share your instructions with coworkers. Sniffly features a shareable dashboard showing project stats and instructions, with customizable options like port and auto-browser settings. All data processing is local, ensuring privacy and security.

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(github.com)
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Europe's First Exascale Supercomputer, Jupiter: An Nvidia-Powered Beast with Arm Aspirations

2025-06-14
Europe's First Exascale Supercomputer, Jupiter: An Nvidia-Powered Beast with Arm Aspirations

The Forschungszentrum Jülich's long-awaited exascale supercomputer, Jupiter, has finally debuted on the Top500 list. This hybrid CPU-GPU machine, built by Eviden and ParTec, boasts a GPU booster module that ranked fourth in the June HPL benchmark. While heavily reliant on Nvidia GPUs and interconnect technology, Jupiter incorporates a Universal Cluster module based on SiPearl's Rhea1 Arm CPU, signifying a move towards European HPC independence. However, reaching the full exascale FP64 performance goal requires further expansion of GPU nodes. The €500 million project highlights the substantial investment in high-performance computing, with a significant portion allocated to hardware and software.

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(www.nextplatform.com)
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Lightweight, Ad-Free Jetpack Compose Compass App

2025-06-02
Lightweight, Ad-Free Jetpack Compose Compass App

MBCompass is a lightweight compass app built with Jetpack Compose. Unlike most compass apps burdened with ads and unnecessary features, MBCompass prioritizes accuracy and efficiency. It uses the device's magnetometer and accelerometer for real-time geomagnetic field updates. Features include displaying the user's current location (using OpenStreetMap), light/dark theme support, magnetic strength display, keep screen on, landscape orientation, smooth compass rotation, and sensor fusion for improved accuracy. Importantly, it's completely free, ad-free, and without in-app purchases.

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(github.com)
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The Streaming Golden Age is Over?

2025-09-17
The Streaming Golden Age is Over?

From Netflix's rise to the 2023 writer's strike, the streaming industry has undergone dramatic upheaval. Initially, high-budget "prestige TV" dominated, but Netflix's stock plunge and economic uncertainty led to industry contraction and slashed production budgets. Now, high-quality shows are scarcer, replaced by low-cost non-fiction programming. Viewers are turning to free platforms like YouTube, signaling an impending wave of streaming consolidation.

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(www.statsignificant.com)
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Arctic Rescue: A 1984 Beluga Whale Epic

2025-02-11
Arctic Rescue: A 1984 Beluga Whale Epic

In 1984, amidst the icy grip of the Cold War, thousands of beluga whales found themselves trapped in 12-foot-thick ice in the Chukchi Sea. Facing certain death, a remarkable rescue unfolded. Local hunters, aided by the Soviet icebreaker Moskva, bravely navigated treacherous conditions. Using music (classical music proved particularly effective!), they guided the terrified whales to open water. This real-life 'Free Willy' story highlights humanity's capacity for compassion and the unexpected power of music, offering a touching counterpoint to the chilling backdrop of the Cold War.

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(todayinhistory.blog)
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Anthropic's Claude: Fair Use vs. Piracy in AI Training

2025-07-07
Anthropic's Claude: Fair Use vs. Piracy in AI Training

Anthropic, in training its AI chatbot Claude, "destructively scanned" millions of copyrighted books and downloaded millions of pirated ones. A judge ruled that using purchased books for training constituted fair use, but using pirated books was copyright infringement. This case, a landmark ruling on AI training data, highlights the ongoing debate about the ethical sourcing of training data for large language models.

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(www.businessinsider.com)
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Floppotron 3.0: A 512-Floppy-Drive Orchestra Upgrade

2025-02-11

The Floppotron 3.0 is here! This massive hardware orchestra, featuring 512 floppy disk drives, 4 scanners, and 16 hard disk drives, has undergone a major upgrade. This enhanced version boasts increased scale and capabilities, incorporating custom electronic circuits and a completely rewritten firmware. The article details its operational principles, construction, and sound generation, explaining the intricacies of the floppy disk drive wall, scanners, and hard drives, and how MIDI controls them to produce music. It also addresses the significant power consumption and the power supply solution, along with plans for future instrument additions.

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(silent.org.pl)
Hardware Creation

MCP Tools with Dependent Types: A Defold Editor Experiment

2025-08-18

This post details an experiment using a Large Language Model (LLM) within the Defold game editor. The author initially attempted to use Claude to directly manipulate Lua code, but faced low accuracy. The proposed solution involved using JSON Schemas to define tool inputs, but this ran into a limitation: the inability to implement dependent types within the Model-Code-Prompt (MCP) framework. This means the structure of tool input depends on runtime information. For example, editing 3D models requires different properties depending on the chosen material. The solution is a two-step process: the LLM selects a resource, the program looks up its data structure and constructs a JSON Schema; then, the LLM uses this schema to generate edits. The author suggests MCP should support dependent types to handle complex data more effectively.

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(vlaaad.github.io)
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Why Important Open Source Projects Shouldn't Use GitHub

2025-04-15

Thousands of crucial open-source projects remain on GitHub despite Microsoft's acquisition, raising serious concerns about control and security. The author argues that Microsoft's past hostility towards open source and its acquisitions like npm reveal a strategy of control, not genuine support. The article urges migration to self-hosted Git servers or independent alternatives like Codeberg, NotABug, and sourcehut to ensure independence and security, preventing reliance on a single entity—Microsoft—for the fate of vital code.

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(unixdigest.com)
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The Rise and Fall (and Rise?) of `<blink>` and `<marquee>`

2025-06-08
The Rise and Fall (and Rise?) of `<blink>` and `<marquee>`

Remember blinking text and marquees on websites? This article dives into the quirky history of the `` and `` HTML tags, popular in the 90s. From their accidental inception in Netscape Navigator 2.0 to Internet Explorer's innovative (and arguably atrocious) `` tag, the story explores their bizarre compatibility issues and how they defined – and sometimes undermined – early web design. While obsolete today, their impact on web development is undeniable.

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(danq.me)
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Anthropic Unveils Claude 4: Next-Gen Models for Coding and Advanced Reasoning

2025-05-22
Anthropic Unveils Claude 4: Next-Gen Models for Coding and Advanced Reasoning

Anthropic has launched Claude Opus 4 and Claude Sonnet 4, setting a new bar for coding, advanced reasoning, and AI agents. Opus 4 is touted as the world's best coding model, excelling in complex, long-running tasks and agent workflows. Sonnet 4 significantly improves upon its predecessor, offering superior coding and reasoning with more precise instruction following. The launch also includes extended thinking with tool use (beta), new model capabilities (parallel tool use, improved memory), the general availability of Claude Code (with GitHub Actions, VS Code, and JetBrains integrations), and four new Anthropic API features. Both models are available via the Anthropic API, Amazon Bedrock, and Google Cloud's Vertex AI.

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(www.anthropic.com)
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OpenBSD Adds Raspberry Pi 5 Support, but with Known Issues

2025-09-02

A recent OpenBSD update adds support for RAMDISK on the Raspberry Pi 5 Model B. However, there are known issues: booting from PCIe storage HATs doesn't work (due to missing U-Boot support), WiFi on the Raspberry Pi 5 Model B "d0" boards is broken, and the active cooler (fan) doesn't function due to missing pwm/clock drivers (work in progress).

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(marc.info)
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Excel World Championship: The Super Bowl for Nerds

2025-01-27
Excel World Championship: The Super Bowl for Nerds

The first-ever Microsoft Excel World Championship took place in Las Vegas, attracting spreadsheet masters from around the globe. The competition, formatted like an e-sport, saw contestants battling it out on stage with complex Excel formula challenges for a cash prize and a championship belt. The event's popularity surprised many, with a packed audience and ESPN3 livestream, showcasing the unexpected appeal and competitive spirit surrounding spreadsheet skills in the modern world.

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(www.straitstimes.com)
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OpenTelemetry Distributed Tracing: Unraveling App Performance with Traces and Spans

2025-08-31
OpenTelemetry Distributed Tracing: Unraveling App Performance with Traces and Spans

This guide dives deep into OpenTelemetry's core distributed tracing concepts: Traces and Spans. A Trace represents the entire journey of a single request, while Spans are individual timed steps within that journey. Using clear language and helpful diagrams, the guide explains how to structure Traces and Spans, propagate context, and implement them in Node.js/TypeScript. It also covers best practices, common anti-patterns, and correlation with metrics and logs, empowering developers to build efficient and reliable distributed systems.

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(oneuptime.com)
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Duolingo's AI Pivot Backfires: CEO's Damage Control Fails to Soothe Angry Users

2025-05-26
Duolingo's AI Pivot Backfires: CEO's Damage Control Fails to Soothe Angry Users

Duolingo CEO Luis von Ahn's announcement of an AI-first strategy, involving the dismissal of numerous contractors, sparked significant user backlash. His subsequent attempt at clarification on LinkedIn failed to address core concerns, further fueling the outrage. Von Ahn claimed AI will revolutionize workflows, necessitating proactive adaptation, contradicting his earlier emphasis on AI's vital role in Duolingo's growth. While denying plans to replace full-time employees, he overlooked the plight of contractors, highlighting Silicon Valley's common practice of using contract work to circumvent employee rights. The explanation ultimately failed to quell the anger, exposing growing tensions between tech companies and their users and raising ethical and social concerns surrounding AI implementation.

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(htxt.co.za)
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Musk Claims Social Security Pays 150-Year-Olds; COBOL Bug Likely Culprit

2025-02-15

Elon Musk claimed his DOGE team found Social Security beneficiaries around 150 years old. While this sparked debate, a likely explanation is a date calculation error in the system's outdated COBOL programming. Older COBOL versions use May 20, 1875, as a baseline; missing birthdates default to this date, creating the illusion of 150-year-old recipients. This highlights data handling issues with legacy systems and the importance of accurate data interpretation.

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(slashdot.org)
Tech Social Security

Samsung and Google's Eclipsa Audio Takes on Dolby Atmos

2025-01-04
Samsung and Google's Eclipsa Audio Takes on Dolby Atmos

Samsung and Google are launching Eclipsa Audio, a new spatial audio format designed to compete with Dolby Atmos. Launching later this year on select YouTube videos, it will be supported on Samsung's 2025 TV and soundbar lineup. Eclipsa Audio offers a royalty-free, open-source alternative to Dolby Atmos, promising similar 3D audio capabilities without licensing fees. This move mirrors Samsung's previous competitive strategies in HDR technology, highlighting their ongoing push for open standards.

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(www.theverge.com)
Tech spatial audio Dolby Atmos

The Cannae Problem: How Success Breeds Failure

2025-05-02
The Cannae Problem: How Success Breeds Failure

This essay uses the catastrophic Roman defeat at the Battle of Cannae as a case study to explore the 'Cannae Problem': how an organization's conventional wisdom and past successes can become the seeds of its destruction. The Roman army, with its standardized and efficient military system, achieved countless victories, yet suffered a devastating defeat at the hands of Hannibal's ingenious tactics. Hannibal exploited the Romans' overconfidence and ingrained mental models, turning their strengths into weaknesses, ultimately achieving a decisive victory. The essay analyzes the cognitive biases that led the Roman army into the Cannae trap, including confirmation bias, the curse of expertise, normalization of deviance, and groupthink. Furthermore, it cites modern examples of companies like Kodak, Blockbuster, and Nokia that failed due to the Cannae Problem, and proposes methods to avoid this trap, such as implementing red teams, studying near misses, rewarding productive dissent, and developing multiple mental models. Ultimately, the essay emphasizes the importance of learning from the lessons of the Cannae Problem, avoiding the blind application of past successes to the future, and remaining vigilant against the limitations of one's own mental models.

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(www.joanwestenberg.com)
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California Grid Runs on 100% Renewables for Record 98 Days

2025-01-01
California Grid Runs on 100% Renewables for Record 98 Days

A new study reveals that California's main grid ran on over 100% renewable energy (wind, water, solar) for a record 98 out of 116 days in 2024, without blackouts or increased costs. Solar output surged 31%, wind power rose 8%, and battery storage saw a staggering 105% increase, supplying up to 12% of nighttime demand. The study debunks the myth that renewables cause high electricity prices, attributing California's high costs to other factors. The findings demonstrate the feasibility and reliability of large-scale renewable energy grids, offering a compelling case for global clean energy transition.

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(electrek.co)
Tech California grid

My Keyboard Odyssey: Maltron vs. MoErgo Glove80

2025-07-23

After years of hand pain from using traditional keyboards, the author tried both Maltron and MoErgo Glove80 ergonomic keyboards. While the Maltron, despite its dated looks, offered a superior thumbpad design for ergonomic comfort, the Glove80, though customizable, suffered from less-than-ideal thumbpad placement and key latency issues. Ultimately, the author returned to the Maltron, highlighting the often-overlooked importance of thumbpad design in ergonomic keyboards.

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(tratt.net)
Hardware keyboard design

Liana Pandemic Threatens Tropical Rainforests: Visible from Space

2025-05-11
Liana Pandemic Threatens Tropical Rainforests: Visible from Space

A new study reveals a dramatic surge in lianas in tropical rainforests, jeopardizing carbon storage and biodiversity. Lianas, which spread rapidly and outcompete trees for resources, are increasing by 10-24% per decade. This is linked to rising atmospheric CO2 levels, as lianas benefit disproportionately from increased CO2. The resulting tree mortality and hampered forest regeneration lead to a 95% reduction in carbon storage. Surprisingly, their unique leaf properties make lianas detectable from space, opening new avenues for monitoring their spread. Researchers urge a focus on climate change mitigation and caution against intervention until the lianas' full ecological role is understood.

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(phys.org)
Tech tropical rainforest lianas

Dust's Query Tables: Empowering AI Agents with Structured Data Analysis

2025-03-18
Dust's Query Tables: Empowering AI Agents with Structured Data Analysis

Dust built Query Tables, a powerful AI agent tool that enables SQL querying of structured data. Starting with CSV file support, it evolved to include Notion databases, Google Sheets, and Office 365 spreadsheets, culminating in connections to enterprise data warehouses like Snowflake and BigQuery. A unified abstraction layer allows users to query diverse data sources using the same SQL interface, even combining data from different sources for analysis. Future plans include Salesforce integration to further expand its data analysis capabilities.

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(blog.dust.tt)
AI AI agent structured data SQL query

The Unexpected Birth of the First Microcontroller: It Wasn't Rocket Science, It Was Calculators

2025-01-08
The Unexpected Birth of the First Microcontroller: It Wasn't Rocket Science, It Was Calculators

This article tells the story of the first microcontroller's creation. It wasn't born from a high-tech project, but rather from Texas Instruments engineer Gary Boone's burnout and family issues. To address the need for customized calculator chips, Boone and his colleagues designed the TMS1802NC, a single-chip calculator containing a processor, memory (RAM and ROM), and I/O—essentially the first microcontroller. Released in 1971, it predated the Intel 4004 microprocessor by two months. This unexpected development not only solved Boone's personal problems but also ushered in a new era for microcontrollers.

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(www.eejournal.com)
Hardware microcontroller Texas Instruments

Sunset on the British Empire? The Chagos Archipelago Sovereignty Dispute

2025-09-01
Sunset on the British Empire? The Chagos Archipelago Sovereignty Dispute

The UK government's plan to cede sovereignty of the Chagos Archipelago, including the crucial British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT), to Mauritius has sparked a complex international dispute. BIOT's existence is vital for maintaining the symbolic 'never-setting sun' of the British Empire, as it remains sunlit when the UK is in darkness. However, the plan faces challenges from Mauritius's new government and the new US administration, which uses Diego Garcia's military base. This article explores BIOT's strategic importance, its comparison to the Sovereign Base Areas (SBAs) in Cyprus, and the potential consequences of a 'sunset' scenario. Loss of BIOT's sovereignty could leave the symbolic 'never-setting sun' reliant on the SBAs, which are geographically and strategically less significant.

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(oikofuge.com)
Misc territorial sovereignty
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