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Stolen Van Dyck Portrait Recovered After 73 Years

2025-03-29

In July 1951, Anthony van Dyck's Portrait of Wolfgang Wilhelm of Pfalz-Neuburg was stolen from Boughton House, Northamptonshire. This grisaille, one of thirty-seven oil sketches from van Dyck's Iconography series, embarked on a 73-year journey through the hands of experts, auctioneers, and collectors, spanning continents. A meticulous investigation, involving archival research and international collaboration, ultimately led to its return to Boughton House in 2024, revealing a captivating tale of theft, intrigue, and the persistent pursuit of justice.

(britishartjournal.co.uk)

Misc art theft Anthony van Dyck Boughton House

The End of Microservices Discussions: A Pointless Architectural Debate

2025-03-29

The End of Microservices Discussions: A Pointless Architectural Debate

The author recounts his frustration with endless debates about microservices during an architecture review meeting. He argues that the lack of a clear definition, the detachment from business goals, and the neglect of organizational changes render these discussions unproductive. Many discussions about microservices are actually about wanting cutting-edge technology rather than solving real-world problems. The author proposes abandoning abstract discussions about microservices and focusing on concrete challenges like faster feature deployments, reduced coupling, and solving bottlenecks. Microservices only work when organizational structure and processes support them; otherwise, they just add complexity.

(blog.container-solutions.com)

Development

The Naivete of Tech Geeks: Why Big Tech Lies and How to Fight Back

2025-03-29

The Naivete of Tech Geeks: Why Big Tech Lies and How to Fight Back

This article criticizes the naive trust many tech geeks place in large tech companies like Amazon and Apple. The author argues that claims of 'privacy protection' are largely marketing ploys, masking the core goal of data collection. Using examples like Alexa, Apple's privacy policies, and spam email, the article exposes how big tech exploits user naivety and reliance on marketing. The author calls on tech geeks to shed their naivete, avoid being misled by marketing, choose companies and open-source projects that genuinely prioritize privacy, and actively participate in building commons beyond the control of large tech corporations.

(ploum.net)

Tech

Stoffel VM: A Virtual Machine Optimized for Multi-Party Computation

2025-03-27

Stoffel VM: A Virtual Machine Optimized for Multi-Party Computation

Stoffel Virtual Machine is a work-in-progress virtual machine designed for optimizing multi-party computation (MPC). Currently, it boasts basic functionality, supporting various data types (integers, booleans, strings, objects, arrays, etc.) and a rich instruction set including arithmetic, bitwise operations, control flow, and function calls. It also supports Rust FFI for easy integration of high-performance features. Future plans include adding MPC support and garbage collection.

(github.com)

Development multi-party computation

Basecamp Ditches AWS S3, Builds 18PB Private Storage

2025-03-30

Basecamp Ditches AWS S3, Builds 18PB Private Storage

Basecamp, the company behind HEY and Basecamp, is leaving AWS S3 after a four-year contract expires on June 30th. They've built a private storage solution using Pure Storage, boasting 18PB of NVMe storage. An S3-compatible API simplifies the transition, although migrating 6PB of data will take roughly three weeks. This move avoids hefty S3 renewal fees, saving nearly $5 million over five years.

(world.hey.com)

Tech

Building Node.js with clang-cl on Windows: A Success Story

2025-03-28

The author recently successfully built Node.js using clang-cl on Windows, overcoming several compilation hurdles. The post details the process, including installing necessary Visual Studio components (C++ Clang compiler and MSBuild support for LLVM), configuring ccache for faster builds, and the final compilation steps. The author shares troubleshooting tips, such as reinstalling Visual Studio components and correctly setting the ccache path. This provides a valuable guide for Windows users looking to build Node.js with clang-cl, offering an alternative to the traditional MSVC build process.

(joyeecheung.github.io)

Development

Hexi: A Lightweight C++23 Library for Safe Binary Data Handling

2025-03-28

Hexi: A Lightweight C++23 Library for Safe Binary Data Handling

Hexi is a lightweight, header-only C++23 library for safely handling binary data from arbitrary sources (primarily network data). It bridges the gap between manually memcpying bytes and full-blown serialization libraries. Designed for ease of use, safety with untrusted data, flexibility, and minimal overhead, Hexi supports custom containers (including non-contiguous ones), exception handling, and bounds checking. Additional features include buffer types for binary files, static/dynamic buffers, and a thread-local block allocator.

(github.com)

Development Binary Data

Defense Secretary's Wife Spotted at Top-Secret Military Briefings

2025-03-30

Defense Secretary's Wife Spotted at Top-Secret Military Briefings

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's wife, Jennifer Rauchet, has been observed attending high-level military intelligence meetings, raising concerns about security protocols. This follows the Pentagon's Signal leak scandal where Hegseth added a journalist to a group chat discussing war plans. While spouses of senior officials often hold low-level clearances, the Pentagon has not confirmed Rauchet's clearance status. Adding to the controversy, Hegseth's brother, Phil, serves as a DHS liaison and has accompanied him on official trips, sparking debate about potential nepotism. The incidents have reignited questions about the security of America's military secrets and Hegseth's leadership.

(www.thedailybeast.com)

Tech military secrets nepotism

Unlocking Infantile Amnesia: A Year-Old's Hippocampus Lights Up

2025-03-25

Unlocking Infantile Amnesia: A Year-Old's Hippocampus Lights Up

A new study using fMRI scanned the brains of 26 infants aged 4 to 25 months, attempting to solve the century-old mystery of infantile amnesia. The research found that around the age of one, the hippocampus, responsible for memory formation, becomes active, generating neural signals related to things the infants remembered from tests. This suggests that babies begin encoding memories around the age of one, even as their hippocampus is still developing. The study provides valuable clues to understanding early brain development and memory formation, hinting that we may one day be able to retrieve lost memories from our infancy.

(singularityhub.com)

AI infantile amnesia hippocampus memory formation

Firefox Finally Adds (Experimental) Web App Support

2025-03-26

After years of user requests, Firefox is finally adding experimental support for Progressive Web Apps (PWAs) in its Nightly builds. Unlike Chrome, Firefox's approach aims for an app-like experience while retaining core browser features like the address bar and extensions. Users can transition any tab to web app mode, and link association will allow clicking a link to directly open the corresponding web app. While currently in early stages, this marks a significant step towards improving web app experiences in Firefox.

(www.omgubuntu.co.uk)

Development Web Apps

Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26200.5516: Enhanced Semantic Search and More

2025-03-29

Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26200.5516: Enhanced Semantic Search and More

The latest Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26200.5516 brings a host of improvements to the Dev Channel. The highlight is enhanced Windows Search for AMD and Intel-powered Copilot+ PCs. Using semantic indexing, users can now search using natural language – such as "bridge at sunset" – to find documents, photos, and settings, even offline. Also included are a new Narrator speech recap feature for reviewing and copying spoken content; an improved UI for unexpected restarts; Win+C hotkey and press-to-talk functionality for Copilot; Click to Do improvements; and enhanced Windows sharing capabilities. Several known issues are slated for fixes in future updates.

(blogs.windows.com)

Development Search Improvements Narrator

Krisp Transforms Call Center Operations for The Office Gurus

2025-03-29

Krisp Transforms Call Center Operations for The Office Gurus

Jordan Gluck, VP at The Office Gurus, praises Krisp's noise cancellation technology as a game-changer. Krisp eliminated noise complaints, dramatically improved customer experience, and resulted in exceptional CSAT scores. The platform's strong security further solidified their trust. With Krisp, agents consistently provide clear calls, making it integral to their success.

(krisp.ai)

Misc customer satisfaction call center

Global Religious Switching: Christianity and Buddhism Hit Hardest

2025-03-29

Global Religious Switching: Christianity and Buddhism Hit Hardest

A Pew Research Center survey across 36 countries reveals significant variations in religious switching rates worldwide. Christianity and Buddhism have experienced particularly large losses, with a rise in religiously unaffiliated adults. In many countries, over one-fifth of adults have left the religion of their upbringing. South Korea shows the highest switching rates, while countries like India, Israel, Nigeria, and Thailand exhibit very low rates. Most switching is towards the religiously unaffiliated category. Age, education, and gender also influence switching rates, with younger and more highly educated individuals often showing higher rates.

(www.pewresearch.org)

Misc religious switching religiously unaffiliated Pew Research Center

Bolt Graphics Unveils Ambitious Zeus GPU Architecture

2025-03-29

Bolt Graphics Unveils Ambitious Zeus GPU Architecture

Bolt Graphics announced its Zeus GPU architecture, a modular design based on the RISC-V instruction set. Employing a multi-chiplet approach, Zeus scales up to four chiplets, each boasting 64GB of LPDDR5X and abundant high-speed interconnect options like 800GbE and PCIe Gen5. Targeting large-scale GPU clusters through high memory capacity and bandwidth, Zeus aims to challenge Nvidia's dominance in high-performance computing. While still in early development, with developer kits slated for Q4 2025, its unique architecture and potential for cost-effectiveness warrant attention.

(www.servethehome.com)

Hardware

Debugger as REPL: IntelliJ IDEA's Run to Cursor and Quick Evaluate Expression

2025-03-28

Tired of traditional debuggers, especially gdb and lldb's limitations with native code, the author discovered a powerful workflow in IntelliJ IDEA. Combining "Run to Cursor" and "Quick Evaluate Expression" transforms the debugger into a REPL. "Run to Cursor" executes the program to the cursor's position, while "Quick Evaluate Expression" lets you evaluate expressions (even newly typed code!) within the current stack frame. This approach replaces the line-by-line stepping with a more experimental, two-dimensional interaction within the editor, leveraging code completion and offering a significantly more efficient debugging experience.

(matklad.github.io)

Development

Columbia Student Suspended for Leaking Disciplinary Hearing, Not AI Cheating Tool

2025-03-27

Columbia Student Suspended for Leaking Disciplinary Hearing, Not AI Cheating Tool

Columbia University suspended a student for leaking a disciplinary hearing recording and photos of Columbia staff to social media, not for creating an AI tool that helps job candidates cheat on technical interviews. The student, Chungin "Roy" Lee, created Interview Coder, an AI tool that sells for $60 a month and projects $2 million in annual revenue. While Lee argued that technical interviews are outside the university's purview, Columbia deemed his actions academic dishonesty, resulting in a one-year suspension. Lee plans to move to San Francisco.

(www.businessinsider.com)

Development Academic Dishonesty

Three Steps to Zero-Downtime Deployments on AWS EKS

2025-03-10

Three Steps to Zero-Downtime Deployments on AWS EKS

Glasskube engineer Jakob shares his experience achieving zero-downtime deployments on AWS EKS. The article delves into the workings of the AWS Load Balancer Controller, highlighting two potential downtime issues during rolling updates: health check delays and pod termination delays. Three solutions are presented: enabling Pod Readiness Gates, implementing graceful application shutdown, and using a sidecar container or adding a termination delay within the application. These three steps effectively prevent 502/504 errors during rolling updates, resulting in 100% zero-downtime deployments.

(glasskube.dev)

Development Zero-Downtime Deployments

Quantum Drama: A Century of Debate Beyond Copenhagen

2025-03-29

Quantum Drama: A Century of Debate Beyond Copenhagen

Quantum Drama, a new book by Jim Baggott and John L Heilbron, offers a comprehensive look at the century-long history of quantum mechanics, going beyond the typical focus on the 1927 Solvay Conference. It delves into the ongoing debate surrounding interpretations of quantum mechanics, highlighting the experimental work of Aspect, Clauser, and Zeilinger on Bell's inequalities and the theoretical contributions of Zurek, Joos, and others on entanglement and decoherence. While accessible to a broad audience, some technical details might be more readily grasped by professional physicists. The book's timely release coincides with the centenary of quantum physics, providing a fresh perspective on this enduring scientific puzzle.

(cerncourier.com)

Tech Quantum Interpretation

xan: A Blazing-Fast CLI Tool for CSV Processing

2025-03-29

xan: A Blazing-Fast CLI Tool for CSV Processing

xan is a command-line tool built in Rust for lightning-fast processing of massive CSV files (gigabytes!). Leveraging multithreading for parallelism, it easily handles tasks like previewing, filtering, slicing, aggregating, sorting, and joining CSV data. xan boasts a powerful expression language surpassing the speed of Python, Lua, or JavaScript for complex operations. Originally forked from xsv but extensively rewritten, xan caters to social science data analysis needs, including lexicometry, graph theory, and even web scraping. Installation is simple via cargo, Homebrew, pacman, Nix, or pre-built binaries.

(github.com)

Development CSV processing

Hollywood's Silent Deal: AI-Generated Fake Movie Trailers Flood YouTube

2025-03-28

Hollywood's Silent Deal: AI-Generated Fake Movie Trailers Flood YouTube

AI-generated fake movie trailers are flooding YouTube, so realistic they've even fooled French national television. Created for fun or profit, these trailers garner billions of views. Hollywood studios' response is baffling: instead of enforcing copyright, some are sharing ad revenue with creators. This has drawn criticism from SAG-AFTRA, who see it as disregard for actors' rights. The article explores the impact of AI on movie marketing and copyright, and Hollywood's ambiguous stance on this emerging challenge.

(deadline.com)

Tech

Levi's Jeans from Amazon: A Quality Mystery?

2025-03-28

Levi's Jeans from Amazon: A Quality Mystery?

This article investigates whether Levi's jeans purchased from Amazon differ in quality from those bought directly from Levi's. The author bought matching pairs of Levi's Wedgies, Ribcage, and 501 jeans from both sources and sent them to a textile lab for testing. While noticeable differences in wash, color, and handfeel existed, the lab found no significant difference in strength or overall quality. The variation is attributed to Levi's global supply chain, with different mills, factories, and wash processes resulting in inconsistencies. The conclusion is that Amazon Levi's are not inferior, allaying consumer concerns.

(nymag.com)

Misc jeans

arXivLabs: Experimental Projects with Community Collaborators

2025-03-30

arXivLabs is a framework enabling collaborators to develop and share new arXiv features directly on the website. Individuals and organizations involved embrace arXiv's values of openness, community, excellence, and user data privacy. arXiv is committed to these values and only partners with those who adhere to them. Have an idea to enhance the arXiv community? Learn more about arXivLabs.

(arxiv.org)

Development

Swiftly 1.0: Streamlining Swift Toolchain Management

2025-03-28

Swiftly 1.0 has officially launched! This Swift version manager simplifies installing, managing, and updating your Swift toolchain. Supporting macOS and various Linux distributions, it allows developers to easily install different Swift versions and use Swift outside of Xcode. Written in Swift and self-updating, Swiftly supports stable releases, nightly snapshots, and older versions, enabling effortless switching between them. A `.swift-version` file facilitates team-wide version consistency. Swiftly makes Swift development more convenient and efficient.

(swift.org)

Development Toolchain Version Management

Generating Stunning Point Cloud Geometry with Signed Distance Functions

2025-03-29

Generating Stunning Point Cloud Geometry with Signed Distance Functions

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

(winterbloed.be)

Development signed distance functions point cloud

Cretaceous Amber Yields a Wasp with a Venus Flytrap-Like Abdomen

2025-03-28

Cretaceous Amber Yields a Wasp with a Venus Flytrap-Like Abdomen

A new genus of wasp, †Sirenobethylus, has been discovered in mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber. This remarkable insect possesses a unique abdominal apparatus resembling a Venus flytrap, hypothesized to temporarily grasp and immobilize prey during oviposition. The discovery suggests a broader range of parasitoid strategies in mid-Cretaceous Chrysidoidea than exists today, highlighting the evolutionary diversity of this group.

(bmcbiol.biomedcentral.com)

Tech entomology parasitoid wasp

US Robotics Firms Urge National Strategy Amidst China's Rise

2025-03-28

US Robotics Firms Urge National Strategy Amidst China's Rise

American robotics companies are pushing for a national robotics strategy to compete with China's growing dominance in the field. While the US boasts advancements in AI and robotics, the lack of a cohesive national strategy risks losing its lead. Proposed solutions include tax incentives, funding for research and training, and a dedicated federal robotics office. China's significant investment and progress are undeniable, but the long-term viability may favor more practical, polyfunctional robots over humanoids. This race is not just about technological supremacy but also national strategy and economic future.

(apnews.com)

Tech

Self-Hosting a Nearly Free, Open Source TURN Server on Oracle Cloud

2025-03-28

Self-Hosting a Nearly Free, Open Source TURN Server on Oracle Cloud

This guide details setting up a nearly free, open-source TURN server on Oracle Cloud's free tier, offering an alternative to WebRTC implementations relying on third-party services. It walks through creating subnets, security lists, instance configurations, installing Nginx, Certbot, a PeerJS server, and a Coturn server. The guide covers configuring iptables rules and using coturn-credential-api for authentication, providing complete control over WebRTC communication and enhancing privacy and security by avoiding reliance on Google or other large providers.

(github.com)

Development TURN server Oracle Cloud

Building iximiuz Labs: A Hands-On DevOps Learning Platform

2025-03-26

Building iximiuz Labs: A Hands-On DevOps Learning Platform

This post details the creation of iximiuz Labs, a learning platform for DevOps, SRE, and platform engineers. It features a unique learning-by-doing approach, combining theoretical learning with interactive practice using Firecracker-based microVMs. The author dives into design goals, architecture, technology choices (including frontend framework, backend language, containerization, and infrastructure), and challenges encountered. The resulting platform is cost-effective, reliable, secure, and scalable, with future plans including IDE integration, multi-node playgrounds, and a Kubernetes visualizer.

(iximiuz.com)

Development Learning Platform

Analyzing Disk I/O Bottlenecks in GitHub CI Pipelines

2025-03-28

Analyzing Disk I/O Bottlenecks in GitHub CI Pipelines

This article investigates often-overlooked disk I/O bottlenecks in GitHub CI pipelines. Using tools like iostat and fio, the author monitors and tests disk performance across different runners, discovering bandwidth limitations on the default ubuntu-22.04 runner that hinder dependency installation. The analysis delves into the impact of cache download, extraction, and numerous small file writes on disk I/O. The article recommends using fio for benchmarking and comparing runner disk performance, ultimately highlighting Depot's upcoming Ultra Runner, promising significant improvements in disk I/O performance.

(depot.dev)

Development Disk I/O

Tracking Code Changes with Git Hooks: A Data-Driven Approach to Development

2025-03-29

This article presents a method for tracking code modification time using Git hooks to provide a more objective measure of development efficiency. By recording the time from branch creation to merge, excluding thinking time, it offers a clearer reflection of actual coding time. This approach helps teams identify and address inefficiencies in code maintenance, such as excessively long maintenance times for certain components, or efficiency gains from AI tools. The ultimate goal is to optimize the development process, reduce entropy, and boost team productivity through data-driven insights rather than subjective estimations.

(doocot.sh)

Development Git hooks

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