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Koko: AI-Powered Mental Health Nonprofit Seeking Technical Leader

2025-03-06
Koko: AI-Powered Mental Health Nonprofit Seeking Technical Leader

Koko, a mental health tech non-profit founded by former MIT and Airbnb engineers, is hiring a technical leader. They're building scalable AI systems to provide immediate online mental health support to young people, integrating their interventions into platforms like TikTok and Discord. Having already helped over 4 million young people across 199 countries, Koko emphasizes data-driven product decisions, A/B testing, and rigorous safety standards. This is an opportunity to make a significant impact using AI for good.

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(www.ycombinator.com)
AI Mental Health

White House Seeks Oracle's Help to Save TikTok from US Ban

2025-01-26
White House Seeks Oracle's Help to Save TikTok from US Ban

To prevent a nationwide ban, the White House is negotiating with Oracle and other investors to transfer control of TikTok's algorithm, data collection, and software updates to American companies. While ByteDance, TikTok's Chinese owner, would retain a minority stake, US investors would hold a majority. This aims to comply with US law mandating TikTok's separation from its Chinese parent company. However, the deal faces hurdles, including TikTok's high valuation and securing congressional approval. Recent signals from Chinese regulators suggest they won't block a majority US ownership, but uncertainties remain about the long-term commitment of the Trump administration and the cooperation of Apple and Google.

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(www.npr.org)
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Bioterrorism: Reclaiming Your Health in a Controlled System

2024-12-29
Bioterrorism: Reclaiming Your Health in a Controlled System

This talk challenges the modern healthcare system's criminalization of self-managed health. Historically, personal health autonomy was the norm; however, today, it requires mediation by state-authorized institutions. The speaker delves into the possibilities of self-compounding medicine and navigating legal risks. The presentation encourages self-medication, offering information on numerous uncommercialized yet self-manufacturable medications, thus challenging the monopoly of the traditional healthcare system.

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(media.ccc.de)
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ELIZA Reanimated: World's First Chatbot Restored

2025-01-18
ELIZA Reanimated: World's First Chatbot Restored

Researchers have successfully resurrected ELIZA, widely considered the world's first chatbot, on a restored CTSS—the world's first time-sharing system (emulated on an IBM 7094). Using original printouts, MAD-SLIP code, and supporting documents found in Prof. Weizenbaum's archives at MIT, they recreated ELIZA and its famous DOCTOR script. The entire project is open-source, allowing anyone with a Unix-like OS to run the groundbreaking chatbot.

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(arxiv.org)
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Supreme Court Ruling Effectively Nullifies First Amendment for Online Sexually Explicit Content

2025-07-13
Supreme Court Ruling Effectively Nullifies First Amendment for Online Sexually Explicit Content

A recent Supreme Court decision allows states to sue writers who include sex scenes on their websites, even if intended for adults. Parents can sue across state lines for massive damages, even facing felony charges, if they believe the content harmed their children, regardless of age verification. This chilling effect on free speech threatens online creators of sexually explicit content. The author refuses to implement age verification and encourages others to resist censorship. The ruling is driven by a conservative agenda aiming to eliminate all sexually-related online speech.

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(ellsberg.substack.com)
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Truchet Tiles: Simple Geometry, Infinite Possibilities

2025-07-29

Truchet tiles, simple square tiles with non-rotationally symmetric patterns, create surprisingly complex and captivating visual effects. First described in 1704 by Sébastien Truchet, they're now widely used in information visualization and graphic design. By varying the tile orientations, diverse patterns emerge, even creating labyrinths. Their elegant simplicity extends to programming; a single line of code can generate endless variations, highlighting the beauty of concise algorithms and infinite possibilities. This makes them a prime example of generative art.

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(en.wikipedia.org)
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EloqKV: Outperforming Redis with Distributed ACID Transactions and Tiered Storage

2025-08-19
EloqKV: Outperforming Redis with Distributed ACID Transactions and Tiered Storage

EloqKV is a high-performance distributed database with a Redis/ValKey compatible API. It offers ACID transactions, full elasticity and scalability, tiered storage, and session-style transaction syntax, all while maintaining Redis' simplicity. EloqKV achieves up to 1.6 million QPS on a c6g.8xlarge instance, exceeding Redis and ValKey's performance. Its distributed ACID transactions eliminate cross-slot errors, and tiered storage automatically offloads cold data to disk, saving up to 70% on memory costs. EloqKV is designed for developers needing a robust database solution for demanding AI applications.

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(github.com)
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OpenAI AMA: Admitting Lag, Embracing Open Source?

2025-02-01
OpenAI AMA: Admitting Lag, Embracing Open Source?

In a wide-ranging Reddit AMA, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman admitted that OpenAI's lead in AI is shrinking, partly due to competitors like DeepSeek. He hinted at a shift towards a more open-source strategy, potentially releasing older models. OpenAI is also navigating pressure from Washington, a massive funding round, and the need to build out substantial data center infrastructure. To compete, the company plans to increase model transparency by revealing the reasoning process behind its outputs. Altman expressed optimism about the potential for rapid AI advancement but acknowledged the risk of misuse, particularly in the development of weapons.

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(techcrunch.com)
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OpenRA December 2024 Update: Classic RTS Reborn

2025-01-25
OpenRA December 2024 Update: Classic RTS Reborn

OpenRA, the open-source reimagining of classic RTS games like Red Alert, Command & Conquer, and Dune 2000, has released a major December 2024 update. This update boasts numerous bug fixes and new features, including an improved map editor, enhanced unit descriptions, support for high-definition assets, and progress towards better multilingual support. A Tiberian Dawn HD playtest is also included. Players across Windows, macOS, and Linux can enjoy modernized gameplay featuring attack-move, unit veterancy, and fog of war.

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(www.openra.net)
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Ubuntu 25.10 Raises the Bar for RISC-V Hardware

2025-07-04
Ubuntu 25.10 Raises the Bar for RISC-V Hardware

Canonical announced that Ubuntu 25.10 will raise its baseline RISC-V Application profile (RVA) from RVA20 to RVA23. This means most existing RISC-V devices won't be able to run Ubuntu 25.10, as RVA23 mandates Vector and Hypervisor extensions for compute-intensive workloads like AI/ML and cryptography. While the short-term impact is limited, this move positions Ubuntu to better leverage more powerful RISC-V hardware in the future, solidifying its position on the platform.

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(www.omgubuntu.co.uk)
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Founding Typescript Engineer Wanted: Build the Next Realtime Database

2025-04-12
Founding Typescript Engineer Wanted: Build the Next Realtime Database

InstantDB, a real-time database for the frontend, is hiring a founding Typescript Engineer to join their four-person team in San Francisco. The ideal candidate is obsessed with type ergonomics, enjoys crafting delightful UIs, and wants to build a sync engine to power the next Figma or Notion. The role involves improving Typescript types, UI enhancements, and optimizing the sync engine's performance, offering a challenging and rewarding opportunity.

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(www.instantdb.com)
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Open-Source Software's $8.8 Trillion Economic Impact: A Revolution Fueled by 3,000 Developers

2025-03-21
Open-Source Software's $8.8 Trillion Economic Impact: A Revolution Fueled by 3,000 Developers

A Harvard Business School study reveals open-source software holds an $8.8 trillion economic value. Without it, companies would spend 3.5 times more on software. Around 3,000 developers globally contribute to 95% of this value, with open source present in 96% of all codebases. Researchers calculated value by assessing development costs (supply value: $4.15 billion) against the cost for companies to rebuild it themselves (demand value: $8.8 trillion). Go stands out with a demand value exceeding $5 trillion. The study highlights open source as a modern common good, urging corporate and governmental contributions and promotion.

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(www.heise.de)
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UK's Illegal Cybertruck Faces Uphill Battle for Legalization

2024-12-15
UK's Illegal Cybertruck Faces Uphill Battle for Legalization

Yianni Charalambous, a UK car customizer, is attempting to register a Tesla Cybertruck for road use in the UK, following a similar success in the Czech Republic. However, the Cybertruck's sharp design clashes with UK and EU pedestrian safety regulations, posing significant challenges. Its unique steer-by-wire system, reliance on OTA updates unavailable in the UK, and incompatibility with EU recall systems further complicate matters. Experts deem its chances of passing the UK's IVA test extremely slim.

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(www.wired.com)
Tech Tesla Cybertruck Car Modification Safety Regulations

An Epitome of Electricity & Galvanism: A Journey Through Time

2024-12-22
An Epitome of Electricity & Galvanism: A Journey Through Time

This book chronicles the history of electricity and galvanism, starting from Thales's ancient observation of amber attracting light objects and progressing through key discoveries. It details the work of Gilbert, who systematically studied electrical phenomena; Grey, who differentiated conductors and non-conductors; and Du Fay, who discovered positive and negative electricity. The culmination is Franklin's proof of the identity of electricity and lightning. The text thoroughly describes various experiments and apparatus, including the Leyden jar, electrostatic generators, and lightning rods, while exploring different eras' electrical theories, offering a captivating journey through the science's evolution.

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(gutenberg.org)
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Zebrafish Protein Awakens Dormant Genes for Heart Repair

2025-01-03
Zebrafish Protein Awakens Dormant Genes for Heart Repair

Researchers at the Hubrecht Institute have repaired damaged mouse hearts using a zebrafish protein. They discovered that the protein Hmga1 is key to zebrafish heart regeneration and, in mice, activated dormant repair genes, restoring heart function without side effects. This breakthrough, published in Nature Cardiovascular Research, represents a significant step towards regenerative therapies for heart failure. The team compared zebrafish and mammalian hearts, finding Hmga1 removes 'roadblocks' on chromatin, activating dormant genes. In mice, Hmga1 stimulated heart muscle cell growth, significantly improving heart function, only in the damaged area. The study lays the groundwork for human heart regeneration therapies.

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(www.hubrecht.eu)
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Germany's Exit Tax: A Berlin Wall for Entrepreneurs?

2025-08-08

Germany's exit tax acts as a significant barrier for entrepreneurs, effectively trapping them in the country. If you own over 1% of any limited liability company (including foreign ones) and the company is profitable, you face a potentially crippling exit tax. This tax is calculated by multiplying the average earnings of the past three years by 13.75, then by 0.6, and finally applying your personal income tax rate. This article analyzes the tax burden in different scenarios, suggesting that entrepreneurs with moderately profitable businesses and plans to leave Germany should consider doing so before their company grows significantly to avoid a massive tax bill.

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(eidel.io)
Startup German exit tax

Llama from Scratch: A Practical Guide (Without the Tears)

2025-05-19
Llama from Scratch: A Practical Guide (Without the Tears)

This blog post meticulously documents the author's journey in implementing a scaled-down version of the Llama language model from scratch, training it on the TinyShakespeare dataset. Employing an iterative approach, the author progressively implements key components like RMSNorm, Rotary Positional Embeddings (RoPE), and the SwiGLU activation function, rigorously testing and visualizing each part to ensure correctness. The post emphasizes the importance of iterative development and shares numerous debugging techniques, such as tensor shape checks, assertions, and visualization tools, providing invaluable practical experience. The author successfully trains a model capable of generating Shakespearean-style text and evaluates its performance.

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(blog.briankitano.com)
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SpaceX's Fram2 Mission: A Polar Orbit First and West Coast Splashdown

2025-04-04
SpaceX's Fram2 Mission: A Polar Orbit First and West Coast Splashdown

SpaceX's Fram2 mission concluded successfully with a splashdown off the California coast, marking the company's first West Coast landing for a crewed mission. The mission, privately funded by cryptocurrency billionaire Chun Wang, sent four passengers into a unique polar orbit, allowing for the first human observations of the Earth's poles from such a vantage point. While the crew experienced space motion sickness, they also conducted various research experiments, including capturing images of auroras and collecting health data. The mission highlights the growing potential of private spaceflight for scientific research and exploration, paving the way for future long-duration space missions and offering valuable insights into human adaptation in space.

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(www.cnn.com)
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Servo: The Rust-based Web Rendering Engine Gets a New Lease on Life

2025-03-01
Servo: The Rust-based Web Rendering Engine Gets a New Lease on Life

Servo, a high-performance web rendering engine written in Rust, originally developed by Mozilla, has been transferred to the Linux Foundation Europe. Servo supports WebGL and WebGPU and is adaptable to desktop, mobile, and embedded applications. Its development has contributed to W3C and WHATWG standards. This donation will fund Servo's continued operation and development, covering infrastructure costs and future improvements.

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(opencollective.com)
Development Web rendering engine

Website Cookie Policy Explained

2025-03-24
Website Cookie Policy Explained

This website uses cookies to optimize the website and its service. Technical storage or access is for the legitimate purpose of enabling a specific service explicitly requested by the user, or solely for transmitting communication over an electronic communications network. Cookies are also used to store preferences not requested by the user, for statistical purposes (including anonymous statistics), and to create user profiles for advertising or tracking across websites for similar marketing purposes. However, anonymous statistical data cannot usually be used to identify you.

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(9to5linux.com)
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Mozilla's Betrayal: Firefox Users Revolt Over Data Privacy Changes

2025-03-02
Mozilla's Betrayal: Firefox Users Revolt Over Data Privacy Changes

Mozilla's recent update to Firefox's Terms of Use has ignited a firestorm of outrage among users. The update grants Mozilla broad permission to use user data, a stark contrast to previous promises to never sell user data—promises now scrubbed from the Firefox FAQ. While Mozilla claims the data will only be used as described in its Privacy Notice, concerns remain about the potential use of this data for AI development. The vague wording and the removal of previous guarantees have shaken user trust, leading some to migrate to alternative, Firefox-based open-source browsers. This incident highlights the growing importance of data privacy and the repercussions of companies contradicting their past assurances.

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(www.pcgamer.com)
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US Wind and Solar to Outpace Coal in 2024

2025-01-28
US Wind and Solar to Outpace Coal in 2024

Data from the US Energy Information Agency reveals that US solar power generation surged 30% in the first 11 months of 2024, leading to combined wind and solar generation surpassing coal for the first time. Despite a near 3% rise in electricity demand, coal generation fell by almost 5%. The rapid growth of renewables has primarily displaced fossil fuel generation, not met increased demand. Future growth in solar and wind capacity, coupled with policy uncertainties, promises a dynamic energy landscape for the US grid.

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(arstechnica.com)
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D2 0.7.1 Released: ASCII Output Now Supported

2025-08-19
D2 0.7.1 Released: ASCII Output Now Supported

D2, a diagramming tool, has released version 0.7.1, introducing ASCII output. Any `.txt` file will now use the ASCII renderer. This is particularly useful for small diagrams within source code comments, improving readability. The feature is accessible via the Vim extension or the command-line flag `--ascii-mode=standard`. Note that this renderer is still in alpha and may contain bugs.

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(d2lang.com)
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Brisk: A Cross-Platform C++20 GUI Framework for High-Performance Rendering

2024-12-18
Brisk: A Cross-Platform C++20 GUI Framework for High-Performance Rendering

Brisk is a modern, cross-platform C++20 GUI framework built for creating responsive, high-performance applications with ease. Leveraging an MVVM architecture and reactive capabilities, Brisk boasts scalable GPU-accelerated rendering, making it ideal for graphics-intensive projects. It supports multiple backends (D3D11, D3D12, Vulkan, OpenGL, Metal, WebGPU) and features declarative GUI, stylesheets, and full Unicode support. Currently under active development, contributions are welcome.

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(github.com)
Development GUI Framework GPU Acceleration

Hardware-Efficient UNORM and SNORM to Float Conversion

2024-12-26
Hardware-Efficient UNORM and SNORM to Float Conversion

This blog post delves into the efficient hardware implementation of converting UNORM and SNORM integer formats to IEEE 754 binary32 floating-point numbers. The author details handling special values for 8-bit and 16-bit UNORM and SNORM, demonstrating how bit shifts and additions achieve precise conversion without complex division. Normalization and rounding are explained to ensure accuracy. The post concludes by summarizing the hardware cost, highlighting its efficiency.

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(fgiesen.wordpress.com)
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Cantonese Scrolls: A Fun RPG for Learning Cantonese

2025-02-03

Cantonese Scrolls is a unique Cantonese language learning RPG developed by Jonathan Vasquez. Offering single-player and couch co-op modes, the game aims to make learning Cantonese fun and accessible. Recognizing the lack of standardized resources for Cantonese, the game documents the language as understood by the developer, providing a free, offline learning experience. Donations are welcome to support ongoing development.

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(cantoscrolls.com)
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Antarctic Ecosystem Classification: A Game-Changing Leap for Conservation

2025-02-10

A groundbreaking study has created the first comprehensive classification and map of Antarctic ecosystems, representing a transformative leap in our understanding of these fragile environments. Aligned with the IUCN Global Ecosystem Typology, this framework places Antarctica within a global context, highlighting its crucial role in planetary biodiversity. It will enable systematic risk assessments, strategic placement of protected areas, and effective monitoring of conservation goals, particularly crucial given accelerating climate change and increased human activity. Published open access with freely available data, this research lays the groundwork for a Red List of Antarctic Ecosystems, identifying threatened habitats and informing protection strategies.

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(www.unsw.edu.au)
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Michael Larabel: 20 Years of Linux Hardware Benchmarking

2025-02-18

Michael Larabel, founder of Phoronix.com (established in 2004), has dedicated his career to enhancing the Linux hardware experience. He's authored over 20,000 articles covering Linux hardware support, performance, graphics drivers, and more. He also leads development of the Phoronix Test Suite, Phoromatic, and OpenBenchmarking.org automated benchmarking software.

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(www.phoronix.com)
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The Socratic Journal Method: Unlock Self-Discovery Through Questioning

2025-09-14
The Socratic Journal Method: Unlock Self-Discovery Through Questioning

This article introduces the 'Socratic Journal Method,' a novel approach to journaling. The author shares their personal journey, highlighting the common pitfalls of traditional journaling and how the Socratic method, based on self-questioning and answering, transforms the process into a self-dialogue. Simple and effective, it involves asking one question daily, answering honestly, and tracking a single metric. This method not only aids stress reduction and self-awareness but also fosters consistency, leading to self-discovery and personal growth.

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(mindthenerd.com)
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