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So You Want to Write Java in Neovim?

2024-12-28

This post details how to efficiently develop Java code within the Neovim editor. The author shares their positive experience using Neovim for Java at work, recommending JDTLS as the LSP server and either nvim-java or nvim-jdtls as Neovim plugins. The article thoroughly explains JDTLS configuration, including debugging and testing setups, and provides a personal configuration example featuring codelens and debugger functionality. Even if you're not a Neovim devotee, you can still learn valuable Java development techniques.

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Automated Assembly System Creates Cyborg Insects

2024-12-15
Automated Assembly System Creates Cyborg Insects

Scientists have developed an automated system for assembling insect-computer hybrid robots. The system uses a vision-guided robotic arm to precisely implant custom-designed bipolar electrodes onto the backs of Madagascar hissing cockroaches. The entire process takes only 68 seconds, and the assembled robots achieve steering and deceleration control comparable to manually assembled systems. A multi-agent system of 4 robots successfully navigated an obstacle course, demonstrating the feasibility of mass production and real-world applications. This research paves the way for scalable production and deployment of insect robots.

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Decoding the Telephony Signals in Pink Floyd's 'The Wall'

2024-12-22

A telecom hardware engineer decoded the telephony signals in a scene from Pink Floyd's 'The Wall'. The audio clip, featuring dial tones, rapid tone combinations, and an answer tone, was analyzed using spectrograms. By comparing the frequencies to known standards (DTMF, CAS R2, SS5), the engineer identified the signaling as SS5 and decoded the number as 044 1831. This analysis not only showcases the engineer's expertise but also reveals insights into the film's sound design and suggests a possible connection to a real-life London number.

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ByteDance Open-Sources Monolith, its Recommendation System Framework

2024-12-20
ByteDance Open-Sources Monolith, its Recommendation System Framework

ByteDance has open-sourced Monolith, a deep learning framework for large-scale recommendation modeling. Built on TensorFlow, it supports batch and real-time training and serving. Key features include collisionless embedding tables ensuring unique representation for different ID features, and real-time training for capturing the latest trends and helping users discover new interests. Tutorials and demos are provided to facilitate usage.

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HTML/ZIP/PNG Polyglot Files: A Clever Format Fusion

2024-12-28

This article details a clever method for creating HTML/ZIP/PNG polyglot files. By cleverly utilizing the flexible structure of the ZIP format and the fault tolerance of HTML, along with the characteristics of PNG files, web pages and their resources are packaged into a self-extracting PNG file. The article explains in detail how to handle character encoding, data reading, and cross-format compatibility issues, ultimately achieving an efficient and compact web archiving scheme. This demonstrates programmer ingenuity and a deep understanding of data formats.

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PubPeer Review: TRF2-S Protein Regulates Axonal mRNA Transport

2025-01-16

A PubPeer post discusses a research article on TRF2-S, a novel RNA- and FMRP-binding protein crucial for regulating axonal mRNA transport and presynaptic plasticity. Published in Nature Communications, the study reveals how TRF2-S influences neuronal growth and function by impacting mRNA trafficking and local translation. This research sheds light on neural mechanisms and potentially offers new avenues for neurological disease treatment.

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JMAP Turns 10: A Decade of Open Email Protocol

2024-12-23
JMAP Turns 10: A Decade of Open Email Protocol

Fastmail celebrates the 10th anniversary of JMAP, its open-source email protocol. Over the past decade, JMAP has evolved from initial concept to a mature standard, incorporating email, contacts, and calendar functionalities, through industry workshops, collaborations with developers, and IETF standardization. Looking ahead, Fastmail plans to enhance the Cyrus IMAP server and continue promoting JMAP adoption to improve user experience and make it the industry standard for email.

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Bogotá's Ciclovía: A 50-Year Legacy of Open Streets

2024-12-22
Bogotá's Ciclovía: A 50-Year Legacy of Open Streets

Bogotá's Ciclovía, a weekly program closing 75 miles of streets to cars for seven hours, celebrated its 50th anniversary. Born from a 1974 protest against traffic and pollution, Ciclovía has become a beloved tradition, drawing over 1.5 million people each Sunday. Its success has inspired over 400 cities worldwide to adopt similar programs. Ciclovía is more than just a recreational event; it's a testament to community building, improved public health, and a unique solution to urban challenges. The program's longevity and impact highlight its surprising power to foster social cohesion, promote equality, and even resolve political conflicts, demonstrating the potential for transformative urban interventions.

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(slate.com)
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NY Governor Signs Law Criminalizing Restaurant Reservation Black Market

2024-12-21
NY Governor Signs Law Criminalizing Restaurant Reservation Black Market

New York Governor Kathy Hochul has signed the Restaurant Reservation Anti-Piracy Act, cracking down on the black market for restaurant reservations. This first-of-its-kind legislation targets individuals and groups using bots or manual methods to hoard and resell reservations at inflated prices. The law protects both consumers and businesses by ensuring a fairer reservation system, while acknowledging some legitimate reasons for reservation trading, such as handling non-refundable bookings in emergencies. However, the prevalent scalping and cancellations negatively impact restaurants and diners.

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Misc Restaurant Reservations Black Market New York Legislation

Unspoken Rules of Terminal Programs: A 20-Year Retrospective

2024-12-12

This article summarizes the author's 20 years of experience with terminal programs, distilling common, albeit unofficial, 'rules' of behavior. These rules cover program responses to Ctrl-C, Ctrl-D, and the 'q' key, color usage, readline keybinding support, and pipe output. The author notes that while not mandatory standards, understanding these rules helps predict terminal program behavior and reduces the learning curve. The article uses examples to analyze the applicability and exceptions to these rules, emphasizing the importance of distinguishing between a program's own responsibility and default OS behavior.

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Engineer Implements Reversible 1D Cellular Automata Using Bitwise Operations

2024-12-12
Engineer Implements Reversible 1D Cellular Automata Using Bitwise Operations

Richard Palethorpe, an engineer, created a demo using the GFXPrim library showcasing a one-dimensional binary cellular automaton and its reversible counterpart. The automaton evolves based on rules where each cell's state is determined by its own state and those of its left and right neighbors. The article details bitwise operation optimizations, such as parallel processing of multiple cells using 64-bit integers and bit rotation to simulate neighbor interaction. Reversible implementation is achieved by XORing with the previous state. The author explores compiler optimization and vectorization impacts on performance and ultimately implements an efficient rendering method.

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Why I Don't Use Domain-Driven Design

2024-12-29

Tony Marston, a seasoned software developer with four decades of experience building enterprise applications, explains why he doesn't use Domain-Driven Design (DDD). He argues that DDD overemphasizes object-oriented design theory at the expense of database design and code reusability in large systems. He prefers a layered architecture with a separate class for each database table, leveraging inheritance and the Template Method pattern for code reuse. Marston believes this approach better suits real-world projects and increases development efficiency.

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Open-Source Game Engine boardgame.io Simplifies Turn-Based Game Development

2024-12-20
Open-Source Game Engine boardgame.io Simplifies Turn-Based Game Development

boardgame.io is an open-source JavaScript game engine designed to simplify the development of turn-based games. By automatically handling complex aspects like state management, multiplayer networking, and AI opponents, developers can focus on writing game logic. The engine supports multiple game phases, lobbies for matchmaking, prototyping capabilities, and various view layer technologies (such as React and React Native). Its powerful plugin system and traceable game logs further enhance development efficiency and player experience.

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Serbia: A Digital Prison – State Surveillance and the Suppression of Civil Society

2025-01-03
Serbia: A Digital Prison – State Surveillance and the Suppression of Civil Society

Amnesty International's report reveals Serbia's use of surveillance technology and digital repression to control and suppress civil society. The report details widespread use of spyware, including NSO Group's Pegasus and a newly disclosed domestically-produced Android spyware, NoviSpy, along with Cellebrite's UFED tools against environmental activists and protest leaders. This constitutes a serious human rights violation and attack on freedom of expression.

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The Essence of Computing Science: Elegance over Complexity

2024-12-24

This essay by Edsger W. Dijkstra explores the nature of computing science. Dijkstra argues that computing science should be a highly formalized branch of mathematics, emphasizing methodology over factual knowledge, thus bridging the gap between theory and practice. He criticizes the current academic world's pursuit of complexity and the resulting neglect of simple and effective solutions, and calls on computer scientists to pursue elegant solutions and find joy in the process.

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Bank of North Dakota: A Century of Success, Boosting State's Economy

2024-12-18
Bank of North Dakota: A Century of Success, Boosting State's Economy

The Bank of North Dakota (BND) is the only state-owned and -operated general-service bank in the United States, established in 1919 to foster agriculture, commerce, and industry. It leverages state funds to provide loans and financial services for infrastructure projects, agriculture, and small businesses, and acts as a wholesale bank for local institutions. BND played a crucial role during the 2008 financial crisis and the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic, demonstrating its profitability and positive impact on the state's economy. Its unique model has made it a standout success story in the American financial system.

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IPv6: Schrödinger's Internet Protocol

2024-12-13
IPv6: Schrödinger's Internet Protocol

IPv6, designed to address the anticipated internet address exhaustion crisis, exists in a paradoxical state. Its deployment steadily expands, connecting more users and devices; yet it seems stalled, overshadowed by the enduring dominance of IPv4 solutions. This article explores the complexities of IPv6 adoption, including the role of NAT, IPv4 address transfers, and inconsistent vendor and application developer readiness. It analyzes different government strategies in promoting IPv6, and how incentives, vendor accountability, and capacity-building initiatives can foster adoption. Ultimately, it highlights IPv6's importance in preserving the internet as an open platform for innovation.

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Delta Emulator Triples Apple's In-App Prices to Push Patreon

2024-12-20
Delta Emulator Triples Apple's In-App Prices to Push Patreon

Delta gaming emulator developer Riley Testut is tripling the price of in-app purchases on Apple's iOS App Store to encourage users to subscribe via Patreon. This move leverages Apple's new policy allowing external payment links while protesting Apple's in-app purchase system. Patreon subscriptions offer additional benefits like iPad and SEGA Genesis support, private Discord access, and more convenient refunds and customer support.

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Snow Signs: A Cross-Cultural Journey Through Time

2024-12-25
Snow Signs: A Cross-Cultural Journey Through Time

This article explores the diverse ways different cultures around the world have represented 'snow' in writing and symbolism, from the Shang oracle bone script in ancient China to the 'wind, flowers, snow, and moon' motif on ancient Chinese wine jugs, and from the Naxi Dongba script to the Inuktitut language's detailed descriptions of various snow types. The article also delves into snow-related words and symbols in ancient Greek, Egyptian, Hebrew, and Mayan civilizations, showcasing the unique understandings and expressions of snow across cultures, highlighting their cultural contexts and historical origins.

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DeepSeek-V3: A 671B-Parameter Open-Source Mixture-of-Experts Language Model

2024-12-26
DeepSeek-V3: A 671B-Parameter Open-Source Mixture-of-Experts Language Model

DeepSeek-V3 is a powerful 671-billion parameter Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) language model activating 37 billion parameters per token. Utilizing Multi-head Latent Attention (MLA) and the DeepSeekMoE architecture, it innovatively employs an auxiliary-loss-free load balancing strategy and a multi-token prediction training objective. Pre-trained on 14.8 trillion high-quality tokens, followed by supervised fine-tuning and reinforcement learning, DeepSeek-V3 outperforms other open-source models and achieves performance comparable to leading closed-source models with remarkable training efficiency—only 2.788M H800 GPU hours.

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(github.com)
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Math Error Sparks Unnecessary Panic Over Black Plastic Kitchenware

2024-12-12
Math Error Sparks Unnecessary Panic Over Black Plastic Kitchenware

A recent study in Chemosphere claimed that black plastic kitchenware contains cancer-causing flame retardants, causing widespread panic. However, a McGill University scientist discovered a simple mathematical error in the study, overestimating exposure levels by a factor of ten. Despite the error, researchers maintain concerns about potential risks associated with black plastic kitchenware remain.

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(nationalpost.com)
Misc black plastic kitchenware math error health risks

Otto-m8: A No-Code Visual Platform for AI Workflows

2024-12-23
Otto-m8: A No-Code Visual Platform for AI Workflows

Otto-m8 is a flowchart-based automation platform that allows users to interconnect LLMs and Hugging Face models via a simple visual interface and deploy them as REST APIs. It abstracts the complex process of running AI models into an Input, Process, Output paradigm, enabling users to build various AI workflows, such as chatbots or custom APIs, with minimal to no code. Currently in its MVP stage, Otto-m8's source code is publicly available.

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(github.com)
AI No-code Workflow Automation

Torpedo Juice: The Legendary WWII Booze

2024-12-19
Torpedo Juice: The Legendary WWII Booze

During World War II, the US Navy used high-proof alcohol as torpedo fuel. Resourceful sailors tapped into this supply, mixing the alcohol with fruit juice to create the legendary "torpedo juice." This potent concoction, though harsh-tasting, became a popular drink among servicemen, representing a unique camaraderie and escape from the harsh realities of war. Despite the Navy's attempts to deter consumption by adding poisons, sailors devised ingenious methods of purification, even using bread as a filter. The story of torpedo juice embodies the ingenuity and resilience of soldiers during wartime.

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Misc World War II military history moonshine

Software Design Philosophy: Taming Complexity

2024-12-21

This post summarizes three key ideas from the book "A Philosophy of Software Design": zero tolerance for complexity, the misconception that smaller components always equate to better modularity, and the complexities inherent in exception handling. The author argues that complexity isn't caused by single errors but accumulates over time. Examples of an order processing system and user registration illustrate how to avoid duplicated code and find the right balance between component size and modularity. Furthermore, the post details three techniques to reduce exception handling complexity: eliminating errors, masking exceptions, and exception aggregation, with file processing serving as an example. The book ultimately emphasizes the importance of consistently simplifying complexity in software design.

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Turing Machines: The Foundation of Computation

2024-12-21
Turing Machines: The Foundation of Computation

This article provides a clear and accessible explanation of Turing machines—a theoretical model of computation. Starting with the operational principles of a Turing machine, it details its components (tape, head, program, and state) and illustrates programming techniques and capabilities through several examples, including printing characters, loops, and basic arithmetic. The article also explores computability and the halting problem, explains the concept of Turing completeness, and clarifies the connection between Turing machines and modern computers. Finally, the author provides an online editor for readers to write and run their own Turing machine programs, enhancing their understanding.

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(samwho.dev)
AI Turing machine computability algorithm

Day by Data App Transforms Your Data into Art

2024-12-20
Day by Data App Transforms Your Data into Art

The Day by Data app, now available on the App Store, turns your daily data into stunning visualizations. Connect your Health and Spotify data to generate personalized art pieces reflecting your yearly step count, top Spotify songs, and peak activity days. Create a 'Day by Data Receipt' showcasing your yearly achievements. The app offers a simple and intuitive way to transform routine numbers into meaningful visuals, making your data a story worth sharing.

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(apps.apple.com)
Design Health Data

Revisiting Barricelli's Cellular Automata: Spontaneous Generation of Life

2025-01-07

This article explores the work of Nils Aall Barricelli, who pioneered cellular automata 15 years before John Conway. Barricelli's 'symbioorganisms' model, in a finite, circular 1D space, simulates the movement and interaction of different elements through simple rules of collision elimination, positional replication, and mutation. The simulations reveal that even with simple rules, stable periodic patterns spontaneously emerge, resembling the spontaneous generation of life. The author delves into the stability of these patterns and proposes combining early universe simulations with simulations of abiogenesis to find more efficient ways to explore life's origins.

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(akkartik.name)
AI abiogenesis complex systems

Chronotrains Launches Interactive European Train Map

2024-12-28
Chronotrains Launches Interactive European Train Map

Chronotrains has launched an interactive map for planning train journeys across Europe. The map visualizes the area reachable within 8 hours from any European train station. Users can hover to see isochrones, search for stations, or click example cities. Powered by Deutsche Bahn data, the map also facilitates multi-city trip planning and links directly to major train ticket providers, offering a convenient, comfortable, and sustainable way to explore Europe by rail.

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(www.chronotrains.com)
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