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2024 World Chess Championship: A Data-Driven Deep Dive

2024-12-18
2024 World Chess Championship: A Data-Driven Deep Dive

The 2024 World Chess Championship saw Gukesh Dommaraju triumph over Ding Liren, becoming the youngest World Champion ever. This analysis uses data-driven insights, including accuracy, error types, average centipawn loss, move times, conversion rate, and comeback rate, to dissect the match. Data suggests Ding Liren exhibited slightly higher precision and consistency, but a crucial blunder in the final game proved decisive. The author concludes that while data analysis offers an objective perspective, it needs to be combined with other factors for a holistic understanding of the match's complexities.

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(medium.com)
Game data analysis

Tramway SDK: A Lightweight Game Engine Defying Turbobloat

2025-01-07

Tramway SDK is a lightweight game engine challenging the 'Turbobloat' of mainstream engines like Unity and Godot. Developed over three years, it aims to bring 3D game development to older hardware. Using software rasterization, it eschews the need for a graphics card and runs on 15-year-old hardware, lowering the barrier to entry and reducing e-waste. It ditches node-based systems in favor of entity class inheritance and streamlined coding. Optional editors and whitespace-separated value configuration files simplify the workflow. Tramway SDK also includes an RPG framework, supporting level streaming and Quake/Source style entity interaction for easy open-world RPG creation. While still early in development, its lightweight nature and ease of use hold immense potential.

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(racenis.github.io)
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How Browsers Interpret 'chucknorris' as a Color

2024-12-20
How Browsers Interpret 'chucknorris' as a Color

This article explores how browsers handle invalid color values in HTML, such as interpreting 'chucknorris' as red. The author explains the browser's tolerance in parsing HTML, attempting to convert invalid values into valid ones. The process of how browsers parse invalid color values is described, with a CodePen link provided demonstrating the process. The author argues that this browser tolerance is a charm of the web, allowing even invalid code to run, showcasing the web's resilience.

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(htmhell.dev)
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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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(www.amnesty.org)
Tech digital repression surveillance technology human rights

My 2024 Reading List: A Journey Through Philosophy, Science, and Literature

2025-01-01
My 2024 Reading List: A Journey Through Philosophy, Science, and Literature

Waqas Younas shares his 2024 reading list, a diverse collection spanning philosophy, logic, literature, history, and biography. From Cicero's letters to Nietzsche's Human, All Too Human, and from quantum mechanics to Tagore's poetry, the books reflect a journey of intellectual exploration. The engaging review interweaves insightful excerpts and personal reflections, making it a captivating read for anyone interested in a broad spectrum of subjects.

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(thoughts.wyounas.com)
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Blogger Resurfaces 2004 MIT Spam Conference Talk Intro Video

2024-12-13

Blogger John Graham-Cumming recently shared on his blog the intro video from his 2004 MIT Spam Conference talk. The video cleverly uses the "All your base are belong to us" meme, adapting it to discuss spam and machine learning, and paying homage to Paul Graham. It showcases early machine learning applications in anti-spam and the blogger's creative and humorous approach to tech communication.

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(blog.jgc.org)
AI machine learning anti-spam

GitHub Project ted: A Turing Machine-based File Editor

2024-12-18
GitHub Project ted: A Turing Machine-based File Editor

ted is a command-line tool written in Go that allows users to edit files according to the rules of a provided Turing machine. Inspired by the author's need to process log files, ted uses state machines to precisely extract the desired information. It supports various operations, including regular expression matching, sed command execution, variable assignment, capture and output control, and offers features such as multi-line capture, regex capture groups, and file head/tail movement.

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(github.com)
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Best Practices for Representing Inheritance in SQL Server Databases

2024-12-17
Best Practices for Representing Inheritance in SQL Server Databases

This article explores best practices for representing inheritance relationships in SQL Server databases. Three common approaches are presented: single table inheritance, concrete table inheritance, and class table inheritance. The advantages and disadvantages of each are detailed. Single table inheritance is simple but has scalability and data integrity issues; concrete table inheritance solves these but suffers from inefficient queries; class table inheritance balances simplicity and efficiency, making it the preferred choice in most scenarios. Alternative approaches using JSON for subtype-specific fields and normalized database design are also discussed.

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(stackoverflow.com)
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Ghostty Terminal Emulator Reaches 1.0: A Journey of Challenges and Triumphs

2024-12-28

Mitchell Hashimoto's journey to release Ghostty 1.0, his terminal emulator, spanned two years and overcame numerous challenges. Initially a personal project to explore Zig and graphics programming, Ghostty unexpectedly gained significant traction. To balance family life and development, Hashimoto employed a private beta, yielding invaluable community feedback but also resulting in frustration from those excluded. Ghostty 1.0 distinguishes itself with its unique tech stack (Zig core and platform-specific GUIs) and impressive performance. Future plans include open-sourcing the core library, libghostty, to further expand Ghostty's impact.

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(mitchellh.com)
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Mysterious Tablet with Unknown Script Unearthed in Georgia

2024-12-14

A basalt tablet inscribed with 60 enigmatic characters has been discovered near Lake Bashplemi in Georgia. The unique symbols, arranged in seven registers, bear partial resemblance to scripts from the Middle East, India, Egypt, and even West Iberia, but don't directly match any known writing system. Dating potentially to the Late Bronze or Early Iron Ages, its purpose remains a mystery, though theories include recording military spoils, construction projects, or religious offerings. The discovery suggests cultural exchange between the Caucasus and neighboring regions in antiquity.

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(languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu)
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Why Finding High-Quality Products Is So Difficult

2024-12-16

This article explores the pervasive challenge of finding high-quality products and services in the market. The author argues that markets aren't perfectly efficient, with inefficiencies in companies and products persisting for years. Consumers struggle to discern product quality, often swayed by marketing. Even expert advice proves unreliable. Businesses, prioritizing efficiency, outsource or buy off-the-shelf solutions, but these often lack quality and may have fundamental flaws. The author uses personal anecdotes and case studies to illustrate information asymmetry and trust deficits within and between companies, hindering the production and sale of high-quality goods. The conclusion highlights that building quality isn't easy, but reliable service often necessitates in-house development—a significant hurdle for smaller companies.

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(danluu.com)
Tech product quality market efficiency information asymmetry

California's Math Education Reform Sparks 'Math Wars'

2024-12-19
California's Math Education Reform Sparks 'Math Wars'

The update of California's Mathematics Framework (CMF) ignited a fierce debate, dubbed the "math wars." Reformists advocated replacing traditional algebra with more engaging and inclusive data science courses to boost student interest and close achievement gaps. Traditionalists countered that data science courses lacked rigor and couldn't replace algebra, jeopardizing future STEM careers. The conflict spilled onto social media and into politics, resulting in significant controversy. Ultimately, the University of California reversed the data science substitution policy and formed a workgroup to establish better math standards, following pressure from experts and tech leaders. This "war" exposed weaknesses in US math education and spurred further reforms.

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(alumni.berkeley.edu)
Education math education reform data science

Genesis Engine: A Universal Physics Engine Ushering in a New Era for Robotics and AI

2024-12-22

Genesis is a powerful, general-purpose physics engine and robotics simulation platform capable of simulating a wide range of materials and physical phenomena at unprecedented speeds. It can even generate physically accurate videos and robotic policies from natural language descriptions. For example, it can simulate Sun Wukong performing somersaults, a samurai practicing boxing, and various robots completing complex tasks, with Sim2Real policy transfer capabilities. Currently open-source, the engine will gradually release its generative framework in the future, promising to revolutionize data generation for robotics and AI.

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(genesis-embodied-ai.github.io)
AI AI data generation

10 Essential Django Tools for Enhanced Performance, Security, and Productivity

2024-12-29

This article explores ten indispensable tools for your next Django project, covering dependency management, performance profiling, and more to boost development efficiency, security, and performance. From Poetry for dependency management to Silk for performance profiling, each tool—including Django Extensions, Django REST Framework, djangorestframework-camel-case, Django Storages, django-simple-history, django-otp, Celery, and Gunicorn with Uvicorn Workers—is explained with comparisons to alternatives like Pipenv, FastAPI, and django-reversion. These tools help build faster, more secure, and efficient Django applications.

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(thinkingbytes.co.uk)
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A Wall Conversation Changed My Programming Career

2024-12-21
A Wall Conversation Changed My Programming Career

In 1983, a programmer working at a large defense contractor planned to pursue a Ph.D. in Chemistry. A chance conversation over a wall with the manager of the neighboring "Microcomputer Group" (a tinkerer) led to an invitation to a meeting about Apple II. There, he was tasked with building a VT-100 terminal emulator in 6502 assembly language within a week to enable the company president to read email at home. This experience not only redirected his career path, leading him to join the Microcomputer Group and become the company's sole PC programmer, but also ultimately led him to start his own company. Years later, he reflected on how chance encounters and interpersonal connections significantly shaped his life.

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(thecodist.com)
Development career opportunity

Doodle Dreams: Bringing Your Drawings to Life

2024-12-27

Doodle Dreams is an app that transforms your hand-drawn doodles into animations. Simply draw your desired characters on paper, scan them using the app, and it will recognize and create animations. You can choose different backgrounds, music, and effects to make your doodles more vivid and engaging. This app is suitable for all ages; whether you're an experienced artist or a beginner, you can easily create your own animated works.

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(doodledreams.cc)
Game animation doodle creation

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

Novel Link Between Cell Nutrition and Identity Could Improve Immunotherapies

2024-12-12
Novel Link Between Cell Nutrition and Identity Could Improve Immunotherapies

Scientists at the Salk Institute have discovered a nutritional switch from acetate to citrate is key in determining T cell fate, shifting them from active effector cells to exhausted ones. Published in Science, the findings reveal that different nutrients alter a cell's gene expression, function, and identity. This groundbreaking research offers new therapeutic targets for immunotherapies, potentially keeping T cells active against chronic diseases. The discovery highlights a direct link between cellular function and nutrition, opening new avenues for treating chronic illness.

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(www.genengnews.com)
AI Immunotherapy T cells Cellular Metabolism

Farewell to Endless Meetings: A New Approach to High-Velocity Software Development

2024-12-15

Tired of endless meetings and lengthy planning? This article introduces a high-efficiency software development method: code-centric, rapid iteration. The author uses baking as an example to illustrate the concept of achieving the optimal solution through rapid experimentation, frequent testing, and continuous improvement. This method emphasizes reducing documentation, expressing ideas directly in code, using mock data and hot-reloading tools to speed up development, and improving code readability through concise code style and naming conventions. The author advocates breaking down projects into independently executable files, minimizing restart time, and using default language tools for debugging. Although this method may seem like a "chaotic lab," it can efficiently complete projects and avoid the redundancy and inefficiency of traditional methods.

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(mihaiolteanu.me)
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Generative AI and Fair Use: A ChatGPT Case Study

2024-12-14

This article examines whether generative AI models, particularly ChatGPT, qualify for fair use of copyrighted material. The author analyzes the four factors outlined in Section 107 of the US Copyright Act: purpose and character of use, nature of the copyrighted work, amount and substantiality of the portion used, and effect on the market. Through a case study of ChatGPT, the author argues that ChatGPT's use of its training data likely constitutes copyright infringement. ChatGPT's commercial nature and its failure to transform the training data, coupled with market harm to original works, contradict the principles of fair use.

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(suchir.net)
AI Copyright Fair Use

Building AI Products: A Backend Architecture Deep Dive

2024-12-27

This article details the journey of an AI team building an AI-powered Chief of Staff for engineering leaders. Initially using simple inference pipelines, they transitioned to a multi-agent system as the application grew. The author explains agent design principles, differences from microservices, and object-oriented implementation. Memory management, including CQRS and event sourcing, and handling natural language events are discussed. Scaling to 10,000 users involved sharding, asynchronous programming, LLM call optimization, and migration to Temporal.

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(philcalcado.com)
AI AI Architecture Agent Systems Backend Development

Interpol Drops 'Pig Butchering' Term

2024-12-18
Interpol Drops 'Pig Butchering' Term

Interpol announced it will no longer use the term "pig butchering" to describe online scams, citing its potential to shame and discourage victims from reporting. The organization believes the term dehumanizes victims and prefers "romance baiting," a term it believes is more sensitive and respectful. This change highlights a shift towards prioritizing victim support and emphasizes the need for more considerate language when discussing sensitive crimes. However, many US law enforcement agencies continue to use the original term.

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(www.theregister.com)
Tech online scams Interpol victim support

Reforming Clinical Trials: Accelerating Drug Development and Lowering Costs

2024-12-22
Reforming Clinical Trials: Accelerating Drug Development and Lowering Costs

A research report from the Institute for Progress (IFP) explores reform proposals for clinical trials in the US. The report highlights how lengthy and expensive clinical trials hinder medical innovation. Nine specific recommendations are proposed, including streamlining regulations, improving clinical trial databases, and adopting risk-based monitoring, aiming to accelerate new drug development and benefit more patients by increasing efficiency and reducing costs. This reflects a positive exploration of using technology (such as AI) to improve healthcare efficiency.

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(ifp.org)
Tech medical innovation

High-Performance Concurrent Iteration Library lfi Launched

2024-12-12

lfi is a lightweight functional programming library focused on synchronous, asynchronous, and concurrent iteration. It significantly outperforms libraries like p-map and p-filter in concurrent iteration by processing each item independently, resulting in substantial performance gains. lfi also features lazy evaluation, performing operations only when needed to save memory, and boasts a small size, making it easily tree-shakeable. Its clean API design, combined with the pipe function, leads to more readable and maintainable code.

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(lfi.dev)
Development functional programming concurrent iteration performance optimization

TSMC Employees' Surprisingly High Fertility Rate: One in Fifty Taiwanese Babies is a 'TSMC Baby'

2024-12-17
TSMC Employees' Surprisingly High Fertility Rate: One in Fifty Taiwanese Babies is a 'TSMC Baby'

The surprisingly high fertility rate among employees of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), the world's leading semiconductor manufacturer, has drawn significant attention. While TSMC employees constitute only 0.3% of Taiwan's population, they account for 1.8% of all babies born in Taiwan—meaning one in every fifty Taiwanese babies is a 'TSMC baby'. This phenomenon is attributed to TSMC's family-friendly policies, including childcare services from 7 am to 8 pm, flexible work arrangements, and generous maternity leave. The company's culture, fostering positive peer interactions and encouraging parenthood, also plays a vital role, creating a positive feedback loop that boosts birth rates.

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(www.boomcampaign.org)
Misc fertility rate family-friendly policies

Converge Hiring Senior Full-Stack Engineer: Build a Million-Dollar Marketing Measurement Platform

2024-12-16
Converge Hiring Senior Full-Stack Engineer: Build a Million-Dollar Marketing Measurement Platform

Converge, a Y Combinator-backed company with over $1M in ARR, is hiring a senior full-stack engineer. The small team (only 4 people) serves 180+ customers, processing billions of dollars in annual sales and billions of events per month. You'll build a unified marketing measurement stack, including customer data collection, identity resolution, and marketing attribution, with direct customer interaction and significant ownership. The company values action-orientedness, continuous learning, positive attitudes, and simplicity. Requires extensive full-stack experience, proficiency in React and backend development, and knowledge of production software deployment and scaling.

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(www.ycombinator.com)
Development Full-Stack Engineer Marketing Measurement

Artie (YC) is Hiring a Founding Engineer for Distributed Systems

2025-01-16
Artie (YC) is Hiring a Founding Engineer for Distributed Systems

Artie, a Y Combinator-backed startup, is seeking a Founding Engineer focused on distributed systems. Artie offers a real-time database replication solution leveraging Kafka and CDC, processing over 10 billion rows monthly. The ideal candidate possesses strong computer science fundamentals, thrives in a multi-faceted role, and has experience with asynchronous systems and technologies like gRPC, Kafka, and Kubernetes (though not strictly required). Go proficiency is preferred but not mandatory. This challenging role offers the opportunity to shape the next generation data platform, aiming for zero data latency while maintaining ease of use and scalability.

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(www.ycombinator.com)
Development data engineering

UK Tech Firms Face New Online Safety Regulations

2024-12-16
UK Tech Firms Face New Online Safety Regulations

The UK's Online Safety Act has come into force, placing new safety responsibilities on tech companies. Ofcom has published its first codes of practice and guidance, requiring firms to assess and mitigate the risks of illegal content on their platforms, such as terrorism, hate speech, and child sexual abuse. New rules mandate enhanced content moderation, improved reporting mechanisms, and measures to protect children from sexual exploitation, including default settings to hide children's personal information. Ofcom will closely monitor tech companies' actions and impose strict penalties for non-compliance.

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(www.ofcom.org.uk)
Tech online safety UK tech companies

Mullvad VPN App's 2024 Security Audit Report Released

2024-12-12
Mullvad VPN App's 2024 Security Audit Report Released

Mullvad VPN has released the report for its 2024 third-party security audit of its VPN app. The audit uncovered six vulnerabilities, ranging in severity from low to high, all of which have been addressed. Three high-severity vulnerabilities involved signal handlers and a virtual IP address leak and have been fixed in the latest version. The audit also noted some non-security issues that Mullvad is actively working to resolve. Overall, the Mullvad VPN app is deemed highly secure, but users are still advised to upgrade to the latest version.

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(mullvad.net)
Tech VPN security security audit vulnerability fixes
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