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Meta's Fact-Checking Failure: The Limits of Truth in the Age of Disinformation 2.0

2025-01-14
Meta's Fact-Checking Failure: The Limits of Truth in the Age of Disinformation 2.0

Meta's abandonment of its fact-checking initiative sparks debate. The author argues that fact-checking struggles against sophisticated disinformation 2.0, involving AI and algorithms. The LA wildfires serve as a case study: claims about budget cuts impacting the fire response are not simply true or false, but involve multiple assumptions and interpretations. Fact-checking, while valuable, isn't a silver bullet. We need to address deeper drivers like political biases and cognitive biases to effectively combat disinformation.

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(weaponizedspaces.substack.com)
Tech fact-checking disinformation

The Rise of Post-Literate History: A Growing Gap Between Scholars and the Public

2024-12-26
The Rise of Post-Literate History: A Growing Gap Between Scholars and the Public

This article explores the widening gap between the findings of professional historians and public understanding of history. Using Darryl Cooper's controversial interpretation of World War II as an example, the author points out that the public's understanding of history often remains simplistic and one-sided, ignoring years of in-depth academic research. The article compares the different accounts of the Crusades by Runciman and Riley-Smith, highlighting how Runciman's more literary style resonated more with the public while Riley-Smith's rigorous scholarship remained largely unknown. The author argues that limitations of modern academic publishing, declining levels of public culture, and shrinking attention spans contribute to the difficulty of disseminating quality historical work, potentially leading to the decline of historical research.

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(www.compactmag.com)
Misc public understanding academic research

Revolutionizing Pollutant Detection: MassQL, the No-Code Programming Language

2025-05-27
Revolutionizing Pollutant Detection: MassQL, the No-Code Programming Language

Researchers at UC Riverside have developed MassQL, a new programming language that allows biologists and chemists to rapidly identify environmental pollutants without coding. Functioning like a search engine for mass spectrometry data, MassQL empowers researchers to find patterns previously requiring advanced programming skills. Already, it has identified flame retardants in waterways and unearthed previously unknown compounds. Overcoming the challenge of unifying chemist and computer scientist terminology, MassQL boasts over 30 applications, from detecting alcohol poisoning markers to finding ‘forever chemicals’ in playgrounds, revolutionizing environmental science research.

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(news.ucr.edu)
Tech environmental pollutants

Taylorator: Flooding the FM Band with Taylor Swift (and Some Legal Concerns)

2025-01-27
Taylorator: Flooding the FM Band with Taylor Swift (and Some Legal Concerns)

The Taylorator is a project that uses Software Defined Radio (SDR) to broadcast Taylor Swift's music across the FM radio band. The creator wrote software to simultaneously transmit 100 songs to different FM frequencies, effectively 'flooding' the airwaves. The project faced significant performance challenges, requiring powerful CPUs for real-time audio processing of multiple channels. While legal ramifications exist regarding unlicensed broadcasting, the Taylorator is an impressive feat of engineering with its source code publicly available.

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(www.scd31.com)
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Hyperspace: A Mac App That Reclaims Disk Space Using APFS Clones

2025-02-25
Hyperspace: A Mac App That Reclaims Disk Space Using APFS Clones

John Siracusa, a veteran developer, has released Hyperspace, a Mac app that cleverly leverages the cloning features of the APFS file system to free up valuable disk space. Unlike other apps that delete duplicate files, Hyperspace reclaims space losslessly by converting files with identical content into clones sharing a single data instance. The article details Hyperspace's development journey and the author's experiences and challenges using SwiftUI and Swift 6. While Hyperspace's method of manipulating files carries risks, its powerful functionality and ease of use make it a boon for Mac users.

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(hypercritical.co)
Development Mac app Disk space

One in Five Online Job Postings Are Fake or Unfilled: A 'Ghost Job' Epidemic

2025-01-14
One in Five Online Job Postings Are Fake or Unfilled: A 'Ghost Job' Epidemic

A new study reveals that a shocking one in five online job postings are either fake or never actually filled, leaving job seekers frustrated and wasting precious time. This 'ghost job' phenomenon, driven by companies potentially using inflated numbers to meet targets, is causing significant problems. To combat this, platforms like Greenhouse and LinkedIn are implementing job verification services to help identify legitimate opportunities amidst the deceptive postings.

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(gizmodo.com)
Misc fake jobs ghost jobs

Say Goodbye to Cloud Services: A Local, Zero-Dependency Image Archiver

2025-03-19
Say Goodbye to Cloud Services: A Local, Zero-Dependency Image Archiver

Tired of complex cloud-based photo management? This project aims to simplify image archiving with a local, zero-dependency tool. It requires no server, database, or specific ecosystem—just files and folders. Think of it as a static site generator that lives within your image library. Built in Rust or Go, it will be a lightweight executable that automatically generates folder indices and thumbnails, with optional metadata (Markdown or plain text). Deleting the app leaves your images and structure untouched. It's a simple, powerful solution for local image management.

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(www.scottishstoater.com)
Development local image management

AI Alignment: It's Not Just About the Tech

2025-05-22

This article argues that AI alignment is not solely a technical problem, but a significant societal selection problem. The author uses the analogy of pharmaceutical alignment – we don't just focus on lab work, but consider the entire medical-industrial complex. The author posits that how we, as a society, shape AI's development through purchasing decisions, regulation, and public discourse is paramount. Ignoring the societal aspect is a folly, and improving 'Selection' efficiency is the big work of AI alignment, not just the purely technical challenges.

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(muldoon.cloud)
AI AI Alignment Societal Selection Tech and Society

Where Does Developer Time Go? A 40-Year Study Reveals the Answer

2025-05-22

For decades, developers have spent most of their time figuring out systems. Research shows this remains consistently high, around 58% even when accounting for navigation time, from 1979 to 2018. The article argues that understanding a system is fundamentally a decision-making process, and reading code is merely a low-efficiency, non-scalable means of gathering information. The author introduces the concept of "Moldable Development," advocating for creating custom tools tailored to specific problems, reducing reliance on code reading, and thus boosting development efficiency. The article concludes by recommending Glamorous Toolkit, a moldable development environment designed to facilitate the "how not to read code" conversation.

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(lepiter.io)
Development code comprehension moldable development

The Golden Age of Japanese Pencils: A Century-Long Rivalry

2025-03-03
The Golden Age of Japanese Pencils: A Century-Long Rivalry

In 1952, Tombow Pencil revolutionized the Japanese pencil industry with its HOMO pencil, featuring a homogenous core and high-quality incense cedar. Its significantly higher price point sparked a fierce competition with Mitsubishi Pencil, leading to a 'Golden Age' of innovation. Both companies released iconic pencils like Mitsubishi's Uni and Tombow's MONO, pushing the boundaries of pencil technology and design. This rivalry exemplifies the dedication to quality and innovation that defined Japanese manufacturing.

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(notes.stlartsupply.com)
Misc Japanese Pencils Mitsubishi

The Time Wars: From Railroads to Daylight Saving Time

2025-03-08
The Time Wars: From Railroads to Daylight Saving Time

This article chronicles the evolution of human timekeeping, from subjective notions of time to the establishment of global standard time and the ongoing controversy surrounding daylight saving time. The rise of railroads spurred the creation of standard time zones, provoking strong resistance from the public who viewed it as a disruption of natural time and traditional lifestyles. Daylight saving time also faced similar controversies, adopted during the two World Wars and later abolished, remaining a contentious issue to this day. The article uses vivid stories and historical details to illustrate humanity's struggle for control over time and the interplay between different interest groups.

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(worldhistory.substack.com)
Misc standard time

Neuralink Implants Brain Device in Third Patient

2025-01-13
Neuralink Implants Brain Device in Third Patient

Elon Musk announced that Neuralink's brain-computer interface device has been implanted in a third patient, with plans to implant 20 to 30 more in 2025. This technology aims to help patients with paralysis and ALS control external devices. Neuralink currently has two FDA-registered clinical trials, one for paralyzed patients and another for those needing assistive robotic arms.

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(finance.yahoo.com)
Tech Brain-Computer Interface Biotech

Cascading Spy Sheets: Exploiting Modern CSS for Fingerprinting

2025-01-10

Researchers discovered that modern CSS's dynamic features, even with JavaScript disabled, enable fingerprinting in both browsers and emails. Three techniques leveraging container queries, arithmetic functions, and complex selectors achieve high accuracy in inferring application, OS, and hardware configurations. This fingerprinting works even in the restrictive environment of HTML emails. The researchers propose two defenses: browser resource preloading and an email proxy service.

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(cispa.de)
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GlassFlow: Real-time Streaming ETL for ClickHouse

2025-05-11
GlassFlow: Real-time Streaming ETL for ClickHouse

GlassFlow is a real-time stream processor designed for data engineers to simplify creating and managing data pipelines between Kafka and ClickHouse. It boasts a user-friendly interface for building and managing real-time data pipelines, featuring built-in deduplication and temporal joins. Handling late-arriving events and ensuring exactly-once processing, GlassFlow scales to handle high-throughput data, delivering accurate, low-latency results without sacrificing simplicity or performance. The intuitive web interface simplifies pipeline configuration and monitoring, while its robust architecture guarantees reliable data processing. It supports local development and Docker deployment, and includes a comprehensive demo setup for quick onboarding.

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(github.com)
Development real-time processing

The Information Deluge: Coping with the News Overload

2025-02-12
The Information Deluge: Coping with the News Overload

Reflecting on a 45-year career in tech, the author laments the shift from singular news sources to highly personalized strategies in the age of information overload. From the initial era of TV, radio, newspapers, and magazines, to the explosion of USENET and the web, news sources have multiplied exponentially, exceeding human information processing capacity. Faced with a deluge of information that's often untrustworthy or irrelevant, people have developed coping mechanisms, including complete disconnection and digital sabbaths. The author argues we need a fundamental rethink of our relationship with information, cultivating better discernment skills and building psychological and cultural defenses to navigate the chaos. This isn't a problem solvable by technology or law; it requires individual effort to improve our capacity to manage information overload.

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(www.theregister.com)
Misc information filtering

Babylonian Eclipse Omens: Dark Predictions from Ancient Astronomy

2025-01-09
Babylonian Eclipse Omens: Dark Predictions from Ancient Astronomy

Newly deciphered Babylonian clay tablets from 1900-1600 BC reveal the earliest known records of lunar eclipse omens. These omens are overwhelmingly ominous, predicting everything from pestilence and famine to the death of kings. The Babylonians believed the sky mirrored the earth, making eclipses dire warnings of divine displeasure. While mostly foretelling doom, kings could attempt to avert fate through rituals and even using substitutes to bear the brunt of the ill omen. This discovery offers a fascinating glimpse into ancient worldviews and how celestial events were interpreted.

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(archaeology.org)
Tech Ancient Babylon Lunar Eclipse Divination

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

TikTok's Return to the App Store Imminent

2025-02-14
TikTok's Return to the App Store Imminent

Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reports that a letter from Trump-era Attorney General Pam Bondi to Apple allows the restoration of TikTok on the App Store. Currently, iPhones with TikTok can continue using it, and a web version exists. However, updates and re-downloads are blocked, and transfer between iPhones (crucially impacting Apple's upcoming low-end launch) is impossible. Apple confirmed TikTok's return for Thursday evening. Previously, Apple and Google were legally obligated to remove TikTok due to ByteDance's failure to divest. Despite a bill passed and signed by President Biden, his administration delayed enforcement, leaving the decision to the Trump administration. Trump, after initially pushing for a ban, later supported TikTok's continued availability, granting ByteDance a 75-day extension to negotiate with US firms and potentially the government.

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(9to5mac.com)
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Sharing a ChatGPT Account: How AI Transformed Our Lives

2025-02-15
Sharing a ChatGPT Account: How AI Transformed Our Lives

The author and his wife share a ChatGPT Pro account and utilize AI in distinct ways. His wife, in education and social work, employs AI for drafting addiction prevention materials, writing yoga studio contracts, and researching health information. The author primarily uses it for coding, software development, market research, and task automation. They discovered AI's applications extend beyond technical tasks, serving as a tool to enhance efficiency, aiding in planning and executing tasks, ultimately freeing up more time for family.

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(startupbaniya.com)
Misc efficiency improvement

Conquering the StarCraft: Brood War Translation Barrier with LLMs and Open Source

2025-01-17
Conquering the StarCraft: Brood War Translation Barrier with LLMs and Open Source

A StarCraft: Brood War (BW) player tackled a long-standing community problem: translating Korean-language strategic analyses and commentary videos. BW's culture is heavily rooted in Korea, creating a significant barrier for non-Korean speakers. The author cleverly combined Whisper for transcription, Google Colab's free GPU resources, and ChatGPT for translation, alongside a custom userscript. This dramatically improved translation speed and accuracy, solving the 'Foreigner Knowledge' problem and making Korean-language BW insights accessible to a wider audience.

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(blog.sourcedive.net)
Game StarCraft Game Translation

Plex's 2025 Roadmap: Revamped User Experience and New Features

2025-01-22
Plex's 2025 Roadmap: Revamped User Experience and New Features

Plex kicked off 2025 with a bang, announcing updates focused on enhancing user experience and introducing exciting new features. These include a revamped review and interaction system allowing users to write and comment on reviews, enhanced profile visibility and sharing options on watch.plex.tv for increased community interaction, a preview of a redesigned Apple TV app, and the official release of HEVC hardware encoding for Plex Pass subscribers, boosting video quality while reducing bandwidth consumption. Overall, Plex aims to create a more robust streaming platform and a more vibrant community.

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(www.plex.tv)
Tech

C3: A Refined Evolution of the C Programming Language

2025-04-03
C3: A Refined Evolution of the C Programming Language

C3 is a programming language built upon the syntax and semantics of C, aiming to evolve it while maintaining familiarity for C programmers. It's an evolution, not a revolution: C-like for those who like C. Full ABI compatibility with C allows seamless mixing of C and C3 code. C3 introduces modern conveniences such as generics, result-based zero-overhead error handling, and defer statements, while avoiding unnecessary complexity. Version 0.7.0 is stable and supports various operating systems with pre-compiled binaries and comprehensive documentation available.

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(github.com)
Development

Website Anti-Scraping Mechanism: Anubis Explained

2025-08-12

A website implemented Anubis, an anti-scraping mechanism, to combat aggressive data scraping by AI companies. Anubis resembles Hashcash, increasing computational load to deter scrapers. This approach has minimal impact on individual users but significantly raises the cost for large-scale scraping. Anubis is a temporary solution; the ultimate goal is to better differentiate legitimate users from bots by identifying headless browsers, thus avoiding inconveniencing ordinary users. Note that Anubis requires modern JavaScript features, so please disable plugins like JShelter.

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(wiki.freebsd.org)
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Lebanon's Forgotten Cold War Space Race

2025-04-30
Lebanon's Forgotten Cold War Space Race

During the Cold War, Lebanon, a small nation, defied expectations by launching rockets into low Earth orbit under the leadership of Manoug Manougian and his Lebanese Rocket Society. Operating with minimal resources and ingenuity, they achieved remarkable feats, only to be ultimately thwarted by geopolitical tensions, fears of militarization, and international pressure. Their story highlights the power of vision and determination in overcoming resource constraints and achieving seemingly impossible goals, a testament to human ingenuity in the face of adversity.

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(kasurian.com)
Tech Space Race Lebanon

Revolutionary Material Failure Theory: From Nano to Macro

2025-03-01

A groundbreaking paper presents a new theoretical framework for material failure, encompassing isotropic and anisotropic materials. It bridges the gap between nano-scale analysis, such as graphene, and macro-scale predictions for composite materials, creating a complete model from micro to macro. This theory overcomes limitations of traditional failure criteria, accurately distinguishing ductile from brittle failure and predicting fatigue and creep failure. It offers a revolutionary advancement for materials science and engineering applications.

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(www.failurecriteria.com)
Tech failure theory composite materials

A Tiny CSS Animation Caused 60% CPU and 25% GPU Usage on My M2 MacBook

2025-07-23
A Tiny CSS Animation Caused 60% CPU and 25% GPU Usage on My M2 MacBook

A seemingly insignificant CSS animation was mysteriously consuming 60% CPU and 25% GPU on my M2 MacBook. This post details the debugging process using Chrome DevTools' performance profiling tools to pinpoint the culprit: animating the `height` property. The author explains the browser's rendering pipeline and demonstrates how switching to the cheaper `transform` property (using a clever workaround to avoid visual artifacts) dramatically reduced resource consumption to under 6% CPU and 1% GPU.

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(www.granola.ai)
Development browser rendering

1948: Speed Record, Swim Trunks, and a History-Making Pose

2025-04-08
1948: Speed Record, Swim Trunks, and a History-Making Pose

In 1948, 47-year-old Rollie Free employed an unconventional strategy to break the world motorcycle speed record: wearing only swim trunks, he lay horizontally on his Vincent HRD Black Shadow motorcycle to minimize wind resistance. This daring attempt succeeded on Utah's Bonneville Salt Flats, resulting in a record-breaking speed of 150.313 mph and an iconic photograph. While the record has since been broken, Free's image and approach remain legendary in motorcycle history.

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(www.life.com)
Misc Motorcycle

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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(www.tonymarston.net)
Development Domain-Driven Design Code Reusability

Linnaeus's Note-Taking: The Organizational Genius Behind Taxonomic Revolution

2025-03-23
Linnaeus's Note-Taking: The Organizational Genius Behind Taxonomic Revolution

This article explores the contributions of 18th-century naturalist Carl Linnaeus, highlighting not only his creation of binomial nomenclature but also his revolutionary note-taking system. Linnaeus amassed over 13,000 plant specimens, innovatively using an expandable card system instead of bound books for organization, enabling efficient and flexible categorization. He even added blank pages to books for immediate recording of new discoveries, influencing subsequent reading and research methods. Linnaeus's success stems from both his scientific talent and his unique organizational and recording practices, offering valuable lessons for us today.

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(jillianhess.substack.com)
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