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Optimizing League of Legends Builds with Linear Programming: A Kai'Sa Case Study

2025-01-26

A League of Legends player used linear programming to optimize item builds for the champion Kai'Sa. By defining an objective function (minimizing total gold cost) and constraints (meeting stat requirements for Kai'Sa's ability evolutions and inventory limits), the player, using Rust and a linear programming solver, found the optimal build. The article also details fetching item data from Riot's Data Dragon API and considers practical in-game factors like item components and movement speed, leading to refined strategies.

(versary.town)

Game Linear Programming Game Optimization League of Legends

What is Electricity? From Atomic Structure to Conductivity

2025-02-23

What is Electricity? From Atomic Structure to Conductivity

This article provides a clear and accessible explanation of electricity. Starting with the Bohr model of the atom, the author explains the arrangement and behavior of electrons within atoms and discusses key concepts in quantum mechanics such as quantization and the Pauli exclusion principle. The article further explains the different behaviors of electrons in insulators and conductors, and how electric current is generated. The author uses plain language, avoiding complex mathematical formulas and jargon, making it easy for readers to understand the fundamental principles of electricity.

(lcamtuf.substack.com)

Tech electricity basics atomic structure conductivity

Go's Native FIPS 140-3 Crypto Module: A Secure and Simple Solution

2025-07-16

Go 1.24 and later now natively supports FIPS 140-3 compliance through a new cryptographic module developed in collaboration with Geomys. This module, validated by CAVP certificate A6650 and undergoing CMVP review, eliminates previous friction points for Go users in regulated environments. Offering a seamless developer experience, it boasts uncompromising security, using optimized ECDSA and a NIST DRBG based on AES-256-CTR. It supports a wide range of platforms and algorithms, surpassing the capabilities and security of its predecessor, Go+BoringCrypto. This native module provides the easiest and most secure path to FIPS 140-3 compliance for Go developers.

(go.dev)

Development Cryptographic Module

Fixing a Sneaky uname Bug in Apache NuttX RTOS: Static Variables Strike Back

2025-01-21

Fixing a Sneaky uname Bug in Apache NuttX RTOS: Static Variables Strike Back

This post details the debugging journey of a seemingly minor bug in the Apache NuttX RTOS's `uname` command. The initial problem: the commit hash was missing from the output. The investigation led down a rabbit hole, involving inspecting the kernel image, calling `uname` at kernel startup, and disassembling the application. The culprit? A broken static variable (`g_version`) responsible for storing the commit hash within NuttX applications. This unexpected behavior highlighted the importance of thorough debugging in embedded systems, emphasizing that even minor anomalies can signal deeper, more serious issues.

(lupyuen.org)

Development bug fix

Hospitals Reporting Mothers to Child Welfare After Administering Medications During Childbirth

2024-12-14

Hospitals Reporting Mothers to Child Welfare After Administering Medications During Childbirth

A surge in reports to child welfare agencies is occurring across the U.S. Hospitals are administering medications like pain relievers and sedatives during labor, then reporting mothers to child welfare when subsequent drug tests on the mother or newborn come back positive for the same substances. These positive tests, often false positives due to commonly prescribed medications, lead to police involvement, child welfare investigations, and even child removal. The investigation reveals a lack of verification procedures and excessive surveillance of pregnant women. Experts call for improved hospital drug testing and reporting protocols to prevent harm to mothers and families.

(www.themarshallproject.org)

Misc Medical Malpractice Drug Testing Child Welfare

SoftBank Acquires Ampere Computing for $6.5B, Doubling Down on AI

2025-03-20

SoftBank Group Corp. announced the acquisition of Ampere Computing, a leading independent silicon design company, for $6.5 billion in an all-cash deal. This acquisition strengthens SoftBank's AI infrastructure investments and accelerates its growth in AI. Ampere will operate as a wholly-owned subsidiary, retaining its name and Santa Clara headquarters. SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son stated the acquisition will help accelerate its vision for Artificial Super Intelligence. Ampere CEO Renee James expressed excitement about joining SoftBank and continuing its AmpereOne roadmap for high-performance Arm processors and AI. The transaction is expected to close in the second half of 2025.

(group.softbank)

Tech

Crafting an HTML Builder DSL in Lua: A Clever Approach

2025-02-24

Crafting an HTML Builder DSL in Lua: A Clever Approach

This article demonstrates building a Domain Specific Language (DSL) in Lua for generating HTML. The author cleverly leverages Lua's syntactic features, such as optional parentheses and function chaining, along with function environments and metatables, to create a concise and elegant HTML generation solution. A custom `__index` metamethod dynamically generates HTML tag functions, and an `append_all` function efficiently concatenates strings. The result is a fully functional HTML builder DSL, significantly improving code readability and development efficiency. The article also highlights the crucial importance of HTML escaping to prevent security vulnerabilities.

(leafo.net)

Development HTML Builder

No Man's Sky Worlds Part II: Billions of New Planets Added!

2025-01-29

No Man's Sky Worlds Part II: Billions of New Planets Added!

No Man's Sky has received a massive update, Worlds Part II, adding billions of new star systems and trillions of new planets to explore! This update dramatically expands the game's universe, introducing new terrain, biomes, flora, fauna, and enormous gas giants. Improvements to water physics, lighting, and the submarine enhance the exploration experience. New quests, storylines, and an expedition with a unique new spaceship (a hybrid of a living ship and a jet fighter) round out the update.

(blog.playstation.com)

Game No Man's Sky game update

The Science of Binge-Watching: How Many Episodes Before You Give Up?

2025-03-03

The Science of Binge-Watching: How Many Episodes Before You Give Up?

This article explores the optimal strategy for binge-watching: when to abandon a show. By analyzing IMDb ratings data, the author finds most shows require 6-7 episodes to reach their long-term average quality. However, long-running series typically decline in quality around seasons five or six. The author also analyzes the psychological biases involved in sticking with bad shows, using his own experience with *How I Met Your Mother* as a cautionary tale about the importance of cutting losses and avoiding disappointing finales.

(www.statsignificant.com)

Misc binge-watching television

Potato's Evolutionary Mystery Solved: A 9-Million-Year-Old Hybrid

2025-08-10

Potato's Evolutionary Mystery Solved: A 9-Million-Year-Old Hybrid

A new study has solved the mystery of the potato's origin. Researchers discovered that potatoes are the result of a hybridization event approximately nine million years ago between ancestors of modern tomato plants and another group of relatives called Etuberosum. This hybrid possessed the ability to form underground tubers, leading to rapid diversification and the over 100 potato species we know today. Crucially, the study found that tuber formation required specific genetic information from both parent species. Published in Cell, this research sheds light on plant evolution and how we might leverage the genetic diversity of wild potatoes to address climate change challenges.

(www.nhm.ac.uk)

Tech potato origin genetic hybrid

My Efficient Python Full-Stack Workflow: From AI to Deployment

2025-07-16

My Efficient Python Full-Stack Workflow: From AI to Deployment

This post details a complete toolchain for building Python applications, honed over six months of AI development. The author shares their preferred project structure (monorepo), dependency management (uv), linting (ruff), type checking (ty), testing (pytest), data validation (Pydantic), documentation (MkDocs), API creation (FastAPI), dataclasses, version control (GitHub Actions), dependency updates (Dependabot), security scanning (Gitleaks), pre-commit hooks, automation (Make), and Docker containerization. This streamlined workflow emphasizes efficiency, code quality, and CI/CD. The author's focus on lightweight tools and a simplified approach makes this a valuable resource for full-stack Python developers.

(www.cesarsotovalero.net)

Development Full-Stack Development

Personal Digital Archives: Unique Data Treasures in the Age of AI

2025-03-19

Personal Digital Archives: Unique Data Treasures in the Age of AI

In her latest bi-weekly newsletter, Linda explores the value of personal digital archives. She argues that in today's age of generative AI tending toward mediocrity, these archives, containing unique personal experiences, preferences, and perspectives, become valuable resources for training AI models and creating more personalized works. The article uses the author's own experience of collecting books, images, and links as an example, and combines the perspectives of historians to illustrate the importance of personal archives in the age of AI. Several examples of personal archives in Finland are also given. Finally, the author calls on readers to share their own collected items and stories, showcasing the richness and unique charm of personal archives.

(helloruby.substack.com)

AI Data Personal Archives

DataTables.net Suffers Major Outage Due to Domain Hijacking

2025-09-17

The DataTables.net website experienced a significant outage due to a domain hijacking attack. The attacker, using a sophisticated phishing campaign and forged identification documents, successfully transferred the domain. While the server and code remained untouched, the disruption to the CDN severely impacted users. The author has since restored services and encourages users to adopt security measures like Subresource Integrity (SRI).

(datatables.net)

Development domain hijacking

Netventory: A Fast, Single-Binary Network Scanner

2024-12-22

Netventory: A Fast, Single-Binary Network Scanner

Netventory is a cross-platform network scanning tool distributed as a single binary, requiring no dependencies and running on Linux, Mac, and Windows. Its sleek terminal interface and powerful features make it accessible to network administrators, security professionals, and anyone needing quick network visibility. Netventory boasts multiple detection methods (TCP, UDP, ARP), port scanning, MAC address resolution, and hostname resolution, with real-time progress tracking and detailed device information. Simple commands enable network auditing, security assessments, and network management tasks.

(github.com)

Tech network scanning single binary

DOOM Ported to Run Entirely on AMD GPUs

2024-12-15

An AMD developer has successfully ported the classic game DOOM to run almost entirely on AMD GPUs. Leveraging the ROCm library and the LLVM libc C library, the port offloads rendering and game logic to the GPU, handling OS functions via an RPC interface. This impressive feat showcases the potential of the LLVM C library for GPU programming and opens exciting possibilities for game development.

(www.phoronix.com)

Game GPU Gaming

“Bread and Circuses”: Reframing the Narrative of Roman Decline

2024-12-20

“Bread and Circuses”: Reframing the Narrative of Roman Decline

This article delves into the origins and meaning of the proverb “bread and circuses.” Tracing it back to Juvenal's satire, the author argues it's not a positive assessment of the Roman populace but a critique of their abdication of political responsibility in favor of basic needs and entertainment. The author challenges the common notion that “bread and circuses” caused Rome's downfall, attributing the decline to prolonged civil wars and instability, with the populace prioritizing peace above all else. Ultimately, the article reveals the true meaning of “bread and circuses”: a lament for the loss of political liberty and the constrained dreams of the Roman people.

(acoup.blog)

Misc Roman history bread and circuses political decline

Amnesty's Mobile Verification Toolkit: A Forensic Tool for Spyware Detection

2025-03-17

Amnesty's Mobile Verification Toolkit: A Forensic Tool for Spyware Detection

Amnesty International's Security Lab released the Mobile Verification Toolkit (MVT) in July 2021. This tool helps simplify and automate the process of gathering forensic evidence to identify potential compromises on Android and iOS devices. MVT uses publicly available Indicators of Compromise (IOCs) to scan for traces of known spyware campaigns, but it's crucial to remember that this is not a guarantee of complete device security. Intended for technologists and investigators familiar with digital forensics and command-line tools, MVT is not for general self-assessment.

(github.com)

Tech digital forensics

The AI Coding Assistant: An Existential Crisis for Software Engineers?

2025-03-23

The rise of AI coding assistants is fundamentally reshaping the role of software engineers, transitioning them from pure coders to orchestrators and managers of AI systems. This shift has sparked an identity crisis within the software engineering community. The article explores the challenges and opportunities presented by this transformation, highlighting that the core value of a software engineer lies in problem-solving and value creation, not just coding. The future demands stronger communication, systems thinking, and adaptability to thrive in the age of AI.

(annievella.com)

Development

Autodesk Forum Archiving Update: Community Backlash and Adjustments

2025-01-27

Autodesk's recent forum archiving policy changes sparked a significant community backlash. The initial plan to archive a large number of forum posts, including valuable code and solutions, resulted in information loss and user complaints about broken links and missing knowledge. Facing pressure, Autodesk revised its policy, stating that Idea Boards will not be archived and that forum threads with 'accepted solutions' will be preserved along with related posts. They are working to recover some archived content, but due to technical limitations, complete restoration is not guaranteed. This incident highlights the importance of communication between the company and its users and the need for more careful handling of community content to avoid unnecessary knowledge loss.

(forums.autodesk.com)

Development community forum archiving policy

Ambermoon Advanced: A Massive RPG Expansion Released in Episodes

2025-03-31

Ambermoon Advanced: A Massive RPG Expansion Released in Episodes

Indie developer Pyrdacor is releasing Ambermoon Advanced, an unofficial expansion for the RPG Ambermoon, in episodic installments. Five episodes are planned, with the first three currently available, featuring content like "Mysteries of the Sea" and "Elemental Creatures." The game runs on Amiga and modern systems, though the Amiga version is still under development. The developer notes that the game is a work in progress and may contain bugs and imbalances. A physical manual is also planned, containing game information and Ambermoon lore.

(github.com)

Game Game Expansion

USDA Inspector General Escorted Out After Refusal to Accept Dismissal

2025-02-01

USDA Inspector General Escorted Out After Refusal to Accept Dismissal

Security personnel escorted the USDA Inspector General, Phyllis Fong, from her office this week after she refused to comply with her dismissal by the Trump administration. Fong, a 22-year veteran of the department, argued the administration hadn't followed proper procedure, citing a council that deemed the termination notices legally invalid. The White House defended the dismissals, claiming they were necessary to replace “rogue, partisan bureaucrats.” Fong oversaw a wide range of responsibilities, including investigations into Neuralink and animal abuse cases. Her dismissal was part of a larger purge of federal watchdogs, drawing criticism as a politically motivated act.

(timesofindia.indiatimes.com)

Misc US Politics Inspector General

Serverless P2P Browser File Transfer: FilePizza v2 Arrives

2025-03-12

Serverless P2P Browser File Transfer: FilePizza v2 Arrives

FilePizza v2 is a WebRTC-based peer-to-peer file transfer tool for browsers. It eliminates the need for intermediary servers, transferring files directly between browsers for speed, privacy, and security. New features include a modern UI, dark mode, mobile support, multi-file uploads (zipped), upload progress monitoring, password protection, and Redis-based server state storage. End-to-end encryption ensures secure transfers. Conceived while eating pizza at UC Berkeley, it's now open-source and available at file.pizza.

(github.com)

Development File Transfer

German Railway Still Running on Windows 3.11?

2025-03-30

German Railway Still Running on Windows 3.11?

A German railway company recently posted a job opening for a Windows 3.11 administrator to maintain outdated systems running on 166MHz processors and 8MB of RAM. These systems, used for railway display boards across most of Germany, provide real-time data to driver cabs on high-speed and regional trains. Despite their age, these mission-critical systems remain in use, adhering to a 'if it ain't broke, don't fix it' philosophy, with an expected lifespan until at least 2030. The job posting sparked online discussion, highlighting the persistence of legacy systems in critical infrastructure.

(www.tomshardware.com)

Tech German railway

Apple Fitness VP Accused of Toxic Workplace Culture

2025-08-22

Apple Fitness VP Accused of Toxic Workplace Culture

Jay Blahnik, Apple's VP of Fitness Technologies, is facing accusations of fostering a toxic work environment. Multiple current and former employees allege verbal abuse, manipulation, and inappropriate behavior, leading over ten employees to take extended medical or mental health leaves since 2022. Despite an internal investigation, Blahnik remains employed and faces multiple lawsuits, including one alleging sexual harassment. The situation raises concerns about Apple's corporate culture.

(macdailynews.com)

Tech

Wayland's Resurrection: A Three-Year Retrospective

2025-02-13

Three years ago, a critical post about Wayland sparked heated discussion. Now, the author revisits the past and finds that Wayland has made remarkable progress. Many of the pain points, such as explicit sync and rendering thread stalls, have been effectively addressed. Improvements in Mesa, protocol enhancements, and active community participation have driven Wayland's development. While some challenges remain, such as embedding foreign surfaces and multi-window management, the future of Wayland looks bright.

(dudemanguy.github.io)

Development Graphics

Hoarder: A Self-Hostable Bookmark Manager Powered by AI

2024-12-24

Hoarder: A Self-Hostable Bookmark Manager Powered by AI

Hoarder is a self-hostable bookmarking app that goes beyond simple link saving. It allows you to store links, notes, and images, and uses AI for automatic tagging and full-text search, supporting local models like ollama. Features include OCR, Chrome/Firefox extensions, iOS/Android apps, RSS feed support, a REST API, and full-page archiving to combat link rot. Designed for users who need a better way to manage and retrieve information across multiple platforms, Hoarder is under active development but a demo is available.

(github.com)

Development Bookmark Manager

AI Chatbots in the Workplace: Adoption and Impact

2025-02-25

AI Chatbots in the Workplace: Adoption and Impact

A survey reveals that only a small percentage of workers regularly use AI chatbots, with younger (18-29) and postgraduate-educated individuals showing higher adoption rates. Common uses include research, content editing, and report writing. While 40% of users find AI chatbots highly efficient, a majority (69%) have never used them, citing lack of need or interest. Employer attitudes are largely neutral, with encouragement limited to certain sectors like information technology and finance.

(www.pewresearch.org)

Tech AI chatbots workplace adoption

Saying Goodbye to try_files: Optimizing Nginx Performance

2025-02-21

Saying Goodbye to try_files: Optimizing Nginx Performance

This article delves into the performance implications of the try_files directive in Nginx. While try_files handles SEO-friendly URLs, it incurs unnecessary disk I/O for file existence checks, impacting performance. The article advocates for a framework-specific approach (e.g., leveraging WordPress's /wp-content/ directory) to configure Nginx directly, allowing Nginx to serve static files without try_files. A Python script is also provided to automate the generation of Nginx location blocks for various static file types, further enhancing efficiency and security.

(www.getpagespeed.com)

Development

Undercover DHS Agents Detain Tufts PhD Student in Somerville

2025-03-26

Undercover DHS Agents Detain Tufts PhD Student in Somerville

Rumeysa Ozturk, a Tufts University PhD student from Turkey, was unexpectedly arrested in Somerville by Department of Homeland Security agents. The agents, who did not identify themselves, masked their faces, and confiscated her phone before detaining her. A witness reported Ozturk was visibly distressed, crying and stating she was a student. Her lawyer has not yet been able to contact her or learn her location. The arrest appears connected to the Trump administration's campaign targeting pro-Palestinian campus activists.

(www.bostonglobe.com)

Misc arrest student

HyperEssays: An Ongoing Digital Project for Montaigne's Essays

2024-12-22

HyperEssays: An Ongoing Digital Project for Montaigne's Essays

HyperEssays is a project dedicated to creating a modern and accessible online edition of Michel de Montaigne's Essays. The website hosts four editions of the Essays, including the original French, early modern English translations, and a modern English translation, which are continuously updated and improved. The project aims to provide readers with a convenient reading experience and rich interpretive resources, including annotations, indexes, and downloadable PDFs.

(hyperessays.net)

Misc Montaigne Essays

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