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Meta Launches 'Edits' Video Editing App to Capitalize on CapCut's Absence

2025-01-20

Meta Launches 'Edits' Video Editing App to Capitalize on CapCut's Absence

Following the removal of ByteDance's CapCut video editing app from app stores, Meta announced its new video editing app, Edits, on Sunday. Instagram head Adam Mosseri revealed the app will launch on iOS next month, with Android to follow. Edits boasts a suite of creative tools, including inspiration and idea tracking tabs, and a high-quality camera, along with draft sharing capabilities. Meta's move is seen as capitalizing on the market gap left by CapCut's absence, mirroring previous strategic launches like Instagram Reels and Threads.

(techcrunch.com)

Development Video Editing

Lightweight Self-Hosted Proxy PipeGate: A 'Poor Man's ngrok'

2024-12-17

Lightweight Self-Hosted Proxy PipeGate: A 'Poor Man's ngrok'

PipeGate is a lightweight, self-hosted proxy built with FastAPI, designed as a "poor man's ngrok." It lets you expose your local servers to the internet, providing a simple way to create tunnels from your local machine to the external world. It's excellent for developers wanting to understand how tunneling services like ngrok work internally or needing a customizable alternative hosted on their own infrastructure. Key features include self-hosting, unique connections, customizability, lightweight design, and ease of learning. Installation is straightforward via git clone or pip.

(github.com)

Development self-hosted proxy ngrok alternative local server

Reflections on Building with the Model Context Protocol (MCP): A Mixed Bag

2024-12-15

Reflections on Building with the Model Context Protocol (MCP): A Mixed Bag

Anthropic's Model Context Protocol (MCP) aims to connect LLMs with external tools and data, allowing apps like Claude Desktop to access databases, search engines, and more. While MCP offers exciting possibilities for expanding AI application functionality, its current implementation has shortcomings. Claude Desktop only supports local servers, lacks robust handling of complex inputs, and suffers from client-side timeouts. Furthermore, improvements are needed in documentation and configuration, such as an official registry, support for asynchronous task scheduling, and multi-client collaboration, to fully realize MCP's potential for users.

(outlore.dev)

AI Model Context Protocol

Rerun 0.21 Update: Graph View, Drag & Drop, and Undo

2024-12-20

Rerun 0.21 Update: Graph View, Drag & Drop, and Undo

Rerun 0.21 introduces a highly anticipated Graph view, along with drag-and-drop functionality and undo capabilities. The new view, built using GraphNodes and GraphEdges archetypes, visualizes various graph structures like ROS graphs and semantic scene graphs. This release also implements time-travel-based undo and features a new force-based graph layout engine, Fjädra, significantly enhancing user experience.

(rerun.io)

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Python Weekly Roundup: Markitdown Released, Conda Package Management Debate Heats Up

2024-12-20

This week's Python news includes the release of Microsoft's Markitdown (a tool for converting files to Markdown), PDFMathTranslate (a scientific paper translation tool), and docling (a document preparation tool). Additionally, PEP 768 proposes adding a safe external debugger interface to CPython for real-time debugging. A heated discussion erupted regarding the complexities of Conda package management, analyzing its issues such as version conflicts, virtual environment management, and interactions with pip and setuptools. Finally, Markdown usage sparked a debate highlighting compatibility problems due to differences between various Markdown parsers.

(pyherald.com)

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Google Fiber Launches Construction in Las Vegas

2025-01-22

Google Fiber Launches Construction in Las Vegas

Google Fiber has officially begun network construction in Las Vegas, starting on the west side of the city with expansion to other parts of Clark County in the coming months. This follows agreements reached in 2024 with the City of Las Vegas and Clark County. Google Fiber is committed to minimizing disruption during construction and plans to offer service in parts of the metro area later this year. Nevada residents and businesses will have access to Google Fiber's plans, boasting speeds up to 8 gigabits and prices unchanged since 2012.

(fiber.googleblog.com)

Tech Google Fiber Las Vegas Network Construction

Century-Scale Digital Storage: A Race Against Time

2024-12-14

Century-Scale Digital Storage: A Race Against Time

This article explores the challenge of storing digital data for 100 years. From the invention of IBM's first hard drive-equipped computer, RAMAC, to the prevalence of cloud storage today, the author analyzes the advantages and disadvantages of various storage methods, including hard drives, cloud storage, removable media, and physical imprinting or printing. The article highlights the threats to long-term data preservation, such as physical damage to hardware, software updates, institutional changes, and market fluctuations. Ultimately, the author argues that the key to century-scale digital storage lies in establishing a culture that values maintenance and preservation, requiring a collective effort from all sectors of society to combat the erosion of time and safeguard humanity's digital heritage.

(lil.law.harvard.edu)

Tech data storage digital archive long-term preservation

Tailscale Subnet Routers: A Simple Solution for Complex Network Connections

2024-12-14

Tailscale Subnet Routers: A Simple Solution for Complex Network Connections

Tailscale typically requires installing a client on every device, but this isn't always feasible for embedded devices or existing VPCs. That's where subnet routers come in. They enable devices to communicate using Tailscale's powerful NAT traversal technology, regardless of whether they're running Tailscale. This article explains how Tailscale subnet routers work, including installation and configuration on Windows and Linux. For large network migrations or connecting AWS VPCs, subnet routers offer a fast and easy way to get started. Personal use is free and doesn't count against device limits.

(tailscale.com)

Development Subnet Router NAT Traversal

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)

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Exbody2: High-Fidelity Whole-Body Motion Mimicry in Humanoid Robots

2024-12-18

Researchers have developed Exbody2, a generalized whole-body tracking framework enabling humanoid robots to perform expressive motions with human-like stability. Trained in simulation using Reinforcement Learning and then transferred to the real world, Exbody2 decouples keypoint tracking from velocity control. It leverages a privileged teacher policy to distill precise mimicry skills, achieving high-fidelity replication of dynamic movements such as running, crouching, and dancing. Experiments on two humanoid platforms demonstrate superior performance compared to state-of-the-art methods, providing practical guidelines for advanced whole-body control in humanoid robotics.

(exbody2.github.io)

AI Robotics Reinforcement Learning Whole-body Control

SRCL: A Terminal-Aesthetic React Component Library

2025-01-20

SRCL: A Terminal-Aesthetic React Component Library

SRCL is an open-source React component and style repository that helps you build web applications, desktop applications, and static websites with terminal aesthetics. It boasts a comprehensive collection of components, including action bars, accordions, buttons, alert banners, avatars, badges, loaders, blog posts, breadcrumbs, cards, checkboxes, chessboards, code blocks, combo boxes, data tables, date pickers, dashboards, database examples, dropdown menus, empty states, input fields, forms, links, lists, messages, modals, navigation bars, popovers, progress bars, radio buttons, selects, sidebars, sliders, tables, text areas, tooltips, and tree views, all styled with a retro terminal look and feel.

(www.sacred.computer)

Development Component Library Terminal UI

Getting LLMs to Generate Funny Memes: Surprisingly Hard

2025-01-06

Getting LLMs to Generate Funny Memes: Surprisingly Hard

A University of Waterloo intern attempted to build an app using LLMs and the Greptile API to generate memes that roast GitHub repositories. The process proved unexpectedly challenging. Directly prompting the LLM for roasts yielded generic results. The solution involved separating the task into code analysis (using Greptile to pinpoint specific issues) and roast generation (using the LLM to create targeted humor). Image generation proved difficult due to limitations in handling text, leading to the use of pre-built meme templates and node-canvas for text insertion. Despite the hurdles, the project culminated in reporoast.com, a website capable of generating custom code-roasting memes.

(www.greptile.com)

Development Meme Generation

Stripe Investigates Unexpected DNS Error Spike: A Tale of Complex Network Troubleshooting

2024-12-12

Stripe Investigates Unexpected DNS Error Spike: A Tale of Complex Network Troubleshooting

Stripe recently experienced an unexpected spike in DNS errors. This post details how they used tools like Unbound, tcpdump, and iptables to track down the root cause. The investigation revealed that a Hadoop job analyzing network logs was performing numerous reverse DNS lookups (PTR records), leading to traffic amplification due to retries exceeding the AWS VPC resolver's limits. Stripe resolved the issue by adjusting Unbound forwarding configurations to distribute the load across individual Hadoop hosts. The case highlights the importance of robust monitoring, multi-faceted troubleshooting, and strategies for handling traffic surges in high-availability systems.

(stripe.com)

Development Network Monitoring Troubleshooting

Danish Study Links Diabetes Drug Ozempic to Increased Risk of Severe Eye Condition

2024-12-17

Danish Study Links Diabetes Drug Ozempic to Increased Risk of Severe Eye Condition

Two independent studies from the University of Southern Denmark (SDU) reveal that patients with type 2 diabetes treated with Ozempic have a significantly higher risk of developing non-arteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (NAION), a condition causing severe and permanent vision loss. These large-scale studies, based on Danish registries, found Ozempic more than doubles the risk of NAION. Researchers recommend doctors and patients discuss the benefits and risks of Ozempic, suggesting treatment cessation if NAION is detected in one eye.

(www.sdu.dk)

Tech Type 2 Diabetes NAION

No More Adam: Learning Rate Scaling at Initialization is All You Need

2024-12-18

Researchers introduce SGD-SaI, a novel optimizer improving stochastic gradient descent. SGD-SaI addresses training imbalances by scaling learning rates at initialization for different parameter groups based on their gradient signal-to-noise ratios. Significantly more memory-efficient than AdamW, SGD-SaI matches or surpasses AdamW's performance across various Transformer-based tasks, including ImageNet classification and LLM pretraining. Its robustness and practicality are demonstrated across diverse applications, making it a compelling alternative.

(arxiv.org)

AI

AI-Powered Coding: My Journey with Cline and LLMs

2025-01-27

AI-Powered Coding: My Journey with Cline and LLMs

Paolo Galeone recounts his experience using AI to revamp his SaaS platform, bot.eofferte.eu. Leveraging Cline's VSCode plugin and LLMs like Claude Sonnet 3.5 and Gemini, he redesigned the UI/UX, generating content like privacy policies. Backend development saw AI accelerate code optimization and repetitive tasks, but highlighted the need for human expertise. Multilingual content generation was streamlined, with AI efficiently translating JSON files for multiple Amazon affiliate regions. The key takeaway: AI significantly boosts efficiency but requires developers to validate and integrate AI suggestions, emphasizing the role of human expertise in ensuring quality.

(pgaleone.eu)

Development

Physically Based Rendering: A Milestone in Ray Tracing

2025-01-16

Physically Based Rendering: From Theory to Implementation is a seminal work in computer graphics, meticulously detailing the construction of modern photorealistic rendering systems through rigorous mathematical theory and executable code. Its impact extends beyond film and game production, influencing product design and architecture. The authors were even awarded an Academy Award for its contribution to filmmaking. The third and fourth editions are now freely available online, offering invaluable learning resources for developers.

(pbr-book.org)

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Jujutsu: A Revolutionary Version Control System

2024-12-22

Jujutsu is a new version control system built on top of Git, offering a simplified approach to local file interaction through a unique conceptual model and command set. Unlike Git, Jujutsu always treats the working copy state as a commit, instantly reflecting any on-disk edits in the current commit. This streamlines many operations, including fixing typos in old commits, viewing diffs, and managing work in progress. The workflow is intuitive, easily accessible even without prior Git experience, and seamlessly integrates with the Git ecosystem. While some features like perfect VSCode integration are still missing, Jujutsu shows immense potential with its innovative design and user-friendly experience.

(neugierig.org)

Development

Something's Rotten on the Internet: Tech Giants, Streaming Services, and the Erosion of User Experience

2024-12-22

Something's Rotten on the Internet: Tech Giants, Streaming Services, and the Erosion of User Experience

A blog post examines the current state of the internet, arguing that tech companies prioritize investor demands over user experience, manipulating user behavior through frustrating app designs, deliberately degraded search results, and pervasive ad tracking. Simultaneously, the Netflix streaming model is criticized for destroying the movie industry, its disregard for quality and manipulation of viewing data leading to a flood of low-quality content and inflated viewership numbers. The post concludes by highlighting widespread user dissatisfaction with the increasing cost and declining quality of online services, ultimately suggesting smartphones and social media in their current forms are fundamentally flawed and require significant improvement.

(www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com)

Tech internet streaming services

Hexagonal Architecture in Rails: A Path to Decoupling

2024-12-13

Hexagonal Architecture in Rails: A Path to Decoupling

This article explores implementing Hexagonal Architecture (Ports and Adapters pattern) in Rails applications. The author initially struggled with the pattern until realizing that 'adapter' directly refers to the Gang of Four Adapter Pattern. The article details inbound and outbound ports, and how adapters decouple application logic from external services (databases, logging, email, etc.). Rails controllers can serve as HTTP adapters, but the author stresses avoiding direct ActiveRecord usage. Instead, custom repositories access data, improving decoupling and maintainability. The article concludes by encouraging Rails developers to adopt Hexagonal Architecture for more robust and maintainable applications.

(the.codegardener.com)

Development Hexagonal Architecture

Coccinelle: A Powerful Tool for Linux Kernel Development

2024-12-26

Coccinelle is a powerful tool for Linux kernel development, used for pattern matching and text transformation. It enables the application of complex, tree-wide patches and detects problematic coding patterns. This document details Coccinelle's installation, usage, various modes (patch, report, context, org), and advanced features such as parallelization, using a single semantic patch, controlling processed files, debugging, and .cocciconfig support. Coccinelle leverages Semantic Patch Language (SmPL) and offers multiple modes for generating patches, reports, context information, and Org-mode reports, catering to diverse needs.

(docs.kernel.org)

Development

Taming the Chaos: Centralizing and Structuring Error Handling in Go

2024-12-18

Taming the Chaos: Centralizing and Structuring Error Handling in Go

This article details the author's journey in tackling escalating error handling issues in a growing Go project. Initially, the simple approach to error handling devolved into chaos with confusing logs and untraceable errors. To solve this, a new error handling framework was designed and implemented. This framework employs a centralized, structured system using namespace codes to make errors meaningful and traceable. The core is a centralized declaration of error codes; each service layer returns only its own namespace codes, enriched with context information. The article thoroughly explains the design decisions, implementation, lessons learned, and migration strategy, offering valuable practical experience.

(olivernguyen.io)

Development Error Handling Software Architecture

uv: A Blazing-Fast Python Package and Project Manager

2024-12-14

uv, a lightning-fast Python package and project manager written in Rust, replaces pip, pip-tools, pipx, poetry, pyenv, twine, and virtualenv. Boasting a 10-100x speed improvement, uv offers project management, tool management, Python version management, script support, and a pip-compatible interface. Features like global caching and workspace support streamline workflows. From project creation and dependency management to running scripts and building distributables, uv provides efficient and convenient solutions for all your Python development needs.

(docs.astral.sh)

Development package management project management

Using eSIMs on Devices with Only Physical SIM Slots: A 9eSIM Review

2025-01-20

Using eSIMs on Devices with Only Physical SIM Slots: A 9eSIM Review

This blog post details using a 9eSIM SIM card to enable eSIM functionality on devices that only accept physical SIM cards, tested on Android and Linux. The author purchased a 9eSIM bundle including the SIM, smartcard reader, and adapter. Initial setup proved slightly tricky, requiring the SIM card to be used within its original packaging for proper reader connection. Adding, switching, and deleting eSIM profiles was straightforward using an Android app or the Linux command-line tool lpac (and its GUI, EasyLPAC). Tests were conducted with free test eSIM profiles and a paid LycaMobile eSIM, successfully achieving eSIM connectivity on a Debian Linux laptop.

(neilzone.co.uk)

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Interactive Groundwater Movement Simulator: Unlocking Aquifer Mysteries

2025-01-20

This interactive science simulation lets learners explore groundwater movement. By adjusting permeability parameters, they observe how water flows through different layers, track a water droplet's path, and learn about aquifer formation. Users can also drill wells, experiencing sustainable versus unsustainable water extraction to understand groundwater resource management. This game is part of the "Will there be enough fresh water?" lesson.

(has.concord.org)

Tech groundwater science simulation

Swift's New Forked Framework Simplifies Shared Data Management

2024-12-17

Swift's New Forked Framework Simplifies Shared Data Management

Developer Drew McCormack launched Forked, a new Swift framework for simplifying shared data management across single and multiple devices. Inspired by Git's merge mechanism, Forked supports branching and merging within a single file, achieving eventual consistency. It doesn't require a complete change history, only enough versions for three-way merging. Forked uses structs instead of classes, supports Codable, and seamlessly integrates with cloud services like iCloud. It even tackles race conditions from concurrent access and supports custom merge logic or built-in CRDT algorithms. CloudKit sync is achieved with just a few lines of code.

(appdecentral.com)

Development Data Synchronization Distributed Systems

Climate Reanalyzer: Visualizing Daily Global Temperatures

2025-01-21

The Climate Reanalyzer website, from the University of Maine's Climate Change Institute, provides interactive visualizations of daily global temperatures based on ECMWF ERA5 reanalysis data. The site offers interactive charts and maps showing daily mean surface air temperature from 1940 to the present, allowing users to select different regions for analysis. Data updates are delayed by 6-7 days, and users are cautioned to treat extreme temperatures estimated by ERA5 with care. The site also provides access to other climate data, such as sea surface temperature and sea ice extent.

(climatereanalyzer.org)

Tech climate data ERA5 reanalysis data

Make Your QEMU 10 Times Faster: A Weird Trick

2024-12-17

While debugging NixOS tests, Linus Heckemann discovered painfully slow data copying times (over 2 hours) in a QEMU virtual machine. Performance analysis with `perf` revealed that QEMU's 9p server used an inefficient linked list (O(n) complexity) for file lookups. By switching to a hash table provided by glib (O(1) complexity), he reduced the test time to 7 minutes and successfully contributed the optimization to the QEMU project.

(linus.schreibt.jetzt)

Development 9p protocol

EmacsConf 2024: A Smoothly Run Online Conference

2024-12-28

EmacsConf 2024 successfully concluded! This post, written by Sacha Chua, reflects on the conference's preparation, execution, and lessons learned. From the call for proposals to the final presentations, organizers cleverly used automation tools (Org mode, emacsconf-mail.el, Ansible, etc.) to boost efficiency and leveraged technologies like BigBlueButton and WhisperX for a smooth experience. While technical challenges (BBB server configuration, audio syncing) arose, they were effectively addressed. Sacha shares insights into time management, volunteer coordination, and future improvements, showcasing dedication to the open-source community.

(sachachua.com)

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Big Tech Signs EU Pledge to Combat Online Hate Speech

2025-01-21

Big Tech Signs EU Pledge to Combat Online Hate Speech

Meta, Google, TikTok, and X have signed a voluntary EU commitment to combat illegal hate speech on their platforms. The "Code of Conduct on Countering Illegal Hate Speech Online Plus" requires signatories to increase transparency, allow third-party monitoring, and review at least two-thirds of hate speech reports within 24 hours. While not legally binding, the agreement represents a step forward in tech companies' efforts to address online hate speech.

(www.theverge.com)

Tech online hate speech tech company responsibility

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