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Journal Removed from Science Index for Publishing Faulty Study

2024-12-23

Journal Removed from Science Index for Publishing Faulty Study

The journal Chemosphere has been removed from the Web of Science after failing to meet quality criteria. This follows the retraction of eight articles this month and the publication of 60 expressions of concern since April. A highly publicized study on black plastics and toxic flame retardants, published in Chemosphere, was corrected due to a mathematical error that significantly underestimated exposure levels. Despite the correction, the study's conclusions remained unchanged, sparking controversy.

(arstechnica.com)

Tech academic journal retraction research quality

A Blameless Postmortem: Lessons from a Sailing Mishap

2025-06-04

The author shares a blameless postmortem of a sailing accident as a job interview assignment. The article details the incident: during a solo sailing trip, a metal shroud on an older sailboat detached, causing the mast to break. The author reflects on multiple root causes, including a lack of regular rigging inspection and insufficient decision-making skills under pressure. Successfully resolving the crisis, valuable lessons are learned about equipment maintenance and improving decision-making under stress.

(www.danielputtick.com)

Misc postmortem sailing decision-making

MassTransit v9 Goes Commercial: Ensuring the Future of a Beloved .NET Messaging Framework

2025-04-03

After over a decade as a leading open-source .NET messaging framework, MassTransit is transitioning its v9 release to a commercial licensing model. This ensures long-term sustainability, continued innovation, and enterprise-grade support. MassTransit v8 will remain open-source with community support. The commercial v9 offers enhanced scalability, security, performance, and enterprise support, with pricing tiered for small/medium businesses (~$400/month) and large organizations (~$1200/month). v8 will receive continued maintenance through the end of 2026.

(masstransit.io)

Development Commercial License

Modern JavaScript for Django Developers: A Comprehensive Guide

2025-01-15

Modern JavaScript for Django Developers: A Comprehensive Guide

This guide provides a clear path for Django developers to master modern JavaScript development. It covers organizing front-end code, modern JavaScript tooling, integrating a JavaScript pipeline, building React applications, creating JavaScript-optional websites with HTMX and Alpine.js, and improving front-end API interactions with OpenAPI. The guide is broken down into manageable parts, progressing from foundational concepts to practical applications, making it accessible to developers of all skill levels.

(www.saaspegasus.com)

Development Frontend Development

Gertrude Stein: A Postmortem Literary Revelation

2025-05-05

Gertrude Stein: A Postmortem Literary Revelation

Francesca Wade's new biography delves into the posthumous life of Gertrude Stein, unveiling the complexities of this modernist pioneer's life and literary achievements. The book explores Stein's relationship with Alice B. Toklas, her interactions with other modernist artists, and—most significantly—reveals a hidden side of Stein through a secret notebook. This notebook exposes her inner world, creative motivations, and Toklas's crucial role. Wade's sensitive and compelling narrative humanizes Stein, exploring the emotions and creative processes behind her groundbreaking work.

(literaryreview.co.uk)

Misc Literary Biography Gertrude Stein

MatterRank: A New Kind of Search Engine

2025-04-03

Traditional search engines rely on keyword matching and algorithmic ranking, assuming users don't know what they want. But with advancements in computer language understanding, MatterRank offers a revolutionary approach. It empowers users to define ranking criteria with their own words, shifting from passively receiving results to actively controlling information retrieval. This marks a new era for search engines.

(www.matterrank.ai)

Tech information retrieval

Beginner's Guide to Bow Making: A Step-by-Step Tutorial

2025-04-11

This tutorial breaks down the bow making process into easily digestible chunks. Whether you're using a laptop or a phone/tablet, you'll find a menu to navigate the different sections. It's recommended to start with Part 1, but you can jump to any section that interests you. While not exhaustive, this tutorial provides a step-by-step guide to get you started, offering encouragement and inspiration along the way. Remember, learning anything new takes time and patience; take it one step at a time, and you'll overcome any fears and be on your way to making your own bow.

(www.howtomakealongbow.co.uk)

Design bow making handicraft tutorial

Offline Wikipedia: A Guide to Database Dumps

2025-04-27

This article provides a comprehensive guide on downloading and utilizing Wikipedia's database dumps for offline access. It details different dump file types (e.g., pages-articles-multistream.xml.bz2), using BitTorrent clients for download, and handling large compressed files and operating system file system limitations. The article also explores various offline Wikipedia readers, including Kiwix, XOWA, and WikiFilter, providing setup instructions and considerations.

(en.wikipedia.org)

Misc Database Dumps Offline Access

Pushing the Limits of Physics: How Consciousness Might Influence Reality

2025-04-30

Nearly three decades of experiments suggest anomalous physical phenomena in PEAR studies correlate significantly with subjective variables like intention, meaning, resonance, and uncertainty. This starkly contradicts established physics and psychology, demanding new theoretical models. The article explores several, including applying quantum mechanics principles to consciousness and influencing reality through subconscious interaction with material processes. These models highlight consciousness' proactive role in shaping reality, offering a framework for a "science of the subjective" that challenges our understanding of reality.

(pearlab.icrl.org)

AI anomalous phenomena

Trump Tariffs Could Cripple the US Gaming Industry

2025-03-06

Trump Tariffs Could Cripple the US Gaming Industry

The Trump administration's tariffs on Canada, Mexico, and China are impacting the US gaming industry. Analysts warn that a 25% tariff on physical game discs produced in Mexico could lead to a sharp decline in physical game releases, pushing publishers towards all-digital strategies. Even if physical disc production continues, costs will likely be passed on to consumers, resulting in higher prices. Furthermore, with 75% of US consoles imported from China, the 20% tariff on imported goods could significantly increase hardware costs. This chain reaction could accelerate the industry's digital shift, but for consumers, it means higher game prices.

(arstechnica.com)

Game

Fractional Jobs: The Rise of the Fractional Workforce

2024-12-15

Fractional Jobs: The Rise of the Fractional Workforce

Fractional Jobs is a job board specializing in fractional work, connecting companies with expert part-time talent. Offering a flexible alternative to full-time hires, the platform features a wide range of roles across various functions, from engineering and marketing to design and finance. Companies benefit from access to specialized skills on a monthly retainer basis, while professionals can build their careers and earn supplemental income. The platform boasts a large network of pre-screened candidates and promises quick matches between companies and talent.

(www.fractionaljobs.io)

Startup fractional work part-time jobs freelance

OBS Studio and Fedora Flatpak Settle Dispute

2025-02-24

OBS Studio and Fedora Flatpak Settle Dispute

A conflict between the OBS Studio team and Fedora Linux developers regarding the Fedora Flatpak version of OBS Studio has been resolved. An initial legal threat escalated the situation, but both parties engaged in discussions. The OBS Studio team has dropped its request to remove IP or rebrand the Fedora Flatpak application. Going forward, they will collaborate to address remaining technical issues, including Qt runtime regressions, bug reporting mechanisms, and problems related to hardware acceleration, X11 fallback, and plugins.

(www.gamingonlinux.com)

Development

143,000 Chess Players Force World Champion Magnus Carlsen to a Draw

2025-05-21

143,000 Chess Players Force World Champion Magnus Carlsen to a Draw

World chess champion Magnus Carlsen was held to a draw by a team of over 143,000 online players in a record-breaking match on Chess.com. Dubbed "Magnus Carlsen vs. The World," the freestyle match saw players globally vote on each move. Against all odds, and despite Chess.com's prediction of a Carlsen victory, Team World forced a draw by strategically maneuvering Carlsen's king into a threefold repetition, a stunning upset. This historic game highlights the growing power of online collaboration and the rise of casual chess.

(apnews.com)

Game

85+ Scientists Rebut DOE Climate Report: Errors and Misrepresentation

2025-09-03

85+ Scientists Rebut DOE Climate Report: Errors and Misrepresentation

Over 85 scientists have issued a joint rebuttal to a recent U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) report on climate change, arguing it's filled with errors and misrepresents climate science. The report, spearheaded by Energy Secretary Chris Wright, is accused of being secretly compiled by five hand-picked climate change skeptics, violating the law by presenting only one point of view. Critics highlight cherry-picked data and misrepresentations, such as downplaying the negative impacts of rising CO2 on US agriculture and denying climate change's role in worsening droughts. This report is being used by the Trump administration to weaken climate pollution regulations, sparking intense backlash from the scientific community.

(www.npr.org)

Tech

Rivian Turns a Profit, But Faces Uncertain Future

2025-02-21

Rivian Turns a Profit, But Faces Uncertain Future

Electric vehicle maker Rivian reported its first positive gross profit in Q4 2024, reaching $170 million, thanks to cost-cutting measures on its R1 electric vehicles. However, the company anticipates lower vehicle sales in 2025 and reported a net loss of $4.7 billion for the full year, though an improvement on 2023. Revenue growth partly stems from regulatory credit sales to other automakers. While Rivian plans further cost reductions and remains optimistic, it faces uncertainties from shifting government policies and market demand.

(www.theverge.com)

Tech Financial Results

Processed Meats, Sugary Drinks, and Trans Fats Linked to Increased Disease Risk

2025-07-05

Processed Meats, Sugary Drinks, and Trans Fats Linked to Increased Disease Risk

A new study reveals a significant link between the consumption of even small amounts of processed meat, sugary drinks, and trans fatty acids and an increased risk of type 2 diabetes, ischemic heart disease, and colorectal cancer. Analyzing data from over 60 previous studies, researchers found that as little as one hot dog a day increased the risk of certain diseases. Experts recommend minimizing or avoiding these foods and adopting a balanced diet rich in fruits, vegetables, and whole grains.

(edition.cnn.com)

Health chronic diseases

Critical Rsync Vulnerabilities: Remote Code Execution Possible

2025-01-15

Researchers have uncovered six vulnerabilities in rsync, the most critical of which allows remote code execution on a server with only anonymous read access to a public rsync mirror. These vulnerabilities range from heap buffer overflows and information leaks to path traversal and race conditions. The vulnerabilities are patched in rsync 3.4.0; users are urged to update immediately.

(www.openwall.com)

Tech

75+ Open Problems in Computational Geometry

2025-05-17

The Open Problems Project website compiles over 75 unsolved problems in computational geometry and related fields. Started in 2001 with 30 initial problems, it's now a comprehensive resource categorized by topics such as convex hulls, graph theory, and Voronoi diagrams. While no longer accepting new submissions, the site encourages updates to existing problems, particularly those solved (fully or partially), fostering collaboration and advancement in the field.

(topp.openproblem.net)

Development open problems

Pickaxe: A TypeScript Library for Building Scalable AI Agents

2025-06-23

Pickaxe: A TypeScript Library for Building Scalable AI Agents

Pickaxe is a lightweight TypeScript library for building fault-tolerant and scalable AI agents. It handles the complexities of durable execution, queueing, and scheduling, letting you focus on core business logic. It's not a framework; everything is a function, making integration with existing codebases easy. Agents can call tools, other agents, or any functions you define. Built on Hatchet's durable task queue, Pickaxe ensures fault tolerance and recoverability, automatically resuming execution even after machine failures. It supports distributed deployment across various container platforms and offers configuration options for retries, rate limiting, concurrency control, and more.

(github.com)

Development

Become a 10x Developer in 30 Seconds with rust-stakeholder

2025-03-16

Become a 10x Developer in 30 Seconds with rust-stakeholder

Tired of actually coding? Meet rust-stakeholder, a CLI tool that generates impressive-looking, yet utterly meaningless, terminal output. Convince everyone you're a coding genius without writing a single line of useful code! Simulate development activity, generate progress bars, fake network traffic, and even create artificial crises. It's satire, of course – don't actually use this to land a job you're not qualified for!

(github.com)

Development programmer humor satire

The Forgotten Syntax of Salt and Gold: How Ifriqiya's Merchants Coded Commerce Before Silicon

2025-04-19

The Forgotten Syntax of Salt and Gold: How Ifriqiya's Merchants Coded Commerce Before Silicon

This article unveils the story of the Sifraniyah, a merchant guild in Ifriqiya (modern-day southern Tunisia), who used a unique trade language, Al-Khatt al-Tujjari (The Commercial Line), centuries before the silicon age. Resembling an early programming language, this cryptic system employed conditional statements, looped inventory management, and error-checking mechanisms, executed through wax-sealed scrolls, knotted scripts, and rhythmic chants. Their decentralized autonomous protocol-like system operated across various trade nodes. However, with the rise of empires and more modern accounting, Al-Khatt al-Tujjari was eventually forgotten, leaving behind fragments that remind us logic isn't solely born of silicon, but can also grow from sand, salt, and stories.

(medium.com)

Misc commerce

eGPU: Extending eBPF to GPUs for Low-Overhead Dynamic Observability

2025-04-10

With the surge in GPU-accelerated workloads, existing monitoring tools often suffer from high overhead or invasiveness. eGPU innovatively extends eBPF to GPU kernels via runtime PTX injection, enabling low-overhead dynamic observability. By compiling eBPF bytecode into PTX and injecting it into running GPU kernels, eGPU allows for dynamic addition, modification, and removal of instrumentation without interrupting execution. This not only improves the efficiency of GPU performance analysis but also opens up possibilities for programmable GPU computing, runtime optimization, and GPU security.

(camps.aptaracorp.com)

Development GPU Observability PTX Injection

Cyberattack Disrupts European Airports, Causing Flight Delays

2025-09-20

Cyberattack Disrupts European Airports, Causing Flight Delays

A cyberattack targeting check-in and boarding systems at several major European airports on Saturday caused widespread disruptions and delays. While the impact on travelers seemed limited, experts warned of vulnerabilities exposed in the security systems. The attack focused on Collins Aerospace's MUSE software, affecting multiple airports and forcing manual check-in and boarding. While some flights were cancelled or delayed, many airports reported minimal operational impact. The incident highlights the aviation industry's reliance on shared digital systems and the inherent security risks.

(apnews.com)

Tech aviation security

Near-Disaster: Astronauts Face Potential Earth Return Failure

2025-04-06

Near-Disaster: Astronauts Face Potential Earth Return Failure

Last summer, the Starliner spacecraft lost four thrusters while approaching the International Space Station, forcing astronaut Butch Wilmore to take manual control. The thruster failure prevented the spacecraft from moving as intended. Although Starliner was near the station, mission rules dictated a return to Earth. However, Wilmore stated they might have been unable to return. Recently, Wilmore and fellow astronaut Suni Williams recounted the harrowing experience at a press conference, sidestepping political controversies surrounding claims of a 'rescue' by the Trump administration.

(arstechnica.com)

Tech spaceflight astronauts

The Age of Average: Design Homogenization in the Modern World

2024-12-13

The Age of Average: Design Homogenization in the Modern World

From interior design to automobiles and movie posters, a striking homogeneity pervades modern design. The article uses the example of Komar and Melamid's 'People's Choice' paintings to illustrate the surprising uniformity of aesthetic preferences. The sameness of Airbnb interiors, fast-casual architecture, car designs, and brand logos and advertising all exemplify this trend. The author argues this 'Age of Average' isn't accidental but a result of factors like technological constraints, cost pressures, and market convergence. However, this also presents an opportunity; bold brands and courageous companies that dare to be different and distinctive can thrive.

(www.alexmurrell.co.uk)

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Design design homogenization aesthetic convergence age of average

arXivLabs: Experimenting with Community Collaboration

2025-02-27

arXivLabs is a framework enabling collaborators to develop and share new arXiv features directly on the website. Individuals and organizations involved share arXiv's values of openness, community, excellence, and user data privacy. arXiv is committed to these values and only partners with those who adhere to them. Got an idea to enhance the arXiv community? Learn more about arXivLabs.

(arxiv.org)

Development

RFK Jr.'s Plan to Make America Healthy: An Apple Watch for Everyone?

2025-06-25

RFK Jr.'s Plan to Make America Healthy: An Apple Watch for Everyone?

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has launched an ambitious initiative to improve Americans' health by promoting widespread wearable device adoption, aiming for every American to wear one within four years. While proponents highlight the potential for early disease detection, concerns remain about privacy and data security risks associated with mass adoption. This, coupled with RFK Jr.'s history of spreading vaccine misinformation and recent controversial changes to the vaccine advisory panel, raises significant doubts about the plan's reliability and efficacy.

(gizmodo.com)

Tech

A Decade of Pomological Watercolors: From FOIA Request to Global Phenomenon

2025-06-27

A Decade of Pomological Watercolors: From FOIA Request to Global Phenomenon

Ten years ago, a blog post advocating for the release of the US government's Pomological Watercolor Collection – a trove of over 7,000 fruit and specimen paintings – sparked a movement. The author's initial FOIA request led not only to the online availability of the high-resolution scans, but also to a decade-long journey of unexpected discoveries. From learning Python to build upload tools, creating social media bots to share the images, and even producing merchandise, the project's impact has grown exponentially. The collection has been featured in books, academic papers, and popular media, highlighting the power of persistence and the unexpected rewards of following one's curiosity.

(parkerhiggins.net)

Misc

Italy Eyes $1.6B SpaceX Deal for Secure Telecoms

2025-01-09

Italy Eyes $1.6B SpaceX Deal for Secure Telecoms

Italy is in advanced negotiations with Elon Musk's SpaceX for a five-year, $1.6 billion deal to provide secure telecommunications for its government. This massive project, already approved by Italian intelligence and defense, would encompass top-level encryption for government communications, military services in the Mediterranean, and direct-to-cell satellite services for emergencies. While boosting national security, the deal faces opposition from some officials concerned about its impact on local carriers. Negotiations, stalled until recently, reportedly advanced after Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's meeting with President-elect Trump. Alternatives, including the EU's IRIS² and building a national constellation, were considered, but deemed far more expensive.

(finance.yahoo.com)

Tech Telecom Security Italy

Guajira: Empowering Migrant Delivery Workers in Colombia with E-bikes

2025-03-16

Guajira: Empowering Migrant Delivery Workers in Colombia with E-bikes

Guajira, a Colombian startup, is revolutionizing delivery work by providing financing for e-bikes to migrant delivery workers. Founder James Downer identified a need for affordable and accessible e-bike financing, addressing the high cost and limited options currently available. Guajira's Colombian-made e-bikes boost delivery workers' income and efficiency while reducing carbon emissions. This innovative approach showcases a successful blend of social impact and environmental sustainability, empowering migrants, fostering community, and promoting green transportation.

(reasonstobecheerful.world)

Startup Sustainable Development Social Enterprise Migrant Employment

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