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Infinite Mac Now Runs Early Mac OS X!

2025-06-20
Infinite Mac Now Runs Early Mac OS X!

Infinite Mac, a web-based emulator, now boasts compatibility with early versions of Mac OS X, with 10.1 and 10.3 showing the best performance. While not blazing fast, the developer notes that it's comparable to the experience on original hardware. The project involved porting the PearPC emulator to WebAssembly, overcoming numerous hurdles including legacy C++ code and performance optimizations. The updated Infinite HD also includes a curated selection of indie software from the era.

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The Enigmatic Octobass: A Giant Among Instruments

2025-06-20
The Enigmatic Octobass: A Giant Among Instruments

The octobass, a rare and unusual instrument, is known for its immense size and incredibly low register. Invented in 1850 by Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume, this giant instrument requires a complex system of pedals and levers to play. Its deep sound is so low that some notes fall below the range of human hearing; the vibrations can only be felt. Today, only a handful of octobasses exist, mostly in museums. The Montreal Symphony Orchestra uniquely owns one and occasionally incorporates it into their performances.

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MIT Engineers Develop Crude Oil Separation Process Cutting Carbon Pollution by 90%

2025-06-20
MIT Engineers Develop Crude Oil Separation Process Cutting Carbon Pollution by 90%

Chemical engineers at MIT have invented a novel crude oil separation process promising to slash harmful carbon pollution by up to 90%. The current method, using heat to separate crude oil into gasoline, diesel, and heating oil, contributes roughly 1% of global energy consumption and 6% of CO2 pollution. The MIT team's innovation employs a polymer membrane acting like a sieve, separating crude oil components based on size and shape, similar to reverse osmosis in water desalination. Addressing previous challenges of membrane swelling, they modified the membrane's chemical bonds to improve hydrocarbon permeability. This breakthrough offers a significant leap towards more efficient and cleaner oil processing, and opens doors for applying similar membrane technologies to other complex organic mixtures.

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(www.thecooldown.com)
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High-Performance BitTorrent Tracker in Elixir: ExTracker

2025-06-20
High-Performance BitTorrent Tracker in Elixir: ExTracker

ExTracker is a high-performance BitTorrent tracker written in Elixir. It boasts low memory usage, zero configuration, and utilizes all available cores. Currently featuring HTTPS support and database backups, it offers three deployment methods: source code, pre-built releases, and a Docker image. A test instance is already running with live statistics, though the project is still a work in progress. Future plans include features like whitelisting/blacklisting, enhanced peer management, and GeoIP support.

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Glaze: C++ String Interpolation with Stencil & Mustache

2025-06-19

Glaze provides a powerful C++ library for string interpolation using Stencil and Mustache templates. It allows easy formatting of structured data from C++ structs into strings. Features include variable interpolation, boolean conditional sections, container iteration, nested sections, and Mustache-style HTML escaping. Error handling and automatic numbering with `glz::stencilcount` are also included. This simplifies the generation of dynamic output, such as HTML documents or formatted text, using a concise template syntax.

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Literate Programming: Making Code More Readable

2025-06-19
Literate Programming: Making Code More Readable

Literate programming, a paradigm invented by Donald Knuth, prioritizes code readability for humans over immediate machine execution. This allows programmers to develop programs in a more natural, thought-driven order. Literate programs interweave natural language explanations with code snippets, enhancing understanding and collaboration. The Literate tool, described here, aims to simplify and extend Knuth and Levy's original CWEB system. It supports multiple languages, syntax highlighting, pretty-printing to HTML, Markdown-based authoring, and offers a command-line interface for compiling code and generating HTML documentation. The project is open-source and welcomes contributions.

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AI Revitalizes 100 Kung Fu Classics: A Chinese Film Revolution

2025-06-19
AI Revitalizes 100 Kung Fu Classics: A Chinese Film Revolution

China's film industry is undergoing an AI revolution. A massive project aims to use AI to restore and remaster approximately 100 classic kung fu films, including iconic titles such as Bruce Lee's *Fist of Fury*, Jackie Chan's *Drunken Master*, and Jet Li's *Once Upon a Time in China*. The initiative goes beyond simple upscaling, aiming to enhance visual aesthetics and modernize the viewing experience for contemporary audiences. Backed by the Chinese government with significant funding (100 million yuan), this project signifies a bold step in integrating AI into Chinese filmmaking.

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(www.hollywoodreporter.com)
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Microsoft to Block Legacy Authentication Protocols by Default in July

2025-06-19
Microsoft to Block Legacy Authentication Protocols by Default in July

Microsoft is enhancing security by default-blocking legacy authentication protocols in Microsoft 365 starting in July 2025. This impacts access to services like SharePoint and OneDrive, and requires administrator consent for third-party app access. While improving security against brute-force and phishing attacks, this change might disrupt workflows, necessitating administrators to prepare and configure admin consent workflows beforehand. The change affects all Microsoft 365 tenants.

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(www.theregister.com)
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arXivLabs: Experimenting with Community Collaboration

2025-06-19
arXivLabs: Experimenting with Community Collaboration

arXivLabs is a framework enabling collaborators to develop and share new arXiv features directly on our website. Individuals and organizations working with arXivLabs uphold our values of openness, community, excellence, and user data privacy. arXiv is committed to these values and only partners with those who share them. Have an idea for a project that will benefit the arXiv community? Learn more about arXivLabs.

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Hormone Therapy: A Personal Journey of Sensory and Psychological Transformation

2025-06-19
Hormone Therapy: A Personal Journey of Sensory and Psychological Transformation

This blog post details the author's personal experience with feminizing hormone therapy and its impact on gender dysphoria. It provides a detailed account of the physiological and psychological changes experienced, including alterations in taste, smell, somatic sensations, spatial perception, and mood. The author explores the relationship between hormone therapy, neurotransmitters, and neuroreceptors, and its effects on the nervous system. Personal experiences in managing gender dysphoria are shared, along with speculation on the underlying mechanisms of hormone therapy's effects, prompting reflection on gender identity and neuroscience.

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(smoothbrains.net)
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Testing Robust Netcode in Godot: A Tale of Latency and Packet Loss

2025-06-19
Testing Robust Netcode in Godot: A Tale of Latency and Packet Loss

Developing the online multiplayer aspect of Little Brats! presented a significant challenge: synchronizing computers with varying latency while maintaining fast-paced gameplay. This post details the author's journey, focusing on lag compensation, prediction/reconciliation techniques, and robust testing methodologies. Using Godot's ENetMultiplayerPeer class and the Linux `tc` command for simulated network conditions (latency and packet loss), the author compares the performance of reliable and unreliable network modes, providing insightful graphs and conclusions. The process highlights the complexities of building a stable online game and offers practical advice for developers.

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(studios.ptilouk.net)
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Mirage Persistent Kernel: Compiling LLMs into a Single Megakernel for Blazing-Fast Inference

2025-06-19
Mirage Persistent Kernel: Compiling LLMs into a Single Megakernel for Blazing-Fast Inference

Researchers from CMU, UW, Berkeley, NVIDIA, and Tsinghua have developed Mirage Persistent Kernel (MPK), a compiler and runtime system that automatically transforms multi-GPU large language model (LLM) inference into a high-performance megakernel. By fusing all computation and communication into a single kernel, MPK eliminates kernel launch overhead, overlaps computation and communication, and significantly reduces LLM inference latency. Experiments demonstrate substantial performance improvements on both single- and multi-GPU configurations, with more pronounced gains in multi-GPU settings. Future work focuses on extending MPK to support next-generation GPU architectures and handle dynamic workloads.

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(zhihaojia.medium.com)
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16 Billion Passwords Exposed: Largest Data Breach Ever?

2025-06-19
16 Billion Passwords Exposed: Largest Data Breach Ever?

Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a record-breaking data breach exposing 16 billion passwords—the largest confirmed dump of stolen access data ever. These credentials are not recycled from old hacks; they're new, undocumented, and highly dangerous, impacting major platforms like Apple, Google, Facebook, and more. The data's structured format suggests active exfiltration, likely via infostealer malware, optimized for sale or deployment. Researchers warn of imminent large-scale phishing, credential stuffing, and account hijacking. The breach highlights ongoing vulnerabilities in corporate data security, including misconfigured cloud setups and poor password management practices.

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(cryptorank.io)
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Supercomputer Simulations Reveal Stunning Details of Neutron Star-Black Hole Collisions

2025-06-19
Supercomputer Simulations Reveal Stunning Details of Neutron Star-Black Hole Collisions

Scientists used supercomputers to simulate neutron star-black hole collisions, revealing that before the collision, the neutron star is torn apart by the black hole's gravity, generating Alfvén waves and a final burst of radio waves lasting about a second. The collision also produces the universe's strongest shock waves and may form a brief black hole pulsar, emitting high-energy X-rays or gamma rays. This research, leveraging the powerful GPU computing capabilities of the Perlmutter supercomputer, provides crucial clues for detecting these most violent events in the universe.

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Beyond the '10x Engineer' Myth: Building Great Teams, Not Superstars

2025-06-19
Beyond the '10x Engineer' Myth: Building Great Teams, Not Superstars

This article debunks the '10x engineer' myth, arguing that single metrics for measuring engineer productivity are unreliable and that teams, not individuals, are key to software delivery. The author advocates for building systems that empower average engineers to achieve peak performance. This involves shortening release cycles, simplifying rollback processes, emphasizing observability, investing in internal tooling, and fostering an inclusive team culture. The ultimate goal is to boost overall team efficiency rather than relying on individual heroes, thus enabling sustainable business growth.

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(charity.wtf)
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EnrichMCP: The ORM for AI Agents

2025-06-19
EnrichMCP: The ORM for AI Agents

EnrichMCP is a Python framework that empowers AI agents to understand and interact with your data like an ORM. Built on the Model Context Protocol (MCP), it adds a semantic layer transforming your data models into typed, discoverable tools. It supports SQLAlchemy models, REST APIs, and custom logic, automatically generating typed tools, handling relationships, providing schema discovery, and validating with Pydantic. AI agents can explore data models, query data, and navigate relationships as naturally as developers using an ORM.

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(github.com)
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Homegrown Lexical Closures in a Lisp-like uxn Environment

2025-06-19

The author describes niënor, a Lisp-like environment for the uxn virtual machine, focusing on its innovative approach to implementing lexically scoped closures. Instead of the complex approach of copying functions and replacing unbound variables at runtime, niënor cleverly adds environment variables as parameters to lambda functions at compile time. At runtime, a wrapper function (portal) is generated to pass these environment variables. This avoids runtime code generation and complex address calculations, providing an efficient and elegant solution for closures. The system also includes `malloc` and `free` for dynamic memory management of these closures.

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(krzysckh.org)
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Public/Protected/Private: A Redundant OOP Feature?

2025-06-19

This article challenges the necessity of access modifiers (public, protected, private) in object-oriented programming. The author argues that interfaces and inheritance combined can achieve the same functionality without the need for an extra mechanism. The existence of access modifiers might stem from an oversight in the design of Simula, leading to redundant functionality. For cleaner code, the author suggests avoiding access modifiers and advocates for composition over inheritance.

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(catern.com)
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Apple Paper Exposes LLM Reasoning Limits: Hype vs. Reality

2025-06-19

A recent Apple Research paper highlights the accuracy collapse and scaling limitations of Large Language Models (LLMs) when tackling complex reasoning problems. This sparked debate, with some arguing the paper overstates LLM limitations while others see it confirming significant hurdles on the path to Artificial General Intelligence (AGI). The author contends that while LLMs have shortcomings, their current utility matters more than their AGI potential. The focus should be on their practical applications today, regardless of their ability to solve complex puzzles like the Tower of Hanoi.

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(simonwillison.net)
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iPadOS 26: Apple's Decade-Long Journey to Perfecting iPad Multitasking

2025-06-19
iPadOS 26: Apple's Decade-Long Journey to Perfecting iPad Multitasking

This MacStories interview with Apple's Craig Federighi delves into the significant updates in iPadOS 26. Over a decade, iPad multitasking has evolved from single-app fullscreen to Split View, Slide Over, and the controversial Stage Manager. iPadOS 26 replaces Stage Manager's engine with a new windowing system supporting up to 12 simultaneous windows, incorporating macOS-like window resizing and a menu bar while maintaining iPad's simplicity. Federighi explains Apple's design philosophy: catering to both users seeking ease of use and those needing powerful features. iPadOS 26 balances these needs, offering flexible options and improved performance and efficiency.

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(www.macstories.net)
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Programming Agents: A New Way to Measure Developer Experience

2025-06-19
Programming Agents: A New Way to Measure Developer Experience

A 24-hour coding sprint highlighted the poor developer experience caused by inadequate tools and processes, including missing documentation and flawed APIs. However, programming agents offer a solution. The author used agents to objectively evaluate different languages and tools, quantifying developer experience factors such as test coverage, error reporting quality, and ecosystem stability. Agent feedback closely mirrored human developer experiences, offering a new approach to improving code quality and development workflows.

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(lucumr.pocoo.org)
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Gemini: Revolutionizing Election Result Data Extraction

2025-06-19

OpenElections has long struggled with converting image PDFs of election results into CSV files. Traditional data entry and OCR software proved inefficient and costly. The author discovered Google's Gemini large language model offers a highly effective solution. Gemini handles large, multi-page PDFs, accurately recognizing text even in complex images with markings or shading. While Gemini requires batch processing for extremely large files, its accuracy and efficiency far surpass traditional methods, significantly accelerating OpenElections' data processing speed.

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(thescoop.org)
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C2PA Content Credentials Validators Arrive: A Step Towards Combating Disinformation

2025-06-19
C2PA Content Credentials Validators Arrive: A Step Towards Combating Disinformation

The Content Authenticity Initiative's C2PA technology is making strides. New Chrome extensions now validate image provenance, verifying signatures from trusted issuers like Adobe and tracing back to creators via LinkedIn, Clear, etc. This is crucial for combating disinformation, especially on social media. However, challenges remain: broader browser support, decentralized identity verification, and integration with social media platforms are needed for widespread effectiveness.

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(www.tbray.org)
Tech Content Credentials

TrendFi: AI-Powered Investing That Makes Crypto Easy

2025-06-19
TrendFi: AI-Powered Investing That Makes Crypto Easy

Busy professionals and novice investors alike rave about TrendFi! This AI-driven investment tool provides reliable signals to predict market trends, reducing investment stress. Users praise its ease of use and its ability to improve their cryptocurrency trading success, particularly in altcoins. Unlike other services, TrendFi builds confidence by showcasing the AI's past trades and performance.

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(trend.fi)
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Iran Orders Citizens to Delete WhatsApp Amidst Rising Tensions

2025-06-19
Iran Orders Citizens to Delete WhatsApp Amidst Rising Tensions

Amid escalating tensions with Israel, the Iranian government urged its citizens to delete WhatsApp, citing safety and privacy concerns and alleging the app shares user data with Israel. This directive, delivered via state television, raises concerns about potential information control. WhatsApp denies these claims, highlighting its end-to-end encryption and lack of user location tracking, stating the move could cut off communication when people need it most. This follows previous allegations by Meta of Israeli spyware targeting WhatsApp users, resulting in a substantial settlement.

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(time.com)
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Give Your Old PC New Life with Linux: Ditch Windows 10!

2025-06-19
Give Your Old PC New Life with Linux: Ditch Windows 10!

Windows 10 support ends October 14, 2025, prompting Microsoft to push new hardware sales. But if your computer is post-2010, don't toss it! Installing a modern Linux distribution can breathe new life into your machine, extending its lifespan for years. While OS installation might seem daunting, local repair cafes and online communities offer ample support. Linux offers free software, enhanced privacy, reduced environmental impact, and greater user control. Revive your old PC today!

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(endof10.org)
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Airborne DNA: Revolutionizing Wildlife Tracking and Disease Surveillance

2025-06-19
Airborne DNA: Revolutionizing Wildlife Tracking and Disease Surveillance

A groundbreaking study reveals the potential of environmental DNA (eDNA) extracted from air to track a vast range of species, from elusive bobcats to illicit drugs and even human pathogens. Researchers at the University of Florida developed a novel method using air filters to collect eDNA, successfully identifying hundreds of different pathogens, allergens, and wildlife species. This rapid and efficient technology promises to revolutionize disease surveillance, wildlife conservation, and environmental research, while also raising crucial ethical considerations regarding sensitive human genetic data.

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(www.sciencedaily.com)
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Kubernetes at 10: Reflections and a Vision for the Future

2025-06-19

This article reflects on the ten-year journey of Kubernetes, from its origins as Google's internal Borg system to its current status as a cornerstone of the cloud-native era. The author praises its successes in container orchestration, infrastructure management, and job scheduling, but also highlights shortcomings: YAML's limitations, etcd dependency, and Helm's package manager deficiencies. Proposals for Kubernetes 2.0 include replacing YAML with HCL, supporting alternative backends to etcd, and creating a native package manager for improved usability and security. Further suggestions involve defaulting to IPv6 and built-in IPSec for simplified network topology.

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(matduggan.com)
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