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Saying Goodbye to Pinboard: Migrating Links to My Own Site

2025-02-12

Saying Goodbye to Pinboard: Migrating Links to My Own Site

The author announces they're no longer updating their Pinboard bookmarks, instead migrating all links to their personal website. Reasons cited include Pinboard's lack of updates over the years, a poor mobile experience, and reservations about the Pinboard owner's views. While the author previously mirrored Pinboard links to their own site, this created a double maintenance burden. Therefore, they've decided to make their personal website the sole source of truth for links, leaving the Pinboard page as a historical record.

(www.gyford.com)

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Tesla's Reign in China: Power, Lawsuits, and Silence

2025-02-12

Tesla's Reign in China: Power, Lawsuits, and Silence

Tesla's success in the Chinese market is inextricably linked to its aggressive suppression of critics. This article exposes numerous instances where Tesla sued car owners and media outlets in China, almost always winning. It details how Tesla's connections with high-ranking Chinese officials secured preferential treatment and policies. The case of Zhang Yazhou, a car owner sued and defeated for publicly questioning Tesla's brake system, highlights concerns about Tesla using legal means to silence critics and harm consumer rights. This underscores Tesla's unique business model in China and the intertwined relationship between power and capital in influencing business operations and public opinion.

(apnews.com)

Tech Legal Battles

Accidental Community: How a Static Web Page Sparked the Local-First Movement

2025-02-12

A former Facebook engineer, while sailing the world, developed TinyBase, a local-first data store. He then created a simple static website, localfirstweb.dev, to curate and promote the concept. Unexpectedly, the site went viral, attracting developers and leading to a thriving Discord community built by Yonatan, a Harvard Business School graduate. This showcases how a seemingly small action can create a powerful ripple effect, highlighting the potential of the local-first software development movement.

(localfirstweb.dev)

Development

Sustainable Polymerization Revolution: Degradable Thermosets Arrive

2025-02-12

Sustainable Polymerization Revolution: Degradable Thermosets Arrive

Cornell researchers have developed a novel degradable thermoset plastic made from bio-based materials, offering both durability and recyclability. This material uses orthogonal polymerization of a single monomer, first creating a flexible polymer chain, then using remaining monomer for a second polymerization to form a tough, cross-linked polymer. By controlling light exposure and catalysts, material properties can be adjusted. This innovation promises a sustainable alternative to current non-degradable petroleum-based thermosets, offering a potential solution to plastic pollution.

(phys.org)

Tech degradable plastic bio-based materials polymerization

From Hand-Coding HTML to Zola: My Blog Migration Journey

2025-02-12

Clayton Ramsey shares his experience migrating his personal blog from hand-coded HTML to the Zola static site generator. Initially, he found hand-coding HTML manageable, but the repetitive tasks of handling math formulas (using MathML), code highlighting, and maintaining navigation bars became overwhelming. He switched to Zola, leveraging a Python script to convert LaTeX to MathML, ultimately automating the deployment process. While encountering challenges with GitHub Actions' YAML configuration, he found the migration significantly improved efficiency and lowered the barrier to writing new posts.

(claytonwramsey.com)

Development blog migration

Jujutsu: A Revolutionary Version Control System

2025-02-12

Jujutsu: A Revolutionary Version Control System

Jujutsu is a novel version control system that takes the best features from Git, Mercurial, and Darcs, and adds several innovative features of its own. It treats the working copy as a commit, simplifying the data model and algorithms; an operation log and undo functionality ease debugging; automatic rebasing and conflict resolution improve workflow efficiency; and it supports concurrent replication, making it safe for use with distributed file systems. While still experimental, Jujutsu shows immense potential to become a leading next-generation version control system.

(github.com)

Development

Anticipatory Obedience: A Warning from the Rise of Nazism

2025-02-12

Anticipatory Obedience: A Warning from the Rise of Nazism

Timothy Snyder's "On Tyranny" highlights that the success of Nazism wasn't solely due to force, but also to citizens' "anticipatory obedience." People proactively adapted to the new regime, acting even without explicit orders. The annexation of Austria showed how this compliance emboldened the Nazis, leading to the Jewish tragedy. The Milgram experiment corroborated this, demonstrating people's surprising willingness to obey authority, even when it meant harming others. This warns us that blind obedience to authority can have catastrophic consequences, underscoring the importance of upholding one's values.

(lithub.com)

Misc political philosophy nazism obedience

Grief, Motherhood, and the Remaking of Self

2025-02-12

Grief, Motherhood, and the Remaking of Self

The author recounts her transformative year, marked by her husband's death from cancer and the birth of her daughter. This profound duality reshaped her brain, impacting memory, anxiety, and sense of self. The article details the neurological changes brought on by grief and motherhood, highlighting a blurring of identity and the struggle to navigate a new reality. Despite the immense pain, she finds strength in her daughter and commits to building a future.

(bessstillman.substack.com)

Misc grief motherhood identity

JetBrains Shifts Gears on Kotlin Multiplatform Tooling: No Standalone IDE

2025-02-12

JetBrains Shifts Gears on Kotlin Multiplatform Tooling: No Standalone IDE

JetBrains announced a change of direction for its Kotlin Multiplatform (KMP) tooling. Instead of a standalone IDE, they'll focus on enhancing KMP support within the IntelliJ Platform (IntelliJ IDEA and Android Studio). Support for KMP in their Fleet IDE will be deprecated in the next three months. This shift prioritizes user feedback and leverages advancements like AI to improve developer experience.

(blog.jetbrains.com)

Development Multiplatform Development

FTC Cracks Down on DoNotPay's Misleading 'Robot Lawyer'

2025-02-12

FTC Cracks Down on DoNotPay's Misleading 'Robot Lawyer'

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has ordered DoNotPay to cease deceptive marketing of its AI chatbot as a “robot lawyer.” The FTC argued that DoNotPay’s claims were unsubstantiated, failing to meet the standards of a human lawyer in generating legal documents and advice. The final order includes a $193,000 penalty, notification to affected consumers (2021-2023 subscribers), and a ban on advertising its service as a lawyer’s replacement without sufficient evidence.

(www.ftc.gov)

Tech LegalTech Deceptive Advertising

Ne Zha 2 Shatters Box Office Records, Ushering in a New Era for Chinese Animation

2025-02-12

Ne Zha 2 Shatters Box Office Records, Ushering in a New Era for Chinese Animation

The Chinese animated film "Ne Zha 2" has taken the Chinese box office by storm, becoming the first film to surpass $1 billion in a single market and the first non-Hollywood title to join the coveted billion-dollar club. In just eight days and five hours, it shattered the box office record previously held by "The Battle at Lake Changjin," becoming China's highest-grossing film of all time. The next day, it surpassed "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" to become the highest-grossing film ever in a single market. Its success stems from its stunning visuals, captivating storytelling, and deep cultural resonance, resonating with audiences on a profound level. This triumph injects a much-needed boost into the Chinese film industry and sets a new benchmark for Chinese animation on the global stage.

(www.globaltimes.cn)

Game Ne Zha 2 Chinese Animation Box Office Chinese animation Box Office Record

Migrating Apple Account Purchases: A Comprehensive Guide

2025-02-12

This guide details how to migrate apps, music, and other purchased content from a secondary Apple Account to a primary one. Several prerequisites must be met, including: both accounts must be distinct, have two-factor authentication enabled, be set to the same region, and the secondary account must have a zero balance with no outstanding rentals or pre-orders. The migration process occurs within your iPhone or iPad settings. Afterwards, the secondary account can no longer be used for media and purchases. The guide also lists various reasons why the migration might fail, such as incompatible account types or unusual account status, making it a very helpful resource.

(support.apple.com)

Development Apple Account Content Migration Account Management

WASM: The Container Killer?

2025-02-12

WASM: The Container Killer?

WebAssembly (WASM), with its 'write once, run anywhere' capability, is poised to replace container technology. The article argues that while containers solved many problems in software development, they've become cumbersome due to complex tooling and tight coupling. WASM offers a lighter, faster solution, particularly when combined with serverless architectures like Cloudflare Workers. While WASM currently lacks some system interfaces, it's rapidly developing and is positioned to become mainstream. The article encourages developers to learn compiled languages like Go or Rust to prepare for the coming WASM era.

(creston.blog)

Development Containers

Massive Lexipol Data Leak Exposes Police Policy Controversies

2025-02-12

Massive Lexipol Data Leak Exposes Police Policy Controversies

Thousands of files from Lexipol, a company providing policy manuals and training materials to law enforcement agencies, have been leaked by hackers. These manuals, while customized, have drawn criticism for potentially hindering police reform and failing to address local community needs. The leaked data includes sensitive user information, raising privacy concerns. Lexipol has faced previous accusations from the ACLU of contributing to racial profiling and unlawful detentions through its policies. This breach highlights the lack of transparency in police policymaking and the influence of private companies on public safety.

(www.dailydot.com)

Tech police reform

Jujutsu (jj) Cheat Sheet: A Git Alternative?

2025-02-12

This post introduces a cheat sheet and reference for Jujutsu (jj), a version control system compatible with git repositories. The author finds jj more intuitive than git and provides learning resources including a reference describing the repository's state and a visual cheat sheet for common editing operations. For newcomers, reading a tutorial first is recommended to avoid preconceived notions from git. Both resources are concise and printable for easy learning.

(justinpombrio.net)

Development

Tumblr's Fediverse Integration: A WordPress Migration Play

2025-02-12

Tumblr's Fediverse Integration: A WordPress Migration Play

Tumblr, owned by Automattic, is integrating with the fediverse via a planned migration to the WordPress infrastructure. Once complete, all Tumblr users will gain ActivityPub federation, mirroring current WordPress.com functionality. This move also opens doors to other open web integrations like custom plugins and themes. While Automattic hasn't revealed a timeline, this migration is a significant step towards Tumblr's promised fediverse integration, offering users a more open and interconnected social experience. Integration with the AT Protocol (Bluesky) remains unconfirmed.

(techcrunch.com)

Tech

BYD's Free Self-Driving Tech Shakes Up the EV Industry

2025-02-12

BYD's Free Self-Driving Tech Shakes Up the EV Industry

BYD, China's largest carmaker, has disrupted the electric vehicle market by offering its cutting-edge "God's Eye" advanced driver-assistance system (ADAS) for free on all its models, including its cheapest. This move democratizes autonomous driving technology, potentially sparking a price war and significantly impacting rivals like Tesla. BYD's undercutting of competitors, particularly in the Chinese market, and its potential impact on European sales are noteworthy. Tesla's stock price dropped following the announcement, while BYD's surged.

(www.asiafinancial.com)

Tech

Ohm: A PEG-Based Parsing Toolkit

2025-02-11

Ohm is a powerful parsing toolkit consisting of a library and a domain-specific language (DSL). It allows you to parse custom file formats or rapidly build parsers, interpreters, and compilers for programming languages. The Ohm language is based on Parsing Expression Grammars (PEGs), a formal way of describing syntax similar to regular expressions and context-free grammars. The Ohm library provides a JavaScript interface for creating parsers, interpreters, and more from the grammars you write.

(ohmjs.org)

Development parser

US, UK, and Australia Sanction Russian 'Bulletproof Hosting' Provider Zservers

2025-02-11

US, UK, and Australia Sanction Russian 'Bulletproof Hosting' Provider Zservers

The US, UK, and Australia have jointly sanctioned Zservers, a Russian 'bulletproof hosting' provider, and several individuals linked to it. Zservers provided services to the LockBit ransomware operation, helping them evade law enforcement. This trilateral action aims to disrupt cybercrime and protect national security. Sanctions target Zservers, its UK subsidiary XHOST Internet Solutions, and six key individuals, two of whom are alleged Zservers administrators accused of providing services to LockBit and other ransomware groups, and managing related cryptocurrency transactions.

(www.theregister.com)

Tech

Global PC Performance Drops for the First Time: PassMark Data Reveals Unexpected Trend

2025-02-11

Global PC Performance Drops for the First Time: PassMark Data Reveals Unexpected Trend

PassMark's latest data reveals a surprising downturn: for the first time ever, the average global PC processor performance has dropped, breaking a long-standing trend of yearly increases. Laptop performance fell by 3.4%, while desktop performance saw a 0.5% decrease. Despite recent releases from AMD and Intel, actual performance gains have been minimal, falling short of expectations. PassMark speculates that factors such as users switching to more affordable machines, Windows 11 performance issues, and bloatware could be contributing to this unexpected decline. However, the exact cause remains undetermined, and future data may show changes.

(www.tomshardware.com)

Hardware PC Performance

Compiling Perl to WebAssembly: A Herculean Task

2025-02-11

Compiling Perl to WebAssembly: A Herculean Task

Building a startup, the author faced a challenge: client-side file metadata extraction. ExifTool, while powerful, proved difficult to statically compile and deploy across OSes due to its Perl nature. Various approaches were attempted, including statically compiling Perl, finally leading to WebAssembly. The journey was fraught with challenges, battling Perl's build system, Emscripten, and WASI, even requiring Perl source code modifications. The author successfully built a self-contained WebAssembly Perl running ExifTool, but the process exposed insufficient exception handling support in WebAssembly runtimes.

(andrews.substack.com)

Development

Katamari Damacy's 20th Anniversary: A Postmortem of a Miracle

2025-02-11

Katamari Damacy's 20th Anniversary: A Postmortem of a Miracle

Celebrating its 20th anniversary, the Katamari Damacy development team reveals the behind-the-scenes story of its creation. Born from a frustration with the industry's lack of originality, this unique game, centered around rolling a growing ball to collect objects, aimed for an unparalleled experience. The postmortem details successful aspects like simplified controls, atmospheric sound design, and areas for improvement such as conveying scale and camera angles. Ultimately, Katamari Damacy's success stands as a testament to its unique style and innovative gameplay, a true miracle in the gaming world.

(www.gamedeveloper.com)

Game

Craftax: A Lightning-Fast JAX-Based Benchmark for Open-Ended RL

2025-02-11

Craftax: A Lightning-Fast JAX-Based Benchmark for Open-Ended RL

Craftax is an RL environment entirely written in JAX, reimplementing and significantly extending the game mechanics of Crafter, drawing inspiration from roguelikes like NetHack. Compatible with the gymnax interface, it integrates easily with JAX frameworks like PureJaxRL and JaxUED. Accepted as a spotlight paper at ICML 2024, Craftax offers CPU and GPU/TPU support, along with tutorials and baselines. Installation instructions and usage examples are provided.

(github.com)

Development Game Environment

NOAA: The Unsung Hero Behind US Weather Forecasts

2025-02-11

NOAA: The Unsung Hero Behind US Weather Forecasts

Ever wonder how those effortless-looking weather forecasts come to be? The answer is NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration). NOAA uses a vast network of satellites, airplanes, radar, weather balloons, and buoys to gather real-time data, which is then processed by sophisticated computer models and experienced meteorologists to create accurate weather forecasts and warnings. This data is freely accessible to the public and widely used by various industries, from aviation to agriculture. NOAA's public nature and reliability make it irreplaceable.

(theconversation.com)

Tech

Explosion of Papers on Benchmarking LLMs for Code Generation

2025-02-11

Explosion of Papers on Benchmarking LLMs for Code Generation

A flurry of recent arXiv preprints focuses on benchmarking large language models (LLMs) for code generation. These papers cover various aspects, including LLMs solving real-world GitHub issues, self-invoking code generation, API usage, stability analysis, and evaluations across the entire software development lifecycle. Researchers have developed diverse benchmarks like SWE-bench, HumanEval Pro, SEAL, and DevEval, along with corresponding metrics, aiming for a more comprehensive evaluation of LLM code generation capabilities and driving progress in the field.

(www.hackerrank.com)

Development

arXivLabs: Experimental Projects with Community Collaborators

2025-02-11

arXivLabs is a framework that enables collaborators to develop and share new arXiv features directly on our website. Individuals and organizations working with arXivLabs have embraced 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.

(arxiv.org)

Development

Massive Address Database Leak?

2025-02-11

Massive Address Database Leak?

A database containing addresses from the United States, Canada, Mexico, and nearly every other country and region appears to have been leaked. The data includes states, zip codes, and countries, raising concerns about data security and privacy. This incident highlights the importance of maintaining personal information security and the need for enhanced security measures in data handling and storage.

(richmond.com)

Misc

Chrome's AI-Powered Password Savior: Auto-Replacing Compromised Credentials

2025-02-11

Chrome's AI-Powered Password Savior: Auto-Replacing Compromised Credentials

A new AI feature in Chrome Canary automatically replaces passwords compromised in data breaches. When Chrome detects a leaked password, it offers to generate and store a stronger replacement upon login. This simplifies password management and enhances security, with passwords encrypted within Google's Password Manager. The feature is currently experimental and requires enabling specific flags in Chrome's settings.

(arstechnica.com)

Tech

USV's Investment Thesis: The 'Butter' Factor

2025-02-11

Venture capital firm USV shared their investment philosophy – the 'Butter Thesis.' It's not about investing in butter, but rather about building exceptionally smooth, easy, and enjoyable user experiences. Whether it's developer tools (like Stripe API, Twilio API), B2B products (like Airtable, Slack), or consumer products (like Duolingo, Nurx), their success hinges on this 'buttery' experience. USV argues that achieving this is far from easy, but the rewards are extraordinary when accomplished.

(nickgrossman.xyz)

Startup investment thesis

The Delirium of Dying: Unraveling the Final Words

2025-02-11

The Delirium of Dying: Unraveling the Final Words

Delirium, a perplexing phenomenon at the end of life, exposes the chasm between cultural ideals of meaningful last words and the disoriented reality of a failing mind. The article explores the prevalence of delirium in the dying, its biological mechanisms, and cultural responses. Studies reveal that a significant portion of dying patients experience delirium, characterized by incoherent speech and cognitive impairment. While some seek meaning in these delirious utterances, others embrace it as a natural part of the dying process. The author shares a personal anecdote about their grandmother's death, highlighting the emotional complexities and coping mechanisms involved. Ultimately, the article emphasizes the importance of understanding and accepting delirium and finding appropriate communication strategies in end-of-life care.

(thereader.mitpress.mit.edu)

Misc end-of-life care delirium death

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