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Gibson's Latest: Design, Tech, and the Crisis of Identity

2025-02-03
Gibson's Latest: Design, Tech, and the Crisis of Identity

William Gibson's new sci-fi novel, *The Peripheral*, explores how rampant materialism, technology, and design challenge the very meaning of personhood. Critic Justin McGuirk argues that the future Gibson depicts isn't fiction, its roots are already firmly planted in our reality. The novel uses detailed descriptions of brands, consumer goods, and technological gadgets to reveal the complexities and contradictions of consumerism in a late-capitalist society, and the struggle for self-identity in an increasingly homogenous world. Ultimately, advanced technology blurs the lines between virtual and real, leading to a questioning of human identity and prompting profound reflections on the future. Tech category.

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(www.dezeen.com)
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EU AI Act's First Compliance Deadline: High-Risk AI Banned

2025-02-03
EU AI Act's First Compliance Deadline: High-Risk AI Banned

February 2nd marks the first compliance deadline for the EU AI Act, banning AI applications deemed to pose 'unacceptable risk'. These include AI used for social scoring, manipulative decision-making, exploiting vulnerabilities, crime prediction, and unauthorized biometric data collection. Non-compliant companies face fines up to €35 million. While some companies preemptively signed the EU AI Pact, clarity on implementation details, including interactions with other regulations and exemptions, remains pending. Further guidelines are expected in early 2025.

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(techcrunch.com)
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YouTube Channel Deleted: Indie Dev Hit by Algorithmic Misfire

2025-02-03
YouTube Channel Deleted: Indie Dev Hit by Algorithmic Misfire

Indie developer Sinevibes' YouTube channel was deleted due to alleged violations of "spam and deceptive policies." Sinevibes claims they only posted demos of their own original products and are baffled by the deletion. This incident highlights the impact of algorithmic misjudgments on content creators and sparks debate about platform moderation practices.

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(bsky.app)
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Perceptually-Aligned Dynamic Facial Projection Mapping: High-Speed Tracking & Co-axial Setup

2025-02-03
Perceptually-Aligned Dynamic Facial Projection Mapping: High-Speed Tracking & Co-axial Setup

Researchers developed a novel high-speed dynamic facial projection mapping (DFPM) system that significantly reduces misalignment artifacts. This is achieved through a high-speed face-tracking method using a cropped-area-limited interpolation/extrapolation-based face detection and a fast Ensemble of Regression Trees (ERT) for landmark detection (0.107ms). A lens-shift co-axial projector-camera setup maintains high optical alignment with minimal error (1.274 pixels between 1m and 2m). This system achieves near-perfect alignment, improving immersive experiences in makeup and entertainment.

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(www.vision.ict.e.titech.ac.jp)
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Bayesian Epistemology 101: Credences, Evidence, and Rationality

2025-02-03

This tutorial introduces Bayesian epistemology, focusing on its core norms: probabilism and the principle of conditionalization. Using Eddington's solar eclipse observation as a case study, it illustrates how Bayesian methods update belief in hypotheses. The tutorial then explores disagreements within Bayesianism regarding prior probabilities, coherence, and the scope of conditionalization, presenting foundational arguments like Dutch book arguments, accuracy-dominance arguments, and arguments from comparative probability. Finally, it addresses the idealization problem and the application of Bayesian methods in science.

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(plato.stanford.edu)
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Google Kills Dart Macros: A Focus on What Matters

2025-02-03
Google Kills Dart Macros: A Focus on What Matters

The Google Dart team announced the cancellation of the Macros project, aimed at simplifying repetitive code in Flutter and Dart development. Due to unmet performance goals and insufficient return on years of prototyping, Google is breaking Macros into smaller features. The author, a former leader of the Flutter and Dart teams, connects this decision to Steve Jobs' philosophy of saying 'no' to make room for 'yes', emphasizing the importance of focus. They express optimism for the future of the Dart team.

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Ubuntu Developers Migrate to Matrix for Real-time Communication

2025-02-03
Ubuntu Developers Migrate to Matrix for Real-time Communication

The Ubuntu development team announced a move from IRC to Matrix as its primary real-time communication platform, effective March 2025. This change aims to streamline communication, prevent fragmentation, and attract newer developers. While IRC remains popular, its limited features are less appealing to newer contributors who prefer richer platforms like Matrix, offering features such as discussion history, search, and offline messaging. Many Ubuntu teams and open-source projects already use Matrix, making it a natural choice. This only affects internal developer communication; end-users are unaffected.

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(www.omgubuntu.co.uk)
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Lightweight Durable Execution: The DBOS Transact Open-Source Library

2025-02-03
Lightweight Durable Execution: The DBOS Transact Open-Source Library

Traditional durable execution relies on external orchestrators like AWS Step Functions, adding complexity to development and deployment. DBOS Transact is a lightweight open-source library that integrates durable execution into the program itself, eliminating the need for external orchestrators. It achieves durable execution by persisting the program's execution state in a Postgres database, allowing automatic recovery to the point of interruption even if the program crashes or restarts. DBOS Transact also provides additional features such as durable sleep, durable messaging, and durable queues, further simplifying the development of reliable, stateful programs.

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(www.dbos.dev)
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1840 London Street Views: A Detailed Record of Urban History

2025-02-03
1840 London Street Views: A Detailed Record of Urban History

The David Rumsey Historical Map Collection houses an 1840 collection of London street views, published by John Tallis & Co., comprising 88 detailed depictions of London streets. Created with illustrations by Charles Bigot and historical descriptions by William Gaspey, this composite view offers a glimpse into early 19th-century London, showcasing its urban landscape, roads, and tourism. It provides invaluable primary source material for studying London's urban development and is a testament to the printing techniques of the era.

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(www.davidrumsey.com)
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Bitcoin Miner Bitfarms Pivots to AI Data Centers

2025-02-03
Bitcoin Miner Bitfarms Pivots to AI Data Centers

Bitfarms, a Toronto-based bitcoin mining company, is exploring the transformation of its facilities into AI data centers. They've hired consultants to assess their North American sites and develop a computing and AI strategy. This leverages their existing land and power resources to capitalize on the AI boom. While some critics question the feasibility due to the complexities of AI data centers, Bitfarms' CEO highlights the potential for long-term, stable cash flow, while maintaining the upside potential of bitcoin mining operations.

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(finance.yahoo.com)
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Polish City Uses Mussels to Monitor Water Quality

2025-02-03

The Dębiec Water Treatment Plant in Poznań, Poland, has implemented a novel water quality monitoring system using the natural intelligence of mussels. Highly sensitive to pollutants, mussels close their shells when water quality deteriorates. The system integrates mussels with sensors and a computer network; if four or more mussels close simultaneously, the system automatically shuts down, signaling pollution. This AquaNES project, supported by the European Union, showcases the integration of nature-based elements into water management and highlights the symbiotic relationship between humans and nature.

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(www.awa.asn.au)
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Google Play 2024 Security Report: AI-Powered Defenses Protect Billions

2025-02-03
Google Play 2024 Security Report: AI-Powered Defenses Protect Billions

Google's 2024 Google Play security report highlights its commitment to user and developer safety. Leveraging AI-powered threat detection, strengthened privacy policies, and enhanced developer tools, Google Play prevented 2.36 million policy-violating apps from publication and banned over 158,000 malicious developer accounts. The report focuses on AI's role in proactively identifying malware, collaboration with developers to improve security and privacy (limiting access to sensitive data, enhanced data deletion options), and Google Play Protect's real-time scanning which identified over 13 million malicious apps from outside Google Play. New fraud protection features shield users from scams and malware. Google also collaborates with governments and industry partners to establish new app security assessment standards for a safer app ecosystem.

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(security.googleblog.com)
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Real Thinking vs. Fake Thinking: Staying Awake in the Age of AI

2025-02-03
Real Thinking vs. Fake Thinking: Staying Awake in the Age of AI

This essay explores the difference between 'real thinking' and 'fake thinking.' The author argues that 'real thinking' isn't simply thinking about concrete things, but a deeper, more insightful way of thinking that focuses on truly understanding the world, rather than remaining trapped in abstract concepts or pre-existing frameworks. Using examples like AI risk, philosophy, and competitive debate, the essay outlines several dimensions of 'real thinking' and suggests methods for cultivating this ability, such as slowing down, following curiosity, and paying attention to the motivations behind thinking. The author calls for staying awake in the age of AI, avoiding the traps of 'fake thinking,' and truly understanding and responding to the changes ahead.

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(joecarlsmith.com)
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Securing Secrets in Modern Docker Compose Deployments

2025-02-03
Securing Secrets in Modern Docker Compose Deployments

This guide explores best practices for managing secrets in Docker Compose, moving from basic to more secure approaches. It highlights the risks of using environment variables and .env files, demonstrating how secrets can be exposed. The article details three methods: using environment variables mounted as files, file-based secrets mounted from the host, and leveraging Docker Compose's secrets feature with granular access control. It emphasizes the importance of secure file management, avoiding hardcoding secrets, and using tools like Phase to streamline the process, ultimately aiming to enhance security and prevent incidents.

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(phase.dev)
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Building a Retro 3D Website Effect with Shaders: Dithering, Quantization, and Pixelation

2025-02-03
Building a Retro 3D Website Effect with Shaders: Dithering, Quantization, and Pixelation

The author spent months building their personal website, incorporating 3D work to showcase shader and WebGL skills. The article delves into the crucial role of post-processing in enhancing 3D scene visuals, focusing on creating retro effects. It covers various dithering techniques (white noise, ordered, and blue noise), explaining their implementation using shaders. Color quantization techniques are also detailed, allowing for custom palettes. The article culminates in a stunning retro 3D website effect combining pixelation and CRT monitor emulation.

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(blog.maximeheckel.com)
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Bennu Sample Reveals Building Blocks of Life

2025-02-03
Bennu Sample Reveals Building Blocks of Life

NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission returned samples from asteroid Bennu, revealing molecules crucial for life on Earth, including amino acids and nucleobases, along with evaporite deposits suggesting conditions conducive to life were widespread in the early solar system. While not direct evidence of extraterrestrial life, the findings significantly increase the odds of life forming elsewhere. The high abundance of ammonia, crucial for forming complex molecules, is particularly noteworthy. The research highlights the importance of sample-return missions in unraveling the mysteries of life's origins.

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(www.nasa.gov)
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Boeing Starliner Program VP Departs Amidst Challenges

2025-02-03
Boeing Starliner Program VP Departs Amidst Challenges

Mark Nappi, vice president of Boeing's Starliner spacecraft program, has left his position. He's been replaced by John Mulholland, the company's International Space Station program manager. Nappi led the program since 2022, navigating significant engineering issues and testing setbacks. Last summer's crewed test flight was aborted due to propulsion system problems, leading NASA to deem Starliner too risky for astronauts and opt for SpaceX's Crew Dragon for their return. Boeing and NASA haven't yet decided on Starliner's next mission, including whether a repeat crewed flight test is necessary before certification.

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(ca.finance.yahoo.com)
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TopoNets: High-Performing Vision and Language Models Mimicking Brain Topography

2025-02-03
TopoNets: High-Performing Vision and Language Models Mimicking Brain Topography

Researchers introduce TopoLoss, a novel method for incorporating brain-like topography into leading AI architectures (convolutional networks and transformers) with minimal performance loss. The resulting TopoNets achieve state-of-the-art performance among supervised topographic neural networks. TopoLoss is easy to implement, and experiments show TopoNets maintain high performance while exhibiting brain-like spatial organization. Furthermore, TopoNets yield sparse, parameter-efficient language models and demonstrate brain-mimicking region selectivity in image recognition and temporal integration windows in language models, mirroring patterns observed in the visual cortex and language processing areas of the brain.

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(toponets.github.io)
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Programmer Predicts Nvidia Stock Crash

2025-02-03
Programmer Predicts Nvidia Stock Crash

Over a weekend, Jeffrey Emanuel, a programmer, penned a nearly 12,000-word blog post predicting a downturn in Nvidia's stock price. He argues that the rise of Chinese AI company DeepSeek and shifting tides in the AI landscape will negatively impact Nvidia. He shared his analysis across various platforms, garnering unexpected attention.

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(www.marketwatch.com)
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NSDI '24: Autothrottle: A Practical Bi-Level Approach to Resource Management for SLO-Targeted Microservices

2025-02-03

USENIX is committed to Open Access, making research from its events freely available. Papers, proceedings, and any subsequent video/audio/slides are open to all after the event. This includes the NSDI '24 paper, "Autothrottle: A Practical Bi-Level Approach to Resource Management for SLO-Targeted Microservices," by Wang et al., presenting a practical approach to managing resources for SLO-targeted microservices. The paper, video, and slides are now publicly accessible.

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(www.usenix.org)
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OpenAI's 'Strawberry' Project: Aiming for Deep Reasoning in AI

2025-02-03
OpenAI's 'Strawberry' Project: Aiming for Deep Reasoning in AI

OpenAI is secretly developing a project codenamed "Strawberry," aiming to overcome limitations in current AI models' reasoning abilities. The project seeks to enable AI to autonomously plan and conduct in-depth research on the internet, rather than simply answering queries. Internal documents reveal that the "Strawberry" model will use a specialized post-training method, combined with self-learning and planning capabilities, to reliably solve complex problems. This is considered a significant breakthrough, potentially revolutionizing AI's role in scientific discovery and software development, while also raising ethical concerns about future AI capabilities.

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(economictimes.indiatimes.com)
AI AI reasoning

Simple Modification Saves Millions in Fuel Costs for C-17 Globemaster III

2025-02-03
Simple Modification Saves Millions in Fuel Costs for C-17 Globemaster III

The US Air Force has achieved significant fuel savings by attaching 3D-printed microvanes to the rear fuselage of its C-17 Globemaster III transport aircraft. This surprisingly simple modification reduces drag by 1%, resulting in annual fuel cost savings of $14 million. The microvanes address aerodynamic issues caused by the upswept rear section when the cargo door is open, improving fuel efficiency. This cost-effective innovation is not only benefiting the US Air Force but has also garnered international interest, highlighting the importance of technological advancements in maintaining military competitiveness.

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(newatlas.com)
Tech Aerospace Cost Savings

California Solar Plant Accidentally Burns Thousands of Birds

2025-02-03
California Solar Plant Accidentally Burns Thousands of Birds

The Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System in California's Mojave Desert, using giant mirrors to concentrate sunlight for power generation, has inadvertently become a death trap for birds. Since its operation in 2014, up to 6,000 birds annually fly into concentrated beams of sunlight and spontaneously combust, nicknamed "streamers." Located along the Pacific Flyway, the plant's design flaw, attracting insects which in turn attract birds, exacerbates the problem. While the plant has tried various methods to reduce bird deaths, results have been minimal, prompting collaboration among agencies to find a solution. This highlights that even green energy can have unforeseen impacts on local ecosystems.

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(www.sciencealert.com)
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Global Variables: Not the Devil You Think They Are

2025-02-03

This article uses a simple counter example to demonstrate how avoiding global variables can unexpectedly lead to bugs. The author argues that the problem isn't global variables themselves, but the hidden nature of data access – "action at a distance". Different variable types are analyzed, and the article explores ways to use global variables appropriately in specific scenarios, such as encapsulating them into functions or using types that only allow append operations, thus preventing issues caused by "action at a distance".

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(codestyleandtaste.com)
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Dan Brown's Inferno: A Bestselling Author's Worries and Triumphs

2025-02-02
Dan Brown's Inferno: A Bestselling Author's Worries and Triumphs

Bestselling author Dan Brown calls his agent, John, worried about the critical reception of his new book, Inferno. John reassures him, focusing on the millions of fans and the vast wealth his success has brought. Dan reflects on his accomplishments, including his prized Van Gogh painting and Shakespeare first edition. He returns to writing the Robert Langdon series, inspired by Dante's Inferno, with sequels already planned. He ends the day happily with his wife, even contemplating a future foray into romantic poetry.

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HYTRADBOI: The Async Database & Programming Language Conference

2025-02-02

HYTRADBOI is a unique online conference exploring the intersection of databases and programming languages. All talks are pre-recorded and captioned, delivered asynchronously via a persistent chat room. This allows participants to join from anywhere, anytime, fostering rich discussion. Attendees rave about its asynchronous format, the depth of the talks, and the forward-thinking nature of the content, making it a highly recommended event.

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(www.hytradboi.com)
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David vs. Goliath: Small Costa Rican Supermarket Wins Trademark Battle Against Nintendo

2025-02-02
David vs. Goliath: Small Costa Rican Supermarket Wins Trademark Battle Against Nintendo

A small Costa Rican supermarket, "Super Mario," successfully defended its trademark against Nintendo. Nintendo, citing its 'Super Mario' trademark, initially challenged the supermarket's registration. However, the supermarket's legal team successfully argued that its registration for supplying basic food products didn't conflict with Nintendo's existing trademark classes. This underdog victory highlights the power of persistence and strategic legal action, even against a global corporate giant.

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(ticotimes.net)
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Garmin Data Parser: Harness Your Fitness Data with GarminDb

2025-02-02
Garmin Data Parser: Harness Your Fitness Data with GarminDb

GarminDb is a powerful suite of Python scripts designed to parse health data from Garmin Connect and store it in a lightweight SQLite database. It automatically downloads and imports daily monitoring data (heart rate, activity, climb/descend, stress, and intensity minutes), sleep, weight, and resting heart rate information. Furthermore, it summarizes data into daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly reports and allows graphing via command line or Jupyter Notebooks. A plugin system allows for easy expansion of data types. In short, GarminDb is a comprehensive and easy-to-use tool for managing your Garmin data, making health data analysis more efficient and convenient.

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(github.com)
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