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WTF,Kees?

kernel.org
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Science cuts may close WA LIGO observatory that confirmed theory of relativity

tri-cityherald.com
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An optimizing compiler doesn't help much with long instruction dependencies

johnnysswlab.com
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A Pokémon battle simulation engine

github.com
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Generation of giga-electron-volt proton beams by micronozzle acceleration

nature.com
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Browser extension (Firefox, Chrome, Opera, Edge) to redirect URLs based on regex

github.com
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Figma Slides Is a Beautiful Disaster

allenpike.com

Some highlights and lowlights. I think of presentation slides as having 3 main jobs: Emphasize key...
Some highlights and lowlights. I think of presentation slides as having 3 main jobs: Emphasize key points, so people remember Break up complex concepts, so people learn Entertain, so people pay attention This calls for slides that are mostly images or very short phrases. A minority of slides justify designing someth...
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Google AI Edge Gallery

github.com
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Manosphere

wikipedia.org

Collection of masculist and misogynistic websites and forums The manosphere is a varied collection of websites,...
Collection of masculist and misogynistic websites and forums The manosphere is a varied collection of websites, blogs, and online forums promoting masculinity, misogyny, and opposition to feminism.[1] Communities within the manosphere include men's rights activists (MRAs),[2] incels (involuntary celibates),[3] Men G...
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Structured Etymology Dataset

github.com
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JD Vance has changed his name multiple times over the years

fortune.com
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Why Use Structured Errors in Rust Applications?

expurple.me

error handling tech
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Show HN: A Implementation of Alpha Zero for Chess in MLX

github.com
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A Beautiful Technique for Some XOR Related Problems

codeforces.com
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I like to install NixOS (declaratively)

stapelberg.ch

Table of contents For one of my network storage PC builds, I was looking for an...
Table of contents For one of my network storage PC builds, I was looking for an alternative to Flatcar Container Linux and tried out NixOS again (after an almost 10 year break). There are many ways to install NixOS, and in this article I will outline how I like to install NixOS on physical hardware or virtual machin...
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Cholesterol treatment can cut levels by 69% after one dose

sciencefocus.com

A single shot of a new drug can lower cholesterol levels by up to 69 per...
A single shot of a new drug can lower cholesterol levels by up to 69 per cent, according to the initial results of a clinical trial that has not yet been peer reviewed. The treatment, called VERVE-102, could transform the future of heart attack prevention by dramatically reducing a person's levels of LDL cholesterol...
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It's Waymo's World. We're All Just Riding in It. 10M Rides Surpassed

wsj.com
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Tldx – CLI tool for fast domain name discovery

github.com
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Structured Errors in Go

southcla.ws

Bridge the gap between structured logging and errors in Gowritten almost 3 years agoThis post documents...
Bridge the gap between structured logging and errors in Gowritten almost 3 years agoThis post documents a catalogue of experiments on the topic of error management in medium-sized Go programs, specifically HTTP APIs, with certain end goals in mind around ergonomics, syntactic salt and making the lives of everyone in...
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Reviving Astoria – Windows's Lost Android

trungnt2910.com

Are you a die-hard fan of Project Astoria, Microsoft's former solution to bridging the app gap...
Are you a die-hard fan of Project Astoria, Microsoft's former solution to bridging the app gap on Windows 10 Mobile? Or are you just tired of your average sluggish, resource-hogging Android emulator? This post, exploring the method to bring Astoria to various unsupported Windows versions, from different platforms li...
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Snake on a Globe

engaging-data.com

I coded a unique twist on the classic snake game, Snake on a Globe, where your...
I coded a unique twist on the classic snake game, Snake on a Globe, where your mission is to eat as many apples as you can when given their location and find the best ways to navigate the globe. The game includes the largest cities in the world and tests your geographical knowledge about country and city locations. ...
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Father Ted Kilnettle Shrine Tape Dispenser

stephencoyle.net

A couple of years ago I wrote this post, wherein I detail how I built a...
A couple of years ago I wrote this post, wherein I detail how I built a working version of the tape dispenser from Father Ted (the one that says you have used two inches of sticky tape, god bless you). While it worked surprisingly well, that version had a number of flaws. It used unnecessarily overpowered hardware, ...
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Firefox now allows you to add custom search engine manually by default

mozilla.org
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Real TikTokers are pretending to be Veo 3 AI creations for fun, attention

arstechnica.com

Since Google released its Veo 3 AI model last week, social media users have been having...
Since Google released its Veo 3 AI model last week, social media users have been having fun with its ability to quickly generate highly realistic eight-second clips complete with sound and lip-synced dialogue. TikTok's algorithm has been serving me plenty of Veo-generated videos featuring impossible challenges, fake...
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