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What Graykey iPhone hack tool can unlock

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Star Citizen crowdfunding passes $750M

robertsspaceindustries.com

As a crowd funded project, money pledged goes directly to the game's development. Funds Raised Loading...
As a crowd funded project, money pledged goes directly to the game's development. Funds Raised Loading error , , Star Citizens Loading error , As a crowd funded project, Star Citizen's scope is based directly on the support provided by our backers. Money pledged goes directly to the game's development. Stretch goals...
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Photo Robot Takes the Perfect Picture

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Finding it hard to get the perfect angle for your shot? PhotoBot can take the picture...
Finding it hard to get the perfect angle for your shot? PhotoBot can take the picture for you. Tell it what you want the photo to look like, and your robot photographer will present you with references to mimic. Pick your favorite, and PhotoBot—a robot arm with a camera—will adjust its position to match the referenc...

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Category Theory in Programming

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8.15Welcome to Category Theory in Programming, a journey into the conceptual world where mathematics meets software...
8.15Welcome to Category Theory in Programming, a journey into the conceptual world where mathematics meets software development. This tutorial is designed for Racket programmers who are curious about the mathematical ideas underlying computational systems. It offers insights into how familiar programming concepts ca...
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Restaurant Menu Tricks (2020)

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UK counter-terrorism unit demands Steam withdraw controversial shooter from sale

eurogamer.net

Valve has removed a game from its British Steam storefront following a request from the UK's...
Valve has removed a game from its British Steam storefront following a request from the UK's counter-terrorism unit. The FPS/TPS Fursan al-Aqsa: The Knights of the Al-Aqsa Mosque - which describes itself as "address[ing] the Israel x Palestine conflict from a Palestinian perspective" - was removed when Steam contact...

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Uber's Dark Descent: How Abandoning Innovation Hurt Drivers and Gouges Riders

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Uber drivers frequently protest their declining pay and it strikes me that there was an uproar...
Uber drivers frequently protest their declining pay and it strikes me that there was an uproar over how Uber treated its drivers and that was part of pushing out their founder CEO, but things have actually gotten worse for drivers since then. For instance, many work 12 hour days earning less than $100 per day. Uber ...
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Rackspace Spot – Rackspace – Pricing Page

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IBM RISC System/6000 Family

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From the June 1990 issue of Byte magazineI previously wrote about the early days of IBM...
From the June 1990 issue of Byte magazineI previously wrote about the early days of IBM here:IBM debuted the RISC System/6000 line in February 1990. This family of products included RISC-powered servers, workstations, and supercomputers. It was the first line of computers to make use of the POWER and PowerPC process...
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Rails is better low code than low code

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“We need a very simple CRUD app for managing the reservations.” They1 said. “Don’t spend too...
“We need a very simple CRUD app for managing the reservations.” They1 said. “Don’t spend too much time on it.” They added.My thoughts are racing: “Hm, I am very good with Ruby on Rails, this seems like a good fit. But then I’ve also used these low code tools before, they are supposed to be the perfect solution for s...
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What Will Enter the Public Domain in 2025?

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Programming the C64 with Visual Studio Code – Retro Game Coders

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Staff Engineer vs. Engineering Manager

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These are actual questions I’ve got in the past few years:An EM: I don’t want to...
These are actual questions I’ve got in the past few years:An EM: I don’t want to deal with people anymore. I want to focus on the tech. Is Staff Engineering for me?A Senior EM responsible for multiple teams: I have too much admin work. Should I hire a Staff Engineer to take over the technical part of my job?A Staff ...
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Mobile 3D Printer Can Print Directly on Your Floor

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Waiting for each part of a 3D-printed project to finish, taking it out of the printer,...
Waiting for each part of a 3D-printed project to finish, taking it out of the printer, and then installing it on location can be tedious for multi-part projects. What if there was a way for your printer to print its creation exactly where you needed it? That’s the promise of MobiPrint, a new 3D printing robot that c...

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1/0 = 0 (2018)

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Have a tweet: I have no idea if Pony is making the right choice here, I...
Have a tweet: I have no idea if Pony is making the right choice here, I don’t know Pony, and I don’t have any interest in learning Pony. But this tweet raised my hackles for two reasons: It’s pretty smug. I have very strong opinions about programming, but one rule I try to follow is do not mock other programmers. Pr...

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Show HN: Markwhen: Markdown for Timelines

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Markwhen inputOutput{ "events": { "properties": {}, "tags": [], "title": "", "children": [ { "firstLine": { "full":...
Markwhen inputOutput{ "events": { "properties": {}, "tags": [], "title": "", "children": [ { "firstLine": { "full": "2025-04-09: Single date", "datePart": "2025-04-09", "rest": " Single date", "restTrimmed": "Single date" }, "properties": {}, "textRanges": { "whole": { "from": 0, "to": 24, "type": "event" }, "datePa...
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Scale (run CUDA on AMD GPUs without mods) supports gfx900 and gfx1102

scale-lang.com

Support for gfx900 architecture. Support for gfx1102 architecture. Support for Ubuntu 24.04. Upgraded to ROCm 6.2.2....
Support for gfx900 architecture. Support for gfx1102 architecture. Support for Ubuntu 24.04. Upgraded to ROCm 6.2.2. Added much of the CUDA graph API. Improvements to multi-GPU handling. Fixed rare shutdown-time segfaults. Added many random API functions. As usual, see The diff. f16x2, u16x2 and s16x2 types. fns ins...
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How should we treat beings that might be sentient?

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What’s needed, Birch argues, when faced with such staggering uncertainty about the sentience stature of other...
What’s needed, Birch argues, when faced with such staggering uncertainty about the sentience stature of other beings, is a precautionary framework that outlines best practices for decision-making regarding their care. And in The Edge of Sentience, he provides exactly that, in meticulous, orderly detail. Over more th...
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Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books of the 21st Century (So Far)

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Django: Fix a view using a debugger with breakpoint()

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Handwriting but not typewriting leads to widespread connectivity in brain

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Handwriting but not typewriting leads to widespread brain connectivity: a high-density EEG study with implications for...
Handwriting but not typewriting leads to widespread brain connectivity: a high-density EEG study with implications for the classroomF. R. (Ruud) Van der Weel, Audrey L. H. Van der MeerAs traditional handwriting is progressively being replaced by digital devices, it is essential to investigate the implications for th...
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How can I grow as an engineer without good seniors to learn from?

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Francis Crick Was Misunderstood

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By Matthew CobbThe Central Dogma is a linchpin for understanding how cells work, and yet it...
By Matthew CobbThe Central Dogma is a linchpin for understanding how cells work, and yet it is one of the most widely misunderstood concepts in molecular biology.Many students are taught that the Central Dogma is simply “DNA → RNA → protein.” This version was first put forward in Jim Watson’s pioneering 1965 textboo...
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The Color of Noise – The Witness (2014)

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By Casey Muratori Everyone knows what “white noise” is, at least intuitively. People say “white noise”...
By Casey Muratori Everyone knows what “white noise” is, at least intuitively. People say “white noise” to refer to the static on an analog radio or the sound of ocean waves breaking on the beach. But have you ever wondered why the term “white noise” is common, yet you never hear noise referred to as being any other ...
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