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An article analyzing GitHub's outage graph, which uses red squares to indicate outages.
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Developing Wolfenstein 3D for Game Boy on a custom cartridge with a coprocessor. Two hardware revisions: Rev.C (KE04 ARM Cortex‑M0 co‑processor) and Rev.D (CPLD ATF1502‑based MBC1 replacement). KE04 handles framebuffer tiling, bit-banding, and a texture cache; dual-port SRAM/ROM layout aims to fit Episode 1 (10 maps) in 128KB ROM with ~3KB RAM leftover. Tests indicate ~30fps rendering with 256 tiles. Added music, password save, pause, collision, doors/elevators; ongoing debugging/docs. GitHub: agranlund/wolf.
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BOC (Behavior-Oriented Concurrency) is a Python concurrency paradigm where data is owned by behaviors (cowns), removing locks. Programs express logic as decorated behaviors (@when) that run when dependencies are available, enabling lock-free, scalable parallelism across interpreters. It uses cross-interpreter data APIs, with cowns ensuring exclusive access; supports spawning behaviors, exception handling via result scheduling; includes Erlang-style send/receive for inter-thread communication; Matrix data type for zero-copy cross-interpreter matrices; a Noticeboard for eventually-consistent shared state; scales near linearly with workers. Implemented in bocpy, v0.5.0, MIT, on GitHub.
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Explores how to achieve multi-stroke text effects in CSS by stacking several layers with different text-stroke-widths and colors. The author finds that varying stroke widths per layer, along with color layering and different fonts (via @google-font), yields closer retro outlines than a single text-stroke. Notes cross-browser differences (Firefox smoother; Chrome/Safari outlines) and that multi-character inline shapes can merge. Warns that performance is poor, similar to CSS filters, especially at large font sizes, and that it’s mainly for experiments; includes examples and a CodePen link.
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The internet isn’t dying, just its commercial/platform layer. Beneath today’s feeds lies a “boring internet” of open protocols and federated services (HTTP, SMTP, IRC, Usenet, RSS, NTP, Finger, DNS, BGP, SSH, Icecast, Gemini, etc.) that endure because no one can own them, centralize them, or easily monetize them. The essay contrasts platforms (Twitter, Reddit, Spotify) with the protocol layer and argues that the latter’s awkwardness and federation are why it persists. The author builds on this layer (RSS reader, personal sites, small radio) and invites others to do the same. You’re already standing in it.
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Georgia Tech researchers devised battery-free, metal disk tags (smaller than a penny) that produce unique ultrasonic fingerprints when struck, enabling private, low-cost smart‑home sensing. Tags mounted on doors, drawers, or appliances emit distinct frequencies when moved, which a wearable device logs to count openings, track use, or monitor activities (e.g., gym reps, bathroom visits). The system relies on ultrasound above 20 kHz and a simple, hardcoded-rule reader (no ML) for detection, enhancing privacy and low power use. Simulations suggested thousands of designs; 15 were tested. Published in ACM Interactions 2025; funded by NSF, Sloan, Google, and more.
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To merge three acquired companies into one coherent website, start from user goals, not product debates. Gather team perspectives, but focus on what users do: why they visit, what they need, and how they interact with home, contact, and pricing pages. Create user-goal statements across products to build empathy and surface unmet needs. Use taxonomy to categorize users, group content by goals, and tailor formats and audiences. Test with a small group; think horizontal content across touchpoints; expect heated content discussions. Key steps: identify goals, find commonalities, consolidate where possible, define multiple pathways, test, and align stakeholders.
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Kate Davies argues that AI-generated knitting content embodies Frankfurt’s “bullshit”—a hollow, truth-eliding performance dressed as knowledge. She critiques Inception Point AI’s podcasts, where a tiny team churns thousands of AI-hosted episodes with fabricated “experts,” delivering vacuous, sentiment‑driven chatter about knitting’s past and design. She condemns an AI‑generated knitting animation whose hype mimics history while offering little substance. Davies warns this “carefully wrought” BS devalues real craft and urges support for human knitters, designers, and independent makers.
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After a decade, Draxinar releases OUO, a near-complete reverse-engineering of the 1998 Ultima Online demo server (UoDemo.exe). About 5,000 MSVC x86 functions hand-translated to portable C99, with function-by-function validation against the binary via radare2. The project reproduces the demo's C++-style class layouts and vtables, fixes stability and gameplay issues, reconstructs missing world data, and adds features like Meditation, Stealth, Remove Trap, plus support for clients 1.25.30–5.0.9.1 and 64-bit builds. The code, data, and tooling are on GitHub; a test center exists at Serpent Isle. Community contributions welcome; seeks originals dynamic0.mul/bkp/resbank.mul, etc.
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Access to feeds is restricted due to ongoing abuse, which degrades performance for everyone. To restore access, use a verification token or switch to a different network.
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DENIC reported a DNS disruption affecting .de domains and DNSSEC reachability. The root cause was under investigation, with services impaired while they worked to restore operations. The incident is now resolved, and all DNS services are back up and running.
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Five Banana Lessons uses a monkey-with-money-and-banana metaphor to show value comes from ownership. The five lessons: 1) Cash beats a banana—equity and real ownership outlast a salary. 2) Some bananas are better than others—seek high‑quality, growth opportunities. 3) A world‑class banana tree beats a banana—ownership compounds; aim for equity. 4) A banana farm beats a tree—own the platform, not just suppliers. 5) A store beats a farm—control the customer relationship; end‑to‑end ownership matters (Wattpad vs Amazon). Ownership is the core KPI and applies beyond business.
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Sensor Etch’s artist mode uses tilt to move a pen that selects pentatonic violin notes; sound input controls brush size and bow pressure, while the camera sets ink color and violin tone (warm = darker, cool = brighter). Background tint and reverb depend on connection speed; touch overrides the pen. Start by tapping Begin and granting motion, microphone, and camera access; it requires https or localhost. A speed test retrieves 512 KB from Cloudflare every 15 seconds.
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Stars and Stripes ombudsman Jacqueline Smith says she was fired on April 28, 2026, after Pentagon moves to curb editorial independence and exert control over the newspaper. She argues the Pentagon, via Sean Parnell's public refocus and an interim policy, has undermined Stripes’ autonomy, rescinding a federal rule without proper comment and reverting to decades-old directives. Congress members from both parties have pressed DoD to restore independence, citing the First Amendment and the paper’s mission to provide unbiased news to deployed troops. Smith warns the paper’s future is at risk.
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FERC fined Durham-based American Efficient $722 million and ordered repayment of over $410 million in alleged unjust profits from a scheme in its energy-efficiency program. The commission says the company withheld information to manipulate energy markets by using micropayments to retailers for environmental attributes and then bidding projected savings into PJM capacity auctions, with ratepayers ultimately paying. American Efficient disputes the charges. The case, supported by five commissioners, could spark a DOJ criminal referral and hinges on contract details and whether such upstream incentives amount to fraud. The company was formed through Ben Abram’s Wylan Capital after 2013 purchase.
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GitHub VS Code Copilot commit attribution feature “Co-authored-by: Copilot” has had defaults and bugs. The git.addAICoAuthor setting allows off, chatAndAgent, or all. Default moved from off to all in 1.117, causing attribution of non‑AI code; then changed to chatAndAgent in 1.118. The default is now off again and will be disabled when disableAIFeatures is true (in 1.119). Future plans: attribution only for AI-related changes, require user consent before trailer, and explore “assisted-by” instead of “Co-authored-by” with possible model details; community input ongoing.
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