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Amazon will stop supporting Kindle devices released before 2012 starting May 20, 2026, meaning users of those devices can no longer buy, borrow, or download new content from the Kindle Store. Existing books remain accessible on those devices if already downloaded, and accounts with the Kindle Library stay usable via the free Kindle app or Kindle for Web. Affected models include Kindle 1st–5th Gen (2007–2012), Kindle DX/Graphite, Kindle Keyboard, Kindle Fire 1st–2nd Gen and Fire HD 7/8.9 (2012). Amazon says this helps transition to newer devices; fans online express outrage.
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State of Homelab 2026 documents a self-hosting journey from beginner to amateur. Hardware shifted from OrangePI 5 to a 32GB RAM NUC and a Hetzner VM; Debian with no hypervisor. Exposed via Cloudflare Tunnels, Traefik, and Authentik; everything is managed with Ansible (IaC) and SOPS for secrets. Running: the *arr media stack (Prowlarr, Radarr, Lidarr, Bazarr, Tidarr), Transmission, Jellyfin; Immich, Syncthing, MinIO; Navidrome/Miniflux; LibreChat; custom tools. Monitoring with Beszel and Statsping. Missing: backups, RAID, and cloud independence; full IaC/CI. Cost ~7€/mo; ~100–150 hours. The aim: own your data and enjoy tinkering, not bunker-grade independence.
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AI intelligence is becoming a commodity, shrinking the moat around raw model power. Apple’s bet: build a platform for running models, not a flagship frontier model. With 2.5 billion devices, on-device privacy, and unified memory on Apple Silicon, Apple can run local LLM inference efficiently (e.g., 400B-param models streamed from SSD) and keep context on-device. Gemini is licensed for cloud reasoning, but Apple stores the context and mediates access via MLX and ecosystems. This could make Apple the de facto AI runtime platform, regardless of model leaderboards.
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Product spec for the Chez Moose Terminal Mk IV: Chez Moose Terminal Model IV with color options Phosphor Green P1, Amber P3, White, and speed modes Slow, Normal, Fast, Instant, Flicker.
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The article argues Lean is a perfectable programming language—not perfect, but improvable via dependent types and a theorem-proving infrastructure that lets you reason about code inside Lean. It highlights seamless metaprogramming and custom syntax (e.g., a tic-tac-toe board DSL) that yields provable properties and allows the compiler to substitute equal code. The author claims this programming-plus-proving blend gives Lean a high ceiling and growing traction, unlike Coq/Idris/Agda, emphasizing speed and proof-based refactoring. The post itself is Lean code.
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An AWI Polarstern expedition in the northwestern Weddell Sea discovered an uncharted island not yet on nautical charts. The ~130 m long, ~50 m wide landform rises ~16 m above water and was spotted while navigating near a marked danger zone on the chart. It was surveyed with the ship’s multibeam echo sounder and a drone to produce a coastline model. The team will propose a name and ensure the feature is added to international nautical charts and datasets (e.g., IBCSO). The 93-strong crew continues work until 9 April 2026, returning mid-May.
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Tech valuations have retreated from ~40x to ~20x forward P/Es, returning to pre–AI-boom levels. The analysis compares forward P/E ratios of the S&P 500 and the S&P 500 Information Technology sector, highlighting the top IT constituents (NVIDIA, Apple, Microsoft, Broadcom, Oracle, Micron, Palantir, AMD, Cisco, Applied Materials). The piece includes a chart and standard investor disclosures.
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Solar panels in desert regions may alter local climate by cooling the surface and driving updrafts that form rainclouds, boosting vegetation. A Science study finds massive solar arrays in the Sahara are greening the desert, creating near-perfect conditions for life and potentially oases as rainfall increases. The effect could foster a positive feedback loop: more solar farms lead to more rain and plant life, further cooling and supporting more growth, though the broader implications require further study.
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Serenity Forge posted on Bluesky about a JavaScript-heavy, interactive web app (with links to Bluesky/atproto and serenityforge.com). The post includes a statement, dated 2026-04-09T21:33:44.961Z, about DDLC being removed from the Google Play Store.
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Overview of Apple Maps features: search, guides, directions, traffic, and tools for businesses to manage their presence on Maps.
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Drawing on Larry Wall's idea that laziness, impatience, and hubris fuel good software design, the piece argues laziness means crafting useful abstractions that simplify future work. But modern software has expanded to non-programmers, fueling a 'false industriousness' and brogrammer culture, now amplified by LLMs. LLMs lack the virtue of laziness and can generate bloated, garbage-laden code. The author contends that human laziness—driven by time constraints—forces us to build crisp abstractions. LLMs should assist, not replace, our disciplined laziness toward simpler, more powerful systems for future engineers.
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An embedded FP multiplication primer and optimization tour. The author champions a “firm” floating-point path (Xh3sfx) that accelerates software-emulated single-precision ops without a full FPU, detailing ALU tricks to reduce latency. After a baseline schoolbook 32×32→64, they discuss Mark Owen’s trick for Arm: two 23‑bit partial products with a correction to yield a correctly rounded 32‑bit result. They then adapt the idea to RISC‑V, achieving ~30 cycles per fmul and outlining Minimal/Intermediate/Full hardware options and applicability to small cores.
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Hungary’s 16-year prime minister Viktor Orbán conceded defeat after a painful election, as opposition leader Péter Magyar’s Tisza party led with about 52% of votes to Orbán’s 38% with around 60% counted. Magyar praised record turnout and framed the vote as a choice between East and West, signaling a potential end to Orbán’s long rule. The result could topple Europe’s strongest populist leader, heightening EU tensions over media and democracy, while Orbán maintains close ties to Russia and Trump’s circle. Electoral irregularities were reported by both sides.
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The essay warns that AI’s frontier is closing as frontier models become privately gated and shared mainly with big tech partners. It argues this concentrates intellectual power, risks neofeudalism, and undermines innovation and democratic accountability. While safety concerns justify guardrails, the author advocates open, auditable access with due process (FOIA-style, clear appeals) and broad safety research, stressing that public access accelerates security improvements and responsible progress rather than stifling it. The piece calls for preserving openness even as we build safer, more capable systems.
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Kriss argues literacy shapes thought and politics. He cites Luria’s tests with illiterate Uzbek villagers: literacy fosters geometric reasoning and abstract inference; without it, people rely on concrete experience and can’t entertain hypotheticals. Today, literacy is slipping—U.S. fourth-graders’ reading skills decline since 2014; many undergraduates struggle with long texts and rely on AI. He warns a post-literate world favors streamers, repetition, and tribal politics, eroding public reason. The future may be image- and AI-mediated, with politics driven by perception rather than literacy.
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An avid experimenter documents DIY soft drinks starting in 2020, focusing on caffeine‑free cola and later orange and almond sodas. The process centers on a flavor emulsion from essential oils (orange, lime, lemon, nutmeg, cassia, coriander, lavender), emulsified with gum arabic to disperse in water. The emulsion is mixed with caramel color, citric acid, and water to make a cola concentrate, then diluted (roughly 1:8) and sweetened with agents (sodium cyclamate + saccharin, later sucralose). The author tweaks sweetness, oil ratios, and color, tries almond/orange variations, notes equipment issues, and links to DIY soda resources and 2026 GitHub update.
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claudraband is a TypeScript/JavaScript toolkit to control Claude Code programmatically. It wraps the Claude Code TUI to enable resumable, non-interactive workflows, including a CLI (cband), a daemon HTTP server, an ACP frontend bridge, and a TypeScript library. It supports local tmux sessions or daemon-backed sessions, with commands to continue, attach, serve, and acp. Not a Claude SDK replacement; authentication through Claude Code required. Requires Node.js or Bun and an authenticated Claude Code setup. Includes examples and docs for library and CLI usage.
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Bouncer is a browser extension that filters unwanted Twitter/X posts using AI. You define filter topics in plain language (e.g., 'crypto', 'engagement bait'); posts matching are hidden in real time. It offers multiple backends, including local WebGPU models and cloud APIs (OpenAI, Google Gemini, Anthropic, OpenRouter), with on-device inference and image-aware filtering. It provides reasoning for each filter, a theme-aware UI, and cached results. Install from Chrome Web Store or iOS App Store; supports local or cloud models.
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