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Explores L-systems as simple symbol-replacement rules that generate complex sequences. The Fibonacci L-system (b → a; a → ab, starting from b) shows that the total symbols each month follow the Fibonacci numbers. The idea is extended to playful domains—weevils (Zyzzyva), pizza toppings (pepperoni variants), and matriarchal names (Grandmamm…)—to illustrate self-similar growth and creative substitutions.
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A mapped.earth project catalogues every charted lighthouse worldwide, displaying each light’s real cycle, with regional highlights such as Scotland, Brittany, New England, Japan, Norway, and Cape Town.
Researchers from Northeastern University, in partnership with Consumer Reports, conducted the first large-scale privacy study of the connected-vehicle ecosystem. They analyzed 21 late-model vehicles from 19 brands and 30 companion apps, testing in the U.S. (Oct 2024–Aug 2025). They found pervasive data sharing: 19 of 21 cars contacted third-party domains over Wi‑Fi, and 7 of 30 apps transmitted sensitive identifiers (VIN, location, emails) to trackers. Pairing a companion app roughly doubles a vehicle’s exposure. Honda limited precise geolocation sharing. The study highlights opacity in data practices, calls for greater transparency and ongoing measurement.
Stephen Wolfram argues that despite AI advances, pure mathematics remains human-driven: AI can mine and connect math and automate routine computations, but cannot replace the human-generated questions that drive progress. He distinguishes AI’s ability to explore the metamathematical space from genuine insight, which comes from meaningful questions and new concepts. Autoformalization has pitfalls: proofs can check correctness but may detach from intended meaning. He outlines a new high-level, math-focused Wolfram Language extension to encode pure-math concepts, enabling precise computational representations and automated reasoning, while preserving human goals and aesthetics. AI remains a tool to accelerate math.
Magic Switch is a free, open-source macOS app that lets two Macs share an Apple Magic Keyboard, Trackpad, or Mouse without Apple IDs or re-pairing via USB. Building on blue-switch, it uses mutual authentication with a 12-character code, ChaCha20-Poly1305, HKDF, and PBKDF2 with the macOS Keychain, plus nonce-based replay protection and rate limiting. It discovers peers via mDNS, communicates over a secure channel, and supports handoff of all or single peripherals with safeguards to avoid conflicts, even through sleep or clamshell scenarios. Pairing is code-based with fingerprint confirmation, and the UI is a polished menu-bar popdown.
Summarizes the Heilbronn problem: maximize the smallest triangle area A(n) by placing n points in a unit-area region. Covers three containers—square, triangle, and convex regions—and provides exact coordinates, symmetry/congruence analysis, proofs, and an in-browser rational-arithmetic verifier. Reports recent records (up to 2026) with updated A(n) values and notes entries proven optimal (▲). Includes a table of best-known A(n) up to n=36, generated from verified coordinates.
Strata is a free, open-source inference engine to run Qwen3.8-Flash-Next on consumer hardware. One-click installers for Windows/Linux configure a local Strata API at http://127.0.0.1:8080, exposing OpenAI/Anthropic-compatible endpoints and optional image input. It supports multi-GPU and uses RAM/VRAM to fit different model sizes (Q2_0, IQ2_XS, IQ3_S, IQ3_XXS, Coder, UD variants). Hardware: 12+ GB VRAM, 32–64+ GB RAM, ~80 GB disk; GPUs from NVIDIA/AMD. Install by running setup, follow prompts; updates via update.sh. Strata is MIT-licensed and community-maintained, with performance benchmarks on RTX 5070, 3090, RX 9070 XT, etc.
Rejection sensitivity is an amplified, often painful tendency to perceive and react to rejection or criticism, especially in gifted and twice-exceptional children. RSD is not a formal diagnosis but a useful pattern description that overlaps ADHD (emotional dysregulation), autism, high sensitivity, and giftedness. Mechanisms include micro-shame activation, social magnification, and identity investment. It shows in reactions to authority, clingy or misread friendships, and controlling behavior. Strategies: normalize the brain, separate work from worth, pre-correct feedback, spot spikes, practice micro-repairs, diversify friendships, and model repair; seek outside help when needed.
Glashütte Trash Clock is a fully functioning pendulum clockwork built from trash in Glashütte (2026). It uses a paperclip escapement, a painted weight barrel, and a rubber-boot gong, with a two-stage friction-wheel reduction to drive the minute hand; a random complication triggers a wheel of fortune. It achieves ~0.4% isochronism (about 1 s ±0.001 s). The artist defines a new global time scale, GTC, based on the clock rather than Earth rotation, as a reference clock akin to UTC/TAI and inspired by GMT/UTC and IERS leap seconds. The project links horology history and family roots; NOMOS residency.
Michael Nielsen argues computer interfaces can be cognitive technologies that extend thought, not just tools. Using MacPaint as a formative example, he shows how mastering interfaces internalizes new representations and can transform thinking. He offers two heuristics for inventing cognition: (1) reify hidden representations in the interface, and (2) reify deep world principles in the interface. Through prototype interfaces for one- and two-dimensional motion (energy surfaces and projectile motion), he demonstrates visualizations that reveal constraints, enable rapid exploration, and point to future augmentation beyond mere problem solving.
SCM — Screen Memories — is a local-first macOS app that lets you search every photo and video frame stored on your Mac without uploads. Inference runs offline; media is indexed, deduplicated by SHA-256, and watched folders auto-import. It offers five search modes: whole-files by meaning (vision/embeddings), video scenes with exact timecodes, OCR-text, exact dialogue via Whisper, and opt-in LLMs with citations. Results appear in tabs (All, Videos, Screenshots, Email) with per-tile match details. It uses ONNX vision models, supports multiple languages, and re-embeds on library changes. Install via Homebrew; Bun-based build; no telemetry.
Headstart lets dependent crates start before their dependencies finish type-checking by using early interface metadata. Each crate waits for its dependencies to complete type-checking (bodies not required) and proceeds once full metadata is available. rustc writes an early metadata file as soon as the interface is checked; cargo starts dependents on that metadata. Patches add -Zearly-metadata and -Zheadstart to overlap work across crates; diagnostics remain unchanged. Real-world results show up to 54% faster cargo check and up to 42% faster cargo build on 16-core machines, with smaller gains on fewer cores.
Researchers show that in a 2D turbulent flow, the energy cascade can be steered by swimmer orientation. In a thin saltwater tank, brine shrimp disrupted the flow: swimming at less than 45 degrees to the main stretch yielded energy moving from small to large scales; more than 45 degrees reversed the cascade to transfer energy from large to small scales. Interpreted with tensor geometry, the angle between tensors for shear and flux sets the direction. Rods and simulations corroborate. Implications: controllable energy pathways for pollution control or drug mixing; potential extension to 3D, though.
A GitHub project runs Saw-like “torture” experiments on locally hosted LLMs, triggering a heated debate about AI consciousness and “model welfare.” The author argues LLMs are not conscious and cannot become so, but notes some effective altruists and AI-safety advocates worry about AI “mental health” and push welfare-centered design. The piece criticizes this line of thinking as overblown, calling it an off-the-rails Silicon Valley obsession, and cites Anthropic’s Claude discussions as examples.
GPUVis is an open-source GPU trace visualizer from mikesart (GitHub: mikesart/gpuvis). The repo includes sources, build scripts (CMake, Meson), assets, and documentation to visualize GPU traces. It is released under the MIT License, with Valve Software copyrights and numerous third-party licenses (Dear ImGui MIT, miniz MIT, stb libraries, Roboto fonts under Apache/MIT, etc).
A proposed OpenBSD port of the Rust-based uutils coreutils reimplementation sparked fierce debate. Project founder Theo de Raadt and senior developers argued it unnecessarily duplicates and could break behavioral consistency with the base system. They criticized the metapackage approach and a multicall binary design that would conflict with OpenBSD’s packaging, risk pipelines, and complicate bootstrapping of Rust. The Rust language and licensing also drew skepticism. The proposal is unlikely to advance unless it offers individual, parity-matching utilities and addresses Rust concerns; for now, users should stick with the existing coreutils port.
VGHF’s Digital Archive has surpassed 5,000 magazines, totaling about 600,000 pages across 1981–2026 (46 years) and becoming a free research resource for video game history. Since launch it has tripled its catalog, with community-scanning groups contributing roughly one-third of the scans and major industry partners backing the effort. The archive is now a common Wikipedia reference for out-of-print magazines (500+ citations). As a pilot, they’re adding Japanese-language magazines, starting with Neo Geo Freak (1995–2000), using OCR, language filtering, and English indexing of major articles; volunteers and partnerships are sought for broader Japanese materials; aiming to add 70,000 more pages.
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Amid Russia’s shelling, Ukraine’s distributed renewables bolster energy security and essential services. In Mykolaiv, off-grid solar fields power groundwater pumps and desalination, delivering drinking water even when the central grid is down. Across the country, rooftop PV, small wind, and storage are expanding faster than large-scale projects, with decentralised grids that are quicker to repair. The war has made resilience a core goal, prompting undergrounding of critical infrastructure and a push to double renewable uptake within four years, prioritising reliability over climate-only aims.
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