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An article presenting AI errno(2) values—a humorous, public-domain C header defining AI-specific error codes (EAI to EVIL) with witty descriptions (hallucination, delusion, botnet issues, context loss, etc.). It frames these as standard errno-like constants extending human errno values, dated May 19, 2026. The post also links to related pieces and includes a canary note about benchmark data in training corpora.
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IBM and the U.S. Commerce Department announced Anderon, America’s first pure-play quantum chip foundry, backed by $1B CHIPS incentives and $1B from IBM, plus equity in seven other quantum firms. Anderon will be a standalone 300mm fab in Albany, initially for superconducting qubits and related electronics, with plans to add other modalities. The funding creates a two-tier quantum ecosystem: manufacturing infrastructure for superconducting silicon and venture-style bets for alternatives. IBM is building four ASICs to enable scalable quantum control, targeting convergence by 2029. The package signals a manufacturing-led quantum strategy and potential consolidation.
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Pope Leo XIV's Magnifica Humanitas urges safeguarding human dignity amid rapid AI and digital change. Building on the Church's social teaching from Rerum Novarum to Fratelli Tutti, it champions the common good, universal destination of goods, subsidiarity, solidarity and social justice. Technology is not neutral; it can enable Babel or dehumanization unless guided by ethics. The encyclical calls for governance, transparency, accountability and disarmament of AI, with education, work, families and care for the marginalized at the center. It envisions a civilization of love shaped by synodality, dialogue, and shared responsibility to rebuild society.
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Patrick Dubroy surveys surprising homes for bytecode VMs beyond general-purpose languages. Examples include eBPF in the Linux kernel—a register-based VM with a JIT for fast in-kernel filtering; DWARF expressions (and GDB’s agent expressions) that encode debug calculations as bytecode; WinRAR’s RarVM, an 8-register in-file VM for reversible preprocessing of data; GPU shader strategies using interpreters (uber shaders) to avoid re-compilation; and existing instruction sets such as TrueType’s glyph hints and the PostScript family, which include binary encodings. The point: bytecode VMs show up wherever compact, safe, or portable execution matters.
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Gorilla is Facebook’s time-series DB to store billions of series and support high ingestion and fast queries, acting as a write-through cache to HBase. It shards data by a string key, uses a shared-nothing, scalable architecture, and keeps two replicas for DR. Each block stores compressed timestamps and values; timestamps use delta-of-deltas with a 14-bit first delta, yielding ~96% of points as a single bit; values are XOR-compressed with leading/trailing-zero coding, giving ~51% in one bit and ~12x overall compression. It enables fast scans and a correlation engine for analysis; lessons emphasize recent data, low read latency, and availability.
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On a 10-day trip to China without a computer, the author uses a Bluetooth keyboard with their phone and loves it for three reasons: faster, nicer texting with copy/paste; note-taking in the Notes app that feels almost like a typewriter and reduces distractions; and keyboard shortcuts (Full Keyboard Access) to navigate the phone, including Cmd+Space for search. They mention some downsides (verbosity) and that they bought a Logitech Pop keyboard on sale, recommending Bluetooth keyboards if this appeals.
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Miessler argues that every company is a graph of algorithms—a pipeline of steps that can be broken into smaller algorithms. Mapping all processes (from procurement to marketing to support) reveals inefficiencies and optimization opportunities. AI will optimize both tasks and how pieces fit together, enabling continuous transparency and improvement. Consultants will map workflows, cut redundancy, and push leaner organizations, often automating many human tasks. The message: view your business as a Graph of Algorithms and prepare for AI-driven recommendations to boost productivity.
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Randomized trial of 25 adults with moderate obstructive sleep apnea (AHI 15–30) and snoring. Four months of daily didgeridoo training (~25 min, six days/week) vs waiting-list control. Primary outcome: daytime sleepiness (Epworth). Didgeridoo group improved by 4.4 points vs 1.4 in controls (between-group difference 3.0, P=0.03). AHI decreased by 6.2 vs 4.5 (P=0.05). Partners’ sleep disturbance fell by 2.8 (P<0.01). PSQI and SF-36 unchanged. Overall sleep-outcome score favored didgeridoo (P<0.01). Conclusion: upper-airway training via didgeridoo reduces daytime sleepiness and AHI in moderate OSA with good acceptance; larger trials needed.
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Josh Lospinoso’s 2026 sequel updates which C constructs still fail in C++, and why language mode matters (C17/C23 vs C++17/20/23). Core takeaway: C is not a superset of C++; designators: C++20 adds constrained designated initializers for aggregates; C23 expands on empty-parameter lists; malloc/object lifetime: C++20 narrows risk but does not replace constructors or ownership; const_cast remains a limited escape hatch; enums: C23 fixes underlying type semantics while C++ uses distinct enum types; restrict and flexible array members remain non-portable in C++; migration rule: label language mode, preserve ABI layouts, and translate C layouts into C++ ownership-safe types.
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The piece argues AI agents in software development will be a costly mistake. They cannot truly program; they mimic programming statistically and produce outputs that look plausible but are often broken in subtle ways. The author tried agents on projects (tinygrad, USB↔PCIe) and found they frontload progress but rarely deliver polish; manual review remains essential. AI helps for quick searches and prototypes, but not for high‑quality software engineering. Corporate adoption (e.g., Apple) may backfire, creating a 'golden era of slop' and a 'dark age' for quality unless better world models emerge.
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Ronacher reflects on Building Pi With Pi, examining how using Pi to develop Pi reveals AI-assisted issue-triage challenges. Issues are increasingly generated by “clankers” (LLMs): many are wrong or vague, and even prompts to distrust analyses are treated as evidence, inflating scope. Pi uses a small triage toolkit (/is, a prompt-url widget, /wr) to keep investigations distinct and reproducible. The post argues for reducing bad states over adding permissive handling, highlights high auto-close/reopen churn, and calls for stronger open-source collaboration and human agency.
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Phabricator revision D301917 proposes a workaround for a crash on Intel Raptor Lake CPUs (Bug 1950764). Authored by glandium on May 21, 2026; public review. The changeset touches Cargo.lock, Cargo.toml, and the Rust zlib-rs deflate/sym_buf.rs, with multiple diffs attached as part of Firefox autoland. The patch aims to stabilize builds and runtime on affected processors.
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White Rabbit provides sub-nanosecond synchronization and picosecond precision for large distributed systems, enabling deterministic data delivery, time-tagging, and trigger-ready data acquisition over the same Ethernet network. It supports thousands of nodes across ~10 km links, with Ethernet gigabit transfer, and uses fully open hardware, firmware, and software from multiple vendors. Contact: Maciej Lipinski. CERN is advertising FPGA developer roles to work on White Rabbit switch v4 and WR tech (Feb 2026, May 2025) and the WR eRTM board with ultra-low jitter (Sep 2024).
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Researchers studying a 1,000-year-old dingo (garli) skeleton along the Darling River show Barkindji people deliberately cared for and ritually buried the animal. The dog, aged about 4–7 years, bore healed injuries suggesting it hunted and lived with humans, possibly aided by caregivers after a broken leg and ribs. The burial site includes a midden expanded for centuries as a feeding ritual with river mussel shells, signaling the dingo was valued as an ancestor. The remains were returned to Country; study published in Australian Archaeology.
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Overview: The DACH SaaS market requires addressing risk before opportunity; IT has strong influence and early veto power; sales cycles longer but loyalty higher. A localized approach matters: translate isn't enough; invest in local presence. Initial messaging should provide a single clear value proposition; detailed docs and feature comparisons come later. Germans care about GDPR and compliance; cautious with cold outreach. Across DACH vs US/UK, treat as a single market with some local nuances. Hire locals or partners to succeed.
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An easy method to connect old Windows 9x/XP era PCs to the internet via Android Ethernet tethering. Steps: get a cheap USB-C to Ethernet adapter, connect it to an Android phone, run a short Ethernet cable from the PC to the adapter, enable Ethernet tethering on the phone, and ensure the PC uses DHCP. The phone acts as a bridge, providing internet over the wired connection; works with any PC with an Ethernet port. The author also tried a USB-C dock (more cables, power required). iOS compatibility is uncertain; nostalgia for reviving old hardware.
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