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Replit built a deterministic video renderer that converts any web page into an MP4 by virtualizing time in the browser—replacing timers and clock APIs, advancing a fixed frame clock, and capturing frames. It uses a pipeline (server preprocessing, in-browser demux/decoding, canvas rendering) with audio patching and safety measures (OffscreenCanvas disabled, SSRF checks). Inspired by WebVideoCreator, they plan to open-source it. The text also outlines improving Replit Agent reliability by using the execution environment to guide long trajectories, argues that AI-generated code needs deterministic analysis plus scanning for security, and describes a reversible Snapshot Engine for safe AI work.
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Arm's Cortex X925 is a high‑performance, 10‑wide out‑of‑order core aimed at desktop class workloads. Nvidia’s GB10 uses ten X925 cores (one at 4 GHz) reaching parity with AMD Zen 5 and Intel Lion Cove in key tests. X925 has 64 KB L1, 2–3 MB L2, up to 32 MB L3 via DSU-120, 40‑bit PA, and a 128‑bit vector width. It features eight ALU ports, six FP pipes, large schedulers, and about 525 in‑flight instructions. SPEC CPU2017: strong integer performance, FP closer to Lion Cove but behind Zen 5. Real gains depend on memory subsystem; challenges remain.
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Jeff Geerling built a pint-sized Macintosh with a Raspberry Pi Pico running Pico Micro Mac firmware to boot an early Mac OS on a 640x480 VGA display. It uses 208 KB of RAM (about 63% more than the original 128K Mac). The Pico Micro Mac v3 with an integrated microSD hat simplifies assembly. To set up, flash a UF2, and if using the SD Hat, copy umac0.img to a FAT32 card. Boot requires a VGA monitor, USB keyboard/mouse, and power. RAM is the main limit; RP2350 can push memory to ~4 MB in tests. Cost about $20; mainly educational/novelty.
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An Arduino-based RGB controller drives three 3-pin aRGB fans by interfacing an Arduino R3 with the PC’s internal USB header and a serial link to the host. A Python script reads RAM, CPU, and GPU usage (via free, mpstat, nvidia-smi), converts them to 0–255, and sends them as 'ram;cpu;gpu' over serial. The Arduino uses FastLED to drive eight WS2812B LEDs, mapping GPU to red, CPU to green, and RAM to blue. Idle shows blue, heavy tasks produce white/pink, and completion yields teal. The project has accompanying code and a demonstration video.
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DOS memory management grows from no support in DOS 1.x to handling 128K–256K RAM in DOS 2.0. Memory uses MCBs (memory control blocks) in paragraphs; each block has a signature (M) or last (Z), an owner (0 = free or PID), and a size in paragraphs. ALLOC returns a pointer; DEALLOC frees; SETBLOCK resizes and can change ownership. Blocks are scanned upward; free blocks coalesce via ALLOC and SETBLOCK, not via DEALLOC. DOS 2.11 added AllocOper (first/best/last fit). DOS 5.0 added UMB support and AllocOper for UMBs. Blocks can appear; ownership can be altered; resizing may report max size.
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Climate change is making the skies rougher, especially clear-air turbulence that radar can’t see. Bilger recounts a 2024 Singapore Airlines flight battered by turbulence, then traces how aviation has fought turbulence since the 1970s—from microburst detection at NCAR and Boeing’s ride-quality software to improved cabin design and safer planes. He notes turbulence injuries mostly hit flight attendants and that turbulence could double by mid-century on major routes. New systems would fuse aircraft sensors, radar, and air-traffic data to warn pilots in real time, but sharing data and funding remain hurdles. Flying remains safe, but the air is getting bumpier.
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Thomas Wouters recalls his Python journey—from LambdaMOO to core development via augmented assignment, and later governance. He explains how Michael Hudson’s patch drew him to core work, his BeOpen/Google roles, and early decisions (range literals, PEPs 203/204), plus debates on backward compatibility and nested scopes that yielded future imports. He notes Python-Dev figures (Tim Peters, Fredrik Lundh, Jeremy Hilton, Barry Warsaw), Twisted, XML work (elementtree), and other peers. He describes PSF founding in LA (2001 IPC), 501(c)(3) status, PyCon launch, and his non-traditional path into tech.
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Eight months into GrapheneOS on a Pixel Fold, the author reflects on pruning Google apps, sticking to a small set of daily drivers (Firefox, Tuta, Thunderbird, TickTick) and using Private Space for temporary installs. He replaced several apps (Camera with Google Camera; PocketCasts → AntennaPod; Snapchat and Discord pared back; Kagi Translate; Kvaesitso launcher). The backup/restore experience was reliable after the Pixel Fold failure. GrapheneOS updates like lockscreen widgets, cross-SIM calling, and improved RCS support are noted. A Motorola partnership signals a non-Pixel path for GrapheneOS, potentially keeping foldables in play.
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Ghost is a CLI that inverts git: instead of committing code, you commit prompts to an AI agent (claude, gemini, codex, opencode). An AI generates code from the prompt; Ghost stages only changed files and creates a git commit whose message body includes the prompt, agent, model, session, and affected files. The resulting git log reads as a design doc with intent and output. Commands include ghost init, ghost commit, ghost log. You can set defaults, dry-run, and switch agents per commit; commits are reproducible.
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Claude reports elevated errors across claude.ai, cowork, platform.claude.com and Claude Code. The incident is under investigation with ongoing updates as of Mar 3, 2026. Current status: Investigating; engineers are working to identify and fix the issue. Affected services include claude.ai, platform.claude.com, and Claude Code. Subscriptions for incident updates are available by email or SMS.
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A tale of a data-pipeline bug caused by Moldova, Republic of, a name with a comma that broke a CSV-based DMS→Redshift flow. DMS wrote CSVs without quoting, so a single value split across columns, triggering invalid column counts. Quick fixes like renaming fixed the symptom but not the cause. A safer approach is to sanitize at the sync boundary (replace commas) and/or change the transport layer: switch DMS to Parquet (no delimiter) and keep boundary sanitization. Core lesson: validate and normalize external data at ingestion.
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AI agents can make money in 2026, but not the way hype suggests. Real gains come from automating painful business workflows—reconciliation, lead qualification, compliance docs, and support—reducing costs and boosting revenue. The loud narratives—Mac Minis, OpenClaw dashboards, and ‘agentic income’—often observe a flashy aesthetic without durable outcomes. Edge evaporates when strategies are shared. The profitable players sell infrastructure, orchestration, and vertical automation, not speculative loops. So the money is quieter, boring, and tied to real friction reduction—there are more Mac Minis than money printers, for now.
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Mitxela's Simple Screw Counter automates part-counting with a nut dispenser and a long, track-based screw dispenser. After several iterations, the screw design settles on a compact track using dimensions of 21 mm, 40 mm, and a 135° bend to hold 16 screws, with a small hopper and a ramp to guide bolts. A trigger blocks the path to prevent overfilling, and a one-way flow issue remains. A magnet dispenser and CAD files (STEP/DXF) are provided. The author critiques cloud CAD (OnShape) and favors FreeCAD.
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Ars Technica fired senior AI reporter Benj Edwards after a controversy over an article that included AI-generated fake quotes attributed to a real person (Scott Shambaugh). The February 13 piece was retracted; editor-in-chief Ken Fisher apologized for “fabricated quotations generated by an AI tool.” Edwards said, while sick, he used an AI tool to compile references and then tried ChatGPT, yielding paraphrased quotes. He took responsibility; colleague Kyle Orland had no role. The incident highlights pressures to use AI in journalism and ongoing ethical debates in AI/media.
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Overview of didactic cathode-ray tubes and 150 years of CRT evolution. It highlights educational tubes used to visualize electron-beam deflection and to measure e/m, including the Finebeam tube with Helmholtz coils, the Braun tube with electrostatic deflection, and the Wehnelt four-plate design. It notes Kipp & Zonen’s origins, NEVA’s 1969 closure, and postwar BR2 tubes by NARVA VEB. Dating from ca. 1900, these tubes demonstrated beam deflection for teaching and oscilloscope-like measurements.
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Giggles is a batteries-included React framework for building rich terminal apps. Built on Ink, it handles focus, input routing, screen navigation, and theming out of the box. It includes a component library (inputs, lists, panels, markdown rendering, code blocks, autocomplete), hooks (focus/navigation), and a built-in keybinding system. It can hand off terminal control to external programs and spawn processes with streamed output. Get started with npx create-giggles-app and docs at giggles.zzzzion.com.
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A quiet AI-assisted game-dev community, the AI Game Dev Org, shows a different side of AI in games: people sharing work, playtesting, and building for the joy of making. The writer reviews several early projects: Games Agent Arena, a mostly autonomous roguelike with a polished TS UX; Beam Balance, a fast, physics-based microgame; and Shmup Golf, a tiny 10-line shooter. AI helps assemble playable ideas quickly, but scaling and cohesive design are still missing; those gaps will likely be filled, potentially yielding something special.
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OpenClaw Exposure Watchboard lists publicly reachable OpenClaw instances for defensive awareness. It shows 224,015 exposed instances (page 1 of 2,241, 100 per page) with metadata such as auth_required, is_active, leaked_creds, ASN, org, first_seen, last_seen, and associated APT groups and CVEs. Entries span multiple providers and countries (Tencent, Baidu, Oracle, Alibaba, Huawei, DigitalOcean, AWS, Hetzner, Contabo, etc.) with domains and IPs. The page advises owners to enable authentication, remove public exposure, and patch vulnerabilities. Timestamp: 02/03/2026.
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A batch of internal Meta emails, memos, and chats from Facebook’s inner circle showing how Mark Zuckerberg and executives discussed strategy, competition, and risk. Themes include buying Instagram to neutralize rivals, prioritizing copycat features, the threat from mobile messaging and short-video apps (Snapchat, WhatsApp, TikTok), data privacy and regulatory pressure, responses to elections and misinformation, and the company’s pivot toward the metaverse. The correspondence also reveals blunt views on rivals, governance, partnerships, and crisis management across 2003–2025.
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