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Lute is a standalone runtime for Luau designed for general-purpose programming outside game engines, like Node.js or Deno for Luau. It provides built-in APIs for file system access, HTTP networking, cryptography, and process management, exposed to Luau via the @lute alias, with a higher-level standard library under @std. It ships first-class tooling—a test runner, a linter, and the Luau type checker—accessible through the lute CLI. Lute can run and test Roblox modules without the game engine. Roblox support is being expanded to mirror the @std API for cross-runtime compatibility.
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mine is an IDE for Coalton and Common Lisp, available on Windows, macOS, and Linux. It ships in two flavors: mine-app (Windows/macOS) as a self-contained, install‑and‑go app; mine-core (Windows/macOS/Linux) as a hacker‑friendly CLI variant requiring a Unicode font and Kitty protocol support. You can mix Coalton and Lisp, using whichever fits your project. Key features include an integrated REPL with code beaming, an interactive debugger, inline diagnostics with optimization hints, type hints and auto‑complete, optional structural editing lessons, and all-native code (no VM or interpreter). © 2018–2026 Coalton Developers.
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Kloak is a Kubernetes eBPF HTTPS interceptor that transparently replaces secret placeholders with real credentials at the network edge, so applications never see actual secrets. It requires zero code changes, works with standard Kubernetes Secrets, and uses hash/placeholders in config (ULID per secret). As requests exit a pod, Kloak intercepts and substitutes the real secret (Bearer token) with negligible overhead in kernel space. It is AGPL-3.0 open source. Architecture: a control plane manages eBPF programs; the data plane handles traffic control and secret replacement.
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Brunelle argues it's fine to use AI coding tools to revive unfinished projects. He describes building a minimal shim that exposes YouTube Music as an OpenSubsonic client, using ytmusicapi for metadata and yt-dlp for streaming, with a FastAPI/Pydantic stack. He outlines MVP endpoints (getLicense, getUser, getGenres, getMusicDirectories, getSong, search3, stream, getCoverArt) and simple caching with sqlite-backed metadata. The project, dubbed Sub-standard, tested Claude Code with Opus 4.6; he details his workflow and notes tradeoffs between learning and outsourcing coding tasks. He also reflects on Claude Code's UX degradation.
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Desmond Morris, a zoologist, author, artist and TV presenter, best known for The Naked Ape (1967), has died aged 98. His work popularised ethology, arguing humans are biologically close to apes, a view that sparked controversy. A former curator of mammals at London Zoo, he painted surreal biomorphs and directed TV programs such as The Human Animal (1994). He also wrote follow-ups like The Human Zoo and Intimate Behaviour. His son Jason confirmed his death on 20 April; he had lived in Ireland since 2018.
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国立国会図書館デジタルコレクションは、同館が収集・保存するデジタル資料を検索・閲覧できるサービスです。
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Framework debuts the Laptop 13 Pro, a ground‑up redesign with a CNC 6000‑series aluminum chassis, graphite color, and 1.4 kg. It adds a 74Wh battery (up to ~20 hours streaming) and a larger chassis for longer life. New Core Ultra 3 CPUs with PCIe 5.0, Wi‑Fi 7, and optional Arc B390/B370; AMD Ryzen AI 300 boards remain available. 100W GaN charger. A 13" IPS display (700 nits, 1800:1, 30–120Hz VRR, 2880x1920, 3:2, touchscreen). Haptic LiteOn touchpad. LPCAMM2 RAM up to 64GB. Backward compatible with new/old boards; keyboard/trackpad/battery are chassis‑dependent. Ubuntu preinstalled; pricing from $1,199 to $1,799; ships June 2026.
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F.A.T. Lab and Sy-Lab present The Free Universal Construction Kit, a project that provides nearly 80 two-way adapters to connect ten popular construction toy systems (Lego, Duplo, Fischertechnik, Gears! Gears! Gears!, K’Nex, Krinkles, Lincoln Logs, Tinkertoys, Zome, Zoob). The adapters are released as free STL files for private fabrication (MakerBot, Ponoko, Shapeways) under a CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 license, not for commercial mass production. It promotes post‑facto interoperability, open hardware, and critical reflection on proprietary standards, with notes on 3D printing precision and related legal considerations.
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niri v26.04 adds background blur (xray by default, with optional non-xray) and popup blur rules, plus optional includes in config. It introduces pointer warping during view scrolling, improved screencasting with cursor metadata and IPC, and a delayed start for dynamic cast targets. The release also enhances input/IME support, adds GPU profiling, and overhauls rendering to a push-based system, boosting performance. Numerous fixes and tweaks cover animations, popups, multi-GPU, old-laptop support, and config flexibility (tilde expansion, load-config-file).
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The article argues that parameter count and computation should be treated separately. It introduces Hash Layers, a fixed-token routing method for sparse MoE that lets huge parameter counts be used with little per-input compute (e.g., 1.28B params with 17% active; 4.5B trained params). It also presents Staircase Attention (Ladder and Staircase), which increases compute per fixed parameter by reusing or stacking Transformers. The approaches are orthogonal and can be combined for further gains; code and papers are linked.
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Mark Nottingham argues that trust on the Internet is fragile as user agents (browsers) balance user interests with sites; modern devices and services exfiltrate data, undermining user control. He critiques 'agentic' AI, noting that current agents act with limited accountability and lack a defined user-agent role backed by public standards. To enable trustworthy AI agents, we need constrained tool APIs, permissions, sandboxing, and collective bargaining, possibly via standards or a Web-like governance model. Without this, AI agents risk eroding trust and impeding market formation; a principled, publicly accountable approach is needed.
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UK passes the Tobacco and Vapes Bill to phase out cigarette access for future generations. From January 2027, anyone born after January 1, 2009 will be barred from buying cigarettes, cigars or tobacco; smoking remains legal. The purchase age will rise by one year each year. Applies to England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales. Vaping products that are tobacco-free are not covered. Most indoor spaces become vape-free; smoking allowed in designated outdoor zones and homes. Critics call it an overstep, but officials say it will create a smoke-free generation.
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Discret 11 was a line-based encryption used by Canal+ to restrict access to its channel. It exploited SECAM by delaying each line slightly and padding the left with black, a reversible process controlled by an 11-bit LFSR. Decoding used a dedicated decodeur connected via SCART; users entered an 8-digit code that, with the decoder serial, produced six 11-bit keys for audience levels, plus a seventh free mode (1337). The scheme was cracked and leaked; incompatibilities caused early problems, piracy surged, and it was replaced by Nagravision in 1992 and retired by 1995, aiding Canal+'s growth.
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Cold water immersion kills not from cold but from the first minute. At entry, cold shock (gasp, hyperventilation, tachycardia) and the diving response (bradycardia, vasoconstriction) clash, a phenomenon called autonomic conflict that can trigger fatal arrhythmias even in healthy hearts. Most deaths occur in the first 3 minutes near edges, not offshore. Prevention: walk in, splash your face/neck 30–60 seconds before submerging, habituate with short dips, dress for water, never swim alone, keep safety boats ready, and know your heart. A ferry spray educates and reduces panic, making subsequent exposure safer.
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Instructions to set a user-agent and respect the site’s robots policy, with references to related pages: https://w.wiki/4wJS and https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T400119.
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ScienceDirect’s error/help page states a problem delivering requested content and asks users to contact support with a reference number and IP address. It notes a Cloudflare error, provides links for remote access, support, and policy information, and includes copyright and licensing terms for all site content, including open-access terms.
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Jake Worth recommends a default: review PRs with non-blocking comments (nitpicks, questions, suggestions) and approve when no blocking issues remain. Comments show consideration and can surface misunderstandings; approval signals trust that the team will implement worthwhile changes quickly. It relies on trust, fast CI, and repo settings (approvals resetting or auto-merge). Use Conventional Comments labels (nitpick:, question:, suggestion:, issue:). For major feedback, you may block; otherwise, keep feedback non-blocking to coach and progress.
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GUI Wonderland #12a traces Windows 2.x, a GUI shell for MS-DOS released December 1987, which introduced overlapping windows, desktop icons and improved memory use via extended memory tricks, while remaining DOS-based. Two editions emerged: Windows/286 for 8086–386 with no preemptive multitasking, and Windows/386 for 386 with protected mode and multitasking. Windows 2.1 (1988) added HIMEM.SYS and broader driver support; Windows 2.11 followed (1989) with updates. IBM/Microsoft aimed to keep UI parity with OS/2, but Apple sued over GUI look-and-feel; Windows 2.x remained a transitional step toward Windows 3.0.
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