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Retry Storm Lab is a deterministic Python simulator that demonstrates how retry policies affect traffic during partial outages. It models fresh requests and retries competing for capacity and compares immediate, fixed, exponential, and full-jitter backoff policies. It provides metrics like amplification, peak RPS, recovery time, and allows running via a Streamlit UI or CLI with presets; it's an intentionally small queueing model without network latency distributions, client timeouts, autoscaling, circuit breakers, or correlated downstream failures, meant to make retry dynamics easy to inspect.
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W4ME Station is a project that lets WASM-4 games run on Java ME phones (CLDC 1.1 / MIDP 2.0). It ships thirteen bundled WASM cartridges in a ~275 KB JAR, with no JIT and offline operation; two variants (with and without JSR-75 file browsing) stay under 300 KB. Version 1.0.0. Requires Linux with Podman and Distrobox; toolchain includes JDK 8, ProGuard, KEmulator, WABT. Cartridges load via HTTP(S), file URL, or JSR-75, and persist per-cartridge data. MIT license; cartridges have separate licenses; independent from WASM-4 maintainers.
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Negative resistance refers to a V–I relation with a negative slope. True negative resistance (R < 0) requires external power (energy extraction) and can be built with op-amp circuits that mimic -R on a signal path, but is limited by supply rails and linearity. Negative differential resistance (NDR) is a region where dV/dI < 0 on an otherwise positive-resistance curve, exemplified by a lambda diode using coupled JFETs. Practical uses are limited (often in specialized oscillators); overall it’s more of a curiosity than a general design tool.
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Stinkpot is an SQLite-backed shell-history searcher for Bash, a tiny (~400 lines) Go tool inspired by Atuín. It provides session-agnostic history and a TUI reverse-search interface. Build with go build -o stinkpot .; import your existing history via 'stinkpot import' and then press Ctrl+R to search, with results stored in ~/.local/share/stinkpot. It offers a NixOS home-manager module and can be reset by deleting the DB and re-importing if upgrades break. © 2026 Tangled Labs Oy.
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Filip Roséen explains the shell colon as a no-op that, when used with parameter expansion, becomes powerful. The : builtin evaluates expressions like ${name:?diag} to enforce required args, while discarding the result. Examples: : ${DATA_DIR:=/var/data} sets a default, : ${RETRIES:=3} prevents execution; : > file to truncate; ( : >> result.json ) to test writability, etc. The post argues that using the null-command with expansions avoids executing the string as a command and can reduce typos compared to VAR=${VAR:-default}. Concludes with FAQs and encouragement to explore colon's tricks.
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An reflection on agentic coding with LLMs: the author recounts deploying many agents for debugging, testing, and data analysis, citing a bisect-video bug fabrication as a caution. They argue testing with LLMs is powerful but variable and often inferior to fuzzing for bug discovery; a diversified-agent workflow with independent personas reduces false positives. They describe Centaur’s hardware testing culture (dedicated QA, no mandatory unit tests, long regression cycles) as a contrast to typical software practice, yet it yielded reliability. Benchmarks are noisy and not predictive; value comes from iterative, feedback-driven loops, artifacts, and pragmatic workflows rather than perfect evals.
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Scientists report that the Hillsborough meteorite, which crashed into a New Jersey home on July 16, 2024, is a pristine CM1/2 carbonaceous chondrite—the second witnessed CM1/2 fall and one of the most scientifically valuable meteorites. Its fragments preserve near-surface, salt-rich brine features not previously seen in this type, indicating water–rock alteration. Analyses reveal diverse carbon-bearing compounds and amino acids, suggesting brine chemistry could deliver prebiotic molecules to early Earth. The findings, published in Science Advances, compare Hillsborough to samples from Ryugu and Bennu, illuminating asteroid chemistry and life's origins.
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Agatha Christie vanished on December 3, 1926, sparking a major manhunt after her car was found near a flooded quarry. She reappeared 11 days later at a Yorkshire spa under the name Mrs. Tressa Neele, claiming memory loss. The case fueled theories of amnesia, depression, or suicide/escape amid marital strife; Christie never publicly explained what happened. She later divorced her husband and remarried. The true events remain unresolved, blending mystery with doubt about her memory and motives.
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ZWPlayer is an enterprise, plugin-free interactive web video platform with a unified multi-protocol core (WebRTC, RTSP, HLS/DASH/FLV) and built‑in editors (annotations, watermarks, subtitles, chapters, thumbnails, playlists). It delivers ultra-low latency, DRM, and anti‑screen recording with offline local playback. A JSON-driven ZWMAP protocol coordinates quizzes, forms, and media assets; it integrates with Vue/React and WordPress. Features include drag‑and‑drop local files, code export, multiple subtitle formats, A–B loops, danmaku, PiP, and fast search. Ideal for teaching, marketing, and secure enterprise apps.
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Conjectures permeate math, but their interest is subjective. Pak argues disproving conjectures is as valuable as proving them: it drives progress, exposes false beliefs, and spurs new methods. Citing Popper, Erdős, Sarnak, and examples, he critiques prize/journal systems that favor proofs and ignore disproofs or computational work. He urges open rules rewarding partial progress, computation, and independence results; journals should publish computational evidence; researchers should state and share conjectures, check them on small cases, collaborate, and pursue truth bravely—whether by proof, disproof, or new conjectures.
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SynapTale is a system for translating long fiction faithfully while building a living wiki of the story world. It reads chapters sequentially, remembering characters, promises, and secrets to keep translations faithful across hundreds of chapters and to create an evolving encyclopedia, including connections the author didn’t document. Explore the interactive demo at synaptale.com/graph.
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Golf Course Browser maps 18,000+ U.S. golf courses on one interactive map. Users can locate nearby courses, drop pins or add new ones, and filter by status (open/closed), holes (9, 18, 19+), course type (Regulation, Exec, Par-3), and amenities (driving range, indoor/sim). It supports scorecards, weather forecasts, favorites, and corrections. Data are from OpenStreetMap and are map-estimated for holes/amenities. Browse by state (all U.S. states and territories shown) and view nearby options with distance options (10/25/50 mi).
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An ESP32-C3 based plane radar uses a 1.28" round display to show live ADS-B aircraft around you as a sonar-style radar. It pulls nearby traffic, plots distance and bearing, and displays details. The project is easy to flash via ESPHome web tool. The author notes 3D printed MakerWorld models had tight tolerances; he may model a replacement. The fork adds flight context (origin/destination, callsign), descriptive aircraft types, local weather and time data, and a web interface to adjust coordinates, units, and display settings, plus authenticated OTA updates. Next aim: larger display and enclosure.
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JetZero unveils financing and partnerships for its Z4 all-wing program: raised $175M Series B led by B Capital; Alaska Airlines and United Airlines investing with options/potential orders up to 200 aircraft; JAL partners; Gulf Air LOI for Z4; Greensboro NC manufacturing campus groundbreaking; EXIM LOI for up to $3B financing; Wichita engineering office; new board members Pat Shanahan and Eric Hirshberg; team emphasizes efficiency with Z4 delivering up to 50% lower fuel burn for 250-seat international-range jets.
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Inflect-Micro-v2 is a compact English text-to-waveform TTS model by Owen Song, Apache-2.0, designed for complete local inference under 10M parameters. It comes in two sizes: Micro (~9.36M params, 37.53 MB FP32) and Nano (~3.97M). Runs on CPU or CUDA with 24 kHz mono output, long-text handling, and punctuation-aware chunking, via a public Python API/CLI. Evaluations report human preference, naturalness vs footprint, intelligibility across ASR prompts, and CPU throughput; ONNX export is available. Not zero-shot voice cloning; fixed synthetic voice; data/adaptation not supported. License, attribution, and citation provided.
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Demystifies interactive rebasing: git rebase -i opens a text file listing recent commits with commands (pick, reword, squash, fixup, drop). You can reorder or modify commits; if you mess up, git rebase --abort returns to the pre-rebase state. Rebase creates new commits and moves the branch pointer, while old commits remain in the object database; reflog and optional backup branches help recovery. Conflicts are resolved like merges, one commit at a time. It’s safe and yields a cleaner history, especially for feature branches; use --force-with-lease when pushing.
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Scientists warn stalled ships near the Strait of Hormuz could trigger a global bioinvasion: hundreds idle in the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman, about 1,500+ ships affected. Prolonged stationary periods foster biofouling—microorganisms, algae, and invertebrates attach to hulls and hitch rides to ports worldwide. Once invasive species establish, they’re hard to remove and can damage fisheries and ecosystems. The paper cites zebra mussels in the Great Lakes as a cautionary example. Preventive measures include hull cleaning before departure, in-water cleaning, vacuum removal of fouling, and stricter biofouling regulations.
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Martin Janiczek's Systems and Delays uses a car-dealership toy model in the Thinking in Systems framework to show how delays in feedback systems can produce counterintuitive behavior. A desire to keep inventory at 10× sales is tested under (i) a delay-free case, (ii) delivery delay (5 days) and a response delay divisor (e.g., 2, 1, or 6). Without delays, the system overreacts to spikes; with delays, oscillations can emerge; faster response worsens oscillations, while slower, steadier restocking can stabilize. Lesson: model your system, experiment with parameters, and base decisions on data rather than intuition. Link to a Github simulator.
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