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PL/CBMBASIC is a PostgreSQL extension embedding the actual Commodore 64 BASIC V2 interpreter. The 6502 ROM is statically recompiled to C and compiled into the extension, so each function call reboots the emulated 64K RAM and runs from $E394, taking ~15–20 microseconds—fast enough for per-row calls. Device 8 (the disk drive) becomes the database, accessible via OPEN, INPUT#, PRINT#, CLOSE; results stream one CR-terminated record at a time. It validates old BASIC naming quirks, maps OUT parameters, and reports ROM errors as PostgreSQL errors. It's uppercase-only, strings up to 255 chars, no NULL; GitHub repo.
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AI is accelerating demand for memory, moving memory up from commodity to a core infrastructure asset. Micron’s Praveen Vaidyanathan says the current upcycle is driven by fundamentals and AI, not a simple cycle. Micron is in volume production of HBM4, boosting bandwidth and power efficiency; JEDEC standards coexist with custom HBM for customers. An in-house logic base die reduces risk and speeds ramp; packaging teams coordinate with CoWoS partners. SOCAMM enables modular LPDDR (e.g., 256GB LPDDR5X-7500), with LPDDR6 planned for data centers. Capacity investments in US, Singapore, Japan, and India underpin a 2026 portfolio including PCIe Gen 6 SSDs.
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Wordgard is an open-source in-browser rich-text editor framework for building content editors with strict content control. It’s not a free-form HTML editor; its schema-based, modular API lets you define custom document structures and supports tables, nested lists, figures, and custom elements. It emphasizes accessibility, RTL and bidirectional content, functional design, and collaborative editing with concurrent merge. Licensed MIT, developed at code.haverbeke.berlin. Bug reports welcome; PRs are not accepted. If used commercially, a social expectation to fund maintenance exists. Questions via the forum; issues tracker for bugs. Art by Kamila Stankiewicz.
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A js13kGames 2021 entry titled Q1K3.
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An ambitious founder aims to capture 10% of Spain’s oven market with an 'intelligent' oven; he hires an engineer, and they build an MVP that bakes inconsistently. They raise 5M and sell 500 ovens to Pepepizza; the algorithm can’t handle pizza dimensions. Rotating bases and mounting features spiral into chaos. Management overpromises to win sales; engineers juggle endless requests; the backlog stalls core work, a key deal collapses, and staff burnout follows. Months later the startup limps on with a new junior engineer, equity diluted, and the founder accepting that execution mattered more than vision.
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Yann LeCun’s AMI Labs is building a more flexible AI with Joint Embedding Predictive Architecture (JEPA) to understand real-world physics and outcomes, aiming beyond current LLMs (ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini). He argues LLMs struggle with real-world data and robotics, and AMI has raised over $1 billion from Nvidia and Bezos’s fund. Oxford’s Ingmar Posner is developing mechanistic world models within the World Models framework (inspired by Dreamer, Gaia) to enable AI toreason about causes and consequences. The plan is industrial deployment first, then broader general intelligence, with humans guiding questions.
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Experimentation with a blind/deaf client on a Power Automate project exposed how staple tools (SharePoint, Teams, Outlook) are often inaccessible. A blind in-house tester led real-world sessions; screen readers misread repeated labels like '(read only)' on SharePoint pages, Power Automate approvals, and multi-H1 structures hinder navigation. Some issues couldn't be fixed; workarounds included replacing in-page status with email updates, descriptive alt text, cleaned headings, and client-specific training. The core message: accessibility isn’t an afterthought—build in from the start, advocate for usable tools, and report issues to drive change.
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Nature Communications reports a wearable diving suit enabling a terrestrial cockroach to operate underwater for hours. The suit combines a flexible waterproof shell with a MnO2-catalysed hydrogen peroxide oxygen generator (no electronics) and oxygen-delivery tubes that feed the cockroach’s spiracles, isolating them from water. It allowed amphibious locomotion for up to 3 hours underwater, with in-suit O2 peaking around 47% and falling to ~15% after 3 hours. On land, speeds about 1 body-length per second; underwater, about 1 body-length per second. A fully implanted version allowed passage through a 2 cm crevice. Potentially adaptable to other insects.
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Safari MCP server is a Model Context Protocol server in Safari Tech Preview 247 that lets MCP-compatible agents attach to a Safari window to inspect DOM, network, screenshots, and console outputs, enabling autonomous debugging and faster workflows without window-hopping. It supports tasks like checking computed styles, performance timing, accessibility, and state verification. Tools include browser_console_messages, get_network_request, screenshot, etc. Setup requires installing Safari Technology Preview and enabling remote automation; the server runs locally with data staying on the user’s machine.
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The piece argues that AI-visibility dashboards mislead with precise-looking rankings because they measure noisy, non-deterministic signals from various surfaces. Frontend scraping and API calls yield different, non-comparable results; prompts, geography, accounts, and model drift distort every headline metric. Visibility should be treated as a distribution of repeated observations, not a single score. Canonry advocates a transparent, API-based, location-aware measurement workflow: run prompts across multiple providers, track geography, cite evidence, publish prompts and scoring, and separate content changes from model drift. For buyers, demand raw samples, variance, methodology, and geo-context to avoid false precision. Local execution matters for local SEO.
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The piece maps organizational archetypes to stages of chaos: Cowboys (initial build) thrive in high chaos; Frontiersmen (MVP) begin imposing order while preserving flexibility; Settlers (PMF) balance order and chaos with repeatable processes; Townspeople (Scaling) refine and mechanize for efficiency; Cityfolk (Large Business) optimize for process and scale. Communication gaps grow with distance; misfit leaders (e.g., founder engineer as CTO) hinder scaling. Roles shift with PMF; people’s risk appetite biases them to archetypes; transitions between archetypes define leadership needs as startups grow or are acquired.
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EFF and allies urge the FTC to reject X Corp.’s petition to set aside or modify the 2022 consent decree requiring ongoing privacy reporting and fining X for misusing user data. The decree, tied to a 2011 Twitter settlement, binds the company regardless of leadership changes. X argues AI leadership justifies ending oversight, but EFF notes AI training on user data and a 2025 breach underscore the need for safeguards, and calls for rejection.
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Manticore rebuilt the ONNX path (27.1.5) to replace Candle/SentenceTransformers, delivering ~14× faster embeddings on CPU all-MiniLM-L12-v2. Tests show 1-thread INSERTs rising from ~72 docs/sec to 70–230 docs/sec across batch sizes, peaking at 233 docs/sec (batch=64). The backend uses a single shared ONNX Runtime session, no in-worker batching, and disables intra_op_spinning, with parallelized tokenization. For bulk loads, use large INSERT ... VALUES (batch 32–128) on one thread; for single-row inserts, 1 thread suffices. Migration via new column or re-ingest. ONNX path default; GPU path planned.
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macvdmtool, from AsahiLinux, lets Apple Silicon Macs enter DFU mode via a terminal command. Prereqs: two Macs—the host must be Apple Silicon; the target only needs to power on to recovery. Steps: on the host, install Xcode CLTs and Apple Configurator 2; clone and build macvdmtool, then copy it to your PATH. Connect host and target with a data-capable USB-C or TB cable to DFU ports. Run sudo macvdmtool dfu to place the target in DFU, then restore with cfgutil or Apple Configurator 2 / Finder (example: cfgutil restore -I <ipsw>). Future: automate IPSW download/restoration.
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Wasmer provides a universal WebAssembly runtime that lets you run apps securely anywhere—servers, browsers, mobile, or embedded. It enables local or cloud deployment, serverless-style autoscaling, and pay-for-active-use pricing (free tier). It supports major frameworks (Next.js, WordPress, Django, Nuxt, Laravel, Hugo, Astro, Vite) and offers starter templates (WordPress, Hugo, PHP). With built-in WASM virtualization, workloads are sandboxed, and startup is blazing-fast (milliseconds; 15x faster, 20x cheaper). The Wasmer SDK lets you run code in browsers, iOS, servers, or embedded languages. Deploy with a few clicks and join 20k+ users.
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The article argues that 'free market' telecom often fails because infrastructure is a natural monopoly. Switzerland succeeds with neutral, four-fiber, point-to-point home connections open to all providers, letting competition occur at the service layer. By contrast, the US and Germany suffer from overbuild or territorial monopolies and weak duct sharing rules, yielding slower speeds and higher prices. Swisscom briefly shifted to a shared P2MP model, risking lockout of rivals, but regulators (COMCO) forced a return to four-fiber PT-P, fining Swisscom in 2024. Policy takeaway: mandate open access, maintain point-to-point fiber, standardize neutral infrastructure, empower regulators, and support municipal networks.
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