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AJ Bowen recently delved into the depths to uncover why Cloudflare was overcharging for their Images service. Partnered with EphemeraSearch, an archive of old mail, they were blindsided by unexpected bills. Despite Cloudflare’s reputation as an excellent CDN, the pricing structure baffled them. The saga of invoices, prepaid storage, and post-paid image delivery left them […]
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Navajo, not Mandarin or Basque, is considered the most challenging language by many linguists. With only 170,000 fluent speakers in a tribe of 400,000, the language’s survival is threatened by globalization and discrimination. Navajo is tonal and has a complex phonology with unique sounds. Learning Navajo involves mastering extensive verb conjugations and understanding animacy, which […]
Since 2003, captchas have been a common defense against bots, but also a source of annoyance for users. Techniques to bypass captchas have improved, making them more complex. A study with over 3,600 users found that users get better with more attempts at solving checkbox challenges. Website context affects solving time, with certain majors performing […]
Summary: vdm is a versatile versioned-dependency manager that offers a more organized approach than Git Submodules for handling external dependencies in a language-agnostic manner. It can be used for various purposes such as managing shared resources or integrating code from different repositories. Installation is straightforward via GitHub Releases, and a spec file specifies dependencies and […]
Infosec is crucial in modern security, yet many manufacturers are neglecting vital protections. Security boffins found numerous PCs and components using an ancient, leaked key for UEFI Secure Boot, leaving them vulnerable to attack. The exploitation of this PK could compromise the entire security chain from firmware to the operating system. Other critical vulnerabilities include […]
Lean Copilot for LLMs, introduced by LeanDojo, acts as a copilot in Lean for proof automation by suggesting tactics/premises and searching for proofs. Users can utilize the provided model or bring their own models to run locally or on the cloud. LeanDojo extracts proofs in Lean into datasets for training machine learning models, enabling the […]
The author discusses a bash script that can simulate the functionality of ‘ps aux’ without forking new processes. They propose using it in a scenario where all process IDs are taken, preventing the spawning of new processes. This tool is suggested for those familiar with bash/Linux. The author assures that it works on all machines […]
Opslane is a stress-reducing tool that classifies alerts as actionable or noisy, reducing alert fatigue. It operates in a Slack channel, providing contextual information for handling alerts and weekly reporting data on alert quality. The tool’s modular architecture efficiently processes alerts from Datadog, integrates seamlessly with existing tools like Slack, and utilizes Postgres for data […]
Today, I’m thrilled to reveal the fascinating technology behind Planetary Annihilation, a real-time strategy game that rose to prominence with a successful Kickstarter campaign. The game offers preorder options on multiple platforms and features a revolutionary ChronoCam system that allows players to manipulate time during gameplay. Created by Uber Entertainment, the game engine utilizes unique […]
The web content discusses higher-kinded polymorphism, the abstraction over a type constructor to be supplied with arguments. In OCaml, although not directly supported, higher-kinded polymorphism can be expressed in various ways, some less known than others. The content explores the reasons why OCaml does not support higher-kinded polymorphism directly and presents alternatives using modules (functors) […]