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Tetris font is a unique design where each letter is constructed by stacking Tetris pieces. The font can be used in puzzle form, where players need to decode the letters based on drop sequence and rotations. The font was inspired by the complexity of Tetris, which is NP-complete, meaning it’s computationally difficult to predict outcomes. […]
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Open Source Railway Designer is a free web application for designing railway infrastructure, analyzing capacity, creating timetables, and more. It allows users to design railway infrastructure, visually detect conflicts in capacity, and automatically add new trains to existing timetables for short-term planning. The unique aspect of OSRD is its open source development, allowing anyone to […]
EasyOS offers a unique take on Linux distributions, advocating for the demise of the ISO format. With applications like EasyShare for easy network file sharing and BluePup for Bluetooth management, EasyOS strives for simplicity and user-friendliness. The development section provides coding guidelines and debugging tips, while installation tutorials cover frugal and SSD installations. EasyOS also […]
In 2007, Linda Stone discovered “email or screen apnea” – shallow breathing while working on a screen by monitoring her friends and colleagues’ breathing patterns. Science journalist James Nestor explains that poor breathing, such as mouth breathing and shallow chest breathing, sends stress signals to the brain. Nestor assures that retraining your breath is possible […]
Autonomous vehicles (AVs) have caused a stir in the news recently due to accidents involving Cruise, Waymo, and Tesla, leading to federal investigations. A Nature paper analyzed 37,000 accidents with AVs and human-driven vehicles, with AVs generally safer but underperforming in certain scenarios. The paper uniquely categorized risks based on accident variables, like road conditions. […]
In 2024, uutils coreutils aims to replace GNU coreutils on a full Linux system, focusing on Gentoo due to its flexibility. However, replacing GNU coreutils is not straightforward, as many packages have hard dependencies on it. The author bypassed this by modifying the GNU coreutils package to install uutils coreutils instead. Challenges included adjusting for […]
The website features a collection of over 430 carabiners, with more being added regularly. Visitors can explore the collection by category, view virtual exhibits, and browse a gallery of photos. The curator, Sam, is passionate about mechanical objects and vertical rope disciplines. The site is a personal project, not a how-to guide, and visitors are […]
The recent AI innovations, like GPT-4, have broad implications for society, from utopian drudgery elimination to dystopian harm to artist livelihood. The author, a data scientist with impressive credentials, criticizes the oversaturation of AI initiatives driven by hype, with many being grifters or incompetents seeking promotion. Despite AI’s potential, most companies struggle with basic operations, […]
The author introduces their latest project, a Cray Wristwatch, a miniature replica of a Cray supercomputer, running on FPGA technology. The project evolved from the original Cray-1 design to a modern Cray J90 core, offering unique insights into the development and changes in Cray supercomputers over the years. The wristwatch displays a real-time, N-body simulation […]
Scientists from the University of Exeter discovered a massive migration of over 17 million insects passing through a narrow 30-meter stretch in the Pyrenees mountains. Lead researcher Will Hawkes described the spectacle as extraordinary, with days recording over 3,000 flies per meter per minute. This migration is crucial for biodiversity and pollination. This groundbreaking study […]