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The author recounts their coronectomy experience and the intriguing phenomenon of being lucid but not having short-term memory post-surgery. Despite this memory impairment, the author demonstrates cognitive abilities by performing math and word puzzles while still under the influence of anesthesia. They question their determinism and plan future experiments to test their memory and cognitive […]
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A patient declared dead before an organ donation brought up an interesting perspective. This concept of classifying dead patients as ‘ASA 6’ was originally thought unnecessary until the definition of death shifted in the late 1960s. The narrative takes us through the emotionally poignant journey of preserving dignity through anesthesia despite the patient being deceased. […]
PixMob creates controllable, illuminated wristbands used in large concerts like Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour. The wristbands have RGB LEDs and a microcontroller that can be controlled by a moveable IR remote to create colors, fades, and flashes. The technology is simple yet effective, allowing for sweeping effects and even shapes like hearts. A reverse engineering […]
WordPress has come a long way since its first release 21 years ago. The early success of the platform was built on simplicity and fun elements like blogging, commenting, and pingbacks. The focus on dynamic websites, easy-to-edit documentation, and community involvement through forums like bbPress and BuddyPress has been crucial. Themes and plugins should have […]
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As of 2024, the depletion of fresh IPv4 address blocks has led to a surge in prices for IPv4 addressing, with entities selling blocks for over $10,000 per /24. While some have benefited from this price increase, others have struggled, resorting to Carrier Grade NAT due to unsustainable costs. Despite this, there is a significant […]
Lima is a tool that allows users to launch Linux virtual machines with automatic file sharing and port forwarding, similar to WSL2. It is a CNCF sandbox project, making it a reliable option for those looking to work in a Linux environment. This unique platform provides a seamless experience for users who want to utilize […]
The author stumbled upon a 24-year-old buffer overflow in glibc, with rare exploitable traits, useful in exploiting the PHP engine. PHP filters, like php://filter, offer stream transformations, allowing customized access to files. They detail converting files to different charsets using filters and discuss PHP weaknesses and programmatically adding prefixes or suffixes. A bug in glibc […]
Astronomers have discovered a colossal structure 9.2 billion light-years from Earth, dubbed the “Big Ring,” a 1.3-billion-light-year-across almost perfect ring of galaxies which defies current cosmological theories. Led by Alexia Lopez, the team also unveiled a 3.3 billion light-year giant arc of galaxies in the same region of the sky. Possible explanations include Baryonic Acoustic […]
The Rete algorithm, developed by Charles L. Forgy, is a pattern matching algorithm used in rule-based systems to efficiently apply rules to facts in a knowledge base. Utilizing a network of nodes, the Rete algorithm builds a structure resembling a trie to match patterns to facts and trigger corresponding rules. While Rete engines offer significant […]