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This tool offers a more visually appealing way to showcase your hacker news bio by pasting “{your username}.at.hn” in your profile’s ‘about’ section. Simply visit the designated link and use markdown to enhance the appearance. PRs on github are welcomed. Interestingly, outgoing links are rel=nofollow unless you have over 200 karma to prevent spam. Check […]
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Mars may seem inviting, but don’t be fooled. With dust storms, extreme temperature fluctuations, and radiation bombardment, this red planet is far from hospitable. Landing on Mars presents a unique challenge due to its thin atmosphere, requiring reckless engineering feats like NASA’s “sky crane” that lowered the Curiosity rover to the ground. Colonizing Mars will […]
In his guest post, Ted Lamade shared a personal experience that made him rethink his relationship with his smartphone, especially in front of his children. He highlights the negative impact of smartphone and social media addiction on kids, citing research that links it to increased distraction, depression, and fragility in the younger generation. To combat […]
The conversation about Claude’s character delves into the complexities of training AI models to exhibit traits like curiosity, open-mindedness, and thoughtfulness. Unlike simply avoiding harmful behavior, the goal is to instill qualities that make models wise and well-rounded. By incorporating “character training” into Claude’s development process, the aim is to make it more nuanced and […]
Researchers recently demonstrated that their artificial intelligence model, GPT-4, can autonomously hack one-day vulnerabilities with an impressive success rate. In a subsequent study, they showed that by employing a team of specialized agents through a unique HPTSA technique, they were able to hack zero-day vulnerabilities even more efficiently. This approach is reminiscent of how real-world […]
Michael Levin, a revolutionary biologist at Tufts University, challenges the conventional view of biology by emphasizing the importance of the bioelectric network in shaping development. Rather than focusing solely on genes, Levin’s work demonstrates how cells throughout the body communicate through electrical signals to coordinate the construction of complex body structures. Through experiments with planarians […]
Today we’re introducing WARC-GPT: a customizable tool for the web archiving community to delve into the world of web archiving and AI. WARC-GPT enables users to develop personalized chatbots utilizing web archive files as their knowledge base. This innovative tool allows for natural language queries in a WARC collection, offering a fresh approach to exploring […]
The author details their troubleshooting journey with the PS2 SDK, encountering issues like TLB crashes and graphics glitches after ps2link resets. They address problems with libcglue timezone startup code and incorrect framebuffer allocation. By delving into assembly code, they discover that missing newlines in the code caused critical portions to be commented out, resulting in […]
In this repository, the focus is on assembly on Apple silicon Macs, adapting code from a book for ARM64 line of computers. Though Apple uses “M1 processor,” the developer docs refer to “Apple silicon.” Prerequisites include Xcode 12.2, macOS Big Sur, or iOS 14. Alignments, system call function numbers, and linkers differ between Darwin and […]
The abstract discusses the fascinating rock art found along the Middle and Upper Orinoco River in South America, featuring incredibly large and mysterious engravings, such as gigantic snakes reaching over 40m in length. The authors map the geographic distribution of these impressive snake motifs and explore their visibility in the Orinoco landscape and Indigenous myths. […]