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The Mil Mi-6P, a unique passenger variant of the colossal Mi-6 Hook helicopter, never made it to full-scale production despite its potential for revolutionizing Soviet air travel. Featuring seating for up to 80 passengers, carpeting, and large rectangular windows, the Mi-6P aimed to meet Aeroflot Soviet Airlines’ demand for a civilian transport version of the […]
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The diff-pdf repository provides a tool for visually comparing two PDFs. Users can download precompiled versions for Windows or install it on Mac using Homebrew or MacPorts. Compiling from sources requires various libraries and dependencies, with specific instructions for different operating systems. The tool allows for viewing PDF differences and identifying translation-only changes. Users can […]
8cc.vim is a unique project where a small C compiler, 8cc, has been written entirely in Vim script. This project utilizes ELVM, a Virtual Machine, to compile C code into various targets including Vim script. While 8cc.vim is significantly slower than traditional compilers, it successfully compiles and runs C code on the Vim script Virtual […]
Pretzel is a powerful fork of Jupyter designed to enhance Jupyter’s functionality by incorporating AI capabilities. Transitioning from Jupyter to Pretzel is seamless, as all existing Jupyter settings, extensions, and keybindings are compatible with Pretzel. Some key features include AI code generation, inline tab completion, sidebar chat, error fixing, and plans for features like native […]
During a visit to Germany, Ligocki’s encounter with Marxen over beers led to a revival of the closed tape language method, a powerful tool in the Busy Beaver Challenge. Team efforts cracked the challenging machines Skelet #1 and #17, with new contributors refining proofs. An amateur mathematician, Kądziołka, introduced Coq software for mathematical proofs, raising […]
The author describes a disastrous job interview where they were grilled on binary numbers instead of their expertise in computational linguistics. The interviewer seemed intent on making them feel incompetent, leading to a failed interview. This experience prompted the author to create a non-profit search engine to combat the unethical practices of companies like Google. […]
Chile is incredibly long and unique due to its geographical features, including the Andes mountains and its placement between the Pacific Ocean and the continent. The country stretches as long as the US and Canada combined, allowing for a wide range of climates and ecosystems. Most Chileans live in the middle of the country due […]
In this blog series, the author details their work on improving the performance of programming language interpreters in Rust. Contrary to popular belief, AST interpreters showed impressive performance compared to bytecode interpreters. The focus is on optimizing interpreters for the SOM language, where method calls on objects are prevalent. The challenge lies in optimizing loops, […]
RAND was once a leading think tank, making pivotal contributions to U.S. foreign policy and scientific breakthroughs between 1945 and 1960. The corporation excelled through an interdisciplinary approach, attracting the best minds from various fields and nurturing an environment of excellence and intellectual freedom. However, as RAND diversified its funding sources and grew in size, […]
Qualys Threat Research Unit found a major Remote Unauthenticated Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability in OpenSSH affecting glibc-based Linux systems. Over 14 million OpenSSH server instances were identified as exposed to the internet, with approximately 31% being vulnerable. An intriguing aspect is that some vulnerable instances are running End-Of-Life/End-Of-Support versions of OpenSSH. The vulnerability is a […]