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The author, who uses a static site generator daily, is starting to think that manually writing HTML is easier due to the complexities of setting up the generator on new machines. They describe the challenges of debugging programming language installations, managing package ecosystems, and deployment models. They suggest that maintaining a website as a folder […]
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This web content offers a free online motion design and video editor that requires no sign up and doesn’t use AI. It serves as a great alternative to editors like Adobe After Effects, and is web-based so there’s nothing to install. Users can import images, videos, audios, and 3D models, and access video effects, layer-based […]
Many programs written can be embedded in recurrent neural networks (RNNs). Trained RNNs often perform better than manually written algorithms, especially for ill-specified problems. The content delves into detecting program code in messages exchanged between engineers, discussing decision rules and a Python classifier implementing Rule 1. The drawback of hand-tweaking algorithms is highlighted, leading to […]
The author has been on the search for a library to create GUIs in C++ with specific requirements like Windows support, commercial use permission, and easy styling. WinUI 3 offers modern Windows components, but unpackaged app support is lacking. Qt is complex but offers easy styling with Style Sheets, while wxWidgets is lightweight and supports […]
The author reflects on listening to Richard Feynman’s lectures and how even as a physicist, they still found value in listening to undergraduate-level lectures. They discuss the importance of Feynman’s ability to help students visualize concepts intuitively and express how they’re using Python to teach physics concepts. The tutorial walks readers through creating a Python […]
Painted ladies, typically known for long migrations over land, shocked entomologist Roger Vila Gerard Talavera when he found them in French Guiana, far from their usual range. Research led by Talavera suggests that these butterflies traveled 2,600 miles across the Atlantic from West Africa with the help of favorable winds. Tracking migrating insects is challenging, […]
LosslessCut is a versatile tool for quick and lossless video/audio editing, perfect for trimming large files from cameras, drones, and more without sacrificing quality. It offers features like smart cutting, rearranging segments, merging files, adding tracks, and more, all powered by the efficient FFmpeg. Surprisingly, it can perform black scene detection, speed up/slow down videos, […]
This guide provides step-by-step instructions on how to gain root access to your Sleep Number hub, enabling you to bypass their servers and access the local network. The author shares their motivation, stemming from a previous project that strained Sleep Number’s network with a homebridge plugin. By accessing the UART console through hardware work, they […]
This study reconstructs a comprehensive archive of 2.7 million unique U.S. newswire articles from 1878 to 1977 by utilizing deep learning on raw image scans of local newspapers. The dataset includes georeferenced locations, customized topic tags, named entities, and disambiguated individuals linked to Wikipedia. A neural bi-encoder model de-duplicates reproduced articles, while a text classifier […]
The author shares their expertise on userland rootkits, highlighting a clever Linux rootkit called Symbiote. Despite the sophisticated hiding techniques employed, such as injecting libraries into processes and hiding files and processes, the rootkit is ultimately vulnerable to detection. The use of statically compiled binaries like busybox can mitigate the effectiveness of userland rootkits. The […]