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For the last two years, I’ve been developing a programming language in Rust called Xee, short for “XML Execution Engine.” Xee supports modern versions of XPath and XSLT, which may sound intimidating, considering they are XML-based programming languages. But don’t worry, we’re delving into a unique world where everything is defined. Xee offers a command-line […]
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The author has uploaded a paper to arXiv discussing the decomposition of a factorial into large factors. The paper explores the largest quantity for factorization, with contributions from Erdös, Selfridge, and Straus. Controversy arises as an upper bound remains a conjecture due to missing proof notes. Guy and Selfridge further explored the lower bound, introducing […]
India is made up of 28 states, some with larger populations than large European countries like Germany. Uttar Pradesh alone has more than 240 million people. Kerala, once one of the poorest Indian states, experienced a miraculous transformation to become one of the richest. This state prioritized health and education, with high literacy levels and […]
The author shares their experience of trying to program a game for the Apple II, inspired by the nostalgic Glider game from the nineties. After a challenging start, they successfully created a Glider reimplementation for the Apple II, now available for free download. The game requires an Apple ][+ or newer with optional mouse support […]
When it comes to moving electrons in tiny devices, copper becomes less reliable due to increased resistance, leading to more energy loss as heat. Stanford researchers led by Asir Intisar Khan and Eric Pop have discovered that ultrathin films of niobium phosphide (NbP) show very low electrical resistivity, even lower than copper. These films have […]
A groundbreaking trial in Japan showed promise in treating paralysis using neural stem cells derived from induced pluripotent stem cells. Led by Hideyuki Okano and his team, four paralyzed individuals received injections of reprogrammed stem cells, resulting in one man being able to stand on his own and another moving his arms and legs, while […]
The search engine’s crawler has improved its efficiency after migrating to slop crawl data, reducing memory requirements by 80%. The crawler now completes 99.9% of its crawling in just 4 days, with the remaining 0.1% taking a week, due to limitations on concurrent crawl tasks per domain name. Academic domains with numerous subdomains pose a […]
Rivulet is a unique programming language with flowing strands and semigraphic characters. It features four kinds of strands that execute together to form code blocks called glyphs. The language avoids traditional approaches to branching and looping, opting for a conditional rollback system instead. Data in Rivulet is organized into lists, with commands applied to single […]
In downtown Copenhagen, Amira Smajic set up a hidden camera trap in an office, where she encouraged a parade of people, including motorcycle gang members and lawyers, to brag about their financial crimes. The resulting documentary, “The Black Swan,” directed by Mads Brügger, exposed the underbelly of Danish society and led to arrests and investigations. […]
Ian Beer provided an in-depth analysis of the NSO BLASTPASS iMessage exploit, revealing how attackers compromised iPhones without victim interaction using PassKit attachments and malicious images. Apple and Google quickly patched the WebP vulnerability utilized in the exploit, with researchers uncovering the root cause of the flaw. Surprisingly, the exploit involved a complex WebP format […]