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The author reflects on a challenging week at Automattic, where faced with the choice to leave with six months’ salary, decided to stay despite financial struggles. Expresses respect for departed colleagues, commitment to company’s values, and acknowledgment of imbalances within the organization. Through personal anecdotes and reflections, highlights the importance of staying true to one’s […]
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Linux From Scratch (LFS) offers detailed guidance on creating your own Linux system from scratch using source code. The project includes various subprojects such as LFS (the main book), BLFS (for customization), ALFS (automation tools), Hints (additional enhancements), Patches (repository for useful patches), and the LFS Editor’s Guide. Surprisingly, they also have a Museum section […]
The Soviet space program utilized unique controls and instruments for their spacecraft, such as the Globus navigation instrument on the Soyuz spacecraft. The Globus, an electromechanical analog computer, featured a rotating globe to indicate the spacecraft’s position above Earth. Some cosmonauts found limitations in the Globus, wanting it removed from the control panel due to […]
In the 1990s, an American teacher in London noticed the rise of British terms in American language after the Iraq war. This sparked the creation of the blog “Not One-Off Britishisms” in 2011, chronicling the phenomenon. Examples include the adoption of “run-up” and “bits”. “Bits” refers to “part” in the US and was popularized in […]
This web content is simply asking users to confirm that they are not robots by clicking a box due to unusual activity being detected from their computer network. It also suggests checking that the browser supports JavaScript and cookies and is not blocking them. Users are encouraged to review the Terms of Service and Cookie […]
AgentsJS is a new JavaScript/TypeScript library with OpenAI Realtime API support, enabling ultra-low latency WebRTC communication between GPT-4o and user devices in the Agents framework. This framework allows building AI-driven server programs that process text, audio, images, and video in real-time. It offers high-level abstractions, plugin support for various services like transcription and text-to-speech, and […]
NotebookLM Detector is a tool designed to detect whether an audio file has been generated by NotebookLM, created in response to an influx of fake podcasts on the Listen Notes platform. Despite unsuccessful attempts to collaborate with the NotebookLM team on this issue, a detection script was developed and found to be effective. Users can […]
The development of classic video games like Pong involved avoiding traditional computing concepts and focusing on mechanical elements, such as timers. By calibrating these timers to match the screen’s refresh rate, they were able to create the iconic white dot representing the ball and paddles. The Atari 2600, with its unconventional approach to sprites and […]
The release of mitmproxy 11 brings full support for HTTP/3 in both transparent and reverse proxy modes, alongside DNS improvements. Developed during the Google Summer of Code program, HTTP/3 now “just works” for reverse proxies and transparent proxy modes, although Chrome’s distrust of user-added Certificate Authorities for QUIC poses a limitation. The improved DNS support […]
Kashikishi, a text editor developed using Rust & WebGPU (wgpu), allows editing text in a three-dimensional space. The software is still in development, and frequent disruptive changes can be expected. The motivation behind Kashikishi is to offer a more dynamic and engaging text editing experience compared to traditional two-dimensional layouts. Unique features include smooth document […]