In everyday life, the laws of Newtonian mechanics are often seen as reliable and deterministic. However, this web content explores a scenario where these laws are violated through the example of a mass on a dome. The mass, initially at rest at the apex of the dome, spontaneously moves off in an arbitrary direction without […]
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In this web content, the author explores the limitations of current AI models, particularly large language models (LLMs), in terms of their ability to think scientifically and exhibit true intelligence. The author highlights the danger of humans easily believing fallacies and compares this to the phenomenon of “cargo cult science.” The author also discusses the […]
ImPlot is a plotting library designed to work seamlessly with Dear ImGui, offering ImGui users a high-quality API. It is optimized for real-time data visualization and interactive plots, with minimal code integration required. ImPlot shares the same principles as ImGui, avoiding GUI state management and external dependencies. It supports a wide range of plot types, […]
This web content discusses the devastating impact of aerial bombings during World War II, particularly focusing on the destruction of the German city of Hamburg. The author highlights the significance of the Hamburg bombing as a precursor to the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The article also explores the role of strategic bombing as […]
In this web content, the author discusses the concept of reading and writing to the same register in a single-cycle processor. They explain that while software engineers often think of events as happening sequentially, hardware actually operates in a continuous manner. The fastest memory in a processor is the register file, which controls reading and […]
In the Harz mountains of northern Germany, there is a tiny bark-eating pest called the “book printer” beetle that has been causing significant damage to the local spruce forests. These beetles typically kill a few spruces each summer as they lay their eggs in the tree’s cambium layer, but in recent years, they have caused […]
This web content presents a snake game created in assembly for DOSBox and Linux. The game is inspired by the challenge of fitting an entire game into a QR code and aims to be the smallest “fun” game possible. To build and run the game, the user needs to follow specific installation and execution instructions […]
Hocus is a virtualization tool that allows developers to define and build their development environments and run them on a virtual machine. The product was designed with a principles-first approach, choosing to create a custom-made system rather than using a ready-to-go virtualization tool like Docker. This post discusses the limitations of containers and virtual machines […]
More than 600 communities in the U.S. have decided to take matters into their own hands and build their own broadband networks due to predatory behavior, slow speeds, and high prices by regional telecom monopolies. One such community is Bountiful, Utah, which voted to build a $48 million fiber network to provide affordable, gigabit broadband […]
A Korean team has claimed to have discovered a superconductor that works at room temperature and ambient pressure, causing a viral sensation. However, initial attempts to replicate the discovery have failed to provide direct evidence of any superconductivity. The team’s compound, named LK-99, is reportedly a superconductor at temperatures above 127 °C. Scientists remain skeptical […]