In September 2024, at a YC event, Brian Chesky delivered a talk that left a lasting impact on attendees, causing many successful founders to reconsider conventional wisdom about running larger companies. Chesky argued that advice to hire good people and give them autonomy was misguided, citing Steve Jobs as inspiration for a more effective approach. […]
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In 1982, engineers came up with the Inogon Leading Mark, a clever solution to guide ships into a harbor without using any electronics. The Inogon light makes use of the moiré effect, creating an optical illusion of arrows that change direction based on the angle they are viewed from. This unique use of distortion in […]
X is currently banned in Brazil, leading many users to flock to Bluesky, an alternate social network. Bluesky is experiencing record-high activity, causing potential outages and performance issues due to the influx of users. The platform functions similarly to X but is decentralized and built on the AT Protocol developed by Bluesky. Developer Paul Frazee […]
Summary: Scanning helium microscopes (SHeM) have been developed over the last four decades, using low-energy helium atoms to image surfaces that are difficult to image with traditional electron and ion microscopy techniques. Various technologies, such as focusing atoms using crystals and diffraction from zone plates, have been used to achieve high spatial resolution. A new […]
The James Webb Space Telescope has captured images of “little red dot” galaxies that appear to have an unusually high density of stars, challenging our understanding of galaxy formation. These galaxies are so tightly packed with stars that it is unclear how they exist without collisions. Astronomers are puzzled by the existence of these bright […]
Welcome to Percona Everest, the open-source cloud-native database platform showcasing core capabilities. It’s the first platform for automated database provisioning, supporting multiple technologies and compatible with Kubernetes infrastructure. Say goodbye to vendor lock-in and complicated platform development by deploying an automated private DBaaS with Percona Everest. Discover how it streamlines database management and provisioning, explore […]
The book “Other Networks: A Radical Technology Sourcebook” goes beyond the internet to explore various networks, including barbed wire. The history of using barbed wire for communication, specifically for barbed wire fence phones, is intriguing and almost entirely undocumented. The installation of “Barbed Wire Fence Telephone II” at CU Boulder was a surprising success, with […]
WatchYourLAN is a lightweight network IP scanner with a user-friendly web GUI. It notifies users when a new host is detected, keeps track of online/offline history, and sends data to InfluxDB2 for creating a Grafana dashboard. Version 2.0 is not compatible with version 1.0, with docker images initially being released under the v2 tag. Users […]
In 2020, the author created paraLLEl-RDP, implementing the N64 RDP in Vulkan compute, boasting speed and accuracy while supporting up-scaling. Now, the author introduces paraLLEl-GS for PlayStation 2 processing. Despite existing implementations like GSdx, the author’s focus is on developing a compute shader raster on PS2. The PS2 GS challenges accuracy with unique features like […]
This blog post was initially derived from slides used in a skill share presentation at coreplan.io. With over 3 years of experience in Django, the framework is the backbone of CorePlan’s main SaaS product. One notable feature is the Django ORM, which is powerful yet risky. It cannot be separated from the framework like SQLAlchemy […]