In downtown Detroit, the city center has experienced a remarkable recovery since its bankruptcy over a decade ago. However, blighted areas still remain. The city’s mayor, Mike Duggan, has proposed a unique plan to reduce vacant land by implementing a split tax system. Under this system, land would be taxed at a higher rate, regardless […]
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In March 2020, during the COVID-19 quarantine, the author decided to learn iOS development and chose SwiftUI to build their own stock portfolio tracker. Over the course of two years, they spent countless hours building and refining the app, incorporating features like per-transaction gain/loss tracking and stock split adjustments. The author took a custom approach […]
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin (1900-1979) was a British-born American astronomer and astrophysicist known for her groundbreaking work on stellar spectra and the composition of the Sun. In her 1925 doctoral thesis, she proposed that stars were primarily composed of hydrogen and helium, a conclusion that initially contradicted prevailing scientific beliefs. Despite initial rejection, independent observations eventually proved […]
In the vast Unix environment, there are numerous traps that catch people off-guard, and one of the most notorious ones is the lack of thread safety. Specifically, when it comes to using the environment manipulation functions under glibc, caution must be exercised. It is well-known that calling setenv while running multiple threads can lead to […]
Summary: The researchers from Huazhong University of Science and Technology and Huawei Inc. have developed a new method called 4D Gaussian Splatting (4D-GS) for real-time dynamic scene rendering. The method utilizes an efficient deformation field to model Gaussian motions and shape deformations, resulting in high training and storage efficiency. It achieves real-time rendering at high […]
Approximately half of Bandcamp employees have been laid off after Songtradr, the company that purchased Bandcamp from Epic Games, did not extend offers to 50% of the staff. This news comes shortly after Epic Games laid off 16% of its workforce due to overspending. Songtradr has confirmed that 50% of Bandcamp employees have been offered […]
In this web content, the author discusses a Turing Machine called “Bigfoot” that cannot be proven to halt or not without solving a Collatz-like problem. The author explains that solving the problem associated with this machine is as difficult as solving the Collatz problem, which has been deemed challenging by mathematician Paul Erdős. The author […]
In this web content, Philip K. Dick, a science fiction writer, explores the concept of reality and the authenticity of the human experience. He reflects on how science fiction writers were once seen as irrelevant but are now invited to give speeches and appear on panels, though they often make fools of themselves. He questions […]
Signal messenger has addressed rumors circulating online about a zero-day security vulnerability in their ‘Generate Link Previews’ feature. Despite multiple sources claiming that this vulnerability allowed for complete device takeover, Signal has conducted an investigation and found no evidence to support these claims. They even checked with US government sources, who also had no information […]
OpenBSD 7.4 has been released, bringing several new features and improvements. Some of the kernel improvements include support for various arm64 features, a new system call, and bug fixes for floppy disk devices and box drawing characters. There are also enhancements to the SMP system, Direct Rendering Manager, VMM, and VMD. The userland features include […]