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Two F-14 fighter jets were diverted to USS Midway

theaviationgeekclub.com
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Notes on Argentina

substack.com

Fitz Roy Massif, El Chalten, ArgentinaI recently got back from Argentina, where we decided to spend...
Fitz Roy Massif, El Chalten, ArgentinaI recently got back from Argentina, where we decided to spend part of our honeymoon. We chose Argentina for our honeymoon because my wife and I met in Patagonia in 2022, and we love the region. Behind the choice was also my desire to see a country undergoing a major economic tra...
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Reviving a Dead Audio Format: The Return of ZZM

nicole.express

Long-time readers will know that my first video game love was the text-mode video game slash...
Long-time readers will know that my first video game love was the text-mode video game slash creation studio ZZT. One feature of this game is the ability to play simple music through the PC speaker, and back in the day, I remember that the format “ZZM” existed, so you could enjoy the square wave tunes outside of the...
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Microsoft 365 Copilot launch was a total disaster

zdnet.com

Nicholas Shkoda/Getty ImagesYou'd think that Microsoft's marketing team would have learned something after last year's shambolic...
Nicholas Shkoda/Getty ImagesYou'd think that Microsoft's marketing team would have learned something after last year's shambolic rollout of the Recall feature. Maybe, before trying another rollout, they might talk to a few customers, do some focus groups, even ask a few members of the press and analyst community for...
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No Bitcoin ETFs at Vanguard? Here's why

vanguard.com

January 24, 2024 The recent introduction of spot bitcoin ETFs has been generating headlines and buzz...
January 24, 2024 The recent introduction of spot bitcoin ETFs has been generating headlines and buzz in pockets of the industry. However, Vanguard does not have plans to create a Vanguard bitcoin ETF or other crypto-related products. Additionally, such products from other issuers will not be offered on our brokerage...

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Hard numbers in the Wayland vs. X11 input latency discussion

mort.coffee

Date: 2025-01-26 Git: https://gitlab.com/mort96/blog/blob/published/content/00000-home/00016-wayland-input-latency.md Yesterday, I read this blog post: Wayland Cursor Lag: Just give me...
Date: 2025-01-26 Git: https://gitlab.com/mort96/blog/blob/published/content/00000-home/00016-wayland-input-latency.md Yesterday, I read this blog post: Wayland Cursor Lag: Just give me a break already..., where a Linux user discusses their frustration with input latency under Wayland. They detailed their own subject...
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I Built an Omni-Directional Ball-Wheeled Bike [video]

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California went a record 98 days with 10 hours of electricity from renewables

grist.org

One of the biggest myths about renewable energy is that it isn’t reliable. Sure, the sun...
One of the biggest myths about renewable energy is that it isn’t reliable. Sure, the sun sets every night and winds calm down, putting solar panels and turbines to sleep. But when those renewables are humming, they’re providing the grid with electricity and charging banks of batteries, which then supply power at nig...
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The Protesters' Guide to Smartphone Security

privacyguides.org

Illustration: Jonah Aragon / Privacy Guides | Photo: Koshu Kunii / Unsplash For most protesters, activists,...
Illustration: Jonah Aragon / Privacy Guides | Photo: Koshu Kunii / Unsplash For most protesters, activists, and journalists, your smartphone is an essential tool you depend on for organizing with your peers, accessing and distributing information, and helping others. It also represents a great risk, as a tool that i...
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Toyota reduces price of new hydrogen car with $15,000 of free fuel

hydrogeninsight.com

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KATRIN's Odyssey

symmetrymagazine.org

In late 2006, a component of the Karlsruhe Tritium Neutrino Experiment (KATRIN) traveled from Deggendorf, Germany,...
In late 2006, a component of the Karlsruhe Tritium Neutrino Experiment (KATRIN) traveled from Deggendorf, Germany, to a laboratory in Karlsruhe, only 400 kilometers away. The trip wouldn’t have been a notable event, except that the spectrometer, an instrument used to measure the masses of particles, followed a near-...
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It's not a crime if we do it with an app

pluralistic.net

Today's links It's not a crime if we do it with an app (permalink) The core...
Today's links It's not a crime if we do it with an app (permalink) The core regulatory proposition of the tech industry is "it's not a crime if we do it with an app." It's not an unlicensed taxi if we do it with an app. It's not an illegal hotel room if we do it with an app. It's not an unregistered security...
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Warn of 'catastrophic consequences' if US gives free hand to private equity

ft.com
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AI Will Write Complex Laws

lawfaremedia.org

Artificial intelligence (AI) is writing law today. This has required no changes in legislative procedure or...
Artificial intelligence (AI) is writing law today. This has required no changes in legislative procedure or the rules of legislative bodies—all it takes is one legislator, or legislative assistant, to use generative AI in the process of drafting a bill.In fact, the use of AI by legislators is only likely to become m...
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No one is disrupting banks

popularfintech.com

Hey!The largest U.S. banks just reported their fourth quarter and full-year 2024 results. And you know...
Hey!The largest U.S. banks just reported their fourth quarter and full-year 2024 results. And you know what? Banks are doing really well. This made me realize that, unfortunately, despite almost 30 years of trying, Fintech companies have not disrupted banks. At least, not the big ones.Yes, there are examples of Fint...
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Dwarf Fortress Steam Version Just Got Even Better

gamerant.com

Dwarf Fortress released its long-awaited Adventure Mode update on January 23, following eight months' worth of...
Dwarf Fortress released its long-awaited Adventure Mode update on January 23, following eight months' worth of beta testing. The new update is available for Steam and Itch.io versions of the game. Adventure Mode turns Dwarf Fortress into a turn-based sandbox roguelike that can optionally borrow player-made character...
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Paxo: A DIY Phone

paxo.fr
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Einstein Probe detects puzzling cosmic explosion

esa.int
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Polyhedral Compilation

polyhedral.info

polyhedral.info provides information about the polyhedral compilation community including both the latest developments as well as...
polyhedral.info provides information about the polyhedral compilation community including both the latest developments as well as an overview of existing work. Heavily relying on community contributions, it provides information about software tools that use polyhedral compilation techniques, the latest publications ...
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When AI Promises Speed but Delivers Debugging Hell

substack.com

I am launching a new app today: Codescribble. Codescribble is a basic shared text editor. Two...
I am launching a new app today: Codescribble. Codescribble is a basic shared text editor. Two or more people can open the same file and work on it at the same time, like a basic Google Doc. This focuses on quickly getting you and collaborators on the same document quickly.Feel free to give Codescribble a try. It's l...
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The Hunt for Error -22

tweedegolf.nl
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I ask this chess puzzle to every new LLM

github.com
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Ask HN: How to automate collecting HAR file while user is browsing

ycombinator.com
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A 1920s Art Party with Tamara de Lempicka

dailyartmagazine.com

Let’s imagine a glamorous party in the 1920s – and our host is the grand Tamara...
Let’s imagine a glamorous party in the 1920s – and our host is the grand Tamara de Lempicka! We can hear jazz playing in the background and see flappers dancing everywhere… Let’s meet the famous personalities of the 1920s who would most likely attend a party like this one. The Twenties Party Host First, we should ge...
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