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Coffee grounds make concrete 30% stronger
Engineers in Australia have found a way of making stronger concrete with roasted used-coffee grounds, to give the drink-additive a “double shot” at life.
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The latest blog posts to take off on Hacker News. 31,677 posts.
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GPT-3.5 Turbo fine-tuning and API updates
Developers can now bring their own data to customize GPT-3.5 Turbo for their use cases.
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Figma makes 200 fixes and improvements to Dev Mode
After two months of open beta, we’ve shipped more than 200 of the most-wanted updates to our Dev Mode workspace.
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Structured logging with slog
The Go 1.21 standard library includes a new structured logging package, log/slog.
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SeamlessM4T, a Multimodal AI Model for Speech and Text Translation
SeamlessM4T allows people to communicate effortlessly through speech and text across different languages.
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A good measurement culture where numbers don’t replace common sense
A practical guide to a good measurement culture where numbers don’t replace common sense
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Arm Announces Public Filing for Proposed Initial Public Offering
Arm announces public filing of registration statement for proposed initial public offering
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Podman Desktop celebrates 500k downloads
Hello Podman community! Today is a special day for all of us – we’ve officially hit 500,000 downloads of Podman Desktop! We want to say a big thanks to each and every one of you. …
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Growing share of Americans favor more nuclear power
About six-in-ten U.S. adults now say they favor more nuclear power plants to generate electricity, up from 43% in 2020.
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Inside the JVM: Arrays and how they differ from other objects
Arrays are unique objects inside the JVM, and understanding their structure makes for better coding.
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Pixel Binary Transparency: verifiable security for Pixel devices
Jay Hou, Software Engineer, TrustFabric (transparency.dev) Pixel Binary Transparency was originally announced in 2021; the following blog ...
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Why Open Source?
Why did we choose to build Convoy as an open-source project? In this article, I share our beliefs about open source and why it's important to us. Enjoy 🎉
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Upcoming .com and .xyz domain price increase
On Sept. 1, .COM and .XYZ domain prices will increase. Learn why this is happening and what you can do to lock in current pricing.
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I come here not to bury Delphi, but to praise it (2019)
What helps a programming language gain traction? Patrick Martin remembers why he used to use Delphi.
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Study: Inflammation drives social media use
Understanding and identifying when and why people use social media can inform intervention strategies that teach people when to seek connections, social support, or strengthen their offline relationships.
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Be careful of the examples you use. They stick
Introduction We spend huge amounts of time sweating the details of our products. We want to remove all the friction we can from using them and want to make sure we never leave our users confused. To get this right, we do a bunch of things: we use simple language, we make extensive use of context-sensitive…
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Kris Nóva has died
An announcement from Nivenly about Kris Nóva
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Welcome to Datasette Cloud
Datasette Cloud is the new SaaS hosting platform for the Datasette open source project. It enables teams to create a private collaboration space, upload and share data securely with each other, and then selectively publish that data to the world.
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MacPaint and QuickDraw 1984 source code (2010)
The Apple Macintosh combined brilliant design in hardware and in software. The drawing program MacPaint, which was released with the computer in January of 1984, was an example of that brilliance both in what it did, and in how it was implemented.
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GCC always assumes aligned pointer accesses (2020)
Explore the risks associated with unaligned pointer accesses in GCC. Understand how these assumptions can lead to unexpected program behavior and potential security vulnerabilities. Learn best practices to mitigate these risks and write secure code.
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UCLA floor tiles decoded, pay homage to first internet message (2013)
A hidden message left by a UCLA architect in 2011 was recently uncovered in Boelter Hall, where sharp-eyed passersby can spot a coded note in the pattern of floor tiles.
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Iraq Blocks Telegram, Leaks Blackhole BGP Routes
This past weekend, the government of Iraq blocked the popular messaging app Telegram, citing the need to protect Iraqi’s personal data. However, when an Iraqi government network leaked out a BGP hijack used for the block, it became yet another BGP incident that was both intentional, but also accidental. Thankfully…
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When to invest in marketing
"Don't invest in paid marketing" might be one of the most common startup recommendations - but when should you? In this article we'll explore when to invest in marketing and how to avoid losing millions of dollars by setting sequential marketing objectives.
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Flipping the model presents a new way to treat sleep apnoea
New research that flips an existing therapy model will introduce a whole new way of treating sleep apnoea. Professor Danny Eckert, Director at the Adelaide Institute […]
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The FBI proves again it can’t be trusted with Section 702
The FBI doesn’t believe that either our rights or the limitations that Congress has placed upon them matter when it comes to the vast amount of information about us collected under FISA Section 702. The latest exhibit in this is in yet another newly declassified opinion of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court…
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Mister Rogers had a point – routinely greeting six neighbors maximizes wellbeing
U.S. adults who routinely say hello to their neighbors have higher wellbeing than those who greet fewer or no neighbors.