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An engineer reflects on a decade in programming, from HTML hobbyist to AWS intern, noting that coding is a passion and AI has changed his work. He once resisted AI tools but now uses prompts and LLMs to build and review code, prioritizing business value and maintainability via tests, type systems, and patterns. Since Oct 2025 he hasn’t written code himself, instead creating numerous AI-assisted projects (migrating CI to GHA + Dagger, monorepo, Bazel, Clauderon, Discord bots, React Native apps, Terraform providers) to improve tooling. He sees great potential and fatigue, calling for better testing/docs tooling.
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Thomas Selfridge became the first fatality in a powered airplane crash on Sept. 17, 1908, when the Wright Flyer—piloted by Orville Wright—crashed at Fort Myer after a propeller failure. Selfridge, a U.S. Army officer and early aviation pioneer, had earlier flown with the AEA and was the first U.S. military officer to pilot a modern aircraft solo. The crash, caused by a broken propeller striking a guy wire, left Wright injured but living; Selfridge died that evening. The incident spurred helmet use, design improvements, and the Army’s 1909 purchase of Wright aircraft.
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Sweden-based report based on interviews with over 30 Sama workers who annotate Ray-Ban Meta smart-glass footage found that contractors sometimes view highly sensitive content, including sex and bathroom scenes. Meta confirms it shares such data with contractors to improve AI, noting privacy filters like blurring faces. Wearables privacy policy states videos can be sent for cloud processing and reviewed by humans; some users may be unaware their glasses record. Sama defends data protection. The revelations drew UK/EU scrutiny, reports of facial-recognition plans, and a proposed class-action accusing Meta of privacy deception.
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Velxio is a free, open‑source, self‑hosted Arduino emulator that runs entirely in your browser. It provides real AVR8 ATmega328p and RP2040 emulation (via avr8js and rp2040js) with 48+ interactive components, Monaco code editor, and arduino-cli compilation that outputs .hex/.uf2. Features include Serial Monitor, Library Manager, multi‑file projects, ILI9341 TFT display, I2C/SPI/USART, ADC, PWM, and a Docker deployment option. Supported boards: Arduino Uno (ATmega328p) and Raspberry Pi Pico (RP2040). Offline after startup; a Wokwi alternative.
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In The Most Beautiful Freezer in the World, Cree LeFavour chronicles life as the resident baker at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station. Over a grueling austral-summer, she battles expired ingredients, a Hobart mixer, and near-isolated shifts, living among scientists and staff on a twelve-hour night schedule. She views the outdoor landing freezer as the "Most Beautiful Freezer in the World," a paradoxical temple of cold where she retrieves frozen berries and supplies. Through solitary toil, Christmas baking, and reflections on Scott’s explorers, she finds beauty and loneliness at the edge of the earth.
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Durdraw is a Unix-like ANSI/ASCII/Unicode art editor for Linux/macOS that runs in UTF-8 terminals and supports high-speed frame animation, 256/16 colors, mouse drawing, brushes, MS-DOS ANSI art, CP437/Unicode mixing, HTML and mIRC color output, and custom themes. It’s inspired by TheDraw/Aciddraw/Pablodraw but with a modern Unix twist. Durdraw includes Durfetch (system info animation) and Durview (ANSI art viewer with 16colo.rs). BSD 3-Clause license; download from GitHub or OS repos (beta via development branch). Version 0.28 (2009–2024) by Sam Foster. Donations welcome.
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Bluesky announces a leadership transition: founder Jay Graber will step down as CEO to become Chief Innovation Officer, while Toni Schneider, former Automattic CEO, will serve as interim CEO as the board searches for a permanent successor. Graber credits Bluesky’s growth—from a reference app to a 40-million-user platform—and the expanding AT Protocol ecosystem, and reiterates the mission to build a more open, user-driven internet. The company aims to scale and execute under Schneider’s leadership while continuing to develop decentralized social tech and hire talent.
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Binding expressions are a Manifold compiler plugin idea that makes adjacency between expressions a trigger for type-directed binding. Adjacent expressions are resolved via methods on their types (prefixBind/postfixBind), allowing compounds like 2025 July 19 to reduce to a LocalDate through a staged reduction. This enables type-safe DSLs and domain-specific literals without modifying core types. Examples include LocalDate/date from 2025 July 19, units like 299.8 M m/s, and ranges like 1 to 10. It’s experimental and has parsing complexity, risks of over-flexibility, and cognitive overhead; IntelliJ supports it.
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WSJ 404 Page Not Found: the page can’t be found; check the URL or email support if reached from the site/search. The page also lists popular articles (The Long-Feared Persian Gulf Oil Squeeze Is Upon Us; Trump Is Obsessed With These $145 Shoes—and Won’t Let Anyone Leave Without a Pair; Epstein Files Fallout: 40 Famous Names and High-Profile Exits) and latest podcasts (Group of Seven Ready to Tap Oil Reserves if Needed; TNB Tech Minute: Live Nation Reaches Settlement in Antitrust Case, Avoids Potential Break-Up; $100 Oil Is Back).
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Mog Language Guide is a comprehensive reference and tutorial for Mog, a programming language for AI agents. It presents the language and its ecosystem, with chapters on basics (variables, types, control flow, functions, closures), strings, structs, collections, error handling, async, modules and packaging, capabilities and embedding, plugins, tensors, advanced topics, and a practical cookbook of programs and examples.
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Carlini outlines an actionable view on doing important research and, incidentally, winning best-paper awards. Core advice: develop taste to pick high-impact problems; collaborate broadly; read the literature to learn, then ignore distracting dead ends; pursue ideas you uniquely can advance; expect and embrace luck; test many ideas and kill those that fail; focus on repeatedly refining the best path; write for clarity with a single core idea, and make each figure and section self-contained; never chase awards—aim for lasting impact.
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Robot Memory (robotmem) provides a persistent memory system for AI robots. It stores episode experiences (parameters, trajectories, outcomes) and retrieves the most relevant memories to guide future decisions, improving tasks like fetch/push (e.g., +25% success in FetchPush demo). Core APIs: learn, recall, save_perception, start_session, end_session, forget/update. Key features: structured retrieval using BM25 + vector search with context_filter and spatial_sort; automatic extraction of params/spatial/robot/task; memory consolidation and proactive recall. Architecture: SQLite + FTS5 + vector search; CPU-only. Install via pip install robotmem; Python demo includes start_session, learn, recall, save_perception, end_session. License Apache-2.0.
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Egg freezing can extend a woman’s fertility by a decade or more, often into her 50s. The article argues the optimal age is the late teens to mid‑20s (roughly 19–26), not the mid‑30s typical in clinics. IVF success metrics often mask pre‑35 declines; measuring births per retrieval suggests about a 60% drop in expected births when freezing at 25 vs 37. By 35, over 10% may have no viable outcome from a cycle. Polygenic embryo screening increases the value of more eggs. Stem‑cell eggs aren’t near term. Costs: ~$6–7k per retrieval, storage ~$500/year. Bottom line: sooner is better.
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JSLinux lets you run Linux and other operating systems in your browser via emulation. The listed images include x86_64 Alpine Linux 3.23.2 (Console), x86 Alpine Linux 3.12.0 (Console), x86 Alpine Linux 3.12.0 (X Window), x86 Windows 2000 (Graphical), x86 FreeDOS VGA Text, riscv64 Buildroot (Console) and (X Window), and riscv64 Fedora 33 (Console) and (X Window). Some require right-click for the menu, and Fedora images have longer boot times. © 2011–2026 Fabrice Bellard; News, VM list, FAQ, and Technical notes links are provided.
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Presents DARPA's SPRINT program to create the X-76 demonstrator—a runway-independent, high-speed aircraft with jet-like cruise and vertical-lift capability. Built by Bell Textron under a DARPA–USSOCOM collaboration, the X-76 aims to fuse fast cruise (over 400 knots) with VTOL and operation from unprepared surfaces, addressing the speed-vs-runway trade-off. After a successful Critical Design Review, Phase 2 focuses on manufacturing and integration; Phase 3 flight tests are planned for early 2028. The project envisions rapid reinforcement and life-saving speed anywhere without a runway.
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DenchClaw is a fully managed OpenClaw framework for locally running CRM, sales automation, and outreach agents, pitched as the only local productivity tool. Open-source MIT-licensed, forked from openclaw/openclaw and maintained by DenchHQ. Node 22+ required; install with npx denchclaw (onboarding wizard; web UI at localhost:3100). Includes commands to start/stop/restart the web server and gateway, update settings, and manage OpenClaw config. Codebase is TypeScript with pnpm scripts for install/build/dev.
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Fixfest is a global, roughly biennial gathering for repairers, tinkerers, activists, policymakers, educators and companies, with national/regional events between international editions. The most recent international Fixfest was September 2025 in London, drawing over 220 participants. The site promotes future editions via newsletters, with 2025 program and ticket announcements and event photos. It invites contact for guests, sponsors and hosts, and provides a privacy policy for communications.
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