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Tom's Hardware compares Ryzen 5 5500, Core i3-12100F, and Core i3-14100F at about $100 to find the best DDR4 CPU. All three support DDR4; AMD uses cheaper AM4 boards, while Intel’s DDR4/PCIe 4.0 on LGA1700 costs more for motherboards. In gaming, the Core i3-14100F typically leads, often ahead of Ryzen 5500 and i3-12100F; in multithreaded tasks, Ryzen 5500 wins due to its six cores. Power draw is very low for all, with Ryzen 5500 most efficient. Bottom line: under $100, i3-14100F is the gaming winner; Ryzen 5500 excels in heavy multitasking.
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Bayesian spatial modeling with unknown coordinates: treat observed coordinates as noisy measurements of latent true locations; model Y with GP evaluated at latent s_i = tilde s_i + Delta_i, Delta ~ N(0, sigma_s^2 I_2). Fit via PyMC pm.gp.Marginal with priors on mu, sigma, ell, sigma0. Demonstrated on Walker Lake uranium/vanadium data; perturb coordinates with increasing noise and assess parameter recovery and surface prediction. As sigma_s grows, posterior location densities widen, yet key spatial features of the surface are preserved; naïve Nadaraya-Watson kernel smoother fails to capture spatial structure. Computation shows divergences; higher target_accept or reparameterization advised.
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Firefox enables Adafruit Web Serial projects directly in the browser, letting you connect to compatible hardware, code, and control devices without desktop apps. The page notes Firefox ESR is required on Windows 8.1 and below and macOS 10.14 and below. It presents Firefox as an open-source, Mozilla-driven platform for easier, browser-based hardware projects.
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FreeBSD Foundation Executive Director Deb Goodkin tried daily driving FreeBSD on a modern laptop (Framework Laptop) to highlight improved laptop support and a KDE desktop on FreeBSD. After years of finding it difficult to run FreeBSD on laptops, she committed to at least 10 minutes a day during OSS 2026. She found the touchscreen and KDE peripherals mostly worked; Zoom initially failed but later worked, and webcam and Microsoft Teams had partial or required steps. The OSS 2026 assets detail her experience.
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Flick is hiring a Senior Frontend Engineer (founding role) to build the core AI filmmaking editor—canvas, timeline, node graph—with React/TypeScript. Full-time, Sunnyvale/remote; $100K–$200K; 0.10%–1.00% equity; visa sponsorship. Lead architecture, prototyping, and end-to-end UX, working with founders to shape the editor and workflows. Requirements: 3+ years in high-performance web apps; expertise in modern frontend tooling; deep experience with complex editors/canvases; scalable UI; startup mindset. Nice-to-haves: video/animation tools, open-source contributions.
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HBM now accounts for 63% of AI chip component costs, up from 52% (Q1 2024–Q4 2025). Memory spend rose from about $12B in 2024 to $32B in 2025, while logic dies ~13%, packaging ~15%, and auxiliary ~9% by late 2025. Total AI chip component spend grew from roughly $22B in 2024 to $52B in 2025, with memory adding about $20B. The analysis covers Nvidia, AMD, Google, and Amazon across four categories (Memory, Logic, Packaging, Auxiliary) with uncertainty ranges. Memory share likely climbs in 2026 due to tight supply and higher prices.
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SCOTUSblog distills the Supreme Court’s Guide for Counsel on oral arguments. Formal address is required: Chief Justice is ‘Mr. Chief Justice’; others are ‘Your Honor’ or ‘Justice [Last Name]’ and no first names. Do not interrupt; listen when a justice questions you and answer directly—yes or no if possible, and concede or explain if wrong. Humor and casual familiarity are discouraged, though a few advocates push boundaries. Selfies and devices are prohibited at the podium; attendees may bring home quill pens as souvenirs. Swearing isn’t addressed directly, but emotional rhetoric is frowned upon; quoting profanity is sometimes permissible.
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Tracing the co-evolution of UNIX and C around braces, the piece explains how ASCII 1963 and the Teletype Model 33 lacked { and }, pushing early C/B code toward parentheses, escapes, and later trigraphs/digraphs (??<, <%). UNIX V4’s terminal driver transparently translated braces to parentheses on output and back on input. Structs briefly used parentheses after braces were introduced on PDP-11; braces became standard by 1974. The Model 37 and full ASCII enabled modern C, while legacy choices (lowercase, short identifiers, flat naming) still shape libc. Includes a nostalgic appendix of hello, world variants.
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UK firms are engaging in "AI washing," rebranding routine automation as artificial intelligence to ride the hype. PRs say bosses push AI pitches even when links are weak, and journalists tire of constant "AI-powered" claims. Examples include AllBirds pivoting to acquiring AI GPUs and genetics firms touting AI-powered tests, plus AI-driven consumer devices. Critics say many claims are just automation, not true AI. The trend coincides with layoffs and cautious markets, with some brands positioning themselves as AI commentators despite eroding credibility.
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Ruby for Good is a weekend event (Aug 27–30, 2026) in the Washington DC area at Shepherd's Spring Retreat Center, Sharpsburg, MD. Registration includes shared lodging, all meals and snacks, social time, and swag. Programmers and designers collaborate to build open-source projects for nonprofits. Refunds aren’t available after Jun 7, but transfers can be arranged until Jul 20. Contact [email protected] for details.
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The piece argues that omarchy is not a Linux distribution but Arch Linux with DHH's personal dotfiles, lacking real distro characteristics; it questions why DHH promotes it with a conference, sponsors, and merch while established distros struggle for funding. It attributes the hype to the ease of Unix customization via LLMs, Apple's design issues, and DHH cashing in on new users. Omarchy bundles heavy-handed preinstalled proprietary software (1Password, Claude, Spotify, Typora) and scripts to install others, plus a tiny default ghostty config; it relies on Arch/AUR rather than packaging itself. The author urges newcomers to avoid omarchy.
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Colossal Biosciences says it has hatched 26 chickens using a synthetic eggshell system—the Colossal artificial egg—as a step toward reviving extinct birds like the moa and the dodo. The device uses a silicone-based, semi-permeable membrane inside a rigid cup to mimic an eggshell, enabling gas exchange and moisture retention, with a window to observe development. Experts caution this is only one hurdle; achieving de-extinction would require early genetic editing and suitable surrogates, and no peer-reviewed data has been released. Potential uses include conservation and studying embryology.
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Salmon Finder analyzes counts from Bristol Bay (Alagnak, Kvichak, Naknek) and Kodiak (Ayakulik, Dog Salmon) to forecast 2026 runs. It uses timing anchors (5%, 50%, 85%, peak 10 days) and lifecycle analogs to gauge timing; magnitude remains uncertain. Key takeaways: 2026 Bristol Bay sockeye timing is solid; magnitude cannot be forecast from historic data. Kodiak pinks in 2026 look strong on Ayakulik with Dog Salmon pinks favorable; Ayakulik sockeye rising. Chinook and coho remain uncertain due to small counts. Real-time counts are essential; download Salmon Finder to track live data and set alerts.
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PICO (Perceptual Image Codec) is the first learned codec optimized for practicality and the human visual system. It searches millions of configurations to jointly optimize perceptual quality and on-device runtime. Large-scale subjective studies show 2.3–3× bitrate savings vs AV1, AV2, VVC, JPEG‑AI and 20–40% vs the best learned codecs. On an iPhone 17 Pro Max it encodes 12MP images in 230 ms and decodes in 150 ms, faster than most ML codecs on a V100 GPU. It also offers cross-platform robustness guarantees.
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Seed oils is a marketing term; the fats themselves are not the villains. Replacing saturated fat with polyunsaturated fats lowers cardiovascular events by 21%, similar to statins. Evidence does not show linoleic acid drives inflammation at typical dietary levels; oxidation concerns exist but harm at home-cooking levels isn’t proven. Ultra-processed foods drive excess calories; seed oils are only one ingredient. Beef tallow adds saturated and trans fats. The guidelines mislabel essential fatty acids and shouldn’t vilify seed oils. Practical advice: eat more vegetables and legumes, fewer ultra-processed foods, prefer olive oil; overall dietary pattern matters more than fat source.
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Graham admits he loves Scheme but can't get it to stick due to an "ALGOL neurotype"—thinking in instruction sequences and memory, not in Scheme's style. Despite enjoying Scheme's readability and using Guix/Shepherd on Linux, he keeps defaulting to familiar languages (Go for SE100), hindering Scheme work. He’s flirted with Racket, Emacs Lisp, and Smalltalk-like environments, and aims to contribute to the GNU ecosystem. He vows to keep trying and posts to be held accountable.
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Reasonix is a DeepSeek-native AI coding assistant designed for use in the terminal.
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Microsoft opens the historic 6502 BASIC code under an open-source license for the first time. The 8K MOS 6502 BASIC, ported in 1976 by Bill Gates and Ric Weiland, powered Commodore PET, VIC-20, and C64 after Commodore licensed it in 1977. The released 1.1 version fixes the garbage collector and shipped as PET BASIC V2; it preserves an Easter egg by Gates. This release continues the lineage from Altair BASIC to Applesoft, GW-BASIC, QBASIC, and Visual Basic. Preservationists and open-source work enabled a modern, redistributable release.
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