Chuwi Minibook X

The Genius of the Barn Owl's Feathers

Bias Compounds, Variance Washes Out

Round-to-nearest makes the same error every time. Stochastic rounding doesn't. Over long runs, that's everything.

Dav2d

VideoLAN announces dav2d, an open source AV2 decoder — continuing the work started with dav1d for AV1.

Cloudflare Turnstile requiring fingerprintable WebGL

The Website Specification

A platform-agnostic, full specification of the technical features a good website should have. Built in the open under an MIT licence.

1-Bit Bonsai Image 4B Image Generation for Local Devices

Decades of Effort Restore Steelhead and Salmon Passage on Alameda Creek

A NOAA-funded project removed the final barrier on an urban San Francisco Bay Area creek that was once the Bay’s largest producer of steelhead and Chinook salmon.

Websites have a new way to spy on visitors: analyzing their SSD activity

Telltale SSD activity can be measured in the browser using simple JavaScript.

The Speed of Prototyping in the Age of AI

How AI has changed the way I prototype, plan, and ship; and what I'm doing to keep my hands dirty.

ChatGPT for Google Sheets exfiltrates workbooks

ChatGPT for Google Sheets is vulnerable to data exfiltration and phishing overlay attacks that affect workbooks across the victim’s account after an indirect prompt injection in a single sheet.

The four programming questions from my 1994 Microsoft internship interview (2023)

Interestingly enough, at least two of them were specifically about performance!

Meta launches Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp subscriptions

Meta is rolling out paid subscription plans for Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp worldwide, while also testing new AI, creator, and business-focused offerings under its broader “Meta One” subscription brand.

United Airlines 767 returns to Newark after Bluetooth name sparks alert

The flight crew issued repeated warnings and a one-minute ultimatum to passengers, demanding they turn off their Bluetooth devices.

Rubin Tracks Skyscraper-Size Asteroids and Failed Supernovas

Astronomers are preparing for a new era of big-data astronomy, and results are already starting to arrive.

What if remote working, not AI, is to blame for weak junior hiring?

Finding success in industry as a chip designer

Chip design in academia and industry require different approaches. Learn how risk and silicon IP use differ in the rapidly growing semiconductor industry.

Codex just found a "workaround" of not having sudo on my PC

Restartable Sequences

All languages will change to express restartable sequences, and all software will be rewritten to use them.

Unix in East Germany (GDR) (1990)