Hyperspace
Q: What does Hyperspace do? A: Hyperspace searches for files with identical contents within one or more folders. If it finds any, it can then reclaim the disk space taken by all but one of the identical files—without removing any of the files! You can learn more about how this is done, if you’re interested, […]
H3-metal – Native MiniMax-H3 inference for Apple Silicon
Native MiniMax-H3 inference for Apple Silicon. The project is being built as a sequence of working vertical slices: deterministic host/model metadata first, then portable Metal block parity, prompt encoding, prompt-to-video/audio, and first/last-frame conditioning and then ordered references. Prompt-to-video/audio, first/last-frame conditioning, and ordered Ref2VA image/video/audio references work end to end. The current work is incremental H3-specific […]
Chicken Scheme 6.0
/ and //. – chicken-install: Fix #1684 (programs that specify component-dependencies should build-depend on their import libraries). – chicken-install now caches eggs installed from local locations. – chicken-install now accepts the -location command line option (short: -l) to specify local directories where to get egg sources from. – chicken-install now gives a warning on unexpected […]
The UK’s War on Anonymity Has Come to America
An Effort investigation has identified a coordinated operation to influence American lawmakers by five foreign non-government organizations and their US affiliates. These NGOs have converged upon a unified strategy: use the rhetoric of ‘child safety’ to advocate for digital ID laws that would prevent adults from using the internet anonymously. In Britain, they succeeded in […]
World Train Map – 1247 train routes around the world
The world’s railway map An interactive railway map of the world: 1,247 notable train routes across 120 countries. High-speed, classic, night, scenic, heritage and luxury lines, with the facts behind every one. From the Glacier Express, the Bernina Express and the Trans-Siberian to the Shinkansen, the Eurostar and the California Zephyr: every route is drawn […]
How Claude marks AI-generated content
Anthropic has signed the EU AI Act’s Article 50(2) Code of Practice on Transparency of AI-Generated Content, as a provider of both generative AI models and generative AI systems. This article describes how we’re planning to put those commitments into practice, how marking works, and what its limitations are. We’ll update this article and publish […]
Confessions of a Long-Distance Sailor
Confessions of a Long-Distance Sailor In 1988, I sailed away from the West coast of the United States in a 31-foot sailboat. This is my story — my account of a 3 1/2-year around the world solo sail. Read about the pirates, storms, and wars I witnessed firsthand. Read about the relationship between a solo […]
Stop Killing Games: It’s time to sue Sony, join us
”Goede actie. Hopelijk werkt het en word de oneerlijke marktpositie aangepakt.” – Cees ”Ik vind dat Sony een behoorlijke positie in neemt. Je kan namelijk nergens anders PS games kopen dan in hun eigen store, waar de prijzen vaak 20,- tot 25,- hoger liggen dan in fysieke winkels. Belachelijk. Apple moet alles openstellen van de […]
Illinois Just Passed a Law That Puts Linux on the Hook for Age Verification
HB5511 is officially about TikTok and Instagram. Read past the press release and it’s also about your operating system. Governor JB Pritzker’s press release on HB5511 is thick with quotes from legislators and advocacy groups, and it names Instagram, TikTok, Snapchat, X, Facebook, and Roblox specifically. Device setup gets one mention, framed as something a […]
Rust SIMD on the GPU
At VectorWare, we are building the first GPU-native software company. Today, we are excited to announce that we can successfully use Rust’s portable SIMD (core::simd) on the GPU. This milestone marks a significant step towards our vision of enabling developers to write complex, high-performance applications that leverage the full power of GPU hardware using familiar […]