Purple Earth Hypothesis
Artist’s impression of Earth in the early Archean with a purplish hydrosphere and coastal regions Purple culture of Haloarchaea (left) and isolated purple and red membrane components (right) The Purple Earth Hypothesis (PEH) is an astrobiological hypothesis, first proposed by molecular biologist Shiladitya DasSarma in 2007,[1] that the earliest photosynthetic life forms of Early Earth […]
I Drank Every Cocktail
The International Bartenders Association, or IBA, maintains a list of official cocktails, ones they deem to be “the most requested recipes” at bars all around the world. It’s the closest thing the bartending industry has to a canonical list of cocktails, akin to the American Kennel Club’s registry of dog breeds or a jazz musician’s […]
Implementing dynamic scope for Fennel and Lua
I’m continuing my work on fennel-cljlib, my port of clojure.core and some other core libraries, focusing on porting missing functions and features to it. One such feature, which I sometimes miss in Lua and Fennel, is dynamic binding. The Lua VM doesn’t provide dynamic scoping as a language feature, and Fennel itself doesn’t introduce any […]
AI overviews cause massive drop in search clicks
And perhaps more troubling, Google users are more likely to end their browsing session after seeing an AI Overview. That suggests that many people are seeing information generated by a robot, and their investigation stops there. Unfortunately for these people, all forms of generative AI are prone to “hallucinations” that cause them to provide incorrect […]
Developing our position on AI
If you’re not familiar with us, RC is a 6 or 12 week retreat for programmers, with an integrated recruiting agency. Ours is a special kind of learning environment, where programmers of all stripes grow by following their curiosity and building things that are exciting and important to them. There are no teachers or curricula. […]
AMD CEO sees chips from TSMC’s US plant costing 5%-20% more
Advanced Micro Devices Inc. Chief Executive Officer Lisa Su said that the chips her company gets from supplier Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. cost more when they’re produced in TSMC’s Arizona facilities. Compared with similar parts from factories in Taiwan, the US chips will be “more than 5% but less than 20%” in terms of higher […]
AccuWeather to discontinue free access to Core Weather API
Exclusions, Conditions and Restrictions of License. Specifically excluded from the License grant relating to the APIs and the API Data are any television type uses such as electronic publishing, database transmissions, side band transmissions, cable castings, over-the-air transmission, nationally originated television, locally originated television, cable television, satellite television, internet protocol television, OTT, interactive television or […]
How to increase your surface area for luck
You should just do things Illustration by Alexander Naughton This post is an excerpt from my forthcoming book (and builds on a couple of paragraphs in my original post on agency). I’ll be running a few excerpts here in the coming months, in hopes of getting feedback on the kinds of content people are excited […]
Show HN: TheProtector – Linux Bash script for the paranoid admin on a budget
Linux Bash Script for the Paranoid Admin on a Budget – real-time monitoring and active threat response Linux security tool for the paranoid on a budget – not perfect but better than most TheProtector is comprehensive security monitoring for Linux systems. Built for DEfense Only What It Does TheProtector monitors your Linux system in real-time […]
Boost HTML5 Game Performance with WebAssembly
Table of Contents Who this article is for: Game developers looking to improve the performance of their HTML5 games Technical leads and engineers interested in integrating WebAssembly into their projects Students or professionals learning about web technologies and game development HTML5 game development has transformed web gaming, but it’s the integration of WebAssembly that’s truly […]