Duke Nukem: Zero Hour N64 ROM Reverse-Engineering Project Hits 100%
A decompilation of Duke Nukem Zero Hour for N64. Note: To use this repository, you must already own a copy of the game. Dependencies The build instructions assume that you will be using Ubuntu 20.04; either natively or via WSL2. Package requirements can be install via: sudo apt update sudo apt install make git build-essential […]
We Need Arabic Language Models
Dr. Kareem Darwish, Consultant at Fanar team, Qatar Computing Research Institute, Hamad Bin Khalifa University Dragos Condrea/ iStock / Getty Images Plus Enlarge image In the global race to develop generative AI models, attention tends to center on major companies and research institutes in the West and China. Flagship models, including OpenAI’s GPT-4 and Google’s […]
Dosbian: Boot to DOSBox on Raspberry Pi
09/01/2025 released DOSBIAN 3.0 for Raspberry Pi 3/4/400/5/500 WHAT’S NEW IN VERSION 3.0 Latest distro updates applied to run in Raspberry Pi 5/500. Dosbox Staging updated to version 0.82, now with support for MMX instructions (Please see official sites for all the changements). Incredible performances expecially with Raspberry Pi 5/500, Dosbian V3.0 guarantees you an […]
Airliner hit by possible space debris
Authorities are now considering whether a falling object, possibly from space, caused damage to the windshield and frame on a United 737 MAX over Colorado on Thursday. Various reports that include watermarked photos of the damage suggest the plane was struck by a falling object not long after taking off from Denver for Los Angeles. […]
Could the XZ backdoor been detected with better Git/Deb packaging practices?
The discovery of a backdoor in XZ Utils in the spring of 2024 shocked the open source community, raising critical questions about software supply chain security. This post explores whether better Debian packaging practices could have detected this threat, offering a guide to auditing packages and suggesting future improvements. The XZ backdoor in versions 5.6.0/5.6.1 […]
Infisical (YC W23) Is Hiring Full Stack Engineers
Infisical is looking to hire exceptional talent to join our teams in building the open source security infrastructure stack for the AI era. We’re building a generational company with a world-class engineering team. This isn’t a place to coast — but if you want to grow fast, take ownership, and solve tough problems, you’ll be […]
The Trinary Dream Endures
The trinary dream endures Blog About Moonbound Shop This is a post from Robin Sloan’s lab blog & notebook. You can visit the blog’s homepage, or learn more about me. October 19, 2025 Since the beginning, there has been an alternative vision for computing, not binary but trinary, also called ternary. (“Trinary” sounds so much better to […]
Doing well in your courses: Andrej’s advice for success (2013)
a guide by Andrej Karpathy Here is some advice I would give to younger students if they wish to do well in their undergraduate courses. Having been tested for many years of my life (with pretty good results), here are some rules of thumb that I feel helped me: GENERAL All-nighters are not worth it. […]
The Spherical Cows of Programming
2025-20-29 The technique of using custom notations—often referred to as ‘spherical cow‘ modeling—is a deliberate simplification strategy where practitioners intentionally suppress or abstract away major design variables and complexities. This reduction allows for deeper, more focused analytical thinking about a single critical aspect of a problem without the cognitive burden of simultaneous consideration of all […]
What Are RFCs? The Forgotten Blueprints of the Internet
Think about it for a second: could the internet exist without standards and protocols? Of course not! Computers need shared rules and agreements to communicate with one another. Even human languages, like English, work much the same way. They function as a kind of communication protocol because we’ve all agreed on words and grammar that […]