Social media bans and digital curfews to be trialled on UK teenagers
The study will recruit 4,000 students aged 12 to 15 from ten Bradford secondary schools and seek to assess the impact of having less access to social media – particularly on areas of their wellbeing such as sleep, anxiety levels, social interactions, as well as absence and bullying in schools.
Miscellanea: The War in Iran
This post is a set of my observations on the current war in Iran and my thoughts on the broader strategic implications. I am not, of course, an expert on the region nor do I have access to any special information, so I am going to treat that all with a high degree of uncertainty. […]
Show HN: DuckDB community extension for prefiltered HNSW using ACORN-1
This is a fork of duckdb/duckdb-vss that adds ACORN-1 filtered HNSW search. The upstream extension has a critical limitation: WHERE clauses are applied after the HNSW index returns results, so SELECT … WHERE category = ’X’ ORDER BY distance LIMIT 10 often returns fewer than 10 rows. This fork pushes filter predicates into the HNSW […]
VitruvianOS – Desktop Linux Inspired by the BeOS
What is VitruvianOS? VOS is an operating system based on linux heavily inspired by the BeOS, bringing the elegance and simplicity of a classic operating system to modern days. By leveraging the strengths of Linux while maintaining the user-friendly aspects of BeOS, VOS offers a unique blend of performance and usability. VOS leverages the power […]
Matlab Alternatives 2026: Benchmarks, GPU, Browser and Compatibility Compared
This article was originally published in September 2025 and has been updated for 2026 with new sections on Browser-Based Computing, GPU Acceleration, Version Control, Large File Handling, and Airgap Deployment. 🫰 Why are engineers searching for MATLAB alternatives? Engineers search for MATLAB alternatives because licenses cost over $2,000 per seat and MathWorks has moved to […]
In Edison’s Revenge, Data Centers Are Transitioning From AC to DC
3 min read Drew Robb is a freelance writer specializing in engineering and IT. Future NVIDIA high compute density racks that will use 800 Volts DC power distribution. Last week’s Nvidia GTC conference highlighted new chip architectures to power AI. But as the chips become faster and more powerful, the remainder of data center infrastructure […]
Zero-Cost POSIX Compliance: Encoding the Socket State Machine in Lean’s Types
The best runtime check is the one that never runs. The problem The POSIX socket API is a state machine. A socket must be created, then bound, then set to listen, before it can accept connections. Calling operations in the wrong order — send on an unbound socket, accept before listen, close twice — is […]
Show HN: Create a full language server in Go with 3.17 spec support
A Go library for building Language Server Protocol servers. It handles JSON-RPC framing, message dispatch, and LSP type definitions so you can focus on your language logic. This library targets LSP 3.17. The table below shows which parts of the specification are currently supported. LSP support Category Feature Supported Lifecycle initialize / shutdown / exit […]
Jury finds Meta liable in case over child sexual exploitation on its platforms
New York — A jury on Tuesday found Meta violated New Mexico law in a case accusing it of failing to warn users about the dangers of its platforms and protect children from sexual predators. The jury found Meta liable on all counts, including for willfully engaging in “unfair and deceptive” and “unconscionable” trade practices, […]
I wanted to build vertical SaaS for pest control, so I took a technician job
Background checks, company phone, drug tests, exams, and a truck that wouldn’t start on day one. How it started I’ve been GTM consulting for companies selling into traditional industries, and noticed prospects have become less likely to offer their time for ride-alongs and research calls. They get too many requests, and vibe coding is drawing […]