The Renaissance scholar and educator Erasmus of Rotterdam opens his polemical treatise The Ciceronian (1528) by describing the utterly dysfunctional writing process of a character named Nosoponus.

Portrait of Erasmus of Rotterdam Writing (1523) by Hans Holbein.

His second book in the series, Gargantua (1534), is centrally concerned with the advantages and costs of a humanist education.

Over the course of The Ciceronian, his authorial stand-in Bulephorus gradually wins over Nosoponus, the titular Ciceronian, to the eclectic side.

(Erasmus gives a slew of examples, including many of these, in his pedagogical manual On the Writing of Letters.)

The incredible stability of Google Closure Library started declining around 2019.

Finally, Google stopped contributing to Google Closure Library last August.

We have forked Google Closure Library (GCL) and taken up maintenance.

We backed out a few years of needless breaking changes and aligned the codebase with the latest Google Closure Compiler release.

One of ClojureScript’s original value propositions was a rock solid set of readily available JavaScript tools as dependable as clojure.core .

🚀 KVSplit Differentiated KV Cache Quantization for Apple Silicon📌 OverviewRun larger context windows and heavier LLMs on your Mac by applying different quantization precision to keys vs values in the attention mechanism's KV cache.

Run a quick comparison with your model:# Run quick comparison with different configurations python scripts/quick_compare.py --model models/your-model.ggufThis will show you a side-by-side comparison of FP16, K8V8, K8V4, K4V8, and K4V4 with memory usage, speed, and quality metrics.

📊 Impressive Results📉 Memory ReductionConfiguration VRAM @ 8K tokens Memory Savings Quality Impact FP16 (base) 176.00 MB — — K8V8 (8-bit) 93.50 MB 47% +0.03% K8V4 71.50 MB 59% +0.86% K4…

All of my original thoughts feel like early drafts of better, more complete thoughts that simply haven’t yet formed inside an LLM.

Thinking is compounding–the more you think, the better your thoughts become.

My thinking systems have atrophied, and I can feel it–I can sense my slightly diminishing intuition, cleverness, and rigor.

LLMs give me finished thoughts, polished and convincing, but none of the intellectual growth that comes from developing them myself.

But at least I’m here, writing this, and conveying my raw thoughts directly into your brain.

Terrence Malick​ is the quietest of American movie directors.

So he applied to a programme at the school newly opened in Los Angeles by the American Film Institute to improve the minds of Hollywood hotshots.

In the fashion-needy world of American film, Malick was in danger of being forgotten.

They make one of the truest families in American film.

It was also in the 1950s, on television, that the institution of the American family was turned into a bland advertising scheme for generations to come.

Bob Abrahamian’s interviews are a cornerstone of this collection, offering unique insights into the lives and careers of Chicago’s soul music artists.

These conversations, conducted with warmth and deep knowledge, bring to life the stories behind the music and the era that shaped it.

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Deterministic, Self Healing Workflows (RPA 2.0)⚙️ Workflow Use is the easiest way to create and execute deterministic workflows with variables which fallback to Browser Use if a step fails.

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rvrv is a new way to manage and install your R packages in a reproducible, fast, and declarative way.

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InstallationSee the installation documentation for information on how to install rv .

just run sync or just run add --dry-run .

--features cliUnit testingRun the unit tests with:just test // or cargo test --features=cliSnapshot testingSnapshots require R version 4.4.x.

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As usual, there are countless topics given the rapidly changing immigration landscape and I'll be guided by whatever you're concerned with.

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Test flows are mirrored in a separate repository for better maintainability and also integration with existing Node-RED installations.

I also wrote an Elixir wrapper function whereby I could have just as easily referenced Earmark directly from the Erlang code.

Here the intention is that a message passes through is tested for specific values else the unit test fails.

These unit tests shows the compatibility to Node-RED and less the correctness of the Erlang code.

ContributingContributions very much welcome in the form of Erlang code or as Node-RED test-flows, ideally with the Erlang implementation.

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For us, the question is existential — we use Postgres as the backing database for our task queue, orchestrator, and monitoring system.

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Robert “Ed” Smylie, the NASA official who led a team of engineers that cobbled together an apparatus made of cardboard, plastic bags and duct tape that saved the Apollo 13 crew in 1970 after an explosion crippled the spacecraft as it sped toward the moon, died on April 21 in Crossville, Tenn.

His death, in a hospice facility, was confirmed by his son, Steven.

The day after the astronauts Jim Lovell, Jack Swigert and Fred Haise returned to earth on April 17, 1970, President Richard M. Nixon awarded NASA’s mission operations team with the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

In his remarks, he singled out Mr. Smylie and his deputy, James V. Correale.

“They are men whose names simply represent the w…

I recently attended RustWeek (which was totally awesome) and the talks by Alex Crichton (on the history of Rust) and Pietro Albini (on the importance of error messages) inspired me to do a little archaeology into the way Rust compiler messages have evolved over time.

I wrote a script that downloaded all stable Rust releases all the way back to 1.0, executed each stable version of the compiler on a set of small programs containing an error and gathered the compiler standard (error) output.

The error messages sometimes went a bit back and forth in different Rust versions, which is a bit funny.

Thank you to everyone who has worked on the Rust compiler and contributed to these awesome error mes…

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SQL-tString allows for t-string based construction of sql queries without allowing for SQL injection.

The basic usage is as follows,from sql_tstring import sql a = 1 query , values = sql ( t """SELECT a, b, c FROM tbl WHERE a = {a}""" , )The query is a str and values a list[Any] , both are then typically passed to a DB connection.

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At Vates, we’ve already shared some of the pain points that come with maintaining open source projects (see: OSS maintainer fatigue).

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Apparently, sending satellites into orbit is easier than entertaining the thought of paying for open source support.

Used to repeatedly request trials of a product that’s open source and free to self-host.

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After xAI’s chatbot Grok spent a few hours on Wednesday telling every X user that would listen that the claim of white genocide in South Africa is highly contentious, the company has blamed the behavior on an “unauthorized modification” to Grok’s code.

Wednesday’s hours-long outburst saw Grok insert discussion of alleged white genocide in South Africa into various responses on X, no matter the topic.

Grok discussed white farmers’ deaths in reply to a video of a cat drinking water, related the song “Kill the Boer” to a question about Spongebob Squarepants, and broke down the issue in full patois.

Even OpenAI CEO Sam Altman got i…

You ask your expert friend for advice on what to do, to which they respond “Oh I’ve got no idea.

Experts can’t explain their decisionsYou squeeze through this gap in the hedge recommended by your expert friend.

Turns out, your expert friend has expert friends of their own, and they’re all helping each other!

Closing thoughtsThe lack of consistent empathy between experts and novices would suggest that, despite feeling easy, it is in fact difficult.

In the extreme case, this lack of empathy leads to experts deriding the work of novices as not having the prestige/class/taste/status expressed so deftly by the work of the experts.

I'll just identify them as A, B, D, E, J, P, S, and T. Unsurprisingly, I'm E.The three escape rooms are Candy, Christmas, and Temple themed.

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Most “tech” problems (and solutions) seem social, with e.g.

Then we have claims like 90% of coding’s integrating poorly documented APIs…What cases of truly useful or innovative recent software can you think of?

One example: SBCL recently improved its hash map implementation using some new approaches.

@dlowe notes: “truly technical problems are in computer science, not engineering” so, is all engineering really social problem solving (e.g.

convincing stakeholders of the comp-sci state of the art)?

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Most terminals support ANSI colors with the escape code "\033[30;3Xm" where 0 <= X <= 7: seq 10 | \ parallel --tagstring '\033[30;3{=$_=++$::color%8=}m' seq {} parallel --rpl '{color} $_="\033[30;3".(++$::color%8).

GNU parallel's --pipe maxes out at around 100 MB/s because every byte has to be copied through GNU parallel.

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I recently attended RustWeek (which was totally awesome) and the talks by Alex Crichton (on the history of Rust) and Pietro Albini (on the importance of error messages) inspired me to do a little archaeology into the way Rust compiler messages have evolved over time.

I wrote a script that downloaded all stable Rust releases all the way back to 1.0, executed each stable version of the compiler on a set of small programs containing an error and gathered the compiler standard (error) output.

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Thank you to everyone who has worked on the Rust compiler and contributed to these awesome error mes…

The right-side version has the Latin letter ‘g’ replaced with the Armenian letter co.

To detect malicious Unicode.

Some of them were also used more or less by mistake and could easily be replaced by their ASCII counterparts.

ConfusablesThere are plenty of tools to find similar-looking characters in different Unicode sets.

One of them is provided by the Unicode consortium themselves:https://util.unicode.org/UnicodeJsps/confusables.jspReactiveThis was yet another security-related fix reacting on a demonstrated problem.

You're using a tool with a too-generic User-AgentYou're probably reading this page because you've attempted to access some part of my blog (Wandering Thoughts) or CSpace, the wiki thing it's part of.

Unfortunately whatever you're using to do so has a HTTP User-Agent header value that is too generic or otherwise excessively suspicious.

To reduce the load on Wandering Thoughts I'm experimenting with (attempting to) block all of them, and you've run into this.

All HTTP User-Agent headers should clearly identify what they are, and for non-browser user agents, they should identify not just the software involved but also who specifically is using that software.

An extremely generic value such as …

Repair Time Requirements to Prevent Data Resurrection in Cassandra & ScyllaCassandra and ScyllaDB share well known issues with race conditions between repair and garbage collection processes that can cause deleted data to resurrect.

Counterexample 1Repair every 10 days, gc_grace_seconds = 10 days, and each repair takes 3 days.

Repair 2 only begins on Day 10 at 00:00 and doesn't repair Token A until Day 10 at 16:00, after the tombstone has expired.

Counterexample 2Repair every 7 days, gc_grace_seconds = 10 days, and each repair takes 4 days.

This tombstone must be covered by the next repair ( repair i+1 ) before its tombstone expires.

By declaring a package as a virtual package and defining a set of interfaces (via .

├── virtual // Declared as a virtual package, with virtual.mbti defining a set of interfaces├── impl // Provides a custom implementation for the interfaces in the virtual package├── lib // Depends on the interfaces in the virtual package└── main // Depends on the lib package, overrides the virtual package's default implementation with the impl packageDeclaring a Virtual Package : In the moon.pkg.json file of the virtual package, use the following field to declare it as a virtual package.

"virtual" : {"has-default" : true}Providing a Custom Implementation for a Virtual Package : In the…

Bloomberg:

Sources: Binance and Kraken have been targeted by the same type of social engineering hack recently disclosed by Coinbase, but were able to fend off the attacks — Binance and Kraken are among major crypto exchanges that have been targeted by the same type of social-engineering hack …

Sarah Wynn / The Block:

An Alabama man is sentenced to 14 months in prison for hacking SEC's X account in 2024 and posting a false announcement that the SEC had approved bitcoin ETFs — - Eric Council Jr, 26 of Alabama, was sentenced to 14 months in prison, according to a statement released on Friday …

Bloomberg:

Sources: OpenAI is expected to be a primary anchor tenant for a 5 gigawatt UAE data center, which could become one of the world's largest at 10 square miles — OpenAI plans to help develop a massive new data center in the United Arab Emirates that may eventually be one of the largest in the world …

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:

SEC filing: Los Angeles-based Moonvalley, which is developing AI tools for video creation, raised $53M, bringing its total funding to about $124M, per PitchBook — Roughly a month after Moonvalley, a Los Angeles-based startup developing AI tools for video creation, said it secured $43 million …

Kelcee Griffis / Bloomberg:

The FCC approves Verizon's $9.6B acquisition of Frontier Communications after Verizon agreed to pare back what Brendan Carr called “invidious” DEI practices — The deal “will unleash billions of dollars in new infrastructure builds in communities across the country …

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:

Apple denies removing Fortnite from alternative marketplaces in the EU and says it asked Epic Sweden to resubmit the app update excluding the US App Store — Apple Inc. and Epic Games Inc. sparred over whether the iPhone maker was obstructing access to the hit game Fortnite …

Hayden Field / CNBC:

Anthropic received a $2.5B, five-year revolving credit line, and says annualized revenue reached $2B in Q1 2025, up from $1B in Q1 2024 — Earlier this week, Anthropic received a $2.5 billion, five-year revolving credit line to amp up its liquidity in an ever-expanding — and expensive …

Emma Roth / The Verge:

xAI publishes system prompts for Grok on GitHub, including telling Grok to be “extremely skeptical” and not to “blindly defer to mainstream authority or media” — The instructions tell Grok that it is ‘extremely skeptical.’ — xAI has published the system prompts …

Alex Kantrowitz / Big Technology:

Klarna CEO says its AI agent now handles two-thirds of customer service chats, an equivalent of 800 jobs, but Klarna is hiring workers for higher-end chats — Headlines announcing Klarna's AI pullback were wrong, its CEO says. Instead of retreating, it's handing more tasks to the bots.

Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch:

Spotify adjusts its “plays” metric for podcasts to only appear on episodes with at least 50K plays, updating at specific milestones, like 100K or 1M plays — Spotify announced last week that it would roll out public play counts on all podcasts as a way of “helping attract new fans.”

CNBC:

Nvidia says it won't send GPU designs to China to be modified to comply with export controls, after a report said it is planning a research center in Shanghai — - News Tips — Got a confidential news tip? We want to hear from you. — CNBC Newsletters

Maxwell Zeff / TechCrunch:

OpenAI rolls out Codex, an AI coding agent powered by codex-1, a version of o3 optimized for software engineering, for ChatGPT Pro, Enterprise, and Team users — OpenAI announced on Friday it's launching a research preview of Codex, the company's most capable AI coding agent yet.

Alexander Martin / The Record:

Japan enacts the Active Cyberdefense Law, which permits the country's authorities to preemptively engage with adversaries through offensive cyber operations — Japan on Friday enacted a new law that would permit the country's authorities to preemptively engage with adversaries through …

Camille Bromley / Columbia Journalism Review:

Q&A with Wired's Steven Levy on the evolving relationship between the tech industry and the press, media outlets' licensing deals with AI companies, and more — “What you find when you get into a place is always more interesting than any preconception you have.”

Todd Bishop / GeekWire:

Microsoft says reviews found no evidence its tech was used by the Israeli military to harm civilians in Gaza, following months of protests by Microsoft staffers — [Updated below with comments from the employee group No Azure for Apartheid.] — Microsoft said Thursday that it found …

Wall Street Journal:

Analysis: since January, 36+ staff and associates of Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, Marc Andreessen, and Palmer Luckey got federal roles that oversee their companies — See how allies of four tech titans are staffing the agencies meant to regulate them, raising ethics flags and securing billions

Reuters:

Charter announces plans to merge with Cox Communications in a deal that values Cox at $34.5B including debt and unites two of the biggest US cable providers — Charter Communications (CHTR.O) said on Friday it would merge with Cox Communications in a deal that would value its privately held rival …

Bloomberg:

Sources: ByteDance expects 2025 revenue to grow 20% YoY to $186B vs. 29% growth in 2024, driven by TikTok's global expansion; ByteDance has 4B MAUs across apps — TikTok's owner expects sales to increase to roughly $186 billion from $155 billion in 2024, people familiar with its finances said.

Michelle F Davis / Bloomberg:

Charter Is in Talks to Combine with Rival Cox Communications … The companies are discussing a cash and stock transaction that would value Cox at more than $30 billion including debt, according to the people. The Cox family would be the largest shareholder in the combined company with a stake …

Dominic Preston / The Verge:

Epic Games says Fortnite on iOS will be offline worldwide “until Apple unblocks it” after Apple rejected its latest submission to the US App Store — Epic says that the game is ‘offline’ on iPhones everywhere after Apple rejected its App Store resubmission.

Kimberley Kao / Wall Street Journal:

Taiwanese silicon wafer maker GlobalWafers plans to invest $4B in its US manufacturing operations, more than doubling its earlier pledge to $7.5B — The Taiwanese company joins TSMC in boosting investment in the U.S. — Taiwanese chip-materials maker GlobalWafers said it plans to invest …

Lauren Goode / Wired:

US immigration attorneys: since January 2025, USCIS has significantly increased requests for evidence on tech-related visa petitions, including H-1B and O-1 — Silicon Valley's coveted work visas are under heavy scrutiny from the Trump administration, and immigration lawyers say requests for documentation are increasing.

Bloomberg:

Sources: President Trump's Middle East AI deals open rifts with China hawks in his administration over concerns AI chips shipped to the Gulf end up in China — President Donald Trump's flurry of artificial intelligence deals during his tour of the Middle East is opening a rift within …

Wall Street Journal:

Sources: Facebook and Instagram face scam ad surge from Asia and Meta is reluctant to add hurdles for ad buyers; Meta says it's tackling an “epidemic of scams” — Fake puppies and phony offers of mouthwatering bargains are often seeded by overseas crime networks …

Jason Schreier / Bloomberg:

Sony's Haven Studios head Jade Raymond leaves the company she founded in 2021; sources say some developers worried over its first game's reception and progress — Her company, Haven Studios, is developing an online shooter title called Fairgames … PlayStation leadership didn't give Haven staff …

Brent Lang / Variety:

MoviePass secures a $100M capital investment from Global Emerging Markets to accelerate the development of Mogul, a fantasy gaming service launched this month — MoviePass has secured a $100 million capital investment from Global Emerging Markets to accelerate the development of Mogul …

Opik OpikFrom RAG chatbots to code assistants to complex agentic pipelines and beyond, build LLM systems that run better, faster, and cheaper with tracing, evaluations, and dashboards.

You are now ready to start logging traces using the Python SDK.

If you are not using any of the frameworks above, you can also use the track function decorator to log traces:import opik opik .

🧑‍⚖️ LLM as a Judge metricsThe Python Opik SDK includes a number of LLM as a judge metrics to help you evaluate your LLM application.

🔍 Evaluating your LLM ApplicationOpik allows you to evaluate your LLM application during development through Datasets and Experiments.

GPUI ComponentUI components for building fantastic desktop applications using GPUI.

Ease of Use : Stateless RenderOnce components, simple and user-friendly.

ShowcaseHere is the first application: Longbridge Pro, built using GPUI Component.

UsageGPUI and GPUI Component are still in development, so you need to add dependencies by git.

GPUI Component depends on a specific version of gpui (kept updated with upstream) to include WebView support.

Compose MultiplatformCompose Multiplatform is a declarative framework for sharing UIs across multiple platforms with Kotlin.

Compose Multiplatform shares most of its API with Jetpack Compose, the Android UI framework developed by Google.

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Compose for Web is based on Kotlin/Wasm, the newest target for Kotlin Multiplatform projects.

Agent SquadFlexible, lightweight open-source framework for orchestrating multiple AI agents to handle complex conversations.

What's the Agent Squad ❓The Agent Squad is a flexible framework for managing multiple AI agents and handling complex conversations.

Introducing SupervisorAgent: Agents CoordinationThe Agent Squad now includes a powerful new SupervisorAgent that enables sophisticated team coordination between multiple specialized agents.

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Google maps scraperA free and open-source Google Maps scraper with both command line and web UI options.

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Example workflowsNote that to run the example workflows, you need to have some additional custom nodes, like ComfyUI-VideoHelperSuite and others, installed.

Easy to use multi scale generation workflows🧩 Image to video🧩 Image to video with keyframes🧩 Image to video with duration extension🧩 Image to video 8b quantizedInversionFlow Edit🧩 Download workflowRF Edit🧩 Download workflow

ToolsNotebook Description Notebook 🧐 LLM AutoEval Automatically evaluate your LLMs using RunPod 🥱 LazyMergekit Easily merge models using MergeKit in one click.

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OLMo 2 by AI2: Open-source language model with model, data, training, and evaluation code.

Backdoors : Attack vectors can target the training data itself, by poisoning the training data (e.g., with false information) or creating backdoors (secret triggers to change the model's behavior during inference).

: Attack vectors can target the training data itself, by poisoning the training data (e.g., with fal…

LazyVim is a Neovim setup powered by 💤 lazy.nvim to make it easy to customize and extend your config.

nvim Refer to the comments in the files on how to customize LazyVim.

📂 File StructureThe files under config will be automatically loaded at the appropriate time, so you don't need to require those files manually.

LazyVim comes with a set of default config files that will be loaded before your own.

All files there will be automatically loaded by lazy.nvim~/.config/nvim ├── lua │ ├── config │ │ ├── autocmds.lua │ │ ├── keymaps.lua │ │ ├── lazy.lua │ │ └── options.lua │ └── plugins │ ├── spec1.lua │ ├── ** │ └── spec2.lua └── init.lua⚙️ ConfigurationRefer to the docs

Install ffmpeg on your system, or set the IMAGEIO_FFMPEG_EXE environment variable.

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Trying to load the model directly from the local cache, if it exists.

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Atmosphère is a work-in-progress customized firmware for the Nintendo Switch.

ComponentsAtmosphère consists of multiple components, each of which replaces/modifies a different component of the system:Fusée: First-stage Loader, responsible for loading and validating stage 2 (custom TrustZone) plus package2 (Kernel/FIRM sysmodules), and patching them as needed.

Exosphère: Customized TrustZone, to run a customized Secure MonitorThermosphère: EL2 EmuNAND support, i.e.

You can find a copy of the license in the LICENSE file.

Exemptions:Nintendo is exempt from GPLv2 licensing and may (at its option) instead license any source code authored for the Atmosphère project under the Zero-Clause BSD licen…

You can place the binary in /opt/glance/ and have it start with your server via a systemd service.

By default, when running the binary, it will look for a glance.yml file in the directory it's placed in.

You should then be able to run the executable and access the dashboard by visiting http://localhost:8080 in your browser.

Yes, the title of all widgets can be changed by specifying the title property in the widget's configuration: - type : rss title : My custom title - type : markets title : My custom title - type : videos title : My custom title # and so on for all widgets...

Build project and Docker image with DockerRequirements: Docker To build the project and image using just Docker, ru…

ZedWelcome to Zed, a high-performance, multiplayer code editor from the creators of Atom and Tree-sitter.

InstallationOn macOS and Linux you can download Zed directly or install Zed via your local package manager.

Other platforms are not yet available:Developing ZedContributingSee CONTRIBUTING.md for ways you can contribute to Zed.

We use cargo-about to automatically comply with open source licenses.

If CI is failing, check the following:

NeMo Framework 2.0 We've released NeMo 2.0, an update on the NeMo Framework which prioritizes modularity and ease-of-use.

NeMo Framework LauncherImportant NeMo Framework Launcher is compatible with NeMo version 1.0 only.

NeMo Framework Launcher is a cloud-native tool that streamlines the NeMo Framework experience.

To get started quickly with the NeMo Framework Launcher, please see the NeMo Framework Playbooks.

Then, you run the following domain-specific commands:pip install nemo_toolkit[ ' all ' ] # or pip install "nemo_toolkit['all']@git+https://github.com/NVIDIA/NeMo@${REF:-'main'}" pip install nemo_toolkit[ ' asr ' ] # or pip install "nemo_toolkit['asr']@git+https://github.com/NVIDIA/NeM…

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NoteThis is a very basic vectorizer.

It's not perfect and will not work for all images.

Research AlphaEvolve: A Gemini-powered coding agent for designing advanced algorithms ShareCopy link ×New AI agent evolves algorithms for math and practical applications in computing by combining the creativity of large language models with automated evaluators Large language models (LLMs) are remarkably versatile.

Today, we’re announcing AlphaEvolve, an evolutionary coding agent powered by large language models for general-purpose algorithm discovery and optimization.

AlphaEvolve enhanced the efficiency of Google's data centers, chip design and AI training processes — including training the large language models underlying AlphaEvolve itself.

Designing better algorithms with large language…

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Sign up for the Teen Vogue TakeI wrote the book Copaganda based on my years of being a civil rights lawyer and public defender representing the most vulnerable people in our society.

I watched as the police and the news media distorted how we think about our collective safety.

Copaganda makes us afraid of the most powerless people, helps us ignore far greater harms committed by people with money and power, and always pushes on us the idea that our fears can be solved by more money for police, prosecution, and prisons.

Based on the evidence, this idea of more investment in the punishment bureaucracy making us safer is like climate science denial.

As per the NIS2 Directive, ENISA is mandated to develop and maintain the European vulnerability database.

You need to understand the cryptography behind passkeys to implement secure authentication correctly.

Passkey cryptography basicsAt their core, passkeys are just key pairs used to produce digital signatures.

This is why passkeys are built on the W3C’s WebAuthn specification, which adds crucial security properties beyond the basic cryptography.

However, those specifics are not relevant to understanding how passkeys work with cryptography.

Users that get banned from the platform would lose access to their passkeys, and the platform could accidentally delete the passkeys.

The new product development has also led to Flock employees questioning the ethics of using hacked data as part of their surveillance product, according to the Slack chats.

Flock told 404 Media the tool is already being used by some law enforcement agencies in an early access program.

Using a non-work device, you can message me securely on Signal at joseph.404 or send me an email at [email protected].

Flock’s new product, called Nova, will supplement license plate data with a wealth of personal information sourced from other companies and the wider web, according to the material obtained by 404 Media.

“There’s very powerful linking.” One Slack message said that Nova supports 20 different d…

I don’t know if that’s true as a general principle, but it certainly describes my relationship with NumPy.

zeros (( K , N )) for k in range ( K ): for n in range ( N ): a = A [ k ,:,:] b = B [:, n ] c = C [ k ,:] assert a . shape == ( L , M ) assert b . shape == ( L ,) assert c . shape == ( M ,) D [ k , n ] = np .

I understand why NumPy does this, because I’ve absorbed this 5000 word document that explains how NumPy indexing works.

Here are all the incorrect outputs: AI B C D E GPT 4.1 10×2×3×30 Grok 3 10×3×30×2 10×3×2×40 Claude 3 Opus 10×3×2×30 10×20×3×2 10×3×30×2 10×3×2×40 Llama 4 Maverick 10×3×30×2 10×3×2×40 o3 10×2×3×30 Claude 3.7 10×3×30×2 10×3×2×40AI B C D E GPT 4.1 ✔️ ✔️ X ✔️ Grok 3 …

Celebrating 75 Years of Formula 1In 2025, the Formula 1 World Championship is a multi-billion-dollar industry, criss-crossing the globe over a 24-race season that captures worldwide attention every grand prix weekend.

It's a far cry from its beginnings in 1950, when just seven races made up the first World Championship.

It began with the British Grand Prix at Silverstone on 13 May, watched by King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, and won by Italian Giuseppe Farina.

From Farina in 1950 to Lewis Hamilton, Max Verstappen and Lando Norris in 2025, F1 has produced thrills, controversy and tragedy.

Here, BBC Sport and Getty Images tell the story of the sport, and the characters that have illuminate…

I wrote about slow boot times with my 2022 PC build that were caused by time-consuming memory training.

Ultimately, it was easier to upgrade my old PC to Linux 6.13 and linux-firmware 20250109, then put in the new disk and copy over the installation.

RMA timelineJan 15th: I receive the components for my new PC In January and February, the PC crashes occasionally.

Then, I spent April without a working PC because RMA’ing an Intel CPU through digitec seems pretty slow.

As usual, I run Linux on this PC and haven’t noticed any problems in my day-to-day usage.

14 May 2025(Updated on 15 May to include linked judgement and itemised infringements)Google, Microsoft, Amazon, X, and the entire tracking-based advertising industry rely on the “Transparency & Consent Framework” (TCF) to obtain “consent” for data processing.

This evening the Belgian Court of Appeal ruled that the TCF is illegal.

Dr Johnny Ryan said "Today's court's decision shows that the consent system used by Google, Amazon, X, Microsoft, deceives hundreds of millions of Europeans.

This Belgian enforcement arises from a chain of complaints and litigation across Europe initiated by Dr Ryan in 2018 against Real-Time Bidding (RTB).

Today’s decision confirmed the Belgian Data Protection Auth…

Now students are complaining on sites like Rate My Professors about their instructors’ overreliance on A.I.

Instructors interviewed by The New York Times said chatbots saved time, helped them with overwhelming workloads and served as automated teaching assistants.

Now professors are the ones on the learning curve and, like Ms. Stapleton’s teacher, muddling their way through the technology’s pitfalls and their students’ disdain.

She looked for her grade on the school’s online platform, and was happy to have received an A.

But in a section for comments, her professor had accidentally posted a back-and-forth with ChatGPT.

Changelog News!

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Instead of listing all the reasons Slack wasn’t working great for us, I’ll keep it positive and list the reasons Zulip is working great.

The open chat is powered by a very cool feature where you can opt in to public access on a channel-by-channel basis.

🧵 Zulip is threadedZulip is chat, but it’s not just one long stream of messages.

We use the Zulip API to auto-create a new topic for each episode, which doubles as an announcement of fresh content.

Our Zulip chat focused on a single episode topicAdditionally, not everyone listens to a podcast episode at the same time.

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Retool – The low-code platform for developers to build internal tools — Some of the best teams out there trust Retool…Brex, Coinbase, Plaid, Doordash, LegalGenius, Amazon, Allbirds, Peloton, and so many more – the developers at these teams trust Retool as the platform to build their internal tools.

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Heroku – The Next Generation of Heroku “Fir” is coming soon — Fir is built on a foundation of cloud native technologies and open source standards, ensuring portability, interoperability, and a vibrant ecosystem for your applications.

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Heroku – The Next Generation of Heroku “Fir” is coming soon — Fir is built on a foundation of cloud native technologies and open source standards, ensuring portability, interoperability, and a vibrant ecosystem for your applications.

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Depot – 10x faster builds?

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Changelog News!

The software newsletter that's also a podcastThe software world moves fast... keep up the easy way!

Let us track changes & Jerod will let you know what's up each Monday.

Easily integrate with your existing CI provider and dev workflows to save hours of build time.

Notion – Notion is a place where any team can write, plan, organize, and rediscover the joy of play.

It’s a workspace designed not just for making progress, but getting inspired.

Notion is for everyone — whether you’re a Fortune 500 company or freelance designer, starting a new startup or a student juggling classes and clubs.

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Depot – Build faster.

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Notion – Notion is a place where any team can write, plan, organize, and rediscover the joy of play.

It’s a workspace designed not just for making progress, but getting inspired.

Notion is for everyone — whether you’re a Fortune 500 company or freelance designer, starting a new startup or a student juggling classes and clubs.

Changelog News!

The software newsletter that's also a podcastThe software world moves fast... keep up the easy way!

Let us track changes & Jerod will let you know what's up each Monday.

Retool – The low-code platform for developers to build internal tools — Some of the best teams out there trust Retool…Brex, Coinbase, Plaid, Doordash, LegalGenius, Amazon, Allbirds, Peloton, and so many more – the developers at these teams trust Retool as the platform to build their internal tools.

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Depot – Build faster.

Accelerate Docker image builds, and GitHub Actions workflows.

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Retool – The low-code platform for developers to build internal tools — Some of the best teams out there trust Retool…Brex, Coinbase, Plaid, Doordash, LegalGenius, Amazon, Allbirds, Peloton, and so many more – the developers at these teams trust Retool as the platform to build their internal tools.

Cloud Native for everyone, for the next decade and beyond.

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Check out the speedrun to get started in…

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ZDNET's key takeaways The RingConn Gen 2 Air is a $200 smart ring, one of the first subscription-free and affordable smart rings I've tested.

Also: How we test smart rings at ZDNET in 2025I hadn't yet tested a high-quality and affordable smart ring from a notable brand, but the newest smart ring from RingConn, the RingConn Gen 2 Air, could change that.

I've worn RingConn's newest smart ring over the past few weeks to see how the brand's budget ring fares as a sleep and activity tracker.

Keep reading to learn how it compares to the RingConn Gen 2, which costs $100 more, and the Oura Ring 4, which costs double.

Also: Oura Ring 3 vs Oura Ring 4: Opt for the older, discounted smart ring or the …

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The Aqara U100 is a great choice for Apple users and anyone in the market for a smart lock, especially with this huge discount.

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Ahead of Memorial Day, save $200 on the 75-inch Hisense U6HF, a solid budget ULED 4K TV.

During Memorial Day sales at retailers like Amazon, Best Buy, and Walmart, you can save big on quality TVs from brands like Sony, LG, and more. These are my expert picks

TikTokTikTok has launched a new feature aimed at helping teens curb late-night scrolling, but it might benefit everyone.

Among them is a new in-app meditation feature to help teens wind down if they use TikTok after 10 p.m.Also: You can make a photo come alive with TikTok's new AI tool - here's howHere's how it works.

The company says that in early testing, 98% of teens kept the feature turned on.

That doesn't mean the teens used the meditation aspect, but it didn't seem to be bothersome enough to turn it off.

You can turn this feature on or off by heading to the settings menu in your TikTok app and looking for "Screen Time."

Memorial Day means lots of deals on power tools, lawn care equipment, and gardening supplies, and you can save up to $1,000 with pre-holiday discounts.

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Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNETLast month, Meta hosted its first generative AI developer conference, LlamaCon, where it planned to release the "Behemoth" large language model.

Concerns are brewingLarge language models (LLMs) power AI chatbots such as ChatGPT, Gemini, and Meta AI, processing prompts on the fly and generating human-like text in response.

(Llama, short for Large Language Model Meta AI, is Meta's family of LLMs.)

At the end of April, the company also rolled out a standalone Meta AI app.

But the continued delay of Behemoth underscores the challenge Meta still faces in keeping pace with OpenAI and Google.

We tested the best laptop cooling pads to keep your device running smooth with powerful cooling, RGB lights, high RPM and more.

Getty Images/dowellThe rise of artificial intelligence (AI) has led to sweeping proclamations -- and dire warnings -- about the future of the job market.

Some hail the technology as a revolutionary boon for human productivity; others lament it as the harbinger of large-scale layoffs or even a death knell for human creativity.

The impacts of AI upon the job market vary depending on which of those seven types of tasks the model has been trained to perform.

AI tools specializing in engagement, learning, and creativity "significantly increase employment in occupations exposed to these types of AI," according to the researchers.

Generative AI tools and other forms of AI, in other words, are actu…

Memorial Day is two weeks away, but sales are already here, and these handpicked deals on TVs, outdoor gear, headphones, smart home accessories, and more are up for grabs.

The Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge weighs 163 grams, which is just one gram more than the smaller Galaxy S25.

The Galaxy S25 Edge, by contrast, is a big phone without the big phone weight.

The Galaxy S25 Edge fixes at least one of those concerns with its 6.7-inch AMOLED display at a QHD+ resolution.

Why thin phones are here to stayThe Galaxy S25 Edge isn't perfect, but I love the idea of it.

I'm looking forward to using the Galaxy S25 Edge as my daily driver.

The Department of Justice announced Eric Council Jr. was sentenced to 14 months in prison for the hack.

AI startup Cohere has acquired Ottogrid, a Vancouver-based platform that develops enterprise tools for automating certain kinds of high-level market research. Sully Omarr, one of the founders of Ottogrid, announced the deal Friday in a post on X. He didn’t disclose the terms. Ottogrid will sunset its product, according to Omarr, but give customers “ample […]

Electric boat startup Arc has a new model that is its cheapest and most approachable watercraft yet. The new boat is called the Arc Coast, and it will start at $168,000. The company is taking preorders now and says the Coast will ship in 2026. The Coast is what’s known as a “center console” boat, […]

Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation. Sign up here for free — just click TechCrunch Mobility! OK, who placed their bet on General Motors being the landing spot for Aurora co-founder and chief product officer Sterling Anderson? Not me. But here we are. […]

Roughly a month after Moonvalley, a Los Angeles-based startup developing AI tools for video creation, said it secured $43 million in new funding, the company has raised more, according to a filing with the SEC. The filing, submitted Thursday, reveals that Moonvalley actually landed (so far) around $53 million total from a group of 14 unnamed […]

TechCrunch is joining forces with VivaTech, Europe’s biggest startup and tech event, to select startups for the prestigious VivaTech Innovation of the Year at VivaTech 2025. This partnership will highlight exceptional creativity, technological ingenuity, and industry-transforming potential among exhibiting startups. The VivaTech Innovation of the Year Award acknowledges and celebrates exhibiting startups at VivaTech 2025 […]

Spotify announced last week that it would roll out public play counts on all podcasts as a way of “helping attract new fans.” But podcasters swiftly responded with criticism of the new feature — mainly, that it would further promote podcasts that already have large audiences while making smaller shows less appealing to new listeners. […]

OpenAI announced on Friday it’s launching a research preview of Codex, the company’s most capable AI coding agent yet. Codex is powered by codex-1, a version of the company’s o3 AI reasoning model optimized for software engineering tasks. OpenAI says codex-1 produces “cleaner” code than o3, adheres more precisely to instructions, and will iteratively run […]

Creator platform Patreon has to modify its app to comply with Apple’s guidelines after a recent update allowed U.S. users to make purchases via the web. The company says that its own web-based checkout option is now the default for U.S. fans, but it has to update its app so that this checkout option opens in […]

The judge in Canoo’s bankruptcy case has blocked an attempt by a mysterious financier to disrupt the sale of the EV startup’s assets. In a hearing Tuesday, Judge Brendan Linehan Shannon ruled the financier, a UK-based man named Charles Garson, lacked standing to request the sale to Canoo’s own CEO be vacated. While Garson had […]

The funding round arrives as tech companies and utilities are struggling to secure power for data centers.

Epic Games claims that Apple is blocking its Fortnite app from the U.S. and E.U. App Stores. After winning a decisive victory for app developers in a legal battle with Apple, forcing the tech giant to allow external payments in its U.S. App Store without charging commission, Epic Games attempted to resubmit Fortnite to the […]

The Federal Communications Commission has approved Verizon's $9.6 billion acquisition of Frontier Communications, valuing the Dallas-based company at $20 billion including debt. The approval comes after Verizon agreed to scale back diversity initiatives to comply with Trump administration policies. FCC Chairman Brendan Carr, who previously threatened to block mergers over DEI practices, praised the deal for its potential to "unleash billions in new infrastructure builds" and "accelerate the transition away from old, copper line networks to modern, high-speed ones." The acquisition positions America's largest phone carrier to expand its high-speed internet footprint across Frontier's 25-stat…

Charter Communications announced a $21.9 billion deal Friday to acquire Cox Communications, combining two major cable providers as they face mounting competition from wireless carriers offering 5G home internet. The transaction merges Charter's 31.4 million customers with Cox's 6.3 million, creating a larger entity to defend against aggressive expansion from Verizon and T-Mobile. Charter lost 60,000 internet customers in the March quarter, underscoring the industry's vulnerability as traditional cable broadband growth stalls. Wireless carriers have successfully marketed their fixed wireless access services at lower price points while delivering competitive speeds, turning what was once cabl…

Health authorities in densely-populated Hong Kong and Singapore have warned that Covid-19 cases are spiking, as a resurgent wave spreads through Asia. Bloomberg: The virus' activity in Hong Kong is now "quite high," Albert Au, head of the Communicable Disease Branch of the city's Center for Health Protection, told local media this week. The percentage of respiratory samples testing Covid-positive in Hong Kong recently reached its highest in a year. Severe cases -- including deaths -- also reached its highest level in about a year to 31 in the week through May 3, the center's data shows. While the resurgence is yet to match the infection peaks seen in the past two years, rising viral load fo…

Boys and young men in the United States are experiencing declining outcomes in education, mental health, and transition to adulthood compared to their female counterparts, according to comprehensive data analyzed by researchers. High school graduation rates for boys stand at 83% versus 89% for girls, while college enrollment of recent male high school graduates has barely increased to 57% from 54% in 1960, compared to women's surge to 66% from 38% in the same period. Mental health indicators show 28% of boys ages 3-17 have mental, emotional, behavioral or developmental problems versus 23% of girls. Male suicide rates for ages 15-24 have nearly doubled to 21 per 100,000 in 2023 from 11 in 19…

Apple and Epic Games sparred over whether the iPhone maker was obstructing access to the hit game Fortnite, the latest tussle in a long-running feud over Apple's control of game distribution revenue. From a report: The game developer said that Apple "blocked" its latest Fortnite app submission so that it can't be released in the US or on the third-party Epic Games Store in the EU. "Now, sadly, Fortnite on iOS will be offline worldwide until Apple unblocks it," the company wrote on its X account. An Apple spokesperson responded later on Friday, saying that the company "did not take any action to remove the live version of Fortnite from alternative distribution marketplaces" in the EU. Apple …

MIT said Friday it can no longer stand behind a widely circulated paper on AI written by a doctoral student in its economics program. The paper said that the introduction of an AI tool in a materials-science lab led to gains in new discoveries, but had more ambiguous effects on the scientists who used it. WSJ: MIT didn't name the student in its statement Friday, but it did name the paper. That paper, by Aidan Toner-Rodgers, was covered by The Wall Street Journal and other media outlets. In a press release, MIT said it "has no confidence in the provenance, reliability or validity of the data and has no confidence in the veracity of the research contained in the paper." The university said th…

Early adopters of Apple's $3,500 Vision Pro mixed-reality headset report widespread disappointment a year after its February 2024 launch, with many devices now unused due to physical discomfort and social awkwardness, according to customers who spoke with WSJ. "It's just collecting dust," said Dustin Fox, a Virginia realtor who has used his headset only four times in the past year. "It's way too heavy. I can't wear it for more than 20 or 30 minutes without it hurting my neck." Customers told the paper that the device's one-pound weight causes neck strain. The device is also reeling from limited app selection and negative public reactions as primary complaints. Read more of this story at Sla…

Broadcom employees have had their personal data compromised following a September 2024 ransomware attack on Business Systems House (BSH), a Middle Eastern subsidiary of payroll company ADP. The breach, claimed by the Russian-speaking El Dorado ransomware group, wasn't fully identified until December when stolen data appeared online, according to The Register. Broadcom only received details of affected employees on May 12, 2025. Compromised information potentially includes national ID numbers, financial account numbers, health insurance details, dates of birth, salary information, and contact details. Five employee accounts were initially compromised, ultimately affecting 560 users. ADP has …

Montana has enacted SB 282, becoming the first state to prohibit law enforcement from purchasing personal data they would otherwise need a warrant to obtain. The landmark legislation closes what privacy advocates call the "data broker loophole," which previously allowed police to buy geolocation data, electronic communications, and other sensitive information from third-party vendors without judicial oversight. The new law specifically restricts government access to precise geolocation data, communications content, electronic funds transfers, and "sensitive data" including health status, religious affiliation, and biometric information. Police can still access this information through tradi…

For the first time, the growth in China's clean power generation has caused the nation's carbon dioxide emissions to fall despite rapid power demand growth. From a report:The new analysis for Carbon Brief shows that China's emissions were down 1.6% year-on-year in the first quarter of 2025 and by 1% in the latest 12 months. Electricity supply from new wind, solar and nuclear capacity was enough to cut coal-power output even as demand surged, whereas previous falls were due to weak growth. The analysis, based on official figures and commercial data, shows that China's CO2 emissions have now been stable, or falling, for more than a year. However, they remain only 1% below the latest peak, imp…

Cyrillic version of Internet Explorer logo. Because it’s iconic.

An interview with Ben Thompson about AI and Big Tech.

I’m headed to PyCon today, and I’m reminded about how it feels like summer

camp, in mostly good ways, but also in a tricky way.You take some time off from your “real” life, you go somewhere else, you hang

out with old friends and meet some new friends. You do different things than in

your real life, some are playful, some take real work. These are all good ways

it’s like summer camp.Here’s the tricky thing to watch out for: like summer camp, you can make

connections to people or projects that are intense and feel like they could last

forever. You make friends at summer camp, or even have semi-romantic crushes on

people. You promise to stay in touch, you think it’s the “real thing.” When you…

Airbnb has a new app with new offerings for experience and services; I'm not sure the economics make sense for either.

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В лекциях по интерфейсу Илья Бирман делится очень полезными примерами разоблачения псевдонаучных графиков и всяких недостоверно представленных данных. Рассказывает про деквантификацию, например, как один из частых примеров манипуляции данными.

Вопрос обывательский: есть ли какой-то чек-лист проверки графика на вшивость? Можно ли при относительно беглом взгляде на представленную визуально информацию понять, что в ней есть очевидное искажение?

Помню, о каких признаках говорил Илья (у графика должен быть ноль, расстояния между столбцами и самих столбцов должна быть чем-то обусловлена на графике, псевдокривые, ect.), но может есть что-то ещё.

Про бокалы я рассказывал разным людям лично уже несколько раз, почему бы не дописать этот черновик

Почему это важно

Бокалы важны, все вы этом слышали. Не буду повторяться.

Проведите простой эксперимент: налейте одно и то же вино, пиво или кофе в винный бокал и в открытый бокал или стакан. Попробуйте и почувствуйте разницу в аромате, а вместе с ней и разницу во всем напитке. Плохие бокалы

Не нужно использовать для вина вот такие бокалы:

Расширяются, а не сужаются кверху.

Если бокал расширяется, то ароматы будут улетучиваться и не задерживаться. А нужно, чтобы они собирались.

Сделаны не бокальной компанией

Современный бокал — строго рассчитанное инженерное решение, его не так просто сделать. …

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Как вот бывает: идешь выбрасывать какой-нибудь мусор, обе руки заняты, подходишь к ведру… а мешка нет. Нужно куда-то положить мусор, вымыть руки и пойти заправить мешок.

Или еще как бывает: открываешь кран, подставляешь руки, а оттуда льется кипяток, который остался в трубе после прошлого использования.

Или вот так: заводишь машину каршеринг, запускается аудиосистема и из динамиков на полной громкости раздается кальянный рэп.

Выбегаешь из дома с разряженным телефоном, хватаешь со стола павербанк, и в пути оказывается, что павербанк севший.

У всех этих ситуаций одна общая черта: система была не в ожидаемом «состоянии по умолчанию». Оно есть у всего: Система и элемент

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The best Stratechery content from the week of May 5, 2025, including Apple as an object in platform dominance, a podcast for everyone but Celtics fans, and a word about trade and data.

Здравствуйте, дайте пожалуйста несколько советов, как улучшить оформление информационного листа и сделать более понятным для покупателя. Подобные листы выполняем для разъяснения проблемных мест заказчику.

An interview with SAP CEO Christian Klein about why one of the oldest software companies of all is well-placed to win with the newest technologies.

You wouldn't download a site.

Microsoft and Amazon are approaching AI differently, in ways that reflect their core capabilities.

«Уже не интересно» должна остаться ссылкой? При условии мгновенного действия (исчезновение подписки) по нажатию?

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Meta's earnings were received positively by investors, but there were definite causes for concern.

Радиокнопки и выпадающий список, по смыслу, как-будто бы про одно и то же: выбор одного варианта из нескольких. Как определиться что из них лучше использовать?

Например, в редакторе публикаций есть опция RSVP у которого может быть один из четырёх значений: «да», «нет», «интересуюсь» и «возможно». Наличие любого из перечисленных значений указывает, что текущая публикация имеет отношение к событию и встрече. Если значения нет вовсе, то это простая публикация про что-то другое.

Сверстал минимально жизнеспособные черновики этой опции. Какой из них лучше и почему? Как продемонстрировать выбор ещё лучше, если возможно?

Platforms are so powerful that Apple's latest court loss won't change the course of the iPhone; that's why it's worth it.

Platforms are so powerful that Apple's latest court loss won't change the course of the iPhone; that's why it's worth it.

Потому что **аное SEO –- это не **аный лидген, а работа на **аную перспективу. Всё, дальше можно не читать :) Но если вы хотите больше неприятной правды — продолжим этот танец.

A personal assistant server and client.

toiThis is a proof-of-concept project focused on building an extensible personal assistant for text-driven interactions.

The server is a RESTful API with an endpoint that translates natural language into HTTP requests for other endpoints internal to the server.

RequirementsI developed and tested this project using a single NVIDIA RTX 2080 and WSL.

As such, this project and the default models provided in the Docker Compose files are intended to run on a commercially available GPU with at least 8GB of VRAM.

🚀 KVSplit Differentiated KV Cache Quantization for Apple Silicon📌 OverviewRun larger context windows and heavier LLMs on your Mac by applying different quantization precision to keys vs values in the attention mechanism's KV cache.

Run a quick comparison with your model:# Run quick comparison with different configurations python scripts/quick_compare.py --model models/your-model.ggufThis will show you a side-by-side comparison of FP16, K8V8, K8V4, K4V8, and K4V4 with memory usage, speed, and quality metrics.

📊 Impressive Results📉 Memory ReductionConfiguration VRAM @ 8K tokens Memory Savings Quality Impact FP16 (base) 176.00 MB — — K8V8 (8-bit) 93.50 MB 47% +0.03% K8V4 71.50 MB 59% +0.86% K4…

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Introducing Iron OS: it's like a regular computer, but much more inconvenientCreated with threejs, rosebud AI, web speech API, and mediapipe computer visionAny feedback would be appreciated! I've been having fun experimenting with computer vision and voice control lately. Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44008901

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MCP Language ServerThis is an MCP server that runs and exposes a language server to LLMs.

Demomcp-language-server helps MCP enabled clients navigate codebases more easily by giving them access semantic tools like get definition, references, rename, and diagnostics.

Rust (rust-analyzer) Install rust-analyzer: rustup component add rust-analyzer Configure your MCP client: This will be different but similar for each client.

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Why we're differentMost health apps say they're secure.

But dig into the fine print and you'll find they can access, analyze, and sometimes even sell your data.

We literally can't see your medical data.

Our system is built so your data becomes unreadable the moment it leaves your device.

Everyone who handles it—including us—just sees a locked box.

But to scale this vision to production-grade workloads, Xata needed a storage foundation that’s just as forward-thinking.

Why Xata Chose Simplyblock as their Storage ProviderWhen Xata set out to extend their platform with PostgreSQL, they wanted more than just block storage.

Simplyblock + Xata: Serverless PostgreSQL without the ProblemsXata + Simplyblock = Neon AlternativeWith the recent announcement of Databricks acquiring Neon, it’s clear that the hyperscaler-aligned data giants are doubling down on ecosystem lock-in.

For developers and teams who value choice, openness, and velocity, the combination of Xata + Simplyblock offers a refreshingly independent alternative that is purpose-built …

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I am the founder of 1Core Solution (“1Core”), based in Cupertino, CA, the heart of Silicon Valley.

Back in early 2000, childcare software was all desktop based with siloed back office functions and limited consumer facing interfaces.

I noticed a gap in the market and saw the potential for cloud-based software that could fundamentally change how software could be developed, delivered and supported in the childcare industry.

We built the first version of our solution by working with a few childcare providers in Silicon Valley.

You can learn more about my background and 1Core Solution:1Core sponsors a Youtube channel called The ChildCare Channel, a safe space designed to Inform, Inspire, and I…

This is what I am building today, and is what will eventually be the number 1 personal brand consultancy worldwide and have a team of 500 consultants.

The term personal brand was coined by a man named Tom Peters in 1997 in his article “The Brand Called You” which was published in FastCompany.

Within 3 months, the business appeared as if it was around for years and was already a trusted, vetted, personal brand consultancy.

I initially went on a podcast tour and was doing interviews that felt like every single day talking about MCG, writing more articles on industry subject matter, for example why you would hire a personal brand consultant, why you should build your personal brand, and how ou…

My name is Tony Wang, and I’m the general manager of The Cat Cafe in downtown San Diego.

We are the first cat cafe to open in Southern California and we are the fourth oldest continuously operating cat cafe in the United States.

We first learned about cat cafes when we saw an article about Le Cafe de Chats in Paris.

We are The Cat Cafe, as opposed to other cat cafes that have cute names.

But if you work hard enough at it, and you succeed, it will feel great.

We are a bit different in that we focus on German conversation/speaking classes - we don’t do traditional grammar classes.

We don't tell anyone this but what we really sell isn’t German classes, it is confidence!

To get around this and practice the German I was putting so much effort into learning, I thought I would start an online group for German learners.

But the issue was my German is intermediate - so half the people had German worse than mine and have better.

A poor decision of mine was not grandfathering in everyone who first joined (about the first 80 people) as free customers for life.

We are a Media and Consulting agency focused on the U.S. Latino demographic and are working towards building a marketplace for Latino-owned businesses.

We currently run a weekly newsletter and social media focused on elevating positive stories around the business, culture, and social impact of U.S. Latinos.

The newsletter started and is still currently free to readers.

To continue growing our audience and agency clients, I will double down on consistently posting across social media platforms.

Over the next 12 months, as I’m increasing agency and newsletter revenue, I’ll be focused on slowly building up the first iteration of the Latino-owned marketplace.

Because owning a self-storage facility didn’t seem like a real estate investment.

It sounded more like I would be running a small business.

The self-storage industry is interesting, because it benefits greatly from a lot of modern business practices.

We knew our focus coming out of the gates was to build a self-storage business with a heavy focus on technology and process optimization.

Our first Iron Storage facilityThe first storage facility we bought and revamped was about an hour from where I lived in Houston, TX.

I am Stefano Lodola, founder of Think in Italian, a language learning platform designed to help individuals master Italian through an immersive approach.

My research confirmed that there was a gap in the market for a more comprehensive and engaging approach to learning Italian.

However, many language app users have expectations that work against them (“where are the quizzes?

At its peak, my site had the largest amount of organic traffic among those focusing on teaching the Italian language with 130k visits/m.

Instead of those spammy “best xyz” listicles that any content writer can make up, I published hundreds of grammar notes to attract people who are serious about learning Italian.

Our current hero product is the Vonu Lounger, a multi-use lounger that helps with tummy time, reflux relief, burping, and gas relief, and encourages face-to-face time with your little one.

As of right now, we’re less than a year in, and over 10,000 babies and parents have found relief with the Vonu Lounger.

We ended up with the first Vonu Lounger which we called a “Burplee” at the time.

We use our social proof and UGC to build a community around the brand and the Vonu Lounger.

Davante, our co-founder, taught himself how to buy media a few months into building Vonu and has done an incredible job creating a paid media team around him.

What we had in mind was a simple, clutter-free email hub, where people could manage all their inboxes and reduce some of that email anxiety we all experience.

To this day, I believe it shows in the way Mailbird is built, its features, and the overall user experience.

Our customer base consists of two main groups:The heavy email users.

Part of the Mailbird team, in BaliWe launched Mailbird with minimal resources.

Mailbird - Last but not least, of course, we use Mailbird for our email management needs.

My son, Asher, and my wife, Paige, and I started our woodworking business four years ago: Frailey Woodworks.

Each of these skill sets are now focused on our high-end furniture making business where we specialize in full-scope design and build.

Soon, we ventured into other custom mid-century furniture, and our business took off.

Building our first hand-powered sit/stand desk took several iterations before we had a working prototype.

These customers took a chance on our company and we are very grateful for their trust.

Aithor helps with research, essay planning, sourcing trustworthy references, and adhering to specific types of writing.

We are broadening our focus to include content creators such as marketers and managers, while still supporting our existing student base.

It wasn’t until about four months after the product launch that we realized we were in the right place at the right time with the right team.

We quickly went to market, attracted new clients, and received valuable feedback, which led us to refine the MVP.

(1) Do it simply and quickly to sell it right away – bring the product to market faster.

Hey, my name is Kyle Bigley and I am the Founder of TxtCart, AKA the AI-Powered SMS Marketing company for Shopify stores.

We’re a unique SMS Marketing company pioneering conversational commerce with AI agents generating sales and resolving customers questions via text messages.

Now, we’re over $1M ARR while still bootstrapped and are setting our sights on $3M ARR by 2026 (whilst still bootstrapped).

So I started TxtCart right before graduating, and took a Project Management job out of college.

Holding out on external investment from either Angels, VCs or crowdfunding makes building a SaaS in an ultra competitive environment like SMS Marketing incredibly difficult.

My company specializes in designing and manufacturing modern, stylish flatpack furniture and other designery items.

This allows me to focus on what I'm good at – the creative process – and leave the manufacturing to experts.

The combination of life on the road and designing things inherently designed to travel or get deconstructed and reconstructed resonated with me.

I also use Notion for ideation and notes, Shapr3d for CAD design and drawings, Illustrator for logos, Pacdora for packaging design.

Natural curiosity is an essential tool for entrepreneurs: asking questions, seeking to understand how things work, and being eager to learn and inquire.

I was based out of Singapore and was working with an edtech founder and looking for ideas in the AI + edtech space.

Explored several ideas like vision AI based analytics for live tutoring classes, adaptive learning and AI generated quizzes.

A year later in 2022, I put together all my learnings in AI quiz generation into an Udemy course.

So I built the first version that just takes text input on a left textbox, calls an API behind the scenes and shows the output text (quizzes) on the right textbox.

There are so many things like influencer marketing, email marketing, paid ads, SEO, newsletter marketing etc.

Software development, nutrition, business strategy, economics, AI - I've obsessed over them all.

Free product feedback can be deceiving - they might not value it the same if they were paying.

Some crucial parts weren't ready (like, you know, showing people their AI generated headshots), but who needs a complete product, right?

As you can see from the screenshot below, we were ranking for an important keyword, ‘Ai headshot generator’, in April.

Install as many product feedback loops to drive insights about your target audience.

Trending on Indie HackersAI-powered follow ups: How to automate responses without sounding like a botI Built a “Fake Office” System to Make Working Alone More Focused.

They Made $1 Million+ Going Against GoogleAI Recipe: Organize your thoughts quickly with NotebookLM's new Mind Map featureBuilding a $0.99 Food Sampling Platform with Precision AI Forecasting — Looking for Collaborators 🚀

About a year ago a friend and I built a chat app for Monday.com out of need - a customer of mine uses it as a CRM, and we communicated there.

Monday, though, doesn't have any native way to chat and share files easily with your team, nor with guests (or clients/customers).

As I said, we just built it for fun as a hackathon, and then published it to the Monday extensions store out of curiosity.

I'd love to see if somebody is interested in "acquiring" this app, along with all related assets, obviously.

Ideally, somebody who already has a Monday extension or something similar, as they can be a bit peculiar.

Sharing the results of my latest Product Hunt launch.

It’s genuinely challenging to attract organic traffic on Product Hunt with a trivial or generic product.

Why did my previous product "UI Builder – Mockup Tool" perform significantly better?

It allowed designers, product owners, developers, and business analysts to create instant UI wireframes directly in Chrome - something not available from existing tools.

Mentioned products:#29 Draw on Screen: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/draw-on-screen/hjafaofnkfblcpkppadbneegaepffjfdPrevious #5 UI Builder - Mockup Tool: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/kcaolbnngiaedjenblchphhmmlcmajmi

Over the past 4 months, I've been building something I wish I had when starting eCommerce projects – a complete starter kit with authentication, checkout, admin dashboard, and Stripe integration.

Why I built it:As a developer, I often had to spend days wiring up the same stuff again and again — login, cart, product pages, etc.

I wanted a way to launch client stores or SaaS prototypes faster.

Would love any feedback — on the idea, the landing page, or what you’d add/improve.

Here’s the landing page: https://launchshed.com/quick-start-commerceThanks for reading — I truly appreciate any comments or suggestions!

Hey,Quick background on me:British Sniper -> SaaS employee -> Founder at variousSeveral case studies of helping SaaS startups grow, one of which to $20m ARRB2B audience of ~20k across socialsQuick background of project:MVP is built with existing revenue (will share more privately)**Self-funded by me, been working with engineersGTM is clear, biggest bottleneck is engineeringMarTech product in the demo automation spaceBuilt in React, NestJS, PostgreSQLIdeal background of you:Familiarity with tech stackMake engineering look like child's play (it's easy for you)Consistent & trustworthyLots of hustleI'm looking for someone to own engineering so that I can go full speed on GTM.

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I’ve been building indie products for a few years and always hit the same wall: I had no idea where my users were.

That led me to build WhereTheyTalk, a tool that surfaces live conversations from Reddit, Hacker News, X, etc.

Instead of cold outreach, this lets you find and join real conversations with your ideal users.

It’s still early (invite only alpha), but I’ve already gotten 50+ signups in a few days, just by using it myself.

(happy to return feedback if you’re launching something too!)

Last week, I successfully launched my other product "UI Builder – Mockup Tool" on Product Hunt and unexpectedly landed in the top-5 of the day.

This week, however, I’m launching a tool that's far from revolutionary.

It's simply an extension called "Draw on Screen," which lets you draw, highlight, and annotate directly on webpages.

For instance, I was amazed to find extensions with hundreds of thousands of users that can't retain annotations when scrolling a page!

"Draw on Screen" keeps things ultra-simple:Annotations stick as you scroll ✓Minimal, compact interface that doesn't obscure your content ✓Instant one-click screenshot saving ✓I'm genuinely curious how well a straightforward tool li…

Building it in a weekendMy cofounder and I started MindPal in August 2023 when we were still on summer break at college.

They were interesting, but my cofounder and I quickly realized they were quite limited.

So we quickly spun up the first version of MindPal, a place to dump all your files — any file — and chat with them.

Before MindPal, my cofounder and I spent nearly 1.5 years on another startup.

Thanks to that launch, we got around 100 paying customers over the next 2-3 weeks.

How we tested Cursor and Windsurf Cursor and Windsurf are both forks of VS Code, an IDE (code editor) that's been popular among software devs for years.

Cursor Agent vs Windsurf Cascade Agents are what allow each editor to tackle complex coding projects in response our prompts, e.g.

In Cursor Agent you can open a new agent tab by typing ⌘+T (on Mac) or Ctrl+T (in Windows).

Code quality and costs For AI editors like Cursor and Windsurf, coding quality, speed, and costs are all linked together.

Based on our vibe coding usage: 2 to 5 credits is enough to vibe code a barebones app or game.

Before AI agents, PLG companies used things like product tours, tutorials, tool tips, help centers, and onboarding emails.

AI agents expand PLG beyond the first interactionPLG is often focused on the initial user journey, but AI agents extend their impact far beyond first-time users.

AI agents help with:Re-engagement.

AI agents create a personalized, self-optimizing PLG loopAnd here’s the best part: AI agents don’t just respond; they learn.

A self-optimizing growth engine where AI agents continuously refine the user journey to drive retention, upgrades, and advocacy.

Hi everyone — I'm building a platform with real-world impact, already scoped and partially validated.

The idea is mission-driven, meaningful, and built around a positive use of technology to enable a unique underserved community.

I'm looking for passionate collaborators to join at the MVP stage.

This is a sweat equity-only opportunity — ideal for those who love early-stage building and want shared ownership from Day 1.

If you're excited about building something fresh with long-term potential — and you're comfortable with a sweat equity model — let’s chat.

I am a Software Engineer at Microsoft, and I have built an AI SaaS webapp on the side.

The webapp is an AI agent that helps business digest legal documents.

https://LegalClarityAi.comI am looking for a marketing co-founder who can do 0 to 1 marketing and sales.

Willing to split equity 50/50 with the right person.

If this is something that resonates with you, drop a comment telling me about yourself and we can connect.

Daisychain is excited to announce the opening for a Software Engineer to join our team.

Collectively, they're using Daisychain to win critical campaigns, build powerful movements, and create a more just and equitable world.

Daisychain is built on a solid foundation of best practices like continuous delivery, acceptance tests, monitoring and code review.

Profit Sharing: Full-time employees are eligible to participate in Daisychain's profit-sharing program, aligning with our commitment to sharing the financial rewards of our collective efforts.

Benefits: Daisychain offers a comprehensive benefits package to full-time employees, including medical, dental, vision, matching 401(k), and paid time…

And sadly, It’s not just your daily productivity that takes a hit.

That is the reason why I built Hocus — a mindfulness and productivity system that gives solo-workers the structure and accountability of an office, helping them stay focused daily and stick to long-term goals.

Think of Hocus as a mock virtual office for solo workers — with all the structure you need, and none of the things you hate.

If you were productive in your early years, but lost your discipline once you got more freedom in university or work, Hocus could be just the right system to bring back the work ethic that you once had.

A practical Quick-start ManualIf you’re working on an indie project, Hocus can help you ship f…

Hi everyone! I am working on rankrails - a simple and affordable seo & content solution for small businesses, and have started rolling out free seo tools! The first tool is keyword brainstorming - you can describe your business or what you want to rank for, and the tools will help you find relevant keywords. More tools are coming soon! submitted by /u/notiongrizzly [link] [comments]

Hey Tired of sending messy quotes in Word or Excel? We just launched https://formatocotizacion.com — a free tool that lets you create clean, professional quotes in seconds using AI. Just describe what you’re quoting, pick a template, hit generate — and instantly get a polished, client-ready PDF. Just write what you’re quoting, choose one of the templates then hit generate, and boom: a client-ready PDF. Perfect for freelancers, consultants, and agencies. We’re adding features fast — early users get free access to all future pro features. Join the waiting list 👉 https://formatocotizacion.com — we’re launching this weekend! Feedback is super welcome 🙌 submitted by /u/vichom17 [link] [comments]

I’ve been working on a little side project called Readojo — it’s a web app that helps people improve their reading comprehension through bite-sized texts, quizzes, and instant AI-generated feedback. The idea came from realizing how many people (including me!) skim texts without really processing them. Readojo challenges you to read short paragraphs, answer questions, and see where you went wrong — almost like having a personal reading coach. You can try it here: www.readojo.com (No sign-up needed for the free version) submitted by /u/eli212 [link] [comments]

About a month ago, I posted about discovering Lovable – an AI tool that somehow captured my brand vibe better than I ever could. I shared it, tossed in an affiliate link just for fun, and forgot about it. A few days later, I got this: "You earned a $2.50 commission." Which felt strangely exciting. I shared the update here thinking that would be the end of it. But apparently… not. Today I checked again and I’m at $7.50. Still not building a "real business". Still not going full hustle mode. But I did try something new. I used Lovable to build an actual working tool – with zero code, zero design skills, and honestly zero clue what I was doing. I literally told it what I wanted, and it built t…

I’m getting some organic users but none have actually have used the app (0 pts). I think due to the nature of the app (it’s a social app where you send your friends a ping, What are you doing?) So my guess is they got lost and don’t know what to do/gave up or idk..most users are from friend invites so that onboarding is built in when you’re invited. Got any ideas for organic users with no friends on the app? https://thewyd.app/ submitted by /u/boscotech [link] [comments]

Featuring : - External Library Integration - Playtime Tracker - Multiple Themes - Game Launcher - Screenshot Manager (Take screenshots with a customizable hotkey while in game and view them in the app) GitHub - https://github.com/Jehan1241/quicksave lemme know what you think! submitted by /u/flash__point [link] [comments]

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Vandrouki (или Вандруки / Вандрули / Ванбрюки или как удобно) – это путешествия.

Способы путешествовать почти бесплатно.

Разумеется, Vandrouki – это высококвалифицированная команда амбициозных профессионалов своего дела.

А вы путешествуете почти бесплатно.

Прямо сейчас, пока вы читали этот блок, мы нашли ещё несколько билетов, а кто-то их купил.

Vandrouki (или Вандруки / Вандрули / Ванбрюки или как удобно) – это путешествия.

Способы путешествовать почти бесплатно.

Разумеется, Vandrouki – это высококвалифицированная команда амбициозных профессионалов своего дела.

А вы путешествуете почти бесплатно.

Прямо сейчас, пока вы читали этот блок, мы нашли ещё несколько билетов, а кто-то их купил.

Vandrouki (или Вандруки / Вандрули / Ванбрюки или как удобно) – это путешествия.

Способы путешествовать почти бесплатно.

Разумеется, Vandrouki – это высококвалифицированная команда амбициозных профессионалов своего дела.

А вы путешествуете почти бесплатно.

Прямо сейчас, пока вы читали этот блок, мы нашли ещё несколько билетов, а кто-то их купил.

Авиакомпания Saudia скинула цены по некоторым направлениям.

Есть такое.

По пути пересадки в Саудовской, само собой, Аравии.

Перед тем как не успели купить билеты, вот еще информация: на борту не наливают алкоголь.

Абу-Даби — Бангкок — Абу-ДабиАбу-Даби — Бали — Абу-ДабиДубай — Джакарта — ДубайНекоторые билеты пока отображаются только на сайте авиакомпании / скайсканнереДля тех, кто как-то сможет закинуть себя в Тунис традиционно есть недорогой бизнесПойдем поищем что-нибудь еще — и вы поищите.

Туроператоры готовы вернуть вас домой по адекватным ценам: прямые рейсы из Антальи в Москву, Самару, Набережные Челны, Екатеринбург, Тюмень, Пермь, Челябинск, Махачкалу, Волгоград и Владикавказ от 3500 рублей.

В цене провоз ручной клади и багажа.

Вылеты в мае и в начале июня.

Билеты доступны на aviasales.ru.

Анталья — Москва:Анталья — Тюмень:Анталья — Пермь:Анталья — Челябинск:Анталья — Махачкала:Анталья — Владикавказ:Анталья — Волгоград:Анталья — Самара:Анталья — Екатеринбург:Анталья — Набережные Челны:

Vandrouki (или Вандруки / Вандрули / Ванбрюки или как удобно) – это путешествия.

Способы путешествовать почти бесплатно.

Разумеется, Vandrouki – это высококвалифицированная команда амбициозных профессионалов своего дела.

А вы путешествуете почти бесплатно.

Прямо сейчас, пока вы читали этот блок, мы нашли ещё несколько билетов, а кто-то их купил.

ВодоходЪ-Экспресс наконец-то открыл продажу билетов на рейсы по Черному морю — между Сочи, Геленджиком и Новороссийском.

Прямо сейчас можно купить билеты на 10 дней вперед.

Вот пруфы из прошлого года (за вояж из Сочи в Новороссийск просили 4500 рублей, из Сочи в Геленджик — 4000 рублей, покататься между Новороссийском и Геленджиком можно было за 800 рублей).

Вот здесь картинки из 2023 года: 3500 / 3000 / 600 рублей.

И да, вот еще что — возможно, билеты на первые 10 дат продают по ПРОМО-ТАРИФУ, потому что на главной странице висит вот такая пугающая картинка

Авиакомпания Etihad Airways предлагает билеты из Питера и Сочи в Африку по адекватным ценам: полеты в Йоханнесбург за 45300 рублей туда-обратно.

По пути стыковки в ОАЭ.

Вылеты из Сочи в июне-октябре, из Питера в ноябре-декабре.

Купить билеты можно через trip.com / aviasales.ru.

Из Сочи в июне:Из Сочи в августе-сентябре:Из Сочи в октябре:Из Питера в ноябре-декабре:

Vandrouki (или Вандруки / Вандрули / Ванбрюки или как удобно) – это путешествия.

Способы путешествовать почти бесплатно.

Разумеется, Vandrouki – это высококвалифицированная команда амбициозных профессионалов своего дела.

А вы путешествуете почти бесплатно.

Прямо сейчас, пока вы читали этот блок, мы нашли ещё несколько билетов, а кто-то их купил.

Vandrouki (или Вандруки / Вандрули / Ванбрюки или как удобно) – это путешествия.

Способы путешествовать почти бесплатно.

Разумеется, Vandrouki – это высококвалифицированная команда амбициозных профессионалов своего дела.

А вы путешествуете почти бесплатно.

Прямо сейчас, пока вы читали этот блок, мы нашли ещё несколько билетов, а кто-то их купил.

Хорошая же цена, чего не покупаете?

Прямые (не через Новосибирск даже) рейсы из Новокузнецка, Барнаула и Кемерово/ва в Улан-Удэ (ага, с намёком на Байкал) в мае-ИЮНЕ за 7000 рублей в обе стороны.

Летит Red Wings, билеты у него или на авиасейлс.

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Vandrouki (или Вандруки / Вандрули / Ванбрюки или как удобно) – это путешествия.

Способы путешествовать почти бесплатно.

Разумеется, Vandrouki – это высококвалифицированная команда амбициозных профессионалов своего дела.

А вы путешествуете почти бесплатно.

Прямо сейчас, пока вы читали этот блок, мы нашли ещё несколько билетов, а кто-то их купил.

Схема простая: из России полно билетов в Египет за 4-6 тысяч рублей.

А в обратную сторону полно билетов с турецких курортов в разные российские города за 3500-5500 рублей.

У нас в примере САМАРА, но вы можете поменять ее на свой город.

Самара — ШармШарм — ВенецияВыделяем на Венецию сколько-то дней, после катим в Милан, чтобы оттуда улететь в Испанию, поближе к Валенсии.

+Из Валенсии летим на Ибицу — ну а чего, давно же не были тамПрямой с Ибицы в Берлин — уважаемоИз Берлина в АнтальюИ финал: Анталья — СамараВсё!

Петербуржцы, летим в гости к чайкам и котикам: 6-7 ночей в Стамбуле за 28300-28800 рублей с человека.

В цену тура включено:прямые перелеты (с багажом);проживание (много отелей на выбор!

);трансферы;медицинская страховка на время поездки.

У них в базе куча предложений от разных туроператоров и самые низкие цены.

Все варианты туров (цены указаны за двоих) >>>Пример бронирования тура на 6 ночей, цены указаны за двоих >>>Пример бронирования тура на 7 ночей, цены указаны за двоих >>>

Москвичи, летим смотреть Грузию: прямые майские рейсы Азимута в Кутаиси и Батуми за 7000 рублей.

А вернуться можно на крыльях Red Wings из Батуми за 6900 рублей, вылеты в мае-июне.

Билеты берем через сервис aviasales.ru или на сайтах авиакомпаний: Азимут, Red Wings.

Москва — Кутаиси:Москва — Батуми:Батуми — Москва в мае:Батуми — Москва в июне:

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«Магнит» договорился о покупке контрольного пакета в сети «Азбука вкуса». В сделку вошли магазины «Азбука вкуса» в Москве и Петербурге, пять фабрик-кухонь и три распределительных центра. Условия сделки не раскрываются. По оценке опрошенных РБК экспертов, стоимость контрольного пакета «Азбуки вкуса» может составлять 35—40 млрд рублей.

Совет директоров ВТБ рекомендовал направить на годовые дивиденды 25,58 ₽ на акцию. Такая выплата дает доходность больше 20%. Но сможет ли компания позволить себе это? Оцениваем риски накануне собрания акционеров.

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Berlin-based Ecosia, the green search engine which invests 100% of its profits into climate action initiatives, is launching a new climate impact experience for its 20 million users – moving their primary focus away from planting trees. They can now log in to a new profile page and start collecting a seed for each day […]

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Lund-based MedVasc AB, a Swedish MedTech company, announced today the successful closing of a €917k financing round to support the final product development phase for their catheter device and preparation for FDA regulatory approval in the United States. The financing round attracted both existing owners and new investors. “We are very pleased with the continued […]

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Prague-based Rockaway Ventures, the investment fund of Rockaway Capital, has announced the final close of its second fund Rockaway Ventures II, raising €55 million to support early-stage startups in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) and other emerging markets. The fund will focus on early-stage investments, specifically late-Seed and Series A funding rounds, focusing on sectors […]

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A decade ago, Picnic set out to reinvent grocery shopping with a tech-first, customer-centric approach. What began as a bold experiment quickly grew into a high-scale operation, powered by continuous innovation and a willingness to challenge conventions. Along the way, we’ve learnt invaluable lessons about scaling technology, fostering culture, and driving innovation. Some were expected, […]

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What began in 2015 as a six‑person experiment in Barcelona has evolved into a delivery powerhouse with over 3,000 employees, a presence in 23 markets and more than 1 billion orders processed. Glovo, the Spanish technology company now part of Delivery Hero, aims to dominate the Q‑Commerce landscape – offering groceries, restaurant meals and retail items […]

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Goldfinch Holdings, the London-based film financier, and Luxembourg’s newly established Digital Genesis Fund are joint financing a fund worth €17.8 million to back next-gen media ventures that leverage tokenisation, AI, the metaverse, and TMT infrastructure. The fund will match Digital Genesis’s initial €17.8 million investment deal-by-deal with Goldfinch International—creating a new co-investment framework for future-facing […]

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Limassol-based Studio 42, a new mobile game development studio founded by industry veterans, today announced it has raised €3.2 million in Seed funding to develop its debut title. The round was led by Play Ventures, with participation from GEM Capital and Arcadia Gaming Partners. “We are excited to partner with Play Ventures, GEM Capital, and […]

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The Belgian HRTech scale-up Shyfter, specialised in SaaS workforce management solutions, announced a €1.5 million fundraising round to accelerate its international growth in France, Spain and the Netherlands. This fundraising round brings together long-term, committed partners. Mike Vandenhooft, early investor and Co-founder of Newpharma, strengthens his equity stake. He is joined by welovefounders, a VC […]

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Optics11, a Dutch DeepTech scale-up that builds advanced fiber optic sensing solutions, announced a €17 million funding round in order to scale its solution and “protect Europe’s vital infrastructure from increasing threats”. The round was led by investors FORWARD.one, which now becomes the largest investor in Optics11, and SET Ventures. Also participating in the round […]

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Hyper-personalisation is no longer about simply adding a customer’s name to an email or recommending products based on past purchases. It has evolved into a sophisticated strategy that anticipates needs before they are even expressed, delivering dynamic, real-time content that feels uniquely tailored to each individual. AI-driven content orchestration is at the heart of this […]

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Hamburg-based akeno has raised €4.5 million in a Seed funding round to scale its AI-driven production planning software, marking a step forward in the digital transformation of the manufacturing sector. The round was led by Cusp Capital, alongside TS Ventures and another.vc. “Anyone who plans their production based on outdated master data runs the risk […]

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Helsinki-based Wave Ventures, a Gen Z-run VC firm, announces its third fund at €7 million, tripling the size of its previous fund – aiming to become the leading early-stage backer of Gen Z Founders across the Nordics and Baltics. Wave’s third fund is backed by a diverse network of investors, including the Founders of Slack, […]

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Goldfinch Holdings, a London-based film financier, has partnered with Luxembourg’s Digital Genesis Fund to co-finance a new €17.8 million fund aimed at backing the next generation of media ventures.

The fund will focus on projects leveraging tokenisation, artificial intelligence (AI), the metaverse, and telecom, media, and technology infrastructure.

The fund was officially announced during the 2025 Cannes Film Festival and will be unveiled at the upcoming TechCannes Industry event.

The fund will match Digital Genesis’s initial €17.8 million investment on a deal-by-deal basis with Goldfinch International, creating a co-investment framework for studios and companies looking to capitalise on b…

London-based healthtech unicorn Huma is accelerating its growth by acquiring US respiratory health startup Aluna, and a new strategic partnership with Eckuity Capital to support a broader M&A strategy.

The move reinforces Huma’s presence in a market where asthma and COPD affect over 40 million people in the U.S. alone.

Alongside the acquisition, Huma unveiled a new partnership with Eckuity Capital, a healthcare growth equity firm based in New York and London.

The collaboration is aimed at scaling Huma’s mergers and acquisitions strategy, with a focus on companies that complement its digital health ecosystem.

“We help Huma acquire companies that, on their own, may not fully realize their pot…

This week, the UK government announced legislation for Private Intermittent Securities and Capital Exchange System Sandbox (PISCES) – an innovative new type of stock market for private companies that will boost the growth companies of the future and support the UK’s IPO pipeline.

With many companies choosing to stay private for longer, there is increasing demand for investors, including angel investors and employees, to be able to trade shares in private companies more easily.

This is in addition to the announcement in the Autumn Budget making PISCES transactions exempt from Stamp Taxes on Shares.

The announcement means that stock markets can launch their PISCES platforms in the coming mont…

Dutch medtech Hy2Care has raised €4.5 million in new funding to prepare for a clinical trial in the United States and to support early steps toward commercialisation in Europe and other global markets.

Half of the new funding comes from the European Innovation Council (EIC) Fund, awarded in 2022 through the EIC Accelerator programme.

As the global population ages and demand for less invasive, regenerative solutions increases, orthopaedic innovation has become a strategic investment area.

CartRevive is a proprietary hydrogel implant designed to repair damaged cartilage in a minimally invasive way, offering a potential alternative to more invasive surgical treatments.

In the US alone, the car…

German wildfire intelligence and risk assessment company OroraTech has raised €12 million, extending its Series B financing round to €37 million and its total funding to over €60 million.

BNP Paribas Solar Impulse Venture Fund led the round, with participation from Rabo Ventures, and long-standing investors Bayern Kapital, Edaphon, and the European Circular Bioeconomy Fund (ECBF).

Founded in 2018, OroraTech is a global intelligence-as-a-service company leveraging thermal data for a sustainable Earth.

Its Wildfire Solution platform is powered by high-resolution thermal data from its proprietary and public satellite system, which delivers real-time situational awareness and prompts risk alert…

Rockaway Ventures, a European investment fund under the Rockaway Capital group, has closed its second fund, Rockaway Ventures II, at nearly €55 million.

According to Dušan Zábrodský, General Partner at Rockaway Ventures, the firm is currently seeing numerous investment opportunities in sectors significantly shaped by global trends and geopolitical developments.

About 25 percent of the capital comes from Rockaway Capital, the parent company of Rockaway Ventures, with the remainder provided by private investors, primarily from Czechia.

In the long run, Rockaway Ventures aims to support startups across the entire company lifecycle, from pre-seed to growth-stage rounds.

Lead image: Max Palko, E…

US SaaS giant Salesforce has snapped up London-based AI agent startup Convergence, which was only founded a year ago.

Convergence was founded by Marvin Purtorab and Andy Toulis, who both worked at Shopify and AI enterprise firm Cohere.

AI agents are currently one of the hottest areas in the AI space, and Salesforce sees Convergence's agents as a good fit with Salesforce's big play in this area, Agentforce.

Marc Benioff, Salesforce co-founder and CEO, told TechCrunch he expects Salesforce customers to deploy one billion AI agents in 2025 and that AI agents will allow companies to have an unlimited workforce.

Adam Evans, EVP & GM, Salesforce AI platform, said: "We're looking towards a future …

The round was led by Felix Capital, with participation from Acadian Ventures, Notion Capital, and a angel investors from across the HR, tech, and enterprise sectors.

The company is setting out to modernise the sprawling global benefits industry, which it estimates to be worth $45 billion.

Origin’s core product is Cuido, which the company describes as the first "Artificial Benefits Intelligence" system.

“We created Origin because global benefits teams urgently need clarity, efficiency, and control,” said Chris Bruce, CEO and Co-founder of Origin.

“Our AI-powered platform, Origin, turns vast, fragmented benefits data into a single source of actionable insights, enabling immediate cost savings…

Mobile games startup Studio 42 has raised $3.6 million in Seed funding to accelerate the development of its debut title and test new puzzle game concepts.

The round was led by gaming specialist VC Play Ventures, with participation from GEM Capital and Arcadia Gaming Partners.

The puzzle category remains one of the most lucrative and enduring segments in mobile gaming, but also one of the most competitive.

Games like Candy Crush Saga and Royal Match dominate, with hybrid-casual innovations — blending traditional puzzle play with metagame elements — increasingly gaining ground.

“We are excited to partner with Play Ventures, GEM Capital, and Arcadia Gaming Partners and take the next step in ou…

Martello aims to overhaul how environmental and property risks are assessed during the conveyancing process.

Founded in early 2024, Martello streamlines the diligence process involved in UK property transactions.

Environmental risk is becoming an increasingly material factor in property valuation and mortgage lending decisions.

“Martello is bringing much-needed clarity to an increasingly critical part of the conveyancing process.

With deep insight into the conveyancing process and strong backing from industry insiders, Martello is well positioned to become the new standard for environmental risk reporting in UK property.”

Dutch fibre optic sensing startup Optics11 has raised €17 million funding.

Europe’s growing reliance on its power infrastructure for vital needs requires unprecedented resilience against increasingly sophisticated threats.

Further, its OptiBarrier and OptiArray solutions provide a subsea early-warning system via precision fibre optic sensors that continuously safeguard underwater infrastructure against sabotage and unauthorised interference.

Optics11’s fibre optic sensors eliminate issues with electromagnetic interference, offering unmatched reliability in tough environments where traditional sensors often fail.

Optics11 is delivering a revolutionary subsea detection capability that Europe …

Production plans quickly become outdated — they often lose 75 percent of their informative value within three days.

Hamburg-based tech company akeno provides a remedy, with a globally unique, AI-based software for adaptive production planning in real time.

Real-time production data and self-learning algorithms.

For example, if a machine takes longer than expected or a new production window opens up, akeno immediately suggests how orders can be rescheduled.

Having already entered the Chinese market, the company plans to expand into other international markets, including North America and other Asian countries.

French climatetech Riverse, which provides a carbon crediting standard and platform for engineered climate solutions, has raised €5 million in Seed funding to expand its platform and better connect businesses with relevant carbon credits.

The fresh capital follows a pre-seed round that enabled the company to build its core product and establish the Riverse Standard, a scientifically rigorous framework for measuring and verifying emissions reductions and removals.

“We raised €5 million in seed funding to make carbon credits work for real companies and the real challenges they face,” Riverse stated.

The voluntary carbon market is undergoing rapid transformation.

We did it because we believed …

Dutch startup BASH, a platform that helps event organisers drive ticket sales through shareable “social event pages,” has raised €1.3 million in funding from a group of angel investors.

As ticket-buying behaviour shifts - with more consumers waiting until the last minute to commit - event organisers are feeling the strain.

BASH allows promoters to create interactive event pages that centralise everything: tickets, media, guest lists, updates, and social interactions.

Our event pages get shared, bring people back, and help friends bring friends.

“With this team and this focus, now is the time.”The platform has already gained traction with event organisers such as DARKMODE, Kantje Boord, and …

This week on StrictlyVC Download, Strictly VC’s Alex Gove speaks with Eric Slesinger from 201 Ventures, a firm focused on seed-stage defense tech startups in Europe. They discuss Slesinger’s journey from CIA to investor and how he recognized the untapped potential in European defense tech while others were dismissive. They also chat about how he’s […]

As the AI Summit got underway in Paris on Monday, some 60 European companies — from incumbent industrial giants to AI startups (including France’s LLM-maker Mistral) — signed up to an initiative to help establish Europe as a leader in AI. But the fact that they felt the need to sign up at all highlights the […]

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Following allegations of potential abuse, Paragon Solutions has cut off Italy from its spyware systems.

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OpenAI on Thursday launched data residency in Europe, allowing European organizations to meet local data sovereignty requirements while using the AI company’s products. Data residency refers to the physical location of an organization’s data, as well as the local laws and policy requirements imposed on that data. Most tech giants and cloud providers offer European […]

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WhatsApp said users in several European countries were targeted with Paragon spyware, according to the Italian government.

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Despite news that Andreessen Horowitz closed its London crypto-focused office, the VC reportedly still has dozens of scouts in Europe looking for startups.

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The European Commission (EC) says it has requested information from Elon Musk’s X related to the algorithms that determine the content it recommends to users. The EC wants to determine how those algorithms may or may not be compliant with the Digital Services Act (DSA), which imposes key obligations on online platforms operating across the […]

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TikTok’s e-commerce Shop feature is going live in Spain, the company announced on Tuesday, marking the first step of a wider European rollout. The launch indicates that TikTok parent ByteDance is speeding up the expansion of the TikTok Shop in European markets as a potential U.S. ban looms. Users in Spain will now be able […]

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The European Commission (EC) has quietly closed a longstanding antitrust investigation into Apple over rules it enforces against third-party e-book and audiobook app developers. The EC opened the probe back in 2020 after receiving complaints over how Apple forced competing e-book and audiobook app developers to use Apple’s own in-app payment system, while also preventing […]

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It’s become a common refrain in political discourse: Europe needs to take radical action to remain competitive. On the long list of potential reforms, one that’s gaining particular traction is a new, EU-wide corporate status for innovative companies. Known (somewhat obscurely) as the “28th regime,” the innovation is being billed as Europe’s answer to a […]

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Tesla’s Cybertruck is facing blowback in Europe, particularly over pedestrian safety concerns. Euro NCAP, a voluntary but influential car safety assessment program in Europe, has not in any way tested the Cybertruck, but based on a visual assessment alone, raised alarms over its sharp, angular design, saying it could pose a serious threat to pedestrians. […]

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