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Toon3D: Seeing Cartoons from a New Perspective (toon3d.studio)

Pipeline includes user-friendly annotation tool and tested on various hand-drawn images.

95 points by lnyan one hour ago | 29 comments | Direct link
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Beekeeper furious over destruction of $2M honey crop (www.rnz.co.nz)

Beekeeper advocates for alternative AFB control methods and criticizes lack of compensation, vaccines, and antibiotics.

75 points by GrumpyNl one hour ago | 54 comments | Direct link
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Ideas and Creativity (2019) (bastian.rieck.me)

Author refutes binary view of creativity and suggests techniques to foster it.

31 points by Pseudomanifold one hour ago | 5 comments | Direct link
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BIMI and DMARC Can't Save You: The Overlooked DKIM Exploit (www.zone.eu)

Vulnerability allows forged emails passing DKIM and DMARC checks, affecting global e-mail ecosystem and putting billions of users at risk.

31 points by obscurette 54 minutes ago | 10 comments | Direct link
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Demystifying the protobuf wire format (kreya.app)

Explains encoding process, varint demonstration, and tag/length delimited field example.

29 points by CommonGuy one hour ago | 20 comments | Direct link
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Computer scientists invent an efficient new way to count (www.quantamagazine.org)

Method involves using a memory buffer and random deletion based on coin tosses

448 points by jasondavies 23 hours ago | 134 comments | Direct link
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Non-Euclidean Doom: what happens to a game when pi is not 3.14159 (2022) [video] (media.ccc.de)

Speaker erroneously claims incorrect pi value; discusses optimization tricks.

22 points by robin_reala one hour ago | 2 comments | Direct link
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Ambitious but at Peace (jugheadjones10.github.io)

Article details author's journey from self-hatred to peace, linking mental well-being to long-term success.

24 points by juggy69 one hour ago | 3 comments | Direct link
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N-Dimensional Gaussians for Fitting of High Dimensional Functions (www.sdiolatz.info)

Introduces Gaussian mixture models, high-dimensional culling scheme, and loss-adaptive density control for efficient function fitting.

19 points by jasondavies 2 hours ago | 2 comments | Direct link
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How to read C type declarations (2003) (www.unixwiz.net)

Explains operator precedence and systematic approach, covers abstract declarators and semantic restrictions.

80 points by aragonite 5 hours ago | 49 comments | Direct link
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A forged Apple employee badge (cabel.com)

EBay auction sold for $946, seller provided forged proof, traced to suspicious purchase

814 points by ecliptik 16 hours ago | 271 comments | Direct link
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LoRA Learns Less and Forgets Less (arxiv.org)

Introduces arXivLabs framework, not just LoRA.

10 points by wolecki one hour ago | 3 comments | Direct link
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Sakuga-42M Dataset: Scaling Up Cartoon Research (arxiv.org)

New platform for collaborative development of arXiv features introduced

6 points by snats 58 minutes ago | No comments | Direct link
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"The financial costs of healthcare costs, or, is keeping me alive worth it?" (jakeseliger.com)

Author compares personal healthcare costs to charities' cost-effectiveness and discusses 'dollar per life saved' concept.

39 points by vwoolf one hour ago | 15 comments | Direct link
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Thunderbird.net Has a New Look (blog.thunderbird.net)

New website has an organized framework and is mobile-ready

45 points by HieronymusBosch one hour ago | 9 comments | Direct link
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Students invent quieter leaf blower (hub.jhu.edu)

Design is patent-pending, works like a silencer on a gun or muffler on a car, and could quiet other appliances.

49 points by perpil yesterday | 28 comments | Direct link
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HMT: Hierarchical Memory Transformer for Long Context Language Processing (arxiv.org)

HMT's hierarchical memory structure is updated fragmentally

17 points by jasondavies 3 hours ago | 1 comment | Direct link
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Random Attractors – Found Using Lyapunov Exponents (2001) (paulbourke.net)

Software parameters and chaotic attractors' generation process are described.

27 points by Tomte on 2024-05-15 | 3 comments | Direct link
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It's official: ADSL works over wet string (2017) (www.revk.uk)

Experiment conducted with a 2-meter wet string shows ADSL function and 3½Mb/s down speed.

89 points by fanf2 7 hours ago | 23 comments | Direct link
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RAL Color Standard (en.wikipedia.org)

Includes RAL Classic system with 210 colors and RAL Design, Effect, and Digital systems.

21 points by elsewhen on 2024-05-15 | 15 comments | Direct link
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Visualizing algorithms for rate limiting (smudge.ai)

Three common algorithms for rate-limiting and their pros and cons are discussed.

271 points by seabass 15 hours ago | 37 comments | Direct link
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Make a game with Hoot for the Lisp Game Jam (spritely.institute)

Hoot is a Scheme to WebAssembly compiler encouraged for use; game jam template and browser support increase accessibility.

62 points by paroneayea yesterday | 9 comments | Direct link
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Jike: The obscure social media app beloved by China's tech scene (restofworld.org)

Features Twitter and Reddit functionalities, and popular for AI discussions and startup planning.

108 points by palingvel yesterday | 57 comments | Direct link
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A Ruby, Middleman and TailwindCSS blog template (github.com)

Includes Middleman v4.5, TailwindCSS v3.4.3, markdown support, live-reloading, image compression, and a customizable live demo.

13 points by thunderbong 2 hours ago | No comments | Direct link
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But Why a Penguin? (daily.jstor.org)

Penguin Books' success attributed to secretary's penguin idea and strong branding

23 points by FigurativeVoid on 2024-05-15 | 6 comments | Direct link
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Deutsche Bahn introduces "MetaWindow" (www.railtarget.eu)

Incorporates meta technology, offers 34 to 37 dB noise insulation, maintains 72% transparency, and expedites project completion.

260 points by metters 17 hours ago | 363 comments | Direct link
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Growing sodium chloride crystals at home (crystalverse.com)

Factors affecting crystal growth and patience required are discussed.

123 points by behnamoh 23 hours ago | 33 comments | Direct link
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Arch Linux RISC-V (archriscv.felixc.at)

Hardware baseline and officially supported systems specified, upstreaming goal, repositories mentioned.

128 points by hggh on 2024-05-15 | 23 comments | Direct link
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Welcome to the Parallel Future of Computation (hvm-page.pages.dev)

Built using a parallel runtime based on Yves Lafont's Interaction Combinators model and enables a compiler for high-level languages.

89 points by Epholys 7 hours ago | 32 comments | Direct link
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A transport protocol's view of Starlink (www.potaroo.net)

Explores physics of satellite orbits, TCP impact, and Starlink's design choices

142 points by fanf2 14 hours ago | 25 comments | Direct link
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Slack AI Training with Customer Data (slack.com)

Details mechanisms to prevent data leaks and opt-out option for data usage in AI training.

646 points by mlhpdx 16 hours ago | 319 comments | Direct link
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France blocks TikTok in New Caledonia, making EU's first TikTok ban (www.politico.eu)

Local state of emergency leads to TikTok suspension and criticism over freedom of expression

11 points by trustno2 one hour ago | 1 comment | Direct link
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Static Wordle (www.val.town)

Game state stored in URL, uses React and local storage

9 points by stevekrouse 2 hours ago | No comments | Direct link
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Tornado Cash Developer Found Guilty of Laundering $1.2B of Crypto (www.wired.com)

Developer sentenced to five years, trial of another developer upcoming in US

19 points by olegp one hour ago | 13 comments | Direct link
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Why neural networks struggle with the Game of Life (2020) (bdtechtalks.com)

Researchers identify issues with neural network generalization and sensitivity to initial weights

64 points by DeathArrow 5 hours ago | 48 comments | Direct link
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The evolution of a Scheme programmer (2020) (erkin.party)

Programmer's journey includes tail recursion, higher-order functions, and continuation passing style.

110 points by ducktective yesterday | 30 comments | Direct link
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NYPD will deploy drones to respond to 911 calls in 5 NYC precincts,officials say (gothamist.com)

Drones to increase officer safety, used for various purposes, following 420% increase in drone usage.

45 points by pseudolus one hour ago | 50 comments | Direct link
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Exit Strategy: The Case for Single-Stair Egress (www.architecturalrecord.com)

Explores benefits of single-stair buildings for housing, community, and cost; contrasts with typical American apartments; covers history of fire-safety approaches.

126 points by ayanai 19 hours ago | 79 comments | Direct link
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Simplifying Join Syntax (github.com)

Three methods for SQL JOIN simplification and necessity of one-to-many relationship in primary and sub tables are discussed.

49 points by Judyrabbit on 2024-05-15 | 18 comments | Direct link
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Shein set to boost London with IPO (ukinvestormagazine.co.uk)

Shein has 11,000 employees and operates in 150 countries, with $2 billion profits and $45 billion GMV sales, but faces scrutiny over supply chain practices.

20 points by throwaway4good one hour ago | 38 comments | Direct link
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Context caching guide (ai.google.dev)

Paid feature with token count and storage duration billing

217 points by tosh on 2024-05-15 | 39 comments | Direct link
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The Dow Jones hits 40k (www.opb.org)

Inflation easing, but future performance tied to its trajectory; robust profits and AI contributing to milestone.

3 points by thelastgallon 23 minutes ago | No comments | Direct link
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GDPR: Is It Worth It? (arxiv.org)

Introduces arXivLabs framework and solicits community contributions

43 points by belter one hour ago | 81 comments | Direct link
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Quality software deserves your hard‑earned cash (stephango.com)

Independent software makers prioritize user privacy and offer better quality, often charging a fair price.

6 points by kickofline one hour ago | 3 comments | Direct link
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Štar: an iteration construct for Common Lisp (www.tfeb.org)

Proposes Štar as a simple, extensible iteration construct handling any structure, with minimal syntax and competitive performance.

93 points by Tomte on 2024-05-15 | 31 comments | Direct link
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Can AI-generated inventions be patented? A Tokyo court says no (www.japantimes.co.jp)

Lawsuit part of transnational class action, involves 2021 patent application, by professor Ryan Abbott and scientist Stephen Thaler's AI system DABUS.

12 points by mikhael one hour ago | 1 comment | Direct link
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Finding Mona Lisa in the Game of Life (2020) (kevingal.com)

Explores using SAT solvers to find parent states for target states in Game of Life, with challenges such as Gardens of Eden and scaling difficulty

38 points by fanf2 on 2024-05-14 | 5 comments | Direct link
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History of the Italian electrical system (samuele963.github.io)

Dual tariff system led to two plug types and Bipasso sockets; legacy of old transformers remains.

118 points by wannacboatmovie 18 hours ago | 47 comments | Direct link
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Build WebGPU apps with PlayCanvas (blog.playcanvas.com)

PlayCanvas releases WebGPU support, enabled by default in Chrome 113, with beta status and feedback encouraged.

143 points by pjmlp 22 hours ago | 42 comments | Direct link
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Smart Pointers in (GNU) C (snai.pe)

Author's implementation using gcc's attribute and creating smalloc and sfree functions.

109 points by indigoabstract 19 hours ago | 19 comments | Direct link
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The Downfall of DeviantArt (slate.com)

Lawsuit filed for copyright infringement and theft of artist revenues.

204 points by jfryusef 21 hours ago | 128 comments | Direct link
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Llama 3 implemented in pure NumPy (docs.likejazz.com)

Implementation found in a forked repository, currently under development with calls for community contributions

427 points by orixilus yesterday | 48 comments | Direct link
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"Privacy may be an anomaly", says Google's Vint Cerf (2013) (www.theverge.com)

Cerf attributes privacy challenges to urban growth, social media behavior, and outpaced social intuition.

17 points by fdeage 2 hours ago | 7 comments | Direct link
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