Microsoft stands out from the authenticator crowd by annihilating accounts when new accounts are introduced via QR code. Despite user complaints for years, no fix has been issued, leaving IT experts wondering, ‘Why would you pick Microsoft?’

releasing everyone's SSN and the hacks used to acquire them - GitHub - PatrickJS/everyone-ssn-usa: releasing everyone's SSN and the hacks used to acquire them

Here’s one programming technique that I found very useful in daily life: the sentinel value. I use it pretty much every day – to manage toothpaste. In programming, a sentinel value is a simple way to keep track of the end of a list of items. Lets say you…

The flat lensless camera design reduces the camera size and weight significantly. In this design, the camera lens is replaced by another optical element that interferes with the incoming light....

Blockbuster Video VHS insert template. Contribute to rfinnie/blockbuster development by creating an account on GitHub.

Apparent fix, to turn on hidden admin account, is a really bad idea

Chicago rapper G Herbo and five other men stand indicted on charges of using stolen credit cards to charter private jets, rent exotic cars and a villa in Jamaica, and buy designer puppies.

A quiz to see how you compare to language models.

I praise his work as a composer—but also as plumber, taxi driver, steel mill worker, and in other trades

What’s the deal with the uncanny valley?

ALIEN is a CUDA-powered artificial life simulation program. - chrxh/alien

1) Foundational math. 2) Classical machine learning. 3) Deep learning. 4) Cutting-edge machine learning.

The goal of the Encyclopedia of Optimization is to introduce the reader to a complete set of topics that show the spectrum of research, the richness of ideas, and the breadth of applications that has come from this field.
In 2000, the first edition was widely…

Introducing BMX, an iteration on the industry standard BM25 search algorithm. Through the incorporation of entropy-weighted query-document similarity and weighted query augmentation, the algorithm can increase search performance on the most relevant information…

Introducing the DuckDB + Postgres Extension: You can have your analytics and transact them too with pg_duckdb by DuckDB Labs, MotherDuck, Hydra, Neon and Microsoft.

FlightAware has exposed pretty much all user data on the open web.