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New study casts doubt on the likelihood of Milky Way collision with Andromeda
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New study casts doubt on the likelihood of Milky Way collision with Andromeda
New research has cast doubt on the long-held theory that our galaxy, the Milky Way, will collide with its largest neighbour, the Andromeda galaxy, in 4.5 billion years-time.
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Differences in link hallucination and source comprehension across different LLM
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Differences in link hallucination and source comprehension across different large language models
I've been waiting for someone else to talk about this, but I guess it will be me
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10 Years of Betting on Rust
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Tably
10 years of betting on Rust
I wrote my first line of Rust in June 2015, a month after Rust 1.0 landed. Coming from C, Python, and JavaScript, I never looked back. Two Rust-based startups and 500k lines of Rust later, here are some reflections on the milestone.
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DNS4EU for Public Is Available
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DNS4EU For Public
Discover comprehensive information on the DNS4EU public resolver services. Compare available options, learn about features, and find answers to frequently asked questions to optimize your DNS privacy and performance
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Canadian Government Buries “Lawful Access” Provisions in New Border Bill
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Michael Geist
Privacy At Risk: Government Buries Lawful Access Provisions in New Border Bill
The government yesterday introduced the Strong Border Act (Bill C-2), legislation that was promoted as establishing new border measure provisions presumably designed to address U.S. concerns regarding the border. Yet buried toward the end of the bill are…
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Former DOGE engineer on his experience working for the cost-cutting unit
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Former DOGE engineer says federal waste and fraud were 'relatively nonexistent'
NPR's Juana Summers talks with Sahil Lavingia, who worked for the Department of Government Efficiency as a software engineer assigned to the Department of Veterans Affairs, about his experience.
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The impossible predicament of the death newts
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Apple Notes Will Gain Markdown Export at WWDC, and, I Have Thoughts
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Daring Fireball
9to5Mac Reports Apple Notes Will Gain Markdown Export at WWDC, and, You’ll Be Unsurprised to Know, I Have Thoughts
Link to: https://9to5mac.com/2025/06/03/exclusive-ios-26-messages-carplay-more/
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End of an Era: Landsat 7 Decommissioned After 25 Years of Earth Observation
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Phptop: Simple PHP ressource profiler, safe and useful for production sites
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GitHub
GitHub - bearstech/phptop: PHP basic ressource profiler (CPU/memory), safe and useful for production sites
PHP basic ressource profiler (CPU/memory), safe and useful for production sites - bearstech/phptop
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Twitter's new encrypted DMs aren't better than the old ones
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From Tokens to Thoughts: How LLMs and Humans Trade Compression for Meaning
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From Tokens to Thoughts: How LLMs and Humans Trade Compression for Meaning
Humans organize knowledge into compact categories through semantic compression by mapping diverse instances to abstract representations while preserving meaning (e.g., robin and blue jay are both...
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The importance of free software to science
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The importance of free software to science
Free software plays a critical role in science, both in research and in disseminating it. Aspec [...]
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Track Errors First
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Bugsink
Track Errors First
Observability starts with errors, not dashboards. A case for tracking exceptions first — and not losing them in logs and metrics.
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Gemini-2.5-pro-preview-06-05
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Google DeepMind
Gemini 2.5 Pro
Gemini 2.5 Pro is our most advanced model for complex tasks. With thinking built in, it showcases strong reasoning and coding capabilities.
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Google Restricts Android Sideloading–What It Means for User Autonomy and Freedom
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Purism
Google Restricts Android Sideloading—What It Means for User Autonomy and the Future of Mobile Freedom – Purism
Purism makes premium phones, laptops, mini PCs and servers running free software on PureOS. Purism products respect people's privacy and freedom while protecting their security.
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I think I'm done thinking about GenAI for now
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I Think I’m Done Thinking About genAI For Now
The conversation isn’t over, but I don’t think I have much to add to it.
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Cysteine depletion triggers adipose tissue thermogenesis and weight loss
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Nature
Cysteine depletion triggers adipose tissue thermogenesis and weight loss
Nature Metabolism - The authors describe how reduced dietary availability and systemic loss of cysteine leads to adipose tissue browning and rapid weight loss in mice and humans.
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Seven Days at the Bin Store
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Seven Days At The Bin Store
This spring, a new business opened on the main drag of my West Philadelphia neighborhood, provoking both excitement and trepidation. “I saw it just the other day and feared it,” one friend texted. “Like what the actual fuck is that shit,” said another. “Why?!!!”…
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Rare black iceberg spotted off Labrador coast could be 100k years old
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CBC
A rare black iceberg makes waves on social media | CBC News
A fish harvester from Carbonear, N.L., snapped a photo of a black iceberg while fishing for shrimp of the coast of Labrador in mid May. It caused a sensation on social media, and impressed a Memorial University professor who says it's likely a very old piece…