Pipelining might be my favorite programming language feature https://herecomesthemoon.net/2025/04/pipelining/
MOND←TECH MAGAZINE
Pipelining might be my favorite programming language feature
Free-standing function call syntax considered kind of suboptimal.
How a 20 year old bug in GTA San Andreas surfaced in Windows 11 24H2 https://cookieplmonster.github.io/2025/04/23/gta-san-andreas-win11-24h2-bug/
Silent’s Blog
How a 20 year old bug in GTA San Andreas surfaced in Windows 11 24H2
After over two decades, players are now forbidden from flying a seaplane, all thanks to undefined code behavior.
Launch HN: Cua (YC X25) – Open-Source Docker Container for Computer-Use Agents https://github.com/trycua/cua
GitHub
GitHub - trycua/cua: c/ua is the Docker Container for Computer-Use AI Agents.
c/ua is the Docker Container for Computer-Use AI Agents. - trycua/cua
You wouldn't steal a font https://fedi.rib.gay/notes/a6xqityngfubsz0f
fedi.rib.gay
Rib :ms_red_panda: (@Rib)
Today Melissa Lewis over on BlueSky pointed out that the font used in the infamous "You wouldn't steal a car" anti-piracy campaign was actually designed by Just van Rossum, whose brother, Guido, created the Python programming language (https://bsky.app/p…
The hidden cost of AI coding https://terriblesoftware.org/2025/04/23/the-hidden-cost-of-ai-coding/
Terrible Software
The Hidden Cost of AI Coding
AI coding tools boost productivity but may sacrifice the flow state and deep satisfaction developers experience when writing code by hand. What are we losing?
Careless People https://pluralistic.net/2025/04/23/zuckerstreisand/#zdgaf
Assignment 5: Cars and Key Fobs (2021) https://web.stanford.edu/class/ee26n/Assignments/Assignment5.html
I wrote to the address in the GPLv2 license notice (2022) https://code.mendhak.com/gpl-v2-address-letter/
Mendhak
I wrote to the address in the GPLv2 license notice and received the GPLv3 license
I was curious about the 51 Franklin Street address in the GPLv2 license notice so I wrote to them as they said
Instant SQL for results as you type in DuckDB UI https://motherduck.com/blog/introducing-instant-sql/
MotherDuck
Instant SQL is here: Speedrun ad-hoc queries as you type - MotherDuck Blog
Type, see, tweak, repeat! Instant SQL is now in Preview in MotherDuck and the DuckDB Local UI. Bend reality with SQL superpowers to get real-time query results as you type.
Scientists Develop Artificial Leaf, Uses Sunlight to Produce Valuable Chemicals https://newscenter.lbl.gov/2025/04/24/scientists-develop-artificial-leaf-that-uses-sunlight-to-produce-valuable-chemicals/
Berkeley Lab News Center
Scientists Develop Artificial Leaf That Uses Sunlight to Produce Valuable Chemicals
Researchers built a device made of perovskite and copper that mimics a green leaf.
A $20k American-made electric pickup with no paint, no stereo, no screen https://www.theverge.com/electric-cars/655527/slate-electric-truck-price-paint-radio-bezos
The Verge
Slate Truck is a $20,000 American-made electric pickup with no paint, no stereo, and no touchscreen
Would you buy a truck this bare-bones?
Reproducibility project fails to validate dozens of biomedical studies https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-01266-x
Nature
Huge reproducibility project fails to validate dozens of biomedical studies
Nature - Unique reproducibility effort in Brazil focuses on common methods rather than a single field ― and prompts call for reform.
Lossless LLM compression for efficient GPU inference via dynamic-length float https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.11651
arXiv.org
70% Size, 100% Accuracy: Lossless LLM Compression for Efficient...
Large Language Models (LLMs) have grown rapidly in size, creating significant challenges for efficient deployment on resource-constrained hardware. In this paper, we introduce Dynamic-Length Float...