Articles by thebeardisred
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Training large language models on narrow tasks can lead to broad misalignment (nature.com)

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The 500k-ton typo: Why data center copper math doesn't add up (investinglive.com)

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Why homeownership in California isn't nearly the financial slam dunk it once was (calmatters.org)

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Intel pursued deals that boosted CEO Lip-Bu Tan's fortune, sources say (reuters.com)

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It's a Jax, Jax, Jax, Jax World (columbia.edu)

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A Major Trading Firm Has Open-Sourced the Latest Linux File-System: TernFS (phoronix.com)

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Linus Torvalds Marks Bcachefs as Now "Externally Maintained" (phoronix.com)

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Maintainers: Mark Bcachefs Externally Maintained (kernel.org)

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Show HN: Rucat – Cat for Prompt Engineers (github.com/brianredbeard)

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TSA's faster PreCheck lane is now available at these 15 airports (usatoday.com)

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We open sourced our MCP server, and what it means for you (github.blog)

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Mubook – N100 x86 NAS Carrier Board Designed for Hackclub Highway (github.com/ltbrain)

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Agntcy: Building Infrastructure for the Internet of Agents (agntcy.org)

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LangExtract: A Gemini powered information extraction library (googleblog.com)

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Open Chiplet Architecture (openchiplets.org)

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Gone in 40 days: US drops ban on export of chip design tools to China (theregister.com)

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JavaScript Trademark Update (deno.com)

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Founder Sahil Lavingia says he was booted from DOGE after just 55 days (techcrunch.com)

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Agent Name Service (ANS):A Directory for AI Agent Discovery and Interoperability (arxiv.org)

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Red Hat Brings Their Enterprise Linux on SiFive Hardware (sifive.com)

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I've been here the whole time (brianredbeard.com)

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VulnCon Day 2 Errata and Taking Ben Edwards to Task (jericho.blog)

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Russian spy infiltrates ASML and NXP to steal data to build 28nm-capable fabs (tomshardware.com)

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We got rid of acid rain. Now something scarier is falling from the sky (vox.com)

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Accusations of Corporate Espionage Shake a Software Rivalry (nytimes.com)

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Handles are the better pointers (2018) (floooh.github.io)

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Some scientists are firing shots at Microsoft's recent quantum computing claims (pcgamer.com)

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As AI agents multiply, IT becomes the new HR department (zdnet.com)

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Fedora Rolling Out More RISC-V Infrastructure and Ready-to-Boot Images (phoronix.com)

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CodeI/O: Condensing Reasoning Patterns via Code Input-Output Prediction (codei-o.github.io)

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Staffer for Musk's DOGE resigns over racist social media posts (independent.co.uk)

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US judge temporarily blocks Trump buyout offer for government workers (reuters.com)

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[flagged] 25yr Old with Elon Musk Ties Has Direct Access to the Federal Payment System (wired.com)

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My electric toothbrush was acting up, so I tried to reboot it (microsoft.com)

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Flashes Then Flames: New Video of Eaton Fire Raises Questions for Power Company (nytimes.com)

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Why doesn't California invest in 'Super Scooper' aircraft? (abc7.com)

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DJI stops blocking drones flying over airports, wildfires, & the White House (theverge.com)

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CES was a giant exercise in Al gaslighting (fastcompany.com)

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Exclusive–Chinese Patents Reveal Aim to Cut Undersea Cables (newsweek.com)

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Free-software warriors celebrate landmark case that enforced GNU LGPL (theregister.com)

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Mark Zuckerberg gave Meta's Llama team the OK to train on copyrighted works (techcrunch.com)

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A 'Holy Grail' of Science Is Getting Closer (theatlantic.com)

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Scientists identify 11 genes affected by PFAS, shedding light on neurotoxicity (phys.org)

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Aedan Cullen Cracks the Raspberry Pi RP2350's Security Subsystem Wide Open (hackster.io)

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Geochemical surveys reveal King Solomon's mines did not pollute environment (phys.org)

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'Ghost Gun' Linked to Luigi Mangione Shows How Far 3D-Printed Weapons Have Come (wired.com)

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New dog, old trick: DaMAgeCard attack targets memory directly via SD card reader (ptsecurity.com)

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The Plastic Industry's Battle to Win over Hearts and Minds (nytimes.com)

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OpenAI accidentally erases potential evidence in training data lawsuit (theverge.com)

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Gemini AI tells the user to die (tomshardware.com)

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It's been 30 years since Intel's infamous Pentium FDIV bug reared its ugly head (tomshardware.com)

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Ultraprecise method of aligning 3D semiconductor chips invented (techxplore.com)

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We Know Why Ancient Roman Concrete Was Able to Last Thousands of Years (sciencealert.com)

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Graphene and chitosan sponge 10x more efficient at removing gold from e-waste (phys.org)

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Working with Igalia to Improve RISC-V LLVM Continuous Integration (riseproject.dev)

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Former Intel CPU engineer details how internal x86-64 efforts were suppressed (tomshardware.com)

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Software-defined processors: the promise of RISC-V (redhat.com)

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Wi-Fi Goes Long Range on New WiLo Standard (ieee.org)

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4 exploits, 1 bug: exploiting CVE-2024-20017 4 different ways (coffinsec.com)

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The lone US manufacturer of boutique keycaps may have just been saved (theverge.com)

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New superconductor has record breaking current density (physicsworld.com)

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The dye in Doritos can make mice transparent (popsci.com)

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Martin Shkreli must surrender his Wu-Tang album copies (theverge.com)

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Faulty instructions in Alibaba's T-Head C910 RISC-V CPUs blow away all security (theregister.com)

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Bril: A Compiler Intermediate Representation for Learning (cornell.edu)

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ETFs are eating the bond market (ft.com)

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Court Holds Federal Ban on Home-Distilling Exceeds Congress' Enumerated Powers [pdf] (courtlistener.com)

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RAG vs. GAR: A Primer on Generation Augmented Retrieval (GAR) (luk.sh)

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Burnout – When does work start feeling pointless? – DW Documentary (youtube.com)

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Open Platform for Enterprise AI (OPEA) (opea.dev)

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Karaoke inventor Shigeichi Negishi dies at 100 (npr.org)

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Arm Rival SiFive Expects Licensing Revenue to Surge This Year (bloomberg.com)

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A new theoretical development clarifies water's electronic structure (phys.org)

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Metal Prices Are Soaring. So Is Metal Theft (wired.com)

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Powerwash Simulator Warhammer 40k Special Pack Release Date Reveal Trailer [video] (youtube.com)

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One Ring to Rule Them All: An Open Source Smartring Platform (psu.edu)

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UC Davis still monitors latency to www.aol.com in 2024 (ucdavis.edu)

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Setting the Record Straight on the SEC and Sunburst (solarwinds.com)

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On Day 146, Screenwriters Reach Deal with Studios to End Their Strike (nytimes.com)

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Microsoft’s new disc-less Xbox Series X design with a new gyro controller (theverge.com)

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Chaos, Comedy, and ‘Crying Rooms’: Inside Jimmy Fallon’s ‘Tonight Show’ (rollingstone.com)

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Debunking the Myth of the Male Hunter (marketplace.org)

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You've Never Seen a Natural Pool Like This [video] (youtube.com)

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Ballroom in Focus (artsandculture.google.com)

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Linux Foundation Launches RISC-V Software Ecosystem Project (Rise) (phoronix.com)

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Skytalks 2023 Regretfully Declines (skytalks.info)

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The costly lesson from Covid: why elimination should be the default strategy (theconversation.com)

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A New Linux Tool Aims to Guard Against Supply Chain Attacks

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Old Prophet Walking Around a Meadow

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The Trouble with Gerbers