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ntsc-rs: Rust-based open-source emulator for authentic NTSC and VHS artifacts
ntsc-rs is an open-source video effect that recreates the look of analog TV broadcasts and VHS tapes by modeling the underlying signal processing, rather than f
Poincake: An Infinite Notes Canvas Built on the Poincaré Disk
A developer has released Poincake, a browser-based note-taking tool that abandons the standard flat plane in favor of the Poincaré disk model of hyperbolic geom
Prenatal Vitamin D3 Supplementation Linked to Better Child Cognition at Age 10
A JAMA Network Open study examined whether vitamin D3 supplementation during pregnancy affects children's cognitive performance later in life, following partici
Public Domain Image Archive Offers Searchable Trove of Out-of-Copyright Visuals
The Public Domain Image Archive is a curated online collection of images that have aged out of copyright and entered the public domain. The project aggregates a
Science weighs the mental-health cost of remote work's isolation
A Science piece examines what years of distributed work have done to workers' mental health, focusing on the isolation that comes from swapping office hallways
Speculative KV Coding: Lossless 4x Compression of LLM Cache via Predictor Models
As LLM contexts balloon and agentic workflows push memory demands higher, the KV cache that makes long contexts affordable is itself becoming the bottleneck. Lo
Symbolica 2.0 Ships User-Defined Symbols, JIT Compilation, and Double-Float Math
Symbolica, a symbolic computation framework for Python and Rust, has reached version 2.0 with a focus on letting users define mathematical objects that behave l
A Homelabber's Tour of IP KVMs: From PiKVM to the $70 Box That Drew FBI Attention
IP KVMs let you control a machine remotely at the hardware level, picking up where VNC, RDP, and SSH fall short—when a system is locked, powered off, or you nee
A Math-Light Walkthrough of How Transformer LLMs Actually Work
This explainer breaks down the inner workings of transformer-based LLMs without diving into the underlying math, aimed at readers who want to understand model c
Age-verification vendor Yoti auto-reports GrapheneOS users to law enforcement
A GrapheneOS user trying to complete an age check through Yoti, a UK-based identity and age-verification provider, received a support message stating that Yoti
Cloudflare CEO shares three cautionary tales about venture capital encounters
Cloudflare co-founder Matthew Prince used a Twitter/X thread to recount three of the worst experiences he and his company had with venture capitalists during fu
DIA Elevates Israel to 'Critical' Counterintelligence Threat Amid Iran War Rift
The Defense Intelligence Agency has quietly raised its counterintelligence threat assessment of Israel to 'critical,' the highest tier, according to current and