Nearly twenty-five years ago I registeredneil.fraser.nameto providea stable presenceon the Internet. It has been the home of this website, my email address, and a server for APIs. It predates YouTube, Facebook, and smart phones. Minutes after my daughter was born, I also registeredbeverly.fraser.name. On 15 April 2026 Verisign proposedthe destruction of the entire 3rd level … Devamını oku
Audacity 4 rebuilds the application interface on Qt and introduces many new quality-of-life improvements, including a new clip-editing model. Most Audacity 3 workflows remain available, but some controls have moved or changed. The separate Select, Envelope, Draw and Multi-tool modes have been removed. Their functions are now context-sensitive: And last but not least, we had … Devamını oku
What comes to mind when you hear “frontend optimization”? For most of us it’s things like reducing network requests, shrinking the bundle, or making good use of the cache. Beyond that, maybe cutting down on re-renders or tuning when resources get loaded. The main thread doesn’t usually come up, and there’s a reason for that: … Devamını oku
Today we are releasing the first release candidate for Polars 2.0. The definite 2.0 release will land in the following weeks. We don’t aim to make a big feature release of Polars 2.0. In fact we hope it to be a boring experience for you. The reason we bump this major version is that we … Devamını oku
For the last 21 years, the collection of the former Computer Museum of America / San Diego Computer Museum has sat in the basement of the Love Library at San Diego State University. It is protected from the elements, secure from theft or vandalism – safely preserved for future generations to use as a tool … Devamını oku
On 22 July 1966, Walter “Taffy” Holden, a 39-year-old engineer in command ofNo. 33 Maintenance Unit RAFwith limited experience flying small single-engine trainer aircraft, inadvertently engaged theafterburnerof aMach2.0–capableEnglish Electric Lightningduring ground testing atRAF Lyneham. Unable to disengage the afterburner, Holden ran down the runway, narrowly missing a crossing fuelbowserand ade Havilland Comettaking off, before taking … Devamını oku
Dates in scope:June 26th – July 13th Redaction summary statement:Except where explicitly noted in this post, OpenAI redacted no additional information that was important to our conclusions. Our investigation focused mostly2on the period between July 7th and July 13th. The earlier incidents from training and the subsequent compromise of OpenAI infrastructure described inOpenAI’s recent Black … Devamını oku
the general consensus around being an npc is that you’re giving up your autonomy—essentially becoming a side character in someone else’s story or watching life pass you by while doomscrolling on your phone. but here’s my take: the npc lifestyle is actually a very viable way to live. as an npc, you aren’t actually watching … Devamını oku
“I don’t have a smartphone,” is what I tell people and professionals nowadays. This allows me to cut the crap about companies insisting that I install their app or restaurants wishing that I scan a QR code to access their menu on a small screen. “I don’t have a smartphone” is, according to my experience, … Devamını oku
Our newest Gemini models deliver next-generation intelligence for agentic workflows and cybersecurity. Gemini Security Lead, Google DeepMind Building on the momentum of3.7 Flashfrom three weeks ago and marking our third Flash release in only six weeks, today we’re introducing Gemini 3.8, our best reasoning & coding model yet, at the same speed and low cost … Devamını oku