Franklin's persuasive speech at the Constitutional Convention's final day advocated for signing the Constitution despite its imperfections, leading to 38 delegates signing while three refused. A crucial amendment allowing for increased House representation passed unanimously after Washington's sole Convention speech, marking a historic moment in American democracy.
Amazon US has updated their Kindle ebook purchase disclaimer to explicitly state users are buying a license rather than content, likely due to new California legislation requiring transparent disclosure of digital media licensing. Other major ebook retailers like Kobo, Apple, and Google have varying approaches to license disclosure, highlighting the ongoing discussion about digital content ownership.
A nostalgic discussion about Adobe Dreamweaver reveals its historical significance as a web development tool in the early 2000s, with mixed experiences from users. The conversation explores the evolution of web development tools, from WYSIWYG editors to modern frameworks, highlighting both the simplicity of earlier tools and the complexity of current solutions.
An in-depth exploration of monads through property-based testing in Rust, demonstrating how monadic composition impacts testing performance and shrinking behavior, while providing practical examples and performance metrics.
A massive $1.5B hack at Bybit cryptocurrency exchange marks a shift from smart contract vulnerabilities to operational security failures, attributed to North Korean state actors. The attackers compromised multiple signers' devices and manipulated wallet interfaces, highlighting the urgent need for enhanced operational security measures in the cryptocurrency industry.
A web service offering random exploration of IndieWeb personal blogs through a simple button interface. Users can bookmark the feature for easy access to discover diverse blog content across the independent web ecosystem.
A comprehensive guide to FFmpeg assembly language programming, focusing on SIMD operations and vector processing for multimedia optimization. The lesson covers basic concepts, register types, and instruction syntax while explaining how hand-written assembly can achieve significant performance improvements over compiler optimizations.
Florida insurance companies reported losses while their parent companies and affiliates made billions in profits between 2017-2019, according to a previously unreleased 2022 study. The report reveals executives distributed $680 million in dividends and diverted billions to affiliate companies, potentially violating state regulations. State regulators are now pushing for more oversight and changes to how insurers pay affiliates.
Multiple Executive Orders in early 2025 introduced significant tariff changes, including a 25% tariff on Mexico/Canada imports (currently paused) and an additional 10% tariff on China/Hong Kong imports. Steel and aluminum tariffs were amended to 25% for all imports, while various products face increased tariffs ranging from 25% to 100% through 2026.
A former programmer reflects on the frustrations of modern software development, highlighting challenges like incomplete domain knowledge, complex APIs, and constant technological evolution. The author expresses preference for small, manageable programming projects while suggesting that high-pressure development may be better suited for younger developers.
A novel approach for rendering radiance fields using adaptive sparse voxels and rasterization, achieving high-fidelity results at over 100 FPS without neural networks. The method introduces efficient voxel allocation across different detail levels and implements a custom rasterizer using ray direction-dependent Morton ordering, eliminating common rendering artifacts.
European concerns about US tech dominance and soft power are rising following recent events, leading to active exploration of alternatives to US-based technologies and financial systems. Business leaders and media outlets are discussing potential shifts away from US tech dependencies, signaling significant implications for global tech dynamics.
Meta has increased target annual bonuses for top executives from 75% to 200% of base salary, effective 2025, while simultaneously conducting mass layoffs of 3,700 employees and reducing stock options for remaining staff by 10%. The company reported a 59% year-over-year increase in net income to $62.36 billion and plans massive AI investments, with Zuckerberg announcing $60 billion in AI infrastructure expansion.
Slime OS is an app launcher designed for PicoVision and other RP2040/RP2350 devices, featuring a 32-color mode with 400x240 internal resolution. The experimental software currently supports specific hardware configurations and includes libraries for graphics, intents, controller identification, and keyboard input, though some functionality remains incomplete.
Wasm_of_ocaml, a fork of Js_of_ocaml compiler that translates OCaml bytecode to WebAssembly, has released its first feature-complete version 6.0.1. The compiler offers better performance than Js_of_ocaml while maintaining compatibility, showing 2x-8x improvements in benchmarks and leveraging WasmGC for enhanced JavaScript interoperability.
Yahoo Mail's new AI feature is causing confusion during sneaker launches by generating false 'winning' email summaries for non-winners, particularly during a recent Jordan Brand release. The AI-generated summaries, appearing in email preview lines, are hallucinating success messages despite actual rejection emails, affecting thousands of users across email platforms.
A developer explores building a modern disk image for Rock Pi 4 using Yocto, incorporating CUPS and Docker while leveraging Yocto's advanced SBOM generation capabilities. The process demonstrates how to create custom Linux distributions for embedded systems, with detailed instructions for setup and configuration. The guide addresses common challenges in maintaining up-to-date software for Chinese SBCs while highlighting Yocto's sophisticated approach to dependency tracking and SBOM generation.
HP Inc has reversed its controversial 15-minute mandatory wait time policy for customer support calls following significant backlash. The policy, implemented on February 18 across several European countries, was designed to push customers toward digital support options but faced internal resistance and customer frustration. The company now acknowledges the importance of timely access to live customer service agents.
A webpage displays a human verification request requiring users to press and hold a button until it turns green. The message includes an IP address (195.154.113.17) and a unique identifier, with an option to contact support for potential errors.