2+ day, 20+ min ago  (522+ words) Betteridge's law applies, but with help and guidance by a human who knows his stuff, [Ready Z80] was able to get a functioning game of Wordle out of the French-named LLM, which is more than we expecte. .....

6+ mon, 3+ week ago  (1173+ words) Watch Max in action in the video (also embedded just below). Max is a little slow, but not unusably so. As far as proofs of concept go, it demonstrates that a foundation for such systems is perfectly feasible on budget…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (1859+ words) Does vibe coding risk destroying the Open Source ecosystem? According to a pre-print paper by a number of high-profile researchers, this might indeed be the case based on observed patterns and some modelling. Their warnings mostly center around the way…...

2+ day, 18+ hour ago  (625+ words) There is a currently ongoing debate in the neuropsychology world about how we relate to the tools that we use. The theory of "tool embodiment" says that when we use some tools frequently enough, o. .....

3+ mon, 2+ week ago  (794+ words) Programmers hold to a wide spectrum of positions on software complexity, from the rare command-line purists to the much more common web app developers, and the two extremes rarely meet. One point of contact, though, might be [Jan Antos]s…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (431+ words) With the 64-bit version a lot of things just work, though audio couldn't be made to work even with a USB dongle, and there's no hardware acceleration for graphics, so gaming isn't really going to happen either. The positive thing…...

8+ mon, 2+ week ago  (521+ words) Learning Morse Code is no longer a requirement for HAMs in many jurisdictions, but it's still a nice skill to have. [I_void(warranties)] wanted to learn, but couldn't find a trainer that fit his style. What to do but build it…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (140+ words) Kiki bills itself as the "array programming system of unknown origin." We thought it reminded us of APL which, all by itself, isn't a bad thing. The announcement post is decidedly imaginative. However, it is a bit sparse on details....

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (174+ words) We'll quote [Remy] about the advantages: The private key never leaves the device, you yourself can't even extract it, neither can malware. It does not live on your filesystem or in an ssh-agent (in memory)" Unlike a hardware token, the…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (755+ words) For some reason, Markdown has not just become the format of choice for giving READMEs in Git Hub repositories some flair, but also for writing entire websites and documents. In a recent rant, [Burak G'ng'r] covers all the ways in…...