Dirk Eddelbuettel: gettz 0.0.6 on CRAN: Maintenance
Another minor routine update 0.0.6 of gettz arrived on CRAN just now. gettz provides a possible fallback in situations where Sys.timezone() fails to determine the system...
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Anatomy of an SLA Resin Printing Disaster
When I got back into SLA resin printing recently, I knew that I’d inevitably have to deal with the agony of failed prints and of course...
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OpenAI’s Jalapeño chip tackles a problem AI agents make worse
When OpenAI unveiled Jalapeño, its first custom inference chip, in June, the company made some big promises. The chip, developed The post OpenAI’s Jalapeño chip tackles...
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CLI or IDE? Build in verification first.
The ongoing debate over where AI coding agents belong, in an integrated development environment (IDE) or at the command line The post CLI or IDE? Build...
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Space Angel secures $1.75m WA Government backing to advance Western Australian spaceport plans
Space Angel has welcomed its selection by the Western Australian Government as the recipient of the $1.75 million Spaceport Establishment Support Grant, announced by Science and...
Read moreThe Python print() Function: Go Beyond the Basics
Learn about Python's print() function, discover its lesser-known features, avoid common mistakes, and know when to use a better alternative.
Read moreVanilla OS 3 released
Vanilla OS 3, an immutable desktop Linux distribution, has been released. Notable changes in this release include support for Arm64, introduction of a Vanilla OS SDK, a rewrite...
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Presentation: Continuous Delivery for Foundational Platforms
Ian Nowland discusses why conventional CI/CD practices break down for stateful, core infrastructure. Drawing from his leadership at AWS and Datadog, he shares actionable techniques for...
Read moreApple Launches The M6 2nm 12-core CPU, Quad-Die M5 Ultra
Apple today unveiled the M6 as their first 2nm SoC design while also introducing the M5 Ultra as their first quad-die product...
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Apple launches new M6 and M5 Ultra Apple silicon chips — debuting in new Mac Mini and Mac Studio
Apple has announced new M6 and M5 Ultra chips, a new Mac mini, and a new Mac Studio.
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WhatsApp Adds Multiple Passkeys for Phishing-Resistant Sign-Ins Across iOS and Android
Meta on Tuesday announced a set of WhatsApp account security features, including support for multiple passkeys to a single account to help users with both iOS...
Read moreThe Modern NTFS Linux Driver Adds Read Support For Windows System Compression (WOF)
The pull requests for the existing Paragon NTFS3 kernel driver as well as the new modern "NTFS" drivers have been submitted for the ongoing Linux 7.3...
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