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Do LLMs identify fonts?

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-19 21:56:24

Spoiler: not really dafont.com is a wonderful website that contains a large collection of fonts. It’s more comprehensive and esoteric than Google Fonts. One of its features is a forum where users can ask for help identifying fonts – check out this poor fellow who’s been waiting for over two years and bumped his thread. I thought it would be interesting to see if an LLM could do this task, so I scraped the forum and set up a benchmark. I implemented this as a live benchmark. By this I mean that

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AI engineers reject Meta's $1.5 billion offers to stay loyal to their mission

techspot.com Skye Jacobs 2025-12-24 20:03:00

Editor's take: As industry leaders dig ever deeper into their war chests to recruit AI talent, a profound question is emerging: Can money alone win the battle for the minds building tomorrow's most powerful technologies? Recent events suggest that, for a growing number of engineers and researchers, the answer is increasingly, and resoundingly, no. While not in the majority, many engineers are choosing to pass up unprecedented offers in favor of staying loyal to their mission, values, and the ch

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Samsung unveils the Odyssey G75F: a 37-inch 4K VA monitor priced around $1,000

techspot.com Rob Thubron 2025-12-24 20:46:00

What just happened? There are so many similarly specced monitors these days that we rarely see "world firsts" anymore. However, Samsung is claiming that title with yet another new Odyssey, which it says is the first-ever 37-inch 4K display. The Odyssey G7 G75F joins Samsung's increasingly long list of Odyssey monitors, but it's the first monitor ever to combine a 37-inch panel with a 4K (3840x2160) resolution, according to the company. It's rare to see a 37-inch monitor – 32 inches tends to be

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Galaxy S26 Ultra charging time leak leaves us with more questions than answers

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-12-24 20:20:56

Ryan Haines / Android Authority TL;DR A leaker has claimed that the Galaxy S26 Ultra can reach 75 to 80% capacity after 30 minutes of 60W charging. That isn’t really an upgrade over the Galaxy S25 Ultra’s charging time. It’s still possible that the S26 Ultra could beat the S25 Ultra when it comes to total charging time. Leaks suggest the Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra could get 60W wired charging speeds. This would be a significant leap from 45W seen on previous Galaxy S Ultra handsets. What does

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Paid subreddits plan on hold as company prioritizes search engine plans

9to5mac.com Ben Lovejoy 2025-12-24 20:20:48

Reddit CEO Steve Huffman confirmed plans for paid subreddits earlier this year but now says that the initiative has been de–prioritized. However, he says that the company still believes in the opportunity, suggesting that a Reddit paywall of some kind will be introduced at some stage … Paid subreddits plan Huffman first hinted at the plan last year, but didn’t go into any details. We will unlock the door for new use cases, new types of subreddits that can be built that may have exclusive con

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The best deals on MacBooks, AirPods, iPads and other Apple gear you can get right now

engadget.com Unknown 2025-12-24 20:31:27

Engadget has been testing and reviewing consumer tech since 2004. Our stories may include affiliate links; if you buy something through a link, we may earn a commission. Read more about how we evaluate products . It’s obvious that Apple products are some of the most sought-after in the tech world — that means sales are fewer and farther between than other gadgets, and they’re often the first things to sell out when discounts do arrive. But it would be a mistake to assume you’re doomed to always

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The US military’s on-base slot machines

news.ycombinator.com Molly Longman 2025-12-24 18:50:46

When Dave Yeager stumbled upon the chamber of shiny, casino-style slot machines, he felt an instant pull. It was his first night of deployment in Seoul, South Korea, and the United States Army officer was in a bad headspace. The September 11, 2001, attacks had just happened, and he had a wife and two children under the age of 5 at home whom he missed fiercely. He felt lost. WIRED has made this article free for all to read because it is primarily based on reporting from Freedom of Information Ac

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10 Features That Would Make Me Buy the Apple Watch Series 11

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-24 18:00:00

With WatchOS 26 now in public beta, we're getting a telling preview of what's coming to Apple Watches this fall. But for those of us eyeing the next model (likely the Apple Watch Series 11, and possibly an Ultra or SE), the real question is: How will Apple one-up itself from last year's Series 10? Better yet, how will it compete with newer flagships vying for your wrist this year? Some of these requests are grounded in rumors, while others are mere wishful thinking. Here's everything I hope App

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Show HN: Gmap: Explore Git Repos Visually from the CLI

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-21 06:58:40

gmap A fast command-line tool to explore Git activity — heatmaps, churn, authorship, and more. gmap helps you understand your Git repository at a glance — not just what changed, but when, how much, and by whom. Visualize commit activity over time, spot churn-heavy files, explore contributor dynamics, and more — all from your terminal. Built for developers who live in the CLI and want quick, powerful insights. Features Heatmap View : Weekly commit activity with line additions, deletions, and

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How I configure BorgBackup and borgmatic (2023)

news.ycombinator.com Justus Perlwitz 2025-12-21 11:54:32

This article outlines how I configure BorgBackup and borgmatic on my machines. macOS Tested on MacBook Air M2 macOS Ventura 13.4.1 borgmatic 1.7.12 (MacPorts) moreutils 0.67_1 (MacPorts) borgmatic and moreutils are also available on Homebrew. Unlike systemd, launchctl doesn’t provide integration a syslog-like service. (I guess Apple expects you to use Console instead) Apple’s unified logging is unreliable and in many tests I have had messages disappearing, even when manually testing wit

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ThinkBook Plus Gen 6 – Lenovo’s rollable laptop

news.ycombinator.com Antonio G. Di Benedetto 2025-12-25 05:10:54

is a reviewer covering laptops and the occasional gadget. He spent over 15 years in the photography industry before joining The Verge as a deals writer in 2021. Part of me still can’t believe it, but Lenovo did the thing: it took a bonkers concept for a laptop with a rollable screen and built the tech into something you can actually own and use like a normal computer. Except, as conventional as the ThinkBook Plus Gen 6 can be, it’s far from a normal computer. It’s a $3,300 laptop with a screen

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The US Military Is Raking in Millions From On-Base Slot Machines

wired.com Molly Longman 2025-12-25 05:30:00

When Dave Yeager stumbled upon the chamber of shiny, casino-style slot machines, he felt an instant pull. It was his first night of deployment in Seoul, South Korea, and the United States Army officer was in a bad headspace. The September 11, 2001, attacks had just happened, and he had a wife and two children under the age of 5 at home whom he missed fiercely. He felt lost. WIRED has made this article free for all to read because it is primarily based on reporting from Freedom of Information Ac

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Nvidia's set to regain some China access. But it still faces eroding AI chip market share

cnbc.com Dylan Butts 2025-12-25 08:43:15

Nvidia 's H20 chips are likely to return to China, but tech experts don't expect them to be met with the same fanfare in the market in light of new competition and regulatory scrutiny. The Trump administration last month gave Nvidia assurances that it would be permitted to resume sales of its H20 chips to China, after their exports had been effectively banned in April. It also announced a new "fully compliant" made-for-China chip. The move was seen as a huge win for the company, which had flag

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Efficiently Generating a Number in a Range (2018)

news.ycombinator.com M.E. O'Neill 2025-12-23 05:38:14

The vast majority of my posts about random number generation have focused on looking at the properties of different generation schemes. But, perhaps surprisingly, the performance of your randomized algorithm may hinge not on the generation scheme you chose, but on other factors. In this post (inspired by and building on an excellent recent paper by Daniel Lemire), we'll explore a common source of overhead in random number generation that frequently outweighs PRNG engine performance. Imagine thi

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BioShock 4 hits a major development snag, and a remake of the original gets put on ice

engadget.com Unknown 2025-12-24 22:25:23

BioShock fans will have to wait even longer to find out if we're going to Rapture, Columbia or a brand new city since the next game in the franchise may be headed back to the drawing board. According to a report from Bloomberg, the latest BioShock game that's being developed by Cloud Chamber failed a review with executives at 2K Games. Bloomberg's sources explained that the execs wanted improvement with the game's narrative, which "will be revamped in the coming months." 2K Games said in a stat

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'A black hole': New graduates discover a dismal job market

news.ycombinator.com Https 2025-12-25 02:45:48

Recent graduates looking to enter an increasingly shaky labor market are painting a dire picture of their job search: “A black hole,” one said. “I’m disheartened,” said another. “I almost feel like it wasn’t worth going to school,” said a third. NBC News asked people who recently finished technical school, college or graduate school how their job application process was going, and in more than 100 responses, the graduates described months spent searching for a job, hundreds of applications and

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How to make almost anything (2019)

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-24 14:28:29

My name is D. Sculley. I lead several teams at Google in Cambridge doing research in various aspects of machine learning. I'm involved in this course because many of our current projects involve the use of machine learning for design or fabrication problems of one form or another, including in the biology space and the chemistry space. I'm interested in learning more about other forms of fabrication and seeing if there are interesting cross-domain opportunities to think about. Here is my Google

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Critcl – C Runtime in Tcl

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-24 23:58:55

Critcl lets you easily embed C code in Tcl. A (certainly incomplete) list of packages using critcl is: Readers wishing to make their use of critcl public here are asked to file a ticket or pull request here, against branch gh-pages More notes are available on the Tclers' Wiki Slides for "Critcl - Beyond Stubs and Compilers" [ PDF ], [ HTML ] A paper from the Ninth Annual Tcl/Tk conference (2002, Vancouver). Critcl currently has two major branches, version 2, and version 3. Only version 3 i

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If you're remote, ramble

news.ycombinator.com Steph Ango 2025-12-24 12:32:51

A tip for remote teams of 2-10 people. Create a personal “ramblings” channel for each teammate in your team’s chat app of choice. Ramblings channels let everyone share what’s on their mind without cluttering group channels. Think of them as personal journals or microblogs inside your team’s chat app, a lightweight way to add ambient social cohesion. People typically post short updates 1-3 times per week. Common topics include: ideas related to current projects musings about blog posts, artic

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Apple might be building its own AI ‘answer engine’

techcrunch.com Anthony Ha 2025-12-25 02:49:00

In Brief Apple has formed a new team to build a ChatGPT-like app, according to according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. This team — reportedly called Answers, Knowledge, and Information — is working to build an “answer engine” that can respond to questions using information from across the web. This could be a standalone app or provide search capabilities in Siri, Safari, and other Apple products. Gurman also notes that Apple is advertising for jobs with this team, specifically looking for appli

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Alarming New System Can Identify People Through Walls Using Wi-Fi Signal

futurism.com Unknown 2025-12-24 18:45:30

Once upon a time, in their startling report titled "Bigger Monsters, Weaker Chains," ACLU analysts Jay Stanley and Barry Steinhardt argued that the US was quickly becoming a full-blown "surveillance society," where advanced technology and crumbling regulation come together to create the kind of world that was previously the domain of dystopian science fiction. "The fact is, there are no longer any technical barriers to the Big Brother regime portrayed by George Orwell," they wrote. That was in

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Apple now looking to rival ChatGPT with a new in-house ‘Answers’ team: report

9to5mac.com Michael Burkhardt 2025-12-24 21:20:06

According to the latest edition of Mark Gurman’s Power On newsletter, Apple has a new plan up its sleeve to rival the competition in the AI search space. This is a major pivot from Apple’s previous stance, where the company said it didn’t want to develop a chatbot. Apple Intelligence has been off to a rocky start, to say the least. The abilities that have shipped, such as Genmoji and Notification Summaries, haven’t exactly been stellar. Apple has still failed to ship its all-new Siri, and has s

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The HORI Piranha Plant camera for Switch 2 is on sale for only $40

engadget.com Unknown 2025-12-24 21:30:51

Engadget has been testing and reviewing consumer tech since 2004. Our stories may include affiliate links; if you buy something through a link, we may earn a commission. Read more about how we evaluate products . Even though the Switch 2 basically just came out, we're already starting to see discounts on some of its accessories. One of the more charming peripherals, the HORI Piranha Plant camera, is on sale right now for only $40. That's $20 off and a record-low price. It's a good deal for anyo

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Apple's MacBook Air M4 drops to a record-low price

engadget.com Unknown 2025-12-24 22:00:38

Engadget has been testing and reviewing consumer tech since 2004. Our stories may include affiliate links; if you buy something through a link, we may earn a commission. Read more about how we evaluate products . If you've put off getting a new MacBook then today is your lucky day. Right now, the 2025 13- and 15-inch MacBook Air M4 are available on Amazon for record-low prices. The 13-inch model is our pick for best MacBook to buy this year. You can pick up the 13-inch MacBook Air M4 for $799,

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How To Make (almost) Anything (2019)

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-24 20:28:29

My name is D. Sculley. I lead several teams at Google in Cambridge doing research in various aspects of machine learning. I'm involved in this course because many of our current projects involve the use of machine learning for design or fabrication problems of one form or another, including in the biology space and the chemistry space. I'm interested in learning more about other forms of fabrication and seeing if there are interesting cross-domain opportunities to think about. Here is my Google

Topics: fabrication interested learning machine working

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Impossibly Intricate Tattoos Found on 2,000-Year-Old ‘Ice Mummy’

gizmodo.com Natalia Mesa 2025-12-24 21:00:35

For the first time, archeologists have gotten a detailed look at the intricate tattoos on a 2,000-year-old ice mummy, found buried deep within the permafrost-covered mountains of Siberia. These tattoos would be challenging to produce even today, the researchers say, suggesting that ancient tattoo artists possessed a considerable degree of skill. With help from modern tattoo artists, an international team of researchers examined the mummy’s tattoos in unprecedented detail and identified the too

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Ioan Gruffudd’s Still Fond of His ‘Fantastic Four’ Tenure

gizmodo.com Justin Carter 2025-12-25 02:25:00

Even before Marvel Studios retook ownership of the Fantastic Four and got a new movie into production, there was always a bit of fondness for the old Fox movies. Not so much the 2015 one, but the mid-2000s pair directed by Tim Story and starring Ioan Gruffudd, Jessica Alba, Chris Evans, and Michael Chiklis still have their fans. Those films were general audiences’ first introduction to the characters, and there remains a bit of attachment to those versions, particularly after Evans came back for

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The Nintendo Switch 2’s Biggest Problem Is Already Storage

wired.com Matt Kamen 2025-12-24 22:00:00

The Nintendo Switch 2 is fantastic—already a contender for the biggest gaming hardware launch of 2025. I'm still playing it daily—monkeying around in Donkey Kong Bananza, enjoying tearing up its destructible game worlds, whether I'm playing on the big screen or tucked up in bed with handheld mode. Unfortunately, just two months on from release, my console’s drive is already full. Since my copy of Bananza is digital, I've had to start juggling game installs to experience the great ape’s latest a

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Lenovo’s rollable laptop is the coolest computer I’ve used all year

theverge.com Antonio G. Di Benedetto 2025-12-24 22:00:00

is a reviewer covering laptops and the occasional gadget. He spent over 15 years in the photography industry before joining The Verge as a deals writer in 2021. Part of me still can’t believe it, but Lenovo did the thing: it took a bonkers concept for a laptop with a rollable screen and built the tech into something you can actually own and use like a normal computer. Except, as conventional as the ThinkBook Plus Gen 6 can be, it’s far from a normal computer. It’s a $3,300 laptop with a screen

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Nintendo raises the Switch 1 price from $299 to $339

theverge.com Emma Roth 2025-12-24 22:46:13

is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. The original Nintendo Switch, which has cost $299.99 in the US since its release in 2017, is now priced at $339.99 on Nintendo’s online store. Other first-gen Switch models are now more expensive, too, with the Switch OLED going from $349.99 to $399.99, and the

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Do LLMs identify fonts?

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Galaxy S26 Ultra charging time leak leaves us with more questions than answers

Paid subreddits plan on hold as company prioritizes search engine plans

The best deals on MacBooks, AirPods, iPads and other Apple gear you can get right now

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Nvidia's set to regain some China access. But it still faces eroding AI chip market share

Efficiently Generating a Number in a Range (2018)

BioShock 4 hits a major development snag, and a remake of the original gets put on ice

'A black hole': New graduates discover a dismal job market

How to make almost anything (2019)

Critcl – C Runtime in Tcl

If you're remote, ramble

Apple might be building its own AI ‘answer engine’

Alarming New System Can Identify People Through Walls Using Wi-Fi Signal

Apple now looking to rival ChatGPT with a new in-house ‘Answers’ team: report

The HORI Piranha Plant camera for Switch 2 is on sale for only $40

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The Nintendo Switch 2’s Biggest Problem Is Already Storage

Lenovo’s rollable laptop is the coolest computer I’ve used all year

Nintendo raises the Switch 1 price from $299 to $339

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