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“Bypassing” specialization in Rust

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-07-17 12:26:22

"Bypassing" specialization in Rust or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Function Pointers I've spent nearly a year developing and refining my own FAT driver in Rust. For much of the last six months, I had to put the project on hold due to school commitments. However, I'm back now, especially since this project has become my most-starred repository on GitHub. During that journey, I (almost) learned how FAT and filesystems in general work behind-the-scenes and in my attempts to navigate the

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"Bypassing" Specialization in Rust or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love F

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-07-17 17:26:22

"Bypassing" specialization in Rust or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Function Pointers I've spent nearly a year developing and refining my own FAT driver in Rust. For much of the last six months, I had to put the project on hold due to school commitments. However, I'm back now, especially since this project has become my most-starred repository on GitHub. During that journey, I (almost) learned how FAT and filesystems in general work behind-the-scenes and in my attempts to navigate the

Topics: filesystem function read self specialization

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Mammals Evolved into Ant Eaters 12 Times Since Dinosaur Age, Study Finds

news.ycombinator.com Written 2025-07-22 23:10:38

Written by: Jesse Jenkins Published: A first-of-its-kind study traces the rise of ant- and termite-eaters, revealing how mammals returned to the evolutionary table — at least a dozen times — to hone traits for feasting on the social insect bonanza that exploded after the extinction of the dinosaurs. Mammals have developed some unusual eating habits over the past 100 million years, but a new study has uncovered the surprising lengths some have gone to satisfy one of the more peculiar — a taste

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Wi-Fi Experts Reveal How Trump’s Budget Bill Could Slow Down Your Wi-Fi

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-07-22 22:05:00

You won’t find the term “Wi-Fi” anywhere in the text of President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill, but a provision authorizing the FCC to auction off spectrum could seriously impact speeds on newer Wi-Fi routers. Every wireless device, from garage door openers to baby monitors, relies on the electromagnetic spectrum to work. But that spectrum is a limited resource -- to open up capacity for one technology, you have to take it away from another. The latest generation of Wi-Fi 6E and Wi-Fi

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Ukrainian hackers destroyed the IT infrastructure of Russian drone manufacturer

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-07-27 09:18:34

Ukrainian cyber activists, in cooperation with military intelligence, successfully paralyzed the activities of one of the largest Russian drone manufacturers, Gaskar Integration. The attack destroyed over 47 TB of critical data, blocked internal systems, and effectively halted the plant’s operations. This is reported by “Pryamiy” with reference to sources in military intelligence. Hackers from the BO Team and Ukrainian Cyber Alliance groups, supported by the intelligence capabilities of milita

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Kiro: A new agentic IDE

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-07-30 15:24:40

I’m sure you’ve been there: prompt, prompt, prompt, and you have a working application. It’s fun and feels like magic. But getting it to production requires more. What assumptions did the model make when building it? You guided the agent throughout, but those decisions aren’t documented. Requirements are fuzzy and you can’t tell if the application meets them. You can’t quickly understand how the system is designed and how that design will affect your environment and performance. Sometimes it’s b

Topics: hooks kiro requirements specs tasks

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AWS launches Kiro, its Cursor clone

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-07-31 06:24:40

I’m sure you’ve been there: prompt, prompt, prompt, and you have a working application. It’s fun and feels like magic. But getting it to production requires more. What assumptions did the model make when building it? You guided the agent throughout, but those decisions aren’t documented. Requirements are fuzzy and you can’t tell if the application meets them. You can’t quickly understand how the system is designed and how that design will affect your environment and performance. Sometimes it’s b

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Happy 20th Birthday, Django

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-07-30 20:44:56

On July 13th 2005, Jacob Kaplan-Moss made the first commit to the public repository that would become Django. Twenty years and 400+ releases later, here we are – Happy 20th birthday Django! 🎉 Join the celebrations We want to share this special occasion with you all! Our new 20-years of Django website showcases all online and local events happening around the world, through all of 2025. As well as other opportunities to celebrate! Expect birthday cake 🎂 and singing Happy Birthday A special qu

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Hill Space: Neural nets that do perfect arithmetic (to 10⁻¹⁶ precision)

news.ycombinator.com Justin Dujardin 2025-07-31 19:37:48

When understood and used properly, the constraint W = tanh(Ŵ) ⊙ σ(M̂) (introduced in NALU by Trask et al. 2018 ) creates a unique parameter topology where optimal weights for discrete operations can be calculated rather than learned . During training, they're able to converge with extreme speed and reliability towards the optimal solution. Most neural networks struggle with basic arithmetic. They approximate, they fail on extrapolation, and they're inconsistent. But what if there was a way to m

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Trump’s DOJ seems annoyed about having to approve T-Mobile’s latest merger

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-08-01 23:52:23

The Department of Justice Antitrust Division issued an unusual statement yesterday about its decision to let T-Mobile complete an acquisition of US Cellular's wireless operations. Assistant Attorney General Gail Slater of the Justice Department's Antitrust Division, a Trump nominee who was confirmed by the Senate in March, said in a 900-word statement that the deal and two related transactions "will consolidate yet more spectrum in the Big 3's oligopoly, which controls more than 80 percent of t

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Motorola is giving the Razr a crystal-studded special edition and here’s your first look

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-08-02 11:51:46

TL;DR Motorola is preparing to launch a special edition Razr 2025 in collaboration with Swarovski. Images of this special edition foldable have now leaked. It appears this collaboration is limited to just the base model It’s not uncommon for Motorola to loop in collaborators to create special editions of its products. For example, the company recently teamed up with jewelry maker Swarovski to launch a special edition of its new Moto buds loop. That partnership isn’t ending with earbuds, howev

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FBI's CJIS demystified: Best practices for passwords, MFA & access control

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-08-04 19:02:12

Imagine your organization has just won a contract to handle sensitive law-enforcement data – you might be a cloud provider, a software vendor, or an analytics firm. It won’t be long before CJIS is top of mind. You know the FBI’s Criminal Justice Information Services Security Policy governs how criminal histories, fingerprints, and investigation files must be protected, but beyond that, it all feels a bit opaque. Whether you’re a veteran security pro or new to the world of criminal-justice data

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Z Fold 7? Samsung exec confirms that Galaxy Z Fold 8 is in the works

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-08-07 03:05:11

TL;DR A Samsung executive has confirmed that the Galaxy Z Fold 8 is already in development. The executive was responding to a question about a possible Galaxy Z Fold 7 Special Edition phone. This news comes after the Galaxy Z Fold 6 Special Edition was released last year as an unofficial proof of concept for the Fold 7. Samsung has just launched the Galaxy Z Fold 7, and it looks like a major design upgrade over last year’s foldable phone. However, a company executive has also confirmed that t

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Wi-Fi in the US Could Get Worse Under Trump's New Law

wired.com Jon Brodkin 2025-08-08 15:00:00

The Federal Communications Commission has regained its authority to hold spectrum auctions and could use that power to take spectrum away from Wi-Fi networks and license it to mobile carriers AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile. As we previously wrote, the Senate budget bill pitched by Ted Cruz (R-Texas) called for at least 800 MHz to be auctioned and allowed part of it to be taken from the 6 GHz band that's being used to boost speeds in the new generation of Wi-Fi networks. The House previously voted

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Best Internet Providers in Hawaii

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-08-09 21:09:00

What is the best internet provider in Hawaii? CNET's pick for the best internet provider in Hawaii is Spectrum. The provider offers gig speeds and is available throughout much of Hawaii, from the Big Island to Kauai. Spectrum offers multiple speed options for a variety of budgets, unlimited data and a free modem, allowing those already owning a router to skip equipment fees altogether. While Spectrum technically has fiber available in Hawaii, it's practically impossible to find. Your better be

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Show HN: I Got Tired of Calculator Sites, So I Built My Own

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-08-10 10:24:19

I’ve always found that online calculators tend to have bad UIs, especially on mobile. Most of the calculator websites I’ve come across use outdated and inconvenient ways of inputting data, or they format the results in confusing ways. I’ve noticed that fraction calculators (especially mixed fractions) are terrible to use, even on desktop. I haven’t built one of those yet, but it’s something I’m planning to tackle soon. This is a project I’ve always wanted to work on, but I’m relatively new to

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Trump and Congress finalize law that could hurt your Wi-Fi

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-08-11 03:33:28

The Federal Communications Commission has regained its authority to hold spectrum auctions and could use that power to take spectrum away from Wi-Fi networks and license it to mobile carriers AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile. As we previously wrote, the Senate budget bill pitched by Ted Cruz (R-Texas) called for at least 800 MHz to be auctioned and allowed part of it to be taken from the 6 GHz band that's being used to boost speeds in the new generation of Wi-Fi networks. The House previously voted

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Goodbye to All That – My Resignation from the FBI

news.ycombinator.com Michael Feinberg 2025-08-12 04:08:29

On May 31 of this year, in a series of phone calls beginning at nine in the morning and ending that afternoon, the newly installed Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Norfolk Field Office, Dominique Evans, made clear to me that, at the direction of Dan Bongino, my career with the organization had—for all intents and purposes—come to an end. It would be an understatement to say that I had not expected this. In fact, I was in the midst of preparing for a potential mov

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Prompting LLMs is not engineering

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-08-12 15:38:04

Prompting LLMs is not engineering published in: With the proliferation of AI models and tools, there's a new industry-wide fascination with snake oil remedies called "prompt engineering". As of July 2025 the term is now "context engineering" or "context prompting" or "context manipulation". To put it succinctly, prompt engineering is nothing but an attempt to reverse-engineer a non-deterministic black box for which any of the parameters below are unknown: training set weights constraints o

Topics: context engineering models prompt specific

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Macy's 4th of July Fireworks Special 2025: How to Watch From Anywhere

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-08-16 20:00:08

The Macy's 4th of July Fireworks Special is the premier holiday spectacle, and for good reason. For the past five decades, the nation's largest Independence Day extravaganza has pulled out all the stops to entertain viewers -- both in-person and at home. Now in its 49th year, the showcase is back to celebrate America's big day with an array of jaw-dropping fireworks, colorful arrangements and epic musical performances. This year, the New York institution will feature "more than 80,000 shells,"

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Figma files for proposed IPO

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-08-18 17:39:14

Figma, Inc. (“Figma”) today announced that it has filed a registration statement on Form S-1 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) relating to a proposed initial public offering of its Class A common stock. Figma has applied to list its Class A common stock on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “FIG.” The number of shares to be offered and the price range for the proposed offering have not yet been determined. The offering is subject to market conditions, and there

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Figma Files Registration Statement for Proposed Initial Public Offering

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-08-19 18:39:14

Figma, Inc. (“Figma”) today announced that it has filed a registration statement on Form S-1 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) relating to a proposed initial public offering of its Class A common stock. Figma has applied to list its Class A common stock on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “FIG.” The number of shares to be offered and the price range for the proposed offering have not yet been determined. The offering is subject to market conditions, and there

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12 Best Cheap Laptops (2025), Tested and Reviewed

wired.com Luke Larsen 2025-08-20 19:00:00

For our full take on what to look for in a laptop, see our guide on choosing the right laptop. Your budget is the most important factor, as it determines what you can expect out of the device you're purchasing. But you should consider display size, chassis thickness, CPU, memory, storage, and port selection. While appropriate specs can vary wildly when you're considering laptops ranging from $200 to $800, there are a few hard lines I don't recommend crossing. For example, don't buy a laptop if

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Restoring a ZX Spectrum+ Toastrack

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-08-18 21:33:53

Restoring a ZX Spectrum+ Toastrack I talk a lot about Commodore machines in this blog; they left a bigger dent in me growing up, but like most kids of my generation living in Portugal in the 80s, the first computers I played with were actually Sinclairs—first my friend’s ZX81 and then a ZX Spectrum 48K that my parents offered me. I have many memories of playing games like the Horace series, Manic Miner, Jetpac, or Chuckie Egg on my Spectrum. I’ve been keeping a few Timexes and Spectrums that h

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Senate GOP budget bill has little-noticed provision that could hurt your Wi-Fi

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-08-22 07:37:32

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) has a plan for spectrum auctions that could take frequencies away from Wi-Fi and reallocate them for the exclusive use of wireless carriers. The plan would benefit AT&T, which is based in Cruz's home state, along with Verizon and T-Mobile. Cruz's proposal revives a years-old controversy over whether the entire 6 GHz band should be devoted to Wi-Fi, which can use the large spectrum band for faster speeds than networks that rely solely on the 2.4 and 5 GHz bands. Congress

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How thin is the Galaxy Z Fold 7? New leak claims it’s nearly record-breaking

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-08-23 17:40:19

Evan Blass TL;DR According to a new leak, the Galaxy Z Fold 7 is expected to be just 8.9mm thick when folded, making it significantly thinner than last year’s model, which measured 12.1mm. The Galaxy Z Flip 7 is also reportedly getting slimmer and lighter, with upgraded display specs and a larger 4,300mAh battery. Samsung’s new foldables are just a few days away, and the leaks are coming in fast. The latest one spills out key specs of the Galaxy Z Fold 7 and Flip 7, including details about ho

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Trump’s ‘big beautiful bill’ could mean slower Wi-Fi for you

theverge.com Jennifer Pattison Tuohy 2025-08-24 07:28:12

The Senate version of the budget reconciliation bill, backed by President Donald Trump, removes protections for unlicensed spectrum that broadens the capacity of the 6GHz Wi-Fi band. This could result in slower Wi-Fi speeds. Under the bill, which may be voted on at the end of this week, the FCC would sell off some of that spectrum to mobile carriers such as AT&T, which could use it to improve the speed of their mobile data. The bill includes a provision requiring the FCC to auction 800MHz of sp

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Spectrum TV Select Customers Will Now Get Hulu for Free

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-08-26 23:20:00

Hulu's ad-based subscription is coming to Spectrum TV Select packages as part of a new agreement between The Walt Disney Co. and Charter Communications. In a joint statement, the media giants said the Hulu subscription will roll out later this summer for TV Select subscribers at no extra charge. If you have this Spectrum cable plan, you'll have access to three Disney-owned streaming services: Disney Plus, Hulu and the upcoming ESPN, which is due to launch in the fall. You'll be able to stream T

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Unreal Amber Fossils Show ‘Last of Us’ Zombie Fungus Terrorizing Bugs During the Cretaceous

gizmodo.com Ellyn Lapointe 2025-08-28 03:00:21

In the video game The Last of Us and its spin-off HBO series, humans fight to survive against cordyceps, a parasitic fungus that turns its hosts into zombies. While the infections are wildly dramatized in both the game and the show, these fungi aren’t mere science fiction. In fact, some species have been around since the age of the dinosaurs, a new study suggests. An international team of researchers led by Yuhui Zhuang, a doctoral student of paleontology at China’s Yunnan University, recently

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Ubuntu disables Intel GPU security mitigations, promises 20% performance boost

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-08-28 23:39:19

Ubuntu users could see up to a 20-percent boost in graphics performance on Intel-based systems under a change that will turn off security mitigations for blunting a class of attacks known as Spectre. Spectre, you may recall, first came to public notice in 2018. Spectre attacks are based on the observation that performance enhancements built into modern CPUs open a side channel that can leak secrets a CPU is processing. The performance enhancement, known as speculative execution, predicts future

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“Bypassing” specialization in Rust

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Mammals Evolved into Ant Eaters 12 Times Since Dinosaur Age, Study Finds

Wi-Fi Experts Reveal How Trump’s Budget Bill Could Slow Down Your Wi-Fi

Ukrainian hackers destroyed the IT infrastructure of Russian drone manufacturer

Kiro: A new agentic IDE

AWS launches Kiro, its Cursor clone

Happy 20th Birthday, Django

Hill Space: Neural nets that do perfect arithmetic (to 10⁻¹⁶ precision)

Trump’s DOJ seems annoyed about having to approve T-Mobile’s latest merger

Motorola is giving the Razr a crystal-studded special edition and here’s your first look

FBI's CJIS demystified: Best practices for passwords, MFA & access control

Z Fold 7? Samsung exec confirms that Galaxy Z Fold 8 is in the works

Wi-Fi in the US Could Get Worse Under Trump's New Law

Best Internet Providers in Hawaii

Show HN: I Got Tired of Calculator Sites, So I Built My Own

Trump and Congress finalize law that could hurt your Wi-Fi

Goodbye to All That – My Resignation from the FBI

Prompting LLMs is not engineering

Macy's 4th of July Fireworks Special 2025: How to Watch From Anywhere

Figma files for proposed IPO

Figma Files Registration Statement for Proposed Initial Public Offering

12 Best Cheap Laptops (2025), Tested and Reviewed

Restoring a ZX Spectrum+ Toastrack

Senate GOP budget bill has little-noticed provision that could hurt your Wi-Fi

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Trump’s ‘big beautiful bill’ could mean slower Wi-Fi for you

Spectrum TV Select Customers Will Now Get Hulu for Free

Unreal Amber Fossils Show ‘Last of Us’ Zombie Fungus Terrorizing Bugs During the Cretaceous

Ubuntu disables Intel GPU security mitigations, promises 20% performance boost

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