My first attempt at iOS app development
Link: mgx.me/my-first-attempt-at-ios…
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…
A week ago, I knew absolutely nothing about Swift. Today, I have a working iOS app sitting on my Mac and my test devicemgx
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As tensions mount between Washington and Tbilisi, a clumsy U.S. diplomatic push in recent weeks to pressure the Georgian Dream party founder into takingСит Феррис (New Eastern Outlook)
Russia has scored a diplomatic victory with its proposal to return the bodies of fallen Ukrainian soldiers, former American intelligence officer Scott Ritter said in an interview with the YouTube channel Dialogue Works.newsmaker1 newsmaker1 (English News front)
A new paper criticizes the capabilities of LLMs in reasoning and formal logic. It builds on previous arguments made by Gary Marcus and Subbarao Kambhampati about LLMs' limitations in generalizing beyond their training distribution.
The paper argues that LLMs are not a substitute for well-specified conventional algorithms and have limitations that are becoming clearer. The the field of neural networks is not dead, but the current approach has clear limitations.
machinelearning.apple.com/rese…
#llm
Recent generations of frontier language models have introduced Large Reasoning Models (LRMs) that generate detailed thinking processes…Apple Machine Learning Research
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Just a reminder that Nobel-prize winning PCR (1983), used in basically any genetic tech today, was only possible because of an extremophile bacterium discovered in 1964 in Yellowstone funded by a small ~$80k NSF grant with no obvious application at the time. The value of basic #science cannot be predicted and often is realized decades after it's done.
How a discovery in Yellowstone National Park led to the development of PCR - Richmond Scientific
richmondscientific.com/how-a-d…
A discovery in Yellowstone National Park led to the development of PCR, the gold-standard COVID-19 tests used to fight the global pandemic.Rob Edmond (Richmond Scientific)
FSE meets the FBI
Link: blog.freespeechextremist.com/b…
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…
China initiates large-scale application of non-binary AI chips, integrating hybrid computing technology into critical sectors like aviation and industrial systems.
A team at Beihang University in Beijing made the breakthrough by merging binary and stochastic logic, enabling fault tolerance and power efficiency.
The team overcame challenges in today's chip technologies, the power wall and the architecture wall, by proposing a new numerical system.
scmp.com/news/china/science/ar…
China’s AI chip overcomes traditional computing barriers and will be used in touch displays, flight systems and aircraft navigation.Zhang Tong (South China Morning Post)
Over 100 Palestinians have been killed and hundreds injured at aid sites since the US-Israeli mechanism was launchedthecradle.co
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TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Israeli troops carried out a series of raids across the occupied West Bank on Sunday, arresting several Palestinians and assaulting civilians, according to Palestinian news agency Wafa.Tasnim News Agency
Utilize the newly added prometheus metrics exporter in the AREDN firmware to add analytics and performance metrics to Grafana. Read about the metrics endpoint and a basic dashboard to monitor performance of your AREDN hardware or VM.roguesecurity.dev
cross-posted from: infosec.pub/post/29612746
Monitor your AREDN Node with Prometheus and Grafana
Monitor your AREDN Node with Prometheus and Grafana
Utilize the newly added prometheus metrics exporter in the AREDN firmware to add analytics and performance metrics to Grafana. Read about the metrics endpoint and a basic dashboard to monitor performance of your AREDN hardware or VM.roguesecurity.dev
Saw that the IDF has boarded the Freedom Flotilla and arrested everyone aboard: abc.net.au/news/2025-06-09/isr…
Worth remembering that the IDF killed nine people on the Freedom Flotilla in 2010, and injured thirty, so it's not as bad as it could have been. Maybe the high profile of Greta Thunberg helped.
But as they say, it's not about this boat or these activists. It's about the people, including the children and the little babies, starving to death in Gaza as Israel calculatedly denies them food, and locks up the measly trickle they are allowing in behind a ghoulish series of death traps. Good on the Flotilla activists for trying to shine a spotlight on that #FreePalestine 🇵🇸
ABC News provides the latest news and headlines in Australia and around the world.Toby Mann (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
This is an act of international piracy.
“Catania, Sicily, Italy- The Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC) confirms that its civilian ship, Madleen, carrying humanitarian aid to Gaza, has been attacked/forcibly intercepted by the Israeli military at 3:02 am CET in international waters at 31.95236° N, 32.38880° E. The ship was unlawfully boarded, its unarmed civilian crew abducted, and its life-saving cargo—including baby formula, food and medical supplies—confiscated.”
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DON’T LOOK AWAY The Children Are Dying and the World Is Watching My new book goes live June 15, the day of the World March to Gaza from Egypt. This work is a witness, a protest, and a call to conscience. ➡️ www.amazon.com/dp/B0FCDPVZHV #Gaza #FreePalestine #MarchToGaza #HumanRights #EndApartheid
Frederick Kempe, whose think tank has been among the most aggressive institutions in demanding the West go all-out to defeat Putin in Ukraine, heaped praise on Friedrich Merz in his report on the Trump-Merz meeting last week.Harley Schlanger (EIR News)
I think this very precisely describes the methods of consequent #dehumanisation practiced by Western media, that lays the very foundation for the current #genocide in #Gaza.
theintercept.com/2025/05/25/ho…
A concise guide to proper media behavior when discussing the “complicated” situation.Sisonke Msimang (The Intercept)
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Concerns by the legal and human rights community about warning signs of erosion of the rule of law and democracy in the United Kingdom The national and international legal and human rights c…International Association of Democratic Lawyers
introducing nishbox, 3d sandbox physics game
github.com/pyrite-dev/nishbox
and goldfish, 3d general game engine
github.com/pyrite-dev/goldfish
GoldFish engine - generic engine for 3D games. Contribute to pyrite-dev/goldfish development by creating an account on GitHub.GitHub
Melbourne people: there's a snap protest tonight at the State Library in support of the Freedom Flotilla activists. Copy-pasting from the post on the Students for Palestine Instagram:
"The Madleen Freedom Flotilla has been attacked by Israel and the activists onboard have been kidnapped.
"We demand that our government immediately sanction Israel for their attack on the Freedom Flotilla, their siege on Gaza & cut all economic, diplomatic and military ties with the state of Israel." #FreePalestine #AusPol
DNC Chair Ken Martin Broke Down, Threatened to Resign Over David Hogg’s Interventions — Audio of Private Crisis Meeting Leaked
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The chair of the DNC has threatened to resign following a recent meeting over the damage caused by the party’s vice-chair David Hogg.Ben Kew (Where Hope Finally Made a Comeback)
LAPD shot intentionally at an Australian reporter. Totally unprovoked.
#Australia
#journalist
#losAngeles
#LAPD
#ACAB
@Farid@freefree.ps @palestine@a.gup.pe #Israel doesn't care about #Piracy or #Terrorism any more than they care about #Genocide, #EthnicCleansing, or #CrimesAgainstHumanity. @israel@a.gup.pe
Let's make this absolutely clear: Israel attacking a ship sailing under the flag of the UK and kidnapping it's international crew including Greta Thunberg and Member of European Parliament Rima Hassan is Piracy and Terrorism.farid.ps/articles/israel_madle…
Let's make this absolutely clear: Israel attacking a ship sailing under the flag of the UK and kidnapping it's international crew including Greta Thunberg and Member of European Parliament Rima Hassan is Piracy and Terrorism.
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Emergency protest tomorrow🔻
5:30 p.m. at the Zionist consulate in Montreal. One Westmount Square.
#Madleen #Action4Gaza #Gaza #Montreal
ISRAEL: Four Israeli soldiers killed in Khan Yunis, southern Gaza are being laid to rest ■ GAZA: Five reportedly killed near aid hub by Israeli fire as health ministry says over 100 killed in past day ■ IRAN: Minister says sensitive Israeli documents…Haaretz
Iran’s intelligence chief officially announces that Tehran has obtained key documents on “Israel’s” nuclear projects and ties with the West, calling it a major strategic breakthrough.Al Mayadeen English (Iranian security minister reveals major intelligence haul on 'Israel')
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Amkodor is ready to offer Cuba adaptable and multipurpose machinery products, Amkodor's press service told BelTA.Belarusian Telegraph Agency
We previously reported on the May visit to China by Afghanistan’s Acting Foreign Minister Mawlawi Amir Khan Muttaqi, during which he met his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi as well as joining an informal trilateral meeting in which Pakistan Foreign Minis…Friends of Socialist China
#DestinSandlin is amazing. You should totally watch and subscribe to his channel. Watch as he tried to make a product entirely in America.
#SmarterEveryDay
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The depravity of #Israel is unmatched anywhere else in this world.
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Let us build on the sentiment of Africa Liberation Day to unite with the popular and revolutionary forces in the Sahel in their struggle for complete sovereignty, total national liberation, and the broader goal of a unified and free Africa.vivian (International Peoples' Assembly)
Wall Street Apes
During the Los Angeles ICE raids a Mexican man shouts directly in FBI agents faces “I’ll kill your momma”
We’ve gotten to a point where people in California are so boldened they’ll threaten to murder FBI agents mothers to their faces
Bring the National Guard and Martial Law
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This time, an early work by the man responsible for and influential in modern society's adoption of propaganda, advertising, and public opinion. Twitter: htt...YouTube
Tensions escalated in Los Angeles on Friday following a series of federal immigration raids that resulted in the kidnapping of dozens of people. Unfolding across multiple sites, the raids were part of US President Donald Trump’s intensified ethnicprogram cleansing against migrants.
People poured into the streets to throw rocks at ICE vehicles, swarmed agents, burned ICE vehicles, and chased down agents in the street.
According to local media, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents targeted precarious workers at several locations, including a Home Depot in the Westlake District, an apparel store in the Fashion District, and a clothing warehouse in South Los Angeles. Television footage showed unmarked, military-style vehicles and vans transporting uniformed agents throughout the city.
The Los Angeles City News Service reported that dozens were taken into custody, though ICE has not yet issued an official statement.
By evening, protests had erupted in downtown Los Angeles in response to the raids. Demonstrators gathered near a federal court building, where anti-ICE slogans were spray-painted on the walls. Crowds also massed near a nearby jail believed to be holding some of the detainees.
Live footage from Reuters showed LAPD officers in riot gear forming lines in the street, equipped with batons and tear gas rifles. After ordering protesters to disperse, police declared an unlawful assembly. Fearless protesters reportedly threw chunks of broken concrete, prompting police to respond with volleys of tear gas, pepper spray, and flash-bang rounds.
It was unclear whether any arrests were made during the confrontation. LAPD spokesperson Drake Madison confirmed that those who refused to leave the area were subject to arrest.
One of those detained during the raids was David Huerta, president of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) of California. According to an SEIU statement, Huerta was injured and taken into custody by ICE while observing enforcement activity at one of the raid locations.
ICE did not respond to requests for comment on Huerta’s detention.
The LAPD backed up ICE by attacking the rebellion that followed. Trump exacerbated the situation, deploying 2,000 national guard troops. Nonetheless grafiti was spotted in the area reading, ‘Kill ICE.’
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#antiColonialism #ICE #ICERaid #Immigration #LosAngeles #Migrant #Migration #riots #UnitedStates
Building supercomputers for autocrats probably isn't good for democracy
Link: helentoner.substack.com/p/supe…
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…
The shameless spin around Stargate UAEHelen Toner (Rising Tide)
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Lewis Herms Live announcement Monday June 2nd Regarding California and the Nation's Politics
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This is about California politics as well as the entire nation.
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The Genesis Abraham is the Future, not the Antique, Primordial Past. Abimelech and Pharaoh are the Christian Church. The Seed of Abraham is in the World Today but not of the Christian World Order. The Deeper Meaning of Abimelech and Sarah in Genesis.
The Book of Genesis is a prophecy about the Christian age. It uses emblems to tell a deeper spiritual story, which is wrongly interpreted by many Christians and Jews to be totally literal history. But Genesis is not literal history--Genesis is the prophetic future!
blog.nightbulb.net/the-genesis…
#bible #genesis #church #christian #prophecy #faith #theology #jesus
This is too funny, but I'm an old enough fart to have used a slide-rule. My early study for a 1st Class Radio Telephone license included calculating by slide rule. Fortunately, I picked up a used HP-35 calculator for $320 before I actually took the FCC test. The test WITH the calculator took me 4 hours and I ran out of battery at the end of the test. But I passed.
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Denali is six million acres of wild land, bisected by one ribbon of road. Travelers along it see the relatively low-elevation taiga forest give way to high alpine tundra and snowy mountains, culminating in North America's tallest peak, 20,310' Mount …www.nps.gov
290K likes, 11K comments - gazafreedomflotilla on June 8, 2025: "The Swedish government must protect their citizen! Greta Thunberg has been kidnapped by the Israeli military.Instagram
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