Why #microbenchmarks require statistical analysis. The screenshots are results from my repo
https://github.com/chrisarg/bench_popcount
of alternative computational for the popcounts under different optimization.
(-O0, -O3, -O3 -flto). Is it the algorithm, the compiler or noise the driver? #hpc

@tamazon hmm. Perhaps

🦄Big Tech has repeatedly followed a familiar playbook: rush new technologies to market, normalise potentially harmful practices, and then fight regulation and slow-roll enforcement when policymakers try to catch up. Meta’s smart glasses should be seen in this context.
(See the video for parts of my intervention on Norwegian national TV and radio last Friday (english subtitles)) 1/
#privacy

GlassBox – what the browser reveals, and how identifiable you are

https://glassbox.codecanary.org

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49421948

#HackerNews #GlassBox #browser #privacy #identifiable #data #technology

oh man! tom scott monday!

Delle volte mi chiedo se sono io...
Tutte le volte che devo mandare degli esempi tra cui scegliere a dei clienti, tipo una serie di font o di grafiche; sistematicamente loro scelgono sempre la roba più brutta.
È matematico.

#Mastocartolaio #DeGustibus

They sound great btw!

@farah al-jay

Purely educational video. Not at all suggesting any sort of political action, especially of the illegal variety.

https://youtube.com/shorts/aAc3Kq0bFPs

@Rierol només la última jo @xpagescorella

China Delays Ambitious Chang'e 7 Lunar Mission Until 2027 https://science.slashdot.org/story/26/08/24/1736239/china-delays-ambitious-change-7-lunar-mission-until-2027?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon

@Palleas ohhh it looks nice indeed, I want to adopt it

It's an all new That Real Blind Tech show. Join us as we go through the history of Privacy Wonkers. Think the mainstream is panicking over cameras on the Meta Frames? Well wait til you hear how people panicked when cameras first came to phones, or when Kodak invented the camera, the Walkman came on the scene, The Eifel Tower, and much more. Privacy Wonkers have been here for centuries! We even now have a jingle for them! Listen here https://thatrealblindtechshow.libsyn.com/episode-212-two-cox-and-a-johnson-a-history-of-privacy-wonking-0

Over the last few years, a meme has been growing on Reddit, Tiktok and elsewhere that bivalves have a decentralized enough nervous system that they count as vegan. I am not vegan, and I think bivalves are an excellent, sustainable food source, but I am trying to fight this misconception because it's just incorrect. Clams are not vegetables, folks. This is the hill I will die on.

Recently I was thinking about mixtapes 📻 .

Mixtapes were like a personalized way to discover music, free of algorithms or AI. If I wanted an introduction to a band or genre my friend loved, I'd ask them for a mixtape. Or I might get a mixtape from a cutie and discover a whole new kind of music.

Making mixtapes rewards creativity. A mixtape isn't a top 10 most played songs. It's a short story that flows from feeling to feeling.

@mixpal is a tiny, federated mixtape sharing service. The idea is: log into MixPal with your Fediverse account. Ask the Fediverse for a mixtape. The bot will boost your request, and maybe someone will be inspired to reply with the perfect playlist. ⭐

MixPal is brand new, so it will cherish your follows, requests, and replies: https://mixpal.net

@xpagescorella

Ostres només conec la primera. Les dues següents no les havia sentides dir mai.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/24/world/europe/russia-drones-autonomous-ai-kill-ukraine-war.html

The future not only of war but of any organized violence and crime.

Is there anyone among us who uses the Meta Ray-Ban smart glasses outside of the US?
If so, how did you manage to set them up so that the region-dependent features work properly? For example, even something as basic as voice-controlled functionality should respond with something useful instead of simply telling you that the feature isn’t available in your region.
I’ve seen several people demonstrate them, but by that point everything was already working.
Here’s what I’ve already tried:
Using a reliable US VPN and having a brand new Meta account set to the US region
Skipping Wi-Fi pairing because of location detection
Denying location access
Setting my phone’s region to the US
Completely factory-resetting the glasses before doing all of the above
Completely clearing the Meta AI app’s cache and data, uninstalling and reinstalling the app, and then doing all of the above again
And that’s pretty much where I ran out of ideas.
What’s strange is that I see everything in dollars in the Meta AI app, so I don’t understand what the problem could be.
Does anyone have any ideas?

#meta #accessibility #a11y #MetaAI #smartglasses

@unkai I definitely hear those around us in the morning :)