Qwen VLo: From “Understanding” the World to “Depicting” It https://qwenlm.github.io/blog/qwen-vlo/
Qwen
Qwen VLo: From "Understanding" the World to "Depicting" It
QWEN CHAT DISCORD
Introduction The evolution of multimodal large models is continually pushing the boundaries of what we believe technology can achieve. From the initial QwenVL to the latest Qwen2.5 VL, we have made progress in enhancing the model’s ability…
Introduction The evolution of multimodal large models is continually pushing the boundaries of what we believe technology can achieve. From the initial QwenVL to the latest Qwen2.5 VL, we have made progress in enhancing the model’s ability…
We ran a Unix-like OS on our home-built CPU with a home-built C compiler (2020) https://fuel.edby.coffee/posts/how-we-ported-xv6-os-to-a-home-built-cpu-with-a-home-built-c-compiler/
Fueled by Coffee
How we ran a Unix-like OS (Xv6) on our home-built CPU with our home-built C compiler
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It’s been two years since I started working as a software engineer. I sometimes tell my colleagues about a student project I did in my junior year of university, and it’s so well-received that I’m writing…
It’s been two years since I started working as a software engineer. I sometimes tell my colleagues about a student project I did in my junior year of university, and it’s so well-received that I’m writing…
MCP: An (Accidentally) Universal Plugin System https://worksonmymachine.substack.com/p/mcp-an-accidentally-universal-plugin
Substack
MCP: An (Accidentally) Universal Plugin System
Or: The Day My Toaster Started Taking Phone Calls
BusyBeaver(6) Is Quite Large https://scottaaronson.blog/?p=8972
Shtetl-Optimized
BusyBeaver(6) is really quite large
For overdetermined reasons, I’ve lately found the world an increasingly terrifying and depressing place. It’s gotten harder and harder to concentrate on research, or even popular scienc…
Donkey Kong Country 2 and Open Bus https://jsgroth.dev/blog/posts/dkc2-open-bus/
jsgroth.dev
Donkey Kong Country 2 and Open Bus | jsgroth's blog
Donkey Kong Country 2 has a pretty well-known bug in the old SNES emulator ZSNES where some stages have spinning barrels that don’t work properly. One of the earliest pictured here, in the first stage of Krem Quay (third world):
After you jump into the barrel…
After you jump into the barrel…
I write type-safe generic data structures in C https://danielchasehooper.com/posts/typechecked-generic-c-data-structures/
Danielchasehooper
I Write Type Safe Generic Data Structures in C
I write type safe generic data structures in C using a technique that I haven’t seen elsewhere1. It uses unions to associate type information with a generic data structure, but we’ll get to that. My approach works for any type of data structure: maps, arrays…
OpenFLOW – Quickly make beautiful infrastructure diagrams local to your machine https://github.com/stan-smith/OpenFLOW
GitHub
GitHub - stan-smith/OpenFLOW: Make beautiful isometric infrastructure diagrams
Make beautiful isometric infrastructure diagrams. Contribute to stan-smith/OpenFLOW development by creating an account on GitHub.
Show HN: Spegel, a Terminal Browser That Uses LLMs to Rewrite Webpages https://simedw.com/2025/06/23/introducing-spegel/
SimEdw's Blog
Spegel - A Terminal Browser That Uses LLMs to Rewrite Webpages
Spegel is a proof-of-concept terminal web browser that feeds HTML through an LLM before serving it as markdown in the terminal.
The Fed says this is a cube of $1M. They're off by half a million https://calvin.sh/blog/fed-lie/
calvin.sh
The Fed says this is a cube of $1 million. They're off by half a million. - Calvin Liang
Trust me, I counted.
Exploiting the IKKO Activebuds “AI powered” earbuds (2024) https://blog.mgdproductions.com/ikko-activebuds/
MGD Blog
Exploiting the IKKO Activebuds "AI powered" earbuds, running DOOM, stealing their OpenAI API key and customer data.
So my journey with these earbuds started after I saw them on this Mrwhosetheboss video about pointless tech. This device seems to be also popular on TikTok. My suspicions were confirmed, this runs android. So of course i went ahead and bought them.
245 euros…
245 euros…
Astronomers discover 3I/ATLAS – Third interstellar object to visit Solar System https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2025-07-03/3i-atlas-a11pl3z-interstellar-object-in-our-solar-system/105489180
www.abc.net.au
New interstellar 'comet' discovered speeding through our Solar System
Astronomers have discovered a new object that originated outside of our Solar System — only the third to be found.
Fei-Fei Li: Spatial intelligence is the next frontier in AI [video] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PioN-CpOP0
YouTube
Fei-Fei Li: Spatial Intelligence is the Next Frontier in AI
A fireside with Dr. Fei-Fei Li on June 16, 2025 at AI Startup School in San Francisco.
Dr. Fei-Fei Li is often called the godmother of AI—and for good reason. Before the world had AI as we know it, she was helping build the foundation.
In this fireside…
Dr. Fei-Fei Li is often called the godmother of AI—and for good reason. Before the world had AI as we know it, she was helping build the foundation.
In this fireside…
Flounder Mode – Kevin Kelly on a different way to do great work https://joincolossus.com/article/flounder-mode/
Colossus
Flounder Mode
Kevin Kelly on a different way to do great work