Tootfinder

Sources: Gemini's image generation tool had a technical fix to reduce bias in its outputs but Google didn't anticipate the overcorrection and wasn't transparent (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

Google Left in ‘Terrible Bind’ By Pulling AI Feature After Right-Wing Backlash
Google tried using a technical fix to reduce bias in a feature that generates realistic-looking images of people. Instead, it set off a new diversity firestorm.

An Econ prof at my alma mater has a modest proposal for how to fix higher ed. https://wapo.st/3UAwgwj [gift link]

How to fix college finances? Eliminate faculty, then students.
Two existential threats to colleges and universities, one solution.

#CSUNATC #overlay mini recap:
1. This talk: https://docs.goo…

One Line of Code Can’t Fix Your Website - CSUN 2024
One line of code can’t fix your website

🐖🪽 https://github.com/google/mtail/releases/tag/v3.0.0

Release v3.0.0 · google/mtail
Changelog 9a38264 doc: Fix a confusing regular expression in an example.

Dauerbetrieb der Bahnstrecke Gotteszell-Viechtach ist fix
Der Weg ist frei: Der bayerische Landtag hat den Dauerbetrieb der Bahnstrecke Gotteszell-Viechtach im Kreis Regen mit Mehrheit beschlossen. Ein Meilenstein für den öffentlichen Personennahverkehr, freuen sich viele Menschen in der Region.

Dauerbetrieb der Bahnstrecke Gotteszell-Viechtach ist fix
Der Weg ist frei: Der bayerische Landtag hat den Dauerbetrieb der Bahnstrecke Gotteszell-Viechtach im Kreis Regen mit Mehrheit beschlossen. Ein Meilenstein für den öffentlichen Personennahverkehr, freuen sich viele Menschen in der Region.

How many of these linguistic antipatterns are you using?
#Programming

Linguistic Antipatterns
This is a website to teach you to identify and fix linguistic antipatterns in your code

Whereas early #AGI proponents believed that machines would soon take on all human activities, researchers have learned the hard way that creating AI systems that can beat you at chess or answer your search queries is a lot easier than building a robot to fold your laundry or fix your plumbing.
The definition of AGI was adjusted accordingly to include only so-called “cognitive tasks.”
DeepMind cof…

Debates on the nature of artificial general intelligence
The term “artificial general intelligence” (AGI) has become ubiquitous in current discourse around AI. OpenAI states that its mission is “to ensure that artificial general intelligence benefits all of humanity.” DeepMind’s company vision statement notes ...

Memo: Google CEO Sundar Pichai calls Gemini's problematic responses around race "completely unacceptable" and vows to make structural changes to fix the problem (Reed Albergotti/Semafor)
https://www.semafor.com/article/02/27/2024…

Google CEO calls AI tool’s controversial responses ‘completely unacceptable’ | Semafor
In a memo to employees sent Tuesday evening, Sundar Pichai vowed to make structural changes to address the issues found in Gemini’s racially inaccurate images.

Can Seattle's moves fix the NFL's worst run defense? Why coach Mike Macdonald is optimistic https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/39821656/seattle-seahawks-defense-improve-run-free-agent-signings

Can the Seahawks' free agent signings fix their run defense? - ESPN
The Seahawks rebuilt the middle of their defense in free agency, targeting a 'strong spine' on that side of the ball. But will the approach work?

Autofix on github, logical use of GPT4 in coding.
https://techcrunch.com/2024/03/20/githubs-latest-ai-tool-that-can-automatically-fix-code-vulnerabilities

GitHub's latest AI tool can automatically fix code vulnerabilities | TechCrunch
It's a bad day for bugs. Earlier today, Sentry announced its AI Autofix feature for debugging production code and now, a few hours later, GitHub is

The other failure of the Republican investigation into Biden - The Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/03/25/biden-impeachment-inquiry-trump-influence/

Analysis | The other failure of the Republican investigation into Biden
At the outset, the probe was ostensibly about influence peddling. Recent weeks have reinforced that Trump remains the most important target of such an inquiry.

This https://arxiv.org/abs/2312.15101 has been replaced.
initial toot: https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_csSE_…

Fix-Con: Automatic Fault Localization and Repair of Deep Learning Model Conversions between Frameworks
Converting deep learning models between frameworks is a common step to maximize model compatibility across devices and leverage optimization features that may be exclusively provided in one deep learning framework. However, this conversion process may be riddled with bugs, making the converted models either undeployable or problematic, considerably degrading their prediction correctness. In this paper we propose an automated approach for fault localization and repair, Fix-Con, during model co…

Voyager 1 back in action: NASA engineers fix 24-billion-km glitch
Jiggled the code a bit to make it work
https://www.computing.co.uk/news/4200834/voyager-action-nasa-engineers-fix-billion-km-glitch

Voyager 1 back in action: NASA engineers fix 24-billion-km glitch
NASA has successfully revived its Voyager 1 probe, the farthest human-made object from Earth.

Hey, they’re using the fix I suggested https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/20/24135876/tesla-cybertruck-accelerator-pedal-recall-fix

Tesla’s fixing recalled Cybertruck pedals with this rivet installation
Tesla’s fix for Cybertruck accelerator pedal pads that can slip off and leave it stuck at full throttle is to drill a hole and install a rivet in the pedal of its expensive electric truck.

Shout out to 040 Hosting for consistently great support over the last decade (and then some). I'm only a small customer and they just get in there and fix it if I have any issue. Recommended.
https://040hosting.eu/2024/02/05/040hostin…

040Hosting Unprecedented Customer Support 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 - 040Hosting
Discover how 040Hosting achieved a perfect Customer Support Rating in 2023, setting a new industry standard for exceptional client service.

A timeline of EU's DMA investigations into Apple, Google, and Meta: each have 12 months to fix the issues, before risking fines of up to 10% of global revenue (Samuel Stolton/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

Apple, Google, Meta: What Happens Next With EU Probe Is Key
Apple Inc., Alphabet Inc.’s Google and Meta Platforms Inc. were this week all hit by investigations under the European Union’s landmark new Digital Markets Act — plunging the future for some of their key services into uncertainty and running the risk of multi-billion dollar fines.

This https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.11314 has been replaced.
link: https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=a

CodeAid: Evaluating a Classroom Deployment of an LLM-based Programming Assistant that Balances Student and Educator Needs
Timely, personalized feedback is essential for students learning programming. LLM-powered tools like ChatGPT offer instant support, but reveal direct answers with code, which may hinder deep conceptual engagement. We developed CodeAid, an LLM-powered programming assistant delivering helpful, technically correct responses, without revealing code solutions. CodeAid answers conceptual questions, generates pseudo-code with line-by-line explanations, and annotates student's incorrect code with fix s…

Good. Now let's fix the Postal Service. https://www.forbes.com/sites/tonybradley/2024/04/25/fcc-votes-to-restore-net-neutrality-a-win-for-consumers-and-democracy/

FCC Votes To Restore Net Neutrality: A Win For Consumers And Democracy
The FCC has voted to restore Net Neutrality—restoring the FCC's authority under Title II of the Communications Act to enforce open-internet protections.

The quickest and easiest way to fix the Cowboys offensive line in 2024 https://cowboyswire.usatoday.com/2024/04/23/cowboys-offensive-line-fix-draft-2024/

The quickest and easiest way to fix the Cowboys offensive line in 2024
If the Cowboys want to save draft picks they could ignore the LT position completely in the draft, says @ReidDHanson.

I've been looking for this info for several years and someone wrote it up back in 2017. Guess I'll add "fix old joystick" to my list of projects.
#RetroComputing
#AppleII

How to fix an Apple joystick when the buttons stop working - Apple II FAQ
By John Veldezco Original article If you find the joystick buttons on your Apple joystick aren’t working consistently anymore, then it might be time to replace the switches. Link to buy it from Mouser The part you will want to get is the Omron B3F-4000, which is good for another 3,000,000 button presses. You can … Continue reading "How to fix an Apple joystick when the buttons stop working"

Yep, steelies all the way. Adrian's design is an improvement.
https://www.theautopian.com/i-fix-something-i-dont-like-on-the-new-land-rover-defender-a-car-i-worked-on

What I Would Fix On The New Land Rover Defender, A Car I Helped Design - The Autopian
One of the things they didn’t teach me in fancy pants design school is what it’s actually like working inside a real OEM studio. Covering all the fundamentals and necessary vocational skills, as well as giving you a broader understanding of creating your own designs at a macro level doesn’t leave a lot of time […]

Improving Galileo OSNMA Time To First Authenticated Fix
Aleix Galan (KU Leuven), Ignacio Fernandez-Hernandez (KU Leuven, European Commission), Wim De Wilde (Septentrio NV), Sofie Pollin (KU Leuven), Gonzalo Seco-Granados (Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona)
https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.14739

Improving Galileo OSNMA Time To First Authenticated Fix
Galileo is the first global navigation satellite system to authenticate their civilian signals through the Open Service Galileo Message Authentication (OSNMA) protocol. However, OSNMA delays the time to obtain a first position and time fix, the so-called Time To First Authentication Fix (TTFAF). Reducing the TTFAF as much as possible is crucial to integrate the technology seamlessly into the current products. In the cases where the receiver already has cryptographic data available, the so-calle…

Intenseye, which uses computer vision to spot risks and enhance workplace safety, raised a $64M Series B led by Lightspeed, bringing its total funding to $90M (Saritha Rai/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

AI Startup Gets Funds to Help Prevent Widespread Work Accidents 
EMBARGO Bloomberg can publish at Feb 27, Tuesday, 6.00 am ET Intenseye has raised $64 million in a funding round led by Lightspeed Venture Partners to develop AI that can detect and help fix potential hazards in the workplace, an effort it says can help save lives and reduce economic losses from millions of accidents every year.

@… I see what you did there!!! 🤣🫠 https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/20/24135876/tesla-cybertruck-a…

Tesla’s fixing recalled Cybertruck pedals with this rivet installation
Tesla’s fix for Cybertruck accelerator pedal pads that can slip off and leave it stuck at full throttle is to drill a hole and install a rivet in the pedal of its expensive electric truck.

The vOICe for Android v2.72 now released on Google Play: stability improvements and minor bug fixes, fix for EXIF data not saved in snapshots in Android 11 , tweaks for TCL RayNeo X2 and Vuzix Shield smart glasses https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=vOICe.vOICe

The vOICe for Android - Apps on Google Play
Augmented Reality for the Blind: See with your Ears!

It could do with some minor tweaks - username could be de-emphasised a bit (tends to visually run into the text) and I'd love an option to expand images on a click. But those are minor quibbles I can probably fix with a userscript for now.

"#AudreyTang has served as #Taiwan's 1st Digital Minister since 2016, known for revitalizing #Perl and #Haskell,…

Open Source Beats Authoritarianism - How to Fix the Internet
The internet is broken—but it doesn’t have to be. If you’re concerned about how surveillance, online advertising, and automated content moderation are hurting us online and offline, the Electronic Frontier Foundation’s How to Fix the Internet podcast offers a better way forward. EFF has been defending your rights online for over thirty years and is behind many of the biggest digital rights protections since the invention of the internet. Through curious conversations with some of the le…

Fieldguide, which plans to use AI to alleviate an accountant shortage, raised a $30M Series B led by Bessemer, and counts 40 of the top 100 CPA firms as clients (Saritha Rai/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

Three-Year-Old Startup Bets AI Can Help Fix Accountant Shortage
Fieldguide raised $30 million in funding led by Bessemer Venture Partners to further its goal of using AI to alleviate an acute shortage of accountants worldwide.

This https://arxiv.org/abs/2204.09239 has been replaced.
link: https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=a

A $p$-adic arithmetic inner product formula
Fix a prime number $p$ and let $E/F$ be a CM extension of number fields in which $p$ splits relatively. Let $π$ be an automorphic representation of a quasi-split unitary group of even rank with respect to $E/F$ such that $π$ is ordinary above $p$ with respect to the Siegel parabolic subgroup. We construct the cyclotomic $p$-adic $L$-function of $π$, and show, under certain conditions, that if its order of vanishing at the trivial character is $1$, then the rank of the Selmer group of the Gal…

CYCLE: Learning to Self-Refine the Code Generation
Yangruibo Ding, Marcus J. Min, Gail Kaiser, Baishakhi Ray
https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.18746 https://

CYCLE: Learning to Self-Refine the Code Generation
Pre-trained code language models have achieved promising performance in code generation and improved the programming efficiency of human developers. However, their self-refinement capability is typically overlooked by the existing evaluations of code LMs, which focus only on the accuracy of the one-time prediction. For the cases when code LMs fail to implement the correct program, developers actually find it hard to debug and fix the faulty prediction since it is not written by the developers t…

We go to the SF Zoo a lot, mainly because it's close by, there’s a fun playground inside, and the buy-once souvenir icee mug with unlimited lifetime refills lol. But it's def not ready to house pandas. Also, pandas are cute but not worth cozying up to the CCP.
https://

Opinion | The broken and neglected San Francisco Zoo is no place for giant pandas
Animal deaths and human tragedy have long marred the San Francisco Zoo. And the park's problems aren't in the past. They could spill over again if pandas are added to the mix.

“[X] changed the microbiome!” has basically no meaning
https://drguess.substack.com/p/why-i-laugh-at-most-microbiome-trials

Why I laugh at most microbiome trials
The microbiome is the 21st century’s Human Genome Project. People are excited about it in the way that people often are about anything new. In some ways it is a significant advancement in our understanding of nutrition and health, but as always people take it too far and honestly think this new field of nutrition is going to solve all our problems: “we don’t have to fix our living environments, transport, food systems because we just need to fix our microbiomes!” or “conventional diet…

Thanking David for the quick fix of a html-validate issue with acceptable values for the textarea tag’s autocomplete attribute (https://gitlab.com/html-validate/html-validate/-/issues/249).
If you’re not using html-validate, you should. Kitten* has is integr…

False positive for autocomplete attribute (street-address marked as invalid) (#249) · Issues · html-validate / html-validate · GitLab
Provide a broad description of the bug. Reduced test-case

This https://arxiv.org/abs/2111.10409 has been replaced.
link: https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=a

The Acrobatics of BQP
One can fix the randomness used by a randomized algorithm, but there is no analogous notion of fixing the quantumness used by a quantum algorithm. Underscoring this fundamental difference, we show that, in the black-box setting, the behavior of quantum polynomial-time ($\mathsf{BQP}$) can be remarkably decoupled from that of classical complexity classes like $\mathsf{NP}$. Specifically: -There exists an oracle relative to which $\mathsf{NP^{BQP}}\not\subset\mathsf{BQP^{PH}}$, resolving a 2005…

How to Fix the Mechanical Voices in #Microsoft #Word
https://improveandrepea…

How to Fix the Mechanical Voices in Microsoft Word - Improve & Repeat
The default languages for the read aloud feature in Word sound mechanical. We can pick a more natural voice with this mini tutorial.

Public - Private Colleges benefit immensely under the Ford Government. The Conservatives collect campaign donations and these private colleges advance the agenda of privatizing our education system. Ontario is churning out degrees for international students while severly impacting housing availability and affordability. And Ford's Government has zero strategy to fix anything.
#onpoli

Colleges minister raised $24k from private college execs at meet and greet
The PCs raised over $150k from executives with public-private college partnerships the government saved from extinction

Dynamics of primitive elements under group actions
Pratyush Mishra
https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.16769 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2403.16769<…

Dynamics of primitive elements under group actions
We investigate group actions in which certain primitive elements fix a point, while not all group elements possess this property when acting upon some space. Using similar dynamical tools, we introduce the notion of Nielsen girth and prove the existence of groups with infinite girth but having finite Nielsen girth.

😂😭 https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2024/02/15/jersey-lawmakers-pass-proposed-micromobility-insurance-law-with-vague-promise-to-fix-it

Jersey Lawmakers Pass Proposed Micromobility Insurance Law With Vague Promise to Fix It - Streetsblog New York City
Advocates are adamantly opposed to Sen. Nicolas Scutari's bill, fearing it would undermine the goals of reducing car dependency and carbon emissions. And it's expensive.

Data Authenticity, Consent, & Provenance for AI are all broken: what will it take to fix them?
Shayne Longpre, Robert Mahari, Naana Obeng-Marnu, William Brannon, Tobin South, Katy Gero, Sandy Pentland, Jad Kabbara
https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.12691

Data Authenticity, Consent, & Provenance for AI are all broken: what will it take to fix them?
New capabilities in foundation models are owed in large part to massive, widely-sourced, and under-documented training data collections. Existing practices in data collection have led to challenges in documenting data transparency, tracing authenticity, verifying consent, privacy, representation, bias, copyright infringement, and the overall development of ethical and trustworthy foundation models. In response, regulation is emphasizing the need for training data transparency to understand foun…

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- New Music Fix Playlist: Little Simz, Beth Gibbons, Angelica Garcia and more...
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The Funeral Fix Podcast
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: #GreatAusPods

The Funeral Fix | Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory
Podcast: The Funeral Fix Podcast Hosts: Yaz Trollope and Oliver Thomson Category: Education Sub-Category: Careers, Course, Weddings & Events First Episode: 2024 Welcome to The Funeral Fix Podcast…

TIL: VS Code Is Hiding Refactoring Tools Behind Quick Fix https://hynek.me/til/vs-code-refactoring/

VS Code Is Hiding Refactoring Tools Behind Quick Fix
It turns out that VS Code can move symbols between Python modules – but it’s hiding the feature behind the “Quick Fix…” menu.

“The two justices whose comings and goings are probably of the most interest to the general public appear to be shielding some of that travel by solely availing themselves of security resources not subject to open records requests,” FTC’s Gabe Roth said.
“Maybe there’s an innocuous explanation for this. But given the opacity we’ve seen from the Court, especially when it comes to travel, maybe there’s not.”

Dozens of Previously Unreported SCOTUS Trips in New Marshals Documents — But Justice Thomas and the Chief Justice Are Nowhere to be Found - Fix the Court
Ditching deputy marshals at the gates of Bohemian Grove. An extravagant birthday party at Lincoln Center. Religious services at a Brooklyn theater. Annual vacations to Colorado. Dialing in to oral argument from Florida. “Business meetings.” A meeting with a congressman. These are a few of the justices’ more than 200 previously unreported activities that appear in the 4,042 […]

Sign the Petition: Make our HECS debts easier to pay off!
https://www.change.org/p/make-our-hecs-debts-easier-to-pay-off

Sign the Petition
Make our HECS debts easier to pay off!

#Nigeria - Court orders Federal Government to fix price of goods and petroleum products within seven days
What could go wrong...?
https://community.the…

BREAKING: Court orders federal govt to fix price of goods within seven days
  A Federal High Court, sitting at Ikoyi, Lagos on Wednesday, February 7, ordered the federal government to fix the prices of goods and petroleum products within seven days.    Justice Ambose Lewis-Allagoa granted the order sequel to an originating motion filed and argued by the applicant and human rights activist, Femi Falana SAN.  He said: “I have had the applicant Femi Falana in a suit no San, FHC/L/CS/869/2023 and I have also discovered that despite the service of the Originating mo…

Font size is useless; let’s fix it @ tonsky.me
https://tonsky.me/blog/font-size/

Font size is useless; let’s fix it
What happens when you set fontSize: 32 in your favorite editor

'an easy way to correct and sync AV files with transcripts or subtitles'? FIX-IT Webinar https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfTW3SRmwRyh8E2Q9FK8mUTJoKQEvOaVrFoFEww0EFjFPLdeg/viewform
(No involvement, just sharing for f…

FIX-IT+ Webinar Registration
Looking for an easy way to correct and sync AV files with transcripts or subtitles? Then check out this webinar hosted by GBH Archives! Join us as we demonstrate FIX-IT+, an open-source, web-based tool for transcript correction. The American Archive of Public Broadcasting and the wider public media community have used FIX-IT+ to correct more than 2000 transcripts of public television programs spanning the last 50 years. WHAT: Webinar on transcript correction with FIX-IT+ WHEN: March 27, 20…

This https://arxiv.org/abs/2308.10138 has been replaced.
initial toot: https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_eco…

On the Inconsistency of Cluster-Robust Inference and How Subsampling Can Fix It
Conventional methods of cluster-robust inference are inconsistent in the presence of unignorably large clusters. We formalize this claim by establishing a necessary and sufficient condition for the consistency of the conventional methods. We find that this condition for the consistency is rejected for a majority of empirical research papers. In this light, we propose a novel score subsampling method that achieves uniform size control over a broad class of data generating processes, covering tha…

The NHTSA closes a 2021 investigation into Tesla's Autopilot and opens a new one to evaluate whether a December 2023 Autopilot recall fix is effective enough (Sean O'Kane/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/26/tesla-nhtsa-…

Tesla Autopilot investigation closed after feds find 13 fatal crashes related to misuse | TechCrunch
The agency opened the probe in 2021, and reviewed hundreds of crashes that involved Autopilot. It says there's a "critical safety gap."

This https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.13291 has been replaced.
initial toot: https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_csCR_…

DeepCode AI Fix: Fixing Security Vulnerabilities with Large Language Models
The automated program repair field has attracted substantial interest over the years, but despite significant research efforts, creating a system that works well for complex semantic bugs such as security vulnerabilities has proven difficult. A promising direction to solve this challenge is by leveraging large language models (LLMs), which are increasingly used to solve various programming tasks. In this paper, we investigate the effectiveness of LLMs for solving code-repair task. We show that …

Thanking David for the quick fix of a html-validate issue with acceptable values for the textarea tag’s autocomplete attribute (https://gitlab.com/html-validate/html-validate/-/issues/249).
If you’re not using html-validate, you should. Kitten* has is integr…

False positive for autocomplete attribute (street-address marked as invalid) (#249) · Issues · html-validate / html-validate · GitLab
Provide a broad description of the bug. Reduced test-case

If anyone uses Eleventy on Windows (especially with Powershell 7), I have a strange unicorn bug I haven't been able to fix and I'll gladly accept a working fix.
Maybe it has to do with my Windows install inside VirtualBox, not sure.
https://github.com/lwojcik/eleventy-te

"Error: EBUSY: resource busy or locked" in Powershell 7 · Issue #91 · lwojcik/eleventy-template-bliss
While starting the project with npm run dev in Powershell 7 on Windows 10, the following error is displayed and the command fails: Until the issue is solved, the following workarounds seem to work:...

#TIL that Python's .rstrip(chars) removes any trailing given chars, not the exact given string.
Caused some weird duration displays in #annextimelog, now fixed:

fix pretty_duration cutting off trailing zeros (2b753c84) · Commits · Yann Büchau / ⏱️ annextimelog · GitLab
git-annex based cli time tracker

Interesting question. I think I would but I’d need to know more…
“Would you donate a kidney for $50,000?”
https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/24131207/kidney-donation-compensation-tax-credit-end-kidney-deaths-act

How much does a kidney cost, and why aren’t donors paid for giving one?
Giving a kidney saves a life. Paying donors could fix the shortage.

Conjugations of Unitary operators, I
Javad Mashreghi, Marek Ptak, William T. Ross
https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.14995 https://arxiv.org/…

Conjugations of Unitary operators, I
If $U$ is a unitary operator on a separable complex Hilbert space $\mathcal{H}$, an application of the spectral theorem says there is a conjugation $C$ on $\mathcal{H}$ (an antilinear, involutive, isometry on $\mathcal{H}$) for which $ C U C = U^{*}.$ In this paper, we fix a unitary operator $U$ and describe all of the conjugations $C$ which satisfy this property. As a consequence of our results, we show that a subspace is hyperinvariant for $U$ if and only if it is invariant for any conjugatio…

DOJ quietly removed Russian malware from routers in US homes and businesses | Ars Technica
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/02/doj-turns-tables-on-russian-hackers-uses-their-malwar…

DOJ quietly removed Russian malware from routers in US homes and businesses
Feds once again fix up compromised retail routers under court order.

"European countries treat defense policy as a national responsibility. Because most individual countries face few direct security threats, their governments, quite rationally, invest little in defense. Yet Europe as a whole does require protection from the grave threat of a revanchist Russia, and it must address the security risks that stem from a volatile periphery stretching from the Sahel to the South Caucasus."

A More European NATO
Defense spending alone cannot fix the alliance’s overdependence on the United States.

Google says it's working to fix Gemini's "inaccuracies in some historical image generation depictions", after some users complained about them (Kate Irwin/PCMag)
https://www.pcmag.com/news/google-says-it-will-fix-gemini-ais-h…

Google Says It Will Fix Gemini AI's Historical Inaccuracies
Controversy is swirling around Google's generative AI tool Gemini as some users complain that its historical depictions are not accurate.

The list of swift challenges on this post align very closely with my own challenges.
One day, when I am not obsessed with Godot I should contribute to fix these:
https://forums.swift.org/t/our-journey-with-swift-thus-far-some-no…

Our journey with Swift thus far - some notes and reflections
Hello! Background Our team is quietly working on developing a new electronic trading system using Swift on macOS and Linux, building on our experience from two previous projects that have been done in C, Objective-C, C++, Java, C# and even for a while, homegrown DSL. All running on multiple OS:s at various points; NeXTSTEP, OpenStep, Windows NT, HP-UX, Solaris, Linux. These past projects have been fairly sizeable, with over 25 million lines of code and several hundred components between them o…

'It was painful': GOP senator pins blame on Trump for stymieing border fix - Alternet.org
https://www.alternet.org/border-lankford-fox-news/

'It was painful': GOP senator pins blame on Trump for stymieing border fix
Centrist Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (I-Arizona) has been highly critical of MAGA Republicans in Congress who shot down a bipartisan border security deal that she worked on closely with conservative Sen. James Lankford (R-Oklahoma). Democrats and independents who supported the bill argued that President Joe...

Public - Private Colleges benefit immensely under the Ford Government. The Conservatives collect campaign donations and these private colleges advance the agenda of privatizing our education system. Ontario is churning out degrees for international students while severly impacting housing availability and affordability. And Ford's Government has zero strategy to fix anything.
#onpoli

Colleges minister raised $24k from private college execs at meet and greet
The PCs raised over $150k from executives with public-private college partnerships the government saved from extinction

Cowboys 10 Draft Commandments for 2024 after they screwed them up in 2023 https://cowboyswire.usatoday.com/lists/cowboys-10-draft-commandments-2024/

Cowboys 10 Draft Commandments for 2024 after they screwed them up in 2023
The Cowboys ignored the best commandments and adhered to the worst in 2023, and the result was a rookie class that did almost nothing. Will they fix it this draft weekend? | From @KDDrummondNFL

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This is a niche one and will likely not affect any of the (three?) people playing with Kitten¹ right now but, in any case:
If you persist custom types to your Kitten database, you might be hit by this bug that was introduced when I released versions of Kitten with minified identifiers.
I briefly wrote about what happened, how you can identify if you’re affected, and how you can fix it here:

Periodic crash due to session garbage collection code
``` 🙀 Uncaught exception TypeError: e._db.sessions[n].hasExpired is not a function at file:///var/home/aral/.local/share/small-tech.org/kitten/app/kitten-bundle.js:434:9245 at Array.forEach () at Timeout._onTimeout (file:///var/home/aral/.local/share/small-tech.org/kitt...

#RankedChoiceVoting: A fix for the two-party trap.
https://codcourier.org/ranked-choice-voting-a-fix-for-the-two-party-voting-trap/<…

Ranked Choice Voting: A Fix For the Two-Party Voting Trap
As early voting for the presidential primary elections in DuPage County happens from March 4 to March 18, voter advocacy groups like FairVote Illinois are also working for voting system reform they feel will increase voter engagement and make the voting system more fair. FairVote Illinois is a non-partisan organization whose objective is to implement rank-choice voting on Illinois ballots for all state and federal elections as well as presidential primaries. They often host informative tables a…

In industrial embedded software, are some compilation errors easier to localize and fix than others?
Han Fu, Sigrid Eldh, Kristian Wiklund, Andreas Ermedahl, Philipp Haller, Cyrille Artho
https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.14823

In industrial embedded software, are some compilation errors easier to localize and fix than others?
Industrial embedded systems often require specialized hardware. However, software engineers have access to such domain-specific hardware only at the continuous integration (CI) stage and have to use simulated hardware otherwise. This results in a higher proportion of compilation errors at the CI stage than in other types of systems, warranting a deeper study. To this end, we create a CI diagnostics solution called ``Shadow Job'' that analyzes our industrial CI system. We collected over 40000 …

https://actionnetwork.org/letters/tell-your-state-reps-fix-the-nyc-doe-tuition-reimbursement-system?source=direct_link& if you're in

Tell your state reps: Fix the NYC DOE tuition reimbursement system!
We have a critical opportunity to have the New York State legislature move on a bill, S1993A (AVERSION?) that would establish new oversight and penalties on the NYC Department of Education's tuition reimbursement system for Carter and Connors cases. This is needed now because delays in legally-mandated reimbursement have become unbearable for schools and there is no resolution in sight coming from New York City. State intervention is the only remaining tool to fix this broken system. By wr…

Font size is useless; let’s fix it @ tonsky.me
https://tonsky.me/blog/font-size/

Font size is useless; let’s fix it
What happens when you set fontSize: 32 in your favorite editor

"European countries treat defense policy as a national responsibility. Because most individual countries face few direct security threats, their governments, quite rationally, invest little in defense. Yet Europe as a whole does require protection from the grave threat of a revanchist Russia, and it must address the security risks that stem from a volatile periphery stretching from the Sahel to the South Caucasus."

A More European NATO
Defense spending alone cannot fix the alliance’s overdependence on the United States.

This https://arxiv.org/abs/2308.10138 has been replaced.
initial toot: https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_eco…

On the Inconsistency of Cluster-Robust Inference and How Subsampling Can Fix It
Conventional methods of cluster-robust inference are inconsistent in the presence of unignorably large clusters. We formalize this claim by establishing a necessary and sufficient condition for the consistency of the conventional methods. We find that this condition for the consistency is rejected for a majority of empirical research papers. In this light, we propose a novel score subsampling method that achieves uniform size control over a broad class of data generating processes, covering tha…

Source: Cognition, which offers an AI coding assistant, raised $175M led by Founders Fund at a $2B valuation, a month after a Series A at a $350M valuation (Kate Clark/The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/si

Six-Month-Old AI Coding Startup Valued at $2 Billion by Founders Fund
The promise of a chatbot that can write and fix code has attracted repeat investments in a six-month-old startup—even after it appeared to flub its product launch. Founders Fund has led a $175 million investment in Cognition, a startup that recently launched an artificial intelligence–powered ...

This is a niche one and will likely not affect any of the (three?) people playing with Kitten¹ right now but, in any case:
If you persist custom types to your Kitten database, you might be hit by this bug that was introduced when I released versions of Kitten with minified identifiers.
I briefly wrote about what happened, how you can identify if you’re affected, and how you can fix it here:

Periodic crash due to session garbage collection code
``` 🙀 Uncaught exception TypeError: e._db.sessions[n].hasExpired is not a function at file:///var/home/aral/.local/share/small-tech.org/kitten/app/kitten-bundle.js:434:9245 at Array.forEach () at Timeout._onTimeout (file:///var/home/aral/.local/share/small-tech.org/kitt...

GitHub releases code scanning autofix, powered by Copilot and CodeQL, in public beta for GitHub Advanced Security customers, to help them fix vulnerabilities (Frederic Lardinois/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2024/03/20/gith

GitHub's latest AI tool that can automatically fix code vulnerabilities | TechCrunch
It's a bad day for bugs. Earlier today, Sentry announced its AI Autofix feature for debugging production code and now, a few hours later, GitHub is

3 ways the Cowboys can fix the roster in the 2024 NFL Draft https://insidethestar.com/3-ways-the-cowboys-can-fix-the-roster-in-the-2024-nfl-draft/

3 ways the Cowboys can fix the roster in the 2024 NFL Draft ⋆ Inside The Star
Mar 16, 2024 -- With a disastrous free agency period all but over, the NFL Draft is next on the horizon for the Dallas Cowboys, and they have major work to do if they are

Dublin-based Tines, which offers no-code automation tools for security teams, raised a $50M Series B extension, sources say at a near $600M post-money valuation (Ingrid Lunden/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/24/tine

Tines taps $50M to expand its workflow automation beyond security teams | TechCrunch
Automation continues to be a major theme in the enterprise -- underscored not least by the rise of AI as a tool to help fix some of the more routine,

“Two quick taps and we open the door,” says Wouters, a researcher in the Computer Security and Industrial Cryptography group at the KU Leuven University in Belgium. “And that works on every door in the hotel.”
https://www.wired.com/story/saflok-hotel-lock-uns…

Hackers Found a Way to Open Any of 3 Million Hotel Keycard Locks in Seconds
The company behind the Saflok-brand door locks is offering a fix, but it may take months or years to reach some hotels.

Tesla Recalls All Cybertrucks Over Stuck Accelerators - Joe.My.God.
https://www.joemygod.com/2024/04/tesla-recalls-all-cybertrucks-over-stuck-accelerators/

Tesla Recalls All Cybertrucks Over Stuck Accelerators
The New York Times reports: Tesla has agreed to recall nearly 4,000 of its Cybertruck pickups to fix an accelerator pedal that can get stuck, raising the risk of crashes, a federal safety agency said

“Two quick taps and we open the door,” says Wouters, a researcher in the Computer Security and Industrial Cryptography group at the KU Leuven University in Belgium. “And that works on every door in the hotel.”
https://www.wired.com/story/saflok-hotel-lock-uns…

Hackers Found a Way to Open Any of 3 Million Hotel Keycard Locks in Seconds
The company behind the Saflok-brand door locks is offering a fix, but it may take months or years to reach some hotels.

🔊 #NowPlaying on BBC6Music:
#NewMusicFix
- New Music Fix Playlist: Bicep, Pet Shop Boys, Ibibio Sound Machine and more...
Get your fix of all the best new releases in one handy playlist.
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BBC Radio 6 Music - New Music Fix, New Music Fix Playlist: Bicep, Pet Shop Boys, Ibibio Sound Machine and more...
Get your fix of all the best new releases in one handy playlist.

3 ways the Cowboys can fix the roster in the 2024 NFL Draft https://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/articles/3_ways_the_cowboys_can_fix_the_roster_in_the_2024_nfl_draft/s1_17100_40119301

3 ways the Cowboys can fix the roster in the 2024 NFL Draft
With a disastrous free agency period all but over, the NFL Draft is next on the horizon for the Dallas Cowboys, and they have major work to do if they are going to compete in 2024. The Cowboys got worse since free agency started, that is not up for debate. They lost countless starters, including All-Pro Left Tackle, Tyron Smith, and, to this point, have only brought in one external free agent. It is hard to see a path for the current roster to compete against teams like the 49ers, Eagles, Lions…

This https://arxiv.org/abs/2305.17655 has been replaced.
link: https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=a

Understanding Blockchain Governance: Analyzing Decentralized Voting to Amend DeFi Smart Contracts
Smart contracts are contractual agreements between participants of a blockchain, who cannot implicitly trust one another. They are software programs that run on top of a blockchain, and we may need to change them from time to time (e.g., to fix bugs or address new use cases). Governance protocols define the means for amending or changing these smart contracts without any centralized authority. They distribute the decision-making power to every user of the smart contract: Users vote on accepting…

Once a community becomes a hot spot for these pollutants, it’s nearly impossible to clean it up for good.
In fact, ProPublica found, such a success story is virtually unheard of.
In 2021, we published a cutting-edge national map of more than 1,000 communities that had become what are known as “#sacrifice #zones

The EPA Has Done Nearly Everything It Can to Clean Up This Town. It Hasn’t Worked.
Despite years of air monitoring, inspections and millions in penalties for petrochemical plants, the air in Calvert City, Kentucky, remains polluted. The EPA’s inability to fix it is an indictment of the laws governing clean air, experts say.

🔊 #NowPlaying on BBC6Music:
#NewMusicFix
- New Album Fix with new music from Brittney Howard, Royel Otis and Chromeo
Royel Otis and Chromeo chat about their new albums.
#RelistenNow

BBC Radio 6 Music - New Music Fix, New Album Fix with new music from Brittney Howard, Royel Otis and Chromeo
Royel Otis and Chromeo chat about their new albums.

U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff grills USPS Postmaster General over delays
https://www.wjcl.com/article/georgias-us-sen-jon-ossoff-one-of-several-lawmakers-to-grill-usps-postmaster-general-over-delays/6051…

'You have weeks, not months to fix this': Sen. Ossoff grills USPS Postmaster General over delays
U.S. Senators grilled USPS' Postmaster General Tuesday. They wanted answers regarding lengthy delays being experienced across the country, particularly in Georgia.

Once a community becomes a hot spot for these pollutants, it’s nearly impossible to clean it up for good.
In fact, ProPublica found, such a success story is virtually unheard of.
In 2021, we published a cutting-edge national map of more than 1,000 communities that had become what are known as “#sacrifice #zones

The EPA Has Done Nearly Everything It Can to Clean Up This Town. It Hasn’t Worked.
Despite years of air monitoring, inspections and millions in penalties for petrochemical plants, the air in Calvert City, Kentucky, remains polluted. The EPA’s inability to fix it is an indictment of the laws governing clean air, experts say.

Microsoft fixes a bug that caused Edge to automatically import Chrome tabs and browsing data without consent, following months of complaints from some users (Tom Warren/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/2024/2/16/24074712/microsoft…

Microsoft fixes Edge browser bug that was stealing Chrome tabs and data
Microsoft has quietly fixed a bug that was stealing Chrome data. Some Windows users had their Chrome data automatically imported into Edge.

“Exxon CEO blames public for failure to fix climate change.”
There isn’t a fuck you big enough to do this guy justice.
#ExxonMobil #climateChange

Exxon CEO blames public for failure to fix climate change
The world isn’t on track to meet its climate goals — and it’s the public’s fault, a leading oil company CEO told journalists. Exxon Mobil Corp. CEO …

🔊 #NowPlaying on BBC6Music:
#NewMusicFix
- New Album Fix with new music from Brittney Howard, Royel Otis and Chromeo
Royel Otis and Chromeo chat about their new albums.
#RelistenNow

BBC Radio 6 Music - New Music Fix, New Album Fix with new music from Brittney Howard, Royel Otis and Chromeo
Royel Otis and Chromeo chat about their new albums.

U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff grills USPS Postmaster General over delays
https://www.wjcl.com/article/georgias-us-sen-jon-ossoff-one-of-several-lawmakers-to-grill-usps-postmaster-general-over-delays/6051…

'You have weeks, not months to fix this': Sen. Ossoff grills USPS Postmaster General over delays
U.S. Senators grilled USPS' Postmaster General Tuesday. They wanted answers regarding lengthy delays being experienced across the country, particularly in Georgia.

Google says the company will "pause the image generation of people" via Gemini "and will re-release an improved version soon" while working to fix its "issues" (Jake Rudnitsky/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomber…

Google to Pause Gemini Image Generation of People After Issues
Alphabet Inc.’s Google said it will pause the image generation of people for its new version of a powerful artificial intelligence model.

Researchers reveal a hotel keycard hacking technique that lets a hacker almost instantly open RFID-based Saflok locks used in ~3M doors across 13K properties (Andy Greenberg/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/saflok-hotel-lock-unsaflok-hack-technique/…

Hackers Found a Way to Open Any of 3 Million Hotel Keycard Locks in Seconds
The company behind the Saflok-brand door locks is offering a fix, but it may take months or years to reach some hotels.

“In Dublin city last year, 94 per cent of all new housing was apartments, 98 per cent of which were for rent. First-time buyers there bought just 75 new houses. In Cork city just 3.5 per cent of all new housing was sold with first-time buyers buying 17 new houses.”

Lorcan Sirr: Don’t believe what you’ve heard: increasing supply won’t fix housing crisis
In Dublin City last year, 94% of all new housing was apartments, 98% of which were for rent. First-time buyers there bought just 75 new houses

Google's fix for a Pixel phone storage bug, the second one in the past four months, is a very technical manual process requiring access to developer tools (Ron Amadeo/Ars Technica)
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/0

Google’s Pixel storage issue fix requires developer tools and a terminal
Automatic updates broke your phone; the fix is a highly technical manual process.

Apple says owners of the iPhone 15 or newer will be able to fix broken devices with used parts, including screens, batteries, and cameras, starting in fall 2024 (Chris Velazco/Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/0…

Apple will approve used parts in iPhone repairs, in long-awaited reversal
Starting this fall, you may be able to pay less for a fully functioning fix if you have an iPhone 15 or newer.

Waymo has issued a software fix for its cars, its first recall, after two vehicles crashed into the same towed pickup truck in Phoenix in December 2023 (Sean O'Kane/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2024/02/13/waymo-recall-crash-software-self-…

Waymo recalls and updates robotaxi software after two cars crashed into the same towed truck | TechCrunch
Waymo is issuing its first-ever recall after two of its autonomous vehicles crashed into the same towed pickup truck in December.

Amazon says "a tiny fraction" of sellers paid for ads for products users couldn't buy and pledges a fix; Amazon offered a $15K refund to a seller seeking $300K (Spencer Soper/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20<…

Amazon Says It Sold Ads For Products Shoppers Couldn’t Buy
The company has pledged to reimburse sellers for the mistake and make fixes to its lucrative advertising operation.