Collaborate Disseminate
“Researchers say that a person’s intelligence plays a bigger role in their computer proficiency than previously believed,” writes SciTechDaily, “so much so that practice alone may not be enough to ensure ease of use.”
A new study has found that gener… Continue reading Do Cognitive Abilities Predict Performance in Everyday Computer Tasks?
We don’t think of computers as something you’d find in the 17th century. But [Levi McClain] found plans for one in a book — books, actually — by [Athanasius Kirker] …read more Continue reading A 17th Century Music Computer
Celebrating Git’s 20th anniversary, GitHub hosted a Q&A with Linus Torvalds, writes Its FOSS News.
Among the other revelations: He says his college-age daughter sent a texting saying he’s better known at her CS lab for Git than for Linux, “becaus… Continue reading Torvalds Celebrates Git’s 20th Anniversay. Is It More Famous Than Linux?
Incomplete JSON (such as from a log that terminates unexpectedly) doesn’t parse cleanly, which means anything that usually prints JSON nicely, won’t. Frustration with this is what led [Simon Willison] …read more Continue reading The Incomplete JSON Pretty Printer (Brought To You By Vibes)
Here’s an update from the Wall Street Journal about a “widespread series of alarming cyberattacks on U.S. infrastructure.”
China was behind it, “Chinese officials acknowledged in a secret December meeting… according to people familiar with the matt… Continue reading WSJ Says China ‘Acknowledged Its Role in U.S. Infrastructure Hacks’
Two weeks ago, version 1.3.0 of Langflow was released. The release notes list many fixes but do not mention that one of the “Bug Fixes” addresses a major vulnerability. Instead, the release notes state, “auth current user on code validation.” [;1];
Recently [Dillan Stock] over at The Stock Pot YouTube channel bought a $17 ‘mushroom’ lamp from his local Kmart that listed ‘USB-C rechargeable’ as one of its features, the only problem …read more Continue reading Hacking a Cheap Rechargeable Lamp With Non-Standard USB-C Connector
Long-time Slashdot reader sandbagger brings news that in June “a rare screening of the original 1977 Star Wars movie — complete with Han shooting first — will be shown at a theater in London…”
Petapixel reports:
Subsequent alteration… Continue reading Original 1977 ‘Star Wars’ Cut Will Be Shown at a Theater for First Time in Decades
Sometimes, we encounter issues with Microsoft Office applications, like Word, Excel, etc. Microsoft Office applications become completely unusable when they do not launch or crash repeatedly. Restarting the Office applications sometimes works and somet… Continue reading Use Excel Troubleshooter to fix Excel problems on Windows 11
Slashdot reader king*jojo shared this article from The Register:
A 23-year-old side-channel attack for spying on people’s web browsing histories will get shut down in the forthcoming Chrome 136, released last Thursday to the Chrome beta channel. At le… Continue reading Chrome To Patch Decades-Old ‘Browser History Sniffing’ Flaw That Let Sites Peek At Your History