The rise of the camera launched a fight to protect Gilded Age privacy
The advent of the Kodak camera in 1888 democratized photography and led to widespread misuse of individuals\' images for commercial gain, exemplified by Elizabeth Peck\'s unauthorized appearance in a Duffy’s Pure Malt Whiskey advertisement. The resulting public outcry over such invasions of privacy spurred legal action, eventually leading to the establishment of privacy laws that prohibited the use of someone\'s likeness in advertisements without consent. However, the struggle to balance privacy rights with technological advancements remains unresolved.
Cosmic simulation reveals how black holes grow and evolve
A Caltech-led team of astrophysicists has developed a high-resolution simulation that bridges scales from galactic formations to individual accretion disks around supermassive black holes, revealing that magnetic fields significantly influence the structure and behavior of these disks contrary to prior beliefs. The simulation demonstrated that magnetic fields, not just thermal pressure, are crucial in shaping and supporting the disks, making them fluffier than previously thought. This breakthrough paves the way for new insights into black hole and galaxy evolution and opens up numerous research opportunities.
We need visual programming. No, not like that
Most visual programming environments fail because they attempt to replace code syntax and business logic, which developers do not typically need to visualize. Developers prefer visual tools for state transitions, memory layouts, network requests, and other implicit aspects of software. Successful visual programming should focus on these existing visualization needs rather than trying to alter the core process of writing and understanding code.
I\'m not a fan of strlcpy(3)
The author critiques the strlcpy function, arguing it is inefficient and often not the best choice for copying null-terminated strings. They suggest using memccpy, memcpy, or strdup instead, tailored to whether truncation matters and whether dynamic allocation is feasible. The conclusion is that in most cases, these alternatives are more efficient and logical than strlcpy.
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