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This section tells you a few things you need to know before you get started, such as what you’ll need for hardware and software, where to find the project files for this book, and more. This section dives into the inner workings of Git, what particular Git operations actually do, and will walk you through some interesting problem-solving scenarios when Git gets cranky. You’ll build up some mental models to understand what’s going on when Git complains about things to help you solve similar issues on your own in the future. If you’ve been using Git for a while, you…

When Sony designed the original PlayStation back in the ‘90s, they didn’t have any reason to make it any smaller than it was. As such, its motherboard was larger than it absolutely had to be. On top of that, technology has progressed a lot over the past three decades, which let Thedrew create what is likely the world’s smallest PlayStation motherboard.This kind of thing would be fairly trivial to achieve with a modern SoC (system-on-chip) and emulation. It could also be done with an FPGA (field-programmable gate array) by someone with the relevant expertise. But Thedrew wanted to use real…

Looking for the most recent regular Connections answers? Click here for today’s Connections hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle and Strands puzzles.Today’s Connections: Sports Edition is a tough one, with quite a mix of categories. If you’re struggling with today’s puzzle but still want to solve it, read on for hints and the answers.Connections: Sports Edition is published by The Athletic, the subscription-based sports journalism site owned by The Times. It doesn’t appear in the NYT Games app, but it does in The Athletic’s own app. Or you can play it for…

Engineers have achieved a significant advance in the international effort to create energy storage technologies that combine rapid charging with strong power output, paving the way for next-generation systems in electric transportation, grid support and everyday electronics. According to findings published in Nature Communications, the researchers have developed a new carbon-based material that enables supercapacitors to hold energy levels comparable to traditional lead-acid batteries while releasing that energy far more quickly than conventional battery designs. Supercapacitors are a developing category of energy storage devices that rely on electrostatic charge storage instead of the chemical reactions used in batteries. A long-standing…

Setting up a new computer is bliss — no old, unused apps and the machine performs much better than the previous. Unfortunately, you may encounter new problems based on the new hardware. One such issue I encountered with my new MacBook was a “This video format is not supported” message when I went to YouTube TV. Not being able to watch my favorite live show is a real problem. After a bit of research, I found the solution to the “This video format is not supported” error message. To solve this problem: Open your browser settings and do a search…

The topic of estimation can be contentious. One big reason is that, when it comes to creating estimates for agile planning, people are simultaneously your greatest asset and greatest obstacle. Better Estimates Are Built on Better Understanding Estimating is a human task, and humans can be complicated. No matter how clearly you define and explain the process, estimates are influenced by bias, background, and individual perspectives. Even if you and your team understand the theory behind estimating with story points, if you don’t account for human nature and personality dynamics, you can still encounter problems. I’m not saying your team members are…

To one member of Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency, the last few months have been “crazy.” In a slideshow of photos and videos posted to Instagram last month, Yat Choi—who joined DOGE this spring—posted clips of Trump administration officials dancing on the White House lawn to“Y.M.C.A”; people loading into what appears to be a private jet; and house parties decorated with American flags and attendees donning red, white, and blue hats holding red Solo cups and cans of High Noon.On Instagram, Choi described his work as ongoing, announcing that he was returning to the underground Pennsylvania mine where…

Black Friday might be in the past, but anyone looking to buy a new Samsung Galaxy S25 smartphone could still win big. That’s because there are still some brilliant deals across the range this Cyber Monday, though they won’t stick around for long. The biggest saving here belongs to the flagship Galaxy S25 Ultra, which has had a massive £400 knocked off its starting price at Laptops Direct. The new £849 price is, unsurprisingly, the lowest it’s ever been, making it a great buy all things considered. You can secure an even bigger saving on the somewhat unloved Galaxy S25…

In a big development, the government of India has asked the smartphone makers to preload their phones with state-owned cyber security app. India is one of the major smartphone markets when it comes to scale. The government of India launched Sanchar Saathi recently. This is a platform meant to help users report and recover their stolen smartphones via the help of police and government resources. More than 50,000 phones were recovered with the help of the platform in October alone.Read More – WhatsApp and More to be Affected in India by this New RuleThe DoT directive, first seen by Reuters, released…

Experiments Our evaluation was designed to be rigorous and representative of real-world usage. For both the 30-minute and 60-minute time horizons, we evaluated predictions on 100 randomly selected stations, sampling their occupancy status 48 times daily (every 30 minutes) for a full week.The model was benchmarked against a remarkably strong baseline: the “Keep Current State” approach. This baseline simply assumes that the number of available ports a certain number of minutes (H) in the future will be exactly the same as the current number.While simple, this baseline is very hard to beat, especially over short horizons. For example, our data…