Readit NewsIn my experience Pi hole is a very worthwhile investment. People who used my internet when I had one would remark how much faster it was. Everything in general seems faster, even things that you wouldn't think of. I typically use Brave for browsing which has good ad blocking capabilities, but this adds a whole additional layer.
The only reason I don't use one now is that I travel a lot more so it's irrelevant, and I have to work enough on tools with Google/Vercel/other analytics that it is just very inconvenient.
Regarding smart TVs, I have found that it's better to just use an Apple TV or Kodi box and never connect to them internet though. Having said, I gave my TV away because I never used it, so this might not be as up to date. A Pi hole will block ads on smart TVs though.
wkyleg commented on A study on how turtles navigate using the Earth’s magnetic field unc.edu/posts/2025/02/12/... · Posted by u/gmays
Interesting that they don't know exactly how they are perceiving magnetism. I suppose it could be an internal brain mechanism, but if that were to be able to operate without direct outside sensory input, there might be all kinds of other potential latent abilities in animals.
More likely, this might be the same as the mechanism which exists in birds, who can effectively see the Earth's magnetic field in their eyes, although an internal magnetic detection system present in animals would be much more interesting. See https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsif.2019.029.... Birds essentially perceive the Earth's magnetic field through a chemical process in the receptors for red and green light in their eyes, and are believed to have special cells in their beak, brain stem, and possibly their vestibular system as well. It can be disrupted fairly easy by magnetism or different wavelengths of light.
There are obvious other strange implications of this as well, although I'm not sure how much real evidence there is to support them. For instance, there are many concerns about the effects of EMF exposure, as well as that EMF can affect plant life. There is research on magnetic and electric brain stimulation as well. At the most out-there level, there is the research into remote viewing and things like telepathy. So, to whatever extent this actually exists, there are interesting implications for the phenomenological experience of other forms of animal life.
Regardless, it is interesting to see research that is actually showing new and intriguing things regarding different forms of perception (I guess this is arguably ESP, or at least a new sense) that are not complete crank nonsense. I've always felt like my sense of direction was a sort of 6th sense; I guess it really could be.
HFT perhaps?
I can see that.
On most metrics I've seen Rust is comparable on general speed.
Maybe if you're at the level where you've essentially writing portable assembly and are okay with lack of safety. You need to know exactly what is happening within the CPU, maybe on custom hardware.
I bet some defense applications would be in this category too, although for my own sense of self preservation I would prefer the Rust type system.
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