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Claude 3 beats GPT-4 on Aider's code editing benchmark
Claude 3 Opus outperforms all of OpenAI’s models on Aider’s code editing benchmark, making it the best available model for pair programming with AI.
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DBRX: A new open LLM
Explore DBRX, the advanced open-source LLM from Databricks redefining model efficiency and quality, leading in AI benchmarks.
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Recent 'MFA Bombing' Attacks Targeting Apple Users
Several Apple customers recently reported being targeted in elaborate phishing attacks that involve what appears to be a bug in Apple’s password reset feature. In this scenario, a target’s Apple devices are forced to display dozens of system-level prompts that prevent the devices from being used until the recipient…
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How (and why) to run SQLite in production
This is my personal site, where I write about Ruby, programming, and any of my varied fascinations.
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A living replacement knee to be tested in clinical trials within five years
Columbia biomedical engineers are collaborating with orthopedic surgeons to build a living replacement knee to be tested in clinical trials within five years.
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Write OpenAPI with TypeSpec
Why TypeSpec is the best way to write OpenAPI
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The Apple Jonathan: A 1980s concept computer that never shipped
In the middle of the 1980s, Apple found itself with several options regarding the future of its computing platforms. The Apple II was the company’s bread and butter. The Apple III was pitched as an evolution of that platform, but was clearly doomed due to hardware and software issues. The Lisa was expensive and not…
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Flipping Pages: New Linux vulnerability in nf_tables and exploitation techniques
A tale about exploiting KernelCTF Mitigation, Debian, and Ubuntu instances with a double-free in nf_tables in the Linux kernel, using novel techniques like Dirty Pagedirectory. All without even having to recompile the exploit for different kernel targets once.
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Tech Debt: My Rust Library Is Now a CDO
Bringing the great successes of financial engineering to Rust.
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Sega Saturn Architecture – A practical analysis (2021)
An in-depth analysis that explains how this console works internally
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Unlocking the secrets of myelin repair
New research supported by Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute could lead to novel treatments for
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Google's First Tensor Processing Unit: Architecture
Looking in more detail at Google's first Tensor Processing Unit
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Building an email-to-calendar LLM
Talk is cheap, show me the code Introduction A common problem my friends and I have is receiving actionable emails whose priorities are medium level. They do require action of some sort ($ \geq lowest\ priority$), but the action is due in the near future ($\leq highest\ priority$). I tend to skim over these emails…
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Things I Learned from René Girard
How a thinker who hated trends & fashions became trendy & fashionable
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ZenHammer: Rowhammer attacks on AMD Zen-based platforms
Our work shows that it is possible to trigger Rowhammer bit flips on DDR4 devices on AMD Zen 2 and Zen 3 systems despite deployed TRR mitigations. This result proves that AMD systems are equally vulnerable to Rowhammer as Intel systems , which greatly increases the attack surface, considering today’s AMD market share…
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Two open source projects with great architecture documentation
esbuild and Redis1 are two examples of codebases with exceptional documentation. Through their READMEs, changelogs, architecture documents, and code comments, both projects explain their design in such a way that someone new to the codebase can understand where things are, how things are done, and why they are done…
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United States vs. Apple
Apple is being sued by the DOJ, but most of the complaints aren’t about the App Store. I think, though, Apple’s approach to the App Store is what led to this case.
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Manipulating Chess-GPT's World Model
Manipulating Chess-GPT’s World Model
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How do MRI Headphones work? (2022)
Thoughts and more by Tom Lingham
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Debt-related driver’s license suspensions in Ohio
More than 60 percent of Ohio’s driver’s license suspensions do not stem from bad driving; instead, they arise because the driver owes an unpaid debt. Debt-related suspensions (DRS) could prevent people from getting to work where they could make the money needed to repay the debt. In this report, we investigate whether…
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Bump Allocation: Up or Down?
Back in 2019, Nick Fitzgerald published always bump downwards, an article making the case that for bump allocators, bumping “down” (towards lower addresses) is better than bumping up. The biggest reasons for this are bumping up requires 3 branches vs 2 for bumping down and rounding down requires fewer instructions…
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Thoughts on Vision Pro
A month ago, I flew from London to NYC, paid $3500 for a Vision Pro headset at Apple Fifth Avenue, and flew back home. I’ve been using it every day since — here’s what I think. My background, for context: I’ve been working in AR for many years. I built...
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Radios, how do they work?
A brief introduction to antennas, superheterodyne receivers, and signal modulation schemes.