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SQLite 3.39.3
A complete list of SQLite releases in a single page and a chronology are both also available. A detailed history of every check-in is available at SQLite version control site .
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BERTopic: The Future of Topic Modeling
BERTopic takes advantage of the superior language capabilities of (not yet sentient) transformer models and uses some other ML magic like UMAP and HDBSCAN to produce what is one of the most advanced techniques in language topic modeling today.
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2021 at OCamlPro
OCamlPro was created in 2011 to advocate the adoption of the OCaml language and Formal Methods in general in the industry. 2021 was a very special year as we celebrated our 10th anniversary! While building a team of highly-skilled engineers, we navigated through our expertise domains, programming la...
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Programming at the REPL: Data Visualization
Each time we evaluate an expression, the REPL shows us a textual representation of the result: that’s the Print part of Read-Eval-Print-Loop . Most of the time, this textual representation is clear enough for the programmer, but sometimes it becomes difficult to read - especially when dealing with big or deeply nested…
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Accelerating zk-SNARKs - MSM and NTT algorithms on FPGAs with Hardcaml
In 2022 a consortium of companies ran an international competition, called the ZPrize, to advance the state of the art in “zero-knowledge” cryptography. We d...
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Google Cloud to acquire Mandiant for $5.4B
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (March 8, 2022)—Google LLC today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Mandiant, Inc., a leader in dynamic cyber defense and response, for $23.00 per share, in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $5.4 billion, inclusive of Mandiant’s net cash. Upon the close…
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A few of my favourite things about the OpenBSD Packet Filter tools
Guest Post: How to use PF features and tools.
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One Job, One Pay – Globally
We’ve made a bold decision not to anchor pay to employees' physical location, no matter where they are in the world. We're calling this “One Job, One Pay” (OJOP).
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Help choose the syntax for CSS Nesting
The CSS Working Group is continuing a debate over the best way to define nesting in CSS.
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What would a recession mean for developers?
With markets in a slump, many of us are concerned a recession could be right around the corner. The NASDAQ is already down 27% so far in 2022. Heck, maybe we're already in the middle of a recession.
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Where did all the “reject” buttons come from?
More and more websites have added an option to say “no” to cookies and other tracking- as foreseen by the GDPR. Where did this trend come from?
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Game engines are more than libraries glued together
Meme from the Twitter post by Juan Linietsky, creator of Godot , that inspired this blog post.
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The sad history of Unicode printf-style format specifiers in Visual C++ (2019)
Getting ahead of the standard, which went a different way.
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SaaS tools that get things done for tech startups
These SaaS tools have been helping us from day 1 since Juicedata was founded.
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The harmful consequences of the robustness principle
The robustness principle, often phrased as "be conservative in what you send, and liberal in what you accept", has long guided the design and implementation of Internet protocols. The posture this statement advocates promotes interoperability in the short term, but can negatively affect the protocol ecosystem over…
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EU Regulator: Proposal to force websites to pay telcos puts Internet at risk
Europe’s top telecom regulator dealt a strong blow to Europe’s biggest telecoms in a report released in October, finding “no evidence” to justify the proposal from large broadband companies like Deutsche Telekom and Orange to force websites and apps to pay them. The report comes after European Commission
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The worst-selling Microsoft software product of all time: OS/2 for the Mach 20
Count 'em on one hand.
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Arcan Display Server 0.6.2 – It’s all connected
This release should put us at about half way through the planned work for the networking focus set of releases (0.6.x), a scope roughly defined by the article on A12: Advancing network transparency…
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No increased risk of brain tumours for mobile phone users, new study finds
Longstanding fears that using mobile phones may increase the risk of developing a brain tumour have been reignited recently by the launch of 5G (fifth generation) mobile wireless technologies. Mobile phones emit radiofrequency waves which, if absorbed by tissues, can cause heating and damage.
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How does the land use of different electricity sources compare?
All energy production takes up land, but which sources use the most land, and which use it most efficiently?
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Brave’s use of direct mailers
As Brave continues to grow, we find many users who haven't heard of us yet, so we try new marketing channels for efficacy, reach, affordability, and privacy.
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CEO pay skyrocketed 1,460% since 1978: CEOs paid 399 times as much vs. worker
What this report finds: Corporate boards running America’s largest public firms are giving top executives outsize compensation packages that have grown much faster than the stock market and the pay of typical workers, college graduates, and even the top 0.1%. In 2021, we project that a CEO at one of the top 350 firms…
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Google now deleting health clinic searches from location history automatically
Editor's note – May 12, 2023Last year, we launched an important update to Location History. We remain committed to improving the experience and making it as helpful…
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New GitHub Profile Badges Beta
Available in public beta today, we're announcing Achievements as a new way to commemorate milestones on GitHub.
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HashiCorp’s multi-product strategy
HashiCorp's multi-product strategy has launched them to a successful IPO in December 2022, is driving their $5.6-billion valuation, and helps them bring in some high-value customers.