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Translating Latin demonology manuals with GPT-4 and Claude
At long last, a real-world use case for AI!
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Smallest Typeface
Anders de Flon. Type design information compiled and maintained by Luc Devroye.
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Elitism as the mid-career growth engine
Technical excellence begins in wonder but is honed by disgust
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32 MiB Working Sets on a 64 GiB machine
Memory is a relatively scarce resource on many consumer computers, so a feature to limit how much memory a process uses seems like a good idea, and Microsoft did indeed implement such a feature. Ho…
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Please Sell My Personal Information
I accidentally clicked the "do not sell my personal information" link at the bottom of your website.
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A guide to closures in Rust
Understand how closures really work in Rust
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Simula – The forgotten programming language
What can it teach us?
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Windows NT 3.1 on Dec Alpha AXP
As I was preparing the Windows NT RISC exhibit for VCF west , I realized that I’m missing a rather important piece of the history. While I was showing the potentially last DEC Alpha Windows build ever – AXP64 2210 , I don’t have anything earlier than NT 3.51. It would be nice to showcase the very first RTM version …
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CSS solves auto-expanding textareas (probably, eventually)
I’ll cut to the chase before I type too many more words: textarea { field-sizing: content; /* used to be `form-sizing` but changed to this */ } I came across it via an Amit Merchant blog post…
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A mathematical formalization of dimensional analysis (2012)
Mathematicians study a variety of different mathematical structures, but perhaps the structures that are most commonly associated with mathematics are the number systems, such as the integers $late…
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Cloud TPU v5p and AI Hypercomputer
The new TPU v5p is a core element of AI Hypercomputer, which is tuned, managed, and orchestrated specifically for gen AI training and serving.
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How does iCloud work? Plus a new version of Cirrus
Differences between CloudKit and iCloud Drive, what each does, and how it works. New version of Cirrus to test and check iCloud function.
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The Odd Story of Factory-Downgraded 486s (2020)
Counterfeits CPU were very common in the mid-90s. The worst period was between 1993 (just after the launch of the Intel 486 DX2) and 1998 (when the Pentium II started to be multiplier-locked). It was extremely easy for tricksters to remove the original marking and reprint another one with a higher f
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How to write a great README
This article explores what makes a great project README, how Appsmith made ours as accessible as possible and provides examples of other effective READMEs.
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First space images captured by balloon-borne telescope
Astronomers have successfully launched a balloon-borne telescope that has begun capturing images of the universe on its first flight above the Earth’s atmosphere. The Super Pressure Balloon-Borne Imaging Telescope (SuperBIT) was flown to the edge of space by a helium-filled NASA scientific balloon the size of a…
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What Is Textmode?
An illustrated description of what Textmode Art is and how to get started.
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Code Search at Google: Han-Wen and Zoekt
At Sourcegraph, we're inspired by developers that make a difference. Han-Wen Nienhuys, creator of Zoekt, an open source search engine for code based on Google's internal Code Search tool, is one of those inspiring developers.
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First Is the Worst: Nintendo's Color TV Game 6 and 15
If you told Yamauchi Fusajiro that the little playing card business he had just started would one day sell video game consoles, he would have no idea what yo...
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Understanding Llama 2 and the New Code Llama LLMs
In this edition of the newsletter, we direct our attention to one of the most prominent highlights of the summer: the release of the Llama 2 base and chat models, as well as CodeLlama, the latest highlights in the open-source AI large language model (LLM) landscape.
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How to Read MySQL EXPLAINs
Learn how to read the output in MySQL EXPLAIN plans so you can utilize them to improve query performance.
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Ronin 2.0 – open-source Ruby toolkit for security research and development
After nearly a full year of non-stop development since the initial announcement of The Big Refactor , 4153 commits made, 700 issues closed , and a month of beta testing, Ronin 2.0.0 has finally been released!
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Gordon Moore, Intel Co-Founder, Dies at 94
Moore, who set the course for the future of the semiconductor industry, devoted his later years to philanthropy.
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How to Produce Green Hydrogen for $1/Kg
At Terraform Industries we believe in a future where energy is universally cheap, clean, and abundant. We’re developing a scalable electrolyzer to deliver the cheapest possible green hydrogen…
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Suppressing negative thoughts may be good for mental health after all
The commonly-held belief that attempting to suppress negative thoughts is bad for our mental health could be wrong, a new study from scientists at the University of Cambridge suggests.
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Some observations on the final text of the European Digital Identity framework
The final text of the update to the eIDAS regulation (establishing a framework for a European Digital Identity) has been agreed upon. In a last minute effort to improve the text, we wrote an open letter criticising the proposal on weakening the security of the web, and providing too few safeguards protecting users of…
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Dandelion Root Recipes
Dandelion root recipes offer a variety of uses, from herbal teas to hearty dishes. Discover how to incorporate this nutritious root into your meals and remedies.