A Java program is created to generate and execute LLVM IR, the intermediate language behind compilers like clang, using Java's Foreign Function & Memory (FFM) API to call the LLVM C API. The program prints "Hello, World!" by JIT-compiling the LLVM IR to native machine code using the LLVM JIT compiler API.
Schleswig-Holstein state administration is switching to open source software, saving over 15 million euros in license costs annually. The state expects to save more in the long run despite initial problems and criticism during the migration process.
Oxide's guidelines for using large language models (LLMs) emphasize responsibility, rigor, empathy, and teamwork to ensure their use does not undermine trust and authenticity. LLMs can be useful for tasks like reading comprehension, editing, code review, and debugging, but their use should be carefully considered and not relied upon as a substitute for human judgment and effort.
Researchers at Google introduced Titans, a new sequence modeling architecture that combines the speed of RNNs with the accuracy of transformers. Titans uses a deep neural network as a memory module to learn and update its parameters in real-time, enabling it to handle extremely long contexts.
Peer review is under siege. By speeding up the writing process, LLMs and other AI tools are overwhelming scholarly journals and conferences and the peer review pipeline with hallucinated papers ("AI slop"). These aren’t just issues for low-ranking journals with high acceptance rates. The GPTZero team used our Citation Check tool to scan 300 papers under review by the prestigious ...
The user made significant improvements to their DIY silicon process, creating a 10µm polysilicon gate process with 100 transistors on a single chip, a huge step closer to more advanced DIY computer chips. They achieved excellent transistor characteristics, including low threshold voltage and leakage current, and plan to automate testing and design more complex circuits.
Unix enthusiasts share their unchanged desktop habits over 13 years, still using terminals and command-line interfaces. They've switched to various Linux distributions and window managers, but remain loyal to their Unix roots and text-based work style.
GrapheneOS provides early Android security patches, backported to Android 13-16, while large companies like Samsung and Google take months to integrate them. This requires significant work and resources, slowing down GrapheneOS feature development.
The author enjoys retro aesthetics but acknowledges the past was not as charming as often portrayed, with many people facing hardships and difficulties. They appreciate the past's lessons, such as the value of music and community, but choose to live in the present with modern conveniences.
Eurydice is a compiler from Rust to C that aims to produce readable C code, allowing for a gradual transition to Rust while maintaining compatibility with legacy systems. The compiler plugs into the MIR level of the Rust compiler and uses Charon to avoid reimplementing the wheel, with ongoing work to integrate it with Microsoft and Google's crypto libraries.
Author initially believed duplication was always an anti-pattern but now views it as sometimes necessary due to bad abstractions or tight coupling. Determining if two things are the same can be complex and often depends on the specific situation.
The author discusses how social media has become a mental health hazard and proposes alternatives like StreetPass and Blog Quest, which offer a more controlled online experience. These browser extensions help users discover and connect with others on a decentralized, independent internet.
Tiny Core Linux is a minimal, ultra small graphical desktop OS that boots fast and supports additional apps and hardware. It's based on a core kernel and modules, with users able to add extensions from online repos or compile their own.
Literate programming, as envisioned by Donald Knuth, involves writing code and explanations together in a top-down approach, delaying actual code writing until the design is fleshed out, and then weaving the code and explanations into a readable document. The key to successful literate programming is to write the code and explanations iteratively, revising both simultaneously, and to consider ...
Perl's growth was hindered by its culture, which was rooted in conservative UNIX sysadmin values and a tribal meritocracy, making it difficult for the language to evolve and adapt to changing needs. The language's culture and values, such as its emphasis on flexibility and its reluctance to change, ultimately led to its decline in popularity, but it remains widely used and influential in the ...
Z-Image is a powerful image generation model with 6B parameters, offering sub-second inference latency and photorealistic image generation. It has three variants: Z-Image-Turbo, Z-Image-Base, and Z-Image-Edit, supporting bilingual text rendering and creative image editing.
The user reverse-engineered a Beurer PO 80 pulse oximeter, dumping its firmware and bypassing low-level protection using a hardware vulnerability. They successfully patched the firmware to allow for debugging and display manipulation, and plan to further investigate the firmware for potential vulnerabilities.
The writer is unhappy with Apple's quality and wants a simple, user-aligned laptop with Linux. They dream of a MacBook with Linux, but Asahi Linux faces limitations due to Apple's closed-source hardware.
arXiv has launched HTML papers alongside PDFs to improve accessibility, with a goal to backfill over 2 million papers over time. The beta rollout is a work in progress, and feedback from the community is needed to improve conversions from LaTeX.
A clinician discusses the challenges of diagnosing autism, noting that many people self-diagnose with autism due to its high public awareness and perceived recognition of their social difficulties. The clinician emphasizes that autism diagnosis requires a nuanced understanding of various diagnostic possibilities, including anxiety disorders, schizoid personality, and social communication disorder.
Georgia Tech's OMSCS program offers public course content through Ed Lessons, excluding graded assignments. Students enrolled in OMSCS should access course content through Canvas for full versions.
Researchers propose Zebra-Llama, a method to create efficient hybrid language models from pre-trained models, achieving Transformer-level accuracy with reduced training tokens and memory. Zebra-Llama outperforms existing models in accuracy and efficiency, using significantly fewer tokens and smaller memory.
LWN.net is a subscriber-supported publication that relies on subscribers to keep the operation going. The Linux Kernel Self-Protection Project aims to ensure array references can be bounds-checked, including for the sockaddr structure.
The speaker argues that AI is being sold as a tool to disrupt labor markets, but in reality, it's being used to create reverse centaurs, where humans are used to serve AI, not the other way around. The AI bubble is fueled by tech companies' desire to maintain their growth stock status, which requires them to create the illusion of AI's potential to replace human workers.
The USAP Field Manual provides an overview of USAP field logistics, operations, and safety, intended to enhance success in the field. It emphasizes the importance of risk management, emergency preparedness, and environmental stewardship in Antarctica.
Japan's unique "juhyo" or "snow monsters" are shrinking due to climate change and forest damage. A team is working to revive the fir forests and preserve the natural wonder, which attracts tens of thousands of visitors annually.
The user discusses VisiOn, a graphical multitasking operating system released in 1983 by VisiCorp, which was an open system but had limited third-party development due to its high cost and lack of documentation. The user recreates the SDK for VisiOn and creates a homebrew application called Pyramid, which is the first-ever published third-party application for VisiOn.
In a famous 1972 interview, Charles Eames answered a short sequence of fundamental questions about the nature of design. This is a story about one Figma engineer’s hunt for the perfect answer to a programming challenge. In a famous 1972 interview, Charles Eames answered a short sequence of fundamental questions about the nature of design. Answering the first question, he defined design as “a ...