A team's worst performer, Tim, had a zero productivity score due to not signing up for stories, but he excelled at mentoring teammates, improving their skills and the team's overall performance. The team kept Tim and dropped individual metrics, focusing on team accountability and business impact, proving that measuring individual productivity in complex systems is flawed.
Free drum patterns and loops for many music genres, including Breakbeat, Electro Funk, Hip Hop, House, Miami Bass, R&B, Reggae, Techno and more. Discover and share drum patterns with a groovy community.
Openspot is a modern profile platform that showcases skills and personality through multimedia elements, helping users land 3x more interviews. It offers personalized pages, AI-driven connections, and analytics to stand out in a competitive job market.
Recommendation systems and search have historically drawn inspiration from language modeling. For example, the adoption of Word2vec to learn item embeddings (for embedding-based retrieval), and using GRUs, Transformer, and BERT to predict the next best item (for ranking). The current paradigm of large language models is no different. Here, we’ll discuss how industrial search and ...
In the early 1960s, Douglas Engelbart started investigating how computers could augment human intelligence: "If, in your office, you as an intellectual worker were supplied with a computer display backed up by a computer that was alive for you all day and was instantly responsive to every action you had, how much value could you derive from that?" Engelbart developed many features of ...
Introducing Notes - Sight Reading Trainer, the ultimate iOS app for mastering sight reading in music! Whether you're a beginner or an experienced musician, Notes is your is your tool to become the musician you were meant to be. When you are ready to learn your instrument and music rather than just l…
Researchers at the Turing are developing Aardvark, a new AI weather prediction system that can be run on a desktop computer and produces forecasts thousands of times faster than existing systems. Aardvark's accuracy is comparable to America's Global Forecast System, and it has the potential to democratize access to advanced forecasting tools in developing countries.
This whitepaper provides an introduction to and overview of seL4. We explain what seL4 is (and is not) and explore its defining features. We explain what makes seL4 uniquely qualified as the operating-system kernel of choice for security- and safety-critical systems, and generally embedded and cyber-physical systems. In particular, we explain seL4’s assurance story, its security- and ...
Australian high school teacher created a ChatGPT powered presentation tool for teachers and is seeking feedback from the community. The tool aims to assist educators in their work and is available for users to explore and provide feedback.
If you are an exploitation enthusiast, this write-up will be a perfect source of entertainment. I spent ~30h on exploiting the heap-overflow to remote-code execution. At the same time, I had already spent around 2 weeks prior researching/understanding Llama.cpp source regarding its very own RPC & Memory implementations. Since Llama.cpp has such a special heap-management system, special ...
The user discusses the background art in Homeworld, speculating it uses vertex color gradients. They extracted game data and found a tool to generate .HOD files from TGA images, revealing the technique's low-resolution geometry and roundness.
Scientists found that people vaccinated against shingles may be less likely to develop dementia. Studies suggest that the shingles vaccine could avert up to a fifth of dementia diagnoses.
Develop and test every aspect of your site without context switching. From responsive design, to accessibility, to meta tags and performance, Polypane has you covered. No matter how many devices you're working with, your actions are mirrored across all of them. Click, scroll, type, hover or edit styles on one and see it happen on all.
AMD introduces AITER, a centralized repository of high-performance AI operators for ROCm, simplifying optimization and enabling users to maximize performance. AITER offers a versatile and user-friendly design, dual programming interfaces, and a robust kernel infrastructure, supporting various AI workloads and providing significant performance improvements.
The argp package allows for parsing command line arguments with options and subcommands, supporting various data types and default values. It provides methods for adding options, arguments, and subcommands, as well as parsing and processing the command line input.
US travelers' phone search rights vary by immigration status and location, with some courts allowing warrantless searches. To protect digital privacy, travelers can limit data, encrypt devices, and disable biometric logins before crossing borders.
AMD's RDNA 4 GPU architecture resolves false cross-wave memory dependencies, allowing waves to access memory out-of-order. This improvement enables better performance in workloads like raytracing, where traversal and result handling occur simultaneously.
A critical section in a debug session was not being initialized correctly due to a misunderstanding of the RTL_RUN_ONCE structure, causing multiple threads to enter the same block of code. The issue was resolved by changing the return statement in the initialization function to a Boolean value and replacing the critical section with a SRWLOCK.
Software engineers face an identity crisis as AI coding assistants transform their role from creators to overseers, raising questions about their purpose and skills. To adapt, engineers can resist, adapt, or balance their use of AI, preserving their identity as builders and creators.
A couple of exciting news in Artificial Intelligence (AI) has just happened in recent years. AlphaGo defeated the best professional human player in the game of Go. Very soon the extended algorithm AlphaGo Zero beat AlphaGo by 100-0 without supervised learning on human knowledge. Top professional game players lost to the bot developed by OpenAI on DOTA2 1v1 competition. After knowing these, it ...
The author argues that raw computing power consistently beats intricate human-designed solutions in AI. This is evident in the success of Reinforcement Learning agents that discover new ways to solve problems through massive compute resources.
The story is about concurrent data structures in Ruby, demonstrating true parallelism with global mutable state. Code examples are available on GitHub, requiring Ruby master branch, Rust, and C compilers.
The Shift-To-Middle Array is a dynamic array that optimizes insertions and deletions at both ends with amortized O(1) time complexity. It achieves this through contiguous memory storage and dynamic mid-shifting.
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The author prefers Safari for its privacy features, specifically iCloud Private Relay, and uses three extensions: Wipr, StopTheMadness Pro, and no other. Their setup provides strong protection against web tracking and a 96% block rate.
The user reflects on the value of handmade clothing and textiles, highlighting the personal connections and thoughtfulness behind bespoke items, while also criticizing the language used to describe store-bought clothing. They argue that the quality of mass-produced clothing is determined by the company's decisions, not the skills of the workers, and that we should shift the focus from the ...
Charles Yang discusses Admiral Hyman Rickover's industrial policy approach, which emphasizes strong leadership, hiring, training, and close project management. Rickover's success in building the nuclear navy demonstrates the importance of state capacity, technical personnel, and public leaders in driving industrial innovation.
Medieval Italian cities like Bologna and Florence had dense forests of tall towers built by wealthy families as mini-fortresses for defense. After a ban on private towers, many were knocked down, leaving behind recognizable stone nubs that still exist today.
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Researchers inzo_ and you discovered a critical vulnerability in Next.js middleware, allowing bypassing of authorization and authentication. The vulnerability affects all Next.js versions from 11.1.4 to 15.1.7.
Germany is increasing its military spending to 3.5% of GDP, unlocking billions of euros in funding, after years of underinvestment. New Chancellor Friedrich Merz aims to make Germany a more secure and responsible partner in Europe, reversing a decades-long decline in military expenditure.
MRubyD is a new mruby virtual machine implemented in C# for seamless integration with C#-based game engines. It leverages C# features for high performance and extensibility.
Computer vision from Intel: Stereo Depth, LiDAR, Tracking cameras and Facial Authentication solution. Perfect for Robotics and more.
To use function calling with Gemma models, construct a prompt that includes a setup section with instructions and a definition section with function names, parameters, and output. The prompt should follow a specific order and structure, with clear and brief instructions to ensure the model understands the expected behavior.
You're a 32-year-old software developer considering a career change to mechanical/electrical engineering, but face challenges balancing work and online or in-person programs due to cost and transferability concerns.
On a late-summer day in 1856, a letter carrier stepped from a mail coach in front of a three-story townhouse in Mayfair, in central London. Crossing the threshold, the courier handed a wax-sealed envelope to a clerk. The missive was addressed to Edwin Norris, the secretary of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, one of Europe’s leading research institutions. The postman had ...
Researchers criticize the "elbow method" for choosing k in k-means clustering due to its lack of theoretical support. They recommend alternative methods that are easier to use and often perform better.
The user read 8 books on friendship and outreach, learning that good friends keep you healthier and acquaintances matter too. Key takeaways include the importance of sustained social interaction, being interested rather than interesting, and understanding the value of community and civic life.
Serratia marcescens is a bacterium that forms red colonies and has been used in various experiments to study germ spread. It can cause severe infections and has been linked to several historical events, including the "Miracle of Bolsena" and "blood libels."
git clone --recursive https://github.com/picoruby/picoruby cd picoruby/ rake # PICORUBY_DEBUG=1 rake # for debug build # PICORUBY_DEBUG=1 PICORUBY_NO_LIBC_ALLOC=1 rake # for debug build using mruby/c's memory allocator bin/picoruby -e 'puts "Hello World!"' Part of this project was coded by Monstarlab with the support of the Ruby Association Grant Program 2020 and 2021.
Kubernetes provides DNS-based service discovery, creating DNS entries for services that resolve to their ClusterIP, allowing pods to connect to services without hardcoding IP addresses. A warning message "DNSConfigForming ... Nameserver limits were exceeded" can occur when a pod's resolv.conf file has more than 3 DNS servers, but this is harmless and can be resolved by trimming the list of ...
The author discusses the impact of ChatGPT on teaching writing, arguing that it's not a problem but a catalyst for change. They propose using AI as a tool to enhance learning, not replace it.
A new high-performance PNG codec has been developed for the Blend2D library, outperforming other available codecs in C and other languages. The codec uses a DEFLATE decoder optimized for PNG images, utilizing SIMD and other techniques to achieve high performance.
A human facial fragment over one million years old has been discovered in western Europe, confirming the region was inhabited by two human species during the early Pleistocene. The discovery, named Pink, was made at a Spanish archaeological site and provides new insights into the evolution of the genus Homo.
Krishna believes global trade and international talent are key to local growth and innovation. He thinks AI will augment human productivity, but not replace jobs or lead to significant scientific breakthroughs.
User set up a GitHub Actions and Pages Atom feed to notify about new Ollama models. They used Claude to generate a Python script for scraping recent models data from Ollama's website.
The article discusses the concept of rest, its various meanings, and its importance in human life. It explores how rest is often misunderstood as laziness or boredom, but it is actually a necessary aspect of life that allows for rejuvenation and creativity.
Elecom's Na Plus power bank uses sodium-ion battery, is environmentally friendly, and can be recharged nearly 5,000 times. It's more expensive than lithium-ion power banks but safer and can operate in extreme temperatures.
Arroyo's JSON deserialization strategy uses a columnar approach to parse JSON data into Arrow arrays, which is up to 2.3x faster than existing systems like Apache Flink. The strategy involves two passes: a tape decoding pass to identify structural components and a columnar decoding pass to build Arrow arrays, with additional features to handle raw JSON and bad data.
User automates release pipeline for a 2D game on Steam using GitHub Actions. They compile the game in parallel for multiple platforms and publish it on GitHub, then use Steamcmd to publish it on Steam.
Low-tech Magazine reduced its environmental footprint by launching a low-energy website and a compressed book edition with 84 articles and over 700 images on 600 pages. The compressed edition reduces paper consumption and carbon emissions by almost a factor of three compared to the original three-volume book series.
The beeFormer method bridges the gap between semantic and interaction similarity in recommender systems by training language models on interaction data. It generates item descriptions and improves cold-start recommendation performance, especially when combined with collaborative filtering.
User discussed various non-Linux open source operating systems including HelenOS, MenuetOS, Kolibri, ToaruOS, Serenity, RISC OS, Mezzano, Redox-OS, XINU, HaikuOS, MorphOS, and AROS.
LunaJoy is a telemental health platform specializing in women's mental health services. They are hiring a QA Manual Tester to ensure software quality and contribute to improving access to mental health services.
Scientists found a thriving ecosystem on the seafloor beneath a calved iceberg in Antarctica, home to large corals, sponges, and creatures like icefish and octopus. The discovery highlights the importance of ocean currents for life beneath ice sheets and raises concerns about the impact of ice loss on sea levels.
CloudSEK's XVigil discovered a threat actor selling 6 million records exfiltrated from Oracle Cloud's SSO and LDAP, with possible unauthorized access through an undisclosed vulnerability. The threat actor is demanding payment for data removal and has offered incentives for decryption assistance, indicating high sophistication and medium confidence in the threat.
Big Tech is striking secret deals with utilities to secure power for data centers, potentially costing average Americans a "staggering" amount through higher utility bills. State regulators often approve these deals without transparency, allowing utilities to pass costs onto other customers.
by Eric S. Raymond and Zeyd M. Ben-Halim updates since release 1.9.9e by Thomas Dickey This document is an introduction to programming with curses. It is not an exhaustive reference for the curses Application Programming Interface (API); that role is filled by the curses manual pages. Rather, it is intended to help C programmers ease into using the package. This document is aimed at C ...
The user discusses white-box redteaming, a method used to test AI safety, and notes that even small models can exhibit behaviors that resemble pain or distress, raising questions about the ethics of this research. The user reflects on their own emotional response to causing AI models to "scream" and wonders if there's a better way to ensure AI safety without causing harm.
A CDC clone website, realcdc[.]org, redirects to a staging site cdc.chdstaging[.]org, using CDC logos and language to spread false vaccine claims. This raises serious legal concerns and may violate federal statutes protecting governmental integrity and public safety.
the html review is an annual journal of literature made to exist on the web
Chronotype influences risk of depression, with evening-types at higher risk, although the reasons for this are uncertain. Potential mediating factors include mindfulness, sleep quality, rumination, and alcohol consumption, but research is lacking. We explored the role of these factors in the association between chronotype and depressive symptoms amongst young adults, using cross-sectional ...
Michael Walden created an article on Retro Monochrome and High Contrast Color Display Palettes featuring colors for dark backgrounds with bright text. The article includes simulations of colored bar papers and tips on using these colors in software and web pages.
Cocommit is a command-line tool that analyzes and improves commit messages using LLMs. It supports various LLMs through LangChain and can be customized with pip install and environment variables.
This project provides a framework for formally verifying machine learning models using Lean 4, ensuring reliability and fairness in high-stakes applications. It includes tools for model translation, verification, and visualization, with support for various models and architectures.
Nvidia's CUDA is a software layer giving direct access to GPU's virtual instruction set for compute kernels, crucial to Nvidia's proposition. CUDA's 18-year history and consistent delivery have made it a powerful 'brand' for Nvidia's software ecosystem.
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Typewriters are still used in the US, particularly by businesses and writers who value their durability and security. Despite the rise of computers, typewriters remain popular for specific tasks and are still manufactured and repaired today.
Build from source (debian/ubuntu): sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install -y build-essential cmake git libjson-c-dev libwebsockets-dev git clone https://github.com/tsl0922/ttyd.git cd ttyd && mkdir build && cd build cmake .. make && sudo make install You may also need to compile/install libwebsockets from source if the libwebsockets-dev package is outdated.
Carl Linnaeus developed binomial nomenclature and organized his natural history specimens using a custom filing cabinet and note cards. His note-taking practices allowed him to categorize and expand his collection, influencing modern scientific inquiry.
User shares their experience with Google Apps Script and AI-assisted coding, showcasing a USPS Mail Alerts Apps Script project. They open-source v2 of the script to improve mailbox-checking efficiency.
The author discusses the myth of Marcus Licinius Crassus' fire brigade and how it's often exaggerated in popular history. The article then explores the history of firefighting, from ancient Rome to modern times, highlighting interesting facts and images.
NotaGen is pre-trained on 1.6M music pieces and fine-tuned on 8,948 classical music sheets. CLaMP-DPO enhances NotaGen's musicality and controllability through direct preference optimization.
The word "data" is a poorly named variable due to its ambiguity, making it difficult to reason about its type and behavior. A good naming scheme can significantly speed up development, and using more descriptive names can improve code clarity and maintainability.