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.
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.
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.
Slack Maximalism is a method of managing operations by using Slack channels for every topic, person, and team, allowing for clear communication and organization. By following nine principles, including categorizing channels and using Ctrl+K for navigation, Slack Maximalism can help teams manage large volumes of information and stay organized.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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 ...
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The vampire squid has yielded the largest cephalopod genome ever sequenced, with over 11 billion base pairs, revealing a deep evolutionary story and a squid-like chromosomal architecture. Its genome is a potential Rosetta Stone for understanding cephalopod evolution, retaining a genetic heritage that predates both squid and octopus lineages.
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.
The user created a Commodore 64 game called Oblast, a remake of the 1978 arcade game Blasto, with faster action, animation, and procedurally generated screens, and made it free to play. The game features configurable gameplay, customizable settings, and a variety of game modes, including a mode where the player can blow up the entire playfield with impunity.
The Dhrystone benchmark is a synthetic program developed in 1984 to measure general processor performance, containing no floating point operations. It remains a simple benchmark, but its value in establishing true performance is questionable due to various issues and compiler optimizations.
Train services were halted after AI-generated image of bridge damage appeared on social media following an earthquake. Network Rail reopened rail line after safety inspections, urging people to think about the impact of hoax images.
The user successfully used Claude's headless mode in a continuous loop to decompile Snowboard Kids 2 functions, achieving more progress in 3 weeks than in 3 months. They developed a workflow and tooling approach to manage Claude's autonomy, including a scorer and defensive coding to mitigate failures and optimize token efficiency.