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The author reflects on their employment history at Texas Instruments during the time of the TI Explorer Project, where they worked on one of the last Lisp machines that ran Lisp directly out of the microcode. The author had had extensive memories of those days, including memories of coding in Pascal and Common Lisp, debugging […]
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Mark Zuckerberg has addressed the recent reveal of Apple’s Vision Pro during a companywide meeting with Meta employees, stating that he is not fazed by the device and that its vision for how people will use the headset is “not the one that I want.” Zuckerberg emphasized the differences in values and visions between the […]
According to a new study by Julian Kolev, Alexis Haughey, Fiona Murray, and Scott Stern, startups are more likely to engage in potentially disruptive R&D than established firms since they have nothing to lose and much to gain. Patents granted to startups are also more likely to be disruptive than those granted to incumbent firms […]
Infinite Mac is an easily accessible project for classic Mac emulation created by Mihai Parparita. It uses WebAssembly ports of Mini vMac, Basilisk II and SheepShaver to enable a wide range of System Software/Mac OS versions to run on the web. The project provides shortcuts to popular versions such as system6.app, system7.app, kanjitalk7.app, macos8.app, and […]
Large language models like GPT-3/4, LLaMA, and PaLM work in terms of tokens, and OpenAI provides a Tokenizer tool while the author has created his own Observable notebook. Playing around with the tokenizer has revealed that most common English words are assigned a single token and many words have a token that includes a leading […]
most challenging part of the build process. The aim was to drill a very small hole through the brass pulley at the center, without breaking through to the other side. The hole was necessary to allow the pulley to sit securely on the stem. To accomplish this, the author used a drill press and a […]
Google is downsizing its office space in Mountain View and Sunnyvale, reportedly leaving behind more than a million square feet across multiple addresses. The company confirmed that the tech giant is reducing its Bay Area office space by 1.4 million square feet. According to the San Francisco Chronicle, the addresses that Google is leaving include […]
There is a lot of misinformation and contradiction online when it comes to startup incorporation, which can be confusing for founders. To solve this problem, two experienced startup attorneys have written a handbook on the subject. The content can be trusted because of their background and experience in the field. The handbook covers what incorporation […]
Tremor team announces its next major release, which includes comprehensive global theming through tailwind.config.js, an out-of-the-box dark mode, a new tremor CLI to help set up projects faster, and new features to improve accessibility and control. The release is the first step towards a production-ready version of Tremor that relies heavily on Tailwind CSS. The […]
Apple is introducing the Link Tracking Protection feature in its iOS 17 and macOS Sonoma operating systems to detect and automatically remove user-identifiable tracking parameters that advertisers and analytics firms use to track user activity on websites. This feature will be activated while browsing in Mail, Messages and Safari in Private Browsing mode. Apple’s privacy-preserving […]