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VIC-II Kawari is a hardware replacement for the VIC-II chip in Commodore 64 computers. It is compatible with the original VIC-II chips and offers additional features. The board can replace all functions of a VIC-II chip, including video output, light pen interrupts, and CPU clock source. There are three PCB designs available, ranging from $30 […]
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Google Research has developed SoundStorm, a model for efficient and non-autoregressive audio generation. This model takes the semantic tokens of AudioLM as input and utilizes bidirectional attention and confidence-based parallel decoding to generate the tokens of a neural audio codec. Compared to the autoregressive generation approach of AudioLM, SoundStorm is much faster, producing audio of […]
Red is a programming language that draws heavy inspiration from REBOL. It boasts a variety of features such as a human-friendly syntax, a powerful pattern-matching system, and support for functional, imperative, reactive, and symbolic programming. Red also offers prototype-based object support, multi-typing, and a macros system. It can produce executables of less than 1MB with […]
Kei trucks are small Japanese cars with 660cc engines and dimensions of around 10m^3. These trucks have become popular in the US due to Japan’s tax incentives, leading to a brisk export business. The author recently purchased one and faced challenges in getting it road-legal. This guide aims to assist others in navigating the process. […]
The author begins by acknowledging some technical issues with their website’s subscribe and unsubscribe links but assures readers that they are now fixed. They then mention recent press coverage of events related to the Titanic and another maritime incident. The author defends the use of Logitech controllers and discusses the effectiveness of hydrophones and wide-area […]
The Intel 8086 processor, like modern microprocessors, generates an exception when an illegal instruction is executed. However, early microprocessors didn’t have the circuitry to detect illegal instructions. The 8086 has a few undocumented instructions that exhibit unexpected behavior. These instructions can reveal the values of hidden registers. The 8086’s microcode ROM holds 512 micro-instructions that […]
LazyVim is a Neovim setup that utilizes lazy.nvim to simplify customization and extension of your config. It offers a range of features, including transforming Neovim into a fully functional IDE. The setup is known for its blazing fast performance and comes with convenient default settings for options, autocmds, and keymaps. Additionally, it comes pre-configured with […]
Tube Archivist is a self-hosted YouTube media server browser extension that offers several core functionalities. Users can subscribe to their favorite YouTube channels, download videos, index and make videos searchable, play videos, and keep track of viewed and unviewed videos. As your YouTube video collection grows, it can become difficult to search for specific videos, […]
The Bell Labs Holmdel Complex, also known as “The Biggest Mirror Ever,” was designed by renowned architect Eero Saarinen and constructed between 1959 and 1962. The complex, featuring a curtain wall of mirrored glass, was a shining example of modernist architecture. Inside, a grand atrium divided the site into four segments where thousands of researchers […]
In this web content, the author discusses their approach to running servers and internet infrastructure. They prefer running server software on a VM or physical machine instead of using cloud solutions, which they acknowledge as unpopular. The author describes their setup for running various server software they have developed, highlighting the use of DigitalOcean VMs, […]