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Anime.js is an easy to use JavaScript animation library that enables animations using CSS properties, SVG, DOM attributes, and JavaScript Objects. Its staggering system makes complex follow-through animations simple, allowing for overlapping of timings and properties. It can also animate multiple CSS transforms with different timings on a single HTML element. With built-in controls and […]
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In this article, the author discusses the challenges of existing chat platforms like Slack and Discord, which hinder the effective storage and retrieval of information, leading to knowledge black holes. The author introduces the CRISPY framework, which outlines six underlying principles that all chat platforms should strive to uphold. The author then introduces Struct, a […]
Let’s Encrypt experienced an hour-long outage last Thursday, during which it wasn’t possible to obtain certificates, while 645 were issued that did not work in Chrome or Safari. Cert Spotter, a Certificate Transparency monitor owned by SSLMate, alerted founder Andrew Ayer that there was an issue with Let’s Encrypt’s certificates due to a change in […]
A study by researchers from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL) has found that between 33% and 46% of workers paid to train AI models on platforms such as Mechanical Turk may be outsourcing the work to AI themselves. They used an AI model to assess whether those hired to summarise extracts from medical […]
Discord is set to launch new monetization strategies aimed at milking its user base for more cash. The platform will be expanding server subscriptions, adding tiered subscriptions and longer-term plans to effectively turn servers into storefronts. Discord is incorporating paywalled media channels as a way to offer subscribers exclusive content, a feature that is already […]
The didicosm is a three-dimensional space that belongs to the platycosm family, and has a flat geometry and a finite volume with no boundary. The didicosm is formed by taking a rectangular prism, identifying its faces, and creating a kaleidoscopic view, which shows different screw rotations. The loops in the didicosm are classified based on […]
Aeon is an open source toolkit designed for learning from time series, offering access to the latest machine learning algorithms and a range of classical techniques. The package aims to provide a single framework for algorithm comparison, employing efficient implementations using numba and interfaces with other time series packages. Aeon’s latest release is v0.3.0, and […]
After more than four years since the release of Svelte 3, the Svelte team has announced the stable release of Svelte 4, which mainly focuses on maintenance. However, the release still offers significant improvements such as a nearly 75% reduction in package size, resulting in faster download speeds and less waiting time for npm install. […]
Choosing the right business to start is crucial, as not all businesses are easily scalable when you’re a solo founder. Most of us make the mistake of imitating big companies like Netflix, Twitter, and Gmail, which require scale, target consumers, charge low prices, exist in large markets, and have a lot of money to spend. […]
Autodiscovery is a useful technique for browsers and software to easily find a website’s RSS feed, regardless of the format, using the link element from HTML and XHTML. The link must be added to the header of each page where the user might want to know that a feed is available, but publishers should include […]