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In this episode of the Meta Tech Podcast, the focus is on Bento, Meta’s internal use of Jupyter Notebooks for various functions. Bento allows engineers to combine code, text, and multimedia in a single document, catering to different needs at Meta, from prototyping to complex machine learning processes. Pascal Hartig is joined by Steve, who […]
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In this informative guest post, David Arnow, a professor at Brooklyn College, shares his insights on CUNYFirst. While the system was intended to streamline university processes, Arnow highlights CUNY Central’s true motives of seeking control over curriculum and funds. He discusses the flawed negotiations that led to the implementation of CUNYFirst, resulting in inefficiencies and […]
Welcome to the exciting world of the End-Of-Life Pwnathon happening in 2025, organized by DistrictCon. This event welcomes security researchers to showcase their most impactful, creative, or meme-worthy bugs in EOL products live on stage. Winners can expect prizes ranging from $100 to $5,000 USD, with additional swag for the first 20 submissions. Contestants must […]
wordfreq will no longer be updated due to numerous reasons. The data has been contaminated by generative AI, making it unreliable for post-2021 language usage. The inclusion of slop from large language models has skewed word frequencies. External sources like Twitter and Reddit, once used for data collection, have restricted access or become unusable. The […]
The author presents a curried composition puzzle in four different languages – lambda calculus, Haskell, Scheme, and Javascript – challenging readers to express a three-fold composition purely in terms of two-fold composition. The author explains the concept of currying functions and provides examples in Javascript. By reframing the problem as tree nodes and rewriting rules, […]
The author discusses how to approach reading the Iliad and Odyssey, emphasizing the importance of understanding the historical context of the poems. They describe the process of oral performance of the epics and how they were eventually written down. The author suggests familiarizing oneself with Greek mythology before reading and provides advice on selecting a […]
Giovanni Tomaselli and collaborators explore the potential presence of “gravitational atoms” surrounding black holes, formed by clouds of axions or other light bosons. These gravitational atoms could impact the evolution of black hole binaries, affecting their orbital motion through complex interactions. The researchers have identified various evolutionary paths these binaries could take, considering factors such […]
This post covers hardware diagnostics, firmware reverse engineering, and coincidental similar datasheets from Taiwanese chip manufacturers. The author ventures into fixing a broken Elgato Game Capture HD60 S USB 3.0 device by identifying and replacing faulty chips. Despite successfully replacing the regulators, issues persist with the LED lights. After a thorough investigation, the culprit turns […]
Johann Carl Friedrich Gauss, a renowned mathematician, set his sights on achieving a mathematical feat: a regular heptadecagon. This 17-sided shape, symbolizing one of Gauss’s greatest contributions to math, was used to solve a longstanding problem in math when Gauss was just 18 years old. Despite the challenge, Gauss demonstrated that this complex shape was […]
Finic is a cloud platform that simplifies the deployment and management of browser-based automation agents, focusing on fault-tolerant execution. It allows for the quick launch of bots, scrapers, RPA integrations, and more that rely on authenticated web services. Utilizing Playwright for DOM interaction and recommending BeautifulSoup for HTML parsing, Finic offers features like cloud deployment […]