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The book “Other Networks: A Radical Technology Sourcebook” goes beyond the internet to explore various networks, including barbed wire. The history of using barbed wire for communication, specifically for barbed wire fence phones, is intriguing and almost entirely undocumented. The installation of “Barbed Wire Fence Telephone II” at CU Boulder was a surprising success, with […]
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WatchYourLAN is a lightweight network IP scanner with a user-friendly web GUI. It notifies users when a new host is detected, keeps track of online/offline history, and sends data to InfluxDB2 for creating a Grafana dashboard. Version 2.0 is not compatible with version 1.0, with docker images initially being released under the v2 tag. Users […]
In 2020, the author created paraLLEl-RDP, implementing the N64 RDP in Vulkan compute, boasting speed and accuracy while supporting up-scaling. Now, the author introduces paraLLEl-GS for PlayStation 2 processing. Despite existing implementations like GSdx, the author’s focus is on developing a compute shader raster on PS2. The PS2 GS challenges accuracy with unique features like […]
This blog post was initially derived from slides used in a skill share presentation at coreplan.io. With over 3 years of experience in Django, the framework is the backbone of CorePlan’s main SaaS product. One notable feature is the Django ORM, which is powerful yet risky. It cannot be separated from the framework like SQLAlchemy […]
Dive into a 3-hour coding workshop on Large Language Models (LLMs) to learn how to implement, train, and use them. The video presentation includes chapters such as an introduction to LLMs, understanding input data, coding an LLM architecture, pretraining, loading pretrained weights, instruction fine-tuning, benchmark evaluation, and evaluating conversational performance. The workshop provides clickable chapter […]
The U34 Bolt from Oyen boasts impressive sustained throughput of 3.1GB/s but surprisingly remains silent and cool during operation. While exploring the reasons for varying performance in storage devices, the author delves into the complexities of interface, device, filesystem, and software performance. Through testing different data sets, the author highlights the impact of small files […]
Sisk is a lightweight web framework designed for fast and robust development, giving you full control over your projects. It offers simplicity and efficiency, allowing you to create various types of applications with minimal code. Surprisingly, projects built with Sisk have been tested in small, low-cost environments with good results. The entire Sisk ecosystem is […]
An Italian cultural heritage outfit recently announced the recovery of a Roman battering ram from the Mediterranean Sea, used in the Battle of the Aegates to mark the end of the first Punic War. The recovery by divers with the Society for the Documentation of Submerged Sites uncovered the rostrum at a depth of 262 […]
Bubble Tea is a “powerful little TUI framework” for Go with a steep learning curve. The program relies on processing messages in an event loop to maintain a responsive UI. Dumping messages to a file can be useful for debugging. Live code reload is possible for near real-time changes in your TUI. Using receiver methods […]
Tumblr is transitioning to WordPress following its 2019 acquisition by Automattic for $3 million. Automattic plans to improve Tumblr’s platform and revenue while keeping its unique posting experience intact. The move will allow improved sharing of features between the two platforms and take advantage of WordPress’s open source developments. Automattic acknowledges the technical challenge of […]