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Make It Yourself is a digital book that celebrates the creativity of individuals around the globe by highlighting over 1000 DIY projects. From useful inventions to unique creations, this collection showcases the endless possibilities when you craft things on your own. Each project is linked to its original website, providing all the information required to […]
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The author explores the adaptation of annotation beyond ed-tech to fields like bioscience, journalism, and scholarly publishing. Annotation is not just an app but a service that enhances document workflows by connecting people to specific selections. The article showcases various annotation services like SciBot and ClaimChart. Key tools for enabling annotation interactions include creating annotations […]
Ink allows you to build and test CLI output using React components. This tool offers a component-based UI building experience similar to React for command-line applications. Using Yoga, Ink enables the creation of Flexbox layouts in the terminal, making CSS-like props available. If you’re familiar with React, you already know how to use Ink since […]
Transformers have taken over the foundation models due to their top-notch performance but suffer from high scaling costs. TokenFormer presents a scalable solution by utilizing the attention mechanism to handle interactions between tokens and model parameters. This novel approach allows for progressive scaling without the need for retraining from scratch. By treating model parameters as […]
The Pixelmator Team is excited to announce that they are joining Apple, inspired by Apple’s focus on design, ease of use, and performance. This move will allow them to reach a wider audience and make a bigger impact on creative people worldwide. The acquisition will not result in any changes to the Pixelmator Pro, Pixelmator […]
Large Language Models (LLMs) have evolved into sophisticated entities capable of complex reasoning and decision-making, leading to the development of specialized LLM-based agents for tasks like coding and web browsing. Distributed Agents in a Worldwide Network (DAWN) offers a framework for global communication and collaboration among these agents, allowing for advanced objectives. DAWN integrates LLM-based […]
Ghost is a unique non-profit foundation that operates with no owners or outside investors, generating $7.5M in annual revenue through a sustainable business model. Founded by a former WordPress core team contributor disillusioned by office politics, Ghost focuses on simplifying publishing workflows with a native core functionality and a simple, permissive MIT license. Despite its […]
In a one-act play set in an office meeting room, an engineering manager and tech lead discuss the “carefulness knob” used to allocate effort in software development. Exploring the efficiency-thoroughness trade-off, they realize balancing speed and caution is crucial. Surprisingly, turning up the carefulness knob can delay projects while turning it down may increase incident […]
Hazel is a live functional programming environment that allows for typechecking, manipulation, and running of incomplete programs. Traditional programming languages do not provide feedback on incomplete programs, leading to gaps in service from tools like code completion. Hazel introduces a principled approach by modeling incomplete programs as programs with holes, representing missing or erroneous parts. […]
The author was intrigued by a unique piece of code that checks for prime numbers and breaks down a regular expression that filters out non-prime numbers in unary form. Both parts of the expression, ^.?$ and ^(..+?)1+$, must match the entire string to determine if the number is prime. The first part matches strings with […]