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The author discusses the future of computing in a talk, referencing Leslie Lamport’s idea that understanding computing is vital. The author then delves into the origins of “von Neumann Architecture,” highlighting controversial aspects such as the leak of a draft report accelerating computing progress and the debate on RISC vs. CISC hardware design. The paper’s […]
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Jon Haidt and Zach Rausch introduce the decline in educational technology (EdTech) benefits as revealed by recent OECD data, coinciding with plummeting global test scores in math, science, and reading. Despite calls for phone-free schools, the impact of EdTech broadly remains unclear. Neuroscientist Jared Cooney Horvath argues that the EdTech revolution has failed, with data […]
The author of this blog post is passionate about maps and history, as these tools provide a deep understanding of the human experience and the world we live in. Historical maps offer a unique insight into the past, revealing different perspectives and narratives. In this edition, the focus is on historical maps of the Second […]
The GIMP team has finally released a release candidate version of GIMP 3.0 after years of development. The new interface is smoother and more scalable for high-resolution displays, with icons being converted to SVGs for better quality. The update focuses on backend improvements for project and plugin compatibility, with a stabilized public GIMP API to […]
The Grothendieck Institute is hosting an online conference on November 16, 2024, in honor of mathematician Alexander Grothendieck’s 10th death anniversary. Prominent speakers include Prof. Fernando Zalamea and Mateo Carmona, who will discuss Grothendieck’s mathematical and philosophical work. Prof. Olivia Caramello will then receive testimonies from scholars who knew Grothendieck personally, sharing memories and discussing […]
Summary: The author works at Nomic, where colleagues build TSNE-like visualizations in the browser. Deepscatter, developed by Ben Schmidt, solves scaling problems. Conversations revolve around Typescript and WebGPU’s benefits. The author created Surfgrad, a high-performant, WebGPU-powered autograd library for browser-based tensor operations. WebGPU allows GPU code on any device with a web browser. It supports […]
The author highlights their unofficial software projects for Brown University and Macalester College, including an “everything app” and a university shuttle tracker, all utilizing undocumented APIs. They share tips for finding these APIs, such as using GitHub’s code search tool, looking for fetch requests, and exploring WordPress sites. The author also recommends reading and debugging […]
The author recounts a day at work where a smooth jujutsu-like scenario inspires a git case study. While working on a legacy codebase and introducing a new parsing component, a hidden case where a method directly calls the parser is discovered. A new test is needed to address this outlier. The author navigates seamlessly through […]
Mostek in the 1980s was a top producer of DRAM, testing every Z80 microprocessor at their Fairchild Sentry 610 test system. The room was equipped to test a wide range of components. Mostek also held a second-source license for popular CPU chips. The Fairchild Sentry 610 was a state-of-the-art, versatile system, capable of handling high-speed […]
This blog post explores the concept of the “Truck Factor,” the minimum number of team members that can disappear before a project stalls. The author, along with , created a plugin to calculate this factor for GitHub projects, with surprising results. They attempted to reproduce the original research’s findings, encountering challenges with the data and […]