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The author discusses their use of Emacs and Org mode for various tasks, highlighting its versatility in note-taking, document generation, and blog posts. Org mode, a powerful markup language, stands out for its standardized and informative syntax. A blog post by Org enthusiast Karl Voit exemplifies the potential of Org mode, demonstrating how much information […]
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Published on October 31, 2024, the experts at Physical Intelligence Company explore the advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) and the need for AI systems to acquire physical intelligence to match human capabilities in the physical world. They introduce their model, π0, as a step towards developing artificial physical intelligence that can control various robots and […]
Alyssa Rosenzweig provided an update on the Apple M1 and M2 GPUs kernel graphics driver at the X.Org Developers Conference (XDC) 2024. She discussed the progress made in achieving various graphics standards, such as OpenGL 4.6 conformance and support for tessellation shaders. Controversially, she mentioned limitations in the hardware, making it less useful for OpenGL, […]
The author challenges the advice of pushing through tough times or always listening to your gut, finding them too simplistic. Instead, they introduce the concept of “the edge,” a balance between pushing oneself and staying within one’s comfort zone. The edge is a shifting zone of challenge that depends on the context and level of […]
The author warns against using black plastic kitchen utensils due to potential contamination with flame retardants from recycled electronic waste. These compounds can be harmful to human health, with risks of endocrine disruption, thyroid disease, diabetes, and cancer. Despite bans on certain flame retardant compounds, they still persist in consumer products due to the global […]
WASM Audio Decoders offers a collection of highly optimized Web Assembly audio decoder libraries for browser use, supporting both synchronous and asynchronous decoding. The decoders have been shown to match or even outperform browser implementations. The inlined WASM is encoded with yEnc and gzip compressed for smaller file sizes. Various decoders are available for formats […]
The article delves into Ruby’s top-level methods, specifically those belonging to the Kernel module, and the main scope’s connection to the Object class. It explains how seemingly “global” methods are actually private methods of the current object, originating from Kernel, and how user-defined global methods function in every object. The article addresses a legacy quirk […]
The article dives into the concept of probability-generating functions, explaining how they are used to encode sequences of probabilities into a single object. The author goes into detail about the historical context, explaining how de Moivre used polynomial functions as a way to work with sequences before vectors were invented. The article also explores the […]
In this blog post, the author discusses how they fuzzed the ZBar barcode scanning library, uncovering serious bugs such as an out-of-bounds stack buffer write and a memory leak that can lead to arbitrary code execution and a denial-of-service attack, despite the lack of extensive fuzzing on the software. The author highlights the process of […]
The author shared their journey of trying to get Windows XP running in DOSBox-X, despite facing obstacles along the way. They initially encountered issues with the upgrade process from Windows 98 to XP, but eventually succeeded after multiple attempts. Surprisingly, they discovered that Windows XP required low-level access not available in DOSBox-X, leading to a […]