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The author expresses frustration with the direction of OpenTelemetry, arguing that it has lost focus and expanded too far beyond its original purpose of distributed tracing. They critique the lack of clear vision, leadership, and focus on unnecessary features like logs and metrics. The author suggests a need for a more specialized, lightweight framework for […]
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About Sounds of the Forest: We’re gathering woodland sounds worldwide to create a unique sound map. The open-source library allows anyone to listen and create using these natural tones. Selected artists will respond to these sounds, producing music, art, or other creations for Timber Festival 2021. Timber Festival celebrates our connection to trees and forests […]
The most effective way to grab an audience’s attention is to start a presentation on the second slide, a technique borrowed from Lawrence Block’s work on fiction writing. By beginning with the action and mystery, listeners are intrigued and motivated to pay attention. Technical presentations often start with background information that can be a bore […]
Cost of self-hosting Llama-3 8B-Instruct using EKS is around $17 per 1M tokens, while ChatGPT offers $1 per 1M tokens. Self-hosting hardware can bring the cost to less than $0.01 per 1M tokens, but it takes ~5.5 years to break even. Running Llama-3 on AWS instances like g4dn.2xlarge wasn’t efficient due to OOM issues, but […]
NVIDIA Warp is a powerful Python framework that JIT compiles functions into efficient kernel code for CPU and GPU execution, ideal for spatial computing and various applications. What sets Warp apart is its differentiable kernels, compatible with machine-learning tools like PyTorch and JAX. Installing and running Warp is straightforward using Python 3.9+, with GPU support […]
Just months after Neil Armstrong’s moonwalk, high school student Jim Storer created the popular Lunar Landing game, challenging players to land gently on the moon. Despite optimal fuel burn schedules, a bug led to inaccuracies in the game’s landing calculations that went unnoticed for nearly 55 years. Storer’s use of advanced physics and numerical computing […]
In the 1800s, a 12-year-old enslaved boy named Edmond Albius revolutionized the cultivation of vanilla with a simple yet ingenious hand-pollination method. Prior attempts by botanists were unsuccessful, until Albius discovered the delicate process of bringing together the male and female parts of vanilla orchid flowers. Despite facing resistance and racism, Albius’s groundbreaking invention saved […]
In this content, the author discusses how processors can use SIMD instructions to process 16 bytes at once and accelerate tasks like parsing HTML or JSON. The author highlights the simdjson parser’s success in utilizing SIMD instructions to achieve fast results, with Google Chrome’s engine adopting this approach. The author provides code examples for implementing […]
Lost in Medieval London: Dive into the newly created map of medieval London showcasing astonishing detail of 13th-century city life. Discover lost buildings, churchyards, and city boundaries before the era of city maps. Learn about the Historic Towns Trust’s meticulous work in mapping Tudor and medieval London based on new archaeological findings. Uncover educated guesswork […]
Marine microbiologists from the Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research discovered the fungus Parengyodontium album living on plastic litter in the ocean can break down particles of polyethylene, the most common plastic found in the ocean. The fungus joins a short list of plastic-degrading marine fungi. Lead author Annika Vaksmaa is excited about their ability […]