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The author discusses the current state and future potential of kdb+ in various use cases, including historical market data storage, local quant analysis, real-time streaming calculation engines, and distributed computing. They explore alternative technologies such as Python, DuckDB, Polars, and Clickhouse, highlighting the shift towards open-source solutions and the challenges faced by kdb+ in maintaining […]
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A groundbreaking study led by the Singh Lab at McMaster University has discovered a new pathway that cancer cells use to infiltrate the brain, specifically in glioblastoma, the most aggressive form of brain cancer. This research offers hope for new treatments, including a therapy that can block and kill these tumors. The study, published in […]
Author summarizes format/library pairings for serializing and deserializing data in Lua. For fastest option, use lua-cbor for pure Lua or lua-protobuf for C library. JSON is widespread but slower; lua-cjson is fastest C library, while lunajson is pure Lua. MessagePack is more bandwidth-efficient than JSON; kieselsteini’s msgpack validates strings as UTF8 or sends them as […]
The sugarcane genome was recently decoded, revealing its complexity compared to rice. The study involved studying the diversity of crops and their evolution, shedding light on how plants have adapted over the years due to human selection and environmental factors. The research team utilized sorghum as a model plant to unravel the sugarcane genome, showcasing […]
Whoa! New evidence suggests that massive neutron stars could have cores made of deconfined quark matter, forming what could be called a ‘quark star’. Unlike ordinary neutron stars with densely packed neutrons, squeezing these neutrons hard enough could break them into quarks and gluons. Physicists at CERN and Brookhaven have created a similar ‘quark-gluon plasma’. […]
sqlite-vec is an incredibly small and fast vector search SQLite extension that is suitable for various platforms. It allows users to store and query float, int8, and binary vectors in virtual tables, with the ability to pre-filter vectors using subqueries. The extension, written in pure C, is compatible with Linux, MacOS, Windows, browsers with WASM, […]
The ell command-line interface for LLMs written in Bash allows users to interact with LLMs from their terminal, making it pipe-friendly and easy to ask questions. It supports function calling and more via templates. Users need bash, jq, curl, and perl to run ell. Configuration involves setting variables for different LLM models like gemini-1.5-flash and […]
This study explores the use of Large Language Models (LLMs) like ChatGPT and Copilot in generating code on GitHub. Surprisingly, these LLMs are most frequently utilized for Python, Java, and TypeScript scripts for data processing, with code snippets being short and of low complexity. Interestingly, projects containing LLM-generated code are often small and led by […]
In their web content, Zach Rausch and Jon Haidt explore the theme of the loss of community in The Anxious Generation. They argue that the decline of community, play, and the rise of the phone-based childhood are interconnected factors affecting youth mental health. Seth Kaplan, an author highlighted in the content, suggests that restoring play-based […]
Starting with Google Chrome 127, a warning will appear for uBlock Origin (uBO) users due to the deprecation of Manifest v2 support in favor of Manifest v3. Since uBO is a Manifest v2 extension, a warning will be displayed in your Chrome browser. The browser will suggest alternative extensions like uBO Lite (uBOL), which is […]