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The author shares their experience with using Vercel’s analytics product and the challenges they faced with the pricing structure and data limitations. They reflect on the decision to convert images to jpg to save on data costs rather than pay Vercel. The author then describes their journey of building a new stack called the Squeeh […]
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WebAssembly apps are breaking out of the web with Orca, a new stack for cross-platform applications. Martin Fouilleul announces Orca’s Orca Vector Graphics Backend, providing a canvas API for drawing 2D vector graphics and UI system rendering. Updates include user tooling improvements, a full wasm-compatible C standard library, and a WebGPU vector graphics backend. Non-technical […]
Television giants LG and Samsung showcased see-through displays at CES 2024, capturing spectators’ attention with the magic-like technology. LG relies on OLED displays, while Samsung favors microLED screens to achieve transparency, although neither is quite ready for everyday use. LG’s transparent OLED utilizes carbon-based compounds to emit light, with materials carefully chosen for transparency. Meanwhile, […]
FastHTML allows users to build modern web applications in pure Python, emphasizing solid web foundations over trendy fads. You can quickly create anything from dashboards to scalable applications with FastHTML, which provides full access to HTTP, HTML, JS, and CSS. This tool offers flexibility and speed, with the ability to deploy on any hosting service […]
This post explores the creation of a procedural earth simulation using GLSL fragment shaders, covering the planet’s history from its molten beginnings. The simulation updates at 60 frames per second and involves generating detailed terrain, craters, tectonic movement, river basins, climate patterns, and life distribution. The model accurately replicates natural phenomena such as wind circulation […]
In the quest to democratize training of large-scale text-to-image generative models, we propose a low-cost approach using a deferred masking strategy that significantly reduces computational cost. By incorporating mixture-of-experts layers and utilizing synthetic images, we trained a 1.16 billion parameter sparse transformer for only $1,890, achieving competitive results with a 12.7 FID on the COCO […]
SAM 2 is a cutting-edge model developed by Meta’s FAIR team, led by a group of talented individuals including Nikhila Ravi and Valentin Gabeur. SAM 2 revolutionizes promptable visual segmentation in images and videos, boasting a simple transformer architecture for real-time video processing. Notably, SAM 2 introduces the SA-V dataset, the largest video segmentation dataset […]
MeTube is a Web GUI for youtube-dl, allowing users to download videos from YouTube and other sites. Note that 32-bit ARM builds have been retired due to Node version compatibility and security updates. Users are encouraged to migrate to a 64-bit OS for continued support. The platform offers extensive customization options via environment variables and […]
The author delves into the intricacies of designing the Super Nintendo’s video system, exploring details like how CRTs draw images and the importance of vertical and horizontal resolutions. Surprisingly, the decision to use 256 visible dots per line with 85 blank dots led to a slight distortion in the aspect ratio. While most games used […]
Twenty-five years ago, Space Shuttle Columbia narrowly avoided disaster during the launch of the Chandra X-ray observatory. Unbeknownst to the crew, several critical flaws were present, including a loose pin in an engine and chafed wiring. Former Shuttle flight director Wayne Hale described the tense moments as the crew faced potential catastrophic failures. Despite multiple […]