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Claude Litre, a fictional character created by Kenneth Woolner in 1978, was used to justify the capital L to denote litres. This practice arose due to potential confusion between the lowercase “l” and other characters. Woolner’s hoax was published in “CHEM 13 News” on April Fools’ Day, claiming Litre proposed a unit of volume measurement […]
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Hotseat attempted to tackle the limitations of using ChatGPT for legal questions by implementing advanced workflows and leveraging LLMs to answer complex questions about EU regulations in an unintuitive way. By breaking down the legal question into subtasks and structuring the documents with Markdown, GPT-4 was able to give quality answers. The system, although not […]
memary is an open-source long-term memory system for autonomous agents that allows agents to store a large corpus of information in knowledge graphs, infer user knowledge, and retrieve relevant information for meaningful responses. Key features include a Routing Agent, Knowledge Graph Creation & Retrieval, Memory Stream, and Entity Knowledge Store. The system leverages Neo4j for […]
In the 1940s, German U-Boats were causing chaos in the Atlantic, prompting inventor Geoffrey Pyke to propose a giant, unsinkable aircraft carrier made of ice, called Project Habakkuk. Pyke developed pykrete, a mixture of wood and ice, as a stronger alternative. Despite setbacks and incidents, a 1,000-ton prototype was built on Patricia Lake in Canada, […]
The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope recently captured stunning infrared images of the Horsehead Nebula, showcasing unprecedented detail and complexity. The iconic nebula, also known as Barnard 33, is located about 1300 light-years away and is illuminated by a nearby hot star. It is estimated to have about five million years left before it disintegrates. […]
History of web development through the years, highlighting the transition from static websites to more dynamic SPAs and the evolution of tools and frameworks like GraphQL, Next.js, TypeScript, and Svelte. The rise of cloud services like AWS and the importance of adapting to changing technologies. The introduction of HTMX, a tool that brings power back […]
Engineers at Figma faced a common issue with slow C++ build times, leading to frustration and decreased productivity. After failing with stopgap solutions and even creating a channel to joke about the problem, they developed innovative tools to tackle unnecessary header file inclusions, such as DIWYDU and includes.py. By automating the process of detecting and […]
Operating a spacecraft is no walk in the park. The learning curve is steep, from ignition to orbit. Thousands of gallons of fuel are needed just to get past the initial layer of the atmosphere. The astronauts must monitor data, complete checklists, and deal with violent shaking in the cockpit. Reentry is no joke either, […]
The dotenv utility allows users to load environment variables from a file named .env in the current directory by prefixing commands or using it in the shebang line of a script. The installation instructions and manpage for dotenv are provided in the README file. Users can install dotenv on a Unix-like system using a C […]
Dear Reader, the moments that shape our lives do not always occur instantaneously, but rather over many seasons. Navigating the “during” period of significant events can be exhausting and lonely, yet it is in this phase that the groundwork is laid for future advancements. Personal Library Science, a field emerging from the innovations of personal […]