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TinyStatus is a user-friendly tool for creating personalized status pages to monitor various services efficiently. It offers features like monitoring HTTP endpoints, ping hosts, and tracking incident history. The tool has a simple setup process and can be customized through YAML configuration. Surprisingly, it automatically updates status at set intervals and allows for easy customization […]
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Physicists at JILA achieved a groundbreaking discovery by measuring a nuclear transition in thorium-229, paving the way for a “nuclear clock” that could probe the forces binding the universe. The precise measurement, reported in Nature, has implications for testing the constancy of fundamental physics laws. The accidental cancellation of forces in the thorium-229 nucleus makes […]
Creating a vector index with pgvector is as simple as running CREATE INDEX ON t USING hnsw(col vector_l2_ops). This article delves into the inner workings of the underlying index file generated by pgvector in Postgres, explaining its storage in Postgres files. The metadata page and subsequent HNSW graph pages are explored, revealing the structure of […]
Ligo presents AlphaFold3, an open-source project aimed at advancing biomolecular structure prediction. The release includes the full AlphaFold3 model with training code. The first phase focuses on single-chain protein prediction, with plans to add ligand, multimer, and nucleic acid prediction capabilities. While still in the early research phase, the project aims to create a fully […]
Shanice Sharpe is struggling to keep up with the rising rent at her one-bedroom apartment in Toronto, with hikes influenced by AI software, sparking controversy. Dream Unlimited, the landlord, is using YieldStar, leading to allegations of artificial rent inflation and harm to tenants across Canada and the US. The software collects data to suggest rent […]
Susan Katz Keating, the publisher and editor-in-chief of Soldier of Fortune magazine, shares her journey into the world of mercenaries and political violence. As a rare female contributor to the magazine, Keating’s childhood experiences sparked an interest in her current work. While revitalizing the magazine, she remains focused on remaining neutral in her journalism, despite […]
Laminar is an open-source tool designed for observability and analytics in complex LLM applications. It combines the functionality of DataDog and PostHog for LLM systems, offering automatic instrumentation for vector DB calls and function tracking. Background job queues are processed to create metrics, allowing users to design custom pipelines for specific data extraction. Laminar is […]
This web content discusses a real-life off-by-one error at a climbing competition in Europe. The author observes a subtle mistake in the placement of a hold on one side of the climbing wall, leading to a series of events where the issue is eventually discovered and fixed. The surprising part is that the climbers themselves […]
The @property at-rule has revolutionized CSS custom properties across browsers, allowing for precise control over syntax, initial values, and inheritance. The demo showcases glossy, attention-grabbing call-to-action elements commonly found on service and software websites. With detailed explanations and code snippets, the post delves into creating shiny borders, smooth hover transitions, slowed rotation effects, and tiny […]
The article explores whether AI technology truly helps students learn, using a high school experiment as a cautionary tale. The University of Pennsylvania researchers found that although students with access to ChatGPT solved more practice problems correctly, they performed worse on a test compared to those without AI assistance. Even a more tutor-like version of […]