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The author has a deep affection for programming in C, especially due to their experience with the Linux kernel, but acknowledges the language’s flaws in safety and complexity. They found Rust appealing for its memory safety, despite initial struggles with the borrow checker. Zig seemed promising for its resemblance to C, but issues with tooling, […]
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New Japanese legislation requires Apple to allow third-party app stores and payment providers on iPhones, challenging tech giants’ market dominance. The Act on Promotion of Competition for Specified Smartphone Software, passed by Parliament, mandates significant changes to Apple’s business practices. This includes allowing third-party app stores, third-party payment services, user choice screens at setup, and […]
IEEE Xplore is the world’s largest technical professional organization, dedicated to advancing technology for humanity. As a not-for-profit organization, they provide valuable resources for technology enthusiasts. The website features various technical content, including research papers, journals, and conference papers. Users can access these resources by agreeing to the terms and conditions, including the privacy policy. […]
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 […]
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 […]