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Fitbit Ace Pass is a paid data plan required to access most features, renewing until canceled, with no refunds for partial billing periods. Offer expires August 31, 2024, only for US residents with US shipping addresses, some features not available in all areas. The Ace Band redemption code is emailed after activation. Location sharing, calling, […]
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Starlink celebrated its fifth birthday with a Falcon 9 launch, placing 23 satellites into orbit. The ambitious project by SpaceX, led by Elon Musk, aims to provide broadband services globally using a massive satellite constellation. Starlink’s success has reshaped the satellite industry, prompting competitors to develop multi-orbit strategies like combining satellites in LEO and MEO. […]
Home.tsx is the source code of a FOSS Git Repository & NPM Package Index website. The code imports various components, context, and helper functions, including search functions, rendering functions, and styling scripts. The website allows users to search for repositories and npm packages based on various criteria such as host, username, name, language, and description. […]
Muhammad Imtiaz runs the 77-year-old Pen Hospital in Kolkata, dedicated to fixing and selling fountain pens. Despite the digital era, fountain pens hold sentimental value for customers. Imtiaz explains the intricacies of fountain pen care and repair, emphasizing their historical significance. The dwindling popularity of fountain pens is acknowledged, with Imtiaz attributing the decline to […]
Databases have evolved to efficiently separate data storage from data access, with many modern databases not even containing any actual data. DuckDB is a prime example of this evolution, allowing users to create virtual datasets that can be accessed without downloading the entire dataset. By creating a database file with specific instructions on how to […]
In this study, three new attention mechanisms are introduced to enhance the performance of Transformer models. The first, Optimised Attention, reduces parameters and matrix multiplications while maintaining performance. Efficient Attention further reduces parameters and matrix multiplications, resulting in faster processing. Lastly, Super Attention significantly outperforms standard attention in both vision and natural language tasks while […]
Visit the Friends of OpenJDK Today DataStax Performance Tools page to learn about how Cohere released a dataset containing all of Wikipedia in vectors with their multilingual-v3 model. This dataset allows for the creation of a semantic, vector-based index of Wikipedia, a feat that was previously costly for individuals to achieve. The page details the […]
A year and a half ago, the dining hall had a fork shortage that led to using spoons for meals. In response, the author bought 180 forks and stamped them with initials before circulating them at the hall. Eventually, all forks were anonymously deposited into a fresh bucket at the silverware station. Despite no longer […]
Today we’re introducing Kino, a filmmaking app perfect for beginners and experts alike. With Instant Grade, aspiring filmmakers can achieve that desired “film look” with one tap, making grading Apple Log footage easier than ever before. AutoMotion ensures cinematic motion blur, and the user-friendly interface is designed for both casual users and professionals. Kino also […]
The web content introduces FrankenPHP, a production-grade PHP server that can be set up with just one command. Some unique features of FrankenPHP include native support for worker mode, Early Hints, Mercure hub, and modern compression formats such as Brotli, Zstandard, and Gzip. The server is designed to be easy to deploy and configure, with […]