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Safari 17.4 introduces vertical writing mode support for form control elements on macOS, iOS, iPadOS, and visionOS, catering to East Asian languages like Chinese, Japanese, and Korean. The industry has committed to enhancing cross-browser support for vertical text, which can be achieved by using the CSS writing-mode property. WebKit underwent extensive changes to accommodate vertical […]
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Soundry AI offers benefits such as flexibility, faster production time, and unlimited variations compared to traditional sound design methods. The AI-powered platform allows musicians to create completely unique results that resonate with their style. Partnering with Soundry enables artists to be compensated and have their sounds added to the AI model. Testimonials from Virtual Riot, […]
Grade school teachers may not have taught you how to add 20-digit numbers, but it’s easier than you think. Instead of staring at the problem and writing down the answer, you need to walk through the problem step by step in the correct way. While chatbots like ChatGPT can ace simple arithmetic questions, they struggle […]
In their research paper, authors Abdul Fatir Ansari and his colleagues present Chronos, a novel framework for pretrained probabilistic time series models. By tokenizing time series values and training transformer-based language models on them, they demonstrate significant outperformance on training datasets and comparable, sometimes superior, zero-shot performance on new datasets. This approach showcases the potential […]
Memories is a privacy-focused self-hosted app that allows you to own your data by storing your photos on your own Nextcloud instance. You can encrypt your data, automatically upload photos, and view them in a timeline. You can create albums, collaborate with others, and automatically tag photos using artificial intelligence. You can also edit metadata, […]
Discover Picotron, a Fantasy Workstation offering a creative escape into the world of pixel art games, animations, and music. With a cozy toy operating system, create unique apps using built-in tools and share them in a special 256k png cartridge format. Customize your machine to make live wallpapers, screensavers, and more, while exploring what other […]
The author discusses the creation of QuickWP, an AI-powered WordPress site builder that uses OpenAI, an FSE theme, and WordPress Playground. They share insights on the challenges faced and the learnings gained while working on the project. Through experimentation with AI models and the use of AI prompts, the project aims to generate personalized themes […]
Ludic is a lightweight framework designed for creating HTML pages using a component-based approach similar to React. It eliminates the need for extensive JavaScript coding by integrating seamlessly with htmx.org. Leveraging the power of the Starlette framework, Ludic enables developers to build dynamic web services with Python 3.12 features and typing. It offers React-like component […]
The author met the Reddits before starting Y Combinator, inspired by their energy and brains. Initially rejected by Y Combinator for their bad fast food ordering idea, the Reddits pivoted to create Reddit, originally a link-sharing site. The personality of Reddit closely matches that of the founders, especially Steve, who has a vacuum-cleaner curiosity and […]
The Crookes radiometer is a fascinating device invented in 1873 by chemist Sir William Crookes. It consists of a glass bulb with vanes that rotate when exposed to light. The vanes move due to differences in temperature, where the black side becomes hotter than the white side, causing a thermal transpiration effect that leads to […]