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The OMNIPARSER tool enhances GPT-4V’s ability to accurately generate actions on user interfaces by parsing screenshots and identifying interactable icons and their semantics. A curated dataset of interactable icon detection is used to fine-tune models for this purpose, resulting in improved performance on various benchmarks. Interestingly, OMNIPARSER outperforms GPT-4V baselines even with screenshot-only input, showing […]
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This paper demonstrates that Dijkstra’s shortest-path algorithm is universally optimal when used in conjunction with an efficient heap data structure, ensuring optimal performance for every graph topology. A new heap data structure with a working-set property is introduced, reducing the cost of extracting the minimum element to merely logarithmic in the number of inserted elements, […]
The author initially published this content on October 19th, then updated it two days later, humorously reflecting on their failure in English courses which led them to becoming a software engineer. ParadeDB is introduced as an alternative to ElasticSearch, built on Postgres, comprising pg_search, pg_analytics, and pgvector extensions. The recent update, ParadeDB 0.11.0, brought significant […]
LWN.net offers in-depth, subscription-only content on Linux and free software news. The Open Source Initiative (OSI) is defining Open Source AI, with the 1.0 version of the Open Source AI Definition (OSAID) set to be published. However, some in the open-source community feel that OSI is setting the bar too low, potentially undoing efforts to […]
Farmer Josh Payne changed his family farm from conventional row crops to regenerative agriculture after discovering his allergy to herbicides. His transition was met with resistance from his grandfather, Charles Payne, who farmed during the chemical revolution in agriculture. The resurgence of regenerative agriculture aims to restore soil health and sustainability, moving away from chemical […]
The author discusses their adventures in algorithmic trading on the Runescape Grand Exchange, a game they have enjoyed since childhood. They created a bot using machine learning techniques to automatically execute trades, detailing the components, trading algorithms used, and results of experiments. They highlight the Grand Exchange’s market chaos and 1% tax applied to all […]
In 2022, the author purchased the domain musicbox.fun for an online music box project. However, the domain had a past reputation for hosting pirated music, leading to a drop in organic search traffic after redirection. The author refers to this as the domain being “haunted.” To check if a domain is haunted, one can use […]
McDonald’s ice cream machines are notorious for breaking down, with 15% currently out of order in the US and a staggering 32% in New York. But thanks to a victory in the U.S. Copyright Office, commercial food preparation equipment, including McDonald’s machines, can now legally be repaired, challenging manufacturers’ digital locks. Although this is a […]
The author shares an interactive tutorial on line drawing using D3.js v4, focusing on implementing diagrams using SVG, interactive elements, and draggable handles. The tutorial includes steps for linear interpolation of numbers and points, the number of steps in the line, and snapping to the grid. A unique element is the explanation of making interactive […]
Ben Recht’s blog post challenges the celebration of the Higgs Discovery, arguing that it glorifies modern bureaucracy rather than unveiling material reality. He questions the complexity of particle physics and how it connects to everyday life. Recht also delves into issues of trust in science, criticizing the system of big science and emphasizing the skepticism […]