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Raymond Chen discusses how the classic Win32 ListView supports incremental search, allowing users to search by typing the first letter of an item. He explores the different patterns of type-to-search, with one pattern selecting items based on the starting letter and the other pattern based on a prefix match. He suggests that the ListView control […]
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Enhance WASM offers backend agnostic server-side rendering for Web Components, bridging the gap between browser native technology and various backend runtimes. By allowing developers to write standard web components and deploy them with any backend, Enhance WASM improves performance, SEO, and accessibility. The tool eliminates the need for slow build steps and frontend code rewrites, […]
Create a language model with Next-Token Prediction for high-quality predictions in text, phrases, or even pixels as an alternative to decoder-only models like GPT or Mistral. Simple usage involves installing npm i next-token-prediction and setting up a training directory in your project. After training, the model can predict words, phrases, and completion suggestions. For advanced […]
RecurrentGemma is a family of open-weights Language Models by Google DeepMind, based on the Griffin architecture, offering fast inference for generating long sequences. The repository provides model implementation and sampling/fine-tuning examples, with Flax being the recommended, optimized implementation. Un-optimized PyTorch is also available. The technical report gives training/evaluation details, while Griffin paper explains the model […]
Libgourou is a free tool that implements Adobe’s ADEPT protocol for adding DRM to ePub/PDF files, addressing Adobe’s lack of support for Linux. The architecture includes a client/server setup similar to RMSDK, with specific functions implemented in client classes and the server handling the ADEPT protocol. The tool provides functions for getting, creating, registering, removing […]
Famous artworks have disappeared under mysterious circumstances over the years, leaving the art world puzzled. The Ghent Altarpiece by Jan Van Eyck, Poppy Flowers by Vincent Van Gogh, Reading Girl in White and Yellow by Henri Matisse, The Storm on the Sea of Galilee by Rembrandt, and The Poor Poet by Carl Spitzweg are just […]
Oh My Git! is an open source game designed to help players learn Git through interactive gameplay. The game offers a unique visual representation of Git repositories in real-time, helping players understand the internal structures easily. For beginners, there is a custom-designed playing card interface that introduces new Git commands and provides descriptions and icons […]
Crystalruby is a gem that allows you to write Crystal code within Ruby. By making simple changes to your methods, you can see a significant increase in performance for some Ruby code. You can call embedded Crystal code from within other embedded Crystal code easily. The library supports various types and validations, including complex nested […]
The author shares their experience with Proton encrypted email, where suddenly emails from friends and family started arriving as PGP encrypted messages. They investigate Proton’s encryption process and discover that Proton automatically encrypts emails based on keys found in the OpenPGP Web Key Directory, even without user consent. The author questions the privacy implications of […]
Aider is an AI pair programming tool that allows you to collaborate with GPT-3.5/GPT-4 on editing code in your local git repository directly from your terminal. The unique aspect of Aider is its ability to work on pre-existing, larger codebases with ease. You can chat with GPT, request changes, edits, improvements, or bug fixes directly […]