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Have you ever peeked inside your Macbook’s charger? This teardown uncovers the surprising amount of technology packed inside, including a microprocessor. The compact power adapter utilizes a switching power supply to efficiently convert AC power to low-voltage DC for electronic devices. Apple revolutionized charger design with their compact, stylish, and advanced chargers. Despite the higher […]
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Enjoy weekly paper reviews delivered to your inbox or subscribe to the Atom feed. Learn about the Google File System (GFS) that revolutionized Google’s storage in its early days. GFS split files into chunks for replication across machines, improving performance and enabling large files behind a simple abstraction. The master and chunk servers play crucial […]
Modern financial planning made easy with Causal. Easily know your runway, plan for growth, and focus on building your business instead of working in spreadsheets. Human-readable formulas make modeling anything a breeze, with live data integration from various systems like accounting, HR, and CRM. Quickly generate and compare scenarios to make informed decisions. Causal streamlines […]
Inflection’s mission is to create personal intelligence for everyone through their AI technology, Pi, which combines exceptional EQ and IQ. The AI studio plans to make their technology available to developers and enterprises, capitalizing on the unique conversational style of Pi. They are now focusing on their AI studio business and will host Inflection-2.5 on […]
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The author’s voice in this web content reflects on the significance of repair manuals in our relationship with technology and the changing landscape of repair practices. The content explores the historical and political implications of repair manuals, emphasizing the shift towards technical opacity and planned obsolescence in the 20th century. The discussion also touches on […]
Arroyo, an open-source stream processing engine, is gearing up for its 0.10 release featuring a new SQL engine based on Apache Arrow and DataFusion SQL toolkit. This update promises better performance, architectural simplicity, and improved community interaction. The shift to Arrow allows Arroyo to compete with top batch engines, reduce Docker image size significantly, and […]
Medical professionals trained in “civilised” countries may not know about how humans survive in the wild. Nature provides an automatic manipulator to correct spinal and joint issues in primates. Sleeping and resting postures among tribal people exhibit few musculoskeletal problems. Different postures correct different joints and are nature’s way of maintaining health. Western civilization’s use […]
A drawing of the aurora observed in Japan in 1770 displayed brightness comparable to a full moon. In 1859, a mysterious event created red skies across Japan, baffling residents who suspected distant fires. Later, it was discovered that these frightening displays were actually auroras caused by solar activity. The 1859 solar storm damaged telegraph cables […]
Large Language Models (LLMs) have revolutionized creative work by generating images, text, and code. While initial results were humorous, progress is being made. The argument that machines can’t think creatively weakens daily. Software development involves more than just coding, including gathering requirements and debugging. However, saying “AI will replace Developers” requires competence in all tasks, […]