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The blog has been inactive for a few years since the project hasn’t made progress due to the creators’ busy lives. Despite the lack of updates, traffic remains surprisingly high. Recent obstacles like lockdown restrictions have hindered work on the project but plans to resume regular updates are in place. The team faced challenges such […]
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An email on March 1st raised concerns about the security of our endpoints, leading to the discovery of unauthorized requests targeting sensitive API endpoints. These requests were successful, indicating the actor had private admin access tokens. GitHub tokens were used to access a customer’s repository, prompting immediate action by revoking all access tokens and implementing […]
The Universal Android Debloater GUI is a project aimed at improving privacy and battery performance by removing unnecessary system apps. The software is still in development, so proceed with caution. The worst-case scenario is accidentally deleting an essential system package, causing a bootloop. However, you can’t permanently damage your device with this software. Features include […]
Debuggers and profilers can be subtly or obviously broken, and one common issue is missing frame pointers in the default libc. This leads to issues in stack walking, reflected in flame graphs, where partial stacks are grouped together. Some profilers, like off-CPU flame graphs, are heavily impacted by missing frame pointers in library code and […]
Loongson’s 3A6000 CPU offers significant improvements over its predecessor, the 3A5000, with a new LA664 core that boasts a larger and deeper pipeline with more execution units, plus SMT support for increased multithreaded performance. While the 3A6000 performs admirably well for a 2.5 GHz CPU, it still falls short of catching up to AMD’s newer […]
In his case study “The Cloud Is Material,” anthropologist Steven Gonzalez Monserrate delves into the environmental impacts data storage has on our world. He takes us inside data centers, revealing the hidden infrastructure that powers our digital lives. From the challenges of cooling systems and water consumption to the overwhelming carbon footprint of the Cloud, […]
Richard Richard, inspired by a childhood programming project, has transformed into a powerful neural network tool. The original mischievous “virus” Richard has evolved into a benevolent CLI application specializing in classification using dense, convolutional, and max pooling layer types with GPU acceleration through Vulkan compute shaders. With support for hand-written digits and cat vs. dog […]
Power issues dominate the design and storage of data, as chip transistor density has reached levels that generate more heat than usual. The industry is working to solve these issues by introducing new transistor structures like gate-all-around FETs at 3nm. The power delivery system is also evolving to address routing problems. Thermal analysis is essential […]
In this work, the authors delve into the creation of high-performing Multimodal Large Language Models (MLLMs) by analyzing architecture components and data choices. They emphasize the importance of using a diverse mix of image-caption, interleaved image-text, and text-only data for optimal few-shot results. Surprisingly, they find that the image encoder and its specifications have a […]
Michael Seibel is stepping down as Y Combinator’s managing director, a significant role in choosing startup founders and running the accelerator program. His departure comes at a time of reshuffling in the tech industry, with YC caught in the crossfire between tech and progressives. Seibel’s decision to step back may be linked to not being […]