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Researchers have developed a potential sustainable material known as transparent wood that could be used in a variety of applications, including smartphone screens and insulated windows. Transparent wood is created by removing lignin, the glue that holds wood cells together, and replacing it with a substance like epoxy resin that renders the wood transparent. Tests […]
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Tohands Smart Calculator is a powerful tool designed specifically for shopkeepers to easily keep track of their income and expenses. It provides daily, weekly, and monthly reports and analytics to help shopkeepers manage their finances. The calculator has a large display and is made in India, offering affordability and ease of use. It can save […]
Marmot is a distributed SQLite replicator that aims to make SQLite even more ubiquitous for server-side applications by building a replication layer on top. It allows you to build a robust replication between your nodes and scale out your read-heavy website based on SQLite by adding more replicated nodes. Marmot is born to act as […]
Four mathematicians have made a significant breakthrough in graph theory by finding an improved upper limit for the Ramsey number, a fundamental property of graphs. The Ramsey number quantifies how big a graph must be before specific patterns are guaranteed to emerge. This number has been notoriously difficult to calculate, with only the simplest instances […]
Mechanical watches, unlike their quartz and smart counterparts, do not require batteries or electronic components. This article explores the inner workings of a mechanical watch movement, which is the core part of the watch enclosed in a metal case. The movement consists of various parts, including the mainspring, barrel, gears, escapement, and balance. The mainspring […]
The NeurIPS Expo on Sunday focused on the theme of efficiency, exploring how to do more with less power, model parameters, and smaller chips. One highly attended session was led by Amazon, which discussed the effectiveness of smaller language models like Mistral 7B compared to larger models. Qualcomm showcased running Stable Diffusion on their Snapdragon […]
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This repository contains all the source codes for PC/GEOS and its applications. It is the official place for collaboration and further development. The repository is based on the source code used to build Breadbox Ensemble 4.13, with some critical modules removed due to licensing issues. The SDK is available for both Windows and Linux, and […]
Slack’s Workforce Index, based on a survey of over 10,000 desk workers worldwide, reveals insights on how to structure the workday for maximum productivity and employee satisfaction. The findings indicate that employees who log off at the end of the workday are 20% more productive than those who work after hours. Taking breaks during the […]
Yahoo Auctions Japan is a trip down memory lane to the world of technology in 1995. The author reminisces about the dominance of OS/2 and Netware servers, and the anticipated rise of the Linux desktop. They stumbled upon BSD on Windows during a late-night browsing session and purchased it from vic485. BSD on Windows is […]