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In a sophisticated scam, gas station owners are being targeted by scammers who are using Bluetooth technology to hack into pumps and steal gas for free. In a recent incident at a Shell gas station in Detroit, a thief managed to steal almost 800 gallons of gas, worth nearly $3,000. The thief overrides the system […]
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Approximately 150 miles off the shore of Costa Rica, an octopus hatched just in time to witness an alien invasion. As the baby octopus emerged from its egg, a remotely operated submersible was exploring the same area, capturing the moment on camera. This discovery excited the scientists and crew members on board, as it was […]
In this blog post, two major announcements are made regarding the “Public IPFS DHT,” which will now be called “Amino.” The first announcement is about a major refactoring of the Amino codebase to address existing challenges and make it easier for developers to contribute. The second announcement is an optimization of the publish operation in […]
Predictive policing, a popular law enforcement technique that uses data to predict crime locations, may not be as effective as previously believed, according to a new study by The Markup and Wired. The investigation focused on the city of Plainfield, New Jersey, and found that the crime prediction software used by the police department, Geolitica, […]
daktilo is a command-line program that creates typewriter sounds when you press keys. It can be customized to create different typing experiences, whether for practical use or pranks. The name daktilo comes from the Turkish word for “typewriter” and the Ancient Greek word for “finger.” You can use the built-in presets, such as the classic […]
Airbnb CEO, Brian Chesky, has warned travelers that hotel rates in New York City are likely to increase following a “de facto ban” on Airbnb in the city. The restrictions on Airbnb in the city limit stays to two guests and require the host to be present for stays shorter than 30 days. Chesky believes […]
In this web content, the author shares their journey of learning to build generative ML models from scratch and using those models to teach a computer to create fonts. They introduce their project called ‘FontoGen’ and showcase examples of fonts generated by the model. The author discusses the challenges of generating fonts and describes the […]
Database schema migrations can be challenging, often leading to disruptions and errors in applications that rely on the database. Managing multiple steps and unexpected database locks can make migrations a logistical nightmare. Additionally, rolling back to a previous state is rarely straightforward. In order to address these issues, Xata has created pgroll, an open-source command-line […]
Update: Added support for Stable Diffusion XL 1.0 Base, which can now run on a Raspberry Pi Zero 2. The challenge was running the large transformer model with almost 1 billion parameters on a microcomputer with only 512MB of RAM without using additional swap space or offloading results on disk. To achieve this, the author […]
The world needs computational social science, not just because of the AI revolution, but for other reasons as well. The author discusses the confusion surrounding CSS and whether it should be considered an academic discipline. They argue that while technology may change the methods used in social science, it cannot change the fundamental questions that […]