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In our quest to provide the best user experience possible, we have always put a lot of effort into making our products easy to use and understand. This includes using simple language, providing context-sensitive help, and offering illustrative examples. However, we recently realized that our use of examples may have unintended consequences. One example in […]
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In this web content, the author discusses the complex relationships between living species and the consequences of intervening in those relationships. They highlight a story from Darwin’s “On the Origin of Species” that demonstrates how seemingly unrelated animals, such as cats and bumblebees, are actually connected through a chain of ecological relationships. The author also […]
Delphi, a commercial software development tool, may not be as popular as it once was, but it still has several key features that made it successful. These features include fast compile times and a short time to generate an executable, strongly typed loops, runtime type information, straightforward dependency management, extensible libraries, and a source-based component […]
A recent study conducted by a communication researcher at the University at Buffalo suggests that inflammation in the body may be a factor that leads people to use social media. The study involved over 1,800 participants and found that increased levels of C-reactive protein (CRP), which the liver produces in response to inflammation, can promote […]
Taos is an operating system developed by Tao Systems that addresses the limitations of conventional systems. It is hardware independent, provides load balancing and support for heterogeneous processing, and employs dynamic binding and multi-threading. The challenge of parallel systems lies in the difficulty of programming them, but Taos makes it easy by allowing programmers to […]
In this web content, Set Studio discusses the importance of considering the fragmentation of screen sizes and browser viewports when making design decisions. They conducted an experiment and gathered over 120,000 data points from users in the USA and Europe. The top viewport sizes were primarily small, which could indicate mobile devices. They also explain […]
Last month, Stability AI released Stable Diffusion XL 1.0 (SDXL) and made it open source, allowing for the generation of high-resolution images without any special permissions. While the release didn’t generate much hype due to the focus on text-generating AI like ChatGPT, SDXL is a significant model that can generate detailed images at a resolution […]
The author of this content has a background in Fine Art and software engineering, giving them a unique perspective on image-generative AI systems. They provide a technical description of how AI image generation works, focusing on stable diffusion and the concept of latent spaces. They also discuss the challenges and limitations of using text as […]
Renewable energy sources are primarily focused on producing electricity, but there is a higher demand for energy in the form of heat. Solar panels and wind turbines can indirectly produce heat, but a more efficient and direct way is through solar thermal collectors and mechanical windmills. Mechanical windmills can generate heat through friction by oversizing […]
Play Daily is a website that offers a variety of fun and exciting games for people of all ages. With a wide selection of options, there is something for everyone to enjoy. The site is known for its user-friendly interface, making it easy to navigate and find the perfect game to play. Our games range […]