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In this article, we delve into the world of dingbat apartment buildings in Los Angeles, which provided affordable and sometimes stylish housing options for generations of dreamers in the city. During the 1950s and ’60s, developers capitalized on the housing shortage by tearing down older buildings and constructing two- or three-story apartment complexes called dingbats. […]
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In this article, we learn about the Chain of Density method for text summarization and how to implement it using Instructor. The Chain of Density method involves iteratively refining a summary by adding missing article entities. Salesforce AI Research has found that this method consistently outperforms human-generated summaries. By using Instructor, we can distill a […]
The NVIDIA H200 Tensor Core GPU is being hailed as the most powerful GPU in the world, capable of supercharging AI and HPC workloads. It features advanced memory capabilities, including 141GB of HBM3e memory and 4.8TB/s memory bandwidth. This enables faster and more efficient generative AI and large language model (LLM) acceleration, as well as […]
Loro, a high-performance CRDTs library, has been made open source. The article introduces the concept of the local-first software development paradigm and discusses the current state of Loro. CRDTs are highlighted as a way to simplify code by automatically merging concurrent writes without conflicts. The benefits of local data storage, speed, and availability are also […]
Slow-scan television (SSTV) is a method used by amateur radio operators to transmit and receive static pictures via radio in monochrome or color. It is a slower method of still picture transmission, usually taking from about eight seconds to a couple of minutes to transmit one image frame. SSTV operates on voice frequencies and can […]
The author discusses their experience running OS/2 6.123 on their PS/2 model 80. They explain that running MS-DOS based games on this system often leads to instability and crashes, causing frustration. They mention one game in particular, BattleTech, that they had trouble launching on their model 80 board. The author suspects that the system’s lack […]
Cathode Retro is a collection of shaders that replicate the visual effects of a color NTSC TV signal and the appearance of a CRT TV. The shaders allow for emulation of composite and S-Video NTSC signals using any RGB source, with flexibility in resolution. The collection includes features like scanline timings, noise, picture instability, and […]
The Baltic countries are taking steps to disconnect their electricity grids from Russia and instead synchronize with Europe. This move comes as a response to Russia’s aggression in Ukraine and its use of energy as a weapon. Synchronous condensers, which stabilize power grids, are being installed to support this transition. These condensers act as an […]
Love Hultén, known for their custom instruments, has incorporated ferrofluids into their creations, resulting in stunning visuals. Their latest creation features a KORG minilogue xd inside, accompanied by a Collider. This isn’t the first time Love Hultén has utilized ferrofluids in their designs, as they previously transformed a Twisted Electronics Deton8 into a ferrofluid-animated drum […]
Canva has introduced a new Draw tool that allows users to add customized drawings to their designs. To help those lacking steady hands, Canva created Shape Assist, which uses machine learning (ML) to turn shaky scribbles into sleek vector graphics. The feature is deployed in the browser, providing real-time shape recognition and drawing assistance for […]