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In a surprising move, Ubisoft’s director of subscriptions, Philippe Tremblay, admitted that the company wants players to get comfortable with the idea of not owning their games. With the rebranding of its Ubisoft+ subscription services, Ubisoft aims to shift consumer thinking away from game ownership and towards subscription-based access similar to Spotify and Netflix. While […]
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This dashboard tracks technical issues in major software platforms that put Firefox at a disadvantage compared to the first-party browser. The issues encompass security, stability, performance, and functionality. The author proposes changes to create a more level playing field and highlights areas where Firefox faces restrictions or limitations. They advocate for updates to App Store […]
Cheese production is at risk due to the standardization of production processes, with blue cheeses, such as Camembert, facing extinction. However, a little-known cheese called Termignon blue, made in the French Alps, could save the blue cheese industry. Unlike other blue cheeses, Termignon blue naturally develops a blue-green mold thanks to a previously unknown population […]
Backpropagation is a powerful algorithm that makes training deep models much faster. It has been reinvented multiple times in different fields and is known as “reverse-mode differentiation.” Computational graphs are a useful tool for understanding mathematical expressions and are closely related to deep learning frameworks like Theano. Derivatives can be calculated on computational graphs by […]
Tart is a virtualization toolset that allows users to build, run, and manage macOS and Linux virtual machines on Apple Silicon. It utilizes Apple’s native Virtualization.Framework, ensuring seamless integration between hardware and software for optimal performance. Tart also integrates with OCI-compatible container registries for remote storage of virtual machine images, similar to Docker containers. It […]
Many Earth system models used to project future climate changes are missing a crucial piece of the puzzle: accurate representation of permafrost dynamics. Thawing permafrost in the North, which contains twice as much carbon as the atmosphere, is one of the biggest uncertainties in climate predictions. However, only two out of eleven models used in […]
In mid-December, after weeks of intense performance analysis, the author was surprised that another company had figured out the solution for their slow cluster. In 2023, Clyso was approached by a company looking to transition their HDD backed Ceph cluster to a 10 petabyte NVMe deployment. The cluster had to be spread across 17 racks […]
In the wintertime, we love to embrace the playful side of the season by bringing a bit of the digital world of Minecraft into our own backyard. Using giant LEGO-shaped storage bin lids, we press them into the snow to create perfect 2×2 LEGO bricks made entirely of snow. The key is to press consistently […]
Approximately a year ago, the author moved into a new apartment and discovered a mysterious touchscreen with no indication of its purpose. After some investigation, they learned that it is part of an energy monitoring system. They also found a second device connected to the electricity meter. The devices communicate using WiFi, which is common […]
The author of this web content explains how to estimate read memory bandwidth using a C++ program. By allocating a large memory region and reading it quickly, one can determine their bandwidth. For multithreaded applications, using multiple threads where each reads a section of the memory region can provide insight into potential bandwidth. The author […]