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dns.toys is a DNS server that offers unique and creative utilities and services accessible through the command line. You can try it out by copying and running the provided commands. Some of the services available include world time conversion, weather information, unit conversion, currency conversion, IP echo, number to words conversion, CIDR range parsing, number […]
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award, which gave it some extra recognition. The topic of this paper was also unique, focusing on how people communicate online during natural disasters, so it captured attention in the research community. Overall, this paper was a successful collaboration between myself and my students, showcasing the potential of class projects turning into impactful research. The […]
Anders Magnusson recently embarked on a mission to determine if the VAX architecture could still be implemented efficiently. Armed with a 15-year-old demo board featuring a low-end FPGA, Magnusson learned Verilog and successfully implemented the VAX architecture. He even ran the EVKAA.EXE test, which it passed with flying colors. Magnusson plans to increase the FPGA’s […]
Nearly half of transgender or nonbinary people in Canada feel anxiety, embarrassment, and frustration when their ID doesn’t reflect their true identity, according to a survey by Mastercard. Many of them haven’t changed their gender marker on their formal ID due to the expensive and time-consuming process. To address this issue, Mastercard introduced its True […]
Adversaries can intentionally confuse or “poison” AI systems to cause malfunctions, and there is currently no foolproof defense against these attacks. Computer scientists from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have published a document that outlines the vulnerabilities of AI and machine learning and provides guidance on mitigating these attacks. The publication identifies […]
The WDR Studio for Electronic Music in Cologne, Germany, was a pioneering institution in the development of electronic music. Established in 1951, it became a hub for composers to experiment with new sound constructions and collaborate with innovative equipment such as tape snippets, noise generators, and octave filters. The studio attracted composers from around the […]
In a surprising move, an npm user named PatrickJS, also known as gdi2290, started the year with a troll campaign by releasing an npm package called “everything.” This package, which has over 3,000 sub-packages, causes a Denial of Service (DOS) for those who install it, leading to storage space depletion and system resource exhaustion. To […]
In this web content, Anita Zhang shares a playlist titled ‘asg2023’ which includes a 23-minute video. The content discusses the work of the Linux Userspace team at Meta and their goal of making significant contributions to upstream userspace projects. The team also focuses on ensuring that Meta is able to benefit from these improvements. The […]
This web content is about the evaluation of LLMs (Language Model Machines) trained on PGN format chess games. Similar to the Othello World paper, this repository allows for the training, evaluation, and visualization of linear probes on LLMs that have been trained to play chess using PGN strings. The author provides examples of visualizations that […]
The NVIDIA RTX 5880 Ada Generation is a powerful GPU that offers exceptional performance for professionals in various fields. It is built on the NVIDIA Ada Lovelace architecture and combines advanced RT Cores, Tensor Cores, and CUDA cores with 48GB of graphics memory. The RTX 5880 delivers industry-leading performance in single-precision calculations, ray-traced rendering, and […]