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This blog post discusses the theoretical background and technical implementation of cola, a text CRDT (Conflict-free Replicated Data Type) for real-time collaborative editing written in Rust. The first part of the post covers how to represent the state of the document and the edits that transform it in a way that guarantees convergence across all […]
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Scientists at the University of Sydney have achieved a world-first experimental result by using a quantum computer to slow down a chemical reaction process by a factor of 100 billion times. The researchers were able to directly observe the interference pattern of a single atom caused by a common geometric structure in chemistry known as […]
Floppy disk drives are an old but fascinating technology that can only be found in computer museums these days. In this article, the author shares their knowledge about floppy disks, covering topics such as the different physical disk sizes, mechanisms, tracks, and interfaces. They also discuss interesting details like the use of double-sided drives, the […]
The Glove80 is an ergonomic keyboard developed by MoErgo that offers ultimate comfort and customization. It features a variable split, tented halves, thumb clusters, key wells, palm rests, low-profile switches, and various extension options. The key wells of the Glove80 are designed to allow your fingers to move naturally and comfortably, with special attention given […]
The author of this web content discusses the process of prototyping hardware and the challenges of designing user interfaces (UIs) for such prototypes. They highlight the importance of iterating on both the domain model and UI during the prototyping phase. The author explores the idea of automatically generating UIs from data models, citing examples such […]
In a surprising turn of events, Mumbai, known as India’s financial capital, is lagging behind in the adoption of financial technology, particularly in terms of intercity payments using the unified payments interface (UPI). This discrepancy was brought to light by a resident of Bengaluru, who found himself having to withdraw cash from ATMs to pay […]
Native Performance Vale is a powerful tool that compiles into a speedy binary for macOS, Windows, and Linux. One of its standout features is its extensibility, as it allows you to create custom rules to keep your content in line with your brand’s voice. Privacy and security are also prioritized, as Vale runs completely offline, […]
Introducing a new satellite image product, co-financed by Geofabrik, that offers tile services for web maps using a combination of the Green Marble and pixel statistics. The Green Marble is a high-quality global satellite image produced through pixel statistics analysis. However, this method has limitations, particularly at higher resolutions. The alternative is classical mosaicing techniques, […]
This paper explores the connection between transformer architecture and support vector machines (SVMs) in the context of natural language processing (NLP). The authors establish a formal equivalence between the optimization geometry of self-attention in transformers and a hard-margin SVM problem. They show that optimizing the attention layer with vanishing regularization converges in the direction of […]
SAG-AFTRA, the media artists union, has decided to expand its strike to include the games industry. This decision came after the union’s board unanimously voted to send a strike authorization vote to its members in interactive media. The key issues up for negotiation include pay and conditions, as well as protection against the unrestrained use […]