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Investing time in text editing and mastering a complicated code editor, such as a modal text editor, can greatly benefit programmers. Despite their name, code editors are not only about editing but also about code navigation and optimization. Modal text editors, which feature different modes that allow for convenient shortcuts, make navigating, moving code around, […]
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This is an open review effort to translate Ruby Hacking Guide into English. Some of the chapters are still in preview mode. The guide is organized into four main parts: Objects, Syntax Analysis, Evaluation, and Around the Evaluator. The final chapter explores Ruby’s future. The guide was originally hosted at RubyForge and is now being […]
This is a list of various organs around the United States including their makers, opus numbers, and locations. Notable organs include the Aeolian-Skinner Opus 1071 in Portland, OR, the Möller in St. Louis, MO, and the Roosevelt in Chicago. There is also an organ of unknown builder in Newton, MA and a Mason & Risch […]
In order to prevent harm from AI-generated content and trace copyright, watermarking outputs of generative models is crucial. A new technique called Tree-Ring Watermarking has been developed, which fingerprints diffusion model outputs in a way that is invisible to humans. Unlike other methods that modify images after sampling, Tree-Ring Watermarking subtly influences the entire process […]
The author of this article discusses their experience building a chess engine called Fiddler over the past two years, focusing on optimizing the move generator, which is a critical component of any chess engine. They discuss the use of bitboards, which represent the occupancy of a chessboard using a unique 64-bit integer, and the use […]
Maps may distort our perception of the world due to the fact that they are 2D representations of a 3D sphere, which leads to distortion. Poorer countries closer to the equator also appear smaller than they are, reinforcing a poor intuition for comparative region sizes. Africa is the biggest loser in this case, as it […]
Apple has announced new software tools and technologies allowing developers to create breakthrough app experiences for its spatial computer, Apple Vision Pro. The computer features visionOS, the world’s first spatial operating system, enabling users to interact with digital content using natural and intuitive inputs such as their eyes, hands and voice. Debuting with an App […]
The author received three DMCA takedown notices for 7,350 URLs on their hardbin.com IPFS gateway alleging that the URLs were serving infringing copies of books. However, of those URLs, none have ever been accessed during the time for which the author has nginx logs, and of the ones they checked, none even worked. The author […]
In Psychonauts: Drugs and the Making of the Modern Mind, cultural historian Mike Jay explores the use of drugs throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries in investigating altered states of consciousness. From morphine to laughing gas and hashish to cocaine, Jay delves into both the experiences of people who used these drugs and how […]
The U.S. Agriculture Department has given the go-ahead to California companies Upside Foods and Good Meat to sell chicken made from animal cells. They are the first firms to gain approval for cell-cultivated meat, which is grown in tanks using cells from live animals or stored cells. The process, hailed by advocates as a way […]