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The author discusses the challenges of translating app and website content into multiple languages. They highlight the importance of using powerful tools available to developers to handle translation complexities such as pluralization and gender. The author provides examples of how grammatical concepts in languages other than English can lead to errors in translation. They emphasize […]
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Back in 2009, Facebook introduced the “like” button, which had a huge impact on social media. By making it easier for users to express their approval without leaving comments, it unlocked a flood of validation. However, it also had unsettling side effects, leading to a constant desire for more likes and a pressure to be […]
Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) refers to the development of AI that is comparable to human intelligence. In the past, AI focused on domain-specific problems and special-purpose solutions but has now shifted back to the goal of achieving general-purpose intelligent systems. Various approaches to AGI have emerged, including replicating brain structure, imitating human behavior, problem-solving capability, […]
German hosting provider Uberspace has taken down the website of YouTube-ripping software, youtube-dl, following a court order in a copyright infringement lawsuit filed by Sony, Warner, and Universal. The software, hosted on developer platform GitHub, had been the target of the RIAA, who claimed it violated the DMCA. Uberspace, although not hosting the software, was […]
MPIRE (MultiProcessing Is Really Easy) is a Python package for multiprocessing that offers several advantages over the default multiprocessing package. It is faster, has more features, and is more user-friendly. MPIRE combines the functionalities of multiprocessing.Pool and multiprocessing.Process, allowing for easy manipulation of worker state, insights, init and exit functions, timeouts, and progress bar functionality. […]
Air France flight 447 disappeared in 2009, leaving investigators puzzled as to what could have caused the crash of a modern passenger jet with no distress call. Two years later, the black boxes were found and revealed a story that was both prosaic and inexplicable. The pilots had been thrown into a state of panic […]
Here it is, the fastest general (and simple) binary search C++ implementation. The function, sb_lower_bound, provides the same interface as std::lower_bound but is twice as fast and shorter. It is called “branchless” because the if statement compiles down to a conditional move instruction rather than a branch/conditional jump. The article explores different compiler options, even […]
Tailscale and Narrowlink are both open-source solutions for secure remote access and connectivity, but they have different architectures and features. Tailscale is a SaaS platform that offers a zero-config VPN using the WireGuard protocol. It uses a peer-to-peer mesh architecture and aims to be easy to use out of the box. Narrowlink, on the other […]
Summary: A 30-year-old computer, the Commodore Amiga, controls the heat and air conditioning at 19 Grand Rapids Public Schools. It was purchased in the 1980s with money from an energy bond and replaced a refrigerator-sized computer. The computer is responsible for managing boilers, fans, pumps, and monitoring temperatures in the school buildings. Although finding parts […]
SQLite has built-in support for handling JSON values, with a variety of functions and operators available. There are 15 scalar functions and operators, including json_extract, json_insert, json_remove, and json_type. Two aggregate SQL functions, json_group_array and json_group_object, are also provided. SQLite stores JSON as ordinary text and does not support a binary encoding. The JSON functions […]