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This web content serves as a guide for individuals interested in starting and running a successful consulting business. The author, who has experience in the field, primarily focuses on the software industry but aims to provide general advice that can be applied in any location. The content covers various aspects of running a business, such […]
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MedARC, in collaboration with various research institutions, has released a paper on MindEye, a cutting-edge approach to reconstructing and retrieving images from fMRI brain activity. MindEye achieves impressive performance in both image retrieval and reconstruction by using specialized submodules. The paper highlights the ability of MindEye to accurately retrieve images based on brain activity and […]
ChatHub is an innovative browser extension that allows users to seamlessly utilize multiple chatbots at the same time. With over 100,000 satisfied users, this tool has become a popular choice for those seeking to engage with chatbots. ChatHub currently supports various chatbots such as ChatGPT, Bing, Google Bard, Claude, and numerous open-source chatbots. The best […]
German buttercream frosting is a simple and flavorful option that is not as common in the US as it should be. Made with a pound of room temperature butter and a batch of pastry cream, the frosting is light and fluffy. The recipe allows for a lot of flexibility in terms of flavor, and you […]
Mozilla commends Slack for taking a crucial step forward in implementing a safety feature that allows individuals to disengage from unsafe situations on the platform. This feature is particularly important in combating harassment and ensuring the well-being of users, especially those with marginalized identities. In collaboration with Fight for the Future, Mozilla launched petitions urging […]
Telecom companies such as AT&T and Verizon have known about the health risks of lead-covered cables for decades, according to an investigation by The Wall Street Journal. Lead was used to prevent water damage to copper wires in the country’s telecommunications network between 1940 and the 1980s. Despite the dangers of exposure to the toxic […]
Kata Containers is an open source community dedicated to creating a secure container runtime that combines the benefits of lightweight virtual machines with the familiarity and efficiency of containers. Their goal is to provide enhanced workload isolation through hardware virtualization technology as an added layer of defense. Since its launch in December 2017, the community […]
In the recent paper titled “Low-Resource” Text Classification: A Parameter-Free Classification Method with Compressors by Jiang et al., there seems to be a bug or unexpected choice in their kNN code, leading to higher accuracy numbers than expected. The paper’s Table 5, which was widely shared on Twitter, shows the gzip method outperforming other neural-network-based […]
Chess puzzles have become a mental warm-up for the author, helping occupy their brain and provide a break from mindless scrolling. They came across a book called “Think Like A Super-GM,” which takes chess puzzles and examines the thought processes of players of various skill levels. The most striking lesson from the book is the […]
In this web content, the author addresses the common misconception that the C programming language lacks encapsulation and isolation. They explain that while C does not have classes, it does have structs, which can be used to achieve encapsulation. The author also discusses how splitting code into different files and modules in C can provide […]