JMAP is a new protocol designed to streamline network resources and simplify development for email users. The protocol is stateless, without a persistent connection, making it ideal for mobile connections with intermittent network access. The flexible set of commands enables single JMAP operations to be batched together, while backreferences make it easy to detect and […]
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OpenAI researchers have discovered grokking, a phenomena where models trained on small algorithmic tasks like modular addition initially memorize the training data, but after a long time, suddenly learn to generalize to unseen data. In a study, researchers found that grokking has a deep relationship to phase changes, which are a general phenomenon that occurs […]
The MDN blog provides web development news, tutorials, and insights to help developers discover, learn, and create for the web. In recent posts, readers can learn how to use JavaScript to draw any regular shape to a HTML canvas with a single function, improve web accessibility with HTML landmark roles, and chain multiple selectors using […]
MindsDB is a fast-growing open-source infrastructure company that allows developers to easily integrate machine learning into their applications and connect any data source with any machine learning framework. The company was founded in 2017 by Adam Carrigan and Jorge Torres and has received over $24M in funding from Benchmark Capital, YCombinator, and other investors. MindsDB […]
According to this article, screen time doesn’t matter; rather, it’s whether your phone is a needy, attention-sucking vampire that determines if it’s time to limit its control on your life. The main metric tracked by screen time apps is deemed deceptive, as it doesn’t take into account the quality of the time spent staring at […]
The author discusses the issue of state agencies using technology to spy on citizens and the need for users to take practical steps to protect their privacy. They highlight the mobile phone as the most vulnerable and important area of concern due to the lack of control and reliance on the hardware, OS, apps, and […]
Nihon-ichi no Dagashi Uriba is Japan’s largest dagashi store, located in Okayama. Dagashi are cheap, small Japanese confectionery and snacks you would find in corner stores. Despite connotations of cheapness, dagashi are a core part of Japanese culture and have a wide array of both sweet and savory items. However, these sweets face a difficult […]
NASA and MIT have developed the fastest space-to-ground laser communication link ever. Data rates of 200 gigabits per second enable a satellite to transmit more than 2 terabytes of data in a single five-minute pass over a ground station. Ground-based receiver in California achieved downlink rates of up to 100 gigabits per second last June, […]
Trusting open-source software (OSS) contributors can yield unexpected benefits. When Simon Willison, founder of Django, abandoned his Django library for storing financial data, he read a blog post about OSS contributor trust that resonated with him. So, when a large pull request from someone he’d never met came in for his forgotten project, he gave […]
Tone is a cross-platform metadata editor that allows you to modify metadata for various formats, including mp3, m4b, and flac. It has no dependencies and can be downloaded as a single binary for various platforms, written in pure C#. You can use it to dump metadata, modify tags, and tag audio files with different kinds […]