Dive into a 3-hour coding workshop on Large Language Models (LLMs) to learn how to implement, train, and use them. The video presentation includes chapters such as an introduction to LLMs, understanding input data, coding an LLM architecture, pretraining, loading pretrained weights, instruction fine-tuning, benchmark evaluation, and evaluating conversational performance. The workshop provides clickable chapter […]
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The U34 Bolt from Oyen boasts impressive sustained throughput of 3.1GB/s but surprisingly remains silent and cool during operation. While exploring the reasons for varying performance in storage devices, the author delves into the complexities of interface, device, filesystem, and software performance. Through testing different data sets, the author highlights the impact of small files […]
Sisk is a lightweight web framework designed for fast and robust development, giving you full control over your projects. It offers simplicity and efficiency, allowing you to create various types of applications with minimal code. Surprisingly, projects built with Sisk have been tested in small, low-cost environments with good results. The entire Sisk ecosystem is […]
An Italian cultural heritage outfit recently announced the recovery of a Roman battering ram from the Mediterranean Sea, used in the Battle of the Aegates to mark the end of the first Punic War. The recovery by divers with the Society for the Documentation of Submerged Sites uncovered the rostrum at a depth of 262 […]
Bubble Tea is a “powerful little TUI framework” for Go with a steep learning curve. The program relies on processing messages in an event loop to maintain a responsive UI. Dumping messages to a file can be useful for debugging. Live code reload is possible for near real-time changes in your TUI. Using receiver methods […]
Tumblr is transitioning to WordPress following its 2019 acquisition by Automattic for $3 million. Automattic plans to improve Tumblr’s platform and revenue while keeping its unique posting experience intact. The move will allow improved sharing of features between the two platforms and take advantage of WordPress’s open source developments. Automattic acknowledges the technical challenge of […]
This article delves into the highlights of creating a timeline user interface, focusing on overcoming challenges, visualizing data, and refining touch interactions. The CE.SDK for iOS now includes a native video editor, designed using SwiftUI from scratch. Discusses the evolution of timelines, mapping time to space, adapting layouts based on the language, and prioritizing discoverability […]
Texas DPS has signed a massive 5-year, $5.3 million contract for Tangles, an AI-powered surveillance tool from PenLink. Tangles controversially tracks mobile devices without a warrant. This data is collected from smartphones by app advertisers, sold to data brokers, and then accessed by companies like Cobwebs Technologies. Privacy advocates warn against the decontextualization of data […]
C-EDIT Project is a C language text editor for Linux similar to MSDOS EDIT, without using Ncurses. It functions well with Termux but the author warns against editing important files with it. The project can be supported via Bitcoin donation or contact at [email protected]. Surprisingly, it features a dynamic buffer with a vector of lines, […]
The author was working on decimal to hex and binary conversions on their Mac using Apple’s Calculator when they noticed some wobbly lines of numbers that distracted them. Upon investigation, they discovered that some digits in the binary display section were off by one pixel. Despite the nice anti-aliased rendering, the misplaced digits raised questions […]