The freshwater crabs of Italy, scientifically known as Potamon fluviatile, go back to ancient times when Rome was a marshy valley. They have survived through urbanization and the collapse of the Roman Empire, residing underneath the city in an ancient sewage system. These unique crabs are at risk of disappearing due to declining numbers and […]
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In June of 2000, the San Francisco Bay area experienced a major power outage due to electricity shortages, primarily caused by economic manipulation in the newly deregulated electricity market. Enron and other power brokers drove prices up, leading to blackouts and economic losses in California. The complexity of the power grid, both technically and financially, […]
Andrew Morton sent out non-MM patches for the Linux kernel, including the hung task counter for Linux 6.13 and completing the folio conversion in NILFS2 code. The patches include a feature to detect the number of hung tasks since boot time, aimed at helping Linux server administrators monitor potential software/hardware issues. This addition provides a […]
Haoran Xu introduces Deegen, a meta-compiler that simplifies the creation of high-performance JIT-capable VMs for dynamic languages, minimizing the time, cost, and expertise typically required. Deegen automatically generates a two-tier VM execution engine with an interpreter and baseline JIT, showcasing optimizations such as bytecode specialization, register pinning, and JIT hot-cold code splitting. Through implementing LuaJIT […]
Koreans use the efficient and scientifically designed alphabet Hangul. Created under King Sejong during the Chosun Dynasty, Hangul has received praise for its excellence. The first Korean alphabet was proclaimed in 1446 as “the correct sounds for the instruction of the people.” King Sejong, known as one of Korea’s greatest rulers, was respected for his […]
The author discusses the importance of planning the end of your career, exploring three potential career destinations: Seniority, Management, and Independence. Seniority involves excelling as a high-level engineer, while Management focuses on leading and developing others. Independence entails working for yourself, possibly starting your own business. The author emphasizes the need for personal control of […]
Introducing the Voyage 3 series embedding models, voyage-3 and voyage-3-lite, pushing boundaries in retrieval quality, latency, and cost efficiency. voyage-3 outperforms OpenAI v3 large by 7.55% across various domains with lower costs and smaller dimensions, enhancing vectorDB affordability. voyage-3-lite offers superior accuracy over OpenAI v3 large while being more cost-effective. Both models support a 32K-token […]
The article discusses the etiquette for using LLMs on Libera.Chat, acknowledging the controversial nature of their presence in the online landscape. While some may find joy in interacting with LLMs, others have concerns about privacy and ethics. The staff aims to make all users feel welcome by ensuring transparency when dealing with LLMs. Guidelines include […]
We discussed optimizing Continuous Integration for Apache NuttX RTOS with GitHub Actions in a previous article. Now, we focus on monitoring Daily Builds and the NuttX Build Farm using a new NuttX Dashboard created with Grafana and Prometheus. The dashboard provides a snapshot of failed builds, filterable by architecture, board, and config. A unique aspect […]
The blog post explores the construction of the Pentium processor and focuses on antenna diodes, which are special diodes used to prevent damage during manufacturing. These antenna diodes are shown on the Pentium die as square regions of doped silicon and play a crucial role in mitigating the antenna effect caused by plasma etching. While […]