Yamauchi Fusajiro, the founder of Nintendo, would never have imagined that his small playing card business would eventually evolve into a video game console giant. However, Nintendo’s first foray into the console market with their Pong clones, the Color TV Game series, was far from successful. Compared to its competition, the Color TV Game consoles […]
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Whisky offers a no-terminal setup, making it accessible even for those with no terminal experience. The setup process is hands-off and easy to follow. Unlike other platforms, Whisky includes pre-built tools, so there is no need to wait for hours for GPTK to compile. The native UI of Whisky is designed specifically for macOS, giving […]
The GNU Coreutils version of ‘test’ and ‘[‘ has a peculiar difference. While ‘[‘ is a program and also known as ‘test’, on most systems, it is implemented as a hardlink to ‘test’. However, GNU Coreutils is an exception. Although the two names are derived from the same source code, they are different binaries, with […]
The Grand Paris Express is an ambitious project that aims to expand and improve the transportation network in Paris. It will introduce four new lines and 68 new metro stations, connecting distant suburbs to the city center and each other. The project is expected to have a significant environmental impact, but once in operation, it […]
The author introduces the concept of an ambassador service, which acts as an out-of-process proxy that helps with network requests on behalf of a client service or application. This pattern is useful for tasks such as monitoring, logging, routing, and security, particularly for legacy applications that are difficult to modify. The author suggests putting client […]
Latin roots are like carefully planted beans in the soil, while Germanic words are like mushrooms growing on a rotten log. Alphabetization is becoming obsolete due to AI searches that provide instant results. However, editing or understanding a website requires seeing it alphabetically. Latin-derived words follow patterns and rules, while Germanic words have a unique […]
Researchers have used an algorithm to search through millions of genomes in order to find new and rare types of CRISPR systems that have the potential to be adapted into genome-editing tools. The algorithm, called FLSHclust, analyzed genetic sequences in public databases and found around 130,000 genes associated with CRISPR, with 188 of them being […]
MonadGPT is a finetuned version of Mistral-Hermes 2 on early modern texts from the 17th century in English, French, and Latin. It is designed to mimic the style and language of that time period, particularly when answering science-related questions. While it can be used for conversation, it is not recommended to follow any advice given […]
This web content is a simple code exploration inspired by Björn Staal. It appears to be a code project that can be run locally. The author provides instructions on how to run the experiment using npm and two terminals. The content also mentions future ideas, such as adding a flag for localStorage mode only and […]
The author starts by expressing their boredom with industry events like re:invent in Las Vegas. They then dive into the topic of packaging software, highlighting the importance of package managers in operating systems and the different approaches taken by Linux distributions. They discuss the challenges of maintaining Linux distributions and the impact of centralizing dependencies. […]