The author reflects on a past idea of a “desert island machine” where someone is placed in a room with minimal resources and challenged to build a functioning system from scratch. They entertain the idea of “speedrunning” the Linux situation, starting with a minimal system and quickly progressing to accomplish meaningful tasks. The author predicts […]
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Enu is a 3D live coding system implemented in Nim. It aims to make 3D development more accessible and is designed to be usable by younger people who may struggle with reading or typing. Enu uses a block-building interface and a Logo-inspired API to allow users to build and explore worlds. The documentation for Enu […]
The author of this web content shares their method of creating a “personal” virtual machine to use alongside their work laptop. They install a virtualization system and use a “Server” version of Ubuntu, with Emacs as their window manager. They explain that this setup allows them to split the screen into windows, launch programs, and […]
In a recent study by Lee et al., published in the Journal of Korean Crystal Growth and Crystal Technology, some interesting findings suggest that Pb$_{10-x}$Cu$_x$(PO$_4$)$_6$O, also known as LK-99, could potentially be a room-temperature superconductor at normal atmospheric pressure. The authors conducted density-functional theory calculations, which revealed similar lattice parameters and a volume contraction with […]
Apple is known for imposing strict software limitations on its hardware, but a systems engineer and hardware hacker named Ivan Kuleshov successfully modded an M1 Mac mini to run on Power over Ethernet (PoE). This required removing the Ethernet port and making modifications to enable power delivery. Ivan plans to write an article and create […]
PIXAR, Adobe, Apple, Autodesk, and NVIDIA have come together with the Joint Development Foundation (JDF) to form the Alliance for OpenUSD (AOUSD). The aim of this alliance is to drive open standards for 3D content and promote the standardization, development, evolution, and growth of Pixar’s Universal Scene Description (USD) technology. OpenUSD, created by Pixar Animation […]
This web content discusses practical patterns for integrating large language models (LLMs) into systems and products. The author emphasizes the importance of evaluations as a way to measure the performance of LLMs and detect any regressions. They highlight various benchmarks and metrics commonly used in language modeling, such as BLEU, ROUGE, BERTScore, and MoverScore, while […]
The author emphasizes the importance of semantic HTML in the age of large language model-based artificial intelligence. They argue that HTML is a tried and tested solution for creating web applications, despite the dominance of major technology companies and their limited access to data. The author expresses interest in decentralized platforms like the “fediverse” but […]
In this web content, JetBrains introduces the predictive debugger feature in ReSharper 2023.2 as a game-changing advancement in debugging. The author highlights the complexity of modern software development and the limitations of traditional debugging methods like logs or unit tests. The predictive debugger allows developers to debug into the future by showing predicted values, expressions, […]
Researchers have discovered a previously unknown Linux-based Trojan called AVrecon that turns Internet routers into a botnet to carry out password-spraying attacks and ad fraud. It has now been revealed that AVrecon is also responsible for running a 12-year-old service called SocksEscort, which rents hacked devices to cybercriminals seeking to hide their online location. AVrecon […]