Red Hat has announced that it will no longer ship the LibreOffice package as part of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) in future versions. The company is pivoting towards gaps in Wayland, building out HDR support and other refinements required by workstation users. While engineers will continue to maintain LibreOffice in currently supported RHEL versions, […]
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The paper introduces CodeCompose, an AI-assisted code authoring tool using generative capabilities and bi-directionality to suggest entire statements or blocks of code when building software. The paper discusses the unique challenges that arise when deploying such tools in large-scale industrial settings and presents metrics that reveal the tool’s impact on Meta’s internal code authoring experience, […]
The common approach to image classification using deep learning involves decoding images into an RGB tensor, but researchers have investigated performing classification directly on file bytes without the need for decoding. This allows for the creation of models that can operate on multiple input modalities and has applications in privacy-preserving inference. The model, called ByteFormer, […]
Fq is a command-line tool inspired by jq that aims to make working with binary data accessible, queryable, and sliceable. It supports a variety of formats like executables, packet captures, and serialization formats, with functions to work with URLs, convert to/from hex and number bases, and search for things. Fq also presents data like a […]
In this guide, the author shares a Linux feature called USB gadget mode that enables Raspberry Pi users to connect to the computer directly over USB, without the need to configure WiFi or connect any peripheral devices. By adding a few lines in the configuration files and running a couple of commands, users can establish […]
After a hiatus, the author reflects on how his Raspberry Pi setup got kicked offline. Upon investigation, it was discovered that the modem had exploded and only the modem, as well as some cables, were damaged. The Raspberry Pi and the solar charge controller, surprisingly, remained unharmed. The author now uses Starlink, a primary internet […]
Stanford Libraries and the Stanford Center for Human Rights and International Justice have partnered to launch the Taube Archive of the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg, 1945-1946. It makes available to the global audience digitised versions of the original, unpublished, and complete official record of the IMT, as well as audio recordings of trial proceedings, […]
Dysfunction of the dopamine system is commonly linked to conditions including schizophrenia and substance-use disorders. While current antipsychotic therapies based on D2 antagonism have limited effect on cognitive disabilities, such issues are also part of psychiatric symptoms, alongside psychosis. A recent study from Columbia University School of Medicine has indicated that adolescent intervention with the […]
In this guide, the author demonstrates how to decode a QR code by hand, using a pen and paper. The article explains how QR codes contain error correction information, but highlights how this is rarely necessary in practical terms. By breaking down a random example QR code, the author shows how to determine the version […]
Higher IQ scores do not necessarily make people think faster, according to an experiment from the Berlin Institute of Health at Charité and colleagues from Barcelona. Although those with higher scores were quicker at simple tasks, they took longer to solve more challenging ones than their lower-scoring peers. Personalised brain scans on 650 participants showed that […]