Month: April 2024

Building an AI-Powered Summarizer using NodeJS and ApyHub API To Make Meetings Easy

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Virtual Meetings have become an essential part of corporate collaboration, serving as the de facto way that ideas are exchanged, decisions are made, and strategies are devised. However, the true value of meetings is often diluted by their length and the complexity of the discussions. This is why note-taking and effective summaries and action points … Read more

FCC votes to restore net neutrality

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Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photos from Getty Images The Federal Communications Commission voted 3–2 to restore net neutrality rules, reversing a repeal ushered through during the Trump administration. Net neutrality is the idea that internet service providers (ISPs) should not be able to discriminate against different kinds of content by blocking or throttling … Read more

AI Industries Converge: Llama 3 and Electric Atlas Have More In Common Than You Think

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Last week, two remarkable events occurred: Meta announced its Llama 3, the most capable and highly anticipated open large language model (LLM) to date, and Boston Dynamics introduced its new fully electric Atlas robot platform — a stark departure from their hydraulic robots! At first glance, these developments may seem unrelated, but they are actually deeply interconnected, with … Read more

Chaotic Links Theory: Exploring the Intersection of Classical Cryptography and Quantum Potentiality

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In today’s digital age, cybersecurity has become a critical concern for individuals, businesses, and governments alike. With cyberattacks growing in frequency and sophistication, the need for robust and innovative security measures has never been greater. One emerging technology that holds immense promise for the future of cybersecurity is quantum computing. While classical computers use binary … Read more

How Understanding CPU Caches Can Supercharge Your Code: 461% Faster MatMul Case Study

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Modern software programming languages, compilers, and frameworks abstract away underlying complexities and details, allowing developers to focus on building systems and applications to solve business problems. This design enables engineers to specialize and build expertise in specific layers, pushing boundaries. However, when tasked with solving problems that stretch hardware capabilities to the maximum and the … Read more

Wacom says its first OLED drawing tablet is cool and skinny

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Image: Wacom Wacom has thrown a tablet-shaped curveball at digital creatives waiting on Apple’s highly anticipated OLED iPads. The company introduced the Wacom Movink 13 on Wednesday, its own OLED-based offering that targets creatives in need of a highly portable display drawing tablet. Available now for $750 via the Wacom web store, the Movink features … Read more

Marketing Expert Padraig O’Connor Shares His Journey to the Top

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It’s hardly a secret that for companies to scale their business and amass any amount of success, quality marketing is an utmost priority. In this realm, Padraig O’Connor, an inspirational marketing executive celebrated for his exceptional skills and original marketing strategies. From his humble beginnings in rural Kerry, Ireland, O’Connor’s journey to becoming a marketing … Read more

Using MinIO and Python to Create Scalable and Efficient Event-driven Applications

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Event notifications in MinIO may not seem thrilling at first, but once you harness their power, they illuminate the dynamics within your storage buckets. Event notifications are critical components of a full-fledged, efficient object storage system. Webhooks are my personal favorite tool for integrating with MinIO. They are like a Swiss Army knife in the world … Read more

Leveraging LLMs for Generation of Unusual Text Inputs in Mobile App Tests: Experiment Design

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:::info This paper is available on arxiv under CC 4.0 license. Authors: (1) Zhe Liu, State Key Laboratory of Intelligent Game, Beijing, China Institute of Software Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China; (2) Chunyang Chen, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia; (3) Junjie Wang, State Key Laboratory of Intelligent … Read more

How to Find the Stinky Parts of Your Code: 249 – Constants as Numbers

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You map concepts to optimized numbers TL;DR: Use real-world constants as constants Problems Bijection Violatijn Debugging Premature Optimization Maintainability Type Safety Limited Extensibility Solutions Use descriptive string constants Use Enums Create A Polymorphic Hierarchy Context Numeric constants representing real-world concepts lack readability and make your code harder to understand. It’s not clear what each number … Read more