Month: May 2024

Setting Up a Python Dev Environment in 2024

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The following two xkcd issues pretty much sum up the experience of coming new to Python. You start flying on day 1: XKCD 1987: Python Environment Later, by the time it comes to shipping your code to production, you experience the inevitable crash due to getting entangled in all the different Python environment symlinks: XKCD … Read more

Improving inclusion and accessibility through automated document translation with an open source app using Amazon Translate

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Organizations often offer support in multiple languages, saying “contact us for translations.” However, customers who don’t speak the predominant language often don’t know that translations are available or how to request them. This can lead to poor customer experience and lost business. A better approach is proactively providing information in multiple languages so customers can … Read more

Automate chatbot for document and data retrieval using Agents and Knowledge Bases for Amazon Bedrock

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Numerous customers face challenges in managing diverse data sources and seek a chatbot solution capable of orchestrating these sources to offer comprehensive answers. This post presents a solution for developing a chatbot capable of answering queries from both documentation and databases, with straightforward deployment. Amazon Bedrock is a fully managed service that offers a choice … Read more

Introducing a New JavaScript Library for Object Diffing and Patching

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Welcome, I am here to introduce the new JavaScript library for object diffing & patching. @opentf/obj-diff Live Demo with Visualization Features Deep Objects Diffing Patching Supports comparing custom object types (via diffWith) TypeScript Support Cross-Platform Supported Types Primitives Undefined Null Number String Boolean BigInt Objects Plain Objects, e.g. {} Array Date Map Set Let’s begin … Read more

Atlassian launches Rovo, its new AI teammate

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During its Team ’24 conference in Las Vegas, Atlassian today launched Rovo, its new AI assistant. Rovo can take data from first- and third-party tools and make it easily accessible through a new AI-powered search tool and other integrations into Atlassian’s products. The most interesting part, though, may be the new Rovo Agents, which can … Read more

Atlassian combines Jira Software and Work Management tools

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At its Team ’24 event in Las Vegas, Atlassian today announced that it is combining Jira Software with Jira Service Management into a single product under the ‘Jira’ brand. The origins of Jira, Atlassian’s flagship project management tool, are in software development and issue tracking for developers, but throughout the past few years, the company … Read more

Multi-EuP: Analysis of Bias in Information Retrieval – Multi-EuP Use

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:::info This paper is available on arxiv under CC 4.0 license. Authors: (1) Jinrui Yang, School of Computing & Information Systems, The University of Melbourne (Email: jinruiy@student.unimelb.edu.au); (2) Timothy Baldwin, School of Computing & Information Systems, The University of Melbourne and Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence, UAE (Email: (tbaldwin,trevor.cohn)@unimelb.edu.au); (3) Trevor Cohn, School … Read more

An ETH ETF Wouldn’t Deliver Full-Returns to Investors

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An SEC approval for spot ETH ETFs looks unlikely but even if the SEC approves exchange traded funds for Ether, investors should learn about total return ETH investment products. That way, they can gain from staking rewards as well as the underlying asset, says Jason Hall, the CEO of Methodic Capital Management.

Proxies: How They Work and Why They’re Essential

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What is a Proxy? A proxy server acts as an intermediary between a client seeking a resource and the server providing that resource. Imagine adding a detour in your journey to a destination; your request visits another server before it reaches its final point. This setup not only masks your original IP address, making it … Read more