Move semantics in Rust, C++, and Hylo
I think before rust, language designers mixed up the various properties these values can have. As a result, many incomprehensible designs were the result. rust models the most important memory-related properties through its two call conventions (passing or borrowing). And Hylo moves even more properties into the call conventions. Namely, Hylo uses the keywords let, […]
Archaeometallurgical investigation of the Nebra Sky Disc
Abstract The world heritage object Nebra Sky Disc is one of the best investigated archaeological objects. The origin of the raw materials it is made of is well known. However, its manufacturing process was not completely clear. Investigations were made in order to clarify the steps of manufacturing from the initial casting to the finished […]
Prometheus 3.0
Announcing Prometheus 3.0 | Prometheus Posted at: November 14, 2024 by The Prometheus Team Following the recent release of Prometheus 3.0 beta at PromCon in Berlin, the Prometheus Team is excited to announce the immediate availability of Prometheus Version 3.0! This latest version marks a significant milestone as it is the first major release in […]
Llama.cpp guide – Running LLMs locally on any hardware, from scratch
No LLMs were harmed during creation of this post. so, i started playing with LLMs…# …and it’s pretty fun. I was very skeptical about the AI/LLM “boom” back when it started. I thought, like many other people, that they are just mostly making stuff up, and generating uncanny-valley-tier nonsense. Boy, was i wrong. I’ve used […]
Nodezator is a generalist Python node editor
Nodezator is a generalist Python node editor. It is a desktop application that works by connecting Python functions (and callables in general) visually in order to produce flexible parametric behavior/data/applications/snippets. Original pomegranate tree image by AselvadaAna can be found here. What Nodezator IS: a ready-to-use and versatile Python node-based interface on top of which you […]
PR Process Is Killing Morale and Productivity
Your PR Process Is Killing Morale and Productivity | _blackentropy About Blog 29 Nov, 2024 Code reviews are supposed to be about improving code quality and sharing knowledge, but when PR comments start hitting the hundreds, something is very wrong. I’ve recently come across a discussion where a new developer joined a team and faced […]
Core copyright violation moves ahead in The Intercept’s lawsuit against OpenAI
Last week, a New York federal judge ruled a key copyright violation claim by The Intercept against OpenAI would move ahead in court. The ruling is the latest in a series of major legal decisions involving the AI developer this month, after OpenAI sought to dismiss lawsuits from several digital news publishers. Judge Jed Rakoff […]
Vintage digicams aren’t just a fad. They’re an artistic statement
Today’s young adults grew up in a time when their childhoods were documented with smartphone cameras instead of dedicated digital or film cameras. It’s not surprising that, perhaps as a reaction to the ubiquity of the phone, some young creative photographers are leaving their handsets in their pockets in favor of compact point-and-shoot digital cameras—the […]
Don’t Fuck with Scroll
Momentum (aka. smooth or interia) scrolling plugins (example here), while marketed as enhancements, are a plague upon the internet. They disrupt the natural, efficient, and predictable web browsing experience in countless ways, by they often degrading usability, accessibility, and performance. Here are ten reasons why they ruin the web for everyone. Violates User Expectations Users […]
Gimp 3.0 – a milestone for open-source image editing
The long-awaited release of the GNU Image Manipulation Program (GIMP) 3.0 is on the way, marking the first major update since version 2.10 was released in April 2018. It now features a GTK 3 user interface and GIMP 3.0 introduces significant changes to the core platform and plugins. This release also brings performance and usability improvements, as well as more […]