LWN.net needs you! Without subscribers, LWN would simply not exist. Please consider signing up for a subscription and helping to keep LWN publishing. We are reliably informed by the calendar that yet another year has begun. That can only mean … Read more
31st December 2024 A lot has happened in the world of Large Language Models over the course of 2024. Here’s a review of things we figured out about the field in the past twelve months, plus my attempt at identifying … Read more
Adrian Daub | Longreads | August 2017 | 20 minutes (5,033 words) 1. “The following Generations, who were not so fond of the Study of Cartography as their Forebears had been, saw that that vast Map was Useless, and not … Read more
2008-09-05 This is a talk I gave to incoming first-year students at Berklee College of Music today: September 5, 2008. #1 : Focus. Disconnect. Do not be distracted. My favorite part of the movies is the training sequence, where a … Read more
The early days 1. The team started with just two of us. Back in 2004, access to academic information was difficult to navigate and often restricted behind paywalls. We wanted to make it possible for researchers to be able to … Read more
“You have to just push through. If you don’t just stand up and face the really hard stuff, you’ll never get anywhere in life.” “You have to listen to your gut. If something feels off, you’ve gotta listen to what … Read more
18th September 2024 Two years ago I was elected to the board of directors for the Python Software Foundation—the PSF. I recently returned from the annual PSF board retreat (this one was in Lisbon, Portugal) and this feels like a … Read more
When you are developing a game for PC – or porting one – then you will have to deal with user input, generally from three distinct categories of sources: mouse, keyboard, and gamepads. At first, it could reasonably be assumed … Read more
The image—created by legendary Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai nearly 200 years ago—has been turned into an emoji, is appearing on a Japanese bank note this year, and has inspired countless artists across decades. With the iconic artwork returning to the … Read more
Six Things I Know For Sure About Marketing To Engineers Six Things I Know For Sure About Marketing To EngineersBy Robert W. Bly I am a chemical engineer and have been writing copy designed to sell products and services to … Read more