I built a quiz game using GPT-3 so you don’t have to. Reading level: No programming knowledge required, but trying ChatGPT first is advised. Want a TL;DR? If you’ve been hiding under a rock, ChatGPT has been making headlines for … Read more
I’ve been looking at the DAA machine instruction on x86 processors, a special instruction for binary-coded decimal arithmetic. Intel’s manuals document each instruction in detail, but the DAA description doesn’t make much sense. I ran an extensive assembly-language test of … Read more
After watching the recent 3Blue1Brown video on convolutions I realized that there is a surprising lack of articles on convolutions as they apply to probability. If you search online for “convolution” you will discover about a billion posts on “convolutional … Read more
Odds are that you imagine gamblers as people simply trying to get lucky and win a big payoff. But when Natasha Schull, an associate professor in MIT’s Program in Science, Technology, and Society (STS), began researching the lives of gamblers … Read more
In this issue: Note: Today’s post is pretty long. Consider reading it on the site, since your email client may truncate it. The highest-stakes gambling events in the world are typically very discreet, invite-only affairs. One that might be close … Read more
JavaScript relies on garbage collection (GC) to reclaim memory. In this post, we will dig into JSC’s garbage collection system. Before we start, let me briefly introduce myself. I am Haoran Xu, a PhD student at Stanford University. While I … Read more
An interesting issue that comes up when writing code for the x64 architecture is which code model to use. This probably isn’t a very well-known topic, but if one wants to understand the x64 machine code generated by compilers, it’s … Read more
Partha Kar, consultant in diabetes and endocrinology Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust drparthakar{at}gmail.comFollow Partha on Twitter: @parthaskar There are said to be four types of people when it comes to adopting change and technology: enthusiasts, who adopt innovations straight away; cautious … Read more
Today, I’m excited to make a few important announcements: 1,000,000+ developers use Tabnine! I’m happy to share that Tabnine is successfully automating 30% (and often >40%) of the code created by over 1,000,000 developers. I would like to thank our … Read more
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