M4 MacBook Pro Uses Quantum Dot Display Technology
The M4 MacBook Pro models feature quantum dot display technology, according to display analyst Ross Young. Apple used a quantum dot film instead of a red KSF phosphor film, a change that provides more vibrant, accurate color results. Young says that Apple has opted for KSF for prior MacBook Pro models because it doesn’t use […]
In Memoriam: Thomas E. Kurtz, 1928–2024
2023 CHM Fellow With deep sadness, we say goodbye to computer pioneer Thomas Kurtz. Thomas Eugene Kurtz (Feb. 22 1928–Nov. 12, 2024) was an American mathematician, computer scientist and co-inventor, with John Kemeny, of the BASIC programming language and Dartmouth Timesharing System. In the early days of academic computing in the 1960s, there were no […]
Visual Basic 6 IDE recreated in C#
A recreation of the classic Visual Basic 6 IDE and language in C# using Avalonia. This is a fun, toy project with no commercial intent. All rights to the Visual Basic name, icons, and graphics belong to Microsoft Corporation. Visual Designer Save and load projects in VB6-compatible format Run projects VB6 language support (limited) Building […]
Valuing Humans in the Age of Superintelligence: HumaneRank
Did you receive this forwarded from a friend? To the recent influx of new readers: welcome, and thanks for joining this growing little community! – Jeff What happens in a society where nearly all human intellectual output is out-priced and outperformed by AI? We’re human, and we need humans to have value – economic and […]
Speeding up the Rust edit-build-run cycle
David Lattimore – 2024-02-04 There are two main aspects to compile times that matter to developers. Cold build times, when building from scratch and warm build times when you’ve already built and you’re rebuilding following an edit. This article focuses on warm build times, which for rapid iteration during development is what generally matters most. […]
Prompt Injecting Your Way to Shell: OpenAI’s Containerized ChatGPT Environment
Exploring the Limits: This blog takes readers on a journey through OpenAI’s containerized ChatGPT environment, uncovering the surprising capabilities that allow users to interact with the model’s underlying structure in unexpected ways. Sandbox Environment Insights: It dives into the Debian-based sandbox environment where ChatGPT’s code runs, highlighting its controlled file system and command […]
Red Hat to contribute container tech (Podman, bootc, ComposeFS…) to CNCF
The continued importance of cloud-native applications in an AI and hybrid cloud-centric world demands an open, more accessible ecosystem of development tools. Today, we’re pleased to help drive cloud-native evolution further into the next-generation of IT with our intent to contribute a comprehensive set of container tools to the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF), including bootc, Buildah, Composefs, Podman, Podman […]
Something weird is happening with LLMs and chess
Are they good or bad? (This post might look better at dynomight.net/chess.) A year ago, there was a lot of talk about large language models (LLMs) playing chess. Word was that if you trained a big enough model on enough text, then you could send it a partially played game, ask it to predict the […]
MindsDB (YC W20) Is Hiring an Operations Analyst
MindsDB is a fast-growing AI startup headquartered in San Francisco, California. As a leading innovator bringing AI and Data together, our passion is empowering companies to easily build AI capabilities that can Think, Understand and Orchestrate: enabling teams to move from prototyping & experimentation to production in a fast & scalable way. MindsDB was founded […]
O2 unveils Daisy, the AI granny wasting scammers’ time
It’s a bad day to be a phone scammer. O2 has created human-like AI ‘Granny’ to answer calls in real time from fraudsters, keeping them on the phone and away from customers for as long as possible Trained using cutting-edge technology and real scambaiter content, lifelike ‘Daisy’ is indistinguishable from a real person, fooling scammers […]