AmiKit launches a new Amiga that’s not an Amiga at all
I try to keep tabs on a huge number of operating system projects out there – for obvious reasons – but long ago I learned that when it comes to the world of Amiga, it’s best to maintain distance and let any important news find its way out of the Amiga bubble, lest one loses their sanity. Keeping up with the Amiga world requires following every nook and cranny of various forums and websites with different allegiances to diff … ⌘ Read more

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Swedish labor market consensus is far from the whole story, says researcher
Twentieth century Swedish labor market policy was not solely shaped by inter-class cooperation, but also by tough conflicts. Industrial rationalization and investments in new technology were met with protests from workers. A new doctoral thesis reveals parallels between technological changes during 1920–1950 and the transition we face today with, for example, artificial intelligence and automation. ⌘ Read more

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A new species of extinct crocodile relative rewrites life on the Triassic coastline
The surprising discovery of a new species of extinct crocodile relative from the Triassic Favret Formation of Nevada, U.S., rewrites the story of life along the coasts during the first act of the Age of Dinosaurs. ⌘ Read more

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“I fixed a 6-year-old .deb installation bug in Ubuntu MATE and Xubuntu”
I love a good bug hunting story, and this one is right up there as a great one. Way back in 2018, Doug Brown discovered that after installing Ubuntu MATE 18.04, if he launched Firefox from the icon in the default panel arrangement to install Chrome from the official Chrome website, the process was broken. After downloading the .deb and double-clicking it, GDebi would appear, but after clickin … ⌘ Read more

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I’ve been thinking about a new term I’ve come across whilst reading a book. It’s called “Complexity Budget” and I think it has relevant in lots …
I’ve been thinking about a new term I’ve come across whilst reading a book. It’s called “Complexity Budget” and I think it has relevant in lots of difficult fields. I specifically think it has a lot of relevant in the Software Industry and organizations in this field. When doing further research on this concept, I was only able find talks on complexity budget in the context of medical care, … ⌘ Read more

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Recore A8: AllWinner-Based FDM 3D Printer Control Board with Linux Support
The Recore A8 delivers a comprehensive solution for desktop 3D printers, featuring standard JST PH connectors, an 8-layer PCB, expansion headers for additional stepper motor drives, and robust Armbian support. Similar to its predecessor, the Recore A5, which was discussed in 2021, this latest model continues to utilize the Allwinner A64 SoC—a quad-core CPU operating […] ⌘ Read more

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Nanoparticle-based delivery system could offer treatment for diabetics with rare insulin allergy
Up to 3% of people with diabetes have an allergic reaction to insulin. A team at Forschungszentrum Jülich has now studied a method that could be used to deliver the active substance into the body in a masked form—in the form of tiny nanoparticles. ⌘ Read more

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Everyone Is Trying to Make This TikTok Go Viral—and It Never Will
The app’s algorithm is so powerful that ordinary TikTok users can’t get their favorite videos into the record books. Homegrown viral campaigns like the egg that took over Instagram are a thing of the past. ⌘ Read more

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Which Motorola Phone Is for You? Pros, Cons, and Features (2024)
Motorola phones may seem old-school, but their simple Android interface, good battery life, extra storage, and tendency for steep discounts make them solid Android phones. Plus, the Razr is back. ⌘ Read more

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一文詳談 20 多種 RAG 優化方法
大規模語言模型(LLMs)已經成爲我們生活和工作的一部分,它們以驚人的多功能性和智能化改變了我們與信息的互動方式。然而,儘管它們的能力令人印象深刻,但它們並非無懈可擊。這些模型可能會產生誤導性的 “幻覺”,依賴的信息可能過時,處理特定知識時效率不高,缺乏專業領域的深度洞察,同時在推理能力上也有所欠缺。在現實世界的應用中,數據需要不斷更新以反映最新的發展,生成的內容必須是透明可追溯的,以便控制成本並 ⌘ Read more

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吳恩達:機器學習的六個核心算法!
人工智能領域的權威吳恩達教授,在其創立的《The Batch》週報中發表了一篇博文,概述了機器學習領域六種基礎算法的歷史和重要性。他強調了在這一領域不斷學習和更新知識的必要性。這些算法包括線性迴歸、邏輯迴歸、梯度下降、神經網絡、決策樹和 k 均值聚類算法,它們是機器學習進步的基石。本文將進一步探討這些算法的背景、原理、優缺點及應用場景。線性迴歸背景:線性迴歸是最古老也是最簡單的迴歸算法之一,其歷史 ⌘ Read more

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MQ 選型:一文詳解 Kafka 與 RocketMQ 區別
引言在做 MQ 技術選型的時候,Kafka 和 RocketMQ 是常用的兩個消息隊列中間件,今天就從架構設計、性能分析、使用場景來比較一下兩者的區別,到底該使用哪個 MQ?Kafka 最初由 LinkedIn 開發,後來成爲 Apache 的一個頂級項目,它設計之初就是爲處理大規模數據而生,特別擅長於高吞吐量的場景。Kafka 廣泛應用於日誌收集、流式處理、事件驅動架構等多種場景,被許多知名企業 ⌘ Read more

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Apache BookKeeper 一致性協議解析
導語Apache Pulsar 是一個多租戶、高性能的服務間消息傳輸解決方案,支持多租戶、低延時、讀寫分離、跨地域複製(GEO replication)、快速擴容、靈活容錯等特性。Pulsar 存儲層依託於 BookKeeper 組件,所以本文簡單探討一下 BookKeeper(下文簡稱 BK) 的一致性協議是如何實現的。背景Pulsar 相對於 Kafka 根本的區別在於數據一致性協議,這也是爲 ⌘ Read more

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「Go 開源」freeze:一個能將源代碼轉換成圖片的工具
大家好,我是漁夫子。今天給大家推薦的開源工具是 freeze,該工具可以將源代碼或終端中的輸出內容轉換成對應的圖片。如下圖效果:比如,我們想把一個 go 語言編寫的源代碼 main.go 轉換成圖片,則可以按如下方式操作:freeze main.go –output main.png生成的效果如下:你看,就把對應的代碼按照高亮的形式生成了圖片。實現原理那這個 freeze 的實現原理是什麼呢?通 ⌘ Read more

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一款用於實時監控 PostgreSQL 數據變化的 Go 語言庫
在現代應用開發中,實時數據處理扮演着至關重要的角色。實時監控數據庫變化,並對這些變化做出迅速響應,是許多應用場景(如實時數據分析、緩存更新、事件驅動架構等)的核心需求。Flash 正是這樣一款應運而生的 Go 語言庫,它爲開發者提供了便捷高效的方式來管理 PostgreSQL 數據庫的實時變化。Flash 簡介——–Flash 是一款輕量級的 Go 語言庫,它利用事件管理機制,實現了對 ⌘ Read more

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She Defrauded Apps Like Uber and Instacart of Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars. Meet Priscila, Queen of the Rideshare Mafia
Priscila Barbosa came to the US with a dream of making it. Using gig-economy platforms she built a business empire up from nothing. There was just one huge problem. ⌘ Read more

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With the End of Chevron, Health and Environmental Experts’ Hands Are Tied
Elizabeth Cerceo, MD,  Associate Professor and Director of Climate Health  -  MedPage Today

_Stephan: What the media have not understood is that the Supreme Court’s Chevron decision transfers absolute power from scientific experts in regulatory agencies to non-scientist judges and will have no competence is assessing a measure. The corrupt christofascist majority on the Supreme Co … ⌘ Read more

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One key factor drives White nationalism — and it’s probably not what you think: expert
Daniel Hampton,  Senior Editor  -  Raw Story

_Stephan: Here is an insight into one of the major dynamics driving White Nationalism. White men so unattractive in their attitudes and behavior that they can’t find a woman willing to have sex with them. The Incel movement and White Nationalism have merged, and become a major part of the MAGAt Party that seeks t … ⌘ Read more

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‘I was handed to a complete stranger’: the survivors fighting to end child marriage in 37 US states — and the people who want to keep it legal
Alaina Demopoulos,  Feature Writer  -  The Guardian (U.K.)

_Stephan: Child marriage, which really means young girl marriage, even barely pubescent girls, is an issue that, in my view is not getting anywhere near the attention it should be getting. … ⌘ Read more

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‘Yacht trip to Russia’: Senators publish list of Clarence Thomas’ gifts from benefactors
Carl Gibson,  Staff Writer  -  AlterNet

Stephan: Clarence Thomas is the most corrupt Justice of the Supreme Court in two centuries. And yet there he sits, untouched and held to no accountability for his corruption, one of the six christofacists who are taking our democracy apart and affecting the lives of over 300 million Americans in a negative way.
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Modeling study proposes a diamond layer at the core-mantle boundary on Mercury
A recent study in Nature Communications by scientists from China and Belgium suggests that Mercury’s core-mantle boundary (CMB) includes a diamond layer, potentially up to 18 kilometers thick, deep within the planet’s interior. ⌘ Read more

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