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Erlang Solutions: Elixir Blog Round-Up
Welcome to our first-ever Elixir blog round-up!
This is your guide to some of our most insightful articles on the Elixir programming language. Our experts have written several posts to further your knowledge, regardless of where you’re at in your Elixir journey.
So whether you’re a business leader looking to discover Elixir’s benefits, a seasoned developer looking for the latest Elixir updates, or just new to the language, we’ll have an article to keep you covered.
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How to Get macOS Sequoia 15.1 Beta With Apple Intelligence
Apple has made available the second developer beta of macOS Sequoia 15.1, which includes the ability to test Apple Intelligence features. If you have an Apple silicon Mac and don’t live in China, you can try Apple Intelligence features for yourself, even if you’re not a developer. Keep reading to learn how.
It seems silly to me that we humans create thermal energy with coal, convert the thermal energy to mechanical energy with steam turbines, convert the mechanical energy to electrical energy with generators, and convert the electrical energy back into thermal energy with glass-top stoves and electric heaters.
Launch All Apps & Documents Related to a Project with Stapler for Mac
Longtime Mac users may recall a handy old shareware application for the Classic Macintosh called Stapler, which essentially helped manage projects by grouping a series of apps and documents into a single document that when opened would then launch all of those documents and their respective programs. Much easier than digging around in your file … [Read More](https://osxdaily.com/2024/08/14/la … ⌘ Read more
Intel Assigns Jewish Israeli Employee to Manager Who Publicly Calls for His Murder
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@prologic@twtxt.net The headline is interesting and sent me down a rabbit hole understanding what the paper (https://aclanthology.org/2024.acl-long.279/) actually says.
The result is interesting, but the Neuroscience News headline greatly overstates it. If I’ve understood right, they are arguing (with strong evidence) that the simple technique of making neural nets bigger and bigger isn’t quite as magically effective as people say — if you use it on its own. In particular, they evaluate LLMs without two common enhancements, in-context learning and instruction tuning. Both of those involve using a small number of examples of the particular task to improve the model’s performance, and they turn them off because they are not part of what is called “emergence”: “an ability to solve a task which is absent in smaller models, but present in LLMs”.
They show that these restricted LLMs only outperform smaller models (i.e demonstrate emergence) on certain tasks, and then (end of Section 4.1) discuss the nature of those few tasks that showed emergence.
I’d love to hear more from someone more familiar with this stuff. (I’ve done research that touches on ML, but neural nets and especially LLMs aren’t my area at all.) In particular, how compelling is this finding that zero-shot learning (i.e. without in-context learning or instruction tuning) remains hard as model size grows.
Go: string 和 bytes 四種轉換方式的性能比較
昨天公司羣中同事提到 Go 1.22 中 string 和 bytes 的互轉不需要再用 unsafe 那個包了,直接轉就可以。我翻看了 Go 1.22 的 release notes 沒找到相應的介紹,但是大家提到了 kubernetes 的 issue[1] 中有這個說法: As of go 1.22, for string to bytes conversion, we can repla ⌘ Read more
Helium Synthesis
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What are AI agents and why do they matter?
Learn how AI agents and agentic AI systems use generative AI models and large language models to autonomously perform tasks on behalf of end users.
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Gold ring found in cabbage could be from ‘anywhere in the world’
A gold ring found in a cabbage plant by a West Australian farmer has been traced back to the Netherlands, but its true owner and origin remain a mystery. ⌘ Read more
4th Public Beta of iOS 18, iPadOS 18, macOS Sequoia, Available for Testing
The fourth public beta version of iOS 18, iPadOS 18, and MacOS Sequoia, is now available to beta testers. The 4th public beta builds match the 6th developer beta builds. Beta system software is intended for advanced users and is generally a buggier experience with less than optimal performance, but anyone can install iOS 18 … [Read More](https://osxdaily.com/2024/08/13/4th-public-beta-of … ⌘ Read more
I love shell scripts because they’re so pragmatic and often allow me to get jobs done really quickly.
But sadly they’re full of pitfalls. Pitfalls everywhere you look.
Today, a coworker – who’s highly skilled, not a newbie by any means – ran into this:
$ bash -c 'set -u; foo=bar; if [[ "$foo" -eq "bar" ]]; then echo it matches; fi'
bash: line 1: bar: unbound variable
Why’s that happening? I know the answer. Do you? 😂
Stuff like that made me stop using shell scripts at work, unless they’re just 4 or 5 lines of absolutely trivial code. It’s now Python instead, even though the code is often much longer and clunkier, but at least people will understand it more easily and not trip over it when they make a tiny change.
Google adds a foldable, smaller Pro model to its Pixel smartphone line-up
The Pixel 9 is joined by three Pro versions, as the web giant also unveils new watches and earbuds. ⌘ Read more
The ultimate guide to developer happiness
Five actionable tips and strategies to supercharge developer happiness—and a more innovative workplace.
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It is good to be off work and have time to spend on my personal projects.
From object transition to RCE in the Chrome renderer
In this post, I’ll exploit CVE-2024-5830, a type confusion in Chrome that allows remote code execution (RCE) in the renderer sandbox of Chrome by a single visit to a malicious site.
The post From object transition to RCE in the Chrome renderer appeared first on The GitHub Blog. ⌘ Read more
The benefits of mentoring and the CNCF Mentorship Program
By Nate Waddington, Head of Mentorship & Documentation, CNCF Technical people have a world of opportunities available to them when it comes to boosting career skills. But I’m going to make the case for taking a somewhat old-fashioned… ⌘ Read more
Interview with Kubestronaut in Orbit: David Pech
Get to know David David has more than 20 years of experience in SW development and infrastructure and hands-on experience in dozens of technologies and is the only Kubestronaut who has ALL of the CNCF certifications. He takes… ⌘ Read more
Apple Releases Fourth watchOS 11 Public Beta With Vitals App and More
Apple today released the fourth beta of watchOS 11 to public beta testers, allowing non-developers to give the new features a try ahead of when the software launches this fall. The fourth beta comes two weeks after the third beta.

OK I found this one, small enough, but where does it install to? can’t find the app, of any files of anything.
Being a total novice to Linux stuff….where is this file located and why don’t they prompt you for a folder location of the program? And why such a stupid name? Dozens to choose from and most over 300MB, not what I want - I just want Apache to run the index.html webpage or the index.php webpage. I do not need Javascript or Java programming editors….
** Dithering the Shire **
In my last post I said that
I’ve had a few ideas for other personal experiments I wanna build on those walks, but haven’t actually wanted to do much programming — maybe this fall or winter will be a good time for that?
Welp, it wasn’t even an idea when I wrote that, but I made another implementation of pico cam, this time using swift for iOS. I won’t release it to the App Store because I d … ⌘ Read more
Apple’s M3 MacBook Pro Gets Up to $1,000 Off In Major New Sales, Starting at $1,299
Apple’s M3 MacBook Pro is seeing multiple high value discounts on Best Buy and Amazon today, with up to $1,000 off select models. This includes a new all-time low price on the entry-level M3 512GB 14-inch MacBook Pro at $1,299.00, down from $1,599.00, and a massive $1,000 discount on the high-end 16-inch model exclusively for [Best Buy members](https:/ … ⌘ Read more
@off_grid_living@twtxt.net Is there a particular reason why you run it through wine? And not the ‘standard’ ubuntu way of doing it? It’ll make it much easier to make sure things are working the way it should.. :)
If some of you budding fathers want to know how I created a computer nerd to one day work for Facebook in the big USA, well you purchase a $1000 Xmas present, an enormous thick book with C++ programming, and say, you can play as many games as you like kids, but James has to create them using computer software.
SO James created once a 3D chess program with sound, took 6 months or so, really hard to beat, not based on logic moves point by point like other chess programs, this one was based on the depth of looking for patterns, set it to 5 moves ahead and you were toast every time. Nice program too, sadly gone over the years, computers suffer from bit rot. We used to try and mark rotten hard drive discs once as bad sectors, not sure how UBuntu does this these days, I see a dozen errors on the screen every time I load.
Today I would purchase for my kids AI CAD simulation software with metal 3D printer and get your child to build fancy 3D models and engines from scratch. This will make them an expert in the CAD AI industry by the time they are 14 years old. Sadly AI is here to stay and will spoil the Internet.
Hey all your computer experts, I am having trouble with running Apache on my Ubuntu machine using Vine, the problem I think is configuring the /apache/conf/httpd.conf file, I usually NotePad2.exe edit it and change the path to the appropriate files
For example see the next post
@movq@www.uninformativ.de The success of large neural nets. People love to criticize today’s LLMs and image models, but if you compare them to what we had before, the progress is astonishing.
@movq@www.uninformativ.de @prologic@twtxt.net @aelaraji@aelaraji.com , yeah, I have one. First one I bought was the first oculus on kickstarter. Then facebook delivered their first (after they bought oculus) on my doorstep for free (since I backed the first oculus on kickstarter). I use it a lot, especially for Xplane (flight sim) and Elite: Dangerous etc. It’s not one of those quest standalone VR headsets I have, it’s the one you hook up to a computer.
4 week vacation time is done tomorrow, then it’s back to work. A bit excited to see what happens there for the rest of the year, a bit stressfull too, but It’ll be nice to get back to work. This summer vacation has been super nice, and also felt like it lasted long. Been a super time with my family, we got to visit a lot of cool places, and went on a lot of trips etc. Been really nice. And we’ve already planned what to do next year - so I already look forward to that :)
Can a Wi-Fi electric blanket and smart tracker really improve your sleep?
With its ability to heat and cool in line with your body, and maintain separate temperatures for your partner, Eight Sleep’s Pod 4 brings AI analysis to your bed. ⌘ Read more
Yuzuki Chameleon: A $25 Raspberry Pi-Like Board with Allwinner H616 SoC
The Yuzuki Chameleon is a single-board computer designed with the form-factor of the Raspberry Pi model A, offering an open-source and versatile platform based on the Allwinner H616 chipset. This SBC targets users looking for a compact yet powerful device capable of handling various applications, from media streaming to IoT projects. At the heart of […] ⌘ Read more
flashback to that epic moment of having an asteroid named after you! (when you’re NDT) 🌠 ⌘ Read more
Why I am using an Android phone instead of a Wahoo
In my last bike trip report, I mentioned that I would review the Wahoo bike computer I ordered once I had a chance to try it out. Well, as it turns out, I sent the Wahoo back and found a solution that works better for me. ⌘ Read more
Fixed so that when you hit ‘reply’ on a post - it adds the already mentioned people in the post (excluding yourself). Makes it much easier to reply properly to a thread.
@movq@www.uninformativ.de Hm, that has to be VR.
** I wrote some APL at work and I like historical fiction **
This summer my oldest kid — 8 years old — asked to learn more about programming. They’ve already got about a full time job’s worth of experience with Minecraft’s red stone, Super Mario Maker 2, Logo, and Scratch so I knew we weren’t starting from nil, but, despite having done a bit of teaching about programming with kids in the past, I hemmed and hawed. After hemming and hawing for a bit, though, I realized that I was hemming and hawing abou … ⌘ Read more
On my blog: Toots 🦣 from 08/05 to 08/09 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2024/08/09/week.html #linkdump #mastodon #socialmedia #week
Fixed a thing in the flutter client tonight, it now stores the username \ password and server url.. Which is a nice feature, no need to copy\paste anymore to log in.
Does anyone care about the 140-char limit recommended by the #twtxt spec? I have been trying to respect it but wonder if it’s wasted effort.
How to Play Among Us on Mac
Among Us is a very popular multiplayer game where you work together with other players to identify imposters among them, before the imposter can sabotage them. You might know Among Us as being for iPhone and iPad, but you can play it on your Mac as well, whether that’s a MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, Mac … Read More ⌘ Read more
The EV haters have a point
Driving from Melbourne to Sydney in BYD’s latest plug-in hybrid underscores why electric vehicles sales are slowing down. ⌘ Read more
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Deploying a microservices application using Helm on Kubernetes
Community post originally published on Dev.to by Syed Asad Raza Helm, often described as the package manager for Kubernetes, simplifies the deployment and management of applications within Kubernetes clusters. This guide will walk you through deploying a microservices… ⌘ Read more
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Creator of trading card game Disney Lorcana speaks to new Shimmering Skies set
Disney Lorcana is the latest trading card phenomenon, with the new set bringing Australia in line with the rest of the world. Shimmering Skies sees characters from Disney’s Wreck-It Ralph and Brother Bear join the game, 9News.com.au caught up with creator Ryan Miller to learn more. ⌘ Read more
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iOS 18: Using the New ‘Search Here’ Feature in Apple Maps
In iOS 18, Apple Maps has gained a new “Search here” button that makes it much easier to find what you’re looking for in areas that aren’t your current location or when you’re exploring any new place on the map.
In earlier versions of iOS, if you search nearby for, say, gas stations or restaurants in Apple Maps, and then drag the map to another locat … ⌘ Read more
Meteor Shower PSA
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iOS 17.6.1 & iPad 17.6.1 Released with Bug Fixes
Another day, another round of system software updates, such is the life of a modern Apple device user in this particular era of the two thousand and twenty fourth summer on planet Earth, Anno Domini. As the globe rotates to register a new day, you will be excited to learn that iOS 17.6.1 and ipadOS … Read More ⌘ Read more
Today, after the daily standup (without standup though), I went to pick up my girlfriend’s exam paper. But instead of using car sharing or the bus, I decided to go there by bike. This time with my older city bike. Faster than the bus, cheaper than car sharing. And it was a nice break from work. Hurray for flextime and working from home, which makes this possible for me! ⌘ Read more
Score accepted as a CNCF Sandbox Project
Member post originally published on the Humanitec blog by Luca Galante The team at Humanitec is thrilled to announce that Score has officially been accepted as a Sandbox project by the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) as of July 8, 2024. This… ⌘ Read more
Docker Best Practices: Understanding the Differences Between ADD and COPY Instructions in Dockerfiles
What are Docker ADD/COPY instructions and when should you use them? We explain the differences between the ADD and COPY instructions in Dockerfiles, including when to use each based on security, functionality, and build context. ⌘ Read more
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Samsung’s New 32-Inch Smart Monitor M8 Drops to $448 on Amazon ($251 Off)
Samsung’s newest 32-inch Smart Monitor M80D is being discounted to a new record low price today on Amazon, available for $448.08, down from $699.99. This sale is only available in the Warm White color, and it can be delivered as soon as August 10.
 has decided to also sign the Open Letter to the European Commission.
Initially published by petites singularités. English translation provided by [OW2](https://www.ow2.org/view/Events/The_European_Un … ⌘ Read more
Get the New MacOS Sequoia Sunrise Forest Wallpaper
The latest versions of MacOS Sequoia beta include a really nice forest wallpaper and screen saver that is enabled by default, called Sequoia Sunrise. But you don’t have to install the Sequoia beta to have access to the wallpaper, you can grab it right now. Get the MacOS Sequoia Sunrise wallpaper JPG If you *have* … Read More ⌘ Read more
Getting to know the new CNCF Code of Conduct Committee
By the CNCF Code of Conduct Committee Hello CNCF community! Our permanent CNCF Code of Conduct Committee has been operating for eight months, so it’s time for us to share information about incidents we’ve handled in our community… ⌘ Read more
How to use AI coding tools to learn a new programming language
Explore how AI coding tools like GitHub Copilot can accelerate your journey to learn new programming languages.
The post How to use AI coding tools to learn a new programming language appeared first on [The GitHub Blog](https://gi … ⌘ Read more
The technical complexities of decoupled authorization
Member post originally published on the Cerbos blog by James Walker Decoupling authorization from your main application code makes authorization more scalable, easier to maintain, and simpler to integrate with your components. However, these benefits are difficult to… ⌘ Read more
Thank You to the Stack Overflow Community for Ranking Docker the Most Used, Desired, and Admired Developer Tool
Thank you to the community for recognizing Docker as the most-used and most-desired developer tool for the second consecutive year, and for elevating Docker to be the most-admired. ⌘ Read more
Apple to Address ‘0.0.0.0’ Security Vulnerability in Safari 18
Apple plans to block websites from attempting to send malicious requests to the IP address 0.0.0.0 on macOS Sequoia, according to Forbes. The means the change will be part of Safari 18, which will also be available for macOS Sonoma and macOS Ventura.
ADLINK Unveils New SBC35 Series: 3.5” Single Board Computers Featuring Intel i3/i5/i7 & N97 Processors
ADLINK Technology Inc has announced the launch of its new SBC35 Series of 3.5” Single Board Computers. These boards are engineered to maximize efficiency in compact spaces, making them ideal for space-constrained applications in automation, transportation, medical fields, and smart city projects. The SBC35 Series introduces two models: the high … ⌘ Read more
Pineapple is an iconic Australian fruit but its undersupplied market may be ripe for imports
The federal government is undertaking a biosecurity risk assessment after India and Indonesia applied to export pineapples to Australia under their free trade deals. ⌘ Read more
TinyWATCH S3 P7: A Hackable and Open-Source Smartwatch Based on the ESP32-S3 SoC
TinyWATCH S3 P7 is an innovative, open-source smartwatch designed specifically for tech enthusiasts and embedded developers. Created by Unexpected Maker, this device arrives pre-assembled but is designed for easy disassembly, catering to those who wish to hack or modify its hardware. Powered by an Espressif ESP32-S3 Dual Core MCU operating at 240 MHz, the smartwatch […] ⌘ Read more
Apple Maps Real-Time Transit Information Now Available in Tokyo
Real-time transit information in Apple Maps has been expanded to Tokyo, Japan, enabling users to get live details of more than 20 railway, bus, and tram lines throughout the metropolitan area, Apple has announced.

Installing multiple helm charts in one go [Approach 3 – using simple bash utility]
Community post originally published on Dev.to by Sunny Bhambhani In this article, we will be talking about Approach 3 i.e. how to get multiple helm charts installed using a simple bash utility. If you haven’t read the previous… ⌘ Read more
Refreshing the KCD program: a new chapter in community building
The Kubernetes Community Days (KCD) program has blossomed over the past two years thanks to the incredible efforts of our community. We at CNCF have been honored to support these events by offering valuable resources and tools, and… ⌘ Read more
Disney Raising Prices for Hulu, ESPN+, and Disney+ This Fall
Disney will soon increase the cost of its suite of streaming services, including Hulu, ESPN+, and Disney+. Prices will go up for both ad-supported and ad-free plans, and some of Disney’s bundles will also be more expensive. Most plans are increasing by $1 to $2.
- Disney+ With Ads - $9.99, up from … ⌘ Read more
tvOS 18 to Let Apple TV Users Open Web Links on iPhone and iPad
Apple TV users will soon be able to AirDrop web links in the menu interface to their iPhone or iPad, thanks to a new feature included in the latest tvOS 18 developer beta.
As Apple TV owners will know, it is not possible to browse the web on the set-top box, so web links are not something you traditionally come across in the tvOS interface. That … ⌘ Read more
MacOS Sequoia 15 Beta 5 Available to Download
MacOS Sequoia beta 5 is now available for users enrolled in the developer beta testing program to download and install onto their Macs. MacOS Sequoia beta 5 carries the build of 24A5309e, and usually a new developer beta build is soon followed by a matching build for public beta testers as well. MacOS Sequoia is … Read More ⌘ Read more
iOS 18 Beta 5 & iPadOS 18 Beta 5 Released for Testing
iOS 18 beta 5 and iPadOS 18 beta 5 are now available for testing. The beta 5 updates are currently available to registered developer beta testers. Usually a public beta with the same build will arrive soon after a developer beta is released, which in this case would be versioned as public beta 3. iOS … Read More ⌘ Read more
The new technology helping Vietnamese coffee farmers adapt to a changing climate
The way farmers manage soil health could soon become cheaper, easier, and better for the environment thanks to artificial intelligence. ⌘ Read more
Porting my JavaScript Game Engine to C for No Reason
high_impacttl;dr: high_impact is small game engine for 2D action games. It’s written in C, compiles to Windows, Mac and Linux as well as to WASM for the Web. It’s “inspired by” my original Impact JavaScript game engine from 2010. The name high_impact is a nod to a time when C was considered a high level language.
MIT licensed, source on github: [github.com/phoboslab/high_impact](https://github … ⌘ Read more
How to add OTEL instrumentation to a React Native app
Member post by Jonathan Munz, Senior Software Engineer at Embrace React Native allows developers to build native mobile apps using Javascript and Typescript for both iOS and Android. With a web language as its core and native deployment… ⌘ Read more
@melyanna@tilde.club Always fun to work on things like that :)
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Apple Seeds Fifth Betas of iOS 18 and iPadOS 18 to Developers
Apple today seeded the fifth betas of upcoming iOS 18 and iPadOS 18 updates to developers for testing purposes, with the software coming nearly two weeks after the release of the fourth betas.
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Apple Seeds Fifth Beta of macOS Sequoia to Developers
Apple today seeded the fifth beta of upcoming an upcoming macOS 15 Sequoia update to developers for testing purposes, with the software coming two weeks after the release of the fourth beta.
Registered developers can opt-in to the [macOS Sequoia](https://www.macrumors.com/round … ⌘ Read more
Apple Seeds Fifth visionOS 2 Beta to Developers
Apple today released the fifth beta of an upcoming visionOS 2 update to developers, with the beta coming two weeks after the fourth beta.
Registered developers are able to opt into the betas by opening up the Settings app on their device, goi … ⌘ Read more
Apple Seeds Fifth Beta of watchOS 11 to Developers
Apple today seeded the fifth beta of an upcoming watchOS 11 update to developers for testing purposes, with the beta coming two weeks after the fourth beta was released.
To install the watchOS 11 update, developers need to open the Appl … ⌘ Read more
Apple Seeds Fifth Beta of tvOS 18 to Developers
Apple today seeded the fifth beta of the upcoming tvOS 18 refresh to developers for testing purposes, with the beta coming almost two weeks after the fourth beta came out.
Registered developers are able to download the tvOS 18 update by opting in to the beta through the Settings app on the [App … ⌘ Read more
I would like to work on my Mastodon and TWTXT script to improve it.
Top 3 edge AI trends to look for in 2024
Member post by Abhijeet Kakade, Senior Marketing Expert at MSys Technologies 2023 was the year AI technologies became mainstream. What once was seen in movies is now a staple in daily business operations. AI is integrated into mobile… ⌘ Read more