DataFrames for the new era

How asynchronous file IO in java and scala works. On Window there is true async support, but on Linux, the AsynchronousFileChannel merely shifts a blocking IO call into a separate thread pool. Additionally, we look into the effect of OS write buffers.

Ceiling-mounted WiFi 7 AP with 6 spatial streams and 6 GHz support for interference-free WiFi in demanding, large-scale environments.

This paper presents Find+Replace transformers, a family of multi-transformer architectures that can provably do things no single transformer can, and which outperforms GPT-4 on several challenging...

Marco just joined Crunchy Data and he reflects on his career in distributed systems in this post. He provides an overview of several options for approaching distributed Postgres workloads and the pros and cons of each approach.

Resources for tensor network algorithms, theory, and software

A new study asked thousands to evaluate the accuracy of news articles — both real and fake — by doing some research online. But for many, heading to Google led them farther from the truth, not closer.

No. Not anymore. Because we have the data, if we are trading secondaries, people will always worry that we are using the data, even if we…

We introduce Mixtral 8x7B, a Sparse Mixture of Experts (SMoE) language model. Mixtral has the same architecture as Mistral 7B, with the difference that each layer is composed of 8 feedforward...

I started dabbling in entrepreneurship over 20 years ago and have experienced the feeling of stuckness more than I can recall. It is one of the most common struggles with this career path and can be difficult to shake off.

Stuck City is a place any creative…

Aiming for a 10 year life-cycle for smartphones

I was trying to unlock my car with a keyfob, but I was out of range. A friend of mine said that I have to hold the transmitter next to my head. It worked, so I tried the following later that day:
W...

Unity Software Inc., which replaced its chief executive officer in October, plans to reduce its workforce by 25%, eliminating about 1,800 jobs in a new round of cuts.

Stopping a Linux thread is a surprisingly annoying affair. In this post I present common pitfalls and some solutions -- although no truly satisfactory method exists.

🗺️ Too many invaders to keep track of; I really don't want to run another database; Web Storage to the rescue

A Mode 7 library for Playdate. Contribute to risolvipro/playdate-mode7 development by creating an account on GitHub.

Made for students, kids, and adults. Drag and drop numbers into their correct place to move to the next level.

Apple’s limited warranty doesn’t cover damage caused by liquids, even for water-resistant products like the iPhone, Apple Watch, and some...