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Convolutional Neural Networks in APL (2019)
A technical implementation of Convolutional Neural Networks using the APL language, demonstrating the array-oriented programming paradigm.
My self-hosted setup: 10" rack at home + Hetzner AX-102, site-to-site, WireGuard-only, and ~930 firewall rules
A detailed overview of a hybrid home and cloud self-hosted infrastructure featuring OPNsense, WireGuard and a high-density firewall rule set.
A QNX-inspired operating system with selectable kernels
A project focused on creating a QNX-inspired operating system that allows users to select different kernels.
Knowledge Distillation of Black-Box Large Language Models
Research and methods for performing knowledge distillation on large language models where the internal weights are inaccessible (black-box).
Xonaly – Canada's Independent Search Engine
An introduction to Xonaly, a search engine developed independently in Canada.
The food science behind designing an ice cream
A deep dive into the food science and engineering principles used to design ice cream.
Reachy Mini Desktop Robot Gets All-local, Conversational AI
Hugging Face's Reachy Mini desktop robot now supports fully local, conversational AI for human interaction experiments.
POSIX Is Not a Shell
A technical discussion clarifying that POSIX is a set of standards for operating system interfaces, not a shell language itself.
Unfathomable bugs #10: The Broken Windows Build
A detailed retrospective on a complex and 'unfathomable' bug involving a broken Windows build process.
Professor denounces mass AI fraud on an exam at Brown
A professor at Brown University reports widespread use of AI tools for cheating on an exam.
The Excavator That Digs to a Line It Cannot See – Mobility and Field Robotics
An exploration of mobility and field robotics focusing on an excavator's ability to dig based on predefined lines without visual confirmation.
British Origami: the 1955 exhibition by Akira Yoshizawa
A look back at a 1955 origami exhibition by Akira Yoshizawa.
California law targeting loud streaming ads takes effect on July 1
California implements a new law to regulate the volume of streaming advertisements.
China’s Z.ai claims it can match Mythos on cybersecurity
China's Zhipu AI released GLM-5.2, an open-weight model that reportedly rivals US models in cybersecurity and bug-finding capabilities.
Build System Improvements, Centralized Overview, etc
Discussion regarding improvements to build systems and providing a centralized overview of the process.
Modeling the COVID-19 Outbreak with J
A project using the J programming language to model the spread of COVID-19.
Staying Awake (2008)
A discussion thread regarding a 2008 piece titled 'Staying Awake'.
Do LLMs pass the mirror test?
An exploration of whether Large Language Models (LLMs) can pass the 'mirror test', a benchmark for self-awareness.
I built a self-hosted phone-to-server photo, videos backup
Introduction of HostAnywhere, a simplified self-hosted backup solution for photos, videos, and contacts across multiple platforms.
Custom CSS for Homepage Dashboard not working
A user seeking help with custom CSS not persisting in their Homepage Dashboard installation on Proxmox.