“Reading occupies a strange position in today’s world, being at once physiologically unnecessary and culturally central.”

Nature - An algorithm that can analyse hundreds of millions of genetic sequences has identified DNA-cutting genes and enzymes that are extremely rare in nature.

A chatbot that can’t say anything controversial isn’t worth much. Bring on the uncensored models.

We’re on a journey to advance and democratize artificial intelligence through open source and open science.

This is not a fast moving place. Think of it as somewhere to slow down, learn about the project, and (hopefully) make your day feel a little different.

This post is about Random Number Generators, RNGs for short.

If your site uses third-party cookies, it's time to take action as we approach their deprecation. To facilitate testing, Chrome has restricted third-party cookies for 1% of users from January 4th, 2024. Chrome plans to ramp up third-party cookie restrictions…

Germanic words are mushrooms growing on the same rotten log, to steal a priceless image from Anatoly Liberman. [D.R.H.]

Was the country’s turn toward free-market fundamentalism driven by race, class, or something else? Yes.

This past October, Dolphin turned 20 years old since its initial release to the public as an experimental GameCube emulator. It's been a long ride, with twists and turns. I don't know if anyone back in 2003 expected Dolphin not only to still be under active…

Dear fellow NewPipers, The money that had been accumulating on NewPipe’s Bountysource account is no longer accessible to me (Schabi). As a result, the project has lost about €6,400 worth of awarded bounties.

Delving into the vector database field from three perspectives: technology, applications, and the market.

Run a PDP-8 online. Information on the Digital PDP-8 computer and peripherals. Blinking lights, core, paper tape, what more could you want?