This is a very brief post announcing a fascinating discovery.
It appears to be possible to use the cosine similarity approach powering explore2.marginalia.nu as a substitute for the link graph in an eigenvector-based ranking algorithm (i.e. PageRank).
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Have you ever wondered if it would be possible to make a "dumb" "hi-fi system" smart? Not that smart, but simply connect a device and it would play whatever stream you want into you? Maybe even stream from your phone? Then this is for you.

AI-powered journaling plugin for your Obsidian notes, inspired by cognitive behavioral therapy - clairefro/obsidian-chat-cbt-plugin

I’m going to show you how I took a very simple program and made it run almost 5 times faster, with very minimal adjustments. You may know…

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John Spray describes an experience of building high performance systems with C++20 in an asynchronous runtime, and explores the challenges & tradeoffs in adopting a thread-per-core architecture.

A 12-block neighborhood just 10 miles from Manhattan’s glittering towers is perhaps best known for constant flooding, vacant cars and a mob graveyard. But hope for change may be stirring.

We explore the emergence of sans-serifs as the font of choice for logos, from larger trends in design to the effect on brands & the future of logo fonts.

This is a joint post with Alpha-Omega—read their announcement post as well! We’re starting a new project in collaboration with Alpha-Omega and OpenSSF to improve the transparency and security of Homebrew. This six-month project will bring cryptographically…

Documents show that OpenAI signed a letter of intent to spend $51 million on brain-inspired chips developed by startup Rain. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman previously made a personal investment in Rain.

AI chatbot deception paper suggests that some bots (and people) aren't very persuasive.

U.S. Senator Ed Markey of Massachusetts has sent a much-needed letter to car manufacturers asking them to clarify a surprisingly hard question to answer: what data cars collect? Who has the ability

Quantum computers might be able to crack currently unsolvable tasks, but it is not easy to expand them to the necessary size. A new technique from a team of Darmstadt physicists could overcome this hurdle.

INTEGRITY-178 tuMP multicore RTOS is both safety-critical to DO-178C DAL A with CAST-32A mitigation and security-critical to EAL6+ for MILS, MLS, and CDS.

A 3D animated visualization of an LLM with a walkthrough.

Generalist software developer writing about scalable infrastructure, fullstack development and DevOps practices.