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#231: A Large Collection of Half-Held Thoughts November 23rd, 2024 · 93 minutes What else were we going to talk about? This episode of Analog(ue) is sponsored by: Squarespace: Save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code ANALOGUE. Fitbod: Get stronger, faster with a fitness plan that fits you. Get […]
An oversized thatched roof shelters the geometric concrete forms of this house in Vietnam, which has been completed by local architecture studio Kientruc O. Named Thu House, the 877-square-metre dwelling in Ho Chi Minh City is designed for a client who wanted a home that would evoke their childhood in the countryside. To achieve this, […]
When OpenAI tested DALL-E 3 last year, it used an automated process to cover even more variations of what users might ask for. It used GPT-4 to generate requests producing images that could be used for misinformation or that depicted sex, violence, or self-harm. OpenAI then updated DALL-E 3 so that it would either refuse […]
If you wonder how Large Language Models (LLMs) work and aren’t afraid of getting a bit technical, don’t miss [Brendan Bycroft]’s LLM Visualization. It is an interactively-animated step-by-step walk-through of a GPT large language model complete with animated and interactive 3D block diagram of everything going on under the hood. Check it out! nano-gpt has […]
Critic’s Rating: 4.2 / 5.0 4.2 As Murder in a Small Town heads into its season finale, multiple murders have raised the stakes considerably. It was truly terrifying seeing a woman get attacked and be forced to fight for her life in those opening seconds of Murder in a Small Town Season 1 Episode 7. […]
Moumita Bhattacharya spoke at QCon SF 2024 about state-of-the-art search and ranking systems. She gave an overview of the typical structure of these systems and followed with a deep dive into how Netflix created a single combined model to handle both tasks. Dr. Bhattacharya, a Senior Research Scientist at Netflix, began by outlining the problem […]
I’m trying to get a better understanding of e-commerce websites through looking at Awwwards. There are a lot of really nice designs there, but I feel like they only work for those cases where the company only has a few products. Some examples would be Escape.cafe or Lyon-beton.com They look really great. Fun to explore […]
Forbes Advisor evaluated several credit cards in 2024 within their respective categories, including cash-back credit cards, travel cards, flexible rewards cards, business credit cards and cards with 0% APR offers. For each card, we gathered information that potential cardholders would use in their decision-making process, including: Earnings rates Welcome bonus Introductory APR Fees Consumer benefits […]
In the race to offer cellular satellite services to phones, AST SpaceMobile has decided to launch its next-generation satellites using Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket. New Glenn remains an unproven rocket; the Blue Origin craft is slated to take its maiden flight as soon as this month. Still, AST SpaceMobile says it picked Blue Origin’s vehicle […]
Just started my career and i am having a really difficult time understanding the codebase. The problem is there is no documentation of any micro service thats being used so i have to understand the codebase on my own or by asking team mates. is there a better way for this? I am looking for […]