1. Llama.cpp: Full CUDA GPU Acceleration
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The article describes a new pull request that adds GPU acceleration for ggml tensors in order to improve prompt processing and generation performance. The author added CUDA kernels for scale, cpy, diag_mask_inf, and soft_max, as well as two special kernels for doing matrix vector multiplication. The PR is still being tested for lower-end GPUs and potential issues with VRAM usage. Benchmark results show significant speed improvements compared to traditional pytorch/GPTQ inference.
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The article discusses a software called llama.cpp, which began as a CPU-only solution but is now expanding to support a range of computation devices. The author finds llama.cpp interesting because it is an example of a machine learning software that is not connected to the Python ML ecosystem but is still popular. The author wonders if Python is difficult to use and if that is why users are gravitating towards llama.cpp or if there are other reasons.
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The author has been using whisper.cpp to run a large model quantized to 8-bits on a Ryzen 2700 with a 1050Ti at real-time speed. They are impressed that they are able to achieve this level of speech-to-text quality on a machine that is almost 5 years old.
2. BBEdit: Where Respect Is Due
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BBEdit is a tool created by Rich Siegel in 1989 to accommodate “large” computer files and has remained popular among different groups of users over the years, including scientists, web designers, writers, and content creators generally. The software has undergone several technical transformations, including ports to different operating systems, and has been used for different innovative projects, such as the development of unmanned aerial vehicles and the analysis of long sequences of DNA in the Human Genome Project. According to Siegel, the software has remained beloved throughout its existence because its development has always put the user’s needs and productivity as the top priority.
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The author reminisces about their experience with BBEdit, a text editor for Mac that was revolutionary at the time. It had a clean UI, introduced regular expressions, and had a rare ability to open many windows. The author also praises BBEdit’s developer, Rich, for sticking to doing one thing well for so long.
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The article discusses the user-centric approach of the software company Bare Bones Software, which prioritizes the customer’s needs and productivity over providing exactly what the customer is asking for. The author shares a personal experience of requesting a feature in the TextWrangler software, and although the feature was not restored, the author appreciated the company’s willingness to consider customer feedback.
3. Launch HN: Resend (YC W23) – Email API for developers using React
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Resend is an email platform with an elegant and simple interface that allows you to build, test, and deliver transactional emails at scale. It has SDKs for various programming languages, simulation and experimentation capabilities, and unerring event notifications. Apart from that, it also helps you with various aspects of email sending such as reducing delivery latency, compliance with standards such as the CAN-SPAM Act, monitor your DNS configuration, and secure email communication among others. Resend is driving remarkable developer experiences for individuals and businesses across industries with features to manage email sending and protect domain reputation without friction.
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The article questions the value of using React for creating email templates since email clients do not support JavaScript, virtual DOMs, event loops, or any such fancy web technology. Instead of using hand-crafted HTML templates, React promotes the use of custom components that are compiled to standard HTML tags. The article asks for clarification on the selling point of using React for email templates.
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The article advises email business owners to monitor their free tier closely and have an effective strategy in place to prevent misuse by spammers and phishers who are always look for free ways to send their emails. This can cause a distraction from the core business, so it’s important to have measures in place to protect against misuse.
4. Comic Mono
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The article describes a legible monospace font called “Comic Shanns” which is a variation of the standard font recognized since childhood. The font family was created by a software developer using a Python script to patch the original Comic Shanns font. This font can be used in web pages by including the stylesheet, and a CDN is provided by jsDelivr. The font is licensed under the MIT License and is also published on npm. Another fontsource package is recommended for better optimization.
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The article discusses a new font that is an improvement over Comic Sans by straightening out many of the letterforms and making them fit into a grid. Comic Sans is described as ugly due to its intentionally poor proportion and kerning, which mimics a child’s handwriting. The new font is described as a gentle “handwriting mono” that is much more aesthetically pleasing.
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The article recommends using Fantasque Sans Mono font for coding, which is similar in style and works well for clean languages with fewer symbols and operators. The author suggests trying it out before dismissing it.
5. Johnny Decimal
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The article discusses the problem of managing and organizing an overwhelming amount of data being produced by workers in most companies. The author suggests Johnny.Decimal as a potential solution, which involves grouping data into categories and using short and memorable decimal numbers to represent them. These numbers can be used to organize folders and files, making it easy to locate and identify specific items. The system is simple and adaptable to different projects and frameworks. It also has the potential to boost productivity and help manage physical objects.
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The article discusses the pros and cons of organizing data through hierarchical organization and tagging. The author suggests that both systems have strengths and weaknesses and that the one that is best for a person is the one that is easiest to address or tolerate. They also propose the idea of a disambiguation rule to address the issue of an item being assigned to multiple nodes in a hierarchical system.
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The article discusses the limitations of using a strongly hierarchical system for organizing digital files and suggests that tags are a more flexible and useful alternative. It explains that in the digital world, notes and documents can be assigned multiple tags, unlike physical objects that can only exist in one location. Folders, which are hierarchical and rooted in the physical world, are not the most effective method for organizing digital files.
6. A new experiment casts doubt on the leading theory of the nucleus
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The strong nuclear force that binds protons and neutrons together is still not fully understood, according to a new experiment measuring the force in helium-4 nuclei. When excited, helium nuclei swell like balloons, allowing scientists to measure the force that binds them. Researchers expected them to burst when reaching a certain size, but they actually swelled more than anticipated. The discrepancy between the experimental and theoretical measurements may mean our understanding of nuclear interactions through the strong force, as described by the chiral effective field theory, is shortcoming. Further calculations will be done to determine the explanation for the difference.
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The article discusses a new experiment that suggests that modern nuclear forces derived within chiral effective field theory may break down and cannot be used to describe the observed phenomena. This finding does not contradict the fundamental theories of Quantum Electrodynamics and Quantum Chromodynamics, but rather suggests that nuclear physicists must refine their theories to match observations. The article criticizes the sensationalist title of the publication and an article about it, saying that they were chosen to attract funding.
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The article discusses the idea that at a subatomic level, there exists a new effective force called the strong nuclear force that is transmitted between particles by the exchange of pions. The author suggests that theoretical physics may sometimes involve curve fitting, but theories that are elegant and concise are less likely to be overfit. The author also mentions that string theory, which was once popular, may be an extreme version of curve fitting.
7. SnapFusion: Text-to-Image Diffusion Model on Mobile Devices Within Two Seconds
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Researchers have developed a new approach that enables users to run text-to-image diffusion models on mobile devices in less than 2 seconds, without requiring high-end GPUs or cloud-based inference. The approach involves an efficient UNet architecture, which reduces the computation of the image decoder via data distillation, and enhanced step distillation, which uses training strategies and introduces regularization from classifier-free guidance. Testing showed that the approach achieved better FID and CLIP scores than a comparable model with 50 denoising steps, effectively democratizing content creation by making powerful text-to-image diffusion models accessible to a wider range of users.
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This article discusses a new text-to-image diffusion model that can generate an image on mobile devices in less than two seconds. The model focuses on improving the slow inference speed of the UNet and reducing the number of necessary denoising steps. A novel evolving training framework is proposed to obtain a more efficient UNet that performs better than the original Stable Diffusion v1.52 while being significantly faster. A data distillation pipeline is also introduced to compress and accelerate the image decoder.
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The article mentions skepticism about claims of fast image generation through AI. The author points out that while some papers may make these claims, there still isn’t anything available for mobile devices. Additionally, the author notes that comparing with Stable Diffusion at 50 steps is not entirely honest as newer schedulers can produce good images in as few as 12 steps, or even less with careful parameter choice.
8. Miniature Macintosh with Raspberry Pi
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The Tiny Mac III is a small retro computer that uses a Pi 4 to perform functions like running Pi-hole for ad blocking, using xscreensaver as an electronic photo frame, or even running gnome-weather to display conditions outside. It features a 3D-printed enclosure and a 3.5" Waveshare display as a monitor. Build and software instructions are available on the project write-up and GitHub. The device is inspired by previous similar projects, and there should be ample inspiration for anyone interested in making their own mini-retro Macintosh.
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The author expresses interest in creating a project involving a Newton eMate, which has enough space for a Raspberry Pi and battery pack. They note that color touch screens the size of the old one are available, and that they simply require the time and skill to complete the project.
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The article is asking if the Raspberry Pi 4 is currently available for purchase at an affordable price and if there is an estimated timeframe for when it will become available if it is not available now. The author notes the previous estimate they heard for availability was in 2023, but that date is coming closer.
9. Rewriting the Ruby parser
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Shopify has developed a new Ruby parser called YARP (Yet Another Ruby Parser) that can parse a semantically equivalent syntax tree to Ruby 3.3, using a systemic approach for error tolerance, maintainability, portability, and performance, thereby addressing inherent issues associated with the existing CRuby parser. The YARP has been merged into the CRuby parser and is expected to benefit the community by providing accurate metadata, reducing slower cycles, and promoting open-source maintainability.
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The article describes how Rich Kilmer used Ruby to improve the performance of a distributed system with hundreds of Java VMs. The serialized data was initially stored as XML, which was slow to parse and load, so Rich modified the program to serialize the data as Ruby code, which loaded faster. He and Chad Fowler turned the Java Debug Wire Protocol specification into a DSL in Ruby, used that DSL to generate the packets for sending and receiving data, and were able to freeze all 300 VMs in a half second with a Ruby process. This demonstrated how Ruby could be used as a harness to wrap around systems.
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YARP (Yet Another Ruby Parser) is being merged into CRuby (the official Ruby interpreter) in the next few work days. The process has been accelerated by the fact that kddnewton and his team are full-time employees rather than just open-source volunteers.
10. Oyster: Towards Unsupervised Object Detection from Lidar Point Clouds
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The article raises a question about whether current object detection methods require both broad translational variance and temporal consistency of tracks.
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