1. GPT-4 details leaked?
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The article discusses the use of MoE in the architecture of GPT-4, which is interesting and potentially explains variations in the model’s output. The author is waiting for more information about the implementation of MoE and the release of GPT-4’s vision model. The article links to an original source and mentions deleted tweets that may have been paraphrasing the source.
2. Linux has achieved a 3% desktop market share
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The website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks. When certain actions trigger the block, such as submitting a specific word or phrase, or a SQL command, a message will appear asking users to contact the site owner and provide details about the block, including the Cloudflare Ray ID and their IP address.
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Linux is the most widely used operating system (OS) on more computers at present and in history combined than any other OS. It dominates in many areas, including internet servers, phones, TVs, and is even used for space missions. The largest desktop OS is Windows, which is made by a company that earns more from Linux than anything else, hires developers who don’t develop for Windows, has far more Linux machines internally than Windows, and is the largest contributor to Linux.
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The article forgot to mention the impact of SteamDeck, which reportedly had 3 million units sold according to Valve. It is unclear how many of those users are aware that they are running Linux.
3. PhotoPrism: AI-powered photos app for the decentralized web
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PhotoPrism is a self-funded and independent AI-powered photo app that offers users the flexibility to tag and find photos automatically, without compromising their freedom, privacy, or functionality. Users can run it on a private server, at home, or in the cloud, and access detailed installation instructions and guidance on syncing, organizing, and sharing pictures from the PhotoPrism website. The app is available for Mac, Linux, and Windows, and can be purchased with a commercial license or supported through membership options that offer access to interactive world maps and a private chat room with the team.
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The article discusses the user management and account roles in the app PhotoPrism. The free and Essentials version only allows for Super Admin and Admin roles, which poses a problem for families who don’t want all members to have admin privileges. The Plus version offers advanced multi-user functionality and additional account roles, but it is recommended to set up additional instances per person to avoid conflicts. However, this still leaves the issue of non-admin users not being supported in the lower tier versions.
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The author is discussing the difficulty of organizing a large collection of photos and mentions that removing duplicates is a desirable feature that would help reduce the overall number of photos. They express a need for a computer-assisted organizer to make the task less daunting.
4. Displayport: A Better Video Interface
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DisplayPort is a powerful interface that is more flexible and usable than other interfaces like VGA, DVI, and HDMI. It was designed to overcome the limitations of older interfaces, and has become a popular standard for laptops, docking stations, and Thunderbolt devices. Unlike other interfaces, DisplayPort sends its data in packets, making it more efficient and flexible. It also has features like Multi-Stream Transport and AUX that give it an advantage over other interfaces. DisplayPort is also more hackable and doesn’t require per-device royalties from manufacturers. HDMI, on the other hand, has some nasty aspects to it, with media interests prioritizing home theater and TV over personal computing. As a result, DisplayPort is a friendlier interface, benefiting consumers by making it easier to connect devices.
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The article provides a clear explanation of how DisplayPort (DP) differs from other display interfaces like VGA, DVI, and HDMI. It explains how DP uses packet-based data transfer and why this is significant. The article is worth reading if you are interested in learning more about DP as a new and unique display interface.
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The article explains that HDMI and DVI are just digital versions of VGA, with added timing and synchronization complexities. DVI can have both analog and digital signals within the same cable, but both share some pins and have the same timing. DisplayPort, on the other hand, does not have this legacy complexity and is assumed to be implemented with simpler and more reliable hardware.
5. GPT-Prompt-Engineer
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The article describes gpt-prompt-engineer, a tool that generates, tests, and ranks prompts for prompt engineering. The tool is based on GPT-4 and GPT-3.5-Turbo and uses an ELO rating system to rank the prompts. The gpt-prompt-engineer – Classification Version notebook is designed to handle classification tasks. The test cases should be in the format of choosing how many prompts to generate, and the results are shown in a descending order, with higher-rated prompts being better.
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The article discusses a tool that uses GPT4 to rank prompts based on how well it imagines they will perform, instead of how a model actually responds to them. However, this method lacks a ground truth against actual responses, making it uncertain if the chosen ‘best prompt’ is actually the best. The popularity of this method among AI developers may be due to their fascination with LLMs evaluating LLMs, but the author warns that there are no shortcuts to evaluating performance in real-world applications.
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The article questions whether a process can be truly called “engineering” if it involves trying random solutions without understanding why they work.
6. Easy HTTPS for your private networks
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Getlocalcert offers free subdomains for hosting internal applications. It utilizes a managed DNS service that is compatible with Let’s Encrypt, which permits the issuance of free certificates. It is a developer-friendly and security-inclined platform. The platform offers a modern, all-in-one web server, certificate automation for Kubernetes, and a cloud-native application proxy. Certificates can be managed on Windows and IIS. Getlocalcert is accessible through the link provided, and it is free to set up a domain name.
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The author is discussing the possibility of creating a new RFC that would allow for the creation of a trusted certificate for a new device on a private network automatically and without configuration. This would potentially obviate the need for http and instead use the ACME protocol enabled DHCP server as a CA to automatically serve HTTPS. The proposed standard would enable automated certificate requests and would provide automatic trust assuming proper support from operating systems or browsers.
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The article suggests a simple way to set up a secure website by purchasing a public domain, setting up a Let’s Encrypt wildcard certificate with DNS validation, and updating the /etc/hosts file. This method can be easily done by multiple developers with each renewing their own certificates, eliminating the need to rely on a third party.
7. Claude 2
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Anthropic has launched its latest AI model, Claude 2. The language model boasts improved performance, better reasoning skills and longer responses. Its AI model can be accessed through an API as well as a public-facing beta website, claude.ai. The Google-backed firm has worked to ensure Claude 2 is safer and less likely to produce harmful outputs. When compared with college students applying to graduate school, Claude 2 scores above the 90th percentile on the GRE reading and writing exams. The latest model also scored a 71.2% on the Codex HumanEval, up from 56%.
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The article suggests a few options for saving a conversation. Firstly, one can copy and paste the conversation into a text file or word processing document. Secondly, utilize the “Export Chat” feature in ChatGPT to download the conversation as a PDF or plain text file. Lastly, taking screenshots of the conversation in the browser is another option. However, the assistant, Claude, admits to not having an integrated export chat feature.
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The article is about a conversation between a person and an AI assistant named Claude from Anthropic. The person asked Claude how many digits of pi it knew, and Claude replied that it did not have any internal representation of the digits of pi. The person then asked if pi starts with 3.14, to which Claude still did not have any knowledge about the digits of pi.
8. Brian Eno albums available in Dolby Atmos and Spatial
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Classic titles from Brian Eno’s catalog are now available in Dolby Atmos for the first time, including albums like “Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy)” and “Another Green World.” This new release also includes some of the artist’s recent work, like “Small Craft On A Milk Sea” and “The Ship,” which will be presented for the first time as a live orchestral arrangement in concert in October. Brian Eno believes that 3D music has the potential to create an immersive sonic space that can sustain much more detail than a two-dimensional space, allowing for a more intricate exploration of the music. Additionally, Eno’s recent album “FOREVERANDEVERNOMORE” and its instrumental accompaniment will also be available in Dolby Atmos and Spatial audio. Eno will also embark on his first-ever solo tour across Europe, starting with shows at the Venice Biennale Musica on October 21. The tour will feature Eno’s new live show, “Ships” based on his 2016 album “The Ship.”
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The article expresses the writer’s disappointment that it is difficult to own music in the latest formats. While there are some examples of music being shipped on Blu-ray discs, the majority of music is only available to stream with DRM protection and platform limitations. The writer prefers to own music, even in a digital format, to ensure that they can continue listening to it in the future.
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The article discusses a video about Atmos, with a summary that the audio engineer in the video believes it’s difficult to get it working and it’s usually problematic. The author questions if it’s even worth bothering with, even if it were an open standard.
9. The Perfect Business (2014) [pdf]
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The article suggests that if there is a demand for a product, the rest of the process involves optimization and problem-solving. Figures like Elon Musk are essentially running a private equity firm that manages and bets on products by breaking down unsolved problems into solved ones and using non-linear breakthroughs. Politicians also manage donors and voters by selling a story to voters, even if their real promises are to donors. The article argues that makers make, but managers manage, and many makers do not fully understand what management entails.
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The article discusses how the ideal business model described in a book decades ago, matches with modern software development even though SaaS wasn’t popular at the time. The analysis also includes the accuracy of the author’s predictions regarding Apple and Microsoft until the introduction of the iPhone.
10. Frame generation essentials: Interpolation, extrapolation, and reprojection
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The article explains the concepts of interpolation, extrapolation, and reprojection and how they are used to improve the temporal fidelity and input latency of rendered images. It also discusses the potential of reprojection to drastically increase frame rates and reduce motion blur, making strobing and other motion blur reduction technologies obsolete. The article notes that reprojection works by taking a texture, projecting it into 3D space, and rendering it again from a new perspective based on updated inputs. The article emphasizes the potential benefits of reprojection in virtual reality applications and discusses some best practices for optimizing its effectiveness. Finally, the article explores how reprojection could help speed up the adoption of higher refresh rate displays and push high-end GPU sales.
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The article discusses the need for a high frame rate in VR to prevent judder when rapidly turning one’s head, and proposes a solution called auto-delamination, which separates things by depth directly using the depth information for each pixel in computer graphics. The author suggests that this may become a standard feature in VR headgear. The article concludes by speculating about the possibility of achieving a frame rate of 1000 FPS in VR, which could potentially reduce nausea in a significant percentage of the population.
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Gamers usually prefer higher framerates for lower latency, faster reactions, and better online gameplay. However, DLSS 3 generates fake higher frame rates, resulting in inconsistent and jittery gameplay, which can be frustrating for some players. Therefore, some gamers prefer using DLSS 2 performance compared to DLSS 3 quality.