1. Gemini AI
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Gemini is an advanced AI model that surpasses previous state-of-the-art models in its ability to understand and solve language-related tasks. It is the first model to outperform human experts in Massive Multitask Language Understanding (MMLU). Gemini also performs exceptionally well in multimodal tasks without the assistance of OCR systems. It can generate code, text, and images based on different inputs, reason visually across languages, and provide explanations for complex concepts. Gemini has been built responsibly, with safeguards and inclusivity in mind. It can be integrated into applications using Google AI Studio and Google Cloud Vertex AI.
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The article is about Google’s Gemini AI, which is a system designed to help human operators efficiently manage the complex and dynamic world of data center operations. The Gemini system combines machine learning with expert guidance to optimize data center performance and improve energy efficiency. It uses real-time monitoring and predictive modeling to identify and prevent potential issues, enabling operators to make informed decisions and take proactive steps. The goal of Gemini AI is to streamline data center operations and reduce the Manual effort required.
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The article discusses Sundar’s comments in a main video where he appears to emphasize that Google has been involved in AI for a long time. However, the writer finds this attempt at self-promotion unnecessary, especially since the currently most advanced AI model is developed by OpenAI, not Google. The article suggests that instead of talking about it, Google should focus on demonstrating their AI capabilities. The article also mentions a video further down the page that showcases an impressive AI demonstration. Additionally, the article highlights that Google plans to integrate Gemini models into applications using Google AI Studio and Google Cloud Vertex AI, with availability starting from December 13th. The writer hopes that access to these models will be more accessible to many users, similar to OpenAI, rather than being limited to only a few customers.
2. JSONB has landed
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The JSONB enhancement for SQLite improves the performance of JSON functions by using an internal binary representation of JSON that can be saved to the database. This allows for faster processing and a potential reduction in database size. The JSONB functions accept both text JSON and JSONB inputs and return JSONB outputs. Legacy functionality is preserved, but developers are encouraged to try the new code for improved performance. JSONB is a directly serializable data format that can be sent over the wire and written into another database as a blob. In the future, there may be support for adding JSON and JSONB column types to STRICT tables.
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The article explains the difference between the JSON and JSONB datatypes. While they appear similar to applications, JSONB is stored in a binary format on disk, allowing for direct operations without the need for parsing. If using SQLite to write and read full JSON blobs, the JSON datatype is recommended. However, if querying or manipulating data using SQL, JSONB is the better choice.
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The author points out that JSONB, a format offered by Postgres, has been available for some time and is recommended over plain JSON due to its improved read performance. They provide a link for further information on this topic.
3. Governments spying on Apple, Google users through push notifications
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The Home Assistant Companion for iOS team has been trying to implement end-to-end encryption for their push notifications but Apple has denied their request for the necessary entitlement multiple times. They are considering reapplying for the entitlement in light of recent news. The team sends around 35 million push notifications per month on iOS and 67 million on Android. For more information, you can refer to the provided links.
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The article is about a senator named Ron Wyden who has been advocating for transparency and increased protection of Americans’ personal information. He has introduced legislation to ban data brokers from selling location and health data, secure personal information, and hold corporations accountable. Wyden has also released a discussion draft of legislation to provide real protections for Americans’ privacy. The article includes several links to additional resources on the topic.
4. Why is Jepsen written in Clojure?
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The article discusses the reasons why Jepsen, a system for testing concurrent systems like databases, is written in the programming language Clojure. The author explains that Clojure’s support for concurrency, its broad client support, concise and adaptable syntax, powerful data structures and standard library functions, “good enough” performance, stability, and mature core were all factors that influenced the choice of Clojure for Jepsen. The author also mentions some drawbacks of Clojure, such as the lack of a widely-accepted static typing system and frustrating aspects of the polymorphism system. Despite these drawbacks, the author believes that after a decade of using Clojure, it was a good tradeoff.
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The author, a longtime user of Clojure, agrees with Kyle’s sentiments about the language. They also find value in having most of their domain code in cljc files, which allows for compilation on both the server-side and client-side. The author highlights the benefits of transducers and transducer pipelines, mentioning their performance, composability, and reusability. They also appreciate the stability and longevity of Clojure, crediting its creator, Rich Hickey, for its backward compatibility. The author notes that Clojure programmers tend to have extensive experience and earn high salaries.
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The article highlights that the biggest issue with Clojure is its ecosystem. There is a lack of accessible and usable tooling, with the available options either being too basic and not following functional paradigms well, or being extremely esoteric and only accessible to expert developers. However, the language itself is praised, and its integration with Java is better than what some critics suggest. The article suggests that if there were frameworks like Rails or Django for Clojure, or even better, a framework like Phoenix, it would be easier to convince teams to adopt the language. Currently, one needs to reinvent the wheel for most projects, except for basic functionalities like http routing, which is also challenging. However, the advantage of being able to use any Maven package and compile to a jar is seen as a tremendous benefit, allowing Clojure to run anywhere a jar can run.
5. All my favorite tracing tools
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The article discusses various methods of tracing in software programs. The author emphasizes the importance of collecting timestamped data and visualizing it in a timeline UI. They mention their favorite method of using the Chromium Event JSON Format, which allows for easy visualization of data in tools like Google’s Perfetto trace viewer. The author also mentions other formats like Fuchsia Trace Format and Perfetto’s native Protobuf trace format, which offer more advanced features but may be trickier to work with. In addition, they provide tips on setting up trace analysis scripts and utilizing shortcuts in Perfetto. The article concludes with a note about a job opening in the author’s team at Anthropic.
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The article mentions the author’s appreciation for another blog post about implicit in-order forests and how it inspired them to work on bigger traces. They mention using eytzinger-ordered 4-ary trees, which perform well even with billions of functions. The author is currently working on timestamp delta-compression to reduce event size and hopes to reach 10 billion functions with 128 GB RAM soon. They thank the blog post for motivating them to keep pushing forward.
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The article recommends checking out Event Tracing for Windows (ETW) if you work on Windows applications. It suggests starting with Bruce Dawson’s blog for more information. The blog can be found at “https://randomascii.wordpress.com/2015/09/24/etw-central/".
6. Gemini: Google’s most capable AI model yet
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The article discusses the potential of AI to improve lives and drive innovation and economic progress. It mentions Google’s commitment to making AI helpful for everyone by creating new generative AI applications and collaborating with experts and governments to address risks. The article introduces Gemini, Google’s most capable and general AI model, which can understand and combine different types of information. Gemini has been optimized for different sizes and has shown superior performance on various benchmarks, including outperforming human experts on language understanding tasks.
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I’m sorry, but I am unable to directly access or summarize articles from specific URLs. However, if you provide some text or information from the article, I would be happy to help summarize it for you.
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I apologize, but I am unable to see the content of the article you have mentioned. If you can provide me with the key points or a brief summary, I would be happy to assist you in summarizing it.
7. Mold Course
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The article suggests that the recent increase in “gluten sensitivity” may actually be sensitivity to mold found on grains. The author mentions experiencing symptoms like a stuffy nose and brain fog after consuming bread and soy sauce, but an allergy test showed no reaction to gluten. The author highlights that grains, particularly flour and oats, are prone to mold contamination, and the US allows higher levels of mold contamination in grains compared to other countries. The article proposes that if individuals have issues with consuming grains in the US, it might be due to a sensitivity to mold rather than gluten or gliadin.
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The author lived in a rented apartment that was flooded during Hurricane Sandy and became concerned about the lack of action taken by the landlord to prevent mold growth. After moving back in, the author experienced severe allergy-like symptoms, including coughing up blood, difficulty breathing, nausea, and gastrointestinal issues. Upon moving out, the author discovered black mold hiding behind furniture and in corners. A mold air quality test confirmed the presence of toxigenic mold, which was also detected in the author’s blood test. It took almost two years for the author to fully recover after moving out. Fortunately, the documentation allowed the author to receive a settlement. The experience has made the author more cautious, now conducting mold air tests before moving anywhere. The new house the author is moving into has passed the mold air test, but mold was found in the insulation after removing the drywall in the author’s bedroom.
8. A chess TUI implementation
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This article discusses a chess text user interface (TUI) implementation using the Rust programming language. It mentions different tools and platforms that can be used, such as Git, SVN, GitHub Desktop, Xcode, and Docker. The article also provides installation instructions for NetBSD and provides links to the project’s roadmap and its availability on crates.io.
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The article discusses the implementation of various Text User Interface (TUI) modes in the Internet Chess Server (ICS) protocol for online chess. The author also mentions that the telnet command “telnet freechess.org 5000” is still functional.
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The article is about a chess game with a textual user interface that allows players to play against various beginner-level chess AI opponents. These opponents include Maia chess, a human-like chess engine based on neural networks, several neural networks by Dietrich Kappe, and handicapped Stockfish. The game is available on GitHub and can be installed with the command ‘pip install bchess’.
9. Lessons from 5 years of running a tech meetup
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The article discusses the author’s experience in starting a Meetup group called We Make the Internet. The author highlights the reasons for starting the group, including a desire for more inspiring venues, engaging talks, and better catering options. The author also shares lessons learned and tips for hosting successful events, such as choosing comfortable venues, creating descriptive event descriptions, and providing visual materials like posters and photos. The article emphasizes the importance of providing detailed information and creating a welcoming and informative atmosphere for attendees.
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The author has been running a local Ruby meetup for 6 years. Initially, it was difficult to find presenters, so the author threatened to shut down the meetup unless 11 people agreed to give a presentation once a year. This approach has been successful for the past 4 years, and now the meetup is more of a community-led event with the author facilitating it.
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The author has been running a tech group in East Lansing for over 20 years and was involved in organizing the Code Michigan hackathon for three years. They have gained valuable experience through trial and error. They found that meeting on the MSU campus resulted in higher attendance, despite few students actually participating. The author has seen other groups fail due to choosing a poor location and not adapting.
10. Apple confirms governments using push notifications to surveil users
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Unidentified governments are using push notifications to surveil smartphone users, according to US Senator Ron Wyden. In a letter to the Department of Justice, Wyden stated that foreign officials were demanding data from Google and Apple to track smartphones. He highlighted that the traffic from apps that send push notifications puts the tech giants in a unique position to facilitate government surveillance. Wyden called on the Department of Justice to repeal or modify any policies that impede public discussions of push notification spying. Apple responded by stating that they would update their transparency reporting to disclose these types of requests. Both foreign and US government agencies have reportedly requested metadata related to push notifications to associate anonymous users with specific Apple or Google accounts. The governments making these requests have been described as “democracies allied to the United States,” but their identities have not been revealed. Apple advises developers not to include sensitive data in notifications and to encrypt any data before adding it to a notification payload. However, metadata, such as which apps send notifications and how often, is not encrypted and could provide insight into users’ app usage.
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The article discusses various solutions for push notifications without using Google Play Services. The author mentions using Nextcloud server with the Nextpush app, which is utilized by several apps. They also mention the use of web sockets, but acknowledge that it may consume more resources when running in the background. Additionally, some apps can use the Cheogram app for push notifications. The author states that they use an Android fork without Google Play Services and are unsure about the possibilities for iPhones.