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2.5x better performance: Rama vs. MongoDB and Cassandra

redplanetlabs.com

We ran a number of benchmarks comparing Rama against the latest stable versions of MongoDB and...
We ran a number of benchmarks comparing Rama against the latest stable versions of MongoDB and Cassandra. The code for these benchmarks is available on Github. Rama’s indexes (called PStates) can reproduce any database’s data model since each PState is an arbitrary combination of durable data structures of any size....
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Apple's OpenAI Talks Intensify as It Seeks to Add AI Features

bloomberg.com

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Nvidia CEO hand-delivers fastest AI system to OpenAI

tomshardware.com
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Altman handpicked for Homeland Security's AI safety board

axios.com
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Tesla Autopilot feature was involved in 13 fatal crashes, US regulator says

theguardian.com

US auto-safety regulators said on Friday that their investigation into Tesla’s Autopilot had identified at least...
US auto-safety regulators said on Friday that their investigation into Tesla’s Autopilot had identified at least 13 fatal crashes in which the feature had been involved. The investigation also found the electric carmaker’s claims did not match up with reality.The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA...
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A New Sweetener Has Joined the Ranks of Aspartame and Stevia

theatlantic.com

health
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1B+ words corpus of original texts and experimental post-OCR correction output

huggingface.co
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British Columbia to recriminalize use of drugs in public spaces

cbc.ca

After weeks of troubling stories about problematic street drug use in hospitals, parks and at bus...
After weeks of troubling stories about problematic street drug use in hospitals, parks and at bus stops, the province of British Columbia announced plans to recriminalize the use of drugs in public places Friday — radically altering a pilot program aimed at addressing the toxic drug crisis.In a statement, Premier Da...
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Cleaning Up Speech Recognition with GPT

nawaz.org

Posted on Thu 07 December 2023 My friends often ask for use cases for GPT. Below...
Posted on Thu 07 December 2023 My friends often ask for use cases for GPT. Below I provide one recent example. I attend a weekly educational seminar where real estate professionals present the work they do. I take notes on paper, and later transcribe them to my computer, which is a pain. As a result, I have a backlo...
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Discord Shuts Down 'Spy Pet' Bots That Scraped, Sold User Messages

404media.co

news
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World War I dangers in France's red zones

atlasobscura.com

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Show HN: Notepad.mx – web based notepad with no logins and complete encryption

github.com
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Show HN: Serverless VPN for Lifetime

serverlessvpn.com
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IRS Direct File pilot processed 140k+ returns, saved consumers $5.6M in fees

cnbc.com

This season, more than 140,000 taxpayers successfully filed returns using IRS Direct File, a free tax...
This season, more than 140,000 taxpayers successfully filed returns using IRS Direct File, a free tax filing pilot from the IRS.The program fully opened for certain taxpayers in 12 states in early March and saved filers an estimated $5.6 million in tax preparation fees for federal returns.However, the IRS has not ma...

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Cisco says hackers subverted its security devices to spy on governments

reuters.com
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Show HN: Hive – open-source Marketplace for AI

hivenetwork.ai
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The follow lie, and why it's worse than ever

substack.com

That little button, the one saying ‘follow’? It’s lying to you.The follow lie is a classic...
That little button, the one saying ‘follow’? It’s lying to you.The follow lie is a classic tale of enshittification that’s occurred on nearly every social media platform. It’s pretty simple:You join a social media platform and find some people who interest you. You tap follow (or ‘Add friend’, ‘Like page’, ‘Subscrib...
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Meta's gamble on chatbots opens new wave of tech competition

ft.com
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Univer: Open-Source Alternative for Google Sheets, Slides, Docs

github.com
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My undying love for the painfully uncool Amiga

theguardian.com

I have told my wife that I want a Mini Amiga for Christmas. I know it’s...
I have told my wife that I want a Mini Amiga for Christmas. I know it’s only April, but I do this with things I want in the hope that when it suddenly appears in the house next week, my wife will think she bought it for me. I have slipped the purchase of seven games machines, a stuffed tarantula and an air fryer...
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The Landscape of Machine Learning on ArXiv

lmcinnes.github.io
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Functioning 3D Printed Records

youtube.com

science & technology
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Simmerstats: The tech that controls your stovetop [video]

youtube.com

science & technology
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Jeff Bezos: 'No thank you, Mr. Pecker' (2019)

medium.com

Something unusual happened to me yesterday. Actually, for me it wasn’t just unusual — it was...
Something unusual happened to me yesterday. Actually, for me it wasn’t just unusual — it was a first. I was made an offer I couldn’t refuse. Or at least that’s what the top people at the National Enquirer thought. I’m glad they thought that, because it emboldened them to put it all in writing. Rather than capitulate...
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