It’s great that there are new languages coming along that strike a balance between performance and safety. However, there’s always going to be a need for unsafe, low-level code. I work in semiconductors and occasionally have to write firmware and drivers for our devices. There’s no avoiding C in those environments.
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What this administration fails to understand is that the USA currently lacks the workforce to be self-sufficient in semiconductors. Cutting off the supply of chips via tariffs and constricting federal funds to foundries isn’t going to magically make the country a semiconductor powerhouse. We’ve got the capability to build fabrication sites, sure. What we need is a workforce—people with graduate degrees in electrical and computer engineering. And that’s going to take time. This whole ordeal is sloppy and embarrassing
This would be a best-case scenario for me. I’ve never used Pixelmator, but I have extensive experience with Photoshop and Affinity Photo. Over the years, the addition of advanced editing features to the Apple Photos application means I open those advanced tools less and less. I don’t expect Photos to ever become a full-service editor, but it’s exciting to imagine where they can take it with this acquisition.
That, and I think Apple generally does justice to applications they acquire. Logic Pro and Final Cut Pro are prime examples.
Wow, that’s great. I don’t know of any other program that supports iWork files.
Edward Snowden slams Nvidia's RTX 50-series 'F-tier value,' whistleblows on lackluster VRAM capacity
Every time I see a headline that contains the word “slams,” I want to slam my head on the table
It’s awesome to see a project written with Zig!
I also use Homebank, and it’s more than enough for my needs as a single guy
The image-to-text model is impressive. I could see it being useful for smart search of your library, allowing users to find photos with a high-level description.
I’m not sure why it’s being reported on as though the technology is a privacy or security threat, though. If you’ve given a storage provider access to your photos anyway, using a vision model isn’t going to give them anything extra.
That said, I do love self-hosted photo solutions like Immich and Ente. Hope they continue to grow.
Google Glass finally making a comeback?
macOS, ChromeOS, SteamOS, AWS, Samsung Tizen, literally any embedded device, …
In general I agree with the sentiment of the article, but I think the broader issue is media literacy. When the Internet came about, people had similar reservations about the quality of information, and most of us learned in school how to find quality information online.
LLMs are a tool, and people need to learn how to use them correctly and responsibly. I’ve been using Perplexity.AI as a search engine for a while now, and I think they’re taking the right approach. It employs LLMs at different stages to parse your query, perform web searches on your behalf, and summarize findings. It provides in-text citations as well, which is an opportunity for a media-literate person to confirm the validity of anything important.
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That’s quite the oxymoron