Primes, weeds, and military precision
Here’s a quote from Don Zagier that I found in Larry Rolen’s lecture notes on modular forms. There are two facts about the distribution of prime numbers of which I hope to convince you so overwhelmingly that they will be permanently engraved in your hearts. The first is that, despite
Read moreBluesky saw record usage after Elon Musk announced plans to charge all X users
Social network Bluesky once again benefited from Elon Musk's missteps with X, the network formerly known as Twitter.
Read moreYes, you have to update your Apple devices again, because spyware is bad
Apple has released urgent security updates for iPhones, iPads, Macs, Apple Watch, and Safari users to block two active spyware campaigns.
Read moreDon’t let your intrinsic motivation become a liability
An inner drive to excel is compatible with expecting a pay rise.Chris T. from Riot Games shared a post on LinkedIn titled “Why most fail the final interview at Riot Games.”The answer: Most candidates don’t have the “clear intrinsic motivation” Riot seeks.The concept of intrinsic motivation was pioneered by Edward Deci and later
Read moreBuild a Flow Collectibles Portal Using Cadence (Part 2)
AI-generated image from PixabayWelcome to the final step in creating your Collectibles portal! Part one of this short series focused on building the collections portal. In this part, we’ll focus on building the frontend — the last piece of the puzzle. Here’s what we’ll achieve:Connect with Flow Wallet: You’ll be able to link your
Read moreWriting an Interpreter in Rust: AST (part 2)
Image by authorAbstractWe’re continuing our journey of implementing an interpreter called Coconut in Rust!Here, we’ll delve into the concept of AST (Abstract Syntax Tree) and transition from parse-time evaluation to AST-time.If you haven’t already, I recommend checking out my previous article:Writing and interpreter in Rust using grmtools, where we set the stage
Read moreExploring ReAct Agent for Better Prompting in RAG Pipeline
Analyzing Amazon’s recent disclosures and attitudes towards LLMs with LlamaIndex’s ReAct Agent and Cybersyn data from Snowflake MarketplaceContinue reading on Better Programming »
Read moreLock-Free Stacks Are Even Cooler in Kotlin
Treiber stacks are the coolest data structure you’ve never heard of, and tail recursion makes them even betterContinue reading on Better Programming »
Read morePower amplifier startup Falcomm to close $4M, taking on Qualcomm and Broadcom
Smartphones are equipped with a range of chips that perform various functions. Among them, there’s a semiconductor chip called the power amplifier that is responsible for conditioning and amplifying the signal through the antenna. Energy efficiency in power amplifiers is a feature that is becoming more crucial as app makers
Read moreMicrosoft’s mobile keyboard app SwiftKey gains new AI-powered features
Along with AI advances in Windows 11 and Bing, Microsoft also this week announced it’s bringing new AI-powered features to its SwiftKey mobile keyboard app for iOS and Android. This third-party app lets users replace the default keyboard on their phone with an intelligent keyboard that learns your writing style
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