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SEPTEMBER 14, 2024

Arcserve, a pioneer in unified data resilience solutions, released its State of Data Resilience in the Enterprise Report. The survey of senior IT professionals in small- to large-sized organizations reveals that while the vast majority recognize how critical proprietary data is to their ongoing operations, more than 25% could not confidently say that their company leaders took this topic seriously.

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Analytics Vidhya

SEPTEMBER 14, 2024

Introduction Mistral has released its very first multimodal model, namely the Pixtral-12B-2409. This model is built upon Mistral’s 12 Billion parameter, Nemo 12B. What sets this model apart? It can now take both images and text for input. Let’s look more at the model, how it can be used, how well it’s performing the tasks […] The post Pixtral-12B: Mistral AI’s First Multimodal Model appeared first on Analytics Vidhya.

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Hacker News

SEPTEMBER 14, 2024

The proliferation of IoT technology has made chatterboxes out of everyday hardware and new gadgets too, but it comes with a downside: the more devices sharing the airwaves the more trouble they have communicating. The nearly 30 billion connected devices expected by 2030 will be operating using different wireless standards while sharing the same frequency bands, potentially interfering with one another.

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Analytics Vidhya

SEPTEMBER 14, 2024

Introduction OpenAI’s o1 series models represent a significant leap in large language model (LLM) capabilities, particularly for complex reasoning tasks. These models engage in deep internal thought processes before responding, making them excellent at solving intricate problems in science, mathematics, and programming. This article will guide you through the key features of the OpenAI o1 […] The post How to Access the OpenAI o1 API?

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Many software teams have migrated their testing and production workloads to the cloud, yet development environments often remain tied to outdated local setups, limiting efficiency and growth. This is where Coder comes in. In our 101 Coder webinar, you’ll explore how cloud-based development environments can unlock new levels of productivity. Discover how to transition from local setups to a secure, cloud-powered ecosystem with ease.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2024

Originally scanned by Jörg Preisendörfer.This paper describes the design and verification strategies used to created a third generation symbolic processor.

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Analytics Vidhya

SEPTEMBER 14, 2024

Introduction Large language model (LLM) agents are advanced AI systems that use LLMs as their central computational engine. They have the ability to perform specific actions, make decisions, and interact with external tools or systems autonomously. This allows them to handle complex tasks that require complex reasoning, unlike standard LLMs, which primarily focus on text-generation-based […] The post 15 Most Frequently Asked Questions About LLM Agents appeared first on Analytics Vidhya.

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Hacker News

SEPTEMBER 14, 2024

"A spilled snack bag may seem trivial, but to the life of the cave it can be world-changing," said the National Park Service.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2024

Programming today is stressful — way more stressful than I remember it in the 90s and early 2000s when I was just starting out.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2024

Even before the launch of the iPhone 16 on Monday, 9to5Mac had already reported that the new Pro models would.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2024

A world that has tossed out the print edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica in favor of Wikipedia is not necessarily a richer one.

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Large enterprises face unique challenges in optimizing their Business Intelligence (BI) output due to the sheer scale and complexity of their operations. Unlike smaller organizations, where basic BI features and simple dashboards might suffice, enterprises must manage vast amounts of data from diverse sources. What are the top modern BI use cases for enterprise businesses to help you get a leg up on the competition?

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2024

Academic Journal Publishers Antitrust Litigation On September 12, 2024, Lieff Cabraser and co-counsel at Justice Catalyst Law filed a federal antitrust lawsuit against six commercial publishers of academic journals, including Elsevier B.V.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2024

As Large Language Models become more ubiquitous across domains, it becomes important to examine their inherent limitations critically. This work argues that hallucinations in language models are not just occasional errors but an inevitable feature of these systems. We demonstrate that hallucinations stem from the fundamental mathematical and logical structure of LLMs.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2024

A Florida man was sentenced to 47 years in prison on Wednesday for his role in a scheme involving a series of home invasion robberies targeting cryptocurrency. Between Sept. 5 and Sept. 12, a total of 12 men have been sentenced for their role in the scheme.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2024

Saul Newman’s research suggests that we’re completely mistaken about how long humans live for.

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Cloud Development Environments (CDEs) are changing how software teams work by moving development to the cloud. Our Cloud Development Environment Adoption Report gathers insights from 223 developers and business leaders, uncovering key trends in CDE adoption. With 66% of large organizations already using CDEs, these platforms are quickly becoming essential to modern development practices.

Hacker News

SEPTEMBER 14, 2024

This will be about how when in your C++ code you have a “vector math library”, and how the choices of code style in there affect non-optimized build performance. Backstory A month ago I got into the rabbit hole of trying to “sanitize” the various ways that images can be resized within Blender codebase. There were at least 4 different functions to do that, with different filtering modes (expected), but also different corner case behaviors and other funkiness, that was not

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2024

Here's a puzzle: how do you create a trillion-dollar debt bubble that can't be popped? Answer: make student loans non-dischargeable in bankruptcy. Now, here's a trickier one: how do you fix this mess when the solution threatens a multibillion-dollar industry? This isn't just a theoretical exercise. It's the reality we're living in.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2024

I could -- and probably should -- write an entire essay about the cult of the founder in Silicon Valley, how it developed and the damage it has done. This article from Dave Karpf, though, encapsulates some of my own thinking.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2024

Time series databases are essential tools in any software engineer’s toolbelt. Their development has been shaped by user needs and countless open source contributors, leading to the healthy ecosystem of options we see today. In this article, you’ll see how time series databases came about, and why so many are open source.

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Speaker: Mike Rizzo, Founder & CEO, MarketingOps.com and Darrell Alfonso, Director of Marketing Strategy and Operations, Indeed.com

Though rarely in the spotlight, marketing operations are the backbone of the efficiency, scalability, and alignment that define top-performing marketing teams. In this exclusive webinar led by industry visionaries Mike Rizzo and Darrell Alfonso, we’re giving marketing operations the recognition they deserve! We will dive into the 7 P Model —a powerful framework designed to assess and optimize your marketing operations function.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2024

As Google borks on one of its oldest features, the book closes on an era of the web.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2024

Tricks from the oil industry have produced a hot-rocks breakthrough

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2024

Infection corrals devices running AOSP-based firmware into a botnet.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2024

The relentless pursuit of success often means chasing after promotions, pay raises, and prestigious titles. But what if we shifted our focus from these traditional metrics and instead optimized our careers for happiness?

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Explore how enterprises can enhance developer productivity and onboarding by adopting self-hosted Cloud Development Environments (CDEs). This whitepaper highlights the simplicity and flexibility of cloud-based development over traditional setups, demonstrating how large teams can leverage economies of scale to boost efficiency and developer satisfaction.

Hacker News

SEPTEMBER 14, 2024

Designing software is tough. I think we can all agree on that. No matter how much experience you have, your first idea about how to structure a module or system is usually not the best one.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2024

On and off for the last several years I’ve been manually curating my roughly 40,000 lifetime tweets.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2024

Long time Birchtree readers know I love data, and love data even more when I can throw it into a graph. I’m also a fan of testing things that everyone generally agrees are true, but no one seems to have any data to back up.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2024

Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

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Speaker: Jay Allardyce, Deepak Vittal, and Terrence Sheflin

As we look ahead to 2025, business intelligence and data analytics are set to play pivotal roles in shaping success. Organizations are already starting to face a host of transformative trends as the year comes to a close, including the integration of AI in data analytics, an increased emphasis on real-time data insights, and the growing importance of user experience in BI solutions.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2024

AI needs artists, whether the industry thinks so or not.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2024

The country is miles ahead of any other nation in its transition to electric vehicles.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2024

A minimalist novel-writing system/rich text editor designed to be usable without a mouse. For desktop and standalone word processors/digital typewriters/writerDecks.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2024

A Lightweight Electron App Container. Contribute to thomastschurtschenthaler/electrico development by creating an account on GitHub.

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Speaker: Nikhil Joshi, Founder & President of Snic Solutions

Is your manufacturing operation reaching its efficiency potential? A Manufacturing Execution System (MES) could be the game-changer, helping you reduce waste, cut costs, and lower your carbon footprint. Join Nikhil Joshi, Founder & President of Snic Solutions, in this value-packed webinar as he breaks down how MES can drive operational excellence and sustainability.