Quantization matters What impact does quantization have on the performance of an LLM? been wondering about this for quite a while, now here are numbers from Paul Gauthier. He ran differently quantized versions of Qwen 2.5 32B Instruct through his Aider code editing benchmark and … | Continue reading
Burnley took on Bristol City at Ashton Gate today, in a game played in abysmal weather conditons. Read on for my thoughts and images from the game. As usual, I was collected by the Burnley Football Supporters Club opposite Queensgate depot at the uncivilised time of 05:50 this mo … | Continue reading
11-23-24 Turkey. Soon. Sooner than I thought. Couple ideas as to where we’ll stop. Think we’ve decided on […] | Continue reading
Japanese researchers developed a model to simulate early Earth’s atmosphere, revealing how UV radiation and hydrocarbons influenced organic formation. They found ancient Earth resembled Venus and Mars, prompting questions about Earth’s unique path to life. The journey to uncoveri … | Continue reading
Listened to Unpop roundup! 2023 featuring the most (un)popular opinions of 2023 (Go Time #338) Post details Go Time producer, Jerod Santo, ranks & reviews the most (un)popular opinions of 2023. | Continue reading
Samsung's two foldable smartphones, the Z Flip 6 and Z Fold 6, are now available at record low prices. | Continue reading
The Chrysler Pacifica could come as a fully-electric minivan in a few years. | Image: Chrysler Chrysler is working on a fully electric version of the Chrysler Pacifica minivan, according to Green Car Reports. The EV version reportedly would “likely” come a year after the company … | Continue reading
Senator wants to investigate whether VeriSign is ripping off customers and violating antitrust laws. | Continue reading
The ins and outs of recycling can be tricky, especially since what can and can't be recycled differs from county to county. 15-year-old expert issues PSA about major error homeowners are making at the curb: 'I know this is a big issue' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
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LIKE BOING BOING BUT NOT THE ADS? CLICK HERE TO GO AD-FREE! I didn't know an airplane could be refueled mid-air until I saw this video and learned about the process. Sometimes during a rare emergency, a plane starts running dangerously low on fuel while in the air. — Read the res … | Continue reading
Black Cats Are Bad Luck by Nuclear Club is an album that constantly defies expectations and surprises the listeners with an in-depth look at pressing and important contemporary issues while finding room to grow artistically. It transforms itself into a record that stands as a fea … | Continue reading
The Election Nakba, in which Donald Trump was elected to a second dictatorship, occurred on November 5, 2024. This post is about a November 14, 2024 journey to Berkeley, California. BART warns customers that “face coverings [are] required” and 10-20 percent seem to comply: The ga … | Continue reading
Imagine you are a blue whale swimming up the California coast, as you do every spring. You are searching for krill in the Santa Barbara Channel, a zone that teems with fish, kelp forests, seagrass beds and other undersea life, but also vibrates with noise from ship traffic. Sudde … | Continue reading
I have obsessed about this long enough, I think it's only fair I (and you!) get some content out of it. When I started writing this article, I was working on my P99 CONF slides. Those slides happen to include some bits of code. And because I'm a perfectionist, I would like this c … | Continue reading
To quote the opening line in Rise of Skywalker's crawl, the dead do indeed speak! | Continue reading
Yes, the dongle dangles from your TV’s HDMI port. No, it’s not that big of a deal. | Image: The Verge It’s clear the world is ready to go all in on streaming for premier live events. That’s evidenced most recently by massive deals brokered by the likes of Netflix, which will excl … | Continue reading
A recent genetic study calls for a reexamination of the identities and relationships of several individuals buried and preserved in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii. A team of international scientists from Harvard Medical School, the University of Florence, and the Max Planck In … | Continue reading
The owner of TikTok, ByteDance, will publish print books available in US bookstores next year. The company already publishes ebooks through its imprint, 8th Note Press. ByteDance will primarily publish genres popular on BookTok, where users share book recommendations. These inclu … | Continue reading
Recently, I had the opportunity to sit down with Michael Raynor, formerly a managing director of sustainability and thought leadership for Deloitte and author of multiple books on innovation and strategy. We talked about not only an innovative approach to addressing Scope 3 emiss … | Continue reading
[Christine Lemmer-Webber] Christine Lemmer-Webber has written a superb post that sets out to ask how decentralized Bluesky is but goes far deeper into the different models at play in decentralized social networking. It's required reading for anyone who cares about the space. "Wha … | Continue reading
Canada's Rover Tiny Homes takes an interesting approach to downsizing with its Cypress model. The tiny house isn't mounted on a trailer, but what it loses in portability it gains in space, with a remarkably roomy interior that's suitable for a family. Continue Reading Category: T … | Continue reading
Even though it’s a bit cold and muddy outside, today, while we’re still living in Kassel, we took the opportunity to take another look at the city from above. This time from the Bismarck Tower. | Continue reading
Peer review is a central feature of academic work. It's the process through which research ends up published in an academic journal: independent experts scrutinize the work of another researcher in order to recommend if it should be accepted by a publisher and if and how it shoul … | Continue reading
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This new fuel will be used in more than 500 DHL deliveries to 10 countries on an annual basis. Pharmaceutical giant addresses critical health issue by rethinking its delivery trucks: 'Another milestone' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
1. More on Shostakovich’s Fifth (New Yorker). 2. On French music. 3. RFK Jr. may cut Medicare payments to doctors for surgeries. 4. Jason Furman on AI regulation (WSJ). 5. John Gray reviews Jordan Peterson. 6. All of Abbey Road, for piano. 7. Animal welfare advocates nominated to … | Continue reading
Click here to go see the bonus panel! Hovertext: Meaning is for 18 year olds. I'm ready for peace. Today's News: | Continue reading
A textbook case in how good ideas are often initially throttled | Continue reading
Look, don’t get me wrong: Bluesky is interesting and a great alternative to Twitter/X. It’s a pleasure to use and it’s not toxic. And Elon Musk is nowhere to be seen. All big pluses. But it’s still social media. I’ve … Continue reading → | Continue reading
Thoughts of a wine shop, start with the VVV blog. Anything I can find in the phone, pictures. […] | Continue reading
Microsoft has entered into an agreement with HarperCollins that will give the software giant access to content from the publisher to train its AI models. As per the terms of the agreement, the Redmond-based company will only have access to non-fiction titles. HarperCollins furthe … | Continue reading
The term "social distancing" spread out across the public vocabulary in recent years as people around the world changed habits to combat the COVID pandemic. New research led by UT Professor Alex Bentley, however, reveals the practice of organized elbow room could date back approx … | Continue reading
Love, quite possibly the largest emotion known to us, is so vast that it's very difficult to put it all into music. OKKADY tackle a smaller part of the whole thing dedicated to partnership, a romantic relationship between two lovers. | Continue reading
Microsoft is now testing WebAuthn API updates that add support for support for using third-party passkey providers for Windows 11 passwordless authentication. [...] | Continue reading
Chronic stress accelerates aging and contributes to severe health issues, but effective management through lifestyle changes can mitigate these effects. The recognition and treatment of stress, especially through targeted programs, show promising results in improving overall heal … | Continue reading
Russia's invasion of Ukraine has alarmed neighboring countries and Sweden's bringing back its guide to surviving war. | Continue reading
A team of marine biologists from Norway, the U.S. and Denmark has conducted the first hearing test of a live baleen whale. For their study published in the journal Science, the group corralled a pair of wild minke whales and recorded their brain waves. | Continue reading
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In 2022, scientists found microplastics — pieces of plastic less than five millimeters long — in human blood. Since then, they’ve been discovered throughout the human body, including in our lungs, kidneys, livers, hearts, and brains. So, why do we have all this plastic in us, wha … | Continue reading
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TL;DR: Your cat or dog will love the self-rolling Cheerble ball, now $19.97 with this early Black Friday sale. Pets get bored quickly, but this interactive pet toy keeps things fresh and exciting with its unpredictable movements and engaging play modes. — Read the rest The post V … | Continue reading
"So hardy, no maintenance, bloom all summer long." Home gardener shares mesmerizing photos of unusual landscaping design: 'Your garden is what I wish my garden was' first appeared on The Cool Down. | Continue reading
LIKE BOING BOING BUT NOT THE ADS? CLICK HERE TO GO AD-FREE! My current musical obsession is New York-based art project/band called "The Dream Eaters," who describe themselves as "The Carpenters meet Slayer." With an uncanny ability to rock both goth and preppy clothes and makeup … | Continue reading
Microsoft’s new Game Assist browser overlay can automatically surface tips and tricks for you. | Image: Microsoft Microsoft has announced that Microsoft Edge Game Assist, a new Edge-powered in-game browser overlay, is available for beta testing in Windows 11. The “game-aware” ove … | Continue reading
Given that the conversation has rightly turned to billionaire-proofness of Bluesky, if they allow devs to build on Bluesky with RSS in and out, that's enough to alleviate the concern about it being billionaire-proof. They already support outbound RSS. Now just let us get into the … | Continue reading
In this tutorial, I'm going to show you how to take one of the most common tropes of web design -- the card grid -- and make it fluid. | Continue reading