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    • One of Disneyland’s Longest-Running Attractions is Ditching Fossil Fuels

    When Disneyland opened in 1955, its car-themed attraction Autopia “represented the future of what would become America’s multilane limited-access highways,” according to Wikipedia, ” which were still being developed. President Eisenhower had yet to sign the Interstate Highway legislation…” Wikipedia adds that the cars “generate a moderate level of exhaust from the Honda GX gasoline

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    • How to Use Spotify Song Psychic Feature

    Being the most popular music streaming service, Spotify is now used by everyone who loves listening to music for relaxation. If you’re a Spotify user, you will know how good the app is for listening to music. Recently, while using the Spotify mobile app, we discovered another best feature, Song Psychic. You might have already

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    • How to test large language models

    There’s significant buzz and excitement around using AI copilots to reduce manual work, improving software developer productivity with code generators, and innovating with generative AI. The business opportunities are driving many development teams to build knowledge bases with vector databases and embed large language models (LLMs) into their applications. To read this article in full,

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    • Rapid B2B integrations with Ballerina and Choreo

    Many business processes involve communicating with external parties such as suppliers, logistics providers, insurance providers, and government institutions. Unlike internal communications, these inter-organizational communications usually have to follow various regulations and standards, and could introduce delays if one party doesn’t comply. Therefore, effective business-to-business (B2B) integrations are a key part of most digital transformation projects.

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    • Progress in AI requires thinking beyond LLMs

    We need to have a frank conversation about large language models (LLMs). At their core, LLMs are nothing more than sophisticated memorization machines, capable of reasonable-sounding statements, but unable to understand fundamental truth. Importantly and despite the fervent hopes of many, they are far from delivering or even prefiguring artificial general intelligence (AGI). The hype

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    NIST Blames ‘Growing Backlog of Vulnerabilities’ Requiring Analysis on Lack of Support

    It’s the world’s most widely used vulnerability database, reports SC Magazine, offering standards-based data on CVSS severity scores, impacted software and platforms, contributing weaknesses, and links to patches and additional resources. But “there is a growing backlog of vulnerabilities” submitted to America’s National Vulnerability Database and “requiring analysis”, according to a new announcement from the

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    A Spark Gap Transmitter, Characterized

    When we think of a spark gap radio transmitter, most of us immediately imagine an early twentieth century ship’s radio room or similar. Most of us know these transmitters as the first radio systems, and from there we’ll probably also know that they were phased out when better circuits arrived, because of their wide bandwidth.

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    • Fixing an Expensive Smart Toaster is Worth the Time

    There was a time when the simplest and cheapest kitchen appliance you could think of was a toaster. Some nichrome wire, a spring, and a mechanical thermostat were all you needed. Those days are gone and today’s toasters are full of special features, network connections, and fancy cases. Take [boilerbot]’s Breville die-cast smart toaster. The

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    A Spark Gap Transmitter, Characterized

    When we think of a spark gap radio transmitter, most of us immediately imagine an early twentieth century ship’s radio room or similar. Most of us know these transmitters as the first radio systems, and from there we’ll probably also know that they were phased out when better circuits arrived, because of their wide bandwidth.

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    • Hackaday Links: April 7, 2024

    Folks with a bit of knowledge about network security commonly use virtual private networks (VPNs) when out and about. Whether you’re connecting to public WiFi or somebody passes you a questionable Ethernet cable at a hacker con, it’s nice to have a secure endpoint to tunnel all of your traffic. As a secondary bonus, connecting

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