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I wonder, with all the recent announcements about LLMs assisting humans in deciphering encrypted messages, whether they could potentially be leveraged to decipher the Zodiac Killer’s two remaining unsolved ciphers.

They may not have solved the problem, but at least they are doing something about it. In my opinion, that's better than doing nothing at all. I've seen firsthand how their solutions have been implemented and have had a positive impact on the environment. How often do we hear promises from NGOs or government entities claiming they will solve humanitarian issues such as housing shortages or hunger, only to fail miserably while spending billions of dollars in the process? Meanwhile, others grow rich from government tenders and contracts at the expense of the unfortunate beneficiaries.

I think I can probably run Gemma 3 12B on my macbook M3 pro with 18GB. The question is, should I do it? This small model is probably not capable of doing a lot or advanced coding or reasoning. What else could it be used for, since it can run locally and privately?

It has over 1,400 open issues and over 600 open pull requests. That doesnt inspire much confidence in me to use this tool.

Oh, thank God, there’s someone with common sense who hates ads and is in a position of power to push this law through. Even if it’s only in Vietnam, it sets a precedent for other countries to follow. There’s absolutely nothing wrong with ads themselves; the problem lies with the platform owners. YouTube, Disney Plus, Amazon Prime Video, HBO, etc., use dark patterns to force users to upgrade to ad free plans. These manipulation tactics are designed to push people into more expensive subscriptions. My prediction is that once platform owners can no longer make money from unskippable ads, they’ll simply get rid of ad supported subscription tiers altogether, like we had before.

All animals are equal but some are more equal than others.

James Woods just tweeted (and Elon Musk retweeted) that Kimmel wasn’t bringing in the viewership numbers, and his network was simply looking for an excuse to drop him.

I don’t have data to support this, but I believe the smartphone is the most widely used device globally on a daily basis. Wouldn’t it make sense to have an Open Hardware Phone and Mobile OS built on an open specification to rival Google’s Android?

What’s stopping us from making this a reality? We have passionate FOSS developers and visionary leaders capable of championing this cause and building a strong community around it.

I had high hopes for Marc Shuttleworth’s Ubuntu Phone. Unfortunately, after the Kickstarter campaign fell through, development stalled. I still believe consumers missed out on a remarkable piece of technology.

That said, I see Ubuntu Touch[1] is still active, though I’m unclear on its current impact or progress. Meanwhile, Smart TVs and smartphones continue to be dominated by Google’s Android OS.

1. https://www.ubuntu-touch.io/

I wonder what the implications are for AWS’s efforts in building the "AWS European Sovereign Cloud" in Dublin, Ireland. They are recruiting aggressively, even offering a relocation budget of up to €9,000. Although I was tempted to interview for an SDE role, I felt it would be wrong to uproot my family and relocate from the Netherlands to Ireland. And for what? A higher-paying role at a FAANG company? Still tempting, but I decided to put my family first.

I would like to see this being applied practically. Is there a video demonstrating this or is it still too soon? Is the algorithm secret sauce or will it be open sourced?

Thunderf00t made a great 2 part video series about Spin launch on YouTube, and how their science doesn't make sense. Busted!!

Maybe sometime in the future NASA will deploy a service or repair pit stop station for all their crafts on Mars. Imagine that, if a craft is damaged another automaton is deployed to retrieve the damaged craft where it is transported to the pit stop to be fixed or for routine maintenance. This will improve service life and only the service station would need manual intervention ie. Restocking for parts.

So you would have a service station and a manufacturing station, that's nuclear powered and retrofitted with a 3D printer that can produce custom crafts on Mars.

I often ponder about what will the result be of having a human colony on Mars or the Moon? Think about the ethical implications, what about if someone commits a murder? Or breaks a law ( will there even be laws? Who creates the law? Who will deliver judgement? Will there be a jury? ) it just breaks my mind.

This is very cool. Yes, please add French and Dutch. Dankjewel!

One of the reasons that Cobol is still so popular is because of banking products like Tata Consultancy's BANCS. If you're starting up a new Bank and need an off the shelf, secure and robust banking system, then TCS BANCS is a viable option. It comes with TCS support and dedicated developers, to implement new features or customize existing ones at a premium.

Cobol is powerful when it comes to batch jobs, and you can bundle transactions ( ie. TX1900 means execute this transactions, which consists of 10 other transactions that will create a new client, and open a savings account, etc). Your front end can be whatever you want and all your business logic is embedded into Cobol transactions.

The con however, is that these consultancy companies do not share these transactions with their clients or external developers. You'll either have to figure it out on your own ( good luck ), or use the consultancy company. These products are really cash cows for their vendors.