News gathered 2024-11-12
(date: 2024-11-12 14:05:17)
iPhone 16 Pro Review
date: 2024-11-12, from: Stephen Smith’s blog
Introduction I received an early XMas present of a new iPhone 16 Pro. This is a review of this new phone. My previous phone was an iPhone 11, so this is a pretty good jump ahead. People often complain that the year over year improvements aren’t that much, but most people usually upgrade every few […]
https://smist08.wordpress.com/2024/11/12/iphone-16-pro-review/
American Heart Association
date: 2024-11-12, from: Computer ads from the Past
A PSA and an Ad
https://computeradsfromthepast.substack.com/p/american-heart-association
See How It’s Made: Denver Computer Manufacturer Opens Doors for Free Tours
date: 2024-11-12, from: System76 Blog
See How It’s Made: Denver Computer Manufacturer Opens Doors for Free Tours Yes, they really do manufacture computers and keyboards in Denver!
https://blog.system76.com/post/see-how-its-made-denver-computer-manufacturer-tours
@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-11-12, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)
Never Let a Good Crisis go to Waste.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Stoicism/comments/xdc8t4/never_let_a_good_crisis_go_to_waste/
DirectML unlocks new silicon for AI experiences across Windows Copilot+ PCs
date: 2024-11-12, from: Windows Developer Blog
October was an exciting month of amazing showcases and announcements for applications leveraging the power of the NPU on the new Copilot+ PCs to deploy their AI innovations on Windows. Windows’ diverse hardware ecosystem empowers developers with a
The post DirectML unlocks new silicon for AI experiences across Windows Copilot+ PCs appeared first on Windows Developer Blog.
AI Chatbot Added to Mushroom Foraging Facebook Group Immediately Gives Tips for Cooking Dangerous Mushroom
date: 2024-11-12, from: 404 Media Group
The chatbot said that a mushroom that hyperaccumulates arsenic can be prepared by “sautéing in butter.”
Daily Deals (11-12-2024)
date: 2024-11-12, from: Liliputing
The Google Pixel 9 is on sale for $549 at the moment. But you can pick up last year’s Pixel 8 Pro for $50 more. The older phone has a previous-gen processor and a less reliable fingerprint sensor. But it has a bigger screen, a telephoto camera, and guaranteed software updates through at least October […]
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https://liliputing.com/daily-deals-11-12-2024/
System76 COSMIC Alpha 2 Released
date: 2024-11-12, from: System76 Blog
System76 Desktop Environment COSMIC Enters Alpha: Stage 2. Building out COSMIC Files, Settings pages, and WM features.
https://blog.system76.com/post/cosmic-alpha-2-press-release
@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-11-12, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)
Democrats Are the HR Department of Political Parties.
Steam Deck OLED: Limited Edition White models launches Nov 18th for $679
date: 2024-11-12, from: Liliputing
A year after launching the Steam Deck OLED, Valve has announced plans to offer a new limited edition model that has a white body rather than the usual black. The new Steam Deck OLED: Limited Edition White will go on sale November 18, 2024 at 6:00 PM Eastern and it will be available in all markets […]
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https://liliputing.com/steam-deck-oled-limited-edition-white-models-launches-nov-18th-for-679/
@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-11-12, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)
Timothy Snyder: Oligarchs' Island.
‘FYI. A Warrant Isn’t Needed’: Secret Service Says You Agreed To Be Tracked With Location Data
date: 2024-11-12, from: 404 Media Group
The Secret Service has used a technology called Locate X which uses location data harvested from ordinary apps installed on phones. Because users agreed to an opaque terms of service page, the Secret Service believes it doesn’t need a warrant.
@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-11-12, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)
Neighbors share concerns over proposed 298-unit development near Adams Fairacre Farms.
sudo make me a CTO interview
date: 2024-11-12, from: Accidentally in Code
I had a chat with Sergio Visinoni who recently wrote this lovely review of my book, to talk about writing as a habit, the challenges of leadership, and what’s driving OSS drama. You can read it here.
https://cate.blog/2024/11/12/sudo-make-me-a-cto-interview/
A List of Not-So-Mid Things We Enjoy
date: 2024-11-12, from: The California Tech (Caltech student paper)
Unlike finals, we don’t get the week off for midterms, so this season is particularly mid. To all of you reading this article, keep pushing through! We are proud of you, and you are doing really well. The light is at the end of the tunnel, I promise.
https://tech.caltech.edu/2024/11/non-mid-things/
An Interview with Tim Ryan
date: 2024-11-12, from: The California Tech (Caltech student paper)
Caltech alum & entrepreneur Tim Ryan enrolled in Caltech in 1973. Initially a physics major – his advisor the famous Richard Feynman – Tim soon found himself swept up by the then-hot field of electrical engineering…
https://tech.caltech.edu/2024/11/tim-ryan-interview/
Athletics in Admissions - Open Office Hours Recap
date: 2024-11-12, from: The California Tech (Caltech student paper)
On Monday, November 4, faculty representatives hosted open office hours for students who wanted to hear more about the changes to Caltech’s undergraduate admissions practices. These changes involved reinstating standardized testing and reducing the role of athletic recruitment in admissions.
https://tech.caltech.edu/2024/11/athletics-admissions-recap/
Caltech in 2024: A Year of Milestones, Achievements, and New Frontiers
date: 2024-11-12, from: The California Tech (Caltech student paper)
2024 has been one of the most important years for Caltech, which continues to build on its legacy of scientific discovery, innovation, and academic excellence.
https://tech.caltech.edu/2024/11/caltech-2024-milestones/
Caltech Swim & Dive Wins First Dual Meet
date: 2024-11-12, from: The California Tech (Caltech student paper)
On Saturday, November 2, Caltech Swim & Dive defeated the Occidental College Panthers at De Mandel Aquatics Center.
https://tech.caltech.edu/2024/11/swim-dive-win/
Caltech Y Hosts Community Service & Advocacy Fair
date: 2024-11-12, from: The California Tech (Caltech student paper)
The Caltech Y Community Service & Advocacy (CSA) Fair on Friday, November 8, 2024, drew an impressive turnout on San Pasqual Walk…
https://tech.caltech.edu/2024/11/caltech-y-hosts/
Can we detect an Earth-like-Exoplanet orbiting a Sun-like-Star for signs of life?
date: 2024-11-12, from: The California Tech (Caltech student paper)
The search for life beyond Earth is a key priority for both the public and NASA. The observation of billions of galaxies in our universe has led us to ask: “Are we alone?” “Is there life out there?”
https://tech.caltech.edu/2024/11/earth-like-exoplanet/
Crossing Over: An Arts and Sciences Fusion at Caltech
date: 2024-11-12, from: The California Tech (Caltech student paper)
Crossing Over: Art and Science at Caltech, 1920–2020 (PST ART), an expansive public exhibition, unfolds across Caltech’s campus, offering visitors a unique exploration of the intersection between art and science.
https://tech.caltech.edu/2024/11/crossing-over-exhibit/
Dean’s Corner: On Athletics
date: 2024-11-12, from: The California Tech (Caltech student paper)
Since before the Institute bore its present name, athletics has played a vital role in the Caltech experience as a means of supporting students’ overall health and wellbeing.
https://tech.caltech.edu/2024/11/deans-corner-athletics/
e-plegona: Red Door Cafe’s Interactive Art Installation Brings Yamaha’s Vision of Kando to Caltech
date: 2024-11-12, from: The California Tech (Caltech student paper)
“e-plegona is designed for both musicians and non-musicians to experience the joy of group play without needing musical skill. It’s about intuitive, collaborative play that even children can enjoy.”
https://tech.caltech.edu/2024/11/e-plegona/
Engineering TESLA, a Futurist Radio-on-Stage
date: 2024-11-12, from: The California Tech (Caltech student paper)
A vivid exploration of Tesla, his genius, and his struggles, the play takes a panoramic view of its mystifying title subject.
https://tech.caltech.edu/2024/11/tesla-radio-stage/
Hand Drill Hannibal Strikes Again
date: 2024-11-12, from: The California Tech (Caltech student paper)
In a shocking turn of events, the elusive “Hand Drill Hannibal” has struck again, this time pilfering hand drills from both Blacker Hovse and Page House within the last week.
https://tech.caltech.edu/2024/11/hand-drill-hannibal/
History of the Other Mascot
date: 2024-11-12, from: The California Tech (Caltech student paper)
The Turtle Club’s mascot campaign aims to help differentiate Caltech from MIT and have a mascot reflective of our campus.
https://tech.caltech.edu/2024/11/other-mascot-history/
Man vs. Mannion: Casa Bianca Pizza Pie Review
date: 2024-11-12, from: The California Tech (Caltech student paper)
I’m in scarcely any position to assess Italian-American dining for The Tech; yet, last Thursday the 26th was I appointed by Mannion himself to do this exactly at Casa Bianca Pizza Pie, in the nearby suburb of Eagle Rock.
https://tech.caltech.edu/2024/11/man-vs-mannion-casa-bianca/
New Security Cameras to be Installed at Undergraduate Residence Entrances This Fall, Live Starting January
date: 2024-11-12, from: The California Tech (Caltech student paper)
Caltech Campus Security and the Facilities Department have begun the process of installing outdoor cameras at all entrances to undergraduate housing.
https://tech.caltech.edu/2024/11/new-security-cameras/
Return of Question the Quail!
date: 2024-11-12, from: The California Tech (Caltech student paper)
A SATIRE advice column about alive, ahaha, and everything in between!
https://tech.caltech.edu/2024/11/quail-returns/
Blown Away
date: 2024-11-12, from: O’Reilly Radar
Between vacation, end-of-year projects, the coming holidays, and other hysteria, I haven’t come up with an article this month. So here’s a quick list of things that have amazed me recently. Are we virtual yet? I’m far from the first person to find NotebookLM amazing, and I certainly won’t be the last. I did a […]
https://www.oreilly.com/radar/blown-away/
Virtual Personas for Language Models via an Anthology of Backstories
date: 2024-11-12, from: Berkley Artificial Intellegence Research Blog
We introduce Anthology, a
method for conditioning LLMs to representative, consistent, and diverse
virtual personas by generating and utilizing naturalistic backstories
with rich details of individual values and experience.
What does it mean for large language models (LLMs) to be trained on massive text corpora, collectively produced by millions and billions of distinctive human authors?
In “Language Models as Agent Models”, compelling evidence suggests that recent language models could be considered models of agents: provided with a textual context, LLMs are capable of generating conditional text that represents the characteristics of an agent likely to have produced that context. This suggests that, with appropriate conditioning, LLMs could be guided to approximate the responses of a particular human voice, rather than the mixture of voices that otherwise emerges. If realized, this capability of LLMs would have significant implications for user research and social sciences—conditioned language models as virtual personas of human subjects could serve as cost-effective pilot studies and supporting best practices in human studies, e.g. the Belmont principles of justice and beneficence.
In this work, we introduce Anthology, an approach for steering LLMs to representative, consistent, and diverse virtual personas by providing richly detailed life narratives of individuals as conditioning context to models. In doing so, we also present methods to generate backstories from LLMs themselves as a means to efficiently produce massive sets covering a wide range of human demographics. By grounding language models in naturalistic backstories, Anthology allows LLMs to simulate individual human samples with increased fidelity, measured in terms of matching the distributions and consistencies of human responses.
Our Approach: Anthology
Conditioning Language Model Generation with Individual Life Narratives
A significant limitation of earlier methods in steering LLMs to virtual personas has been the inability to reliably approximate individual human samples. Prior approaches prompt LLMs with broad demographic information, e.g., “I am a 25-year-old from California. My highest level of education is less than high school,” which are essentially bodies of text generated from a tuple of demographic variables. With these methods, we are only able to approximate human samples at a population level, not at the individual level, which results in:
- Responses prone to LLMs defaulting to stereotypical and/or prototypical portrayals, as they are only conditioned on demographic variables (e.g., race and gender)
- Inability to provide important metrics of interest such as covariance and statistical significance, as individual responses are required for such compuatations
Anthology enables the approximation of individual subjects by conditioning with richly detailed backstories. Through these backstories, the model captures implicit and explicit markers of personal identity, including demographic traits and spontaneous references to cultural, socioeconomic backgrounds, and life philosophies. Our approach involves generating a vast set of backstories representing a wide range of demographic attributes via language models queried with unrestricted, open-ended prompts such as, “Tell me about yourself.” We then match virtual personas conditioned by each backstory to real-world survey samples.
Results: Closer Approximation of Public Opinion Polls
For evaluation, we compare the effectiveness of different methods for conditioning virtual personas in the context of approximating three Pew Research Center ATP surveys: Waves 34, 92, and 99.
Results on approximating human responses for Pew Research
Center ATP surveys. Boldface and underlined results indicate values
closest and the second closest to those of humans, respectively.
As measures of success in approximating human samples with virtual personas, we consider the following metrics:
- Average Wasserstein distance (WD) between response distributions as a measure of representativeness
- Frobenius norm (Fro.) between correlation matrices as a measure of consistency
- Cronbach’s alpha as an additional measure of internal consistency
Prior to analyzing virtual subjects, we estimate the lower bounds of each evaluation metric by repeatedly dividing the human population into two equal-sized groups at random and calculating these metrics between the subgroups. We take averaged values from 100 iterations to represent the lower-bound estimates.
We consistently observe that Anthology outperforms other conditioning methods with respect to all metrics, for both the Llama-3-70B and the Mixtral-8x22B. When comparing two matching methods, the greedy matching method tends to show better performance on the average Wasserstein distance across all Waves. We attribute differences in matching methods to the one-to-one correspondence condition of maximum weight matching and the limited number of virtual users available. Specifically, the weights assigned to matched virtual subjects in maximum weight matching are inevitably lower than those in greedy matching, as the latter relaxes the constraints on one-to-one correspondence. This discrepancy can result in a lower demographic similarity between matched human and virtual users compared to the counterpart from greedy matching. These results suggest that the richness of the generated backstories in our approach elicits more nuanced responses compared to baselines.
Final Thoughts
Anthology marks a promising new direction in conditioning virtual personas in LLMs that could potentially reshape how we conduct user research, public opinion surveys, and other social science applications by offering a scalable, and at times, ethical alternative to traditional human surveys. However, the use of Anthology, as in any other application of language models in the social sciences, also brings several considerations to the forefront: although the generated backstories help create more representative personas, there remains a risk of perpetuating biases or infringing on privacy, so results should be used and interpreted with caution.
In terms of future steps, we envision our approach benefiting from a more expansive and diverse set of backstories, each representing a consistent life narrative of individuals. Additionally, a valuable extension of the work would be to consider free-form response generation, enabling more natural and nuanced persona simulations beyond structured survey formats such as multiple-choice. Finally, an exciting next dimension in applying LLMs in behavioral studies would involve simulating longer-term effects, allowing virtual personas to model and retrospectively examine changes over time.
All of these directions present multitudes of technical challenges; please let us know if you are interested in collaborating or want to discuss our work further!
Learn more about our work: link to full paper
@article{moon2024virtual,
title={Virtual personas for language models via an anthology of backstories},
author={Moon, Suhong and Abdulhai, Marwa and Kang, Minwoo and Suh, Joseph and Soedarmadji, Widyadewi and Behar, Eran Kohen and Chan, David M},
journal={arXiv preprint arXiv:2407.06576},
year={2024}
}
http://bair.berkeley.edu/blog/2024/11/12/virutal-persona-llm/
Low-carbon tech needs much fewer materials than it used to; this matters for resource extraction in the future
date: 2024-11-12, from: Hannah Richie at Substack
Improvements in material efficiency + recycling = super-circularity.
https://www.sustainabilitybynumbers.com/p/low-carbon-tech-needs-much-fewer
@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-11-12, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)
Jerry Garcia's Estate Recreated His Voice With AI for Audiobooks, More.
https://variety.com/2024/music/news/jerry-garcia-voice-recreated-ai-elevenlabs-1236207071/
@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-11-12, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)
AOC Directly Addresses People Who Voted For Both Her And Trump.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/aoc-trump-voters_n_67320370e4b052f25adcff55
BlackBerry’s QNX operating system is now free for non-commercial use
date: 2024-11-11, from: Liliputing
The last time I spent much time thinking about the QNX operating system was when Lee spent a few weeks in 2011 figuring out how to root a BlackBerry PlayBook tablet running the QNX-based PlayBook OS, sideload Android apps onto the tablet, and even load the Google Android Market (which was the predecessor to the […]
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https://liliputing.com/blackberrys-qnx-operating-system-is-now-free-for-non-commercial-use/
Here’s the Indictment Against the Alleged Snowflake and AT&T Hacker
date: 2024-11-11, from: 404 Media Group
The indictment also charges a second hacker that 404 Media previously reported as being linked to the AT&T breach.
https://www.404media.co/heres-the-indictment-against-the-alleged-snowflake-and-at-t-hacker/
No Refund for Undelivered MacBooks
date: 2024-11-11, from: Michael Tsai
Six0Four (via Hacker News): Ordered 2 Macbooks for $2500 from Apple (Canada). Paid for their same day delivery service which they use Uber for and it says delivered but it wasn’t. Driver stole them or he delivered to the wrong person that stole them. If he actually delivered to the wrong address, I live in […]
https://mjtsai.com/blog/2024/11/11/no-refund-for-undelivered-macbooks/
Sega Delisting Classic Games From Steam
date: 2024-11-11, from: Michael Tsai
Kevin Purdy (Hacker News): Sega has put dozens of its Master System, Genesis, Saturn, and other console titles onto modern game stores over the years. But, like that Dreamcast controller stashed in your childhood garage, they’re about to disappear—and getting them back will cost you a nostalgia tax.Those who have purchased any of the more […]
https://mjtsai.com/blog/2024/11/11/sega-delisting-classic-games-from-steam/
The Ongoing Battle for Vestibular Accessibility
date: 2024-11-11, from: Michael Tsai
Craig Grannell: I vividly remember getting a wonderful surprise on the sole WWDC I was flown out to, on attending a developer session on accessibility and seeing someone on stage proudly noting that slide transitions in menus had been added to Reduce Motion.[…]But what I find disappointing is that, all these years after that Guardian […]
https://mjtsai.com/blog/2024/11/11/the-ongoing-battle-for-vestibular-accessibility/
Why % CPU in Activity Monitor Isn’t What You Think
date: 2024-11-11, from: Michael Tsai
Howard Oakley: When macOS loads two of those E cores with low QoS threads, it sets them to run at a low frequency to make the most of their energy efficiency. When it loads two E cores with threads that were intended to be run on P cores, as they have a high QoS, it […]
https://mjtsai.com/blog/2024/11/11/why-cpu-in-activity-monitor-isnt-what-you-think/
@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-11-11, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)
Arizona attorney general vows to continue 'fake electors' case.
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/4984165-arizona-attorney-general-fake-electors-case/
This compact gaming laptop has a replaceable NVIDIA RTX 4060 GPU
date: 2024-11-11, from: Liliputing
When you buy or build a desktop gaming PC, you often get to choose your CPU, graphics card, memory, storage, and other hardware. And if you want to upgrade any of those components in the future, you can just pop out the old part and replace it with something new. But most modern laptops aren’t […]
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https://liliputing.com/this-compact-gaming-laptop-has-a-replaceable-nvidia-rtx-4060-gpu/
@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-11-11, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)
Misinformation Decided the US Election by J. Bradford DeLong.
Amazon Confirms Breach of Employee Data
date: 2024-11-11, from: 404 Media Group
The breach includes the employees’ name, work contact information, and what location they work at.
https://www.404media.co/amazon-confirms-breach-of-employee-data/
GMK reveals more EVO-X1 HX370 details (mini PC with Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 and OCuLink)
date: 2024-11-11, from: Liliputing
The GMK EVO-X1 HX370 is a mini PC that’s set to become one of the first small desktops to ship with an AMD Strix Point processor, which should deliver a big boost in CPU, graphics, and AI performance over the company’s previous-gen mobile chips. GMK has been talking about the EVO-X1 for about a month, but […]
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Engineering Thelio Astra
date: 2024-11-11, from: System76 Blog
An interview with System76 Product Manager and Mechanical Engineer
https://blog.system76.com/post/engineering-thelio-astra-arm-powered-desktop
@IIIF Mastodon feed (date: 2024-11-11, from: IIIF Mastodon feed)
It's the last day to register for the 2024 #IIIF Online Meeting. Join us for three days of workshops, lightning talks, and updates from the Consortium: https://iiif.io/event/2024/online-meeting/
https://glammr.us/@IIIF/113465120257815661
MY ENEMY’S ENEMY IS NOT MY FRIEND
date: 2024-11-11, from: Howard Jacobson blog
Say after me - I will not reconcile myself to malice because some among its victims have behaved maliciously to me.
https://jacobsonh.substack.com/p/my-enemys-enemy-is-not-my-friend
Raspberry Pi AI Kit projects
date: 2024-11-11, from: Raspberry Pi News (.com)
Add artificial intelligence to your Raspberry Pi designs with this feature from the latest issue of The MagPi.
The post Raspberry Pi AI Kit projects appeared first on Raspberry Pi.
https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/raspberry-pi-ai-kit-projects/
The Open Source Project DeFlock Is Mapping License Plate Surveillance Cameras All Over the World
date: 2024-11-11, from: 404 Media Group
DeFlock has mapped the locations of more than a thousand ALPRs around the United States and thousands more around the world.
@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-11-11, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)
A couple of years ago I begged Elie Mystal to make the abortion chapter of his wonderful book available publicly for free, because it explained the implications of Dobbs so incredibly well and uniquely. Turns they did make it public, I didn't know then so couldn't promote it. Oy!
https://thenewpress.com/blog/book-excerpts/allow-me-retort-on-abortion
@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-11-11, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)
Maureen Dowd basically wrote the same piece I just wrote. Trump’s great service may be that we’re finally freed from the control freaks who used to run the Dems. Now somehow we have to survive the insanity that it came with.
@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-11-11, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)
A couple of weeks ago I wouldn’t have written this piece for fear of having my life ruined. Now it makes sense to explain why so many men voted for Trump, imho mistakenly, because they were driven away by fear of men. To rebuild, we have to first go through our fear, because it’s the right thing to do, and finally we have no choice,
https://daveverse.wordpress.com/2024/11/11/the-dems-reek-of-fear-of-men/
@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-11-11, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)
Who’s who in the Musk ‘A-team’ vying to shape Trump 2.0.
https://www.ft.com/content/d207c4a9-0e6d-4ece-a44d-abf890316b5a
The Loophole
date: 2024-11-11, from: Tedium site
On the history and psychology of free samples—from free bars of soap to free AOL—and why you can no longer get drunk in Gatlinburg for free.
https://feed.tedium.co/link/15204/16882076/free-sample-history
Gravity’s Rainbow Over Palestine
date: 2024-11-11, from: Literate Machine
YouTube Version | Podcast Version Content Warning: This isn’t the sort of piece that’s going to dwell on gory details, but there’s no way to talk about the Israeli/Palestinian conflict and the history of the Jewish people without discussing some pretty horrific things, including genocide, mass murder, rape, torture, and suicide, as well as racism,https://literatemachine.com/2024/11/11/gravitys-rainbow-over-palestine/
@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-11-11, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)
November 4: At this point it doesn’t matter what the NYT says. Either way they jumped the shark for the last time in this election
http://scripting.com/2024/11/04/132817.html
Episode 145 - Zuse’s Mysterious Machines
date: 2024-11-11, from: Advent of Computing
In 1933 Konrad Zuse, a German civil engineer, caught the computing bug. It would consume the rest of his life. According Zuse he invented the world’s first digital computer during WWII, working in near total isolation within the Third Reich. How true is this claim? Today we are looking at Zuse’s early machines, the Z1, Z2, and Z3.
Selected Sources:
The Computer – My Life, by Konrad Zuse
https://arxiv.org/pdf/1406.1886 - Z1 Architecture paper by Rojas
https://sci-hub.se/10.1109/85.707574 - Z3… Turing Complete? also by Rojas
https://adventofcomputing.libsyn.com/episode-145-zuses-mysterious-machines
NGI TALER Grants for Tryton and Interledger Interoperability
date: 2024-11-11, updated: 2024-11-11, from: nlnet feed
https://nlnet.nl/news/2024/20241111-NGI-Taler-grants.html
NGI Mobifree Grants Awarded for Fair Mobile Software
date: 2024-11-11, updated: 2024-11-11, from: nlnet feed
https://nlnet.nl/news/2024/20241111-NGI-Mobifree-grants.html
Go Turns 15
date: 2024-11-11, updated: 2024-11-11, from: Go language blog
Happy 15th birthday, Go!