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FerretDB, an open-source MongoDB alternative database, recently announced its general availability. Released under the Apache 2.0 license, the project allows developers to use existing PostgreSQL infra to run MongoDB workloads.

That GPT and other AI systems perform tasks they were not trained to do, giving them “emergent abilities,” has surprised even researchers who have been generally skeptical about the hype over LLMs. “I don’t know how they’re doing it or if they could do it more generally the way humans do—but they’ve challenged my...

By Julia Evans. Nice walkthrough on learning and troubleshooting, using DNS as example.

Ukraine has been forced to update the software on its Himars rockets because Russian forces have learned to jam their GPS guidance systems.

...the authors of these three titles—Kerry Thornley, James Shelby Downard and Antero Alli—themselves had their own roles, both large or small, in the annals of Discordia.

"...The premise of the paper is that while OpenAI and Google continue to race to build the most powerful language models, their efforts are rapidly being eclipsed by the work happening in the open source community..."

I just created last.fm account and I'm already loving it...

More cities to come?

An interview with the world's leading mycologist

Golden Parazyth perform ‘Upė’ live at the Botanical Garden of Vilnius University.

Wrong things at the wrong time

Interesting solution for "reverse anycast" problem

cross-posted from: https://feddit.it/post/96544...

Nice heuristics ;)

Sad story :(

Nice, waiting for ActivityPub on Goldfish

Modern warfare

From the site: "...The class syllabus for The Making of Modern Ukraine offers an introduction to this critical course. “Often the most important historical experiences are difficult to see. Ukraine tends to exemplify the major trends in European and world history, but sometimes in forms so intense or radical that they escape...

Is there anything else left for humans todo for SEO? ;)

Starts to remind me the plot from Foundation

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Sunday informed that the eastern European country has submitted its application against Russia to the International Court of Justice (ICJ). He requested an urgent decision ordering Russia to cease military activity and expects trials to begin next week.

“…First, we commit to ensuring that selected Russian banks are removed from the SWIFT messaging system. This will ensure that these banks are disconnected from the international financial system and harm their ability to operate globally....