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Neo4j vs. Amazon Neptune: Graph Databases in Data Engineering

Analytics Vidhya

Introduction Managing complicated, interrelated information is more important than ever in today’s data-driven society. Traditional databases, while still valuable, often falter when it comes to handling highly connected data. Enter the unsung heroes of the data world: graph databases. These powerful tools are designed to manage and query intricate data relationships effortlessly.

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LLM in a Flash: Efficient Large Language Model Inference with Limited Memory

Machine Learning Research at Apple

This paper was accepted at the ACL 2024 Large language models (LLMs) are central to modern natural language processing, delivering exceptional performance in various tasks. However, their substantial computational and memory requirements present challenges, especially for devices with limited DRAM capacity. This paper tackles the challenge of efficiently running LLMs that exceed the available DRAM capacity by storing the model parameters in flash memory, but bringing them on demand to DRAM.

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Are You Using These Kaagle Grandmaster-Approved Python Libraries?

Analytics Vidhya

Introduction Kaggle, the home of data science competitions, has identified all these top performers for continuously producing quality creative solutions to otherwise tough problems. The Kaggle Grandmaster is proficient in analyzing data, engineering features, and building various models, and the participant also shares his/her knowledge with the community.

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What Is Analog Computing?

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You don’t need 0s and 1s to perform computations, and in some cases it’s better to avoid them.

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What’s New in Apache Airflow® 3.0—And How Will It Reshape Your Data Workflows?

Speaker: Tamara Fingerlin, Developer Advocate

Apache Airflow® 3.0, the most anticipated Airflow release yet, officially launched this April. As the de facto standard for data orchestration, Airflow is trusted by over 77,000 organizations to power everything from advanced analytics to production AI and MLOps. With the 3.0 release, the top-requested features from the community were delivered, including a revamped UI for easier navigation, stronger security, and greater flexibility to run tasks anywhere at any time.

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A Guide to Reflection Agents Using LlamaIndex

Analytics Vidhya

Introduction Imagine you’ve just created an AI model that can write, reason, and solve complex problems. But what if I told you there’s a way to make this AI even smarter by teaching it to think about its own thoughts? In this article, we’ll explore the fascinating world of reflective AI agents. We’ll start with […] The post A Guide to Reflection Agents Using LlamaIndex appeared first on Analytics Vidhya.

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Uncovered Euripides fragments are 'kind of a big deal'

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CU Boulder Classics scholars identify previously unknown fragments of two lost tragedies by Greek tragedian Euripides.

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Japan stocks plunge as much as 7% as Asia shares extend sell-off

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Investors will look toward key trade data from China and Taiwan this week, as well as central bank decisions from Australia and India.

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Uncovering K-means Clustering for Spatial Analysis

Towards AI

Last Updated on August 6, 2024 by Editorial Team Author(s): Stephen Chege-Tierra Insights Originally published on Towards AI. Created by the author with DALL E-3 “Def- Underrated-adjective rated or valued too low”- Merriam Webster. Underrated, unappreciated or underhyped are terms that get thrown around to suggest something that does not get the recognition it deserves.

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The Academic Culture of Fraud

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Building and Extending Your Decision Tree: A Hands-On Guide

Towards AI

Last Updated on August 6, 2024 by Editorial Team Author(s): Shenggang Li Originally published on Towards AI. Unlocking the Secrets of Decision Trees: From Basic Concepts to Advanced Optimization Techniques and Practical CodingPhoto by Natalie Thornley on Unsplash This post explores decision trees and guides how to build one from scratch. I’ll start with the basics and gradually move on to more advanced techniques to enhance the decision tree.

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Agent Tooling: Connecting AI to Your Tools, Systems & Data

Speaker: Alex Salazar, CEO & Co-Founder @ Arcade | Nate Barbettini, Founding Engineer @ Arcade | Tony Karrer, Founder & CTO @ Aggregage

There’s a lot of noise surrounding the ability of AI agents to connect to your tools, systems and data. But building an AI application into a reliable, secure workflow agent isn’t as simple as plugging in an API. As an engineering leader, it can be challenging to make sense of this evolving landscape, but agent tooling provides such high value that it’s critical we figure out how to move forward.

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Puget Systems' Perspective on Intel CPU Instability Issues

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You may have heard about instability issues with Intel Core 13th and 14th Gen desktop processors. The issue has been gaining more attention as time goes on. I am posting to share what we've experienced here at Puget Systems, and what we're doing about it.

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KI in der Abschlussprüfung – Podcast mit Benjamin Aunkofer

Data Science Blog

Gemeinsam mit Prof. Kai-Uwe Marten von der Universität Ulm und dortiger Direktor des Instituts für Rechnungswesen und Wirtschaftsprüfung, bespricht Benjamin Aunkofer , Co-Founder und Chief AI Officer von AUDAVIS , die Potenziale und heutigen Möglichkeiten von der Künstlichen Intelligenz (KI) in der Jahresabschlussprüfung bzw. allgemein in der Wirtschaftsprüfung.

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50 years ago, CP/M started the microcomputer revolution

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In 1974, Gary Kildall got the first version working and changed the world of operating systems

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Writing a system call tracer using eBPF

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Pre-RequisitesSystem calls, eBPF, C, basics of low-level programming. IntroductioneBPF (Extended Berkeley Packet Filter) is a technology that allows users to run custom programs within the kernel.

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How to Modernize Manufacturing Without Losing Control

Speaker: Andrew Skoog, Founder of MachinistX & President of Hexis Representatives

Manufacturing is evolving, and the right technology can empower—not replace—your workforce. Smart automation and AI-driven software are revolutionizing decision-making, optimizing processes, and improving efficiency. But how do you implement these tools with confidence and ensure they complement human expertise rather than override it? Join industry expert Andrew Skoog as he explores how manufacturers can leverage automation to enhance operations, streamline workflows, and make smarter, data-dri

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Google Says AI Olympics Ad 'Tested Well' Before Inspiring Outrage

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Google tried turning Olympics fans into Gemini users. Instead, it made AI look like a weak substitute for parenting.

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Airlines are running out of 4-digit flight numbers

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Airlines use up to four digits for flight numbers. That means they can have up to 9,999 flights (since there’s no flight zero), and no one comes close. American Airlines operates around 6,700 daily flights including its American Eagle regional services. So they should have plenty of room to grow! Except they don’t. American Airlines, Delta, and United are running out of flight numbers, and nobody knows what to do about it.

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Enum class improvements for C++17, C++20 and C++23

Hacker News

The evolution of the C++ language continues to bring powerful features that enhance code safety, readability, and maintainability. Among these improvements, we got changes and additions to enum class functionalities across C++17, C++20, and C++23. In this blog post, we’ll explore these advancements, focusing on initialization improvements in C++17, the introduction of the using enum keyword in C++20, and the std::to_underlying utility in C

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Cortex A73's Not-So-Infinite Reordering Capacity

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Cortex A73 aimed to address the power and thermal issues that prevented Arm's early 64-bit cores from reaching their full potential. It started a trend that saw Arm successfully capture the smartphone CPU market, and did so by emphasizing efficiency. Part of this effort appears to be a unique out-of-order retirement mechanism.

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Automation, Evolved: Your New Playbook for Smarter Knowledge Work

Speaker: Frank Taliano

Documents are the backbone of enterprise operations, but they are also a common source of inefficiency. From buried insights to manual handoffs, document-based workflows can quietly stall decision-making and drain resources. For large, complex organizations, legacy systems and siloed processes create friction that AI is uniquely positioned to resolve.

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I turned an old phone into a NAS

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I turned an old phone into a NAS using MiXplorer, and it's a great basic way to keep files available.

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Gemini Ad Backlash

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Viewers took issue with the ad in which a little girl's father uses Gemini AI to help her write a fan letter. Here's why.

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Passengers at EU Airports Not Allowed over 100ml of Liquids on Cabin Luggage

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Newly updated EU regulation has reintroduced restrictions on passengers travelling with a European airline. As of September 1, 2024, these passengers must carry at most 100ml liquids in their cabin baggage, including aerosol and gel containers, Schengen.News reports.

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A primer on the current state of longevity research

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4k words, 19 minutes reading time

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How to Achieve High-Accuracy Results When Using LLMs

Speaker: Ben Epstein, Stealth Founder & CTO | Tony Karrer, Founder & CTO, Aggregage

When tasked with building a fundamentally new product line with deeper insights than previously achievable for a high-value client, Ben Epstein and his team faced a significant challenge: how to harness LLMs to produce consistent, high-accuracy outputs at scale. In this new session, Ben will share how he and his team engineered a system (based on proven software engineering approaches) that employs reproducible test variations (via temperature 0 and fixed seeds), and enables non-LLM evaluation m

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Using your Kindle as an e-ink monitor

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Using your Kindle as an e-ink monitor. GitHub Gist: instantly share code, notes, and snippets.

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Improving _Generic in C2y

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The first two meetings of C after C23 was finalized are over, and we have started working on C2y. We decided that this cycle we’re not going to do that “Bugf.

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Buster: Captcha Solver for Humans

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Captcha solver extension for humans, available for Chrome, Edge and Firefox - dessant/buster

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You Can't Spell WebRTC Without RCE – Part 1

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Injecting and Exploiting Synthetic Remote Vulnerabilities to explore Signal-iOS and WebRTC It’s another average Friday morning and my iPhone shows 705 unread Signal messages. Signal has not completely supplanted my use of iMessage, but it does dominate communications with industry peers and privacy-conscious friends.

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Maximizing Profit and Productivity: The New Era of AI-Powered Accounting

Speaker: Yohan Lobo and Dennis Street

In the accounting world, staying ahead means embracing the tools that allow you to work smarter, not harder. Outdated processes and disconnected systems can hold your organization back, but the right technologies can help you streamline operations, boost productivity, and improve client delivery. Dive into the strategies and innovations transforming accounting practices.

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Baron who revived Olympics believed they were a religion of perfection and peace

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Pierre de Coubertin hoped to channel the best of the ancient ceremonies into a new tradition that could foster both national pride and international harmony.

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Building Lego Machines to Destroy Tall Lego Towers

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Brick Technology’s new video features increasingly powerful Lego machines designed to topple ever stronger towers. I love their iterative engineering videos (and those from Brick Experiment Channel).

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Myspace celebrates its 21st birthday. Do we still need it?

Hacker News

Happy 21st birthday to Myspace. On this day in 2003, the first social media platform was launched. It’s now a platform for music sharing. Even alongside the launch of Facebook, Myspace overtook Google and Yahoo Mail in 2006 — becoming America’s most visited website, according to Hitwise data, TechRadar reported.

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Making your own hot sauce

Hacker News

I like hot sauces. My favourite is Ring of fire , a hot sauce that I first encountered in the US. It is a mix of habanero and serrano chillis, tomatoes, vinegar and spices. It is very tasty and (despite the name) not super hot. However, it has become increasingly difficult and expensive to get ‘Ring of fire’ in the UK. And most of the hot sauces available in UK shops are lacking in either flavour or heat, or often both.

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The 2nd Generation of Innovation Management: A Survival Guide

Speaker: Chris Townsend, VP of Product Marketing, Wellspring

Over the past decade, companies have embraced innovation with enthusiasm—Chief Innovation Officers have been hired, and in-house incubators, accelerators, and co-creation labs have been launched. CEOs have spoken with passion about “making everyone an innovator” and the need “to disrupt our own business.” But after years of experimentation, senior leaders are asking: Is this still just an experiment, or are we in it for the long haul?