Java\'s Megalithic Mountain
The megalithic site of Gunung Padang in western Java, which dates back around 2,000 years, features five terraces made with prismatic andesite blocks and is thought to have been used for sacred rituals honoring ancestors. Its construction has been the subject of debate, with recent, controversial claims suggesting much older origins, though most evidence supports its creation by prehistoric people in the first millennium A.D. Similar megalithic traditions persist across the Indonesian archipelago today, highlighting the cultural importance of these structures in commemorating ancestral spirits and ensuring community prosperity.
Making Elizabethan Plays Understandable and Fun to Read
ElizabethanDrama.org is dedicated to providing easy-to-read, annotated versions of Elizabethan plays, aiming to make them accessible and enjoyable for modern audiences. The website offers unique features such as in-line annotations and free scripts to facilitate smooth reading and performance preparation. It was founded by Peter Lukacs, who spent years annotating and studying these plays to share his passion for Elizabethan drama.
Johannes Hartlieb\'s Book of Herbs (1462)
Johannes Hartlieb\'s "Book of Herbs" (1462) extensively draws from Konrad von Megenberg’s earlier work but distinguishes itself with 160 illustrations and additional chapters on drugs, believed to serve primarily as a visual representation rather than practical pharmacology. Each chapter follows traditional botanical classification and describes the medicinal uses of plants, influenced by medieval humorism. Hartlieb, notable for his interest in both medicine and occult sciences, contextualizes some plants within magical and hermetic traditions.
Codestral Mamba
Mistral AI has released Codestral Mamba, a Mamba2 language model specialized in code generation, available for free under an Apache 2.0 license, with capabilities for linear time inference and handling sequences of infinite length. The model, boasting 7.3 billion parameters, performs on par with state-of-the-art transformer models and is optimized for code productivity. Users can deploy Codestral Mamba via the mistral-inference SDK, TensorRT-LLM, or download from HuggingFace, while easy testing is available on la Plateforme.
Run CUDA, unmodified, on AMD GPUs
SCALE is a GPGPU programming toolkit that enables native compilation of CUDA applications for AMD GPUs without requiring modifications to the code or build system. It includes an nvcc-compatible compiler, CUDA runtime, and driver APIs for AMD GPUs, and supports multiple AMD GPU architectures with ongoing efforts to expand compatibility. SCALE differentiates itself by maintaining compatibility with NVIDIA CUDA, allowing users to compile their existing CUDA programs for AMD GPUs seamlessly.
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