Open source AI is the path forward
Meta is committing to open source AI, exemplified by its Llama models, arguing that open source provides greater modifiability, security, and cost efficiency compared to closed models. The company is releasing Llama 3.1, which includes the first frontier-level open source AI model, and collaborating with other tech firms to grow the ecosystem. Mark Zuckerberg emphasizes that open source AI fosters innovation, ensures widespread access to advanced technology, and supports a transparent, secure development environment.
Intent to End OCSP Service
Let\'s Encrypt has announced its intention to discontinue Online Certificate Status Protocol (OCSP) support in favor of Certificate Revocation Lists (CRLs) due to privacy concerns and resource efficiency. This change will not affect websites or their visitors but may impact some non-browser software. The transition will proceed after the Microsoft Root Program makes OCSP optional, which is expected to happen within the next six to twelve months.
A free tool to quickly detect counterfeit flash (2017)
F3 (Fight Flash Fraud) is a tool designed to test the capacity and performance of flash cards to ensure they match claimed specifications by writing and reading pseudorandom data. It includes tools like f3write/f3read for performance testing, f3probe for quick capacity checks, and f3fix for correcting fake drive sizes. Installation instructions are provided for various platforms, including Linux, Windows, and Mac, with additional options for using Docker and graphical user interfaces available for more convenience.
Trunk: Build, bundle and ship your Rust WASM application to the web
Trunk is a bundler for Rust WASM web applications that uses a source HTML file to build and bundle assets like WASM, JS snippets, images, and stylesheets. Installation options include using cargo, Cargo binstall, GitHub releases, NixOS, and Brew, with tooling like wasm-bindgen and wasm-opt managed automatically by Trunk. Trunk supports easy app setup with frameworks like Yew and Leptos, and offers additional features, including asset management, configuration, commands, and advanced topics, with contributions welcomed under MIT or Apache License 2.0.
How Warsaw Came Close to Never Being Rebuilt (2015)
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