Tau: Open-source PaaS – A self-hosted Vercel / Netlify / Cloudflare alternative
Tau is an open-source, distributed Platform as a Service (PaaS) designed as a self-hosted alternative to Vercel, Netlify, and Cloudflare, requiring minimal configuration and built with Git-native principles. It supports building scalable cloud computing platforms with features like peer-to-peer networking, content-addressed storage, and WebAssembly for computing. Tau emphasizes developer freedom by allowing local coding to translate directly to global production, facilitating high flexibility and easy setup for development environments.
Windows NT for Power Macintosh
The GitHub repository "maciNTosh" by Wack0 details the porting of Windows NT to Power Macintosh systems, specifically targeting New World Power Macintosh systems using the Gossamer architecture. It includes source code for ARC firmware and its loader, drivers for NT HAL, and detailed installation instructions. The project is still in progress with some known issues and limited hardware compatibility.
Tour de France riders are inhaling carbon monoxide in \'super altitude\' recipe
Multiple Tour de France teams, including Visma, UAE Team Emirates, and Israel-Premier Tech, are using carbon monoxide rebreathing devices for altitude training measurements, though they deny using the technique for performance enhancement. There is growing concern among researchers and officials that the more aggressive practice of carbon monoxide inhalation for performance gains, which can replicate the benefits of altitude training, might soon be adopted, despite safety and ethical issues. The technique is not currently banned by WADA, and debates continue regarding its potential use and regulation in elite sports.
Born into slavery, he rose to the top of France\'s art world
Guillaume Lethière, born into slavery in Guadeloupe in 1760, rose to prominence as a celebrated artist in France, navigating significant political upheavals, including the French Revolution, the rise and fall of Napoleon, and a restored monarchy. His life and works, which include both grand neoclassical paintings and tender portraits, are the focus of a new exhibition at the Clark Art Institute in Williamstown, Mass., before traveling to the Louvre. The exhibition, curated by Esther Bell and Olivier Meslay, delves into Lethière’s complex heritage and his connection to historical events, including his support for the Haitian revolution.
WildGaussians: 3D Gaussian Splatting in the Wild
"WildGaussians: 3D Gaussian Splatting in the Wild," authored by Jonas Kulhanek and colleagues, addresses the challenge of 3D scene reconstruction with in-the-wild data, such as occlusions and dynamic objects. While NeRFs excel in controlled scenes through per-image embedding vectors, 3D Gaussian Splatting (3DGS) is limited by its explicit representation. To overcome this, WildGaussians leverages robust DINO features and an appearance modeling module, achieving state-of-the-art results in real-time rendering for complex, uncontrolled environments.
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