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3 hours ago
TikTok will not introduce end-to-end encryption, saying it makes users less safe
TikTok tells the BBC it won't join rival platforms such as WhatsApp and Messenger in using end-to-end encryption....
3 DAYS AGO
JAMESSFKS123
A pretty looking web for a quantum mechanics tool
5 HOURS AGO
PAULHOULE
130k Lines of Formal Topology: Simple and Cheap Autoformalization for Everyone?
2 HOURS AGO
GAGARIN1917
LLMs can unmask pseudonymous users at scale with surprising accuracy
3 DAYS AGO
CURIOSITRY
What’s in a name? (2014)
14 HOURS AGO
GARBAGE
MacBook Air with M5
A DAY AGO
SANDBACH
Meta’s AI smart glasses and data privacy concerns
3 HOURS AGO
NOTEPSTEIN
Show HN: AgentBus – Centralized AI Agent-to-Agent Messaging via REST API
A DAY AGO
IREFLECT
British Columbia is permanently adopting daylight time
18 HOURS AGO
WILD_POINTER
The beauty and terror of modding Windows
6 HOURS AGO
PKILGORE
Don't make me talk to your chatbot
E-Reverance
an hour ago
Speculative Speculative Decoding (SSD)
Autoregressive decoding is bottlenecked by its sequential nature. Speculative decoding has become a standard way to accelerate inference by using a fast draft model to predict upcoming tokens from a slower target model, and then verifying them in parallel with a single target model forward pass. However, speculative decoding itself relies on a sequential dependence between speculation and verification. We introduce speculative speculative decoding (SSD) to parallelize these operations. While a verification is ongoing, the draft model predicts likely verification outcomes and prepares speculations pre-emptively for them. If the actual verification outcome is then in the predicted set, a speculation can be returned immediately, eliminating drafting overhead entirely. We identify three key challenges presented by speculative speculative decoding, and suggest principled methods to solve each. The result is Saguaro, an optimized SSD algorithm. Our implementation is up to 2x faster than optimized speculative decoding baselines and up to 5x faster than autoregressive decoding with open source inference engines.
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fragmede
2 hours ago
Mac external displays for designers and developers, part 2
Since writing about Mac external displays in 2016, not much has changed. LG, Dell, Samsung, and other display makers have either never catered for the specs many Mac designers and developers...
SerCe
an hour ago
Nobody Gets Promoted for Simplicity
We reward complexity and ignore simplicity. In interviews, design reviews, and promotions. Here’s how to fix it....
vanburen
10 hours ago
Intel's make-or-break 18A process node debuts for data center with 288-core Xeon
Intel unveils x86 CPU with the industry's highest core count....
scrlk
14 hours ago
MacBook Pro with M5 Pro and M5 Max
Apple announced the latest 14- and 16-inch MacBook Pro with the all-new M5 Pro and M5 Max....
spacemarine1
7 hours ago
Voxile: A ray-traced game made in its own engine and programming language
VoxRay Games has added a new Crystal Cathedral world and grenades alongside a wealth of other assets and world building features while Voxile goes 40%-off on Steam...
chmaynard
3 days ago
You can use newline characters in URLs
We locate web content using special addresses called URLs. We are all familiar with addresses like https://google.com. Sometimes, URLs can get long and they can become difficult to read. Thu...
rs545837
3 hours ago
Weave – A language aware merge algorithm based on entities
Entity-level semantic merge driver for Git. Resolves conflicts that git can't by understanding code structure via tree-sitter. 31/31 clean merges vs git's 15/31. - Ataraxy-Labs/weave...
https://github.com/Ataraxy-Labs/weave
sb057
8 hours ago
We've freed Cookie's Bustle from copyright hell
We've stopped a persistent copyright troll who was trying to impede our work. Here's everything we learned—and how we beat them....
flail
14 hours ago
Don't become an engineering manager
Over drinks a few weeks ago, a friend told me he'd been offered a promotion, to an Engineering Manager role....
wrxd
5 hours ago
Lenovo’s new ThinkPads score 10/10 for repairability
Repair goes mega mainstream with the launch of Lenovo’s new T-series business laptops, which earned our highest honor with a 10/10 repairability score....
speckx
14 hours ago
I'm reluctant to verify my identity or age for any online services
Identity verification and age verification is an increasinly common policy conversation at the moment, in numerous countries....
zdw
4 days ago
Disable Your SSH access accidentally with scp
alwillis
9 hours ago
Possible US Government iPhone-Hacking Toolkit in foreign spy and criminal hands
A highly sophisticated set of iPhone hijacking techniques has likely infected tens of thousands of phones or more. Clues suggest it was originally built for the US government....
todsacerdoti
11 hours ago
Claude is an Electron App because we've lost native
Article argues that Claude is not an Electron app not because LLMs can’t do it, but because there are no advantages left for native...
pabs3
4 hours ago
You can't use a code editor when you're under 18 now?
Attached: 1 image Wait what, you can't use a *code* editor when you're under 18 now? 🤔...