Rendezvous hashing is an algorithm to solve the distributed hash table problem - a common and general pattern in distributed systems.

Floor796 is an animated scene showing the lives of characters from various works on the 796th floor of a huge space station. The animation is regularly expanded with new blocks (rooms) and characters from movies, TV series, games, anime, memes, etc.

The project is being created by one author as a hobby starting in 2018.

Here’s the legend: at a computer trade show in 1981, Bill Gates supposedly uttered this statement, in defense of the just-introduced IBM PC’s 640KB usable RAM limit: “640K ought to be enough for anybody.”

A DnD campaign for young heroes ages 5+.

Or “How to recognize speech using common sense”.

I believe that language models aren’t world models. It’s a weak claim — I’m not saying they’re useless, or that we’re done milking them. It’s also a fuzzy-sounding claim — with its trillion weights, who can prove that there’s something an LLM isn’t a model of?

Interesting analysis on the commentary that followed the falling out between Musk and Trump. Specifically, on how commentators reached immediately for well-worn gender stereotypes and metaphors: with supporters categorizing their behavior as “masculine” while liberal commentators mocked them by applying a “feminine” reading to it.

Export your Pocket CSV to a NETSCAPE bookmark file that linkhut can import.

Looking at the default indentation conventions of the most popular programming languages and markup formats, it seems clear that the majority have settled on spaces.

A great write-up on the “My AI Skeptic Friends Are All Nuts” article, with some really solid thinking on the linguistic & logical shenanigans in AI hype talk.

Cool looking digital watch face for Fenix7.

Firefox add-on to save bookmarks to linkhut.

On the very likely outcomes of the impacts LLMs are having on software engineers and their craft.

Blog post from Whatsapp founders in 2012 (prior to selling to Facebook) on why they don’t and will never sell ads.

Author shares his perspective on the impact of genAI in the field of software development.

Interesting article on how modern business theory has re-defined the role of the C-suite leaders, and the consequences thereof.