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What is the essential element which separates a text written by a human being from a text which has been generated by an algorithm, when said algorithm uses a massive …read more Continue reading Human-Written Or Machine-Generated: Finding Intelligence In Language Models
The Apple Touch Bar was an oddity on a fairly small number of Apple laptops which replaced the function key row with a touch display. Yet what is special about …read more Continue reading Reverse Engineering The Apple Touch Bar Screen
One of the most exciting aspects of the C programming language — as effectively high-level assembly — is that although it’s a bit friendlier for the developer, it also adds …read more Continue reading Testing Your C Knowledge With This One Simple Quiz
Here in 2024, writing new games for the venerable Atari 2600 game console is easier than ever, with plenty of emulators and toolchains to convert your code into ready-to-load ROMs. …read more Continue reading Writing And Running Atari 2600 Games In Your Browser
After we last saw [David Lovett] of [Usagi Electric], he was knee-deep in trying to fix a DEC PDP-11/03 power supply, which fortunately led to a fixed PSU and a …read more Continue reading Fixing A PDP-11/03 Power Supply Is Easy When You Understand It
After initially sending a cease and desist order to [Andre Basche] – the developer of a Haier hOn plugin for Home Assistant – Haier Europe’s head of Brand and IoT …read more Continue reading Haier Europe Eases Off On Legal Threat And Seeks Dialogue
Although smartwatches seem to be just a recent fad, people have been strapping wristwatches to their wrists with all kinds of functionality. Whether a miniscule calculator, a remote control, an …read more Continue reading Reverse-Engineering the Web-@nywhere Watch For 2001-Era Smartwatch Action
In a retrospective, [Kevin Fang] takes us back to 2015, when on the Steam for Linux issue tracker [keyvin] opened an issue to report that starting the Steam client after …read more Continue reading How A Steam Bug Once Deleted All Of Someone’s User Data
Recently the [Periscope Film] channel on YouTube published a 1960 color documentary featuring the 1958 launch of the Atlas B (SM-65B) ICBM, in its second, Missile 4B iteration. This was …read more Continue reading Testing The Atlas ICBM: A 1958 Time Capsule Video
Appliance manufacturer Haier has been integrating IoT features into their newer products, and as is so common these days, users are expected to install their “hOn” mobile application to access …read more Continue reading Haier Threatens Legal Action Against Home Assistant Plugin Developer