Notices by Lup Yuen Lee 李立源 (lupyuen@qoto.org)

Human Touch running Low On Memory ... Thanks to #Windows 😂

"improving #OpenSource Project Documentation? ... Pay the Writers"

https://www.zdnet.com/article/linux-and-open-source-documentation-is-a-mess/

"I’m begging all #RISCV SoC Makers: Please provide a Software Emulator for your RISC-V SoC!" 🙏 🙏 🙏

Source: https://github.com/lupyuen2/sg2000-emulator

@freemo 😂 heh heh

Apache #NuttX RTOS in Flat Mode runs NuttX Apps that are Statically Linked (kinda like an octopus?)

Source: https://github.com/lupyuen/nuttx-rust-app#nuttx-flat-mode-vs-kernel-mode

"Not only is the Humane AI Pin slow, finicky and barely even smart, using it made me look pretty dumb"

https://www.engadget.com/the-humane-ai-pin-is-the-solution-to-none-of-technologys-problems-120002469.html

"a Large Language Model (#LLM) can be convinced to tell you how to build a bomb if you prime it with a few dozen less-harmful questions first"

https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/02/anthropic-researchers-wear-down-ai-ethics-with-repeated-questions/

#RISCV "Wait for Interrupt instruction (WFI) provides a hint to the implementation that the current hart can be stalled until an interrupt ... so a legal implementation is to simply implement WFI as a NOP" 🤔

Source: https://github.com/riscv/riscv-isa-manual/releases/download/Priv-v1.12/riscv-privileged-20211203.pdf

"HDMI Forum, has reportedly told AMD that it does not allow an Open Source implementation of the #HDMI 2.1 (or HDMI 2.1+) specification"

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/02/hdmi-forum-to-amd-no-you-cant-make-an-open-source-hdmi-2-1-driver/

@freemo Thank you so much! Really appreciate your hard work :-)

"#ChatGPT gulps 500 milliliters of Water for every 10 to 50 Prompts"

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/12/06/water-why-a-thirsty-generative-ai-boom-poses-a-problem-for-big-tech.html

"Hackers stole Ancestry Data of 6.9 million users, 23andMe finally confirmed"

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/12/hackers-stole-ancestry-data-of-6-9-million-users-23andme-finally-confirmed/

B-Trees in Factorio game

https://razberry.substack.com/p/btree-factorio

"An independent repair shop in Germany has invented a tool that can break through Anti-Repair locks Apple has put on a specific sensor on the MacBook Pro and MacBook Air"

https://www.404media.co/diy-tinkerer-invents-tool-that-breaks-apples-macbook-repair-locks/

#Apache "Community Over Code" Conference: Schedule (Oct 7-10)

https://communityovercode.org/schedule/

"Singapore Workers Rank 3rd Globally For Appearing Busy But Not Being Productive"

https://mustsharenews.com/singapore-workers-appearing-busy-survey/

"Dell's Australia arm has been slapped with a $10 million AUD (about $6.49 million) fine for making false and misleading representations on its website about discount prices for add-on computer monitors"

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/08/dell-fined-6-5m-after-admitting-it-made-overpriced-monitors-look-discounted/

Herika: "mod that aims to integrate #Skyrim with ... Artificial Intelligence language models, such as #ChatGPT"

https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/89931?tab=description

Types and #ZigLang

https://matklad.github.io/2023/08/09/types-and-zig.html

"#Postgres just passed the 25 year milestone as an open source project"

https://www.crunchydata.com/blog/when-did-postgres-become-cool