Clockhands: Rename-Free Instruction Set Architecture for Out-of-Order Processors

Clockhands: Rename-Free Instruction Set Architecture for Out-of-Order Processors

ABSTRACT Out-of-order superscalar processors are currently the only architecture that speeds up irregular programs, but they suffer from poor power efficiency. To tackle this issue, we focused on how to specify register operands. Specifying operands by register names, as conventional RISC does, requires register renaming, resulting in poor power efficiency and preventing an increase in…

Ask HN: How do I edit my comment?

I dont see any options to edit my own comments? I assume it has something to do with my acct age or karma but a lack of documentation for HN makes me ask here.context: If you can see the flagged comment in my profile, it was supposed to be a festicious but witty retort to…

If buying isn’t owning, piracy isn’t stealing

If buying isn’t owning, piracy isn’t stealing

“If buying isn’t owning, piracy isn’t stealing”: When Big Content makes the paid version *worse* than the free one. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. This day in history: 2003, 2008, 2018, 2022. Colophon: Recent publications, upcoming/recent appearances, current writing projects, current reading 20 years ago, I got in a (friendly) public spat with…

Apple cuts off Beeper Mini’s access

Apple cuts off Beeper Mini’s access

Was it too good to be true? Beeper, the startup that reverse-engineered iMessage to bring blue bubble texts to Android users, is experiencing an outage, the company reported via a post on X on Friday. And Apple is to blame, it seems. Users, including those of us at TechCrunch with access to the app, began…

Gooey: Turn almost any Python command line program into a full GUI application

Gooey: Turn almost any Python command line program into a full GUI application

Turn (almost) any Python 3 Console Program into a GUI application with one line Table of Contents Gooey Table of contents Latest Update Quick Start Installation Instructions Usage Examples What It Is Why Is It Who is this for How does it work Internationalization Global Configuration Layout Customization Run Modes Full/Advanced Basic No Config Menus…

A Matter of Millimeters: The story of Qantas flight 32

A Matter of Millimeters: The story of Qantas flight 32

Officials observe damage to the engine of a Qantas A380 after it made an emergency landing in Singapore. (Reuters)On the 4th of November 2010, a Qantas Airbus A380 was rocked by a catastrophic engine failure minutes after takeoff from Singapore, hurling fragments of a turbine disk through its wings and fuselage in multiple locations. The…

Gemini AI

Gemini AI

ImageMulti-discipline college-level reasoning problems59.4%0-shot pass@1 Gemini Ultra (pixel only*)56.8%0-shot pass@1 GPT-4VNatural image understanding77.8%0-shot Gemini Ultra (pixel only*)77.2%0-shot GPT-4VOCR on natural images82.3%0-shot Gemini Ultra (pixel only*)78%0-shot GPT-4VDocument understanding90.9%0-shot Gemini Ultra (pixel only*)88.4%0-shot GPT-4V (pixel only)Infographic understanding80.3%0-shot Gemini Ultra (pixel only*)75.1%0-shot GPT-4V (pixel only)Mathematical reasoning in visual contexts53%0-shot Gemini Ultra (pixel only*)49.9%0-shot GPT-4VVideoEnglish video captioning (CIDEr)62.74-shot Gemini…

LibrePGP – Fork of OpenPGP

LibrePGP – Fork of OpenPGP

About LibrePGP is an alternative, updated specification of the OpenPGP encryption standard. It was developed as a response to changes made to the OpenPGP specification by a subgroup within the IETF OpenPGP working group. These changes were perceived as disruptive to the existing implementations, raising concerns about interoperability and security. LibrePGP wants to preserve the…

Chromatic Integration for Cypress

Chromatic Integration for Cypress

TL;DR: We’re building an integration that brings Chromatic into Cypress. That gives you all of Chromatic’s visual testing capabilities, scanning every possible state of UI, within your E2E tests. All it takes to get started is a couple lines of code. Join early access now.Every team needs the confidence that their apps work and look…