As the number of people who identify as LGBTQ in America rises, gains in social and political acceptance are eroding. Read more ›
Even after two years, the Quest 3S is still the most accessible way to get into VR gaming. Read more ›
Erik and Molly (among others) became HedgeDoc maintainers during the pandemic. They started a complete rewrite of the project almost immediately and learned FOSS maintenance the hard way. In this talk they'll present some lessons learned, so that others might have a better starting point. Now that you are a FOSS maintainer (or are aiming to become one) several questions might come to your mind. - What's maintaining like? - What can I do to make my life easier? - How do I manage the community?... Read more ›
AI Infrastructure, Transformer Architecture, Memory Systems, GPU Economics, Deep Learning Systems Read more ›
Global furry conventions produce massive fursuit photographs, while manual sorting brings heavy labor costs and calls for automatic identity retrieval and clustering solutions. General multimodal models lack dedicated optimization for complex fursuit scenes, and no public benchmark dataset exists for this task. To fill this gap, we build a specialized fursuit image dataset and present a three-stage hybrid pipeline Fursee for fursuit identity ret... Read more ›
In the Star Trek franchise, the first human being to ever meet a Klingon on the timeline isn't an astronaut or an adventurer, but a famous author. Read more ›
A while ago at PyCon US 2026, I had the pleasure of listening to the Python Steering Council give updates about new features that are being added in Python 3.15. One that stood out was explicit lazy imports (via PEP 810), which defer module loading until first use. I am curious to see how this […] Read more ›
Pride events are not just parties and fun. They provide a range of benefits that are good for queer people's mental health, including a meaningful sense of belonging and acceptance. Read more ›
Noam Chomsky once offered a deceptively simple image. Imagine yourself in a luxurious car, moving along the most fascinating road you have… Read more ›
A new study has bypassed traditional lab bottlenecks by collecting cybersickness data from 250 remote Meta Quest users in just 15 days, aiming for a 2,000-person cohort to map individual tracking differences. Read more ›
Neural Networks, also known as Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs), are Machine Learning models inspired by the structure and functioning of… Read more ›
Why the DSF pursued CNA status Django has a long history of responsible security practices: a dedicated, private security mailing list, clear advisory policies, and predictable security releases. Even so, we relied on external organizations to assign . This sometimes introduced administrative delays and extra coordination overhead. Becoming a allows the DSF to: Assign CVEs ourselves for vulnerabilities in Django and selected community projects. Publish advisories more efficiently and in close... Read more ›
When fine-tuning Large Language Models (LLMs), there has been success in minimizing both memory usage and computation with Parameter-Efficient Fine-Tuning (PEFT), like Low Rank Adaptation (LoRA). In this article, we have explored whether this approach is transferable to the world of robotics and Reinforcement Learning (RL), allowing learning with reduced memory usage and improved computational performance. Specifically, we focused on a version o... Read more ›
Software Freedom Conservancy says AI-assisted FOSS contributions should be reviewed, understood, and disclosed by humans. Read more ›
Seattle’s World Cup committee is pushing forward with Pride Match celebrations this week despite backlash from the two teams involved on the fieldSeattle’s World Cup committee is pushing forward with “Pride Match” celebrations this week despite backlash from Egypt and Iran, who have called for the cancellation of LGBTQ+ rights festivities around the game.Last year, Seattle’s local organizing committee, which is separate from Fifa, made plans for 26 June to be a Pride-themed match coinciding w... Read more ›
The latest VR Games Showcase saw a ton of exciting titles announced, including H3VR2; a virtual reality port for the excellent I Am Your Beast and much more. The post first appeared on <a href=" Read more ›
Learn about Distributed Training in TensorFlow. Explore the basics of parallel computing and distributed strategies for training… Read more ›
A friend of mine made a cool calculator and unit converter. It parses natural English phrases like “how many inches are in 3 feet?” and “300 miles / 65 mph in hours and minutes” and “download 10GB 1Gbps”. You can access it from web (including PWA), CLI or as a library. It has a strong FOSS philosophy behind it. Read more ›
arXiv:2403.17407v4 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Accurate transcription of Bengali text to the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) is a challenging task due to the complex phonology of the language and context-dependent sound changes. This challenge is even more for regional Bengali dialects due to unavailability of standardized spelling conventions for these dialects, presence of local and foreign words popular in those regions and phonological diversity across different regions. ... Read more ›
A Python programming summer internship for freshers is one of the smartest ways to kick-start a tech career. These internships give… Read more ›