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Zero-Copy SQL Computation on #LMDB By the time a database hands a row to your application, its strings have usually been copied several times: from the file into a cache, from the cache into the executor, and from the executor into your struct. This article explores another option. If the storage l…
View on Mastodon (opens in a new tab)PySlyde is a comprehensive Python package for preprocessing pathology whole slide images (WSIs). Built as a wrapper around OpenSlide, it provides powerful, user-friendly functionality for working with high-resolution pathology images, making it ideal for researchers and data scientists in the medic…
View on Mastodon (opens in a new tab)BYD's EV is the fastest production car in the world, breaking 500km/h. On a regular road, not a race track or other specially prepared surface. https://carnewschina.com/2026/11/06/byds-yangwang-u9-xtreme-becomes-first-production-car-to-top-500-km-h/
View on Mastodon (opens in a new tab)HeatherDB Storing is learning. Reading is reasoning. HeatherDB is a content-addressable associative memory, exposed as an ordinary HTTP database. https://github.com/aphorion/heatherdb Built on #LMDB
View on Mastodon (opens in a new tab)Reimplementing ArchLinux's pacman package manager on #LMDB Pacman is one of the fastest linux package manager but it has one problem makes it slow and annoying and it’s the local package database https://linuxcommunity.io/t/faster-pacman-lightning-memory-mapped-database-solution/13224
View on Mastodon (opens in a new tab)Funny. Ever since Brexit, English is no longer a relevant EU language. These ramen packs are now only printed with Dutch, French, and German.
View on Mastodon (opens in a new tab)Simon usually only sits on my lap. This is a rare moment of reclining relaxation. #CatsofMastodon
View on Mastodon (opens in a new tab)RE: https://mastodon.social/@TwraSun/117563252117720352 The marvels of modern laser projector technology
View on Mastodon (opens in a new tab)RE: https://hachyderm.io/@damienmiller/117563026759098135 > we have recently observed multiple cases of rapid bug rediscovery by AI agents If LLMs are feeding results from one session back to their central servers, then that means anything discovered by one researcher could quickly be revealed to a…
View on Mastodon (opens in a new tab)So that's the long and the short of it. #CatsofMastodon
View on Mastodon (opens in a new tab)In 2024 China's GAC began mass production of their Quark 2.0 EV motors that deliver a peak efficiency of 98.5% with a power density of 13kW/kg and max speed of 30,000rpm. Now they've improved it even further to 99.03% efficiency and 17.29kW/kg. Seems like they're well past the point of diminishing …
View on Mastodon (opens in a new tab)My stance against AI isn't a knee-jerk reaction. It just really doesn't take much thought to see all of the problems with it - ethically, environmentally, mentally - and all of that's before even considering the poor quality of the output. If you're *not* recognizing all of these problems, that onl…
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