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The Morning After: Instagram endorses the photo dump

The Morning After: Instagram endorses the photo dump

Just in time for summer vacation jealousy baiting, Instagram has doubled the number of photos and videos users can share in a carousel post, from 10 to 20. In a way, this harkens back to the late 2000s era of photo dumps on Facebook, probably involving an SD card from your digital camera. The update is rolling out to all Instagram users worldwide from today.Just remember: Comparison is the thief of joy.— Mat SmithThe biggest stories you might have missedA robotics company has 3D printed nearly a hundred homes in TexasWhat to expect from Google’s Pixel 2024 eventFitbit Ace LTE…
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Analysis of Argument Structure Constructions in the Large Language Model BERT

Analysis of Argument Structure Constructions in the Large Language Model BERT

arXiv:2408.04270v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: This study investigates how BERT processes and represents Argument Structure Constructions (ASCs), extending previous LSTM analyses. Using a dataset of 2000 sentences across four ASC types (transitive, ditransitive, caused-motion, resultative), we analyzed BERT's token embeddings across 12 layers. Visualizations with MDS and t-SNE and clustering quantified by Generalized Discrimination Value (GDV) were used. Feedforward classifiers (probes) predicted construction categories from embeddings. CLS token embeddings clustered best in layers 2-4, decreased in intermediate layers, and slightly increased in final layers. DET and SUBJ embeddings showed consistent clustering in intermediate layers, VERB embeddings increased in clustering from…
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Sintaxe alternativa para a declaração de arrays

Sintaxe alternativa para a declaração de arrays

Sintaxe Alternativa de Declaração de Arrays: Arrays podem ser declarados com os colchetes após o tipo, em vez do nome da variável. Exemplos:int counter[] = new int[3]; é equivalente a int[] counter = new int[3];.char table[][] = new char[3][4]; é equivalente a char[][] table = new char[3][4];. Conveniência na Declaração de Múltiplos Arrays: A sintaxe alternativa é útil para declarar múltiplos arrays do mesmo tipo em uma linha. Exemplo:int[] nums, nums2, nums3; é equivalente a int nums[], nums2[], nums3[];. Retorno de Arrays em Métodos: A sintaxe alternativa é conveniente para especificar que um método retorna um array. Exemplo:int[] someMeth() {…
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A plane crashed in a Brazil neighborhood, with all aboard feared dead

A plane crashed in a Brazil neighborhood, with all aboard feared dead

A passenger plane carrying 62 people has crashed in the Brazilian state of São Paulo, the airline Voepass confirmed in a statement on its website.The plane, which was headed toward São Paulo's Guarulhos International Airport from Cascavel, had 58 passengers and four crew members on board when it fell from the sky in the town of Vinhedo on Friday, the airline wrote on its website. The flight path of the Voepass plane that crashed in Vinhedo, Brazil on Friday. Dario Lopez-Mills/Associated Press The airline did not provide details on what may have caused the crash.Brazilian TV station GloboNews reported that…
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Cluster-Wide Task Slowdown Detection in Cloud System

Cluster-Wide Task Slowdown Detection in Cloud System

arXiv:2408.04236v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Slow task detection is a critical problem in cloud operation and maintenance since it is highly related to user experience and can bring substantial liquidated damages. Most anomaly detection methods detect it from a single-task aspect. However, considering millions of concurrent tasks in large-scale cloud computing clusters, it becomes impractical and inefficient. Moreover, single-task slowdowns are very common and do not necessarily indicate a malfunction of a cluster due to its violent fluctuation nature in a virtual environment. Thus, we shift our attention to cluster-wide task slowdowns by utilizing the duration time distribution of tasks…
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LLDif: Diffusion Models for Low-light Emotion Recognition

LLDif: Diffusion Models for Low-light Emotion Recognition

arXiv:2408.04235v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: This paper introduces LLDif, a novel diffusion-based facial expression recognition (FER) framework tailored for extremely low-light (LL) environments. Images captured under such conditions often suffer from low brightness and significantly reduced contrast, presenting challenges to conventional methods. These challenges include poor image quality that can significantly reduce the accuracy of emotion recognition. LLDif addresses these issues with a novel two-stage training process that combines a Label-aware CLIP (LA-CLIP), an embedding prior network (PNET), and a transformer-based network adept at handling the noise of low-light images. The first stage involves LA-CLIP generating a joint embedding prior…
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Roomba robot vacuums are up to $420 off right now

Roomba robot vacuums are up to $420 off right now

Roomba robot vacuums are on sale right now via Wellbots and some of the deals are absolutely fantastic. The biggest discount is for the well-regarded Combo j9+, which is pretty much the company’s top-tier robovac. This vacuum and mop hybrid is typically a jaw-dropping $1,400, but this deal brings the price down to $980. Just enter the code “ENGT420” at checkout.iRobotMake sure to put "ENGT420" at checkout.  Save $420 with codeENGT420$980 at WellbotsWe loved this unit in our official review, calling it “the ideal robot vacuum and mop” and “a godsend for tired parents.” The vacuuming performance is excellent and…
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A DOJ-approved monitor begins policing how Pornhub screens for illegal videos, including potential sexual abuse

A DOJ-approved monitor begins policing how Pornhub screens for illegal videos, including potential sexual abuse

The firm will review how Aylo responds to takedown requests and screens for illegal content — including child-sexual-abuse images and non-consensual videos of sexual assault and trafficking — on its flagship website Pornhub and such sister sites as YouPorn and RedTube.The monitorship is part of a deferred prosecution agreement between Aylo and federal prosecutors in Brooklyn, who charged the company with money laundering in December.As part of that agreement, Aylo — formerly MindGeek— admitted profiting from videos produced by the sex trafficking ring Girls Do Porn. In addition to agreeing to independent monitoring, Aylo officials paid a $1.8 million fine…
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EfficientRAG: Efficient Retriever for Multi-Hop Question Answering

EfficientRAG: Efficient Retriever for Multi-Hop Question Answering

arXiv:2408.04259v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) methods encounter difficulties when addressing complex questions like multi-hop queries. While iterative retrieval methods improve performance by gathering additional information, current approaches often rely on multiple calls of large language models (LLMs). In this paper, we introduce EfficientRAG, an efficient retriever for multi-hop question answering. EfficientRAG iteratively generates new queries without the need for LLM calls at each iteration and filters out irrelevant information. Experimental results demonstrate that EfficientRAG surpasses existing RAG methods on three open-domain multi-hop question-answering datasets. Source link lol
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Ex-Twitter Chairman Sues Elon Musk’s X for $20 Million in Shares

Ex-Twitter Chairman Sues Elon Musk’s X for $20 Million in Shares

Former Twitter Chairman Omid Kordestani sued the social media company, claiming that billionaire owner Elon Musk is refusing to cash out more than $20 million worth of shares he is owed.Kordestani served as the company’s executive chairman from 2015 to 2020 and stayed on the board for two more years, until Musk bought the platform for $44 billion. He said in the complaint that the bulk of his compensation was stock, which he says Musk is refusing to pay out. Source link lol
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