Rollout and Challenges of HTTP/3
Despite 95% browser and major CDN use, HTTP/3 adoption hurdles include lack of support in key programming languages and open-source tools, with platforms like Nginx offering only experimental support.OpenSSL’s difficult integration of QUIC protocol contributes to ecosystem incompatibilities, with hyperscale companies quickly leveraging HTTP/3’s efficiencies.Smaller developers face greater challenges due to reliance on open-source implementations and financial constraints, leading to uneven benefit distribution.Current obstacles exist for end-to-end HTTP/3 implementation, though open-source ecosystem improvements are anticipated.Taara’s Light-based Wireless Communications
Taara, formerly part of Google X, now operates independently to deliver high-speed, affordable internet using optical communication.Utilizing light beams, they achieve speeds up to 20 Gbps over 20 km, circumventing costly or impractical fiber optic installations.Taara targets underserved regions with partner collaborations in multiple countries, focusing on bridging connectivity gaps for 3 billion unconnected individuals.Emphasizes teamwork involving telecommunications and photonics experts to expand light-based connectivity technology.Ad-blocking via Protocol Buffer Exploit
The article explains blocking YouTube ads on Apple TV with a Protobuf format flaw and setting up a strong network router using FreeBSD and pfSense.It involves using a man-in-the-middle proxy for HTTPS decryption, allowing ad removal by editing Protobuf data bytes.The author initially employs this method but later subscribes to YouTube Premium, acknowledging ethical considerations of supporting content creators.Guides on creating a secure network to block ads and monitoring via tools like pfBlockerNG while facing ethical lines of ad delivery disruption.Archival Storage Complexity by David Rosenthal
Rosenthal stresses economic over technical considerations in archival storage, dismissing quasi-eternal media as impractical.Points out medium costs are dwarfed by system costs, exemplified by systems like IBM TS4300 LTO.Successful archiving requires data management at data-center scale, challenging mainstream ambitious data forecasts and technological capabilities.Encourages pragmatic, cost-centered archival strategies amid resource and market limitations.Demystifying Deep Learning by Andrew Gordon Wilson
Wilson’s paper asserts deep learning behaviors like benign overfitting aren’t exclusive but align with existing generalization theories like PAC-Bayes.The concept of "soft inductive biases" supports simpler solutions fitting data, paralleling traditional model classes more than perceived.Deep learning’s distinctiveness noted in representation learning, mode connectivity, yet its generalization is comprehensible within traditional frameworks.Aims to clarify deep learning’s role and overlap with established models, countering misconceived uniqueness.
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