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  • The Talking Box: A CVSD Audio Digitizer and Playback Device

    This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/the-talking-box-a-cvsd-audio-digitizer-and-playback-device.


    An economical voice digitizer and playback device for PCs
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    This story was written by: @bobnoxious. Learn more about this writer by checking @bobnoxious's about page,
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    Radio-Electronics Magazine bought this as an article, and actually paid me a pretty good down payment for it. It seemed like a nice way to earn a living inasmuch as I enjoy designing and building and coding and writing. Then the magazine went belly up in April 1985 and the article never saw print.

    46 min
  • YaFSDP - An LLM Training Tool That Cuts GPU Usage by 20% - Is Out Now

    This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/yafsdp-an-llm-training-tool-that-cuts-gpu-usage-by-20percent-is-out-now.


    YaFSDP is an open-source tool that promises to revolutionize LLM training.
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    You can also check exclusive content about #llm-fine-tuning, #llm-optimization, #llm-training, #gpu-utilization, #what-is-yafsdp, #open-source-tools, #good-company, #imporve-llm-training, and more.


    This story was written by: @yandex. Learn more about this writer by checking @yandex's about page,
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    YaFSDP is an open-source tool that promises to revolutionize LLM training. In a pre-training scenario involving a model with 70 billion parameters, using YaFSDP can save the resources of approximately 150 GPUs. This translates to potential monthly savings of roughly $0.5 to $1.5 million.

    7 min
  • US Fatal Police Shooting Analysis and Prediction: A Study

    This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/us-fatal-police-shooting-analysis-and-prediction-a-study.


    We analyzed and quantified fatal police shooting news reporting deviation of mainstream media.
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    This story was written by: @reckoning. Learn more about this writer by checking @reckoning's about page,
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    This paper is [available on arxiv.org/pdf/2106.15298) under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 DEED license. We analyzed and quantified fatal police shooting news reporting deviation of mainstream media. We used FP-growth to mine frequent patterns, clustered hotspots of fatal police shootings and brought multi-attributes to reveal connections under the iceberg.

    3 min
  • NoWire, a 1985 Microwave LAN Experiment

    This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/nowire-a-1985-microwave-lan-experiment.


    An experimental WiFi LAN was designed and tested in 1985 under an FCC Special License.
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    This story was written by: @bobnoxious. Learn more about this writer by checking @bobnoxious's about page,
    and for more stories, please visit hackernoon.com.


    An experimental WiFi LAN was designed and tested in 1985 under an FCC Special License. It was built using a block microwave unit as the transceiver. The unit had its own integral power supply and an i/o connector that mated the computer with a 4Megabits rep rate.

    6 min
  • Assessing VASP Solvency For Cryptoassets: Appendix A. Supplemental material

    This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/assessing-vasp-solvency-for-cryptoassets-appendix-a-supplemental-material.


    Investigating VASP solvency using integrated data from cryptoasset wallets, balance sheets, and regulatory sources for enhanced financial oversight.
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    You can also check exclusive content about #virtual-assets, #vasp, #solvency-assessment, #cryptoasset-holdings, #financial-regulation, #blockchain-technology, #financial-intermediaries, #auditing-framework, and more.


    This story was written by: @solvency. Learn more about this writer by checking @solvency's about page,
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    Most VASPs (N = 14) provide services on cryptoassets of three or more different DLTs. N = 11 VASP provide only one service, and N = 7 offer three different services. The address clustering we implement relies on the multi- input technique discussed in Androulaki et al. (2013); Ron & Shamir (2013)

    4 min
  • Assessing VASP Solvency For Cryptoassets: Abstract and Introduction

    This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/assessing-vasp-solvency-for-cryptoassets-abstract-and-introduction.


    Investigating VASP solvency using integrated data from cryptoasset wallets, balance sheets, and regulatory sources for enhanced financial oversight.
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    You can also check exclusive content about #virtual-assets, #vasp, #cryptoasset-holdings, #solvency-assessment, #financial-regulation, #blockchain-technology, #financial-intermediaries, #auditing-framework, and more.


    This story was written by: @solvency. Learn more about this writer by checking @solvency's about page,
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    In 2022, the cryptoasset sector experienced a crash driven by two major incidents that exposed the repercussions of inadequate regulation and accountability in the industry. We investigate 24 VASPs registered with the Financial Market Authority in Austria and provide regulatory data insights such as who are the customers and where do they come from. Their yearly incoming and outgoing transaction volume amount to 2 billion EUR for around 1.8 million users.

    11 min
  • AI in SecOps: Transforming Cloud Security with Advanced Threat Detection

    This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/ai-in-secops-transforming-cloud-security-with-advanced-threat-detection.


    Discover how AI enhances cloud security by optimizing SecOps, boosting threat detection, and improving response times with practical implementation steps.
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    This story was written by: @thesociable. Learn more about this writer by checking @thesociable's about page,
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    AI revolutionizes SecOps by automating routine tasks, enhancing threat detection, and optimizing resource allocation, significantly bolstering cloud security and response times.

    9 min
  • Cyber Polygon Returns to Simulate an Advanced Targeted Attack on a Tech Company

    This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/cyber-polygon-returns-to-simulate-an-advanced-targeted-attack-on-a-tech-company.


    Cyber Polygon 2024 returns with a virtual exercise simulating a cyber attack on a tech startup, focusing on AI-driven solutions.
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    You can also check exclusive content about #cyber-attack-simulation, #cyber-attack, #cyber-attack-prevention, #cyber-defense-training, #cloud-security, #cyber-polygon-2024, #cyber-attack-on-ai-startup, #ai-in-cybersecurity, and more.


    This story was written by: @thesociable. Learn more about this writer by checking @thesociable's about page,
    and for more stories, please visit hackernoon.com.


    Cyber Polygon 2024 will be conducted virtually on the BI.ZONE Cyber Polygon [ platform] from September 10-11. A booth will also be operating within the MENA Information Security Conference (ISC) in Saudi Arabia on the same dates. The latest update says that this year’s Cyber polygon is “dedicated to a sophisticated targeted attack on a tech company”

    9 min
  • The Ultimate Chromebook Revival for 2024: Enter Pixelbook

    This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/the-ultimate-chromebook-revival-for-2024-enter-pixelbook.


    I fell in love with the Pixelbook about two months ago. I saw a coworker at Google using one, and I was immediately impressed by its extreme thinness.
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    This story was written by: @geekonrecord. Learn more about this writer by checking @geekonrecord's about page,
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    At 10.3 mm, the Pixelbook is one of the thinnest Chromebooks ever. The combination of aluminum and glass accents, the symmetry in its squared body, and its consistent thickness throughout the whole fanless chassis, all make it the sexiest Chromebook ever made.

    8 min
  • How Do You Go About Creating Biological Weapons That Cannot Be Countered?

    This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/how-do-you-go-about-creating-biological-weapons-that-cannot-be-countered.


    This is why bioweapons and bio-engineered viruses should never be developed.
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    This story was written by: @thomascherickal. Learn more about this writer by checking @thomascherickal's about page,
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    This is another way the entire world could end.

    8 min

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