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Starting with the launch of Dropbox in 2007, we ve slowly become accustomed to the fact that most of our digital files are always available on all our devices. Tech geeks were skeptical back in 2007 after all, you can synchronize files yourselves using FTP and rsync, right? Dropbox and …
In order to understand complexity, a good strategy is always to take something apart and try to rebuild it. This is exactly what a few volunteers, lead by a former Safari developer, set out to do. They are building SerenityOS, a full-fledged operating system, and Ladybird, a web browser, from …
Syncthing is a great piece of open source software that allows you to synchronize folders of files across your devices, without relying on cloud providers such as Dropbox and OneDrive. One scenario it supports is synchronization between a trusted device (e.g. your own laptop) and an untrusted device (e.g. a …
To interact with traditional IT systems an LLM would have to consume and produce data in a strictly defined format. LLMs typically have no issue ingesting all sorts of (mixed) data not only do the LLMs accept natural language, these languages may be mixed and contain spelling errors! An LLM …
Action sells key finder key fobs for as low as €2-3. These key fobs are designed to be used in conjunction with a smartphone app that can do a few things. For example, you can tell the keyfob to make a sound, which comes in handy when you misplaced your …
Often the best way to understand something is to try and (re)build it yourself. Over the past year, I have become fascinated with machine learning models. Playing around with things like ChatGPT and Stable Diffusion is a lot of fun and a good way to get a feel for the …
In 2013 I developed a user interface for advanced BI analysis using puzzle pieces (MIT Scratch).
Sometimes innovations come along that are just a bit too far ahead of their time. One of these are Java applets. Back in 2003 (i was fifteen!) I came across a web page that showed a Java applet rendering 3D scenes in real-time. To learn C++ I downloaded the source …
In a study commissioned by the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs, Dialogic finds that between 296 and 726 new antenna sites (which, in many cases, are shared between operators) are necessary over the coming six years. Until 2027, we do not expect deployment of large-scale small cell structures (as seen …
Another one of my lockdown projects involves a 7.5 inch e-Paper display from Waveshare. Instead of your ordinary computer display, which bombards your eyes with light, e-Paper displays are more similar to paper. By making a pixel more or less reflective (using a technique known as E-ink ), an e-Paper display …