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Just discovered, silently, Qualcomm Snapdragon 8gen 3 already supported 10b language model running locally on your smartphone.

Guess it may not be too far away from having a GPT-4 quality model locally in your pocket 🤔 pic.twitter.com/jvZl3wfwPW

— Yao Fu (@Francis_YAO_) November 24, 2023

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Embrace the 'Schutlz Hour'!

Protect one hour each week for quiet reflection to think about the strategic aspects of your job.

As George Shultz stated, "the only way to do great work, in any field, is to find time to consider the larger questions."

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— Kpaxs (@Kpaxs) November 2, 2023

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GET, POST, PUT, DELETE… A list of common HTTP “verbs” in one diagram. The method to download the high-resolution PDF is available at the end.

1. HTTP GET
This retrieves a resource from the server. It is idempotent. Multiple identical requests return the same result.

2. HTTP… pic.twitter.com/aqBavjhFED

— Alex Xu (@alexxubyte) November 6, 2023

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In 2008, Google Maps launched in India.

But we quickly ran into a problem:

Nobody used street names.

And street names were the foundation of Google Maps.

The team had to make some big adaptations.

15 years later, the changes have stood the test of time.

Here's how the team… pic.twitter.com/YfxzxzdyxB

— Elizabeth Laraki (@elizlaraki) October 31, 2023

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Proxy Vs reverse proxy

A forward proxy is a server that sits between user devices and the internet. A forward proxy is commonly used for:
– Protect clients
– Avoid browsing restrictions
– Block access to certain content

A reverse proxy is a server that accepts a request from… pic.twitter.com/lG7NtXwrCZ

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𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗶𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗹-𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗖𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁-𝗦𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻

Long Polling, WebSockets, and Server-Sent Events (SSE) are different techniques to implement real-time communication between a client (typically a web browser) and… pic.twitter.com/V7LNpI0lQw

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