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May, 24 2025 • 16 min read • 2461 words Preface: A few weeks back, I implemented GPT-2 using WebGL and shaders (Github Repo) which made the front page of Hacker News (discussion). By popular demand, here is a short write-up over the main ideas behind GPU shader programming (for general-purpose computing). The Origins of General Purpose GPU Programming In the early 2000s, NVIDIA introduced programmable shaders with the GeForce 3 (2001) and GeForce FX (2003). Instead of being limited to predete
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evolved.lua (work in progress) Evolved ECS (Entity-Component-System) for Lua Introduction evolved.lua is a fast and flexible ECS (Entity-Component-System) library for Lua. It is designed to be simple and easy to use, while providing all the features needed to create complex systems with blazing performance. Before we start exploring the library, let's take a look at the main advantages of using evolved.lua : Performance This library is designed to be fast. Many techniques are employed to ac
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The discovery set off an extensive conservation and research project, supported by the University Library with funding from Cambridge Digital Humanities. The fragment’s condition posed a significant challenge. It was fragile, with tears and folds that made it difficult to handle. Traditional methods of conservation might have involved physically removing the binding to unfold the fragment, but this risked causing irreparable damage. Instead, the team decided to preserve the fragment in situ, k
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This article has been reviewed according to Science X's editorial process and policies . Editors have highlighted the following attributes while ensuring the content's credibility: Enrique Jiménez and his team have been working on the digitization of all surviving cuneiform tablets since 2018. Credit: LMU How should we live when we know we must die? This question is posed by the first work of world literature, the Gilgamesh epic. More than 4,000 years ago, Gilgamesh set out on a quest for immo
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