Body Of Evidence: Ok
Just before 12PM I finished Body Of Evidence, Scarpetta 2, by Patricia Cornwell. I liked this book a little more than the previous one.
My Emacs eye candy
I get the occasional question about my Emacs theme, font, and other eye candy. I'm always tickled and happy to share.
Source: My Emacs eye candy, an article by Álvaro Ramírez.
SQL:2023 is finished: Here is what's new
SQL:2023 has been wrapped. The final text has been submitted by the working group to ISO Central Secretariat, and it’s now up to the ISO gods when it will be published. Based on past experience, it could be between a few weeks and a few months.
In the meantime, we can look at what is new. The changes can be grouped into three areas:
- Various smaller changes to the existing SQL language
- New features related to JSON
- A new part for property graph queries
Let’s look at each one.
Source: SQL:2023 is finished: Here is what’s new, an article by Peter Eisentraut.
What Are Transformer Models and How Do They Work?
Transformers are a new development in machine learning that have been making a lot of noise lately. They are incredibly good at keeping track of context, and this is why the text that they write makes sense. In this blog post, we will go over their architecture and how they work.
Source: What Are Transformer Models and How Do They Work?, an article by Luis Serrano.
Dark Angel
Letty Davenport’s days working a desk job at are behind her. Her previous actions at a gunfight in Texas—and her incredible skills with firearms—draw the attention of several branches of the US government, and make her a perfect fit for even more dangerous work. The Department of Homeland Security and the NSA have tasked her with infiltrating a hacker group, known only as Ordinary People, that is intent on wreaking havoc. Letty and her reluctant partner from the NSA pose as free-spirited programmers for hire and embark on a cross country road trip to the group’s California headquarters.
While the two work to make inroads with Ordinary People and uncover their plans, they begin to suspect that the hackers are not their only enemy. Someone within their own circle may have betrayed them, and has ulterior motives that place their mission—and their lives—in grave danger.
In the evening I started in Dark Angel, a Letty Davenport novel book 2, by John Sandford.