This Week I Learned - Week #48 2023

This Week I Learned - 

* HTTP/3 builds on the foundations laid by HTTP/2 but introduces significant changes, primarily by shifting from TCP (Transmission Control Protocol) to QUIC (Quick UDP Internet Connections) as the underlying transport protocol. - The Valley of Code

* From the Chrome Developer Tools Network panel, you can override HTTP response headers and web content, including XHR and fetch requests, to mock remote resources even if you don't have access to them or the web server.

* A VSIX package is a .vsix file that contains one or more Visual Studio extensions, together with the metadata Visual Studio uses to classify and install the extensions. 

* Replicate lets you run machine learning models with a few lines of code, without needing to understand how machine learning works.

* Chatbot Arena lets you chat with any two models among these side-by-side:

1. GPT-3.5: GPT-3.5 by OpenAI
2. GPT-3.5-Turbo-1106: GPT-3.5-Turbo-1106 by OpenAI
3. GPT-4-Turbo: GPT-4-Turbo by OpenAI
4. GPT-4: ChatGPT-4 by OpenAI
5. Claude: Claude 2 by Anthropic
6. Claude Instant: Claude Instant by Anthropic
7. Tulu 2: Tulu 2 by UW/AllenAI
8. Yi-Chat: A large language model by 01.AI
9. Vicuna: a chat assistant fine-tuned on user-shared conversations by LMSYS
10. Llama 2: open foundation and fine-tuned chat models by Meta
11. ChatGLM: an open bilingual dialogue language model by Tsinghua University
12. OpenChat 3.5: an open model fine-tuned on Mistral-7B using C-RLFT
13. Mistral: a large language model by Mistral AI team
14. Zephyr: a chatbot fine-tuned from Mistral by Hugging Face
15. Qwen: a large language model by Alibaba Cloud
16. Code Llama: open foundation models for code by Meta
17. WizardLM: an instruction-following LLM using evol-instruct by Microsoft
18. PaLM 2 Chat: PaLM 2 for Chat (chat-bison@001) by Google
19. Falcon: TII’s flagship series of large language models

* "Frankenstein complex" is the irrational fear that robots (or other creations) will turn on their creator. 

* Robopsychology is the study of the personalities and behavior of intelligent machines. 

* The first email was sent in 1971 by Ray Tomlinson, a young engineer at the firm of Bolt, Beranek and Newman. Ray Tomlinson was inspired to invent e-mail by colleagues who didn't answer their phones.

* "The magic of computers is you create a world and you’re in charge of it, but then you discover it does what you tell it to do, not always what you want it to do." - Vint Cerf

* Vint Cerf and his wife Sigrid both have hearing deficiencies; they met at a hearing aid agent's practice in the 1960s, which led him to becoming an advocate for accessibility. Having worn hearing aids since the mid-1950s, Cerf has frequently chosen to work at companies that have invested in the development of accessible non-auditory communications like email. Cerf typically appears in a three-piece suit; rarity in an industry known for its casual dress norms. Cerf writes under the column name "CERF'S UP", and Cerf's car has a vanity plate (registration) "CERFSUP". Cerf is among the 15 members of governing council of International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad.

* Yogen K. Dalal, also known as Yogin Dalal, is an Indian electrical engineer and computer scientist. He was an ARPANET pioneer, and a key contributor to the development of internetworking protocols. After receiving a B.Tech in Electrical Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, he went to the United States to study for a master's degree at Stanford University in 1972 and then a PhD in 1973. His interest in data communication as a graduate student led him to working with new professor Vint Cerf as a teaching assistant in 1972, and then as a research assistant while studying for his PhD. In Summer 1973, while Cerf and Bob Kahn were attempting to formulate an internetworking protocol, Dalal joined their research team to assist them on developing what eventually became Transmission Control Program. After co-authoring the first internet protocol with Cerf and Sunshine in 1974, Dalal received his PhD in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, and remained active in the development of TCP/IP at Stanford for several years. Between 1976 and 1977, Dalal proposed separating Transmission Control Program's routing and transmission control functions into two discrete layers, which led to the splitting of Transmission Control Program into the Transmission Control Protocol and Internet Protocol. In 2005, he was recognized by Stanford as one of the pioneers of the Internet.

* Described as the "man of the millennium", Johannes Gutenberg (1393–1406 – 1468) is often cited as among the most influential figures in human history.  Gutenberg was a German inventor and craftsman who introduced letterpress printing to Europe with his movable-type printing press. Around 1439, Gutenberg was involved in a financial misadventure making polished metal mirrors. It was in Strasbourg in 1440 that he is said to have perfected and unveiled the secret of printing based on his research. By 1450, the press was in operation. Gutenberg was able to convince the wealthy moneylender Johann Fust for a loan. Peter Schöffer, who became Fust's son-in-law, also joined the enterprise. Schöffer had worked as a scribe in Paris and is believed to have designed some of the first typefaces. Between 1450 and 1455, Gutenberg printed several texts, some of which remain unidentified; his texts did not bear the printer's name or date. Some time in 1456, there was a dispute between Gutenberg and Fust, in which Fust demanded his money back, and accused Gutenberg of misusing the funds. The court decided in favor of Fust, giving him control over the Bible printing workshop and half of all printed Bibles. Thus, Gutenberg was effectively bankrupt. 

* A US jury has asked TCS to pay $210 million for alleged misappropriation of US IT services firm DXC’s (formerly CSC) source code to develop its software platform, TCS Bancs, that would compete with the former. The jury said TCS accessed a trade secretby infringing CSC’s proprietary platforms. The latest award appears to be another setback for TCS after the US Supreme Court confirmed a punitive damages award of $140 million upon it in the Epic Systems case for accessing Epic’s web portal without authorisation. - ToI

* Atomberg is a consumer appliances brand, founded by IIT Bombay alumni - Manoj Meena and Sibabrata Das in 2012. Atomberg derives 70% of its sales through offline channels and 30% through online sales. Atomberg's flagship product line - BLDC (Brushless Direct Current Motor) fans  promise energy savings, bill savings and noiseless operation.

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* “spicy” and “hot,” while colloquially used as synonyms, don’t entirely overlap. There are also spices that are sweet (e.g. vanilla), savory (such as coriander), or citrusy (like ginger).

* Omni Calculator - Square in a Circle Calculator

* The cost of car ownership, alcohol and grocery prices put Singapore ahead of New York.

* Glycemic Index chart of over 300 foods & beverages 

* Some foods and beverages in this chart contain no carbohydrates and have a GI of 0. The glycemic index can not be measured for such foods.

* One in three UK vegan products found to contain milk or egg - The Guardian

* Chickpea flour is made from ground legumes. Traditionally used in Indian cuisine, it's becoming popular as a gluten-free alternative to wheat flour.

* A class action is a legal proceeding in which one or more plaintiffs bring a lawsuit on behalf of a larger group, known as the class.

* In all, BRS received 683 crore towards donations, the highest by any regional party. Electoral bonds alone contributed 77% (529 crore) of the total 683 crore. Rest came from ministers and other firms. - Times of India