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The Accidental Room (2018)
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The Accidental Room
In downtown Providence, Rhode Island there is a large and prominent plot of land that sits on the bank of the Woonasquatucket River. In 1838, it was the home of the the Rhode Island State Prison. Later, the land housed the Continuing Education campus for…
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Autoresearch Hub
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Why Are Viral Capsids Icosahedral?
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Why Are Viral Capsids Icosahedral?
Viral capsid structure is a geometric packing problem under genetic constraints.
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Reviewing Large Changes with Jujutsu
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Reviewing large changes with Jujutsu - Ben Gesoff
Ben Gesoff's personal website
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AirPods Max 2
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Apple
AirPods Max 2
The ultimate over-ear listening experience — in five vibrant colors and with up to 1.5x more Active Noise Cancellation than the previous generation.
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How far can you go with IX Route Servers only?
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How far can you go with IX Route Servers only?
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SpiceCrypt: A Python library for decrypting LTspice encrypted model files
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GitHub
GitHub - jtsylve/spice-crypt: Tool to decrypt encrypted LTSpice models
Tool to decrypt encrypted LTSpice models. Contribute to jtsylve/spice-crypt development by creating an account on GitHub.
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Comparing Python Type Checkers: Typing Spec Conformance
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pyrefly.org
Python Type Checker Comparison: Typing Spec Conformance | Pyrefly
Learn what it means to conform to the Python typing spec, why it matters, and the conformance status of each type checker including Pyrefly, Ty, Pyright and Mypy.
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Ask HN: Have you successfully treated forward head posture ("nerd neck")?
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Show HN: Hackerbrief – Top posts on Hacker News summarized daily
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MCP Server Is Eating Your Context Window. There's a Simpler Way
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Apideck
Your MCP Server Is Eating Your Context Window. There's a Simpler Way
TL;DR: MCP tool definitions can burn 55,000+ tokens before an agent processes a single user message. We built the Apideck CLI as an AI-agent interface instead:an ~80-token agent prompt replaces tens of thousands of tokens of schema, with progressive disclosure…
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Kevin Boone: The "small web" is bigger than you might think
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kevinboone.me
Kevin Boone: The “small web” is
bigger than you might think
The small web is growing, and getting more active. Good news.
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Why I may ‘hire’ AI instead of a graduate student
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Why I may ‘hire’ AI instead of a graduate student
“It can competently perform a lot of the work I need immediately,” this professor writes
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Palantir defends its role in the kill chain: "We are proud of that"
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Palantir defends its role in the kill chain: “We are very, very proud of that”
There are no secrets” is Palantir’s conference motto. Yet how its software actually works in real-world use remains a secret to outsiders.
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Starlink Mini as a failover
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Starlink Mini as a failover
I recently picked up a Starlink Mini to use as a backup connection for my home network. The underlying technology is fascinating - thousands of satellites in low Earth orbit delivering broadband almost anywhere. With the new £4.50 standby plan, it's an excellent…
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Jemalloc un-abandoned by Meta
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Engineering at Meta
Investing in Infrastructure: Meta’s Renewed Commitment to jemalloc
Meta recognizes the long-term benefits of jemalloc, a high-performance memory allocator, in its software infrastructure. We are renewing focus on jemalloc, aiming to reduce maintenance needs and mo…
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Palestinian boy, 12, describes how Israeli forces killed his family in car
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'My mother cried out one last time': Palestinian boy, 12, describes how Israeli forces killed his family in car
Khaled Bani Odeh's parents and two brothers were shot dead as they drove home from a shopping trip in the occupied West Bank.
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Cert Authorities Check for DNSSEC from Today
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grepular.com
Cert Authorities Check for DNSSEC From Today
About 14 years ago I set up DNSSEC . I've been running it on all of my domains ever since, without issue. First using bind9 and then later using PowerDNS...
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The return-to-the-office trend backfires
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The return-to-the-office trend backfires
Many business leaders think that a stricter return-to-office policy will cause a surge in productivity. But in reality, the data tell a different story. Across practitione…
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Speed at the cost of quality: Study of use of Cursor AI in open source projects
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arXiv.org
Speed at the Cost of Quality: How Cursor AI Increases Short-Term...
Large language models (LLMs) have demonstrated the promise to revolutionize the field of software engineering. Among other things, LLM agents are rapidly gaining momentum in software development,...
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Where does engineering go? Retreat findings and insights [pdf]
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