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The effect of physical fitness on mortality is overestimated
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www.uu.se
The effect of physical fitness on mortality is overestimated
- Uppsala University
May 19
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New research reveals the strongest solar event ever detected, in 12350 BC
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phys.org
New research reveals the strongest solar event ever detected, in 12350 BC
An international team of scientists has discovered an extreme spike in radiocarbon corresponding to the year 12350 BC during the dusk of the last Ice Age. However, the strength of the event could not ...
May 19
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May 19
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Hyper Typing
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Pscanf
Hyper-Typing
In this article, I talk about an inherent trade-off in TypeScript's type
system: stricter types are safer, but often more complex. I describe a
phenomenon I call "hyper-typing", where libraries - in pursuit of perfect type
safety - end up with overly complex…
May 19
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Emergent social conventions and collective bias in LLM populations
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Science Advances
Emergent social conventions and collective bias in LLM populations
Groups of AI agents can develop social conventions, generate societal bias, and undergo critical mass dynamics in norm adoption.
May 19
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"There are people who can see and others who cannot even look"
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Substack
There Are People Who Can See and Others Who Cannot Even Look
The greatest early photographer's portraits of Hugo, Manet, Dumas, and more
May 19
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Living beings emit a faint light that extinguishes upon death, study
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phys.org
Living beings emit a faint light that extinguishes upon death, according to a new study
The light of someone's life might not be just another person, but light in the literal sense. According to a recent study by researchers from University of Calgary, every living system emits light without ...
May 19
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Severed Fingers and 'Wrench Attacks' Rattle the Crypto Elite
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WSJ
Severed Fingers and ‘Wrench Attacks’ Rattle the Crypto Elite
As bitcoin soars, investors and executives are taking their swollen digital wallets offline for safety. Criminals are coming after them, violently.
May 19
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May 19
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The principles of database design, or, the Truth is out there
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ebellani.github.io
The principles of database design, or, the Truth is out there
Every software project needs to represent the reality of the business he is embedded in. The way we can represent reality as limited rational beings is through propositions, i.e, declarative statements that affirm or deny something about reality. When a collection…
May 19
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Show HN: Goboscript, text-based programming language, compiles to Scratch
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GitHub
GitHub - aspizu/goboscript: goboscript is the Scratch compiler
goboscript is the Scratch compiler. Contribute to aspizu/goboscript development by creating an account on GitHub.
May 19
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InventWood is about to mass-produce wood that's stronger than steel
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TechCrunch
Exclusive: InventWood is about to mass-produce wood that’s stronger than steel | TechCrunch
The material has 50% more tensile strength than steel with a strength-to-weight ratio that’s ten-times better.
May 19
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Layers All the Way Down: The Untold Story of Shader Compilation
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Moonside Games
Layers All The Way Down: The Untold Story of Shader Compilation
The trials and tribulations of portability
May 19
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May 19
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Show HN: Job board aggregator for best paying remote SWE jobs in the U.S.
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www.remoteswe.fyi
Best Paying Remote Software Engineering Jobs in the US - RemoteSWE.fyi
Find all the highest paying remote software engineering jobs in the US in one place. Save hours searching and scrolling with daily updates.
May 19
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`This Printer company served you malware for months, called them false positives
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Neowin
This printer company served you malware for months and dismissed it as false positives
A printer company distributed malware-infected files for months. Analysts have now dissected the code and revealed what the malware does once it infects a computer.
May 19
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AI Won't Kill Junior Devs – But Your Hiring Strategy Might
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Substack
AI Won't Kill Junior Devs - But Your Hiring Strategy Might
No juniors today means no seniors tomorrow: rethinking talent development
May 19
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Don't Guess My Language
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vitonsky.net
Don't Guess My Language
If you’re still using IP geolocation to decide what language to show, stop screwing around. It’s a broken assumption dressed up as a feature.
May 19
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Llama from scratch (2023)
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Brian Kitano
Llama from scratch (or how to implement a paper without crying)
I want to provide some tips from my experience implementing a paper. I'm going to cover my tips so far from implementing a dramatically scaled-down versio...
May 19
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Side projects
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Naeem Noor
Side Projects | naeemnur.com
I’ve been building side projects since 2009. Some got sold, some are still online, and a few quietly disappeared. This page is where I keep track of
May 19