Where Do Scientists Think This Is All Going?
https://www.quantamagazine.org/where-do-scientists-think-this-is-all-going-20250430/
https://www.quantamagazine.org/where-do-scientists-think-this-is-all-going-20250430/
Quanta Magazine
Where Do Scientists Think This Is All Going? | Quanta Magazine
We asked some of the world’s foremost experts an impossible question. Amazingly, they answered.
Understanding transaction visibility in PostgreSQL clusters with read replicas
https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/database/understanding-transaction-visibility-in-postgresql-clusters-with-read-replicas/
https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/database/understanding-transaction-visibility-in-postgresql-clusters-with-read-replicas/
Amazon
Understanding transaction visibility in PostgreSQL clusters with read replicas | Amazon Web Services
On April 29, 2025, Jepsen published a report about transaction visibility behavior in Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL Multi-AZ clusters. We appreciate Jepsen’s thorough analysis and would like to provide additional context about this behavior, which exists both…
Warren Buffett to Step Down from Berkshire Hathaway at Year-End
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-03/warren-buffett-to-step-down-from-berkshire-hathaway-at-year-end
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-03/warren-buffett-to-step-down-from-berkshire-hathaway-at-year-end
Bloomberg.com
Buffett to Step Down from Berkshire Hathaway at Year-End
Warren Buffett, who built Berkshire Hathaway Inc. into a business valued at more than $1.16 trillion and himself into a celebrity billionaire renowned for his investing acumen and witticisms, will step down at year-end after six decades atop the conglomerate.
Spain-Portugal blackouts: what happened
https://theconversation.com/spain-portugal-blackouts-what-actually-happened-and-what-can-iberia-and-europe-learn-from-it-255666
https://theconversation.com/spain-portugal-blackouts-what-actually-happened-and-what-can-iberia-and-europe-learn-from-it-255666
The Conversation
Spain-Portugal blackouts: what actually happened, and what can Iberia and Europe learn from it?
By analysing minute-by minute data, we can pinpoint the moment where it all went wrong for Spain’s power grid.
Federal Court Halts Dismantling of Federal Library Agency in ALA Lawsuit
https://www.ala.org/news/2025/05/federal-court-halts-dismantling-federal-library-agency-ala-lawsuit
https://www.ala.org/news/2025/05/federal-court-halts-dismantling-federal-library-agency-ala-lawsuit
ALA
Federal Court Halts Dismantling of Federal Library Agency in ALA Lawsuit
Today, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia granted a temporary restraining order to block the Trump Administration’s dismantling of the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS).
Ask HN: Anyone else roll eyes at startups that went from "X" to "AI-powered X"?
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43881396
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43881396
Understanding-j: An introduction to the J programming language that gets to the
https://github.com/bugsbugsbux/understanding-j
https://github.com/bugsbugsbux/understanding-j
GitHub
GitHub - bugsbugsbux/understanding-j: An introduction to the J programming language that gets to the point.
An introduction to the J programming language that gets to the point. - bugsbugsbux/understanding-j
Helpcare AI (YC F24) Is Hiring
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScpzOyP_mk3muEpbKrnW8UTZB_yP5SJwjbeT8_6A6fhdvpJCg/viewform?usp=preview
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScpzOyP_mk3muEpbKrnW8UTZB_yP5SJwjbeT8_6A6fhdvpJCg/viewform?usp=preview
The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Multiple Dispatch in Julia (2019)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kc9HwsxE1OY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kc9HwsxE1OY
YouTube
The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Multiple Dispatch | Stefan Karpinski | JuliaCon 2019
If you're familiar with Julia and its ecosystem, you may have noticed something lovely but a bit puzzling: there seems to be an unusually large amount of code reuse between packages compared to other seemingly similar languages. This sharing of code comes…
FAA offering more incentives as air traffic controller shortage worsens
https://ktla.com/news/travel/faa-offering-more-incentives-as-air-traffic-controller-shortage-worsens/
https://ktla.com/news/travel/faa-offering-more-incentives-as-air-traffic-controller-shortage-worsens/
KTLA 5
FAA offering more incentives as air traffic controller shortage worsens
The Federal Aviation Administration is rolling out new financial incentives to attract and retain air traffic controllers amid a growing nationwide staffing crisis that has delayed and canceled fli…
Gorgeous-GRUB: collection of decent community-made GRUB themes
https://github.com/Jacksaur/Gorgeous-GRUB
https://github.com/Jacksaur/Gorgeous-GRUB
GitHub
GitHub - Jacksaur/Gorgeous-GRUB: Collection of decent Community-made GRUB themes. Contributions welcome!
Collection of decent Community-made GRUB themes. Contributions welcome! - Jacksaur/Gorgeous-GRUB
NEA Cancels Grants After Proposed Elimination of Agency
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/national-endowment-for-the-arts-cancels-grants-trump-1234740558/
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/national-endowment-for-the-arts-cancels-grants-trump-1234740558/
ARTnews
National Endowment for the Arts Cancels Grants After Trump’s Proposed Elimination of Agency
The NEA began canceling grants not long after Trump proposed to eliminate the agency in his 2026 budget.
Programmers Guide to the AMIBIOS (1993) [pdf]
http://bitsavers.org/pdf/americanMegatrends/Programmers_Guide_to_the_AMIBIOS_1993.pdf
http://bitsavers.org/pdf/americanMegatrends/Programmers_Guide_to_the_AMIBIOS_1993.pdf
Jewels linked to Buddha remains go to auction, sparking ethical debate
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckg2elg3zxyo
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckg2elg3zxyo
Bbc
Buddha's sacred jewels head to auction - should they be returned to India?
Buddha’s sacred jewels, unearthed in 1898, head to auction at Sotheby’s, raising ethical concerns.
The latest AI scaling graph – and why it hardly makes sense
https://garymarcus.substack.com/p/the-latest-ai-scaling-graph-and-why
https://garymarcus.substack.com/p/the-latest-ai-scaling-graph-and-why
Substack
The latest AI scaling graph - and why it hardly makes sense
Just a because a graph is intriguing doesn’t mean that it means very much