The Pigeon Whistle: A Defining Sound of Old Beijing (2019)
http://www.chinatoday.com.cn/ctenglish/2018/cs/201911/t20191129_800186426.html
http://www.chinatoday.com.cn/ctenglish/2018/cs/201911/t20191129_800186426.html
China Today
The Pigeon Whistle: A Defining Sound of Old Beijing
IF you have ever watched a movie that featured old Beijing, there is a good possibility that it contained a scene with a flock of pigeons flying over quadrangular dwellings (siheyuan), giving off a uniquely harmonic buzzing sound as they flew by. That sound…
StackAI (YC W23) Is Hiring Pydantic and FastAPI Wizard
https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/stackai/jobs/8nYnmlN-backend-engineer
https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/stackai/jobs/8nYnmlN-backend-engineer
Y Combinator
Backend Engineer at StackAI
**About Stack AI**
1. **Vision**: Democratize access to Large Language Models, so that anyone can build AI-powered applications that generate positive impact to the world.
2. **Product**: A user-friendly and intuitive No-Code platform integrating best…
1. **Vision**: Democratize access to Large Language Models, so that anyone can build AI-powered applications that generate positive impact to the world.
2. **Product**: A user-friendly and intuitive No-Code platform integrating best…
Why agency and cognition are fundamentally not computational
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1362658/full
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1362658/full
Frontiers
Frontiers | Naturalizing relevance realization: why agency and cognition are fundamentally not computational
The way organismic agents come to know the world, and the way algorithms solve problems, are fundamentally different. The most sensible course of action for ...
Copaganda: How Police and the Media Manipulate Our News
https://www.teenvogue.com/story/copaganda-when-the-police-and-the-media-manipulate-our-news
https://www.teenvogue.com/story/copaganda-when-the-police-and-the-media-manipulate-our-news
Teen Vogue
How to Sniff Out ‘Copaganda’: When the Police and the Media Manipulate Our News
"By cherry-picking anecdotes, news reports can distort our interpretation of the world."
Critical Warning for External Purchases in Apple App Store
https://mjtsai.com/blog/2025/05/14/critical-warning-for-external-purchases-in-app-store/
https://mjtsai.com/blog/2025/05/14/critical-warning-for-external-purchases-in-app-store/
Mjtsai
Michael Tsai - Blog - Critical Warning for External Purchases in App Store
Researchers establish fundamental limit on how light bosonic dark matter can be
https://phys.org/news/2025-05-fundamental-limit-bosonic-dark.html
https://phys.org/news/2025-05-fundamental-limit-bosonic-dark.html
phys.org
Researchers establish fundamental limit on how light bosonic dark matter can be
In a new study published in Physical Review Letters, scientists have estimated a new lower bound on the mass of ultra-lightweight bosonic dark matter particles.
Fetii (YC S22) Is Hiring
https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/fetii/jobs/QDjleWs-senior-operations-manager-fetii
https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/fetii/jobs/QDjleWs-senior-operations-manager-fetii
Y Combinator
Senior Operations Manager – Fetii at Fetii
**Location:** Austin, Texas (Hybrid preferred but open to Remote)\
**Type:** Full-Time\
**Compensation:** Competitive salary + meaningful stock options\
**Schedule:** Must be available for irregular hours, including weekends, late nights, and early mornings.…
**Type:** Full-Time\
**Compensation:** Competitive salary + meaningful stock options\
**Schedule:** Must be available for irregular hours, including weekends, late nights, and early mornings.…
Stop using REST for state synchronization (2024)
https://www.mbid.me/posts/stop-using-rest-for-state-synchronization/
https://www.mbid.me/posts/stop-using-rest-for-state-synchronization/
A leap year check in three instructions
https://hueffner.de/falk/blog/a-leap-year-check-in-three-instructions.html
https://hueffner.de/falk/blog/a-leap-year-check-in-three-instructions.html
hueffner.de
A leap year check in three instructions
How to test for leap years (until year 102499) in the proleptic Gregorian calendar with just three 32-bit instructions, with detailed explanation of the bit-level tricks.
Meta Battles an 'Epidemic of Scams' as Criminals Flood Instagram and Facebook
https://www.wsj.com/tech/meta-fraud-facebook-instagram-813363c8
https://www.wsj.com/tech/meta-fraud-facebook-instagram-813363c8
WSJ
Meta Battles an ‘Epidemic of Scams’ as Criminals Flood Instagram and Facebook
Fake puppies and phony offers of mouthwatering bargains are often seeded by overseas crime networks; employees say company is reluctant to impede its advertising juggernaut