2023 ACM Turing Prize awarded to Avi Wigderson https://awards.acm.org/about/2023-turing
awards.acm.org
Avi Wigderson of the Institute for Advanced Study is the recipient of the 2023 ACM A.M. Turing Award
For foundational contributions to the theory of computation, including reshaping our understanding of the role of randomness in computation
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Untergunther – Restoration of the Pantheon clock (2007) https://urban-resources.net/untergunther.html
Show HN: I made a new sensor out of 3D printer filament for my PhD https://paulbupejr.com/developing-the-optigap-sensor-system/
Quantum Algorithms for Lattice Problems https://eprint.iacr.org/2024/555
There’s a 30-year old dead Rabbit in Seven Sisters tube station https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/theres-a-dead-rabbit-in-seven-sisters-tube-station-71502/
ianVisits
There’s a 30-year old dead rabbit in Seven Sisters tube station
For over thirty years, a dead rabbit has hung inside Seven Sisters tube station, and thousands of people walk past it every day without noticing.
An open source initiative to share and compare heat pump performance data https://heatpumpmonitor.org/
Organizing OpenStreetMap mapping parties https://contrapunctus.codeberg.page/blog/mapping-party-tips.html
contrapunctus.codeberg.page
Organizing OpenStreetMap mapping parties
Hacked Nvidia 4090 GPU driver to enable P2P https://github.com/tinygrad/open-gpu-kernel-modules
GitHub
GitHub - tinygrad/open-gpu-kernel-modules: NVIDIA Linux open GPU with P2P support
NVIDIA Linux open GPU with P2P support. Contribute to tinygrad/open-gpu-kernel-modules development by creating an account on GitHub.
Identical twins both grew up with autism, but took different paths https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2024/04/04/1242264274/siblings-science-identical-twin-brothers-autism-spectrum
NPR
These identical twins both grew up with autism, but took very different paths
Sam and John Fetters are identical twins with autism. But Sam is in college, while John still struggles to form sentences. Their experience may shed light on the disorder's mix of nature and nurture.
Tree-shaking, the horticulturally misguided algorithm (2023) https://wingolog.org/archives/2023/11/24/tree-shaking-the-horticulturally-misguided-algorithm
wingolog.org
tree-shaking, the horticulturally misguided algorithm — wingolog
wingolog: article: tree-shaking, the horticulturally misguided algorithm
Lessons after a Half-billion GPT Tokens https://kenkantzer.com/lessons-after-a-half-billion-gpt-tokens/
Ken Kantzer's Blog
Lessons after a half-billion GPT tokens - Ken Kantzer's Blog
My startup Truss (gettruss.io) released a few LLM-heavy features in the last six months, and the narrative around LLMs that I read on Hacker News is now starting to diverge from my reality, so I thought I’d share some of the more “surprising” lessons after…
I accidentally built a meme search engine https://harper.blog/2024/04/12/i-accidentally-built-a-meme-search-engine/
harper.blog
I accidentally built a meme search engine
I built a magical meme search engine using siglip/CLIP and vector encoding images. It was a fun way to learn about this powerful technology. I'm sharing the code so you can build your own and discover forgotten gems in your photo library. Let's unleash the…
Data-as-a-Product and Data-Contract: An evolutionary approach to data maturity https://blog.owulveryck.info/2024/04/09/data-as-a-product-and-data-contract-an-evolutionary-approach-to-data-maturity.html
Unladen swallow - Olivier Wulveryck
Data-as-a-Product and Data-Contract: An evolutionary approach to data maturity
Using Simon Wardley’s evolution model, I propose a framework for visualizing the maturity of data within a business context, emphasizing the importance of treating data as a product and implementing data contracts to facilitate integration and ensure trust.…
Obituary for a quiet life (2023) https://bittersoutherner.com/feature/2023/obituary-for-a-quiet-life
THE BITTER SOUTHERNER
Obituary for a Quiet Life — THE BITTER SOUTHERNER
A man passes away without a word in the mountains of North Carolina, and his grandson sets out to write about the importance of a seemingly unimportant life.
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Visualizing Attention, a Transformer's Heart [video] https://www.3blue1brown.com/lessons/attention
3Blue1Brown
3Blue1Brown - Attention in transformers, step-by-step | Deep Learning Chapter 6
Demystifying attention, the key mechanism inside transformers and LLMs.
Show HN: Building a GPS receiver https://axleos.com/building-a-gps-receiver-part-1-hearing-whispers/
axle OS
Building a GPS Receiver, Part 1: Hearing Whispers
Have you ever noticed that your Maps app still works during a flight? It can feel illicit, like someone just forgot to turn off the signal, and that watching yourself crawl along the earth should be done without drawing undue attention. A few months ago I…