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In this exclusive feature essay, Robinson explains the technology behind the best science fiction novel of 2015.
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JANUARY 10, 2024
In this exclusive feature essay, Robinson explains the technology behind the best science fiction novel of 2015.
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MAY 6, 2024
What does a volcanologist know about volcanoes? Hear Steve Sparks FRS in conversation with Jim Al-Khalili about a fascinating career studying one of the most.
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DECEMBER 25, 2023
Our analysis illustrates how the PISA 2015 sample for Canada only covers around half of the 15-year-old population, compared to over 90% in countries like Finland, Estonia, Japan and South Korea.
How to Optimize the Developer Experience for Monumental Impact
Generative AI Deep Dive: Advancing from Proof of Concept to Production
Understanding User Needs and Satisfying Them
Beyond the Basics of A/B Tests: Highly Innovative Experimentation Tactics You Need to Know
Leading the Development of Profitable and Sustainable Products
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MARCH 23, 2024
Thje tiny jellyfish Turritopsis dohrnii actually reverts to a previous stage of development - becoming a polyp - after experiencing damage or starvation.
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APRIL 11, 2024
I have just forked a project in Github, made my changes etc. This got me wondering: I see mostly README.txt in opensource projects and the file I edited was Readme.txt. Is this some sort of
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APRIL 9, 2024
Total Annihilation has a special place in my heart since it was the very first RTS I played; it was with Command & Conquer and …
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NOVEMBER 22, 2023
This is going to be a two-part post—one on why machine intelligence is something we should be afraid of, and one on what we should do about it. If you’re already afraid of machine intelligence,
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FEBRUARY 6, 2024
I have lived in IRC for about 7 years. What I mean by this is that IRC has been my primary hub for reading information online and interacting with people and systems. I don't use an RSS reader, I visit Twitter and Facebook only.
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JUNE 19, 2023
(Summer 2015) - In this essay, I begin by identifying the reasons that automation has not wiped out a majority of jobs over the decades and centuries. Automation does indeed substitute for labor—as it is typically intended to do.
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APRIL 7, 2024
In the last decade, most of the big U.S. airlines have shifted major maintenance work to places like El Salvador, Mexico, and China, where few mechanics are F.A.A. certified and inspections have no teeth.
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JANUARY 20, 2024
If you’ve used an *nix system, at some point you’ve stumbled upon Midnight Commander, a file manager based on the venerable Norton Commander. You’re probably familiar with the basic operations (F5 for copying, F6 for moving, F8 for deleting, etc.) and how to switch panels (ummm, the Tab key). But mc offers so much more…
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MARCH 13, 2024
Let's take a look at some of the changes that arise from this, through a simple case study: making an international phone call to a relative. Before abolishing time zones I want to call my Uncle Steve in Melbourne. What time is it there? Google tells me it is currently.
Dataconomy
JANUARY 9, 2024
Subaru has settled a lawsuit about battery issues in some of its models from 2015 to 2020. This affects people who own or leased certain Subaru models from 2015 to 2020 – Outback, Forester, Legacy, WRX, and Ascent (2019-2020) – except for those in Alaska or Hawaii. Can you still make a claim for the Subaru battery settlement 2024?
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AUGUST 24, 2023
In ancient times the Japanese divided their year into 24 periods based on classical Chinese sources. The natural world comes to life in the even more vividly named 72 subdivisions of the traditional Japanese calendar.
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APRIL 30, 2024
It's so easy to end up with git commit history which looks like London tube map. Let's see how we end up with those big, ugly, meaningless commit histories and how to prevent having one.
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JANUARY 31, 2024
Hands up if you've been in this situation; you are building out a handful of new features that happen to share certain facets. To the customer they are distinct deliverables, but to you and your team it's a rinse and repeat type scenario with maybe one or two tweaks in each case.
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JANUARY 30, 2024
How Software Works explains everyday software to the non-programmer.
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JANUARY 4, 2024
(This is a chapter from my forthcoming book, co-written with Tess Read, “The Secret Life Of Money”. The book deals with all sorts of…
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SEPTEMBER 1, 2023
In the basement of the Argosy Book Store, I found a collection of essays from 1933. The one that prompted the purchase of the book was entitled: The Craft of Experimental Physics, by P.M.S. Though written more than 80 years ago, the salient points are just as relevant today.
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JANUARY 1, 2024
Life is never easy with a monkey in your head.
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FEBRUARY 25, 2024
In 1990, Marilyn vos Savant correctly answered a probability puzzle in her column for Parade Magazine. And then, the world called her an idiot.
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JANUARY 27, 2024
When the Cascadia fault line ruptures, it could be North America’s worst natural disaster in recorded history.
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MARCH 30, 2024
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MARCH 15, 2024
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MARCH 9, 2024
This week I finished the most recent book in my self-guided study of 20th century technology, namely The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation, by Jon Gertner. As the title implies, it’s a chronicle of research and development wing of AT&T, a history that lasts.
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APRIL 27, 2024
Martin, Fadil Santosa, and Jared Tanner, Princeton University Press, 2015. The Princeton Companion to Applied Mathematics, edited by Nicholas J. Higham, with associate editors Mark R. Dennis, Paul Glendinning, Paul A. xvii + 994 + 16 color plates, hardcover. The book's web page at Princeton University Press. Purchase from Amazon.…
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MARCH 4, 2023
analyzed over 10,000 AI companies and their funding data between 2015 and 2023. Our friends over at writerbuddy.ai The data was collected from CrunchBase, NetBase Quid, S&P Capital IQ, and NFX. Corporate AI investment has risen consistently to the tune of billions.
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JULY 15, 2023
Dubbed “harbingers of failure,” these buyers may provide new window into consumer behavior and behavioral economics. An MIT study finds the same consumers tend to purchase failed products.
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AUGUST 6, 2023
An online electronic journal repository for various projects, topics, tutorials, and other such texts, usually dealing with programming languages, reverse engineering, CS theory, object/binary analysis, formal methods, formal logic, and maybe, sometimes, even philosophy
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MARCH 10, 2024
The nonfiction writer Lucas Mann offers advice for essayists worried about whether they have anything interesting to say.
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FEBRUARY 10, 2024
There's a science to good conversation. Here's the research and tips that can turn you into that person that people love to talk to.
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JUNE 25, 2023
The advantages and disadvantages of a keeping data around, including a simple blog application example in PostgreSQL.
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JULY 23, 2023
I installed a hanging system — basically a slotted rail mounted near the ceiling, with sliding wires and height-adjustable hooks. I was a bit surprised when I hung my first piece and saw how far forward it tilted. Why do picture frames tilt forward?
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JULY 15, 2023
Kolmogorov complexity analysis suggests that we can measure how well we understand a piece of music by the concision of a program that produces it. Furthermo.
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APRIL 19, 2024
Since 2015, my daily driver phone is an iPhone. In this almost a decade, I have been closely following the moves of the only iOS alternative, Google’s Android.
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JULY 10, 2023
Discover Grave of the Man Who Never Was in Huelva, Spain: This amended headstone marks the grave of a participant in one of the most successful military deceptions of all time.
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JANUARY 31, 2024
One keyboard bug three decades in the making
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MAY 10, 2024
Nealy’s personal life was no major success either, as he spent time in prison from 1989 to 2008, and again from 2012 to 2015. ” Samples & Trolls This Supreme Court ruling is good news for Nealy but not everyone is equally excited. From: TF , for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.
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JULY 10, 2023
Depth precision is a pain in the ass that every graphics programmer has to struggle with sooner or later.
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