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Strobelight: A profiling service built on open source technology
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Engineering at Meta
Strobelight: A profiling service built on open source technology
We’re sharing details about Strobelight, Meta’s profiling orchestrator. Strobelight combines several technologies, many open source, into a single service that helps engineers at Meta improve effic…
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LLMs Don't Know What They Don't Know–and That's a Problem
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Scott Logic
LLMs Don’t Know What They Don’t Know—And That’s a Problem
LLMs are not just limited by hallucinations—they fundamentally lack awareness of their own capabilities, making them overconfident in executing tasks they don’t fully understand. While “vibe coding” embraces AI’s ability to generate quick solutions, true…
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Cowboys and Drones: two modes of operation for small business
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The British Navy Resisted a Decent Lightning Rod for Decades
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IEEE Spectrum
The British Navy Resisted a Decent Lightning Rod for Decades
In the mid-18th century, Benjamin Franklin championed lightning rods, yet skepticism persisted. By the 19th century, William Snow Harris's innovative lightning rod for ships faced resistance from the British Navy despite its proven effectiveness. Why did…
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Betting on the Pope was the original prediction market
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Nodumbideas
Betting on the Pope was the original prediction market
500 years before Polymarket, the Vatican fought to stop gambling on papal affairs. Should we worry that it’s back?
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Static Site Generator for Emacs Lisp Programmers
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Why reading Martha C Nussbaum's philosophy is pure pleasure
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Aeon
The necessity of Nussbaum
Martha Nussbaum’s philosophy is dynamic and challenging, but also elegant and lucidly written: she is the thinker of our time
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Vtm: Text-Based Desktop Environment
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GitHub
GitHub - directvt/vtm: Text-based desktop environment
Text-based desktop environment. Contribute to directvt/vtm development by creating an account on GitHub.
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Introducing command And commandfor In HTML
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Chrome for Developers
Introducing command and commandfor | Blog | Chrome for Developers
Learn about the new capabilities for declarative behavior on buttons.
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Laser-based device can scan almost any sample of gas and tell you what's in it
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phys.org
Laser-based device can scan almost any sample of gas and tell you what's in it
Expert sommeliers can take a whiff of a glass of wine and tell you a lot about what's in your pinot noir or cabernet sauvignon. A team of physicists at CU Boulder and the National Institute of Standards ...
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Anthropic raises $3.5B at $61.5B valuation
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NY Times
A.I. Start-Up Anthropic Closes Deal That Values It at $61.5 Billion
The announcement follows new fund-raising efforts from rivals like OpenAI, which is set to close a deal that values the company at $300 billion, and Elon Musk’s xAI.
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AMD YOLO
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the singularity is nearer
AMD YOLO
AMD is sending us the two MI300X boxes we asked for. They are in the mail.
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Orion's Next Chapter: Linux Development Officially Launched
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Kagi
Kagi Search
Better search results with no ads. Welcome to Kagi (pronounced kah-gee), a paid search engine that gives power back to the user.
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Microsoft is plotting a future without OpenAI
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Tech Startups - Startups and Technology news
Microsoft is reportedly plotting a future without OpenAI - Tech Startups
Microsoft’s AI head is plotting a future without OpenAI. According to a report from The Information, Mustafa Suleyman, the head of Microsoft’s AI division, has set his sights on a bold objective: reducing the company’s dependence on OpenAI. In a report titled…
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What if America turned off Britain's weapons?
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www.reaction.life
What if America turned off Britain's weapons?
Amid growing jumpiness over Donald Trump’s re-alignment with Russia, a vulnerability that has long troubled many in UK military circles is taking centre stage: Britain’s ultimate wartime deterrent - the Trident nuclear programme - is built on the assumption…
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First Porn, Now Skin Cream? 'Age Verification' Bills Are Out of Control
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Electronic Frontier Foundation
First Porn, Now Skin Cream? ‘Age Verification’ Bills Are Out of Control
I’m old enough to remember when age verification bills were pitched as a way to ‘save the kids from porn’ and shield them from other vague dangers lurking in the digital world (like…“the
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Optimistic Locking in B-Trees
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Cedardb
To B or not to B: B-Trees with Optimistic Lock Coupling
CedarDB is a database system that delivers unmatched performance for transactions and analytics, from small writes to handling billions of rows. Built on cutting-edge research to power today’s tools and tomorrow’s challenges.
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Athena spacecraft declared dead after toppling over on moon
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the Guardian
Athena spacecraft declared dead after toppling over on moon
Robotic private spacecraft touched down about 250 meters from its intended landing site on Thursday
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Google change is breaking some digital photo frames
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The Verge
This Google change is breaking some digital photo frames
Sorry, Grandma
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Melbourne startup launches 'biological computer' made of human brain cells
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www.abc.net.au
Melbourne start-up launches 'biological computer' made of human brain cells
In 2022, a Melbourne start-up announced they’d taught neurons in a dish to play Pong. Now, they’re selling a "biological computer" made of thousands of human neurons.
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YouTube scares me; I need RAID 1 for my video content
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