Recently, “the bitter lesson” is having a moment. Coined in an essay by Rich Sutton, the bitter lesson is that, “general methods that leverage computation are ultimately the most effective, and by a large margin.” Why is the lesson bitter? Sutton writes:

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Each second thousands of planes send messages about their location and flight data - in ADS-B messages. These are intended to prevent mid-air collisions, but we can exploit the aggregated data to map out atmospheric conditions. By deriving the wind speed…

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This is a joint proposal from: @AaronBallman, @shafik, @Endill, and @cor3ntin (with helpful input from others!) Safety and security of C and C++ programs has been an important issue in the ecosystem for a while. Both WG21 and WG14 are making plans on how…

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