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Natural occurring molecule rivals Ozempic in weight loss, sidesteps side effects
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Medicalxpress
Naturally occurring molecule rivals Ozempic in weight loss, sidesteps side effects
A naturally occurring molecule identified by Stanford Medicine researchers appears similar to semaglutide—also known as Ozempic—in suppressing appetite and reducing body weight. Notably, testing in ...
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Game Theory and Settling the Debts of the Deceased in Ancient Times
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Some Thoughts on Autoregressive Models
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Wonder's Lab
Some thoughts on autoregressive models
Most generative AI models nowadays are autoregressive. That means they’re following the concept of next token prediction, and the transformer architecture is the current implementation that has been used for years now thanks to its computational efficiency.…
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A JPEG Image Compression Service Using Part Homomorphic Encryption (2019)
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GitHub
GitHub - qianfei11/ShadowyCompression: A JPEG Image Compression Service using Part Homomorphic Encryption.
A JPEG Image Compression Service using Part Homomorphic Encryption. - qianfei11/ShadowyCompression
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A brief meditation on formal systems and lying goblins
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The Nerve Blog
A brief meditation on formal systems and lying goblins
The other day I came across some people on The Internet talking about a certain scene from Labyrinth, which is a movie from the 80s (if you haven't seen it you should - lavish musical numbers, very unsettling Jim Henson puppetry, David Bowie doing contact…
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How the Index Card Cataloged the World (2017)
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The Atlantic
How the Index Card Cataloged the World
Carl Linnaeus, the father of biological taxonomy, also had a hand in inventing this tool for categorizing anything.
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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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