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The Man Who Carried Computer Science on His Shoulders | Articles | Inferenc

As it turned out, the train I had taken from Nijmegen to Eindhoven arrived late. To make matters worse, I was then unable to find the right office in the university building. When I eventually arrived for my appointment, I was more than half an hour behind schedule. The Man Who Carried Computer Science on His Shoulders | Articles | Inferenc

Gazelle's New Ammo for the E-Bike Revolution

We are in the middle of an electric bike spike, maybe even a revolution where e-bikes have been accepted as a serious mode of transportation. It has lagged about a decade behind Europe thanks to incoherent regulation and a lack of supporting infrastructure but got a serious boost from the pandemic. Gazelle's New Ammo for the E-Bike Revolution

sharkdp/bat: A cat(1) clone with wings.

Oh.. you can also use it to concatenate files ?. Whenever bat detects a non-interactive terminal (i.e. when you pipe into another process or into a file), bat will act as a drop-in replacement for cat and fall back to printing the plain file contents. sharkdp/bat: A cat(1) clone with wings.

The Grand Unified Theory of Software Architecture - danuker | freedom & tec

Take Uncle Bob's Clean Architecture and map its correspondences with Gary Bernhardt's thin imperative shell around a functional core, and you get an understanding of how to cheaply maintain and scale software! This is what Mr. Brandon Rhodes did. It's not every day that I find such clear insight. The Grand Unified Theory of Software Architecture - danuker | freedom & tec

How normal am I?

Wow, you deciced to read the terms and conditions first. You rock!! This is an art project by Tijmen Schep that shows how face detection algoritms are increasingly used to judge you. It was made as part of the European Union's Sherpa research program. How normal am I?

This $59 A.I. Kit Could Change How You Think About Smart Devices Forever |

Artificial intelligence has been heralded as the next wave of computing for years, but learning or even tinkering with it has required access to expensive hardware with powerful GPUs capable of crunching massive data sets. That’s starting to change with the debut of cheap all-in-one A.I. This $59 A.I. Kit Could Change How You Think About Smart Devices Forever |

history of animation

Archeological artifacts prove that we’ve been attempting to depict things in motion as long as we’ve been able to draw. Some notable examples from ancient times, as well as an example from the European Renaissance, include: history of animation

Crows possess higher intelligence long thought primarily human - STAT

Whether crows, ravens, and other “corvids” are making multipart tools like hooked sticks to reach grubs, solving geometry puzzles made famous by Aesop, or nudging a clueless hedgehog across a highway before it becomes roadkill, they have long impressed scientists with their intelligence and crea Crows possess higher intelligence long thought primarily human - STAT

Saint Paul, Minnesota, will give some residents $500 per month for the next

When mayor Michael Tubbs launched one of the US's first guaranteed-income pilots in Stockton, California, last year, many saw the idea as radical. Then came the results: Recipients of the monthly stipends primarily used the money to buy groceries and pay their bills. Saint Paul, Minnesota, will give some residents $500 per month for the next

Hey From The Future - Advice people wish they had at your age.

Ever wanted to send a message to your past self? What would you do if you woke up and the last ten years had been a dream? Would you change anything, do something differently? Hello From The Future is a project that allows you to read messages from people that they wish they had at your age. Hey From The Future - Advice people wish they had at your age.

Study highlights ‘systematic opposition’ to regulation in tackling NCDs fro

A new study out this week during the Global Week for Action on non-communicable diseases (NCDs) highlights that global public health regulation intended to tackle unhealthy diets, a key risk factor for NCDs, is being consistently opposed by the food and drinks lobby. Study highlights ‘systematic opposition’ to regulation in tackling NCDs fro

https://rubiksolve.com

Input Your Rubik's Cube Configuration Solve your Rubik's Cube simply. No terminology, memorization, or shenanigans. Enter your colors, and press solve and we'll get you back to normal. Enjoy! If you need information or help, Go to our help page. If you are interested in the source code, Click here. https://rubiksolve.com

The Most Powerful Learning Tool (That Doesn't Involve Studying) | Scott H Y

I’d like to talk about one of the most important things you can do for learning. It’s scientifically demonstrated to have a huge impact on your memory, attention and energy levels. Yet, tragically, it’s often the first thing many people jettison when they’re preparing for a big test. The Most Powerful Learning Tool (That Doesn't Involve Studying) | Scott H Y

A college kid created a fake, AI-generated blog. It reached #1 on Hacker Ne

At the start of the week, Liam Porr had only heard of GPT-3. By the end, the college student had used the AI model to produce an entirely fake blog under a fake name. It was meant as a fun experiment. But then one of his posts found its way to the number-one spot on Hacker News. A college kid created a fake, AI-generated blog. It reached #1 on Hacker Ne

How Vulnerable Is G.P.S.? | The New Yorker

In the cool, dark hours after midnight on June 20, 2012, Todd Humphreys made the final preparations for his attack on the Global Positioning System. He stood alone in the middle of White Sands Missile Range, in southern New Mexico, sixty miles north of Juárez. How Vulnerable Is G.P.S.? | The New Yorker

The Quest to Liberate $300,000 of Bitcoin From an Old Zip File | WIRED

In October, Michael Stay got a weird message on LinkedIn. A total stranger had lost access to his bitcoin private keys—and wanted Stay's help getting his $300,000 back. It wasn't a total surprise that The Guy, as Stay calls him, had found the former Google security engineer. The Quest to Liberate $300,000 of Bitcoin From an Old Zip File | WIRED

A radical new theory rewrites the story of how life on Earth began | New Sc

It has long been thought that the ingredients for life came together slowly, bit by bit. Now there is evidence it all happened at once in a chemical big bang WHEN Earth formed 4.5 billion years ago, it was a sterile ball of rock, slammed by meteorites and carpeted with erupting volcanoes. A radical new theory rewrites the story of how life on Earth began | New Sc

Physical Attractiveness Bias in the Legal System — The Law Project

When I started looking into this subject, I predicted a person’s physical attractiveness would only have minor advantages. I was wrong. In fact, I was so wrong, that in one study, the effects of physical attractiveness on judges were so influential, they fined unattractive criminals 304. Physical Attractiveness Bias in the Legal System — The Law Project