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by Bostonian 27d ago
gift link: https://www.wsj.com/world/uk/the-controversial-academic-who-... Substack of Cofnas is at https://substack.com/@nathancofnas
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The Controversial Academic (Nathan Cofnas) Who Ignited the Jason Arday Furor(wsj.com)
5 points by Bostonian 27d ago|1 comments
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by Bostonian 3mo ago
A "one-time" tax to fund recurring health care and educational expenses is an obvious lie.
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by Bostonian 3mo ago
I said "show me the results of being long/flat SPY when it is above/below its 200 trading day moving average" and did not get an answer.
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The AI era is pulling FP64 hardware away from scientific HPC(fortran-lang.discourse.group)
3 points by Bostonian 3mo ago|1 comments
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Why Catching Criminals Matters More Than Punishing Them(bloomberg.com)
4 points by Bostonian 6mo ago|1 comments
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The True Cost of Grade Inflation at Harvard(harvardmagazine.com)
2 points by Bostonian 6mo ago|0 comments
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by Bostonian 8mo ago
'In robotics, as in so many things, small is beautiful. The trouble is that making them really small is very nearly impossible. “Building robots that operate independently at sizes below one millimeter is incredibly difficult,” says ro
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Scientists Create Robots Smaller Than a Grain of Sand(wsj.com)
2 points by Bostonian 8mo ago|1 comments
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by Bostonian 8mo ago
... 'Furiosa’s AI chip is dubbed “RNGD”—short for renegade—and slated to start mass production this month. Valued at nearly $700 million based on its most recent fundraising, Furiosa has attracted interest from big tech firms. Last yea
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The 'Mad Max'-Loving CEO (June Paik) Challenging Nvidia with a Renegade Chip(wsj.com)
5 points by Bostonian 8mo ago|1 comments
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Which Entrepreneurs Boost Productivity?(libertystreeteconomics.newyorkfed.org)
1 points by Bostonian 8mo ago|0 comments
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U.S. interventions in the New World, with leader removal(marginalrevolution.com)
8 points by Bostonian 9mo ago|1 comments
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How Postmodernism Killed Great Literature(jamesgmartin.center)
16 points by Bostonian 9mo ago|16 comments
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by Bostonian 9mo ago
'The latest generation of wearables delivers clinical-grade insights. By providing continuous, noninvasive biometric readings, the Oura ring can act as a “check-engine light,” bridging the gap between doctor visits and daily health dec
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With Less Regulation, Your Oura Ring Could Do More(wsj.com)
1 points by Bostonian 9mo ago|1 comments
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by Bostonian 9mo ago
'The maker of the Roomba vacuum cleaner, iRobot, filed for bankruptcy Sunday after 35 years in business. An obituary might describe it as a victim of government assassination. Overzealous antitrust cops egged on by Sen. Elizabeth Warre
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How Lina Khan Killed iRobot(wsj.com)
7 points by Bostonian 9mo ago|3 comments
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by Bostonian 9mo ago
... 'At the turn of the 21st century, IBM and Stanford University jointly demonstrated the first implementation of Shor’s Algorithm, a quantum algorithm that can factor large numbers into their prime components. That raised some big ri
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Quantum Computing Could Put IBM Back on Top Again(barrons.com)
4 points by Bostonian 9mo ago|2 comments
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by Bostonian 9mo ago
'The European Union’s decision Friday to impose a fine on Elon Musk’s social-media platform X.com raises a question: What the heck is wrong with these people? Even in Brussels, it’s unusual for a single policy move to create so much ec
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Europe's Foolish War on X.com(wsj.com)
6 points by Bostonian 9mo ago|4 comments
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by Bostonian 10mo ago
... 'When an AI system can review thousands of contracts in minutes rather than weeks, draft complex documents in seconds rather than hours or generate strategic analyses near-instantaneously, the time component becomes almost meaningl
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Say Goodbye to the Billable Hour, Thanks to AI(wsj.com)
2 points by Bostonian 10mo ago|2 comments
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by Bostonian 10mo ago
'The 2025 Atlantic hurricane season ended on Sunday, and not a single hurricane made landfall in the continental U.S. this year. This is the first such quiet year since 2015; an average of around two hurricanes strike the U.S. mainland
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Thank Climate Change for Our Hurricane-Free Season(wsj.com)
1 points by Bostonian 10mo ago|3 comments
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by Bostonian 10mo ago
'Ask a futurist about self-driving cars, and you’ll hear an exciting story: traffic that flows like clockwork, pedestrians stepping into the street without fear, and collisions so rare they make the news. That story will probably come
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Remember When the Information Superhighway Was a Metaphor?(wsj.com)
3 points by Bostonian 10mo ago|1 comments
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by Bostonian 10mo ago
'The behavior that was prosecuted in the cases began in the early 2000s, when tech companies faced a talent shortage. They would “cold call” other firms’ employees with attractive job offers, believing them to be of higher quality than
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Overlap in Corporate Leadership Increases Collusion(nber.org)
3 points by Bostonian 10mo ago|1 comments

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