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The race to understand the mysterious world of Africa's fungi(theguardian.com)
8 points by a_w 5mo ago|0 comments
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The Origin of AI's 'Reasoning' Abilities(theatlantic.com)
4 points by a_w 5mo ago|0 comments
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Spain's Wind-Farm Bargain(theatlantic.com)
3 points by a_w 6mo ago|0 comments
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A teenager redrew the Alabama voting map – and it's now state law(theguardian.com)
8 points by a_w 10mo ago|1 comments
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How Google's DeepMind tool is 'more quickly' forecasting hurricane behavior(theguardian.com)
3 points by a_w 10mo ago|0 comments
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The working-class hero of Bletchley Park you didn't see in the movies(theguardian.com)
3 points by a_w 11mo ago|1 comments
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New Dataset Makes Health Chatbots Like MedGemma More Mindful of African Contexts(cc.gatech.edu)
2 points by a_w 1y ago|0 comments
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The mountain retreat – upholding an Italian tradition (football)(bbc.co.uk)
4 points by a_w 1y ago|0 comments
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Vienna Could be the model for how to tackle the housing crisis, climate change(npr.org)
8 points by a_w 1y ago|3 comments
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Logical Fallacies(owl.purdue.edu)
2 points by a_w 1y ago|0 comments
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by a_w 1y ago
I do this often: ```ruby if (user = User.find_by(email: 'abc@example.com')) user.update(status: 'active') end ``` Is it better to do this instead? ```ruby user = User.find_by(email: 'abc@example.com') us
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Keep if clauses side-effect free(teamten.com)
2 points by a_w 1y ago|1 comments
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The Pedestrians Who Abetted a Hawk's Deadly Attack(theatlantic.com)
11 points by a_w 1y ago|2 comments
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What Goes in $Path? (2018)(chris-martin.org)
1 points by a_w 1y ago|0 comments
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Space probe to map carbon content of remotest tropical forests(theguardian.com)
3 points by a_w 1y ago|0 comments
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Beekeepers halt honey awards over fraud in global supply chain(theguardian.com)
203 points by a_w 2y ago|232 comments
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AI is transforming weather forecasting. Is the U.S. falling behind?(washingtonpost.com)
2 points by a_w 2y ago|0 comments
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AI assistants are blabbing our embarrassing work secrets(washingtonpost.com)
6 points by a_w 2y ago|2 comments
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The African Tour de France cyclist racking up historic wins(bbc.com)
3 points by a_w 2y ago|0 comments
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Yet Another Applied LLM Benchmark(github.com)
1 points by a_w 2y ago|0 comments
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by a_w 2y ago
Morality aside, I was hopping to see a discussion on the legal side of this issue. 1. Doesn't Title VI apply here? 2. Could a company legally fire an employee for practicing their religion/tradition on the weekends, outside of the
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Took part in Apache ceremonies. schools expelled them for satanic activities(theguardian.com)
30 points by a_w 2y ago|20 comments
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Large birds can boost forest carbon storage – if deforestation doesn't interfere(news.mongabay.com)
7 points by a_w 2y ago|0 comments
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More profitable than farming: how Ecuador's birding boom is benefiting wildlife(theguardian.com)
3 points by a_w 2y ago|0 comments
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Abalobi: The app that's transforming lives in South African fishing communities(theguardian.com)
2 points by a_w 2y ago|0 comments
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by a_w 2y ago
Unfortunately, it doesn't look like Starlink is an option. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40246021
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by a_w 2y ago
I have been thinking about that, but I haven't gotten around to researching its availability in the country yet. I will do some research over the weekend. Thanks for mentioning it!
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by a_w 2y ago
Thanks for the detailed response. I wasn't aware of Phi-3 - I will look into it.
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by a_w 2y ago
That's interesting. Could you expand on this a bit more? Which models, and I am curious about how the CS teachers/students will be using this?
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by a_w 2y ago
Thanks for the suggestion! I will look into this.

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