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Laid-off Oracle workers tried to negotiate better severance. Oracle said no(techcrunch.com)
1 points by dskrvk 4mo ago|1 comments
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Autonomous AI Hacking and the Future of Cybersecurity(schneier.com)
3 points by dskrvk 11mo ago|0 comments
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by dskrvk 1y ago
I like this vibro-knife “demo” by Neil Blompkamp’s Oats Studios: https://youtu.be/zaeFgSR_DMU
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I Was Wrong About Data Center Water Consumption(construction-physics.com)
56 points by dskrvk 1y ago|29 comments
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by dskrvk 1y ago
> And for another, in the process of seeking to maximize its gain from technologies discovered in its labs, the University of Chicago now does more than participate in licensing. It actively invests in start-ups by its faculty, millions
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JSFireTruck: Exploring Malicious JavaScript Using JSFuck Obfuscation Technique(unit42.paloaltonetworks.com)
1 points by dskrvk 1y ago|0 comments
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The 'Digital Trade' Trap(compactmag.com)
1 points by dskrvk 1y ago|0 comments
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by dskrvk 2y ago
The guy is just walking us through the process of analyzing the dataset. He’s not really making any conclusions at this point - it’s like a technical tutorial for journalists.
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by dskrvk 2y ago
Bloomberg recently did an excellent series on just this issue (including insurers of last resort in different states). The first part: https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2024-home-insurance-real-...
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by dskrvk 2y ago
Bruce Sterling’s “Heavy Weather” describes (offhandedly) a post-agricultural ecosystem where only herbicide/cold/heat-resistant weeds remain. People then breed genetically-engineered livestock that can convert the weeds into more
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by dskrvk 2y ago
It elevates Google itself. “It’s a place where people like Jeff and Sanjay work!” Not saying that was the main motivation for producing the article and definitely not trying to question the protagonists’ achievements.
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by dskrvk 2y ago
He didn’t generate the music himself, and likely worked with others on setting up the bots (the article mentions co-conspirators). On the song generation: > This led Smith to pivot to AI-generated music in 2018 when he partnered with an
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by dskrvk 2y ago
But comments go out of date, and the compiler doesn’t check them against the implementation. To document + enforce the intended functionality, use tests.
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by dskrvk 2y ago
It’s also surprising that BBC, a government-funded media outlet, is showing ads. Either the government funding isn’t enough or they are trying to recoup some of those costs by showing ads to people who’ve already paid for the content with t
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by dskrvk 2y ago
> add a deterministic offset to each user/session window so that no large group of rate limits can expire at the same time Did you mean non-deterministic (like jitter)?
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by dskrvk 2y ago
No paywall: https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/it-s-a-money-loser...
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'It's a Money Loser': Tax Breaks for Data Centers Are Under Fire(bloomberg.com)
3 points by dskrvk 2y ago|2 comments
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by dskrvk 3y ago
This is exactly the premise of Bruce Sterling’s novel “Heavy Weather”.
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Could we stop Yellowstone from erupting with a geothermal power plant?(construction-physics.com)
141 points by dskrvk 3y ago|133 comments
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Riding Sunbeams with Solar Sails(toughsf.blogspot.com)
2 points by dskrvk 3y ago|0 comments
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by dskrvk 3y ago
Pronounced [ˈsmœ̂rɡɔsˌbuːɖ]
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by dskrvk 3y ago
Yes, if they’re unwilling to show a small detail like this due to sanctions that the Russian government supposedly would rain on them in retribution, one wonders what else they’re unwilling to disclose from their other investigations for th
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by dskrvk 3y ago
Here’s a recent quote from Scott Aaronson: > In truth, anything that a QC can calculate, a classical computer can calculate as well, given exponentially more time: for example, by representing the entire wavefunction, all 2n amplitudes,
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Nanda Devi Plutonium Mission(en.wikipedia.org)
1 points by dskrvk 3y ago|0 comments
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by dskrvk 4y ago
An AI that tells whether or not a program will halt.
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by dskrvk 4y ago
Same here, replaced my old 8 last month, but only because a few rows of pixels went bad, not because of compatibility issues.
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Tech industry cites economic downturn in antitrust defense(washingtonpost.com)
1 points by dskrvk 4y ago|0 comments
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by dskrvk 4y ago
Lower in the same thread: https://twitter.com/chadloder/status/1577906942080598017?s=6... > PS: Many unhoused people access their email rarely, intermittently; they don't stay logged in. They often have to
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by dskrvk 4y ago
A few years later: “Sparky, Open Source Penpot alternative, raises $128M in funding”
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Martine Rothblatt(en.wikipedia.org)
2 points by dskrvk 4y ago|0 comments

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