The Epic Story of El Cid (Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar)

Read on to learn all about El Cid, one of the most revered figures in European history.

7 Unusual Saints of the Middle Ages

During the Middle Ages, Christian saints with unusual backstories gained large followings. Their appeal can help us understand medieval culture, values, and beliefs.

Anison 101: A Beginner’s Guide to Anime Songs

Many anime tracks become mainstream hits, performed at concerts and karaoke bars nationwide. Here's a guide to the world of anison.

DeepMind unveils AlphaEarth to map planet in 10-meter detail

Google DeepMind has announced a new artificial intelligence system, AlphaEarth Foundations, designed to analyze the Earth's surface by integrating vast

Chapter 7: Control Flow With Loops

Let's iterate through the loops.

Best Practices for Shipping, Storing, and Insuring Art

Keep your art safe by using professional art shippers, climate-controlled storage, and the right insurance to protect your art collection.

Art Market Basics

This series covers the core parts of the art market.

What to Know About Art Auctions

Discover how art auctions work by learning how to consign art, understand pricing, navigating key terms used by auction houses.

The Right Way to Sunset a Project

A four-part framework.

Build Custom ActiveStorage Analyzers for Ruby on Rails

We'll dive into how ActiveStorage treats uploaded data, and how to extend this process, in part one of this two-part series.

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The case for memes as a new form of comics

Both comics and memes rely on the same interplay of visual and verbal elements for their humor.

Apple’s $20 Billion Ticking Time Bomb

If Google’s payments go away, Apple’s services business could take a massive hit.

The Making Of Dario Amodei

AI’s most outspoken leader found direction in a personal tragedy.

Skimpy HBM Memory Opens Up The Way For AI Inference Memory Godbox

Generative AI is arguably the most complex application that humankind has ever created, and the math behind it is incredibly complex even if the results

10 Python One-Liners for Statistical Plotting

Master fast, powerful ways to visualize data with these compact, ready-to-use Python one-liners.

The Caribbean islands that give you a passport if you buy a home

Five of the region's island nations offer such citizenship by investment for as little as $200,000.

X-pSRAM: A Photonic SRAM with Embedded XOR Logic for Ultra-Fast...

Traditional von Neumann architectures suffer from fundamental bottlenecks due to continuous data movement between memory and processing units, a challenge that worsens with technology scaling as electrical interconnect delays become more significant. These limitations impede the…

On Designing For Children

I’ve been building Kidz Fun Art (web, iPad & Windows) since 2021, so 4 years at time of writing. It’s a tablet optimized application intended to be used by children of all ages &#82…

Carl-McBride-Ellis/Compendium-of-free-ML-reading-resources: Compendium of free ML reading resources

Compendium of free ML reading resources

The Definitive HBR Strategy Glossary

Our guide to all things strategy, from “adjacency expansion” to “value stick.”

Making a Masonry Layout That Works Today | CSS-Tricks

I went on to figure out how make masonry work today with other browsers. I'm happy to report I've found a way — and, bonus! — that support can be provided with only 66 lines of JavaScript.

Negative Capacitance Breaks GaN Transistor Limits

Researchers are testing a special coating on GaN devices that may enhance transistor performance by breaking the Schottky limit.

How price increases are adding up at Shein

Evidence for the impact of Trump’s trade war has shown up at the popular China-founded online retailer.

Hierarchical Reasoning Model

Reasoning, the process of devising and executing complex goal-oriented action sequences, remains a critical challenge in AI. Current large language models (LLMs) primarily employ Chain-of-Thought (CoT) techniques, which suffer from brittle task decomposition, extensive data…

a BIT mighty - The ultimate meeting culture

I like bits, bits are mighty. With bits you can do impressive things!

LLM Embeddings Explained: A Visual and Intuitive Guide

How Language Models Turn Text into Meaning, From Traditional

On-Die And In-Package Interconnects

A 94-page research report on interconnect fundamentals for semiconductor engineers.

Why you are not as selfish as you think

Science suggests we are hardwired for altruism, but do we really need to be thinking of others all the time?

Quishing: The hidden danger lurking in the QR codes

More than 26 million Americans have been directed to malicious sites after scanning QR codes without verification, a practice engaged in by 73% of the

What legacy brands can learn from the hype cycle

How to balance modern and classic brand design - Fast Company

How to instantly be better at things

Just pretend you're someone else

This Zesty, No-Bake Dessert Is Tangy, Creamy, and Totally Irresistible

Bolis de Pay de Limón are creamy, tart ice pops with vanilla cookie crumbs swirled in to emulate classic key lime pie.

Three Methods for Estimating the Transmission Bandwidth of FM Signals

Along with introducing Carson's rule for bandwidth estimation, this article explains how to calculate the required transmission bandwidth based on either the sidebands or the total power of the signal.

Aphantasia: Thinking That’s Out of Sight

Aphantasia is a characteristic where you can’t form mental images to “see” things in your head. Learn more about this trait.

Simon Willison on system-prompts

42 posts tagged ‘system-prompts’. The hidden prompts that LLM applications use to specify how they should behave.

Record-breaking divers are pushing human limits and reshaping scientists' view of our species

Humans have a long history of diving to forage from the seabed and today elite freedivers are reaching greater depths than ever. Some researchers argue humans belong in the sea.

Dental Floss Could Be the Future of Vaccines

The world of dental floss is undergoing some radical technological advancements. And vaccines could be next.

Ranked: North America’s Busiest Freight Trade Hubs in 2024

See North America's busiest freight trade hubs in 2024 and rail's role in moving over 54M containers across the U.S., Canada, and Mexico.

5 Mind-Bending Puzzles That Will Challenge Your Brain in 2025

Are you ready to put your problem-solving skills to the test? Whether you’re a lifelong puzzle lover or just looking for a new way to sharpen your mind, the world of modern brain teasers has never been more exciting. In 2025, designers and creators are pushing the boundaries of…

A Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern combination would redraw the railroad map - Trains

Combining Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern into the first transcontinental railroad in the U.S. would create a 52,215-mile colossus that could offer seamless service from coast to coast, bypassing longtime interchange choke points in Chicago and at gateways along the…

The append-and-review note

A simple but powerful approach to note taking

Canva skills are what people hiring graphic designers increasingly want to see

Canva, once maligned by the design industry, is becoming a standard. Mentions of it in graphic design job listings are way up this year.

SRAM Has No Chill: Exploiting Power Domain Separation to Steal On-Chip Secrets – Communications of the ACM

The Rise of Shippable Microfactories

Can microfactories solve prefab's economic problem by inverting the factory model?

Heredocs Can Make Your Bash Scripts Self-Documenting | Hold The Robot

I have long since come to appreciate the value of writing scripts

Chapter 6: Arrays and Advanced Data Structures in AWK

You need 'a raise' to your AWK knowledge.

Data definition language (DDL)

Data Definition Language (DDL) is a subset of SQL used to define and modify the structure of database objects like tables and constraints.

The Complete LLM Tech Stack

In this article, I'll take you through the complete LLM tech stack you should know to develop & deploy real-world LLM applications.

3 Famous Archeological Finds That Were Actually Hoaxes | TheCollector

The history of archeological discovery is riddled with forgeries. Discover three famous archeological hoaxes and the lessons they teach us about discovery and deception.