Blue Land of Enchantment lures unhappy Texans
New Mexico, the Land of Enchantment, has quietly become a blue refuge in the MAGA red West for Americans who are fleeing extreme conservative strongholds.
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JupyterLab 4.4 and Notebook 7.4 are available! - Jupyter Blog
JupyterLab 4.4 has been released! This new minor release of JupyterLab includes 28 new features and enhancements, 76 bug fixes, 63 maintenance tasks and 34 documentation improvements. There were 56…
CERN gears up to ship antimatter across Europe
A portable containment device that can be dropped on a truck.
Powering Planes With Microwaves Is Not the Craziest Idea
If you don’t mind massive ground antennas and fried birds, that is
7 Python Functions You're Probably Misusing (And Don't Realize It) - KDnuggets
These common Python functions seem simple… until they aren’t. Avoid subtle bugs by learning how to use them the right way.
The First Crusade: Pope Urban II and the War for the Holy Land | TheCollector
The First Crusade was a pivotal event with lasting consequences on the political and religious relations of the medieval world.
Meta Introduces KernelLLM: An 8B LLM that Translates PyTorch Modules into Efficient Triton GPU Kernels
Prototype Computer Uses Noise to Its Advantage
Thermodynamic computing isn't just a rebrand of probabilistic computing
Normal Computing’s prototype chip, which they termed the stochastic processing unit (SPU), consists of eight capacitor-inductor resonators and random noise generators. Each resonator is connected to each other resonator via a tunable coupler. The resonators are initialized with randomly generated…
Spaced Repetition Systems Have Gotten Way Better
Spaced repetition systems are a well-known way to efficiently learn material. Recent innovations have applied machine learning to greatly improve their scheduling.
Insights into DeepSeek-V3: Scaling Challenges and Reflections on Hardware for AI Architectures | alphaXiv
View recent discussion. Abstract: The rapid scaling of large language models (LLMs) has unveiled critical limitations in current hardware architectures, including constraints in memory capacity, computational efficiency, and interconnection bandwidth. DeepSeek-V3, trained on…
Note: The paper “Insights into DeepSeek-V3: Scaling Challenges and Reflections on Hardware for AI Architectures” presents a comprehensive analysis of the DeepSeek-V3/R1 model architecture and its AI infrastructure. It highlights key innovations aimed at addressing the critical limitations in current hardware architectures revealed by the rapid scaling of large language models (LLMs). Architectural…
How Steven Soderbergh Directs a Scene & Makes It Great
Steven Soderbergh was one of the earliest filmmakers to break out in what's now called the 'Indiewood' movement of the nineteen-nineties. He was early enough, in fact, to have done so in the eighties, with the Palme d'Or-winning Sex, Lies, and Videotape.
llm-pdf-to-images
Inspired by my previous [llm-video-frames](https://github.com/simonw/llm-video-frames) plugin, I thought it would be neat to have a plugin for LLM that can take a PDF and turn that into an image-per-page so …
10 Subject Line Inspirations for Different Marketing Purposes: | Chase Dimond | 26 comments
10 Subject Line Inspirations for Different Marketing Purposes: | 26 comments on LinkedIn
Metal fill extraction: Breaking the speed-accuracy tradeoff
An adaptive metal fill extraction technique dynamically adjusts the level of detail based on the design context, such as the density of...
How CXL 3.1 and PCIe 6.2 are Redefining Compute Efficiency
CXL 3.1 and PCIe 6.2 are transforming AI with improved data transfer and memory pooling.
Statology Sprint: Building Spatial Analysis Skills with GeoPandas
Learn to transform geographic data into actionable insights using GeoPandas. From basic maps to finding Chicago's health deserts — complete tutorial inside.
OCaml Web Development: Essential Tools and Libraries in 2025
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Five small habits sports psychologists wish everyone did
Sports psychologists work with athletes to get their best performance on the field or court, but these tools are ones anyone can try.
GPT-4.1 Prompting Guide | OpenAI Cookbook
Open-source examples and guides for building with the OpenAI API. Browse a collection of snippets, advanced techniques and walkthroughs. Share your own examples and guides.
GPT-4.1 is trained to follow instructions more closely and more literally than its predecessors
we recommend including three key types of reminders in all agent prompts
Apache Airflow
Platform created by the community to programmatically author, schedule and monitor workflows.
0-$5M: How to Identify Your ICP — Lessons from Vanta, Clay, Retool
How do you spot the wrong customer before they burn your roadmap? First Round Partner Meka Asonye digs into how now-massively successful startups cracked the code.
Die-to-die Interconnect Standards In Flux
Many features of UCIe 2.0 seen as “heavy” are optional, causing confusion.
The spec is defined with so many variants that you can tailor it to your exact needs. It’s applicable for everything from automotive to high-performance compute to AI to mil/aero because it has so many flavors. That’s also a curse to an IP provider. How do you support all those flavors?”
the latter predominates, since virtually all projects underway are internal projects, with all chiplets being internally created and applied. Interoperability with externally sourced chiplets is therefore not a concern
Building AI Agents? A2A vs. MCP Explained Simply - KDnuggets
Confused by AI agent frameworks? This article makes sense of A2A and MCP.
A2A is like a network cable linking multiple agents so they can collaborate.
MCP is like a universal connector (or “USB-C port”) between an agent and external tools
Coding agent in 94 lines of Ruby
“It’s not that hard to build a fully functioning, code-editing agent.” Thorsten Ball
A Trade War Winner? The Booming Business of Returned Products.
As retailers slow down orders for foreign goods because of tariffs, companies that recirculate overstocked or returned items may help fill the gap.
Dolly Parton’s Quietly Inspiring Defense of Marriage
The death of Parton’s husband, in March, called rare attention to a steadfast union that the fame-friendly country star had kept private for decades.
Williams Syndrome: The people who are too friendly
People with Williams Syndrome treat strangers as their new best friends. Now the condition is giving clues to our evolutionary past – and what makes us human.
The 30 Best Rosé Wines of 2025
words: Published: photography: Check out the best rosés from previous years here! Orange wines and chilled reds continue to challenge rosé for a spot in the summer lineup, but we can’t deny that the incumbent warm-weather wine continues to draw our attention with its…
ZJIT has been merged into Ruby
ZJIT has been merged into upstream Ruby. Learn about its architecture!
The Hobo Handbook by Jeremiah David
May 9, 2025 – “The Guide is either the train hopper’s Bible or an outdated relic, a must-have or a crutch, depending on whom you ask.”
Why 50 Ohms Became the RF Standard
The history, physics, and practical trade-offs behind a number every RF engineer knows.
One of the fundamental properties of a coaxial cable is its characteristic impedance often represented by Z0. It is the value of resistance seen when looking into a coaxial cable of infinite length. The value of Z0 is solely determined by the physical construction of the cable.
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The Silent Strain of Solo Product Managers
When brilliant work leads to breakdowns
Deep Learning with Python, Second Edition by François Chollet - Free PDF
The Cleanest Recordings of 1920s Louis Armstrong Songs You Will Ever Hear
On Youtube, jazz enthusiast Jonathan Holmes declares: 'I can guarantee this is the cleanest sounding Louis Armstrong record you'll ever hear! With the original transfer supplied by Nick Dellow, here is the mother record which was shipped by Okeh to Germany for their Odeon…
Can UMass sell hope? Why college football’s losingest problem believes it can win
Best known for basketball success under John Calipari 30 years ago, UMass has won 26 football games in 13 years in the FBS. Can it change?
10 Things I Learned From Working in a Strip Club
Canadian photographer Carly Hughes-Horvath takes on a raw and sensual tour of a world where cameras are usually forbidden.
Trial by Fire: The crash of Aeroflot flight 1492
Six years after 41 people died aboard a Sukhoi Superjet on a Moscow runway, the full story of that horrible day can finally be told.
Task estimation: Conquering Hofstadter's Law
How to turn your time estimates into reliable predictions — and communicate them.
101 Rules of Effective Living
In more than thirty years as a writer, editor, and publisher, I have, to my best reckoning, introduced, abridged, issued or reissued, and read nearly every major work of inspirational literature produced or translated into English.
The Deadlift Alternative That Works Your Whole Body at Home
In today's world, having reliable at-home workout options isn't just convenient; it's practically essential.
Evari turns to rocket science to solve problems with heat pumps
The startup emerged from stealth with a goal of extending the range of EVs while also eliminating fossil fuels from home heating.
Citizenship as a Service
Micro-states like Saint Kitts and Nevis now earn more from selling passports than all other exports combined. While tech utopians dream of digital republics, the growing marketplace for citizenship is already virtualizing sovereignty from within.
How YouTube redrew the TV map - in graphs
As YouTube has risen over the past 20 years to the streaming giant it is today, the platform has changed the way people watch TV.
Plain Vanilla
An explainer for doing web development using only vanilla techniques.
Can You Use ChatGPT To Learn a New Language?
Can't find a human to practice a language with? I've been there. Here's why most of my interaction with ChatGPT is in other languages.
InventWood is about to mass produce wood that’s stronger than steel
The material has 50% more tensile strength than steel with a strength-to-weight ratio that’s ten-times better.
How I Made Google’s “Web” View My Default Search
Forget AI. Google just created a version of its search engine free of the extra junk it has added over the past decade-plus. You just need one URL parameter.
There's a secret superfood in white rice and pasta: Here's how to unlock it
When it comes to rice and pasta, dieticians recommend eating brown or whole grain because they're more nutritious. But you can create a super nutrient in white rice and white pasta. Here's the trick.
From Self-Hosted to Cloud: An Interview About Oil & Gas Software Infrastructure
17 Logical Fallacies Everyone Should Know
This article examines 17 important logical fallacies in argumentation that everyone should know for better critical thinking.
Perhaps one of the most pervasive fallacies in thinking is the appeal to ignorance. This is often used for something that has not been proven or cannot be proven.
Now, it must be noted that an appeal to emotion is not fallacious in and of itself; it is fallacious when it is used in a deceptive manner,