Peter Attia’s Quest to Live Long and Prosper
The average American celebrates just one healthy birthday after the age of sixty-five. Peter Attia argues that it doesn’t have to be this way.
The Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc Fallacy: “After This, Therefore Because of Th
How to Stop Losing 17,500 Kidneys - by Santi Ruiz
"Someone left a human liver at the wrong hospital’s cargo bay in 90 degree heat, and no one noticed for an hour and a half."
Why the Short-Lived Calvin and Hobbes Is Still One of the Most Beloved & In
If you know more than a few millennials, you probably know someone who reveres Calvin and Hobbes as a sacred work of art.
Story #1 - Embezzlers are Nice People | Stimmel Law
We spend a lot of time suing embezzlers. All over the world. Week in and week out. Big embezzlers, small embezzlers, smart embezzlers and very smart embezzlers… That’s right, no dumb embezzlers because almost all the embezzlers we encounter are smart. Some are very smart. Some…
Blinking is more than meets the eye
Eye blinks aren't just a mechanism to keep our eyes moist. Research finds that blinking plays a key role in processing visual information.
Los Alamos Pushes The Memory Wall With “Venado” Supercomputer
Today is the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the “Venado” supercomputer, which was hinted at back in April 2021 when Nvidia announced its plans for its first
Tips for LLM Pretraining and Evaluating Reward Models
Discussing AI Research Papers in March 2024
Using window functions for advanced data analysis
Window functions are an advanced feature of SQL that provides powerful tools for detailed data analysis and manipulation without grouping data into single output rows, which is common in aggregate functions.
The Man Who Spent Forty-two Years at the Beverly Hills Hotel Pool
From 1993: Nearly every day for decades, Irving V. Link tanned by the luxury pool, Adam Gopnik writes. Then his idyllic life style came under threat from the hotel’s owner, the Sultan of Brunei.
Converting JSON to YAML and Vice Versa in the Command Line | Baeldung on Li
Learn ways to convert from JSON to YAML and from YAML to JSON using the Linux command line.
Intel’s “Gaudi 3” AI accelerator chip may give Nvidia’s H100 a run for its
Intel claims 50% more speed when running AI language models vs. the market leader.
3 Types of Online Calculator and Quiz Tools
Most calculator and quiz tools provide at least one or more of the following services: converting inputs, predicting the future, or providing recommendations.
Intriguing Vintage Spy Cameras: Covert Wonders of Espionage’s Golden Age
Explore the fascinating world of vintage spy cameras from the Golden Age of Espionage. Discover covert wonders in this intriguing collection.
Lessons after a half-billion GPT tokens - Ken Kantzer's Blog
My startup Truss (gettruss.io) released a few LLM-heavy features in the last six months, and the narrative around LLMs that I read on Hacker News is now starting to diverge from my reality, so I thought I’d share some of the more “surprising” lessons after churning through just…
The Jokes That Have Made People Laugh for Thousands of Years
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The phrase “the old ones are the best ones” might not always be true. But some of the oldest jokes in history are still in use today. What makes a good joke? It’s worth going back a few thousand years to find out.
The Arc PMF Framework
This framework outlines three distinct archetypes of PMF which help you understand your product’s place in the market and determine how your company operates.
Green’s Dictionary of Slang
Measles Is Back, and That’s Scary
The deadly virus was practically eliminated in the U.S., but now it’s infecting more people.
R&D Case Study: Developing the OptiGap Sensor System | Paul Bupe, Jr
Explore the creation of the OptiGap Sensor System, a novel bend localization sensor for soft robotics, detailing the research journey and development process behind it.
Prediction Markets - LessWrong
Prediction markets are speculative markets created for the purpose of making predictions. Assets are created whose final cash value is tied to a particular event or parameter. The current market prices can then be interpreted as predictions of the probability of the event or the…
5 Ways To Use LLMs On Your Laptop
Run large language models on your local PC for customized AI capabilities with more control, privacy, and personalization.
Tips for Linking Shell Companies to their Secret Owners
At a recent panel at the 2024 NICAR conference, Karrie Kehoe, deputy head of data and research at ICIJ, offered a series of tips for investigating the true owners of shell companies.
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Researching Corporations and Their Owners – Global Investigative Journalism
This resource was last updated in 2023 by GIJN’s Toby McIntosh and Emily O’Sullivan. Investigative journalists play a crucial role in holding corporations to account, and have revealed labor abuses, environmental violations, corporate impunity and other instances of malpractice…
Words are flowing out like endless rain: Recapping a busy week of LLM news
Gemini 1.5 Pro launch, new version of GPT-4 Turbo, new Mistral model, and more.
50 Types of Social Media Posts ?
50 Types of Social Media Posts to Engage Your Audience In the vibrant world of social...
What’s the Difference Between RS-232 and RS-485?
Though both standards have long been used for serial communication, RS-485 offers valuable features that aren't available from RS-232. Learn more in this article.
30 States Considering ‘Right To Repair’ Reforms in 2024
Oregon recently became the seventh state to pass “right to repair” legislation making it easier, cheaper, and more convenient to repair technology you own. The bill’s passage came…
The Family Who Vanished Into the Bush
The two disappearances of Tom Phillips and his children.
Gemini: A Family of Highly Capable Multimodal Models
Why Some People Always Get Lost—And Others Never Do
Research suggests that experience may matter more than innate ability when it comes to a sense of direction
Build Your Culture Like a Product — Lessons from Asana’s Head of People
Anna Binder, Asana's Head of People and the company's first HR hire, shares her step-by-step approach to intentionally building the company culture.
How to Create and Use Requirements.txt in Python
After setting up your Python project, creating a requirements.txt file is essential for simplifying...
Texas Surgeon Is Accused of Secretly Denying Liver Transplants
A Houston hospital is investigating whether a doctor altered a transplant list to make his patients ineligible for care. A disproportionate number of them have died while waiting for new organs.
Nvidia Blackwell Perf TCO Analysis - B100 vs B200 vs GB200NVL72
GPT-4 Profitability, Cost, Inference Simulator, Parallelism Explained, Performance TCO Modeling In Large & Small Model Inference and Training
67 Logical Fallacies Explained in 11 Minutes
Fallacies—notes Purdue's Writing Lab—'are common errors in reasoning that will undermine the logic of your argument. Fallacies can be either illegitimate arguments or irrelevant points, and are often identified because they lack evidence that supports their claim.
Responsive Images – The Definitive Guide
A practical guide to responsive image best practices. By a responsive designer with 20+ years web experience.
Cow Magnets | Stanford Magnets
Cow magnets are very popular with farmers, ranchers, and veterinarians since they are a well-known method of preventing hardware disease in cattle.
Claude vs ChatGPT: A Comparison of AI Chatbots
Claude and ChatGPT are two compelling options in AI chatbots, each with unique features and capabilities. To discern their strengths and suitability for various applications, let's compare these two AI chatbots comprehensively. What is Claude? Claude is an AI chatbot developed…
How Khruangbin’s Sound Became the New Mood Music
The Texan trio’s vibes have spawned countless imitators, but their magic isn’t so easy to replicate.
OpenTofu: The Open Source Terraform Alternative
What is OpenTofu OpenTofu is an open-source Terraform fork, a drop-in replacement for...
What are the best AI freeware of 2024?
Artificial intelligence (AI) has become an integral part of our daily lives and these best AI freeware of 2024 are
Conflicting Times on the Camino de Santiago
As increasing numbers of pilgrims walk the Camino de Santiago in Europe, local communities feel the pressure to keep up.
Pick your UPS flavor
A deep-dive into the different types of UPS systems
Google just released its AI chip rival to Nvidia
Google’s new AI chip is a rival to Nvidia, and its Arm-based CPU will compete with Microsoft and Amazon
Peter Gostev’s Post
We are seeing some clear categories emerge in the world of LLMs - 1) affordable (~$1 per million tokens); 2) mid-range ($8/m) and 3) top end ($25-50/m)… | 32 comments on LinkedIn
The economics of dollar stores
A visual explainer of the numbers behind America’s ubiquitous bargain-basement chains.
Why are dollar stores a microcosm for America's shrinkflation problem?
Recent reports have tapped dollar stores as the top offenders of shrinkflation — even beyond grocery stores
How Dollar Stores Became Magnets for Crime and Killing
Discount chains are thriving — while fostering violence and neglect in poor communities.