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In the North Korean sci-fi story “Change Course,” a plane with a bomb on board is saved by North Korean scientists who create an anti-gravitational field. The story promotes solidarity, peace, and love for the motherland, highlighting the close relationship between literature and politics in North Korea. North Korean sci-fi often includes political messages and […]
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A new study highlights the importance of vultures in wildlife conservation and their impact on public health. In India, vultures serve as nature’s sanitation service, feeding on rotting livestock carcasses and destroying germs with their strongly acidic digestive tracts. However, the use of an anti-inflammatory drug called diclofenac in treating cattle caused a significant decline […]
Impact Theory, LLC, a media and entertainment company based in Los Angeles, has been charged by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for conducting an unregistered offering of crypto asset securities in the form of non-fungible tokens (NFTs). The company raised around $30 million from investors through the offering, which involved three tiers of NFTs […]
W. Edwards Deming may not be a familiar name to most people, but his wisdom is invaluable when it comes to effective leadership and managing systems. He played a significant role in both winning World War II and rebuilding Japan afterwards. Deming believed that most problems are system problems and should be the responsibility of […]
In this web content, Xe discusses the topic of WebAssembly and its relationship with the Unix philosophy. Xe introduces themselves as a philosopher and promises a fun and informative talk. They explain the concept of “everything is a file” in Unix and how it handles various objects through file and filesystem API calls. Xe then […]
Web LLM Llama 2 7B/13B and Llama 2 70B are now available in Web LLM, allowing users to try them out in our chat demo. The project brings large-language models and LLM-based chatbots to web browsers, running everything inside the browser with no server support and accelerated with WebGPU. This opens up exciting opportunities to […]
The Central Scrutinizer is a tool designed for Apple M1 or M2 machines that connects via USB-C. It provides a low-level debugging port for operating system developers, offering features such as hard-rebooting the machine and USB2.0 pass-through for booting with the m1n1 bootloader. This tool is not necessary for MacOS users or those who don’t […]
In this web content, the author discusses the challenges of hiring junior engineers and highlights a successful program called “Ignite” created by John Hyland. The Ignite program follows a project-based onboarding process for junior engineers, providing mentorship, rotations with different teams, real work assignments, and networking opportunities. The program aims to save money for companies […]
The author reflects on their experience using GitHub Copilot and how it has affected their productivity and enjoyment of coding. They initially found Copilot to be helpful in generating code and overcoming fatigue, allowing them to make progress on various projects. However, they soon realized that they were no longer motivated to work on personal […]
The Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary in Massachusetts is home to around 200 shipwrecks. In an effort to protect these historical artifacts from damage caused by fishing nets and dredges, the sanctuary has implemented a new approach: radical honesty. Rather than keeping shipwreck locations a secret, the sanctuary has started sharing this information with fishermen, […]