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The website features a collection of over 430 carabiners, with more being added regularly. Visitors can explore the collection by category, view virtual exhibits, and browse a gallery of photos. The curator, Sam, is passionate about mechanical objects and vertical rope disciplines. The site is a personal project, not a how-to guide, and visitors are […]
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The recent AI innovations, like GPT-4, have broad implications for society, from utopian drudgery elimination to dystopian harm to artist livelihood. The author, a data scientist with impressive credentials, criticizes the oversaturation of AI initiatives driven by hype, with many being grifters or incompetents seeking promotion. Despite AI’s potential, most companies struggle with basic operations, […]
The author introduces their latest project, a Cray Wristwatch, a miniature replica of a Cray supercomputer, running on FPGA technology. The project evolved from the original Cray-1 design to a modern Cray J90 core, offering unique insights into the development and changes in Cray supercomputers over the years. The wristwatch displays a real-time, N-body simulation […]
Scientists from the University of Exeter discovered a massive migration of over 17 million insects passing through a narrow 30-meter stretch in the Pyrenees mountains. Lead researcher Will Hawkes described the spectacle as extraordinary, with days recording over 3,000 flies per meter per minute. This migration is crucial for biodiversity and pollination. This groundbreaking study […]
Hiking.org explores the concept of starting from Scratch in various contexts, focusing on the idea of storytelling rather than reality. The phrase is often used to imply a difficult journey or a fresh start, appealing to the archetype of the rags to riches story. The freedom of new beginnings and the denial of existing realities […]
The author discusses Gödel’s Incompleteness Theorem and its implications for formal systems. They explain that no powerful enough system can be both complete and consistent. They introduce Rosser’s Theorem as a way to strengthen Gödel’s original argument. The author then presents a Turing-machine-based proof of Rosser’s Theorem, highlighting the connection between Gödel’s Theorem and Turing’s […]
Vietnamese rice farmers in the Mekong River delta are embracing agricultural drones to revolutionize rice farming practices, reducing the need for pesticides and fertilizers that harm the environment. With drones, farmers can automate tasks like seeding, spraying, and fertilizing fields, cutting labor in half. The transition to drone technology has been met with some resistance, […]
The paper delves into the higher derivatives of motion, such as jerk and snap, often overlooked in classical mechanics teaching. It explores the effects of these derivatives on the human body and how they are used in physics education. Using examples like trampolines and roller coasters, the concept is illustrated. The controversial information lies in […]
Arvind Mithal, a prominent figure in the MIT community, passed away at the age of 77. Renowned for his groundbreaking research in dataflow computing, Arvind made significant contributions to computer architecture and programming languages during his almost five decades at MIT. He was a dedicated teacher, an exceptional academic leader, and a driving force behind […]
In this work, the author introduces the concept of logit prisms as a tool to understand how transformer models make decisions. By breaking down the output into individual component contributions using linear transformations, we can analyze the role of different parts of the model, such as attention heads and MLP neurons, in influencing the final […]