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Austin Z. Henley, along with Majeed Kazemitabaar, PhD student at the University of Toronto, co-wrote a paper on “CodeAid”, an AI-based programming assistant. CodeAid offers various features, like explaining code, generating pseudo-code, and suggesting fixes, all without providing direct solutions. Students found it helpful, although some were concerned about its directness and trustworthiness. Educators appreciated […]
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During Japan’s Edo period, samurai and commoners, young and old, engaged in domestic math tradition called Wasan. Surprisingly, historical records reveal women and teens tackling difficult problems even before Japan modernized in the late 1800s. A Sangaku at Myōjōrinji temple in Ōgaki donated by “Asano Genjūrō, student of Asano Takamitsu and others” in 1865, shows […]
In this post series, the author explores regenerative growing practices on an urban backyard scale, emphasizing key principles such as disturbing the soil as little as possible, always keeping the soil covered, and incorporating animals into the system. They explain the concept of no-till gardening, which involves aerating the soil with a broadfork and layering […]
Scientists have discovered chemicals used in car tire production in leafy vegetables, raising concerns about pollution levels. Tire particles released into the atmosphere and waterways can impact cloud formation and harm wildlife with toxic compounds. Research from Switzerland, Spain, Italy, and Israel found tire ingredients in vegetables grown in various locations. One dangerous chemical found, […]
LSP-AI is an open-source language server that integrates AI-powered functionality into various editors like VS Code, NeoVim, and Emacs. It aims to empower software engineers by centralizing complex AI features, simplifying plugin development, and fostering collaboration within the open-source community. The project supports different LLM backends, offering flexibility and future-readiness. LSP-AI serves as a viable […]
A rare fern species from New Caledonia, Tmesipteris oblanceolata, has set a new record with the largest genome of any living organism on the planet, containing over 50 times more DNA than humans. This discovery dethroned the previous record-holder, the Japanese flowering plant species Paris japonica. The fern’s genome size of 160.45 gigabase pairs is […]
Mathematicians have spent years trying to find a Hamiltonian cycle in graphs. In 2023, Benny Sudakov and his colleagues found a breakthrough, proving that expanders graphs always contain such cycles. Expander graphs behave like random graphs but do not require randomness, making them highly interconnected and efficient for various applications like online social networks and […]
The author discusses how to detect PS2 emulators through exploiting a multiplication issue in the VU developer manuals, where 1 * X may not be the same as X * 1. The process involves identifying a number that triggers this problem, such as 129.5, and checking the results through a straightforward method using specific registers. […]
The author details the significant and rewarding journey of rewriting their progscrape project in Rust from Python, achieving impressive performance benchmarks on a Raspberry Pi despite modest hardware. They highlight the use of Tantivy, a fast search engine library in Rust, and the seamless integration of nearly half a million stories. Exciting new features include […]
The Backrooms image, a simple shot of an empty series of rooms, has sparked a wave of creativity and storytelling revolving around the mysterious location known as The Backrooms. Originally thought to be just an unsettling photograph, the image gained legendary status when it was claimed to be a rare photograph of The Backrooms, a […]