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In a world where many advocate for a smaller human population, the author argues for the benefits of a larger one. They believe that a growing population leads to more geniuses, faster progress, and a wider array of options for individuals. The author contends that with more people, there are more opportunities for creativity, economic […]
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Deep learning’s success is often credited to its ability to uncover new data representations automatically rather than relying on handcrafted features. However, a study reveals that deep networks learned through gradient descent are essentially equivalent to kernel machines, which memorize data and use it directly for prediction. This insight enhances the interpretability of deep network […]
The Shirky principle states that institutions tend to preserve the problems they solve, prolonging the issue for their own benefit. This can be seen in examples such as tax-filing companies lobbying against free tax filing options to maintain profits. The principle can apply to individuals and different types of entities, leading to unintended consequences. Accounting […]
The slices package in Go provides functions that work with slices of any type, allowing for efficient manipulation of slices through understanding memory representation. With Type parameters, functions like Index can be written once for all comparable slices. New functions like Delete make it easier to modify slices, ensuring proper memory management. Prior to Go […]
In a recent study published in Scientific Reports, researchers found that certain dogs have the ability to learn the names of more than 100 different toys, with most dogs doing so spontaneously without human training. The study, led by Shany Dror, a doctoral candidate in ethology, aims to shed light on the evolutionary origins of […]
Discover a revolutionary social network called Scuttlebutt, a decentralized platform fueling a love story among users. It’s time to take control and build our own internet, free from big corporations and data harvesting. This localized but distributed social network is gaining traction in 2019, offering users autonomy and community development free from corporate influence. Watch […]
Consol3 is a unique 3D graphics engine that operates solely on the CPU, eliminating the need for a graphics card. Vertex transformations, matrix calculations, and more are all done through software rendering. The engine is built without external dependencies, using only what the operating system provides. Building the project is simple using CMake, with options […]
Fifteen years ago, coding in Lisp on Vim was a challenging task due to the lack of proper plugins for structured editing and interactive programming. However, recent developments have seen the creation of two significant Vim plugins for Lisp development: Slimv and Vlime. Slimv has been around for over a decade, while Vlime is a […]
LilyPond is a music engraving program that aims to produce high-quality sheet music with the aesthetics of traditionally engraved music. It is free software as part of the GNU Project, offering a powerful and flexible tool for various engraving tasks including classical music, complex notation, early music, modern music, tablature, vocal music, lead sheets, educational […]
Generative models like VQGAN, StyleGAN-XL, and StyleGAN-v2 have hidden capabilities in understanding intrinsic scene properties such as normals, depth, albedo, and shading, as revealed by INTRINSIC LoRA (I-LoRA) from Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago and Adobe. The innovative approach modulates key feature maps to extract scene intrinsics without additional decoders, showcasing the deep understanding of […]