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I am sad to announce that Weaveworks will be closing its doors and ceasing commercial operations. Despite generating over $10 million in revenue and increasing our new product logos, our cash position was unpredictable due to uneven sales growth. Unfortunately, a potential merger with a larger company fell through, leading to our decision to shut […]
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Serial entrepreneur Jonathan Rothberg’s latest sequencing startup, 454.bio, has released open source plans to build a Keurig-sized sequencing device that retails for $100. They are attempting a novel twist on sequencing-by-synthesis to achieve sequencing runs in the $20 range. This unconventional strategy comes from someone who has succeeded in DNA sequencing multiple times before, with […]
Nikolai Nikolaevich Luzin was a prominent mathematician and founding father of the Moscow mathematical school. He had many notable students, including P.S. Alexandroff and A.N. Kolmogorov. However, Luzin’s reputation was tarnished in 1936 when he was accused of scientific misconduct and depicted as an enemy of the Soviet life. The campaign to discredit Luzin was […]
In 2007, a retired Canadian doctor bought a well-used second edition of Andreas Vesalius’ De humani corporis fabrica for $14,256. This book was one of the most influential in history, with only 150 known copies. It had been in the hands of collectors for centuries and had extensive Latin annotations. This was unusual, as book […]
Panda CSS is a styling library that offers a seamless and enjoyable CSS-in-JS experience. It provides build time generated styles, compatibility with RSC, and multi-variant support. The library aims to provide the best developer experience with low learning curve and TypeScript support. It generates modern CSS code with features like cascade layers, :where selectors, and […]
In this web content, the author provides guidance on how to negotiate a job offer. They emphasize the importance of being a good negotiator, which involves being empathetic and collaborative rather than difficult and demanding. The author also highlights the idea of negotiation as a creative process, where both parties can find ways to fulfill […]
Scientists are suggesting the addition of a sixth category to the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale to account for the increasing intensity of tropical cyclones caused by climate change. The current scale underestimates the actual risk and fails to capture the potential destruction of the most intense storms with wind speeds greater than 157 miles per […]
The author begins by acknowledging that the first wave of reviews for the Apple Vision Pro (AVP) suggest that it will not be a best-seller at its current price and form factor. However, the author remains a strong believer in Augmented Reality (AR) and recalls a 1993 novel called Virtual Light by William Gibson that […]
Summary: This web content is a relativistic flight visualizer developed by Dmytry Lavrov. The ship in the simulation is flying at 0% of the speed of light with a Doppler factor of 1. The visualizer allows users to explore the concept of relativistic flight and the effects it has on time and distance. The project […]
Author’s voice: This web content provides an update on the Vesuvius Challenge 2023 Grand Prize, which involved reading 2,000-year-old scrolls that were buried by a volcanic eruption. The scrolls, which discuss topics like music and food, were carbonized and cannot be opened. However, a team of researchers launched the challenge to find a way to […]