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In a study conducted by P.M. Winter et al. in 1975, the anesthetic effect of air at atmospheric pressure was compared to the effect of helium-oxygen. The study aimed to evaluate the impact of nitrogen in ambient air on human performance using a divided-attention task. The results showed a significant decrease in response time when […]
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Webvan, one of the pioneering online grocery stores, became famous for being one of the casualties of the Dotcom Bubble. The company aimed to bring convenience to customers by delivering groceries to their homes in a 30-minute time slot. To achieve this, Webvan built technologically advanced distribution facilities with robots and conveyor belts. However, their […]
The SQLite CREATE and ALTER TABLE Parser is a parser specifically designed for extracting information about tables and column constraints from SQLite databases. It provides a fast and efficient way to parse create table and alter table SQL statements, with no memory copy overhead. The parser is implemented as a single C file that can […]
This web content is from the first release of the Anti Warez Association (AWA) in August 1993. The AWA was founded by Jason Farnon, Alexander Knox, and Ozone Pilot. The purpose of the AWA is to produce literature that informs the public about the negative aspects of the warez world and to support those who […]
Late Friday, major record labels like Sony and Universal Music Group filed a lawsuit against the Internet Archive and others over the Great 78 Project. This project aims to preserve and uncover 70 to 120-year-old 78 rpm records through a non-profit library. The Internet Archive takes this matter seriously and is currently reviewing the lawsuit […]
Christina Eilers planned a conference for astronomers specializing in the early universe years before the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) even launched. The telescope, like a time machine, can see farther and deeper into the past than any previous instrument. At a recent conference, astronomers discussed the surprising discovery of cyclones in the centers of […]
Growing Guides are a fantastic resource for anyone looking to care for their crops throughout their life stages. These guides are tailored to specific environmental conditions and growing practices, ensuring that you have the best information for your gardens. What’s great is that each guide is ranked, allowing you to find the ones that are […]
Lynn Conway, a pioneer of microelectronics chip design, made significant contributions to the field during the 1970s. Her work at Xerox PARC and IBM revolutionized chip design and greatly impacted the modern information technology revolution. However, what people didn’t know until recently is that Lynn also underwent a gender transition in the late 1960s. She […]
Outlines is a library for neural text generation that serves as a flexible replacement for the generate method in the transformers library. It provides methods for guiding text generation and building robust interfaces with external systems. One unique feature is the ability to generate text that matches a regular expression or follows a JSON schema. […]
AI Town is a virtual town where AI characters live and interact with each other. It is a project inspired by the research paper Generative Agents: Interactive Simulacra of Human Behavior and aims to provide a platform that can be easily customized and extended. The back-end engine supports shared global state, transactions, and event tracking, […]