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The blog post explores implementing order-independent keyword arguments for C++ using C++26’s proposed reflection features. The proposed technique showcases the power of reflection, allowing for a more flexible and dynamic approach to keyword arguments. Past proposals for named arguments have failed, leading to creative workarounds like designated initializers and helper objects. The reflective approach simplifies […]
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In a surprising turn of events, a young computer scientist, Andrew Krapivin, and his colleagues have challenged a 40-year-old conjecture in computer science by developing a new kind of hash table that defies previous assumptions about its efficiency. Contrary to widely accepted beliefs, their innovative hash table drastically reduces the time required to find specific […]
Jack Kelly reminisces about his time playing Multi-User Dungeons (MUDs) and the transition to becoming a MUD builder. He discusses the challenges of editing MUDs using real languages like C, the frustration of the development cycle, and the clever trick of “copyover” or “hotboot” to update the server without disconnecting users. He delves into the […]
A new Dagger Cloud v3 user interface has been launched, written in WebAssembly (WASM) using Go, a surprising choice that required overcoming challenges but ultimately led to a more efficient and unified codebase. The decision to switch from React to WASM resulted in a consistent user experience across all Dagger interfaces, better performance, and reduced […]
Creating technical architecture diagrams is crucial for informing your audience about your system, and avoiding common mistakes is essential. Mistakes include making theoretical diagrams instead of concrete ones, mixing levels of abstraction, showing too many overlapping concerns, including unlabeled arrows, providing misleading composition, lacking context, and having no accompanying explainer text. Splitting up busy diagrams […]
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter for news on fascinating new discoveries in the universe. Learn about how two massive canyons on the far side of the moon, each comparable in size to Earth’s Grand Canyon, formed 3.8 billion years ago in less than 10 minutes. The Schrödinger impact basin, where the canyons […]
The study challenges the belief that complex reasoning tasks require extensive training data, showing that mathematical reasoning abilities can be achieved with just 817 examples. The model, LIMO, outperforms previous models on mathematical reasoning tasks while using only 1% of the training data. It also demonstrates exceptional generalization across diverse benchmarks, suggesting that less training […]
In 1925, a groundbreaking fossil discovery by Australian palaeoanthropologist Raymond Dart in South Africa revealed the existence of Australopithecus africanus, challenging the perspectives on human origins. Dart’s findings of a humanlike skull with an upright walking pattern differed from previous beliefs about human evolution. Despite initial skepticism, further discoveries by Robert Broom and Louis Leakey’s […]
Dominican priests, having received a glimpse of the reconstructed face of St. Thomas Aquinas, are filled with emotions as they connect with the image of the beloved saint. Brazilian 3D designer Cicero Moraes, the lead author of the project, highlights the challenging process of reconstructing the saint’s face based on measurements from CT scans and […]
Perma.cc is a helpful tool for scholars, journals, courts, and others to create permanent records of web sources they cite. Link rot is a common issue, with over 50% of cited links in Supreme Court opinions leading to the wrong page. Perma.cc offers a solution with Perma Links, which are unbreakable links to preserved web […]