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A study conducted by Aberystwyth University’s psychology department suggests that magicians may be less prone to mental health difficulties compared to other creative individuals and the general population. The research, published in the journal BJPsych Open, found that magicians scored significantly lower on psychopathological traits and were less likely to experience hallucinations or cognitive disorganization. […]
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In this web content, the author discusses the design of noise in frequency space for computer graphics. They explain the concept of blue noise, which is random noise that prefers to alternate between different values and avoid long runs of the same value. Blue noise is commonly used for dithering in computer graphics because it […]
The web content discusses the Midjourney dataset on Hugging Face, which includes a large collection of images with associated prompts and URLs. The dataset consists of 55,082,563 images, totaling 148.07 TB in size, which has resulted in significant CDN costs for Discord. The author explains how they calculated the size of the dataset without downloading […]
In a recent incident involving a Titan Airways A321neo, it has been determined that damage to the aircraft’s windows was caused by heat generated by high-powered film lamps. The aircraft had been used for filming the day prior to the incident flight, and the placement of the lights near the fuselage resulted in the melting […]
This web content is part of the 3Blue1Brown Summer of Math Exposition for 2021. The author discloses that the content was originally created for a class project and is now being extended for the exposition. The content explains how computers store numbers using binary notation, where bits represent 0s and 1s. The author provides interactive […]
YouTube is sharing a sneak peek at their AI-related music experiments, called Dream Track for Shorts and Music AI tools, developed in collaboration with Google DeepMind. They believe that AI has ushered music into a new creative era and they want their approach to be defined by partnership and responsibility. They have developed AI Music […]
According to the author, CRDTs (Conflict-free Replicated Data Types) are not necessary for collaborative experiences, except in specific cases like offline-first scenarios and text editing. The author mentions that text editing requires CRDTs because even small errors in the convergence algorithm can result in obvious mistakes. However, using CRDTs has downsides, such as ever-growing state, […]
Ransomware group Alphv and BlackCat has filed a complaint with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) against MeridianLink, a company that provides financial institutions with digital lending solutions and consumers with data verification solutions. The group claims to have breached MeridianLink’s systems and stolen customer data and operational information. They are threatening to leak […]
According to Arkose Labs, Bad Bots, which are automated processes with malicious intent, make up a significant portion of internet traffic, estimated to be 73% in Q3 2023. The top five categories of Bad Bot attacks include fake account creation, account takeovers, scraping, account management, and in-product abuse. The industries most targeted by these attacks […]
In this blog post, the author discusses how their data team managed to run the infrastructure of their energy trading company using only two PostgreSQL database instances. They highlight the importance of optimizing queries, tuning indexes, partitioning, tuning the database server, and using read-only replicas to eliminate performance bottlenecks. The author emphasizes the need to […]