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The author shares their experience of how playing the idle game Cookie Clicker unexpectedly sped up their ability to do research by a factor of 10, perhaps more. By sinking hundreds of hours into the game, the author inadvertently learned a lot about how programming for the browser works, which allowed them to prototype a […]
The Spring 2023 quarter promises to offer a comprehensive course on System and Software tools that will cover topics ranging from Introduction to Linux/Bash to Basic Shell Scripting. Each week covers a different topic, with corresponding homework, videos, and files available for download. The course will also delve into the finer aspects of Version Control, […]
The US FDA has approved Elevidys, the first gene therapy to treat Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) in children between the ages of four and five with confirmed mutations in the DMD gene. DMD is a genetic condition in which an absence of dystrophin – a protein that keeps muscle cells intact – causes weakness and […]
Anime.js is an easy to use JavaScript animation library that enables animations using CSS properties, SVG, DOM attributes, and JavaScript Objects. Its staggering system makes complex follow-through animations simple, allowing for overlapping of timings and properties. It can also animate multiple CSS transforms with different timings on a single HTML element. With built-in controls and […]
In this article, the author discusses the challenges of existing chat platforms like Slack and Discord, which hinder the effective storage and retrieval of information, leading to knowledge black holes. The author introduces the CRISPY framework, which outlines six underlying principles that all chat platforms should strive to uphold. The author then introduces Struct, a […]
Let’s Encrypt experienced an hour-long outage last Thursday, during which it wasn’t possible to obtain certificates, while 645 were issued that did not work in Chrome or Safari. Cert Spotter, a Certificate Transparency monitor owned by SSLMate, alerted founder Andrew Ayer that there was an issue with Let’s Encrypt’s certificates due to a change in […]
A study by researchers from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL) has found that between 33% and 46% of workers paid to train AI models on platforms such as Mechanical Turk may be outsourcing the work to AI themselves. They used an AI model to assess whether those hired to summarise extracts from medical […]
Discord is set to launch new monetization strategies aimed at milking its user base for more cash. The platform will be expanding server subscriptions, adding tiered subscriptions and longer-term plans to effectively turn servers into storefronts. Discord is incorporating paywalled media channels as a way to offer subscribers exclusive content, a feature that is already […]
The didicosm is a three-dimensional space that belongs to the platycosm family, and has a flat geometry and a finite volume with no boundary. The didicosm is formed by taking a rectangular prism, identifying its faces, and creating a kaleidoscopic view, which shows different screw rotations. The loops in the didicosm are classified based on […]