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MathWorks Professor of Mathematics Gilbert “Gil” Strang ’55, who recently retired from MIT after 66 of his 88 years at the institution, has had a “tremendous impact on the teaching of mathematics”. Strang, known for his easy smile and engaging teaching style, has taught linear algebra to a third of MIT’s entire student body. He […]
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System76 has introduced new features to its 13th Gen Intel laptops with System76 Open Firmware, including re-disabled Intel Management Engine, Secure Boot support for Windows 11, and increased battery power limits and CPU performance. The ME has been disabled wherever possible to reduce the amount of closed firmware running on System76 hardware, while the standard […]
The rebuilding of Notre Dame Cathedral is on track, despite being set a challenging deadline of December 2024, just four years after a major fire caused €865m ($1.08bn) of damage to the structure. To ensure the Cathedral remains true to its original construction from 800 years ago, carpenters are deliberately using medieval tools, such as […]
Kenneth Anger, the visionary filmmaker, artist, and author, has died at the age of 96. Known as the Magus of American Cinema, Anger’s kaleidoscopic films laid the groundwork for the avant-garde art scenes of the later twentieth century and influenced the visual languages of contemporary queer and youth culture. His works explored occultism, transgression, and […]
THE ANALOG THING (THAT) is an open-source and not-for-profit analog computer that enables fast and energy-efficient dynamic systems modeling. Its interactive and visual interface is ideal for understanding and experimenting with mathematical theory, especially in the fields of design and engineering. As the use of analog computing offers a strategy to diversify today’s digital monoculture, […]
A randomized clinical trial has found that repeated low-level red-light (RLRL) therapy can prevent myopia among children with premyopia. The 12-month trial involved 278 school-aged children in Shanghai, China, who were randomly assigned to either an intervention group receiving RLRL therapy twice per day, five days per week or a control group. The incidence of […]
The National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Mathematics are holding a virtual workshop from June 12-14 on AI to assist mathematical reasoning. The workshop is organized by a committee that includes several members such as Petros Koumoutsakos, Jordan Ellenberg, Yann A. LeCun and more. The event’s registration is open on the workshop’s web page, which […]
AITemplate is a Python framework that converts neural networks into CUDA or HIP C++ code, providing lightning-fast inference serving for deep learning models. This framework features high performance, open, and flexible capabilities with seamless unified fp16 deep neural network models for both NVIDIA and AMD GPUs. AITemplate allows the addition of new extensions while offering […]
The author discusses the topic of speed running Monkey Island and how speed runners don’t like random events. The end of Monkey Island 2 has a lot of randomness around when LeChuck appears. The author was asked how this worked and he found the SCUMM source code for Monkey Island 2 and tracked down the […]
Brave, the privacy-focused browser, has released its new Vertical Tabs feature. With the latest desktop release, users can now enable Vertical Tabs on Windows, macOS, and Linux. Vertical Tabs locate open tabs from the top of the window to the left side of the screen to provide more on-screen real estate and breathing room, allowing […]