In this web content, the author discusses the impact of the S3 service on the modern data stack. They highlight how S3 revolutionized data storage by allowing for the storage of large amounts of data at a low cost. The author mentions that one common use case for S3 is to stage data, where data […]
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Google has announced that it will no longer develop its controversial Web Environment Integrity API, which was intended to combat online fraud but was criticized for resembling restrictive DRM for websites. Instead, the company will focus on a more limited version of the technology for Android WebViews, a version of its Chrome browser embedded within […]
DVC is a powerful tool designed to help developers create reproducible machine learning projects. It allows you to version your data and models, store them in cloud storage while keeping their versioning information in your Git repository. DVC also enables you to iterate quickly with lightweight pipelines, only running the necessary steps when changes are […]
The chance discovery of a note in a 15th-century Hebrew prayer book has provided valuable insight into an unknown earthquake that occurred in the Marche region of Italy. The note, found in the Apostolic Vatican Library, describes the destruction caused by the earthquake, including collapsed buildings and devastated cities and villages. The discovery helps to […]
Professors Dagmar Divjak and Petar Milin from the University of Birmingham conducted a study that found a correlation between bad grammar and heart rate variability (HRV). Essentially, the more grammatical errors a person hears, the more regular their heartbeat becomes, indicating stress. This study is unique in that it shows the relationship between language cognition […]
In a recent groff change, the handling of the character used to mark command-line options on Unix systems sparked controversy within the Debian community. The issue stemmed from the use of different types of dashes in man pages, which can cause confusion and errors for users. The groff change exposed these glyph usage errors, leading […]
Graph theory has been a valuable tool for modeling real-world phenomena for centuries, but it has its limits when it comes to finding connections in big data. Binary networks are unable to capture complex group influences, and researchers have realized the need to develop new mathematical models that can account for higher-order interactions. This has […]
Winter 2023/24 semester will feature a course taught by Tomáš Petříček on fundamental programming language techniques, algorithms, and systems. The course will cover various paradigms such as functional, object-oriented, imperative, and logic programming, as well as using spreadsheets for end-user programming. The F# programming language will be used for examples, and students will have hands-on […]
Evaporation is a process that has puzzled researchers for years, as the rate at which water can evaporate is often higher than the amount of heat it is receiving. A team of researchers at MIT has discovered that under certain conditions, light can directly bring about evaporation at an even more efficient rate than heat. […]
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