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macOS Sequoia is certified to Unix 03

The certification details for UNIX V7, UNIX 03, UNIX 98, and UNIX 95 can be found by clicking on the product links. Companies like Apple Inc., IBM Corporation, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, and The SCO Group, Inc. offer various versions of operating systems like macOS, z/OS, AIX, HP-UX, UnixWare, and SCO OpenServer for different processors and […]

The Rat Studies That Foretold a Nightmarish Human Future

Rats are picky eaters who can’t vomit, making them difficult to poison. In WWII, the U.S. tried using a tasteless poison to kill rats. Over 55 blocks in Baltimore, over a million rats were eradicated. Studies then focused on observing rats in controlled environments. In an experiment, overcrowding led rats to engage in violent behavior, […]

Library of Congress Pre-1915 Japanese Woodblock Prints and Drawings

The Library of Congress holds a vast collection of Japanese woodblock prints from the seventeenth to the twentieth centuries, featuring renowned artists like Hiroshige and Kuniyoshi. Notably, the collection includes Ukiyo-e prints, depicting various subjects such as actors, landscapes, and scenes from Japanese literature. The Yokohama-e prints, depicting Westerners in Japan during the 1850s, offer […]

A Burrito Is a Monad

In a unique twist, the author humorously describes how a burrito can be seen as a monad using code snippets. The types of meat and ingredients are defined, and a monad is created to build a burrito. The code demonstrates adding meat, ingredients, and creating a mission burrito with specified ingredients. The final burrito is […]

Liquid Foundation Models: Our First Series of Generative AI Models

Liquid AI introduces the first series of Liquid Foundation Models (LFMs), cutting-edge generative AI models developed from first principles. These models achieve superior performance in terms of quality, efficiency, and memory usage across different scales compared to existing models like GPT. Try LFMs on Liquid Playground, Lambda, Perplexity Labs, and soon on Cerebras Inference. LFMs […]

NASA is selling a brand-new Moon rover: Never used, one previous owner

NASA is making exciting plans to send humans back to the Moon by the end of the decade. But before that, they are sending probes to search for ice at the lunar south pole, which could reveal key information about Earth’s water and be used as rocket propellant. This article in the Science & technology […]

Feldera Incremental Compute Engine

Feldera is a cutting-edge fast query engine for incremental computation, outperforming traditional batch engines, warehouses, stream processors, and streaming databases. The engine allows for full SQL support and incremental updates on deeply nested views, leading to lightning-fast performance and consistent results. It boasts the ability to handle datasets larger than available RAM, connects seamlessly to […]

Text2CAD Generating Sequential CAD Designs from Text Prompts

Text2CAD is an innovative AI framework allowing designers to create parametric CAD models from text prompts, whether they are abstract descriptions or detailed instructions. The framework includes a unique Data Annotation Pipeline that utilizes open-source LLMs and VLMs to create varying complexities and details in the text prompts. The Text2CAD Transformer uses a Transformer-based architecture […]

Mathiness

Mathiness, as defined by Carl Bergstrom and Jevin West, refers to calculations and formulas that mimic rigorous math but lack true rigor or validity. These formulas often use the language of math and science to create the appearance of accuracy, leading to misleading and dangerous results in fields like product management. Fake physics formulas, like […]

Five ways to reduce variance in A/B testing

A/B testing involves comparing means of metrics between two subsets. Central Limit Theorem guarantees normal distribution of means and differences between A and B subsets. Increasing sample size reduces variance. Even split (50%-50%) yields lowest variance. Reducing metric variance and stratification are effective. Winsorizing and measuring median changes metric definitions fundamentally. Splitting metric to lower […]