Sun Machines
Your browser does not support this video. Essay Sun Machines Solar, an energy source that gets cheaper and cheaper, is going to be huge Video: Eiko Ojala Jun 20th 2024 A photovoltaic cell is a very simple thing: a square piece of silicon typically 182 millimetres on each side and about a fifth of a […]
We must seek a widely-applicable Science of Systems
Why we must seek a general, application-agnostic and unified theory of Complex Systems with high explanatory power. Important note: I’m a 16 y/o student with no scientific or formal experience whatsoever in Complex Systems. However I have a strong affinity for studying it at an elementary level, before I proceed to study it formally. From […]
Microsoft charged with EU antitrust violations for bundling Teams
/ The European Commission is concerned Microsoft is giving Teams an unfair advantage over competitors. a:hover]:text-gray-63 [&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&>a:hover]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a:hover]:shadow-underline-gray [&>a]:shadow-underline-gray-63 dark:[&>a]:text-gray-bd dark:[&>a]:shadow-underline-gray”>Image: The Verge EU regulators have charged Microsoft with illegally bundling its Teams chat app with its Office 365 and Microsoft 365 subscriptions. It’s the first time Microsoft has been charged with antitrust violations […]
Researchers run high-performing LLM on the energy needed to power a lightbulb
Large language models such as ChaptGPT have proven to be able to produce remarkably intelligent results, but the energy and monetary costs associated with running these massive algorithms is sky high. It costs $700,000 per day in energy costs to run ChatGPT 3.5, according to recent estimates, and leaves behind a massive carbon footprint in […]
GCC and Clang handle statically known undefined behaviour
25 June 2024 Recently, we had a discussion in our team about undefined behaviour (UB) in C. For those unfamiliar: We say that a program has undefined behaviour when we write code where the language specification doesn’t define what should happen during execution. That means compilers can do whatever they like if they encounter such […]
It’s getting harder to die
Recently I was speaking to a group of sophisticated New Yorkers about the preparation for death. Someone asked a tentative question about life support, and I quickly realized that for all their erudition, they were largely ignorant about what happens in the hospital as people approach death. As a primary care doctor and clinical ethicist, […]
What everyone gets wrong about the 2015 Ashley Madison scandal
Richard Levine/Alamy It has been nearly a decade since hackers dumped huge amounts of personal data from Ashley Madison, the infamous dating site which, back in 2015, catered mostly to men who wanted to cheat on their wives. Now, that story is back in the media, partly because of a recent Netflix documentary about it. […]
Producing fuels from 1,500 degrees of solar heat
Synhelion An aerial view of the DAWN plant with its array of mirrors which direct solar energy onto its tower to produce process heat THE WORLD’S first industrial plant using solar heat to make fuels has been opened in Germany. Using a vast array of mirrors that focus the sun’s heat onto a tower, the […]
Firefox 3rd Party Installer Campaign – Mozilla Community Portal
Q: Should I be using a non Firefox browser? A: It’s not strictly necessary, but it’s likely to get us better results. Most users seeking Firefox do so using other browsers such as Edge, Chrome Safari or Opera and search engine results can depend on the browser you are using. Q: How can I know […]
Microsoft removes documentation for switching to a local account in Windows 11
Enlarge / A PC running Windows 11. Microsoft One of Windows 11’s more contentious changes is that, by default, both the Home and Pro editions of the operating system require users to sign in with a Microsoft account during setup. Signing in with an account does get you some benefits, at least if you’re a […]