Mathematicians discover new class of shape seen throughout nature
Mathematicians have described1 a new class of shape that characterizes forms commonly found in nature — from the chambers in the iconic spiral shell of the nautilus to the way in which seeds pack into plants. The work considers the mathematical concept of ‘tiling’: how shapes tessellate on a surface. The problem of filling a […]
It’s probably time to rethink “Building in public”
SEP 9TH, 2024 Since joining the indie hacker community a few months ago, I’ve been observing what everyone is doing with great curiosity. One thing I immediately noticed, is that everyone talks about “build in public”. In case you’re unfamiliar with the term: (build in public) is an intentional practice of creating content and sharing […]
‘I Don’t Want to Die.’ He needed mental health care. He found a ghost network
Vanessa Saba for ProPublica If you or someone you know may be considering suicide or be in crisis, call or text 988 to reach the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline. Early one morning in February 2023, before the sun rose over Phoenix, Ravi Coutinho went on a walk and, for a brief moment, thought about hurling […]
Sci-Fi: Every Idea in One CSV
Andy – an artificial human A slang term for “android” – an artificially created humanoid being. Philip K. Dick (1968) ai Autobutle An automated servant. Frank Herbert (1972) ai Automaton Chessplayer – the first chess-playing computer The first chess-playing computer. Ambrose Bierce (1910) ai Automonk A robot with an AI trained on an individual monk. […]
The unknowns surrounding the mysterious rise of cancer in young adults
The increase in cancer among young adults has oncologists on edge. So much so that the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) congress, held recently in Barcelona, gave a talk on the subject to a packed room. Hundreds of oncologists from all over the world attended a lecture delivered by Shuji Ogino, a professor of […]
Hy 1.0.0, the Lisp dialect for Python, has been released
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Rawdrawandroid – Build Android apps without any Java, in C and Make
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Surviving Threads: Why Are People Drawn to the World’s Most Harrowing Film?
On a quiet night in a few years ago, I found myself on YouTube once again watching clips of Threads, the 1984 nuclear war film made by Mick Jackson and Barry Hines, and it struck me that I found the experience weirdly comforting. The realisation made me feel sick. After all, what kind of person would […]
Motion (YC W20) Is Hiring a Quant Algo Developer
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How streaming LLM APIs work
I decided to have a poke around and see if I could figure out how the HTTP streaming APIs from the various hosted LLM providers actually worked. Here are my notes so far. The general pattern All three of the APIs I investigated worked roughly the same: they return data with a content-type: text/event-stream header, […]