Markov Chains Explained Visually (2014)

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Explained Visually By Victor Powell with text by Lewis Lehe Markov chains, named after Andrey Markov, are mathematical systems that hop from one “state” (a situation or set of values) to another. For example, if you made a Markov chain model of a baby’s behavior, you might include “playing,” “eating”, “sleeping,” and “crying” as states, […]

Outlook classic dropped from Microsoft 365

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Outlook (classic) for Windows, the one we’ve all used for many years has been dropped from some Microsoft 365 installations even though the replacement Outlook (new) is still a “work in progress”.  Here’s how to still get the ‘real’ fully-functioning, classic Outlook. Outlook (new) is the eventual replacement for what’s now called Outlook (classic). This […]

Some Command & Conquer games are now open source

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{{ message }} Electronic Arts, inspiring a global community of players to explore new ways to play every day Pinned Loading Command & Conquer: Remastered Collection C++ 18.6k 4.8k Command and Conquer: Generals – Zero Hour C++ 621 140 Command and Conquer: Renegade C++ 295 66 Command and Conquer: Red Alert C++ 814 115 Command […]

IBM Completes Acquisition of HashiCorp

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HashiCorp’s capabilities drive significant synergies across multiple strategic growth areas for IBM, including Red Hat, watsonx, data security, IT automation and Consulting Feb 27, 2025 ARMONK, N.Y., Feb. 27, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced it has completed its acquisition of HashiCorp, whose products automate and secure the infrastructure that underpins hybrid cloud applications and […]

World-first experimental cancer treatment paves way for clinical trial

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An Australian-led international clinical trial will scientifically investigate the efficacy of the approach within a large cohort of eligible glioblastoma patients and could commence within a year. The study will trial the use of double immunotherapy. In some patients, double immunotherapy will be combined with chemotherapy. The trial will be led by The Brain Cancer […]

Substance in broccoli, celery inhibits graying of black hair

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NAGOYA–A natural compound in celery, broccoli and other plants inhibits black hair from going gray, research shows. Machiko Iida, a specially appointed assistant professor of occupational and environmental health at Nagoya University’s Graduate School of Medicine, said she and her colleagues discovered via an experiment with mice that luteolin, a flavonoid variant, alleviates graying of hair. The team’s […]

Kastle (YC S24) Is Hiring – AI for Loan Servicing

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Founding Backend Engineer at Kastle About Kastle Kastle is an AI platform transforming mortgage servicing by automating loan processing, payment collections, and dispute resolution. We work with some of America’s largest mortgage lenders, helping them scale operations efficiently using AI-driven voice agents. Backed by $2.3M from Y Combinator, Commerce Ventures, and executives from Snapdocs, Google, […]

Nvidia emulation journey, part 1: RIVA 128/NV3 architecture history and overview

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February 25, 2025 – written by starfrost013 Editor’s Note: This is the first in a series of guest posts by starfrost013 going over the architecture of NVIDIA’s first commercially-successful product, and the ongoing effort to get it emulated on 86Box. It gets more technical than all our previous posts, but there is little detailed information […]