After some years doing Rust and OCaml, coming back to C++ has made me realize that it lacks yet another smart pointer type, which would arguably be more general and less surprising than all the ones currently existing in the … Read more
Given the prevalent flaws in the previously tested 1/3 scale model, and the visible flaws in the carbon end samples for the Titan, Lochridge again stressed the potential danger to passengers of the Titan as the submersible reached extreme depths. … Read more
Nancy Paulikas and her husband, Kirk Moody, arrived at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art on October 15, 2016. Museumgoing had been among the couple’s many hobbies in retirement, along with travel, hiking, and gardening. But, since Paulikas’s diagnosis … Read more
A tiny but potentially deadly radioactive capsule has been found in WA’s outback, after it sparked a frantic search and unprecedented public health warning spanning hundreds of kilometres. Key points: The radioactive capsule was found just outside Newman Its loss sparked an … Read more
For more than 20 years, scientists have known that people with hypertension, diabetes, high cholesterol, or obesity have a higher likelihood of developing Alzheimer’s disease. The conditions can all affect the brain, damaging blood vessels and leading to strokes. But … Read more
In early February 2016, after reading an article featuring a couple of scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology who were studying how the brain reacts to music, a woman felt inclined to email them. “I have an interesting brain,” … Read more
Vector similarity search makes massive datasets searchable in fractions of a second. Yet despite the brilliance and utility of this technology, often what seem to be the most straightforward problems are the most difficult to solve. Such as filtering. Filtering … Read more
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2 for 1, that’s Value DeFi: The first protocol to feature twice on the rekt leaderboard. When we first covered Value in November of 2020, they had just lost $7,000,000 after bragging about their “flash loan protection”. Back then we … Read more
Classes teach you all about advanced topics within CS, from operating systems to machine learning, but there’s one critical subject that’s rarely covered, and is instead left to students to figure out on their own: proficiency with their tools. We’ll … Read more