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The gene therapeutic approach, which shows promise for treating age related macular degeneration (AMD), may also be effective in treating other eye conditions such as glaucoma. It provided benefit in three additional models of mitochondrial dysfunction, including cells taken from patients living with an optic…
We present basic math related to computation and memory usage for transformers
Stability AI's open-source Alpha version of StableLM showcases the power of small, efficient models that can generate high-performing text and code locally on personal devices. Discover how StableLM can drive innovation and open up new economic opportunities while supporting transparency and accessi
How poor design killed John Denver dead.
Kai Shen*, Zeqian Ju*, Xu Tan*, Yanqing Liu, Yichong Leng, Lei He, Tao Qin, Sheng Zhao, Jiang Bian
...but the other 10% are worth 1000x
Daniel P. Gross is a computer software and hardware professional based in Toronto.
Six propositions for evaluating the evidence.
I just finished watching “Local-first Software” by Peter Van Hardenberg and loved it! He talks about changing the paradigm we’re currently in where a program…
Nano How-To explaining how to setup a root file system with only emacs.
The official home of the Erlang Programming Language
Polly the Frog by ...
Yubico announces intent to go public through merger with ACQ Bure, to further grow and strengthen its position in the cybersecurity market.
Its declarative lunch was partly eaten
I get the occasional question about my Emacs theme, font, and other eye candy. I'm always tickled and happy to share. It's been a while since I've mad...
MRI technology from Duke-led effort reveals the entire mouse brain in the highest resolution
Node.js® is a free, open-source, cross-platform JavaScript runtime environment that lets developers create servers, web apps, command line tools and scripts.
Today we’re announcing the third generation of Tailscale plans and pricing. Most noticeably: The Free plan is expanding from one to three users. Monthly paid plans now include three free users, and bill you only for additional users who actively exchange data over Tailscale (“usage-based billing”) rather than for a…
Generated knowledge and chain of thought prompting of an LLM can generate useful code.
“Clean code” is so over: all the cool kids are switching to CRISP code . I’ll show you how to achieve it in five catchy, T-shirt-friendly slogans.
This & is called an AMPERSAND. And here's why...
In 1969, Marvin Minsky and Seymour Papert published Perceptrons: An Introduction to Computational Geometry. In it, they showed that a single-layer perceptron cannot compute the XOR function. The main argument relies on linear separability: Perceptrons are linear classifiers, which essentially means drawing a line to…
A few theories why
Thomas Bandt was setting up a new computer for his kid, and it gave him the opportunity to really look at what Windows has become over the years. Here's what was showing by default in the Start menu: First, there was news about a mass shooting that had occurred
Hotbeds are horticultural alchemy. But what is a hotbed and what makes them so magical?
