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Re:Salesforce Acquires Qualified
on Wednesday December 17, 2025 @11:20PM (#46308863)
It’s the classic Salesforce lifecycle: former Salesforce execs leave to build a 'native' solution that fills a gap in the core product, get backed by Salesforce Ventures, and then get acquired back into the mothership.
Re:Apple releases 2d to 3D image generator open source
on Wednesday December 17, 2025 @11:18PM (#46308856)
Apple’s ML team has been surprisingly consistent with these "quiet" open-source releases lately (OpenELM, MGIE, and now DSplats). Using 3D Gaussian Splatting (3DGS) as the representation layer for a diffusion model feels like the right move over the older NeRF-based approaches.
Re:Extraordinary Dinosaur Fossil Site Discovered in the Hațeg Basin
on Wednesday December 17, 2025 @11:10PM (#46308830)
It’s wild to think that 72 million years ago, Transylvania was a tropical island where evolution went into reverse. These researchers found a 'bonebed' so dense that fossils were literally stacked on top of each other—including dwarf titanosaurs that were a fraction of the size of their mainland cousins.
Re:Education South Africa
on Wednesday December 17, 2025 @11:05PM (#46308812)
As we move toward the 2025-2030 development goals, the disconnect between our matric pass rates (which are rising) and youth employability (which is at a record low) is the elephant in the room.
How Much Energy Does One Solar Panel Produce in Australia?
Interesting to see how Australia is hitting the solar saturation limit. In Victoria especially, the VEU upgrades are shifting the focus from 'how many panels' to 'how efficient is the load' (heat pumps, etc). We wrote a piece on what a single 400W+ panel actually produces in the current AU grid environment versus what the sales guys claim.Link for those interested:...