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Negotiating ransoms: when to play and when to fold

Posted by tmfi on Saturday June 12, 2021 @01:40AM
from the zetter.substack.com dept.

https://zetter.substack.com/p/negotiating-ransoms-when-to-play

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Re:Trigonometry in CSS and JavaScript on Saturday June 12, 2021 @01:30AM (#27481810)

Links to the other parts in the series:

"Getting Creative with Trigonometric Functions":

https://tympanus.net/codrops/2021/06/02/trigonometry-in-css-...

"Beyond Triangles":

https://tympanus.net/codrops/2021/06/04/trigonometry-in-css-...

Trigonometry in CSS and JavaScript

Posted by tmfi on Saturday June 12, 2021 @01:23AM
from the tympanus.net dept.

https://tympanus.net/codrops/2021/06/01/trigonometry-in-css-and-javascript-introduction-to-trigonometry/

( Read More... | 1 comment | on HN )

Analyzing HN moderation and censorship (2017)

Posted by tmfi on Friday June 11, 2021 @02:00PM
from the drewdevault.com dept.

https://drewdevault.com/2017/09/13/Analyzing-HN.html

( Read More... | 7 comments | 18 points | on HN )

Privacy Without Monopoly, EU Edition

Posted by tmfi on Friday June 11, 2021 @01:19PM
from the pluralistic.net dept.

https://pluralistic.net/2021/06/11/technological-self-determination/#dma

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See, Hear, Explore: Curiosity via Audio-Visual Association

Posted by tmfi on Friday June 11, 2021 @11:09AM
from the blog.ml.cmu.edu dept.

https://blog.ml.cmu.edu/2021/06/11/see-hear-explore-curiosity-via-audio-visual-association/

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You’re More Likely to Fight Misinformation If You Think Others Are Being Duped

Posted by tmfi on Thursday June 10, 2021 @12:46PM
from the news.ncsu.edu dept.

https://news.ncsu.edu/2021/06/fighting-covid-misinformation/

( Read More... | no comments | 4 points | on HN )

How Amazon is tackling the A.I. talent crunch

Posted by tmfi on Thursday June 10, 2021 @12:33PM
from the fortune.com dept.

https://fortune.com/2021/06/01/how-amazon-is-tackling-the-a-i-talent-crunch/

( Read More... | no comments | 4 points | on HN )

PHP 8.1.0 Alpha 1 available for testing

Posted by tmfi on Thursday June 10, 2021 @12:29PM
from the php.net dept.

https://www.php.net/index.php#id2021-06-10-1

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Theses on Techno-Optimism

Posted by tmfi on Thursday June 10, 2021 @12:01PM
from the librarianshipwreck.wordpress.com dept.

https://librarianshipwreck.wordpress.com/2021/06/10/theses-on-techno-optimism/

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Defending Against the Next Stuxnet

Posted by tmfi on Thursday June 10, 2021 @11:56AM
from the cacm.acm.org dept.

https://cacm.acm.org/news/253216-defending-against-the-next-stuxnet/fulltext

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Rocket from Relativity Space Will Be Completely 3D Printed, Completely Reusable

Posted by tmfi on Thursday June 10, 2021 @11:05AM
from the spectrum.ieee.org dept.

https://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/aerospace/space-flight/terran-r-rocket-from-relativity-space-will-be-completely-3d-printed-completely-reusable

( Read More... | no comments | 2 points | on HN )

DeepSpeed: Deep Learning Optimization Library

Posted by tmfi on Thursday June 10, 2021 @09:42AM
from the github.com dept.

https://github.com/microsoft/DeepSpeed

( Read More... | no comments | 4 points | on HN )

Audrey, Alexa, HAL: A History of Automatic Speech Recognition

Posted by tmfi on Thursday June 10, 2021 @09:03AM
from the computerhistory.org dept.

https://computerhistory.org/blog/audrey-alexa-hal-and-more/

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The next Venus missions will tell us about habitable worlds elsewhere

Posted by tmfi on Thursday June 10, 2021 @08:40AM
from the technologyreview.com dept.

https://www.technologyreview.com/2021/06/09/1026037/venus-veritas-davinci-plus-exoplanet-habitability/

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PLV8: V8 Engine JavaScript Procedural Language Add-On for PostgreSQL

Posted by tmfi on Wednesday June 09, 2021 @12:48PM
from the github.com dept.

https://github.com/plv8/plv8

( Read More... | 1 comment | 3 points | on HN )

Google used reinforcement learning to design next-gen AI accelerator chips

Posted by tmfi on Wednesday June 09, 2021 @12:28PM
from the venturebeat.com dept.

https://venturebeat.com/2021/06/09/google-used-reinforcement-learning-to-design-next-gen-ai-accelerator-chips/

( Read More... | no comments | 2 points | on HN )

The U.S. Needs a National Strategic Computing Reserve

Posted by tmfi on Wednesday June 09, 2021 @10:43AM
from the scientificamerican.com dept.

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-u-s-needs-a-national-strategic-computing-reserve/

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Re:Self-Sustaining, Intelligent, Electronic Microsystems from Green Ma... on Wednesday June 09, 2021 @10:37AM (#27448380)

Link to paper "Self-sustained green neuromorphic interfaces":

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-021-23744-2

Self-Sustaining, Intelligent, Electronic Microsystems from Green Material

Posted by tmfi on Wednesday June 09, 2021 @10:35AM
from the umass.edu dept.

https://www.umass.edu/news/article/umass-amherst-researchers-create-self-sustaining-intelligent-electronic-microsystems

( Read More... | 1 comment | 2 points | on HN )

DarkSide Update: The FBI Hacks the Hackers?

Posted by tmfi on Wednesday June 09, 2021 @08:22AM
from the blog.wolfram.com dept.

https://blog.wolfram.com/2021/06/09/darkside-update-the-fbi-hacks-the-hackers/

( Read More... | no comments | 2 points | on HN )

Why Can't Computing at the Heart of Bitcoin Be More Useful?

Posted by tmfi on Tuesday June 08, 2021 @01:43PM
from the spectrum.ieee.org dept.

https://spectrum.ieee.org/energywise/computing/networks/making-blockchain-bitcoin-computing-more-useful

( Read More... | 148 comments | 59 points | on HN )

Reward Is Enough

Posted by tmfi on Tuesday June 08, 2021 @01:40PM
from the sciencedirect.com dept.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0004370221000862

( Read More... | no comments | 3 points | on HN )

1920, 2020 and a $20k Prize: Announcing the S Combinator Challenge

Posted by tmfi on Tuesday June 08, 2021 @01:35PM
from the writings.stephenwolfram.com dept.

https://writings.stephenwolfram.com/2021/06/1920-2020-and-a-20000-prize-announcing-the-s-combinator-challenge/

( Read More... | no comments | 3 points | on HN )

Code as Infrastructure: The Next Critical Talent Shortage Won’t Be Fortran

Posted by tmfi on Tuesday June 08, 2021 @12:28PM
from the oreilly.com dept.

https://www.oreilly.com/radar/code-as-infrastructure/

( Read More... | no comments | 6 points | on HN )

Split Up Microsoft and Managing the Verdict

Posted by tmfi on Tuesday June 08, 2021 @02:02AM
from the hardcoresoftware.learningbyshipping.com dept.

https://hardcoresoftware.learningbyshipping.com/p/bonus-split-up-microsoft-and-managing

( Read More... | no comments | 2 points | on HN )

Preflight: Verify scripts and executables to mitigate chain of supply attacks

Posted by tmfi on Tuesday June 08, 2021 @01:55AM
from the github.com dept.

https://github.com/SpectralOps/preflight

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How Software Is Eating the Car

Posted by tmfi on Monday June 07, 2021 @02:17PM
from the spectrum.ieee.org dept.

https://spectrum.ieee.org/cars-that-think/transportation/advanced-cars/software-eating-car

( Read More... | no comments | 2 points | on HN )

On Thinking Machines, Machine Learning, and How AI Took over Statistics

Posted by tmfi on Monday June 07, 2021 @01:55PM
from the forbes.com dept.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/gilpress/2021/05/28/on-thinking-machines-machine-learning-and-how-ai-took-over-statistics/