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"Within the crypto ecosystem, mixers gain relative to both payment processors and ordinary exchanges after disbursement, isolating increased demand for privacy rather than a broad post-aid expansion in crypto activity."
Re:Plunging test scores are a slow-moving catastrophe on Monday September 28, 2026 @11:28AM (#49879584)
why leave out intermediate years that show the rise before the fall?

    Group                          1998 NAEP  2013 NAEP  2024 NAEP  Change 98–13  Change 98–24  Change 13–24
    -----------------------------  ---------  ---------  ---------  ------------  ------------  ------------
    White                                268        275        266            +6            −2            −9
    Black                                242        250        243            +8            +1            −7
    Hispanic                             241        255        245           +13            +3           −10
    Asian/Pacific Islander               261        279        280           +18           +18            +1
    All public-school students           261        266        257            +5            −4            −9
Re:Euler's Eyes on Wednesday September 23, 2026 @04:22PM (#49821970)
sounds like someone pointed claude at a wikipedia page
Re:AlphaGenome maps 9B DNA variants on Friday September 11, 2026 @04:09PM (#49664621)
google PR machine on relatively low-impact science goin pretty hard
Re:Prime Gaps at Most 186 on Thursday September 03, 2026 @04:40PM (#49556611)
who knew the primary utility of pure math would be to juice pre-ipo valuations ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Re:Claude Fable 5.1 and Claude Mythos 5.1 on Tuesday September 01, 2026 @02:49PM (#49526289)
aaaaand its blocked from doing even basic tasks in biotech...
We have DESRES at home
Re:Aspirin reverses diet-driven depression-like behavior on Wednesday July 29, 2026 @09:49AM (#49097511)
all the time. lack of appropriate/translatable preclinical models is one of the largest barriers to new meds. in practice, if you can't find a mouse that has the same disease its almost impossible to prove your cure works,, even if it would in humans
"In November 2024, preliminary results of CASP16 showed AlphaFold 3-based models did not significantly outperform older methods for predicting protein-ligand interactions. The top performing models in the CASP16 Pose Prediction for Pharma Targets section were ClusPro[13] and CoDock[14] utilizing AlphaFold 2 based predictions, human visual inspection, and manual adjustments.[15]

In April 2025 Isomorphic Labs raised $600 Million in its first ever external funding round, led by Thrive Capital.[16][17]"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isomorphic_Labs

"All 173 of the RWD Cybertrucks sold by Tesla are being recalled"

173...

Re:Zed is 1.0 on Friday May 01, 2026 @10:05AM (#47974981)
This is not an official Notepad++ release. It’s an unauthorized project misusing the Notepad++ trademark.

https://notepad-plus-plus.org/news/npp-trademark-infringemen...