rnatr
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Civic Tech / Data Science / AI - All opinions are my own. 95% things I'm reading and 5% things I'm doing.
I wonder if they paid royalties for this image considering it is under copyright.
The official DHS account is now tweeting about “your homeland’s heritage”
July 14, 2025 at 10:33 PM
I wonder if they paid royalties for this image considering it is under copyright.
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Science is an economic driver in Hamilton, Mont., thanks to Rocky Mountain Laboratories, a federal research lab. Now, layoffs and funding cuts are having an impact in this town far from Washington.
A small Montana town grapples with the fallouts from federal worker cuts
Science is an economic driver in Hamilton, Mont., thanks to Rocky Mountain Laboratories, a federal research lab. Now, layoffs and funding cuts are having an impact in this town far from Washington.
www.npr.org
May 26, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Science is an economic driver in Hamilton, Mont., thanks to Rocky Mountain Laboratories, a federal research lab. Now, layoffs and funding cuts are having an impact in this town far from Washington.
This article about what is going on at NIH is insightful. It details why the fight over the indirect rates are existential and show how the administration is trying to seize power that is directly given to Congress by the constitution www.sensible-med.com/p/the-nih-is...
The NIH is Being Slashed and Burned, not “Reformed”
A strong and well-argued rebuttal to NIH criticism
www.sensible-med.com
March 3, 2025 at 11:37 AM
This article about what is going on at NIH is insightful. It details why the fight over the indirect rates are existential and show how the administration is trying to seize power that is directly given to Congress by the constitution www.sensible-med.com/p/the-nih-is...
Just wanted to share this little bit of tech news. Once upon a time I worked alongside Brian. I was so happy to see how the last decade has evolved for him. From biology to comp sci and back again. 3quarksdaily.com/3quarksdaily...
The Poetry Fan Who Taught an LLM to Read and Write DNA - 3 Quarks Daily
Ingrid Wickelgren in Quanta:
3quarksdaily.com
February 19, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Just wanted to share this little bit of tech news. Once upon a time I worked alongside Brian. I was so happy to see how the last decade has evolved for him. From biology to comp sci and back again. 3quarksdaily.com/3quarksdaily...
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This video kicks ass: youtu.be/o2jzKo1RqWU?...
How Trying Became Cool Again
YouTube video by Nathan Zed
youtu.be
February 18, 2025 at 4:02 AM
This video kicks ass: youtu.be/o2jzKo1RqWU?...
This is hands down the most impressive home hacked project I've ever seen. Using multiple microcontrollers for passive radio imaging with several Hz update frequency hackaday.com/2025/02/15/o...
Octet Of ESP32s Lets You See WiFi Like Never Before
Most of us see the world in a very narrow band of the EM spectrum. Sure, there are people with a genetic quirk that extends the range a bit into the UV, but it’s a ROYGBIV world for most of u…
hackaday.com
February 15, 2025 at 11:23 PM
This is hands down the most impressive home hacked project I've ever seen. Using multiple microcontrollers for passive radio imaging with several Hz update frequency hackaday.com/2025/02/15/o...
Researchers have uncovered the science behind achieving the perfect Cacio e Pepe. By studying the sauce's phase behavior, they identified starch concentration as critical for stability. Insufficient starch (<1%) results in clumping ("Mozzarella Phase"). #FoodScience #Cooking arxiv.org/abs/2501.00536
Phase behavior of Cacio and Pepe sauce
"Pasta alla Cacio e pepe" is a traditional Italian dish made with pasta, pecorino cheese, and pepper. Despite its simple ingredient list, achieving the perfect texture and creaminess of the sauce can ...
arxiv.org
January 4, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Researchers have uncovered the science behind achieving the perfect Cacio e Pepe. By studying the sauce's phase behavior, they identified starch concentration as critical for stability. Insufficient starch (<1%) results in clumping ("Mozzarella Phase"). #FoodScience #Cooking arxiv.org/abs/2501.00536
SHARE IT is a solid bill which has been years in the making. Finally a solid law which requires code made for the federal government must be stored in a repository and shared across government. fedscoop.com/agencies-mus...
Bill requiring US agencies to share custom source code with each other becomes law
President Joe Biden signed the bipartisan legislation into law Dec. 23.
fedscoop.com
December 27, 2024 at 7:51 PM
SHARE IT is a solid bill which has been years in the making. Finally a solid law which requires code made for the federal government must be stored in a repository and shared across government. fedscoop.com/agencies-mus...
FCC holding the VOIP providers to account. Wow. www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
In the Matter of 2,411 Robocall Mitigation Database Filers
On December 10, 2024, the Enforcement Bureau (Bureau) released an Order directing the 2,411 companies named in Appendix A to the Order (each, a Company; collectively, the Companies) to cure the defici...
www.federalregister.gov
December 17, 2024 at 12:20 PM
FCC holding the VOIP providers to account. Wow. www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
NGL, I'm shocked TCE was still used as a solvent in 2024. That stuff is bad news. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/09/c...
E.P.A. Bans Perc and T.C.E., Two Chemicals Used In Dry Cleaning
The two solvents, known as Perc and TCE, cause kidney cancer and other ailments, and have been the subject of years of controversy.
www.nytimes.com
December 9, 2024 at 12:30 PM
NGL, I'm shocked TCE was still used as a solvent in 2024. That stuff is bad news. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/09/c...
I built a stratum 1 NTP server last month and added it to pool.ntp.org. Its tracking the GPS atomic clock signals with less than a microsecond of offset from them and less than a millisecond vs NIST's atomic clocks. 1/2
December 8, 2024 at 11:33 AM
I built a stratum 1 NTP server last month and added it to pool.ntp.org. Its tracking the GPS atomic clock signals with less than a microsecond of offset from them and less than a millisecond vs NIST's atomic clocks. 1/2
"it tastes like the biggest hug from your heavest grandmother, which by the way, she's beautiful." This looks so tasty. Love his cooking videos. youtube.com/shorts/MKjyq...
Soupy BOIS UNITE! Tom Kha Gai for your belly on a cold day. #thaifood #soup
YouTube video by Jose.elcook
youtube.com
December 8, 2024 at 2:24 AM
"it tastes like the biggest hug from your heavest grandmother, which by the way, she's beautiful." This looks so tasty. Love his cooking videos. youtube.com/shorts/MKjyq...
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This is such an interesting angle, because the number of large organizations that have this level of discipline to evaluating new models is likely to be tiny
Running a bunch of test prompts specific to what your company does through a new model feels like it should be pretty low hanging fruit
Running a bunch of test prompts specific to what your company does through a new model feels like it should be pretty low hanging fruit
A test of how seriously your firm is taking AI: when o-1 (& the new Gemini model) came out this week, were there assigned folks who immediately ran the model through your internal, validated, firm-specific benchmarks to see how useful it as? Did you update any plans or goals as a result?
December 7, 2024 at 5:00 PM
This is such an interesting angle, because the number of large organizations that have this level of discipline to evaluating new models is likely to be tiny
Running a bunch of test prompts specific to what your company does through a new model feels like it should be pretty low hanging fruit
Running a bunch of test prompts specific to what your company does through a new model feels like it should be pretty low hanging fruit
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This is a neat new variant on RAG - no vectors, not even full-text search, instead showing the model a header hierarchy and giving it a tool to read the relevant sections
My notes here: simonwillison.net/2024/Dec/6/r...
My notes here: simonwillison.net/2024/Dec/6/r...
December 6, 2024 at 3:04 AM
This is a neat new variant on RAG - no vectors, not even full-text search, instead showing the model a header hierarchy and giving it a tool to read the relevant sections
My notes here: simonwillison.net/2024/Dec/6/r...
My notes here: simonwillison.net/2024/Dec/6/r...
The valiant health knights. I love reading stories like this about the benefits of science and technology. moreisdifferent.blog/p/a-pro-scie...
December 4, 2024 at 11:41 PM
The valiant health knights. I love reading stories like this about the benefits of science and technology. moreisdifferent.blog/p/a-pro-scie...
Fascinating read about going IPv6 only in the home and what breaks. I was expecting more chaos than this, but it looks like we've come a long way! blog.infected.systems/posts/2024-1...
No NAT November: My Month Without IPv4
Near the beginning of November, nixCraft posted this challenge on Mastodon, daring people to take the No NAT November challenge and disable IPv4 for the month, relying only on IPv6:
blog.infected.systems
December 4, 2024 at 11:47 AM
Fascinating read about going IPv6 only in the home and what breaks. I was expecting more chaos than this, but it looks like we've come a long way! blog.infected.systems/posts/2024-1...
I just completed "Mull It Over" - Day 3 - Advent of Code 2024 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2024/day/3
December 3, 2024 at 11:41 AM
I just completed "Mull It Over" - Day 3 - Advent of Code 2024 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2024/day/3
Does it count if you get the right answer, but in the jankiest way ever? Yes.
I just completed "Red-Nosed Reports" - Day 2 - Advent of Code 2024 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2024/day/2
I just completed "Red-Nosed Reports" - Day 2 - Advent of Code 2024 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2024/day/2
Day 2 - Advent of Code 2024
adventofcode.com
December 2, 2024 at 11:51 AM
Does it count if you get the right answer, but in the jankiest way ever? Yes.
I just completed "Red-Nosed Reports" - Day 2 - Advent of Code 2024 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2024/day/2
I just completed "Red-Nosed Reports" - Day 2 - Advent of Code 2024 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2024/day/2
Another year, time for Advent of Code 2024!
I just completed "Historian Hysteria" - Day 1 - Advent of Code 2024 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2024/day/1
I just completed "Historian Hysteria" - Day 1 - Advent of Code 2024 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2024/day/1
Day 1 - Advent of Code 2024
adventofcode.com
December 1, 2024 at 2:24 PM
Another year, time for Advent of Code 2024!
I just completed "Historian Hysteria" - Day 1 - Advent of Code 2024 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2024/day/1
I just completed "Historian Hysteria" - Day 1 - Advent of Code 2024 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2024/day/1
A Brazilian Certificate Authority (CA), ICP-Brasil, issued an unauthorized TLS certificate for google.com. This breach could enable malicious actors to impersonate Google, potentially intercepting user data. Discussion here news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4228... #cyber
A Brazilian CA trusted only by Microsoft has issued a certificate for google.com | Hacker News
news.ycombinator.com
December 1, 2024 at 1:11 PM
A Brazilian Certificate Authority (CA), ICP-Brasil, issued an unauthorized TLS certificate for google.com. This breach could enable malicious actors to impersonate Google, potentially intercepting user data. Discussion here news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4228... #cyber
This is absolutely wild that the explosion of a SpaceX rocket blew a hole in the ionosphere. #hamradio #physics agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
Supersonic Waves Generated by the 18 November 2023 Starship Flight and Explosions: Unexpected Northward Propagation and a Man‐Made Non‐chemical Depletion
The 18 November 2023 Starship flight and explosions generated large-scale multi-oscillation supersonic conic waves in the ionosphere The cone angle of the V-shaped ionospheric disturbances corres...
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 27, 2024 at 12:12 PM
This is absolutely wild that the explosion of a SpaceX rocket blew a hole in the ionosphere. #hamradio #physics agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
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Open source can be both collaborative and competitive. When a new project shows up, it competes with existing solutions, but that doesn't prohibit collaboration, even between competing projects and ideas.
November 26, 2024 at 8:16 PM
Open source can be both collaborative and competitive. When a new project shows up, it competes with existing solutions, but that doesn't prohibit collaboration, even between competing projects and ideas.
Professor Ethan Mollick, author of Co-Intelligence, leads Wharton's "AI in Education: Leveraging ChatGPT for Teaching" course. Looks like it will cover integrating AI in the classroom to enhance rather than detract. www.coursera.org/learn/wharto... #AI #Education #ChatGPT #Teaching #EdTech
AI in Education: Leveraging ChatGPT for Teaching
Offered by University of Pennsylvania. Working alongside Ethan and Lilach Mollick, teachers at all levels will be empowered with the ... Enroll for free.
www.coursera.org
November 26, 2024 at 12:10 PM
Professor Ethan Mollick, author of Co-Intelligence, leads Wharton's "AI in Education: Leveraging ChatGPT for Teaching" course. Looks like it will cover integrating AI in the classroom to enhance rather than detract. www.coursera.org/learn/wharto... #AI #Education #ChatGPT #Teaching #EdTech
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Anthropic released an interesting thing today: an attempt at a standard protocol for LLM tools to talk to services that provide tools and extra context to be used other the models modelcontextprotocol.io
Introduction - Model Context Protocol
Get started with the Model Context Protocol (MCP)
modelcontextprotocol.io
November 25, 2024 at 4:37 PM
Anthropic released an interesting thing today: an attempt at a standard protocol for LLM tools to talk to services that provide tools and extra context to be used other the models modelcontextprotocol.io
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I like this new analogy for working with LLMs by @emollick.bsky.social
"treat AI like an infinitely patient new coworker who forgets everything you tell them each new conversation, one that comes highly recommended but whose actual abilities are not that clear"
www.oneusefulthing.org/p/getting-st...
"treat AI like an infinitely patient new coworker who forgets everything you tell them each new conversation, one that comes highly recommended but whose actual abilities are not that clear"
www.oneusefulthing.org/p/getting-st...
Getting started with AI: Good enough prompting
Don't make this hard
www.oneusefulthing.org
November 25, 2024 at 6:16 AM
I like this new analogy for working with LLMs by @emollick.bsky.social
"treat AI like an infinitely patient new coworker who forgets everything you tell them each new conversation, one that comes highly recommended but whose actual abilities are not that clear"
www.oneusefulthing.org/p/getting-st...
"treat AI like an infinitely patient new coworker who forgets everything you tell them each new conversation, one that comes highly recommended but whose actual abilities are not that clear"
www.oneusefulthing.org/p/getting-st...