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The Role Of High-Resolution Data In Software Development

Adrian Bridgwater for Forbes

Higher resolution data has a rich set of values related to images, movement, sound and unstructured elements that we now seek to bring structure to.

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It's Settled, More Nuclear Energy Means Less Mining

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The Breakthrough Institute is an environmental research center based in Berkeley, California. Our research focuses on identifying and promoting technological solutions to environmental and human development challenges in three areas: energy, conservation, and food and farming.

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ZenML v0.58.0

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New out-of-the-box Prodigy integration in ZenML for LLMs and beyond, to make data development and annotation a core part of your MLOps lifecycle.

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To the brain, reading computer code is not the same as reading language

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MIT neuroscientists have found reading computer code does not rely on the regions of the brain involved in language processing. Instead, it activates the “multiple demand network,” which is also recruited for complex cognitive tasks such as solving math problems or crossword puzzles.

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Optimizing The Modern Developer Experience with Coder

Many software teams have migrated their testing and production workloads to the cloud, yet development environments often remain tied to outdated local setups, limiting efficiency and growth. This is where Coder comes in. In our 101 Coder webinar, you’ll explore how cloud-based development environments can unlock new levels of productivity. Discover how to transition from local setups to a secure, cloud-powered ecosystem with ease.

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What Happens in the Brain to Cause Depression?

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Drugs that target the neurotransmitter serotonin have long been prescribed to treat depression. Now the spotlight is turning to other aspects of brain chemistry. In this episode, the neuropharmacologist John Krystal shares findings that are overturning our understanding of depression.

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Old dogs, new CSS tricks

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A lot of new CSS features have shipped in the last years, but actual usage is still low. One of the biggest barriers: we need to re-wire our own brains.

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Electrically conductive bricks can replace fossil fuels in industrial processes

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A Medford company has built a brick that can be heated up to 1,800 degrees Celsius from renewable sources of energy. That concentrated heat can then be used for industrial processes, such as making steel or cement, cutting out the need for coal.

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Artificial Intelligence and the Skill Premium

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Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, and business professionals.

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Alaska's Pristine Waterways Are Turning Orange

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Some of Alaska's clear, icy blue waterways are turning a startling rust orange – so intense it's visible from Earth's orbit.

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What the damaged Svalbard cable looked like when it came up from the depths

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Exclusive photos show the damage in detail. They may explain what happened, but the question of guilt remains.

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15 Modern Use Cases for Enterprise Business Intelligence

Large enterprises face unique challenges in optimizing their Business Intelligence (BI) output due to the sheer scale and complexity of their operations. Unlike smaller organizations, where basic BI features and simple dashboards might suffice, enterprises must manage vast amounts of data from diverse sources. What are the top modern BI use cases for enterprise businesses to help you get a leg up on the competition?

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Warhol and the Amiga

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In the summer of 1985, Warhol was given his first Amiga 1000 home computer by Commodore International and enthusiastically signed on with the company as a brand ambassador.

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Understanding How the Brain Reads Code versus Language

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While both programming and reading a natural language involve deciphering symbols and instructions, recent research indicates that our brains process these

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AI firms mustn’t govern themselves, say ex-members of OpenAI’s board

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For humanity’s sake, regulation is needed to tame market forces, argue Helen Toner and Tasha McCauley

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A Big Ring on the Sky

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About 9.2 billion light-years from Earth is a colossal structure in the universe which has confounded astronomers.

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The Cloud Development Environment Adoption Report

Cloud Development Environments (CDEs) are changing how software teams work by moving development to the cloud. Our Cloud Development Environment Adoption Report gathers insights from 223 developers and business leaders, uncovering key trends in CDE adoption. With 66% of large organizations already using CDEs, these platforms are quickly becoming essential to modern development practices.

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A Journey to the Medical Netherworld (2016)

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If your child gets sick, hope for something mechanical. Failing that, wish for something commonplace. This is a mother's quest to find her daughter a diagnosis.

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'I was misidentified as shoplifter by facial recognition tech'

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Live facial recognition is becoming increasingly common on UK high streets. Should we be worried?

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Launch from inside an Apollo capsule (restored in 4K/30 FPS) [video]

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Consider subscribing to the channel, and joining the French Space Guy community on Patreon: [link] resources:- The Apoll.

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How to enhance generative AI's problem-solving capabilities, boost productivity

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In 2024, enterprise software companies are betting on generative AI, in a quest to enhance productivity.

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Marketing Operations in 2025: A New Framework for Success

Speaker: Mike Rizzo, Founder & CEO, MarketingOps.com and Darrell Alfonso, Director of Marketing Strategy and Operations, Indeed.com

Though rarely in the spotlight, marketing operations are the backbone of the efficiency, scalability, and alignment that define top-performing marketing teams. In this exclusive webinar led by industry visionaries Mike Rizzo and Darrell Alfonso, we’re giving marketing operations the recognition they deserve! We will dive into the 7 P Model —a powerful framework designed to assess and optimize your marketing operations function.

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Mediocre Engineer's Guide to HTTPS

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As a mediocre engineer, I took Internet and HTTPS communication for granted and never dove any deeper. Today we’re improving as engineers and learning a rough overview of how internet communication works, specifically focusing on HTTP and TLS.

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Long distance sound localization with the Raspberry Pi

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TDOA Sound Localization is determining the source of a sound when all you know is the differences in the time of arrival of the sound event…

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Feynman's Garden

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The best description of my problem solving process is the Feynman algorithm, which is sometimes presented as a joke where the hidden subtext is “be smart”, but I disagree. The “algorithm” is a surprisingly lucid description of how thinking works in the context of hard problems where the answer can’t simply be looked up or trivially broken down, iterated upon in a bottom-up fashion, or approached with similar methods.

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LuaX – Lua interpreter, REPL, and useful packages

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luax is a Lua interpreter and REPL based on Lua 5.4, augmented with some useful packages. It is also a "compiler" that produces standalone executables from Lua scripts.

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Introducing CDEs to Your Enterprise

Explore how enterprises can enhance developer productivity and onboarding by adopting self-hosted Cloud Development Environments (CDEs). This whitepaper highlights the simplicity and flexibility of cloud-based development over traditional setups, demonstrating how large teams can leverage economies of scale to boost efficiency and developer satisfaction.

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X.ai: $6B Series B

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xAI is pleased to announce our series B funding round of $6 billion.

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Is regulated BGP security coming?

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What impact would regulating BGP routing security have on the global Internet?

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The one-year anniversary of my total glossectomy

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One year ago today, I went into surgery expecting that I’d lose half my tongue to a squamous cell carcinoma recurrence. The evening before, Bess and I got legally married;[1] it was a short, but charming, crash ceremony.

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VBScript deprecation: Timelines and next steps

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Learn about the deprecation of Visual Basic Scripting edition.

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Prepare Now: 2025s Must-Know Trends For Product And Data Leaders

Speaker: Jay Allardyce, Deepak Vittal, and Terrence Sheflin

As we look ahead to 2025, business intelligence and data analytics are set to play pivotal roles in shaping success. Organizations are already starting to face a host of transformative trends as the year comes to a close, including the integration of AI in data analytics, an increased emphasis on real-time data insights, and the growing importance of user experience in BI solutions.

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llama-fs: A self-organizing file system with llama 3

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A self-organizing file system with llama 3. Contribute to iyaja/llama-fs development by creating an account on GitHub.

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Amiga Minimig Ported to Tang Nano 20k FPGA

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Amiga Minimig ported to the Tang Nnao 20k FPGA. Contribute to harbaum/NanoMig development by creating an account on GitHub.

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Show HN: Offline sketch to image geneartor in a whiteboard

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Create unlimited images from various stable diffusion finetuned models and loras in a whiteboard, runs 100% locally.

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Nocobase, on prem Notion for creating production-ready apps

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NocoBase is a scalability-first, open-source no-code/low-code platform for building business applications and enterprise solutions.

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How to Drive Cost Savings, Efficiency Gains, and Sustainability Wins with MES

Speaker: Nikhil Joshi, Founder & President of Snic Solutions

Is your manufacturing operation reaching its efficiency potential? A Manufacturing Execution System (MES) could be the game-changer, helping you reduce waste, cut costs, and lower your carbon footprint. Join Nikhil Joshi, Founder & President of Snic Solutions, in this value-packed webinar as he breaks down how MES can drive operational excellence and sustainability.