Here I’ll try to explain the coolest ideas in each of AlphaProof’s IMO 2024 solutions. AlphaProof produces proofs in Lean, and each Lean proof is composed of a series of tactics. So I’ll pick out the tactics that correspond to these ideas in the proofs for…

Some sentences just sound awkward. In order to ensure clarity, writers need to consider more than just grammar: weight is equally important. In the following extract from Making Sense, acclaimed linguist David Crystal shows how sentence length (and weight)…

In the 2024 EF English Proficiency Index, Japan was ranked 92nd, down from 87 the previous year. It was its worst showing yet.

Simplifying the problem to an earlier problem.

Rule 1: Manage them.

Northwestern researchers found that a smartphone app using sensory cues significantly increased lucid dream frequency. Participants experienced nearly triple their usual rate of lucid dreams, showing that the Targeted Lucidity Reactivation method is effective…

A modular web framework for C, inspired by kernel modules. Dynamically upload and compile C code at runtime to build REST APIs, WebSocket services, and more. Includes support for JSON (Jansson), SQ...

Wireless and firmware hacking, PhD life, Technology

Despite efforts to align large language models (LLMs) with human intentions, widely-used LLMs such as GPT, Llama, and Claude are susceptible to jailbreaking attacks, wherein an adversary fools a...

PLUS: Cost of Halliburton hack disclosed; Time to dump old D-Link NAS; More UN cybercrime convention concerns; and more

Identify the most visually pleasing frames in a video by using the image-aesthetics scores request.

Social media timelines are designed to be an endless stream of, well, mostly garbage these days. Platforms are doing their absolute best (worst?) to …

Even more alarming: the EPA does not have a notification system for cybersecurity incidents.

The contain CSS property indicates that an element and its contents are, as much as possible, independent from the rest of the document tree.
Containment enables isolating a subsection of the DOM, providing performance benefits by limiting calculations of…

1 in 5 Japanese workers in their 20s turn to resignation agencies. Workers are often not allowed to quit and have nowhere else to turn.