Recent generations of frontier language models have introduced Large Reasoning Models (LRMs) that generate detailed thinking processes…

Brief discussion on gaussian quadrature and chebyshev-gauss quadrature

Understanding factors that influence software development velocity is crucial for engineering teams and organizations, yet empirical evidence at scale remains limited. A more robust understanding...

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LLM “reasoning” is so cooked they turned my name into a verb

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A controlled concurrency testing framework for the JVM - cmu-pasta/fray

A federal jury convicted the CEO of Power Mobility Doctor Rx, LLC (DMERx) for his role in operating a platform that generated false doctors’ orders to defraud Medicare and other federal health care benefit programs of more than $1 billion.

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How we handle 92 million compilations a year without everything catching fire

I decided to write down some thoughts on agentic coding and why it’s a very hyped wrong turn.
Let me start with some background on my LLM experience. I adopted LLMs into my work in Aug 2020. I was sold when I saw that GPT-3 could generate usable SQL statements.…

Nature Communications - Resting T cells are difficult to manipulate, and are a reservoir for latent HIV. Here, the authors develop a lipid nanoparticle formulation with the ability to transfect...

To make D-Day a success, the Allies thought they might have to break through formidable German defences. One unconventional idea was a "giant firework".

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Startup Equity 101 I am writing this essay because I believe that money is both useful and worth thinking as little as possible about. No one I know joins a...