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Failing 15% of the time is the best way to learn
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The Independent
Failing 15% of the time is the best way to learn, say scientists
When learning something new, people naturally look to challenge themselves but the task should be too easy or too difficult, lest they get bored or give up. Despite a long history of research, it is
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Detectron2: A PyTorch-based modular object detection library
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Meta
Detectron2: A PyTorch-based modular object detection library
We are open-sourcing Detectron2, the second-generation of our widely used object-recognition platform. Detectron2 has been rewritten from the ground up in PyTorch to enable faster model iteration and deployment.
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Unlike Babies, the Best Managers Come with Instructions – Torch
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Torch
Unlike Babies, the Best Managers Come with Instructions | Torch
What are readme files for managers and how to use them - find out about those short guides to working effectively with the manager written by themselves.
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Notes on Type Layouts and ABIs in Rust
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The NASA women who inspired 'Hidden Figures' will get Congressional gold medals
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CNN
The NASA women who inspired 'Hidden Figures' will get Congressional gold medals
Four African American women known as the "Hidden Figures" who worked at NASA during the Space Race are being awarded Congressional Gold Medals, the highest civilian award in the US.
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SimplyThick: A Tragedy No One Saw Coming (2013)
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St. Louis Magazine
SimplyThick: A Tragedy No One Saw Coming
In late January 2001, John L. Holahan III showed up for the first meeting of “The Startup Game,” an entrepreneurship course at Washington University. He was 31, married, and working on his MBA. The course sounded like fun—and it might prove useful. A chemical…
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Dynamically Adjustable Key-Value Store by Combining LSM and COW B+ Tree [pdf]
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A tiny pharmacy is identifying big problems with common drugs
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Washington Post
A tiny pharmacy is identifying big problems with common drugs, including Zantac
Widely used heartburn drugs are being recalled because of potential cancer risk.
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It’s impossible to see the world as it is, argues a cognitive neuroscientist
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Aeon
Donald Hoffman: the case against reality
It’s impossible to see the world as it is, argues a cognitive neuroscientist
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As L.A. ports automate, some workers are cheering on the robots
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Los Angeles Times
As L.A. ports automate, some workers are cheering on the robots
Robots are coming to the massive ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, replacing dockworker jobs. But truckers are delighted, since they'll be able to move cargo faster, earning more money.
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SQL in CockroachDB: Mapping Table Data to Key-Value Storage (2015)
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Cockroachlabs
SQL in CockroachDB: Mapping table data to key-value storage
SQL? I thought CockroachDB was a key-value store?!? In the past we described CockroachDB as a distributed, transactionally consistent, key-value store.
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Hospitals are a weak spot in U.S. cybersecurity
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Axios
Why hospitals are a weak spot in U.S. cybersecurity
Over 32 million people have had their health information breached this year.
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Building a CRUD App with Datomic Cloud Ions
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Keep your source code SIMPLE
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Medium
Keep your source code SIMPLE
As software developers, we are fortunate to have many useful best practices for productive and fun coding, like the SOLID principles…
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Organizational Skills Beat Algorithmic Wizardry (2013)
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Paged.js: Paginating content and making books in the browser
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Nostalgia for Minecraft
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Real Life
Open Worlds — Real Life
How we became nostalgic for Minecraft
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When Britain and France Almost Merged into One Country (2017)
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The Atlantic
When Britain and France Almost Merged Into One Country
An extraordinary near-miss of history helps explain Brexit.
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The Rising Threat of Digital Nationalism
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WSJ
The Rising Threat of Digital Nationalism
As the internet turns 50, the global vision that animated it is under attack. What can be done?
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California’s Criminal Cops
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The Mercury News
California’s Criminal Cops: About the project
This project is a collaboration of newsrooms across the Golden State.
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When His SR-71 Blackbird Disintegrated, This Pilot Free Fell from Space
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CHUCKYEAGER.ORG
When his SR-71 Disintegrated, This Pilot Free Fell From Space & Lived to Tell About It - CHUCKYEAGER.ORG
During the early days of testing for the legendary SR-71 Blackbird there were some harrowing mishaps, the details of which have rarely come to light. On January 25, 1966, test pilot Bill Weaver and Lockheed flight test reconnaissance and navigation systems…
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