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Princeton admits record-low 3.98% of applicants in historic application cycle
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The Princetonian
Princeton admits record-low 3.98% of applicants in historic application cycle
Due to the number of students formerly in the class of 2024 who requested to defer their enrollment by one year over the summer, the total number of admits is around 20 percent lower than it would otherwise be in an ordinary year.
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The sound of the feeling that cannot be spoken
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Uwaa: the sound of the feeling that cannot be spoken | Polly Barton | Granta
An excerpt from Fifty Sounds, a memoir by Polly Barton, translator of Aoko Matsuda and Kikuko Tsumura.
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Kelly Criterion
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European Union allowing the use of deepfakes
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European Union regulating AI - allowing the use of deepfakes
After the success of the GDPR, Europe is doubling down on setting the standards in Artificial Intelligence. It should be clear to everyone, especially after a version of the “REGULATION ON A EUROPEAN APPROACH FOR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE” project leaked. While…
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Dear Zuckerberg, We're writing to urge you to cancel Instagram for children [pdf]
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First GMO Mosquitoes to Be Released in the Florida Keys
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Undark Magazine
First GMO Mosquitoes to Be Released In the Florida Keys
The EPA approved Oxitec's mosquitoes for release this spring. Some scientists and locals want to halt the deployment.
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Unifying the CUDA Python Ecosystem
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NVIDIA Technical Blog
Unifying the CUDA Python Ecosystem
Python plays a key role within the science, engineering, data analytics, and deep learning application ecosystem. NVIDIA has long been committed to helping the Python ecosystem leverage the…
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Squarespace S1
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SpaceX wins contract to develop spacecraft to land astronauts on the moon
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Understanding quantum computing through drunken walks
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Understanding quantum computing through drunken walks
The jumping off point for exploring quantum computing is to understand that while many of the principles are counterintuitive, the classical universe we know and love is but a mere shadow of the quantum fabric of reality. To get a feel for that fundamental…
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List of Emerging Technologies
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Nobody is joining Google's FLoC
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The Verge
Nobody is flying to join Google’s FLoC
The future of the web is at stake
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How Should We Critique Research?
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gwern.net
How Should We Critique Research?
Criticizing studies and statistics is hard in part because so many criticisms are possible, rendering them meaningless. What makes a good criticism is the chance of being a ‘difference which makes a difference’ to our ultimate actions.
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SBA executives ‘beyond doubt’ that teleworking employees are more productive
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Federal News Network
SBA executives ‘beyond doubt’ that teleworking employees are more productive | Federal News Network
SBA’s chief human capital officer says the agency is looking at permanent telework as a strategy to recruit from a broader pool of talent.
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Epic Games certificate expiration incident report
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Epic Games
The Epic Games Certificate Expiration Public Incident Report
Read the Epic Games Certificate Expiration Public Incident Report for April 6, 2021. Learn what happened, see the timeline of events and what we are doing next to help avoid this in the future.
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Neurons might contain something within them
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Substack
Is This the Most Interesting Idea in All of Science?
Neurons might contain something incredible within them.
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QUIC and HTTP/3 Support Now in Firefox Nightly and Beta
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Mozilla Hacks – the Web developer blog
QUIC and HTTP/3 Support now in Firefox Nightly and Beta
Support for QUIC and HTTP/3 is now enabled by default in Firefox Nightly and Firefox Beta. HTTP/3 will be available by the end of May.
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Flashlight: Fast and flexible machine learning in C++
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Meta
Flashlight: Fast and flexible machine learning in C++
Deep and machine learning (ML) frameworks are good at what they do, but altering their underlying code is typically difficult. Flashlight is a new open source library written entirely in C++ that enables teams to rapidly modify frameworks to fit their needs.…
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Facebook faces mass legal action over data leak
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BBC News
Facebook faces mass legal action over data leak
Millions of the platform's users could receive compensation if it is successful.
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Single New Jersey deli boasts a $105M market cap, despite $14K in sales
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Business Insider
The owner of a single New Jersey deli boasts a $105 million market cap — despite making only $14,000 in sales last year
"The pastrami must be amazing," investor David Einhorn joked after Hometown International's stock price inexplicably tripled over the past year.
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Vugu: Vue-like frontends in pure Go, HTML, and CSS
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