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Discovery of fresco portraying Dionysian mysteries at Pompeii

pompeiisites.org
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Some Thoughts on Autoregressive Models

wonderfall.dev

Most generative AI models nowadays are autoregressive. That means they’re following the concept of next token...
Most generative AI models nowadays are autoregressive. That means they’re following the concept of next token prediction, and the transformer architecture is the current implementation that has been used for years now thanks to its computational efficiency. This is a rather simple concept that’s easy to understand -...

ai machine-learning
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GraphicsMagick needs some additional productive volunteers

graphicsmagick.org
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Ransomware gang encrypted network from a webcam to bypass EDR

bleepingcomputer.com

The Akira ransomware gang was spotted using an unsecured webcam to launch encryption attacks on a...
The Akira ransomware gang was spotted using an unsecured webcam to launch encryption attacks on a victim's network, effectively circumventing Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR), which was blocking the encryptor in Windows. Cybersecurity firm S-RM team discovered the unusual attack method during a recent incident ...

akira edr evasion iot ransomware
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Words for the Heart: A treasury of emotions from classical India

bostonreview.net
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Ask HN: How did internet discover my subdomain?

ycombinator.com
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Putting Bounties on My Goals

krayorn.com

Sending 30€ to my friend if I didn't post on my blog this month.February 2025 Writing...
Sending 30€ to my friend if I didn't post on my blog this month.February 2025 Writing this is saving me 30 bucks. Last week I read these two blog posts: Why blog if nobody reads it and Why your blog post didn’t go viral and really liked this quote from the second one: “If you post once a month, every post feels like...

blogging
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InstantStyle: Free Lunch Towards Style-Preserving in Text-to-Image Generation

github.com
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Show HN: Open-source, native audio turn detection model

github.com
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Why I find diffusion models interesting?

rnikhil.com
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Differentiable Logic Cellular Automata

google-research.github.io

Imagine trying to reverse-engineer the complex, often unexpected patterns and behaviors that emerge from simple rules....
Imagine trying to reverse-engineer the complex, often unexpected patterns and behaviors that emerge from simple rules. This challenge has inspired researchers and enthusiasts that work with cellular automata for decades. In cellular automata, we generally approach things from the bottom-up. We choose local rules, th...
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Multicomponent Glass Fertilizer for Nutrient Delivery in Precision Agriculture

acs.org
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A brief meditation on formal systems and lying goblins

ghost.io

learning
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How to distrust a CA without any certificate errors

dadrian.io
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Scientists discover new part of the immune system

bbc.com

James GallagherHealth correspondent•@JamesTGallagherGetty ImagesA new part of the immune system has been discovered and it is...
James GallagherHealth correspondent•@JamesTGallagherGetty ImagesA new part of the immune system has been discovered and it is a goldmine of potential antibiotics, scientists have said.They've shown a part of the body known to recycle proteins has a secret mode that can spew out an arsenal of bacteria-killing chemica...
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Palm phytoliths in subarctic Canada imply ice-free winters 48M years ago

oup.com
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Show HN: Fast-agent – Compose MCP enabled Agents and Workflows in minutes

github.com
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Orion's Next Chapter: Linux Development Officially Launched

kagi.com

Hello, Kagi Fans!We know it's been a few weeks since our last update, and there's a...
Hello, Kagi Fans!We know it's been a few weeks since our last update, and there's a good reason for that. The entire company took a break from the usual routine to fly to Barcelona, Spain, for our annual retreat - a chance to reenergize and refocus for the exciting journey ahead.But don’t worry, it wasn’t all fun an...
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How the Index Card Cataloged the World (2017)

theatlantic.com

carl linnaeus index card index cards linnaeus technology
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Koko (YC W22) Is Hiring a CTO / Lead Engineer

ycombinator.com

Making mental health accessible to everyone.Connect directly with founders of the best YC-funded startups.Apply to role...
Making mental health accessible to everyone.Connect directly with founders of the best YC-funded startups.Apply to role › We’re building scalable AI systems that save lives. We provide online mental health support at the moment young people need it most. Our approach is to reach young people where they are — online ...
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Using GRPO to Beat o1, o3-mini and R1 at "Temporal Clue"

openpipe.ai

In this post we’ll discuss how we used GRPO to surpass R1, o1, o3-mini, and come...
In this post we’ll discuss how we used GRPO to surpass R1, o1, o3-mini, and come within a couple percentage points of Sonnet 3.7 on a reasoning-heavy game called “temporal clue”, while being over 100x cheaper to run at inference time. We’ll include specific lessons learned about task design and hyperparameters we’ve...
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Show HN: Rust Vector and Quaternion Lib

github.com
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LLMs Don't Know What They Don't Know–and That's a Problem

scottlogic.com

LLMs are not just limited by hallucinations—they fundamentally lack awareness of their own capabilities, making them...
LLMs are not just limited by hallucinations—they fundamentally lack awareness of their own capabilities, making them overconfident in executing tasks they don’t fully understand. While “vibe coding” embraces AI’s ability to generate quick solutions, true progress lies in models that can acknowledge ambiguity, seek c...
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A New, Chemical View of Ecosystems

quantamagazine.org
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