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    Japan ends negative interest rate policy in historic pivot

    Japan has ended its negative interest rate policy, marking a historic shift away from an aggressive...

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    'We are essentially in a new Gilded Age'

    Taking a modern-century spin on “Let them eat cake,” shareholders are having the whole cake, and...

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    How to write a QML effect for KWin

    Since the dawn of the times, the only way to implement any effect that has fancy...

  • 20 Years of "Not Even Wrong"

    The first entry on this blog was 20 years ago yesterday, first substantive one was 20...

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    Garnet – open-source, next-gen, faster cache-store for accelerating applications

    Researchers at Microsoft have been working for nearly a decade to address the increasing demand for...

  • Analog Loophole

    Inevitable vulnerability in copy protection This article possibly contains original research. Please improve it by verifying...

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    8h time-restricted eating linked to a 91% higher risk of cardiovascular death

    Research Highlights: A study of over 20,000 adults found that those who followed an 8-hour time-restricted...

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    Migration out of Africa may have been driven by first glaciation of Pleistocene

    by Bob Yirka , Phys.org Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A pair of planetary scientists, one with...

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    Volkov attack signals Russia's return to cold war-era spying in Europe

    It was a crude and violent assault, but as a bloody message, it was chillingly effective....

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    Norway's Ambitious Plan to Store Carbon Dioxide in the North Sea

    By Felicity Bradstock - Mar 13, 2024, 12:00 PM CDT Norway plans to store captured carbon...

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    The "Hidden Standards" Problem in Interviews

    The inflection point of every tech interview is when the interviewer gives a scenario, the candidate...

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    Microsoft will remove the old PDF viewer from Edge in early 2025

    In February 2023, Microsoft and Adobe announced a joint effort to improve the PDF viewing experience...

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    Hitting the Jackpot: The Birth of the Monte Carlo Method (2023)

    A game of solitaire, a case of insomnia, a chance meeting at a train station, and...

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    How Ultrasound Became Ultra Small

    A startling change in medical ultrasound is working its way through hospitals and physicians’ offices. The...

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    Loneliness in Midlife: A Growing Gap Between US and Europe

    Summary: New research highlights a significant loneliness gap between middle-aged adults in the U.S. and their...

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    One Simple Prompt Boosts Claude3 and Mistral's API Calling Performance over GPT4

    Subtitle: I Spent $100 to Compare the API Calling Capabilities of OpenAI’s Claude 3 and Mistral’s...

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    Kindertransport

    Organised rescue of Jewish children during the Holocaust For the play by Diane Samuels, see Kindertransport...

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    An exploding star nova is due to show up in our skies soon. Here's how to view

    A nearby exploding star is due to offer a spectacular show that could outshine our North...