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2023-04-13 @ 18.18.19 ∈ In English

A New Approach to Computation Reimagines Artificial Intelligence | Quanta Magazine
The key is that each piece of information, such as the notion of a car, or its make, model or color, or all of it together, is represented as a single entity: a hyperdimensional vector.
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2022-04-04 @ 17.16.14 ∈ In English

Horrible edge cases to consider when dealing with music
I'm a huge fan of navidrome, and thus spent some time reading its source code, and discussing with Deluan about its data model, making this list of weird edge-cases as we went.
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2020-09-02 @ 19.36.06 ∈ In English

A Supercomputer Analyzed COVID-19, and an Interesting New Hypothesis Has Emerged - Slashdot
The computer […] revealed a new theory about how Covid-19 impacts the body: the bradykinin hypothesis. The hypothesis provides a model that explains many aspects of Covid-19, including some of its most bizarre symptoms. It also suggests 10-plus potential treatments, many of which are already FDA approved.
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2020-07-06 @ 14.36.00 ∈ In English

(Just a good basic overview.)

Security 101: Encryption, Hashing, and Encoding - System Overlord
Encryption, Hashing, and Encoding are commonly confused topics by those new to the information security field. I see these confused even by experienced software engineers, by developers, and by new hackers. It’s really important to understand the differences – not just for semantics, but because the actual uses of them are vastly different.