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by Qem 1y ago
> "While the intent of the law was to support women's participation in the workforce, our findings reveal a critical backfire," continued Bapna, a professor in the Information and Decision Sciences Department in the Carlso
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The R Project: A Brief History and Thoughts About the Future [pdf](stat.auckland.ac.nz)
1 points by Qem 1y ago|0 comments
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by Qem 1y ago
Archived version: https://web.archive.org/web/20250531034102/https://www.thegu... Full study: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5274707
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by Qem 1y ago
> This combination of events could explain the presence of highly magnetic rocks detected in a region near the south pole, on the moon’s far side. As it happens, one of the largest impact basins — the Imbrium basin — is located in the ex
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China launches landmark mission to retrieve pristine asteroid samples(aljazeera.com)
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Wildlife crime crackdown in jeopardy worldwide after US funding cuts(news.mongabay.com)
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Community Stewardship of Faster CPython(discuss.python.org)
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by Qem 1y ago
> Xenon, an odorless gas, has been known for years to activate a molecule called the hypoxia-inducible factor I'm curious how a noble gas manages to do that, given the low reactivity.
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What they don't tell you about building a JIT compiler for CPython [video](youtube.com)
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by Qem 1y ago
> We are not yet sure there is no life on Mars. The question of how ethical it is to engineer new life and then spread it to other bodies in the Solar System for our own ends is deep and complex. But these conversations need to happen. I
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Bluesky urged to review 'punitive' policies towards Palestine content(middleeasteye.net)
9 points by Qem 1y ago|2 comments
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by Qem 1y ago
Archived version: https://web.archive.org/web/20250527115749/https://www.middl...
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by Qem 1y ago
Pen & Paper. For all the time that I spend daily in front of computers, when I must reason deeper and clearly about a problem, nothing beats sketching drawings and doing some quick calculations by hand. Typing in a keyboard, physical or
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Thailand readies homecoming for stolen ancient statues located in US museum(aljazeera.com)
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by Qem 1y ago
Sometimes I wonder if humanity had taken longer to understand and apply electromagnetism, could we have developed an technical civilization similar to our current one, but powered by compressed air? Instead of wires for electricity and pipe
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by Qem 1y ago
Wikipedia entry: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sebasti%C3%A3o_Salgado
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A lens on poverty and the environment: Sebastião Salgado is dead at age 81(aljazeera.com)
2 points by Qem 1y ago|1 comments
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by Qem 1y ago
> It's going to look stupid... until the point it doesn't. And my money's on, "This will eventually be a solved problem." AI can remain stupid longer than you can remain solvent.
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by Qem 1y ago
> Microsoft's stock price is dependent on them proving that this is a success. Perhaps this explains the recent firings that affected faster CPython and other projects. While they throw money at AI but sucess still doesn't mate
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'Delaying extinction': The last-ditch race to save the Orinoco crocodile(aljazeera.com)
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by Qem 1y ago
My guess: Phthalates or other man-made endocrine disruptors accumulating in the environment and giving male monkeys psychological pregnancy.
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by Qem 1y ago
Archived version: https://archive.is/WjIZn
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by Qem 1y ago
> They were always going to do this, they just had to do it faster than they otherwise wanted to, which has an opportunity cost. It will pay itself and offset those costs once they reach breakeven and start selling their equal or better
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Smilodon(en.wikipedia.org)
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by Qem 1y ago
Fun thought. Pope Leo XIV is the latest in a long line of popes whose names make reference to an old-world big cat, the Lion (Panthera leo). Given he hails from from the Americas, had he payed homage to a different, local big cat (Smilodon
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by Qem 1y ago
> "It's been a tough couple of days," Droettboom wrote. "Microsoft's support for the Faster CPython project was canceled yesterday, and my heart goes out to the majority of the team that was laid off. A hard day
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by Qem 1y ago
Most sulfides are insoluble. I wonder if ingestion with calcium/magnesium/iron rich foods may mitigate the risk, by precipitating the sulfide formed, instead of letting it stay as fast diffusing H2S.
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by Qem 1y ago
IIRC folate also share this property. It helps where tissues have fast growth or replenishment rates (infants still developing in utero, lifelong hair growth, digestive system lining, skin, et cetera), but as a side effect, when cancer happ
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by Qem 1y ago
This reminds me they almost fired the PowerShell creator in the past. In Python case, if Faster Cpython goes under, at least we still have PyPy. I wish someday it gets much more used.
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by Qem 1y ago
This reminds me of that time they nearly fired the PowerShell creator.

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