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I've seen this being posted all over, but people rarely seem to realize that data here is from 2023.

I think it's reasonable to be turned off by a slick-looking website, but I imagine it's because the intended audience of the website is the general (dog-owning) public, likely for …

This project is a research project out of the University of Washington, led by several of the professors there. I believe the lab is the Healthy Aging and Longevity Institute. They…

There are probably several, but one of the ones that made the rounds a while ago is "The Man Who Killed Google Search" by Edward Zitron: https://www.wheresyoured.at/the-men-who-kil…

I skimmed the technical report: https://cosine.sh/blog/genie-technical-report At the bottom, they noted the following: > SWE-Bench has recently modified their submission requiremen…

It seems to me that there's a natural tension in emerging fields of science and engineering between establishing clear guidelines and regulations early on to minimize harms, or ins…

I took a class with Professor Ousterhout. He would end every Friday's lecture with a "Thought for the Weekend", such as this one. It was very entertaining and charming to hear him …

The article does in fact mention this event in the below paragraph: " The hypothesis took another hit last July when a bombshell article in Science revealed that data in the influe…

I think the situation is more complex than just "we must assume they don't care about learning ... just fail the bastards." I think it's more important to first understand what wer…

I recently took a CS class at Stanford with an interesting policy on cheating. While cheating almost certainly happened during the course, at the end of the quarter the course staf…

I think a fundamental mistake you (and other commenters on this article) are making is judging the value of the "plain" English version by whether you think it's good writing. Howe…

I think the $100bn number does not refer to the company revenue. According to the company, in 2016 revenue was close to $2bn [1]. It may instead refer to total assets under adminis…

Although the author may be wrong about whether the 10-Ks he saw were the same ones being submitted to the government, I think his curiosity is still worth indulging. Why did Netfli…

I'm not sure this is a sufficient explanation. McCarthy left in 2010. But it looks like the decline in the "designy"-ness began in 2006.

It seems like the blog is referencing the documents posted directly on Netflix's website[1], the early versions of which do open up with well-designed cover pages. In contrast, the…

This probably depends more on what the topics are, and how they're talked about.

I've done the Coursera course, Nand2Tetris, that inspired this website [1] and found it deeply intellectually satisfying and engaging. If anyone is interested in learning about the…

I teach an AP CS A class at a Bay Area school. In previous years, the class would have students write and run Java on their own computers. This year, given the remote nature, the c…

This is the way that I wish more teachers taught. I love finding analogies or visual diagrams for CS concepts to share with my students. Request: can others share links to books, c…

My question in the original comment is not meant to mock or poke fun at those who enjoyed it. I, myself, found it somewhat entertaining to read as a kid. Rather, my question is mor…

I didn't know how much of Jim Davis' motivations were commercial ones. It seems very at odds with folks like Calvin and Hobbes creator Bill Watterson: > For years, Watterson battle…

I spoke on a panel with Rick Sung, the Undersheriff who allegedly withheld permits until Apple coughed up the iPads. At the end of the event, each panelist was offered a Starbucks …

I definitely think it's a good point to support Python/R for data manipulation, and allow to also JavaScript for complex visualizations. Their current target for paid customers see…

It looks like their current plan for monetization is a per user subscription fee for added features on the notebook: https://observablehq.com/teams Given the marketing on the page,…

I've used Vega-Lite and d3 before and have appreciated both. Vega-Lite seems to be great for rapid prototyping and d3 for really refined, intricate and more complex plots. I checke…