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Microsoft Fabric Simplifies Data Management For AIhttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8cbbb63693473898c7dc1a53244e88&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.forbes.com%2Fsites%2Fmoorinsights%2F2024%2F12%2F12%2Fmicrosoft-fabric-simplifies-data-management-for-ai%2F&c=5587864979192369710&mkt=en-usMicrosoft has introduced new AI-driven features within the Microsoft Fabric data platform to accelerate application development and improve other enterprise functions. As 2025 approaches, managing ...Dec 12, 2024 9:09 AM
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What to think of the Paperclip Maximizer thought experiment 21 years later?https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42237805I often stumble across YouTube videos or blog posts that talks about the "paperclip-maximizer" thought experiment by Nick Bostrom [1, 2]. Basically, it’s the idea of a superintelligent AI tasked with creating paperclips, which ends up turning the entire universe into paperclips and wiping out humanity in the process. It’s often used to explain how AI could be a threat to humanity, based on the idea that “AIs are goal maximizers” and that hardcoding human values into an AI is really difficult. The concern is that the AI might optimize its goal in a way that’s dangerous for humans in ways we didn’t foresee.This thought experiment felt relevant back when Reinforcement Learning (RL) was seen as the most promising path toward building more powerful AIs. In that paradigm, we could often see RL agents hack their reward functions. For example, if you told an agent to "maximize velocity," it might find some unintended and weird way to do it that we didn’t predict. [3]But now, with LLMs, I feel Nov 25, 2024 4:53 PM
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Reinventing the Clock: NASA’s New Tech for Space Timekeepinghttps://www.nasa.gov/technology/goddard-tech/reinventing-the-clock-nasas-new-tech-for-space-timekeeping/Here on Earth, it might not matter if your wristwatch runs a few seconds slow. But crucial spacecraft functions need accuracy down to one billionth of a second or less. Navigating with GPS, for example, relies on precise timing signals from satellites to pinpoint locations. Three teams at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, are at work to push timekeeping for space exploration to new levels of precision.Sep 18, 2024 12:00 PM
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NASA Marshall Names Roger Baird Associate Directorhttps://www.nasa.gov/centers-and-facilities/marshall/nasa-marshall-names-roger-baird-associate-director/Roger Baird has been selected as associate director of NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. In this role, Baird will lead execution and integration of the center’s business operations, mission support enterprise functions, and budget management. In addition, he will be a senior adviser in advancing the direction of the center’s future. Baird […]Aug 20, 2024 8:36 PM
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How to install Microsoft Office Picture Manager in Windows 11/10http://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8d4224c00046bb952a51459050b524&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thewindowsclub.com%2Fmicrosoft-office-picture-manager-windows-10&c=3052150667472316642&mkt=en-usMicrosoft Office and Office 365 now do not ship with Picture Manager. Microsoft Picture Manager lets users view, edit & manage images easily and many liked it. This tool has basic functions and lets ...Aug 4, 2024 11:52 PM
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Show HN - I made my own Perlin-like Noise in Google Sheetshttps://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/172yXQpKp1AeM89RiSsL8Z7p8F1tzWYO9gO2yaHmzEqM/edit?usp=sharingGreetings HN!If you're like me, you enjoy pushing the boundaries of software applications for fun and profit. In an abundance of that enterprising spirit, I've taken a unique approach to procedural generation using Google Sheets.I created a Perlin-like noise generator, which I’ve named the "tentpole noise algorithm," relying entirely on cell formulas and MOD functions for pseudo RNG with a seeded approach.Here's a breakdown of how it's structured:First Layer - Establishing Tentpoles: The initial setup involves defining high and low points using modulus operations to determine peak positions:This mimics the function of tentpoles, setting the maximum and minimum =IF(MOD(C$5,$C$1) + MOD($A7,$C$1)=0,IF(MD5(CONCATENATE($C$3,C$5,$A7))>"8",((HEX2DEC(RIGHT(MD5(CONCATENATE($C$3,C$5,$A7)),1))-5)*$C$4),0),0) Second Layer - Canvas Logic: This layer applies logic to smooth the terrain between the tentpoles, simulating the canvas stretched over them =IF(E9=0,(SUM(IF(D9=0,0,D9),IF(E8=0,0,E8),IF(F9=0,Jun 10, 2024 4:01 PM
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Show HN: Edge-CSRF – CSRF protection on edge runtime (Next.js, SvelteKit)https://github.com/kubetail-org/edge-csrfThis is a small JavaScript library that implements CSRF protection for Next.js and SvelteKit except it only uses edge runtime dependencies so it can be used in both node environments and edge functions (e.g. Vercel Edge Functions, Cloudflare Page Functions).I just launched V2 with support for SvelteKit and it would be useful to get some feedback from HN security folks before adding more framework integrations and developing this further.Apr 22, 2024 10:30 AM
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Finally, now with $10M, adds AI for better insight into small business accountinghttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8cac5048b5444a88f771dd62a5462a&url=https%3A%2F%2Ftechcrunch.com%2F2024%2F02%2F06%2Ffinally-10m-ai-small-business-accounting-fintech%2F&c=8701299405853583109&mkt=en-usFinally, a fintech startup helping businesses automate accounting and finance functions, secured another $10 million in venture capital. TechCrunch previously reported on the company in 2022 when it ...Feb 6, 2024 5:59 AM
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Tell HN: CS departments should make Programming Languages a compulsory coursehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35936087In general CS departments make students take multiple programming fundamental courses once in imperative and popular (read Python) , then OOP (read Java), then again a systems low level one (read C).Instead teach them programming fundamentals in a good way by teaching proper use of functions and state. e.g.: the How to Design Programs philosophy or SICP philosophy without the math overload.Instead of multiple intro courses make them take a practical programming languages course (not type theory) like the Dan Grossman courses or PLAI course (of BrownU) so that they can understand the inter relationships between different paradigms and how to mix and match them.Teach C when they really need it in some low level systems class in it's own right. Similarly for Java.For Data Structures and Algo class make them implement the assignments in languages of different paradigms so that they really get the essence.May 14, 2023 7:26 AM
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Python concurrency and parallelism explainedhttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8d6e953c8e4a6f8fef48eb31ee5ff9&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.infoworld.com%2Farticle%2F2269314%2Fpython-concurrency-and-parallelism-explained.html&c=18284402908738959580&mkt=en-usLearn how to use Python’s async functions, threads, and multiprocessing capabilities to juggle tasks and improve the responsiveness of your applications. If you program in Python, you have most likely ...Apr 5, 2023 2:00 AM
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Launch HN: DAGWorks – ML platform for data science teamshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35056903Hey HN! We’re Stefan and Elijah, co-founders of DAGWorks (https:///www.dagworks.io). We’re on a mission to eliminate the insane inefficiency of building and maintaining ML pipelines in production.DAGWorks is based on Hamilton, an open-source project that we created and recently forked (https://github.com/dagworks-inc/hamilton). Hamilton is a set of high-level conventions for Python functions that can be automatically converted into working ETL pipelines. To that, we're adding a closed-source offering that goes a step further, plugging these functions into a wide array of production ML stacks.ML pipelines consist of computational steps (code + data) that produce a working statistical model that a business can use. A typical pipeline might be (1) pull raw data (Extract), (2) transform that data into inputs for the model (Transform), (3) define a statistical model (Transform), (4) use that statistical model to predict on another data set (Transform) and (5) push that data for downstream uMar 7, 2023 4:04 PM
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60 Holiday Zoom Backgrounds That Will Make Virtual Celebrations Merry and Brighthttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx&aid=&tid=6a85ca6dd3674fafbd91769c033af3b3&url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.popsugar.com%2ftech%2fholiday-zoom-backgrounds-48060473&c=5910488283607987744&mkt=en-usThe holidays are here, and for many, Zoom is still this year's go-to platform for Christmas parties, Hanukkah gatherings, and festive family functions. Video calls are making it possible for people to ...Dec 9, 2022 3:10 AM
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60 Holiday Zoom Backgrounds That Will Make Virtual Celebrations Merry and Brighthttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx&aid=&tid=6a85e7b4f85f4074835bc30767b5315a&url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.popsugar.com%2ftech%2fholiday-zoom-backgrounds-48060473&c=5910488283607987744&mkt=en-usThe holidays are here, and for many, Zoom is still this year's go-to platform for Christmas parties, Hanukkah gatherings, and festive family functions. Video calls are making it possible for people to ...Dec 9, 2022 3:10 AM
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60 Holiday Zoom Backgrounds That Will Make Virtual Celebrations Merry and Brighthttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx&aid=&tid=6a85ec02294c46708a73ec5d93e7e291&url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.popsugar.com%2ftech%2fholiday-zoom-backgrounds-48060473&c=5910488283607987744&mkt=en-usThe holidays are here, and for many, Zoom is still this year's go-to platform for Christmas parties, Hanukkah gatherings, and festive family functions. Video calls are making it possible for people to ...Dec 9, 2022 3:10 AM
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60 Holiday Zoom Backgrounds That Will Make Virtual Celebrations Merry and Brighthttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx&aid=&tid=6a85d06f51854348b3d9f1ae147387dc&url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.popsugar.com%2ftech%2fholiday-zoom-backgrounds-48060473&c=5910488283607987744&mkt=en-usThe holidays are here, and for many, Zoom is still this year's go-to platform for Christmas parties, Hanukkah gatherings, and festive family functions. Video calls are making it possible for people to ...Dec 9, 2022 3:10 AM
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60 Holiday Zoom Backgrounds That Will Make Virtual Celebrations Merry and Brighthttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx&aid=&tid=6a85daf6642d49acbd259dc46751fd01&url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.popsugar.com%2ftech%2fholiday-zoom-backgrounds-48060473&c=5910488283607987744&mkt=en-usThe holidays are here, and for many, Zoom is still this year's go-to platform for Christmas parties, Hanukkah gatherings, and festive family functions. Video calls are making it possible for people to ...Dec 9, 2022 3:10 AM
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60 Holiday Zoom Backgrounds That Will Make Virtual Celebrations Merry and Brighthttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx&aid=&tid=6a85cc5604cc4aaaaf2221114fa4682a&url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.popsugar.com%2ftech%2fholiday-zoom-backgrounds-48060473&c=5910488283607987744&mkt=en-usThe holidays are here, and for many, Zoom is still this year's go-to platform for Christmas parties, Hanukkah gatherings, and festive family functions. Video calls are making it possible for people to ...Dec 9, 2022 3:10 AM
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60 Holiday Zoom Backgrounds That Will Make Virtual Celebrations Merry and Brighthttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx&aid=&tid=6a85d6ee771942b5974284435b25a367&url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.popsugar.com%2ftech%2fholiday-zoom-backgrounds-48060473&c=5910488283607987744&mkt=en-usThe holidays are here, and for many, Zoom is still this year's go-to platform for Christmas parties, Hanukkah gatherings, and festive family functions. Video calls are making it possible for people to ...Dec 9, 2022 3:10 AM
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60 Holiday Zoom Backgrounds That Will Make Virtual Celebrations Merry and Brighthttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx&aid=&tid=6a85e15531554e9c8f44252501e42540&url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.popsugar.com%2ftech%2fholiday-zoom-backgrounds-48060473&c=5910488283607987744&mkt=en-usThe holidays are here, and for many, Zoom is still this year's go-to platform for Christmas parties, Hanukkah gatherings, and festive family functions. Video calls are making it possible for people to ...Dec 9, 2022 3:10 AM
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60 Holiday Zoom Backgrounds That Will Make Virtual Celebrations Merry and Brighthttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx&aid=&tid=6a85d8e9659448189399d519ba6b0b1f&url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.popsugar.com%2ftech%2fholiday-zoom-backgrounds-48060473&c=5910488283607987744&mkt=en-usThe holidays are here, and for many, Zoom is still this year's go-to platform for Christmas parties, Hanukkah gatherings, and festive family functions. Video calls are making it possible for people to ...Dec 9, 2022 3:10 AM
