Fast · Patrick Collison
Some examples of people quickly accomplishing ambitious things together. Source: Fast · Patrick Collison
The Pentagon’s $52,000 trash can – Responsible Statecraft
In 2020, the Pentagon paid Boeing over $200,000 for four of the trash cans, translating to roughly $51,606 per unit. In a 2021 contract, the company charged $36,640 each for 11 trash containers, resulting in a total cost of more than $400,000. The apparent overcharge cost taxpayers an extra $600,000 between the two contracts. In […]
Bank failures / Mike Bostock | Observable
Source: Bank failures / Mike Bostock | Observable Bank failures visualised in interactive D3 graphics.
Apple Vision Pro (Part 1) – What Apple Got Right Compared to The Meta Quest Pro – KGOnTech
“If all it took were money and smart people, it would be here already. Apple, Meta, etc. can’t buy different physics,” and I should add, “they are also stuck with humans as they exist with their highly complex and varied visual systems.” Source: Apple Vision Pro (Part 1) – What Apple Got Right Compared to […]
楼市需不需要救？美国或开始准备持久战，我们怎么办？
所以整体上来说，就是现在，我们国家的房子够不够，多不多？我相信这个数据应该是已经给出了答案。即便是按城市家庭人均居住面积36平米来说，一个三口之家，户均面积也达到了108平米。 Source: 楼市需不需要救？美国或开始准备持久战，我们怎么办？
海外信托和国内信托：两个完全不同的概念 – 知乎
国内信托，更多的是代指一种产品，投资理财方式，而国外信托则是一种以信用为基础的法律约束行为，存在委托人、受托人、受益人的三者之间变幻关系。 Source: 海外信托和国内信托：两个完全不同的概念 – 知乎
queer/boxxy: boxxy puts bad Linux applications in a box with only their files.
boxxy is a tool for boxing up misbehaving Linux applications and forcing them to put their files and directories in the right place, without symlinks! Source: queer/boxxy: boxxy puts bad Linux applications in a box with only their files.
Sounds emitted by plants under stress are airborne and informative: Cell
We found that plants emit sounds, and that stressed plants—both drought-stressed (Dry) and cut plants (Cut; see STAR Methods)—emit significantly more sounds than plants of any of the control groups (p < e−6, Wilcoxon test for each of the 12 comparisons with Holm-Bonferroni correction). Three controls were used for each plant species and treatment: recording […]
brexhq/prompt-engineering: Tips and tricks for working with Large Language Models like OpenAI’s GPT-4.
In applications where a user is interacting with a model dynamically, such as chatting with the model, there will typically be portions of the prompt that are never intended to be seen by the user. These hidden portions may occur anywhere, though there is almost always a hidden prompt at the start of a conversation. […]
gyroflow/gyroflow: Video stabilization using gyroscope data
Gyroflow is an application that can stabilize your video by using motion data from a gyroscope and optionally an accelerometer. Modern cameras record that data internally (GoPro, Sony, Insta360 etc), and this application stabilizes the captured footage precisely by using them. It can also use gyro data from an external source (eg. from Betaflight blackbox). […]