FineWeb creates a large-scale, high-quality text dataset for training large language models by processing and deduplicating web data. Users can access the dataset and its educational subset, FineWe...

This is already documented in Timeout: Ruby’s most dangerous API. And normally I don’t like making blanket statements about language features. But I had a bad day at work because of this issue. So today, we’re talking about Timeout! :)

As of 2024, according to https://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/ , Voyager 1 is around one light·day away from Earth and still in radio contact. When Voyager 1 sends messages to Earth, roughly how many photo...

The DuckDB team is very happy to announce that today we’re releasing DuckDB version 1.0.0, codename “Snow Duck” (anas nivis).

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A 50-year-old woman was referred to a gastroenterology clinic after 7 presentations over the previous 2 years to emergency departments (EDs) with alcohol intoxication despite her report of no alcohol consumption. Over the preceding 5 years, she…

Image viewer. Fast, easy to use. Optional video support. - easymodo/qimgv

The high-tide census of the prehistoric horseshoe crab is timed to their annual visits to the city to lay eggs on its shores. Fans of the blue-blooded arthropods will celebrate them at a festival in Jamaica Bay on June 8.

Python Serverless Microframework for AWS. Contribute to aws/chalice development by creating an account on GitHub.

The British Industrial Revolution in Global Perspective, by Robert Allen

I’ll get to the good and bad news of the week, but first I want to note the big story - Donald Trump’s conviction by a jury in New York - and a little story with big implications - the Federal Bureau of Investigation raiding a corporate landlord in cahoots…

The real threat with super intelligence is falling prey to the hype

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Homepage of Tri Dao. # A simple, whitespace theme for academics. Based on [*folio](https://github.com/bogoli/-folio) design.

Stories of GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic, Wegovy, Zepbound, and Mounjaro reducing patients’ desire to drink alcohol have been showing up everywhere. Now a new study in Nature Communications finds a 50-56% decrease in the risk of new or recurring alcohol addictions

Researchers Found Even Lower-Performing Masks Were Protective

A few weeks ago, I went to DC to start engaging policymakers and be the voice of little tech. Here's why.