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Ask HN: What to Learn for Math for Modeling?

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-25 01:57:01

parametric cubic curve boundary representation blending function spline b-spline cubic bezier curve de casteljau algorithm I have been diving into these topics since few days and I have not understood anything. I tried peter shirley's textbook on Computer Graphics. Foley et al, Hearn baker etc... It is clear to me that I lack the mathematics preriquisites for understanding this. Thus, I am deeply asking for resources that I can do to brush up. Me being a computer engineering graduate I h

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Google's AI Is Committing a Unique Evil: Giving Gamers Tips That Are Actually False

futurism.com Unknown 2025-10-27 01:28:30

Back in the day, getting fooled by a fake cheat code from word of mouth or early web forums was almost a rite of passage for gamers. It's been a long time since people were playing Pokemon Yellow and Final Fantasy for the first time, however, and AI has apparently taken over the role that used to be filled by your idiot brother. As veteran gaming journalist Stephen Totilo reported in his Game File newsletter, Google's disastrous AI Overviews have been caught repeatedly giving terrible advice o

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Incogni deletes your family’s private info from the internet – here’s why that matters

9to5mac.com Sponsored Post 2025-10-27 06:30:00

In today’s world, everyone needs to have dozens, if not hundreds of different online accounts to keep up with their everyday life. That’s a lot of potentially sensitive data in the hands of tons of different companies – and it’s easy to not think about that. You and your family’s data is incredibly valuable to data brokers, but it isn’t too difficult to put a stop to it – and protect the online privacy of your family. Protecting your online privacy It can be hard to take control of your online

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AI Is a Threat to the Entry-Level Job Market, Stanford Study Shows

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-27 06:20:08

Dashia Milden Editor Dashia is the consumer insights editor for CNET. She specializes in data-driven analysis and news at the intersection of tech, personal finance and consumer sentiment. Dashia investigates economic shifts and everyday challenges to help readers make well-informed decisions, and she covers a range of topics, including technology, security, energy and money. Dashia graduated from the University of South Carolina with a bachelor's degree in journalism. She loves baking, teachin

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Star Wars: Starfighter is going to be star-studded

theverge.com Charles Pulliam-Moore 2025-10-27 22:04:05

is a reporter focusing on film, TV, and pop culture. Before The Verge, he wrote about comic books, labor, race, and more at io9 and Gizmodo for almost five years. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Production on Star Wars: Starfighter officially began today, and Lucasfilm has finally confirmed the other actors who will be bringing the film to life alongside Ryan Gosling. Lucasfilm announced today that Star Wars: Starfighters has added Flynn

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From pilot to scale: Making agentic AI work in health care

technologyreview.com Dr. Wael Salloum 2025-10-29 02:09:13

Overcoming LLM limitations LLMs excel at understanding nuanced context, performing instinctive reasoning, and generating human-like interactions, making them ideal for agentic tools to then interpret intricate data and communicate effectively. Yet in a domain like health care where compliance, accuracy, and adherence to regulatory standards are non-negotiable—and where a wealth of structured resources like taxonomies, rules, and clinical guidelines define the landscape—symbolic AI is indispensa

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What Is Synthetic Gasoline?

news.ycombinator.com Iere Team 2025-10-26 06:31:50

What is Synthetic Gasoline? Synthetic gasoline, also known as synthetic fuel or e-fuel, is a liquid fuel produced through chemical processes, rather than extracted from crude oil. It’s essentially a manufactured replica of gasoline, designed to power internal combustion engines while potentially offering a more sustainable alternative to fossil fuels. Understanding the Fundamentals of Synthetic Gasoline Synthetic gasoline represents a fascinating intersection of chemistry, engineering, and en

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Google's AI Mode is getting more links for you not to click on

zdnet.com Jada Jones 2025-10-29 13:38:56

Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Google said AI Mode search results will show more website links. The links will be "useful" but no definition for that was given. Google also said AI Overviews isn't reducing overall web traffic. Google is experimenting with more ways to encourage users to follow links with relevant information. Also: You should use Gemini's new 'incognito' chat mode - here's why and what it does Acco

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4chan launches legal action against Ofcom in US

feeds.bbci.co.uk Unknown 2025-10-29 21:30:12

4chan launches legal action against Ofcom in US Ofcom told the BBC: "We are aware of this lawsuit. Under the Online Safety Act, any service that has links with the UK now has duties to protect UK users, no matter where in the world it is based." "American citizens do not surrender our constitutional rights just because Ofcom sends us an e-mail," Preston Byrne of law firm Byrne & Storm said. Their legal complaint filed in a Washington DC Federal Court seeks a legal ban on the communications re

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VIM Master

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-29 23:50:54

VIM Master VIM Master is a lightweight in-browser game that teaches core Vim motions and editing commands through short, focused levels. No installs required—just open index.html and start practicing. Demo Open index.html directly in your browser. directly in your browser. Best viewed on desktop for full keyboard support. Screenshot Features Normal/Insert modes with an on-screen status bar Command log showing your keystrokes Levels that validate your action outcomes (not just keystrokes

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Wallpaper Wednesday: Special Google Pixel 10 edition! (August 27)

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-10-30 06:30:19

C. Scott Brown / Android Authority Welcome to Wallpaper Wednesday! In this weekly roundup, we’ll give you a handful of Android wallpapers you can download and use on your phone, tablet, or even your laptop/PC. The images will come from folks here at Android Authority as well as our readers. All are free to use and come without watermarks. File formats are JPG and PNG, and we’ll provide images in both landscape and portrait modes, so they’ll be optimized for various screens. For the newest wall

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Lago – Open-Source Usage Based Billing – Is Hiring in Sales, Eng, Ops (EU, US)

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-30 06:01:06

Why you should join Lago At Lago, we’re on a mission to make billing simpler, more transparent, and more adaptable for SaaS companies. As the leading open-source billing platform, we empower businesses to build flexible pricing models and scale with confidence. We’ve raised over $22 million in funding from top-tier investors, reflecting strong confidence in our vision and growth. Our platform has garnered over 7,000 stars on GitHub, a testament to our active and growing developer community. N

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Gusto agrees to buy retirement plan provider Guideline

cnbc.com Jordan Novet 2025-10-30 10:10:01

Gusto, a startup with payroll and human resources software, said Wednesday that it has agreed to acquire Guideline, a startup specializing in corporate retirement plans. Terms of the deal weren't disclosed. Founded in 2011 and based in San Francisco, Gusto is among the world's most valuable companies backed by venture capitalists, with a $9.3 billion valuation. Gusto originally was named ZenPayroll and provided software that clients could use to run payroll for their employees. In 2015, the co

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Google insists AI isn't killing traffic, yet it's changing AI Mode - here's how

zdnet.com Jada Jones 2025-10-30 10:06:10

Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Google says AI Mode search results will show more website links. Google will show more "useful" links, but no definition given. Google also says AI Overviews isn't reducing overall web traffic. Google is experimenting with more ways to encourage users to follow links with relevant information. Also: You should use Gemini's new 'incognito' chat mode - here's why and what it does Accord

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VIMMaster

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-30 09:50:54

VIM Master VIM Master is a lightweight in-browser game that teaches core Vim motions and editing commands through short, focused levels. No installs required—just open index.html and start practicing. Demo Open index.html directly in your browser. directly in your browser. Best viewed on desktop for full keyboard support. Screenshot Features Normal/Insert modes with an on-screen status bar Command log showing your keystrokes Levels that validate your action outcomes (not just keystrokes

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Disney sues Sling TV over its one-day cable passes

theverge.com Emma Roth 2025-10-30 10:25:54

is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Disney is suing Sling TV over its new streaming passes that give you access to live cable networks for as little as one day. The lawsuit, filed under seal, claims Sling violated the terms of its licensing agreement with Disney and included its networks in the sh

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HSBC resolves app and online banking outage

feeds.bbci.co.uk Unknown 2025-10-30 14:29:59

HSBC resolves app and online banking outage HSBC says it has now fixed an issue which left customers unable to access online banking or use its app in the UK, preventing some from accessing their accounts. Thousands of people reported problems on outage-checking site Downdetector since the issues first emerged at 11:00 BST on Wednesday. Five hours after the issue was reported by angry customers online, the bank now says the problem has been resolved. "We apologise to our customers who were i

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5 more ways to share files on Linux that every pro should know

zdnet.com Jack Wallen 2025-10-30 18:15:18

Elizabeth Fernandez/Moment via Getty Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways These are some lesser-known ways of sharing files on Linux. The methods here range from the very simple to the very complicated. Each of these tools is free, and some are pre-installed. Back in 2024, I wrote about how to share files between Linux devices. That article focused on the obvious tools (such as Samba and SCP), so I thought I'd revisit the topic, only highlighting the

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Why Aren't People Going to Local and Regional In-Person Events Anymore?

news.ycombinator.com Brent Ozar 2025-10-30 18:17:22

Steve Jones recently posted an update about SQL Saturday’s status, and it includes some news we need to talk about: However, this year the number may stagnate or even decline slightly. Running events has become challenging for many communities. Organizers are busy, space is hard to find, and costs are rising…. The biggest challenge in running events is finding space at a reasonable cost. Many Microsoft offices are closing, which were strong supporters of events in the past. Steve gives a coupl

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Dissecting the Apple M1 GPU, the end

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-31 06:44:16

Dissecting the Apple M1 GPU, the end In 2020, Apple released the M1 with a custom GPU. We got to work reverse-engineering the hardware and porting Linux. Today, you can run Linux on a range of M1 and M2 Macs, with almost all hardware working: wireless, audio, and full graphics acceleration. Our story begins in December 2020, when Hector Martin kicked off Asahi Linux. I was working for Collabora working on Panfrost, the open source Mesa3D driver for Arm Mali GPUs. Hector put out a public call f

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Google’s AI Weather Model Nailed Its First Major Storm Forecast

gizmodo.com Aj Dellinger 2025-10-31 21:55:30

While generative AI tools that primarily amount to slop generators grab most of the attention in the artificial intelligence space, there are occasionally some actually useful applications of the technology, like Google DeepMind’s use of AI weather models to predict cyclones. The experimental tool, launched earlier this year, successfully managed to provide accurate modeling of Hurricane Erin as it started gaining steam in the Atlantic Ocean earlier this month. As Ars Technica first reported, H

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Verizon's Bringing Back That Landline Feeling With Its New Family Plan Feature

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-11-01 04:55:00

When we talk about a cellular "family plan," we mean a bundle of several individual phone lines for each person in a typical household. The plan usually includes features like high-speed data or a streaming video service that each family member can share. Now, Verizon has updated an add-on for its phone plans that's meant to bring the family closer together. The Verizon Family Plus perk, which offers features such as location check-ins and content filters, now includes Family Line, where up to

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Anthropic settles AI book-training lawsuit with authors

techcrunch.com Russell Brandom 2025-11-01 05:40:46

In Brief Anthropic has settled a class action lawsuit with a group of fiction and nonfiction authors, as announced in a filing on Tuesday with the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Anthropic had won a partial victory in a lower court ruling and was in the process of appealing that ruling. No details of the settlement were made public, and Anthropic did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Called Bartz v. Anthropic, the case deals with Anthropic’s use of books as training material fo

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Neuralink 'Participant 1' says his life has changed

news.ycombinator.com Jessica Mathews 2025-10-30 06:12:14

It was February 2024 when Noland Arbaugh, the first person to get Elon Musk’s experimental brain chip, rolled across the stage in a wheelchair during a Neuralink “all hands” meeting, revealing his identity for the first time. The room, filled with Neuralink employees, erupted in applause as Arbaugh—who dislocated two of his vertebrae in a swimming accident in 2016 and has since lost sensation and movement below his shoulders—smiled ear to ear in his chair, a red Texas A&M hat planted on his hea

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Nissan confirms design studio data breach claimed by Qilin ransomware

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-11-02 01:48:25

Nissan Japan has confirmed to BleepingComputer that it suffered a data breach following unauthorized access to a server of one of its subsidiaries, Creative Box Inc. (CBI). This came in response to the Qilin ransomware group's claims that they had stolen four terabytes of data from CBI, including 3D vehicle design models, internal reports, financial documents, VR design workflows, and photos. "On August 16, 2025, suspicious access was detected on the data server of Creative Box Inc. (CBI), a c

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Frontier buys $31M worth of antacids for the ocean

techcrunch.com Tim De Chant 2025-11-02 05:00:00

Frontier, the carbon removal clearinghouse founded by Google, Strip, Shopify, and others, announced today that it is buying 115,208 metric tons of carbon removal credits from geoengineering startup Planetary in a deal worth $31.2 million. Where most Frontier deals to date have bought carbon from startups specializing in direct air capture, enhanced weathering, or bioenergy with carbon capture, the organization’s agreement with Planetary is its first to do so by enhancing ocean alkalinity. The

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Notice a weird beauty filter on Shorts? YouTube says it’s on purpose

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-11-02 15:07:03

Joe Maring / Android Authority TL;DR YouTube has been secretly upscaling Shorts by certain creators without their consent. Creators have not been offered any notification or given any option to disable upscaling. The team has clarified that it is using “traditional machine learning” to denoise and unblur videos. YouTube was founded 20 years ago and has gone through significant changes over this period, especially in video quality. More recently, however, it is experimenting with forced upsca

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Paying attention to feature distribution alignment (pun intended)

news.ycombinator.com Alex Shtoff 2025-11-01 12:02:12

Intro Yes, I’m making a joke of the tendency to put the words “attention” and “alignment” in any ML paper 😎. Now let’s see how this provocative title is related to our adventures in the land of polynomial features. The Legendre polynomial basis serverd us well in recent posts about polynomial features. One interesting thing we saw in the series is that its orthogonality is, in some sense informativeness. This is because it orthogonal bases produce features, and hence each basis function, in so

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AI doesn’t belong in journaling

theverge.com Victoria Song 2025-11-02 09:30:00

is a senior reporter focusing on wearables, health tech, and more with 13 years of experience. Before coming to The Verge, she worked for Gizmodo and PC Magazine. In July 2023, I deleted the Day One journaling app from my phone and laptop. It was perhaps the best thing I’ve done as a lifelong diarist. The decision was prompted by Apple announcing its Journal app at WWDC that year. In that keynote, Apple said it would use “on-device machine learning” to provide prompts based on the content in y

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My 4 favorite Linux distros for streaming - and why choosing the right one makes a huge difference

zdnet.com Jack Wallen 2025-11-03 10:26:17

Jose A. Bernat Bacete / Moment via Getty Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Some Linux distributions are better for streaming. There are certain factors to consider for streaming on Linux. The distributions here should work fine without tweaking. Among Spotify, Netflix, Hulu, and other streaming services, I consume a lot of content. Although you might think any operating system with a web browser (or the ability to install an app or two) is perfectl

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Ask HN: What to Learn for Math for Modeling?

Google's AI Is Committing a Unique Evil: Giving Gamers Tips That Are Actually False

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Google insists AI isn't killing traffic, yet it's changing AI Mode - here's how

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Disney sues Sling TV over its one-day cable passes

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Why Aren't People Going to Local and Regional In-Person Events Anymore?

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My 4 favorite Linux distros for streaming - and why choosing the right one makes a huge difference

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