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Why F# could be the next mainstream programming language (2024-12)
https://blog.snork.dev/posts/why-f--could-be-the-next-mainstream-programming-language-.html
blog.snork.devWhy F# could be the next mainstream programming languageI believe that F# could be the next, big mainstream programming language. Why? Let's look at the advantage of F#:
GPT 5 vs. Opus 4.1 for Vibe-Coded Apps
www.instantdb.comGPT 5 vs Opus 4.1 for Vibe-Coded Apps
What makes a SuperAger?
https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2025/08/what-makes-a-superager/
news.northwestern.eduWhat makes a SuperAger?Over 25 of researching SuperAgers, the scientists have seen some notable lifestyle and personality differences between SuperAgers and those aging typically — such as being social and gregarious — but “it’s really what we’ve found in their brains that’s been so earth-shattering for us."
The Desperate Struggle to Squeeze Aid into a Starving Gaz
The New York Times · As Gaza Hunger Crisis Worsens, Israel Lets in Little Aid
Little-known leguminous plant can increase beef production by 60% (2022)
www.embrapa.brLittle-known leguminous plant can increase beef production by 60%Intercropping marandu grass with desmodium increases animal weight and provides the soil with nitrogen
Hacking Diffusion into Qwen3 for the Arc Challenge
www.matthewnewton.comHacking Diffusion into Qwen3 for the ARC Challenge - Matthew NewtonA deep dive into ongoing efforts adapting language models for diffusion-based ARC solving.
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M5 MacBook Pro No Longer Coming in 2025
https://www.macrumors.com/2025/07/10/no-m5-macbook-pro-2025/
MacRumors · M5 MacBook Pro No Longer Coming in 2025
Must democracy "deliver the goods" to beat autocracy?
https://democracyorbust.bearblog.dev/must-democracy-deliver-the-goods/
Ideas to promote democracyMust democracy "deliver the goods" to beat autocracy?There is an idea floating around that democracy must somehow produce "better results" than fascism or autocracy to beat it or withstand it. The notion is int...
Disney 1985 film The Black Cauldron was an experiment that failed
https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20250807-the-radical-film-that-became-a-disaster-for-disney
BBC · 'It took a big hit for the studio': How dark and daring gamble The Black Cauldron became a notorious Disney flop
Efrit: A native elisp coding agent running in Emacs
GPU-Rich Labs Have Won: What's Left for the Rest of Us Is Distillation
inference.netInference.net Blog | What S Left Is DistillationAI inference for 90% lower cost
Why You Should Build Durable Workflows with Postgres
www.dbos.devWhy Postgres is a Good Choice for Durable Workflow Execution | DBOSIn this blog post, we’ll dive deep into why we chose to build DBOS durable workflow execution on the PostgreSQL DBMS.
Fire hazard of WHY2025 badge due to 18650 Li-Ion cells
wiki.why2025.orgBadge/Fire hazard - WHY2025 wiki
json2dir: a JSON-to-directory converter, a fast alternative to home-manager