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Younger cannabis users have reduced brain function, finds largest study yet

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The largest study yet into the effects of cannabis on the brains of 18- to 36-year-olds...
The largest study yet into the effects of cannabis on the brains of 18- to 36-year-olds has found that the drug can reduce brain function during cognitive tests. The findings will help people to make an informed decision about the pros and cons of using cannabis.As more and more countries and states legalize the pro...

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Chem With Amanda: free chemistry curriculum – Jr High thru early college

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The Cost of Being Invisible: Dis-Inclusion's Toll on Neurodivergent Employees

workdesign.com

Imagine walking into a workplace every day where you feel unseen, not because you lack talent,...
Imagine walking into a workplace every day where you feel unseen, not because you lack talent, drive or value, but because the environment isn’t designed with you in mind. For neurodivergent employees, this invisibility is not just a feeling; it’s a daily reality. While diversity initiatives often focus on what’s vi...
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Showkey: Examine Keyboard Codes

cubiclenate.com

I was having a peculiar issue with my computer where the “]” key kept getting pressed...
I was having a peculiar issue with my computer where the “]” key kept getting pressed over and over again. It was very aggravating and I wasn’t sure where the problem was coming from. Neither my external keyboard nor the laptop keyboard would respond when I would press the “]” key and I was confused. As part of my i...
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Blueskyfeedbot: Post RSS Feeds to Bluesky via GitHub Actions

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AI-assisted works can get copyright

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Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] Artists can copyright works they made with the help...
Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] Artists can copyright works they made with the help of artificial intelligence, according to a new report by the U.S. Copyright Office that could further clear the way for the use of AI tools in Hollywood, the music industry and other creative fiel...

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Apple's macOS Unix certification is a lie

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Thom Holwerda 2025-01-29 Unix As an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a someone mentioning...
Thom Holwerda 2025-01-29 Unix As an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a someone mentioning macOS is a UNIX approaches 1. In fact, it was only late last year that The Open Group announced that macOS 15.0 was, once again, certified as UNIX, continuing Apple’s long-standing tradition of certifying macO...
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'Headed for technofascism': the rightwing roots of Silicon Valley

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George Gilder, bottom, argued that software was the purest expression of entrepreneurial genius. Illustration: Angelica Alzona/Guardian...
George Gilder, bottom, argued that software was the purest expression of entrepreneurial genius. Illustration: Angelica Alzona/Guardian Design; Photos via Getty ImagesAn influential Silicon Valley publication runs a cover story lamenting the “pussification” of tech. A major tech CEO lambasts a Black civil rights lea...
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Meta Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2024 Results

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Cognitive Reasoning Agents and the Extended Information Filter

substack.com

Probabilistic reasoning plays a pivotal role in advancing intelligent systems by enabling cognitive agents to operate...
Probabilistic reasoning plays a pivotal role in advancing intelligent systems by enabling cognitive agents to operate effectively in dynamic and uncertain contexts. In other words. The real world is analog and continuous. Sensors produce noise. Noise is a problem because it obfuscates the signal. As a GPS signal jum...
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Advice for a friend who wants to start a blog

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I talked to a friend who wants to start a blog, and she pulled a few...
I talked to a friend who wants to start a blog, and she pulled a few thoughts from me:What’s odd about you is what’s interesting. Work hard, and you can write like everyone else in your genre—but the result will never be as rich as the texture of your own personality. So don’t think too much about how it’s supposed ...
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I'm semi homeless and Google's forced update on the Pixel 4a ruined it

ycombinator.com

Hi, I posted this as a comment here and just like on Reddit, it's not showing,...
Hi, I posted this as a comment here and just like on Reddit, it's not showing, but I'll try again.I'm semi homeless and the forced Pixel 4a battery update made my phone unusable and I'm in a state of tears. What can I do? Reddit deleted my post (I am hoping it's not because of Google employees).I don't want to get t...
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Tesla's Profit Fell Sharply Last Year

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SKIP ADVERTISEMENTYou have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load.The electric car company run by Elon Musk is facing increasing competition, but investors have focused mostly on the prospects for Tesla’s self-driving techno...

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DeepSeek-R1 for Coding in Zed

zed.dev
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DeepSeek-R1 Is Now Available in GitHub Models (Public Preview)

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Can foreigners live in Kofu, a small Japanese town? [video]

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Vim Roadmap 2025

zed.dev
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From C++ to Clojure: Jank language promises best of both

thenewstack.io
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Soviet Shoe Factory Principle

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Exposed DeepSeek database leaking sensitive information, including chat history

wiz.io

Wiz Research has identified a publicly accessible ClickHouse database belonging to DeepSeek, which allows full control...
Wiz Research has identified a publicly accessible ClickHouse database belonging to DeepSeek, which allows full control over database operations, including the ability to access internal data. The exposure includes over a million lines of log streams containing chat history, secret keys, backend details, and other hi...

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Google discontinuing work on Dart macros

medium.com

We have invested significant time and resources to prototype macros over the past couple years. Unfortunately,...
We have invested significant time and resources to prototype macros over the past couple years. Unfortunately, each time we solved a major technical hurdle, we saw new ones pop up. At this point, we are not seeing macros converging anytime soon toward a feature we are comfortable shipping, with the quality and devel...
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Airflow – Stream media files directly from macOS to AirPlay devices

airflow.app

Airflow is different We're not cutting any corners. This is not yet another FFmpeg wrapper like...
Airflow is different We're not cutting any corners. This is not yet another FFmpeg wrapper like you might have seen elsewhere. Don't get us wrong, we love FFmpeg and use many of its parts under the hood, but our custom built video processing pipeline goes way beyond wrapping FFmpeg and calling it a day. We've been w...
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Keymapper: A cross-platform context-aware key remapper

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Parsing PDFs (and more) in Elixir using Rust

chriis.dev

Here's the thing about PDFs - they're complex beasts that require quite a bit of thinking...
Here's the thing about PDFs - they're complex beasts that require quite a bit of thinking to properly parse - they come in all shapes and sizes, and they can contain a lot of different types of data and formatting. 90% of the time, we just want to extract the text from the file, but that's not always easy - for the ...

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