Amish Men Live Longer
Articles Amish Men Live Longer Abstract This study examines differences in the longevity of Amish men compared to the men within the general population of the United States. Data for this analysis comes from the 1965 Ohio Amish directory, specifically the birth and death dates of men from the Holmes County settlement. Amish men’s longevity […]
Folks, we have the best π
And some novel ideas for bicycle wheel design. In the past couple of months, I published a number of articles on recreational math. I did my best to keep them accessible and fun, but my goal was usually to shed light at deeper mathematical truths. For example, the discussion of 0.999… = 1 served as […]
Celestia – real-time 3D visualization of space
Loading… Why am I seeing this? You are seeing this because the administrator of this website has set up Anubis to protect the server against the scourge of AI companies aggressively scraping websites. This can and does cause downtime for the websites, which makes their resources inaccessible for everyone. Anubis is a compromise. Anubis uses […]
Omarchy on CachyOS
1. Introduction This project provides an installation script for implementing DHH’s Omarchy configuration on top of CachyOS. Omarchy is an ‘opinionated’ desktop setup, based on Hyprland, that emphasizes simplicity and productivity, while CachyOS offers a performance-optimized Arch Linux distribution. 2. What This Script Does and Does Not Do This installation script does the following three […]
Starlink is currently experiencing a service outage
Starlink Mini Starlink Mini is a compact, portable kit that can easily fit in a backpack, designed to provide high-speed, low-latency internet on the go. It includes a built-in WiFi router, lower power consumption, DC power input, and max download speeds over 100 Mbps. Learn More
“Hello, Is This Anna?”: Unpacking the Lifecycle of Pig-Butchering Scams
Abstract:Pig-butchering scams have emerged as a complex form of fraud that combines elements of romance, investment fraud, and advanced social engineering tactics to systematically exploit victims. In this paper, we present the first qualitative analysis of pig-butchering scams, informed by in-depth semi-structured interviews with $N=26$ victims. We capture nuanced, first-hand accounts from victims, providing insight […]
Language Models Pack Billions of Concepts into 12,000 Dimensions
In a recent 3Blue1Brown video series on transformer models, Grant Sanderson posed a fascinating question: How can a relatively modest embedding space of 12,288 dimensions (GPT-3) accommodate millions of distinct real-world concepts? The answer lies at the intersection of high-dimensional geometry and a remarkable mathematical result known as the Johnson-Lindenstrauss lemma. While exploring this question, […]
Not all browsers perform revocation checking
NOTE: Depending on your browser this page may not display as revoked. Not all browsers perform revocation checking. Let’s Encrypt is a certificate authority. We created this page to demonstrate a revoked certificate that chains to our ISRG Root X1 certificate. Get involved Let’s Encrypt is a community-driven project. We would love for you to […]
Which NPM package has the largest version number?
/* This script uses Bun specific APIs and should be executed directly with Bun */ import fs from “node:fs/promises” import process from “node:process” async function main() { const NUM_TO_PRINT = 20 const packageIds = await fetchPackageIds() const packageData = await fetchAllPackageData(packageIds) const normalizedPackageData = normalizePackageData(packageData) const packagsByNumOfVersions = packageData.toSorted((a, b) => b.versions.length – a.versions.length) // […]