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A short history of India in eight maps
IN HIS DECADE in power Narendra Modi, India’s prime minister, has centralised the state to an unprecedented extent. Yet his ruling Bharatiya Janata Party has failed to attract many voters in the more prosperous south. The regional divergence is not unique to the BJP. Throughout India’s long history, rulers have tried and failed to unite …
Ask HN: Why does an infinite universe mean a duplicate of me?
I’ve heard it said that if the universe is infinite then there must be infinite copies of me out there. But this sounds wrong. Why, in an infinite universe there’s infinite possibilities but within some set of probabilities that make it essentially impossible to duplicate me. Can someone explain this to me? I thought there …
Beware Cultural Drift
Everyone without exception believes his own native customs, and the religion he was brought up in, to be the best.~Herodotus circa. 440 BCE Who or what do you most trust? You might think it’s your parents, spouse, or a teacher. But in fact, you most trust your culture, as you are part of a species, …
French lawmakers vote to ban ‘forever chemicals’ except in cooking utensils
On the eve of the Assemblée Nationale’s examination of his proposed law aimed at protecting the French population from the risks associated with per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), Green MP for Gironde in southwest France, Nicolas Thierry, called on his colleagues to “take action in the face of a major health scandal, perhaps the largest …
‘Oracle of Wall Street’ on why the ‘crisis of the American male’ will send home prices crashing 30%: Gaming, loneliness, and not enough single women buyers
Meredith Whitney, the one-time “Oracle of Wall Street” who predicted the Great Financial Crisis, doesn’t mince her words. Young single men living at home and playing video games are behind a “crisis of the American male,” she explained in an interview with Fortune. Her theory about dateless, spiraling young men ends with home prices declining …
The Electric Vehicle Developmental State
In the late 1970s, Western markets were flooded with Japanese cars from then-unfamiliar brands like Toyota, Mazda, Datsun, and Honda. The combination of a high quality product, efficient fuel consumption, and a low price tag made these brands very popular in the US and Europe in the aftermath of the 1970s oil shock, resulting in …
New technology can keep whales safe from speeding ships
Listen to this story.Enjoy more audio and podcasts on iOS or Android. Your browser does not support the <audio> element. ON MARCH 3rd a whale calf washed ashore in Georgia, on America’s east coast, bearing slash marks characteristic of a ship’s propeller. Less than a month later another whale, a recent mother, was found floating …
A Precise Definition of AGI: Establishing Clear Standards | by Introspectology | Apr, 2024
The article below seeks to provide a robust definition of Artificial General Intelligence (AGI). The outlined criteria encompass a wide array of capabilities, all of which, in practice, are not only extremely difficult but also currently out of reach for existing AI systems. This high benchmark is deliberately set to create a robust and comprehensive …
We discovered an AWS access vulnerability | Stedi
It’s not AWS. There’s no way it’s AWS. It was AWS. We use AWS IAM extensively throughout our codebase. Last year, we extended our use of IAM to build and enforce role-based access control (RBAC) for our customers using AWS Security Token Service (STS), an IAM service you can use to provide temporary access to …
MLB hit with wave of pitcher injuries amid push for velocity, sticky stuff crackdown
The 2023 American League Cy Young Award winner, Gerrit Cole, is on the injured list with elbow trouble. The 2022 AL Cy Young winner, Justin Verlander, is out with shoulder inflammation. The 2021 AL Cy Young winner, Robbie Ray, will miss the first half of the season as he makes his way back from Tommy …
