Links for 2021-11-10
Tracking neural activity from the same cells during the entire adult life of mice https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.10.29.466524v1
What if the meaning of life is to generate random numbers? The Random Number Generator Hypothesis https://lacker.io/physics/2021/11/08/the-random-number-generator-hypothesis.html
New Spiking Neuromorphic Chip Could Usher in an Era of Highly Efficient AI https://singularityhub.com/2021/11/09/new-spiking-neuromorphic-chip-could-usher-in-an-era-of-highly-efficient-ai/
Intel launches its next-generation neuromorphic processor—so, what’s that again? https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/09/understanding-neuromorphic-computing-and-why-intels-excited-about-it/
How Mice Transmitted Turbocharged Immune Systems to Their Offspring Through Sperm https://singularityhub.com/2021/11/02/how-mice-transmitted-turbocharged-immune-systems-to-their-offspring-through-sperm/
Turing Complete is a game about computer science. https://turingcomplete.game/
"EditGAN: High-Precision Semantic Image Editing", Ling et al 2021 {Nvidia} https://nv-tlabs.github.io/editGAN/
Drag-and-drop genome insertion without DNA cleavage with CRISPR-directed integrases https://biorxiv.org/cgi/content/short/2021.11.01.466786v1
Excessive veto power is holding back progress in the United States https://www.williamrinehart.com/2021/vetocracies/
“Oil and gas drillers can use their NEPA exemption to get better and better at drilling for fossil fuels, but geothermal exploration does not have the same advantage.” slowboring.com/p/unleash-energy
Powerful evidence for evolution: Human babies are occasionally born with tails. The tails represent the persistence of the prenatal tails we all have between the fourth and sixth week of life. This paper documents a recent case. https://sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213576621000233
Sweden finally publishes new immigrant crime rate data, which shows no surprises kirkegaard.substack.com/p/sweden-finally-publishes-new-immigrant
A supply chain attack against a Node.js library (UA-Parser-JS) installs crypto miners and trojans for stealing passwords on Linux and Windows systems. https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/popular-npm-library-hijacked-to-install-password-stealers-miners/