Links for 2023-09-14
A neural network can smell like humans do for the first time! https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.09.01.504602v2
Uncovering mesa-optimization algorithms in Transformers: Hypothesizes and verifies that the strong performance of Transformers stems from an architectural bias towards mesa-optimization https://arxiv.org/abs/2309.05858
The promise of hafnia for neuromorphic computing https://www.rug.nl/sciencelinx/nieuws/2023/06/wonderful-and-weird?lang=en
DNA Chips: The Billion Gigabyte Storage Solution of Tomorrow https://www.uni-wuerzburg.de/en/news-and-events/news/detail/news/dnachipsrev/
Copenhagen Atomics Progress to Mass Manufacturing Thorium Reactors and First Reactor in 2028 https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2023/09/copenhagen-atomics-progress-to-mass-manufacturing-thorium-reactors-and-first-reactor-in-2028.html
New Vaccine Can Completely Reverse Autoimmune Diseases Like Multiple Sclerosis, Type 1 Diabetes, and Crohn’s Disease https://pme.uchicago.edu/news/inverse-vaccine-shows-potential-treat-multiple-sclerosis-and-other-autoimmune-diseases
“We observed that several the Gram-negative bacteria exhibited resistance to broad-spectrum antimicrobial agents, including newly developed enzyme-inhibiting antibiotics that are not yet available in the market. Moreover, nearly ten per cent of the samples contained bacteria that demonstrated resistance even to “our last-resort” antibiotic, colistin. While we have encountered similar cases in India and China before, nothing compares to the extent of resistance observed in this study. As much as six per cent of all the samples contained bacteria resistant to every antibiotic we tested,” https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/alarming-antibiotic-resistance-discovered-war-torn-ukraine
"An estimated 20 to 40 million tonnes of lithium metal lie within a volcanic crater... This is notably larger than the lithium deposits found beneath a Bolivian salt flat, previously considered the largest deposit in the world." https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/lithium-discovery-in-us-volcano-could-be-biggest-deposit-ever-found/4018032.article
“1838: a Congressman is shot and killed in a duel over corruption. 1930s: 1 in 4 Americans are unemployed. 1968: riots break out in 130 cities. 1971-2: 2500+ domestic bombings occur...The best explanation for the good old days is a bad memory: America’s divisions were worse in the past (and not just in the run-up to the Civil War)” https://www.wsj.com/articles/america-is-often-a-nation-divided-politics-election-gop-voters-debate-unrest-9100042a?st=cy6ow9iuf4i2oc5 [https://archive.ph/FwNUT]
Check this reply for how it might have been done: https://twitter.com/DachWhale/status/1701446879307854324 (code: https://pastebin.com/R2FLxEGd)
Also: “For more hash fun, check out POC||GTFO 14, a pdf file that's also a zip archive and a NES cartridge. The hash of the file is shown on the front cover, and in the NES emulator.” https://twitter.com/witchof0x20/status/1701333368078774728
Ukraine links:
“Russia has stalled despite sending 50,000 troops to retake the eastern city of Kupyansk, where Ukrainians are holding their ground and maintaining a semblance of normal life.” https://www.wsj.com/world/russia-stalls-in-offensive-to-reverse-ukraines-gains-in-east-a2d5fea8?st=nkut9e9y4et0u3s [https://archive.ph/4uOgN]
Early this morning, Ukrainian drones attacked a military facilities near Yevpatoria in occupied Crimea. https://twitter.com/Osinttechnical/status/1702217513050779876 (Additional footage of a secondary strike/explosion in Russian-occupied Yevpatoriya https://twitter.com/Osinttechnical/status/1702175797673398390)
Putin in an interview with a German public broadcaster in 2008: “Crimea is not a disputed territory. There was no ethnic conflict there, unlike the conflict between South Ossetia and Georgia. Russia has long since recognized the current borders of what is now Ukraine.” https://www-tagesschau-de.translate.goog/ausland/putininterview-ts-104.html?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp
List Of Naval Losses During The Russian Invasion Of Ukraine https://www.oryxspioenkop.com/2022/03/list-of-naval-losses-during-2022.html?m=1
“During the two raids on the gas rig(s) in the Black Sea, Ukrainian SOF may have captured one of the components of the Russian R-330M1P 'Diabazol' automated jamming complex.” https://twitter.com/kromark/status/1701262048015839632
Austrian ex-minister Karin Kneissl moves to Russia with her ponies https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-66795596
Taiwanese Foreign Minister Joseph Wu responds to Elon Musk https://twitter.com/MOFA_Taiwan/status/1701973180666053017