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[ad_1] An interesting thing about humans is that they are not good random number generators.If you ask a person to “pick a random number between 1 and 100”, they are remarkably predictable. Answers cluster on 37 and 73, on “messy” numbers, and on memes like 42 and 69, while round numbers are quietly avoided. A … Read More “exmergo/research-chatgpt-guesses-between-1-and-100: When asked to pick a random number between 1 and 100, ChatGPT does not follow a random uniform distribution · GitHub” »

[ad_1] Yesterday, Xiaomi announced the 17 Max, and today there’s already a full teardown / disassembly video on YouTube showing all of its insides, courtesy of the Chinese channel WekiHome. While the video is in Chinese, we find YouTube’s English language captions very good, so make sure you turn them on if you don’t speak … Read More “Xiaomi 17 Max gets disassembled on video” »

[ad_1] The internet is now a must-have for streaming movies, shopping for deals online and working. You likely have an opinion about your internet service provider, and we want to hear it — the good and the bad.  We’re bringing back People’s Picks to ask you which internet service provider you can count on. During the month of … Read More “Does Your Internet Hold Up to Its Promise? Vote in the 2026 People’s Picks Awards” »

[ad_1] Out of all the migrations I help teams with, Go to Rust is a bit of an outlier. It’s not a question of “is Rust faster?” or “does Rust have types?”, Go already gets you most of the way there. The discussion is mostly about correctness guarantees, runtime tradeoffs, and developer ergonomics. A quick … Read More “Migrating from Go to Rust” »

[ad_1] Spotify has introduced a new feature called Personal Podcast, which lets users generate private AI-powered podcasts. These personalized podcasts can also be scheduled and will be tailored to the user’s interests and listening habits. Users will soon be able to create these podcasts directly within the Spotify app through the new Personal Podcast feature. … Read More “Spotify's new Personal Podcast feature lets you create podcasts with text prompts” »