The second box
Featuring a casually unexpected Nobel-worthy sensation from Deepmind.
A physical portable terminal nobody asked for
It even has a built-in printer. How can something be so useless and so much craved after? It feels like it has popped out of a cyberpunk movie, like Blade Runner.
A procedural subway simulator
I somehow love these indie gems that do one thing and they do it really well.
https://colorfiction.itch.io/nightline
Free programming, data science and AI books
They are free to download as PDF. Now I just have to grab a Remarkable tablet :) This one caught my eye. Quickly flipping through it, it covers most topics to have a basic understanding and not omitting the math either.
Deepmind did it again, they solved protein folding!
In their announcement, they claim to have achieved a highly accurate model that can predict the folding of protein structures in 3D.
Why this is a big deal? Mostly because protein folding is an incredibly complex challenge. Predicting their structures are important since they provide the machinery of a living organism. If we can understand how they work better then we cure diseases much faster and cheaper and unlock new realms in medicine.
I imagine it as having access to a tool that automatically generates documentation for random executables found on GitHub.
Here’s a very lightweight article on proteins from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. Why does a space agency talk about this? They have to grow protein crystals in space to perform measurements to gain insights into their structure.
1940’s street view map on New York
Between 1939 and 1941, the Works Progress Administration collaborated with the New York City Tax Department to collect photographs of most buildings in the five boroughs of New York City. In 2018, the NYC Municipal Archives completed the digitization and tagging of these photos. This website places them on a map.
Zoom in! Every dot is a photo.
Painting with maths
Inigo Quilez is a genius who can pull images out of his head just by visualizing some high-school level equations. This is utterly simplifying, of course, Michelangelo had a hammer and chisel at his disposal. To me, this is the same level of mastery.
His channel has a lot more content starting from the very basics.
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