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Cake day: March 31st, 2025

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  • waaaaay less impressive when you take a look inside

    Once Evo got familiar with the genomes of Phi X-174 and its kin, the researchers prompted the model to write new versions of its own. Evo generated 700,000 potential versions; the scientists pursued only the ones that looked as if they had the best odds of succeeding.

    They ended up making DNA molecules from 285 of Evo’s suggested sequences. […] All told, they discovered that 16 of Evo’s genomes produced viable new viruses.

    Dr. Crook cautioned that Evo’s viruses were not radically new creations. They tend to be very similar to natural species, relying on the same underlying biology.

    look out for breathless boosters “warning” everyone that ai will kill us all and it’s definitely not used as a marketing strategy







  • if power electronics get a bit better than they are now, we could switch to DC power transmission and DC/DC converters instead of transformers. bunch of infrastructure could be replaced one by one, but benefit is slight except for already used undersea cables

    but on generation side, it’s either photovoltaics or spin a magnet




  • It’s easier to see that this circuit is rather symmetric when you redraw it

    Then with both switches closed blue wire (the one in the middle) should only carry small current. If both halves are exactly the same it should be zero

    In general when circuit doesn’t include nonlinear components (semiconductors most commonly) you can sum two valid solutions and you’ll get another valid solution. Note that when one switch is closed, current in blue wire goes one way and when the other is closed, in opposite way