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The DESI instrument observing the sky from the Nicholas U. Mayall Telescope during a meteor shower KPNO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/R. Sparks Albert Einstein’s theory of general relativity has been proven right on the largest scale yet. An analysis of millions of galaxies shows that the way they have evolved and clustered over billions of years is consistent with […]
Moumita Bhattacharya spoke at QCon SF 2024 about state-of-the-art search and ranking systems. She gave an overview of the typical structure of these systems and followed with a deep dive into how Netflix created a single combined model to handle both tasks. Dr. Bhattacharya, a Senior Research Scientist at Netflix, began by outlining the problem […]
How and Why We Migrated Airbnb’s Large-Scale Web Monorepo to Bazel By: Brie Bunge and Sharmila Jesupaul At Airbnb, we’ve recently adopted Bazel — Google’s open source build tool–as our universal build system across backend, web, and iOS platforms. This post will cover our experience adopting Bazel for Airbnb’s large-scale (over 11 million lines of […]
Chef and activist Camilla Marcus discusses what needs to change for us to begin investing in nature, and why strong principles simplify decision-making. In My Regenerative Kitchen, chef Camilla Marcus writes “that the core beauty of life lies in the friction, those moments when discomfort and uncertainty spark an indescribable energy.” As a climate activist, […]
Last December, Hyperloop One, the futuristic transportation company pursuing Elon Musk’s dream of tube-based, airplane-speed travel, announced its shutdown. However, the concept itself has found a new lease on life in a scaled-down version overseas. According to The Verge’s Andrew J. Hawkins, “The hyperloop, in fact, lives on — as a 1/12th scale model in […]
In this special 2-for-1 episode, we offer two segments of rapid-fire fun from the 2024 Masters of Scale Summit. First, Slutty Vegan’s Pinky Cole joins Rapid Response host Bob Safian for a gamified session on capturing consumer attention that delivers lessons on the power of joy, building celebrity, and competing with stalwarts like McDonald’s. Then, ocean […]
Welcome, everyone! Welcome to the 409th episode of the Financial Advisor Success Podcast! My guest on today’s podcast is Travis Hornsby. Travis is the founder of Student Loan Planner, an RIA and student loan consulting company based in Chapel Hill, North Carolina that serves nearly 1,400 households with ongoing financial planning (as well as consulting […]
Michael Shum The Airport Authority plans to raise its investment to HK$100 billion to more than double the scale of Airport City and promote high-end commercial, tourist and leisure activities. The authority also plans to roll out new projects, including a fresh food market, an ecosystem for the art industry, a second phase of AsiaWorld-Expo […]
Damage assessments from UNOSAT estimate that 66% of structures in Gaza are damaged as of September 6, 2024, of which 78% are moderately to severely damaged or destroyed. This is about 128,000 buildings. For scale, Reuters compared the count to all the buildings in Manhattan. Source link
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