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Proofs for a price: Tomorrow’s ultra-rigorous mathematical culture. ~ Silvia De Toffoli. ams.org/journals/bull/… #Math #ITP

Who will make AlphaFold3 open source? Scientists race to crack AI model nature.com/articles/d4158…

Can you train a generative model using only noisy data? If you can, this would alleviate the issue of training data memorization plaguing certain genAI models. In exciting work with @giannis_daras and @AlexGDimakis we show how to do this for diffusion-based generative models.

#Exercitium: Máxima suma de caminos en un triángulo. glc.us.es/~jalonso/exerc… #Haskell #Python #Matemáticas

Foundational integration verification of a cryptographic server. ~ Andres Erbsen, Jade Philipoom, Dustin Jamner, Ashley Lin, Samuel Gruetter, Clément Pit-Claudel & Adam Chlipala. samuelgruetter.net/assets/garaged… #ITP #Coq

As in the dir listing, the Go exe comes in at ~100x for default and ~80 times larger than the c++ even when using ldflags "-w". That is very poor optimization in Go. FFS! ( #ethereum p2p client ?!!)

Comparing exe size, in the go language with c++. In both cases, same fn, one in Go and one in C++. First, standard Go build used, then the option ldflags "-w", strips the debug we can strip the debug information from the Go compiled exe.

"Ultimately the computers will be able to make formal proofs and operate symbolically the way we do now in thinking about mathematics. There's no question at all." – Stanislaw Ulam (1909–1984) #quote #mathematics #maths #math

There we can some of the go-lang memory management code. This is the reason for the code apparent code bloat seen in go. Remember this represents the "real" final generated code, not the high level language expression with syntax sugar !

Of course, this is interesting because the main ethereum network client is written in go! Interesting language because it includes built in memory management but I wouldn't use it for anything serious.

For the same essentially the program in C++ and go, I took a peek at what the end product object code is. Both are just a loop test which should optimize out. However only gcc object code is! ... For the other I took a peak at the go-lang generated code which was not.

AI Mathematical Olympiad – Progress Prize Competition now open. ~ Terence Tao (@tao@mathstodon.xyz). terrytao.wordpress.com/2024/04/02/ai-… #AI #Math

The Data General Eclipse was a popular line of 16-bit minicomputers released in 1974. These were large systems as the S/280 photo shows. The 32-bit Eclipse MV/8000 (1980) was the subject of the Pulitzer prize-winning book "The Soul of a New Machine". 1/10

Sixty years ago today, IBM announced the System/360, a line of computers that took over the computer industry. The big idea was that all the systems were compatible and supported all applications (a 360° range from business to scientific). 1/9

The total solar eclipse will be live streamed by NASA tv tomorrow. plus.nasa.gov/banner/2024-to…

7 planets and a comet will be visible to coincide with the solar eclipse on April 8 Credits: From astroaventura.net

The IBM 1401 was the most popular computer of the early 1960s, with over 10,000 built. Renting for $2500 a month, it made a computer affordable to medium-sized businesses. You can see one in operation @ComputerHistory. But what if the computer suddenly stops turning on? 1/10

Comet 12P (Pons-Brooks) tonight (evening of April 5th It's been 4 days since the outburst occurred. The area around the comet's nucleus has a complex appearance. Courtesy Comet Watch

‘Mini liver’ will grow in person’s own lymph node in bold new trial nature.com/articles/d4158…

Strong gusts of wind, comet at 11° altitude - but very good transparency Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks Location: Martinsberg, Lower Austria Courtesy Gerald Rhemann.