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  1. 🚢🦾 Scientists at the #Brookhaven National Laboratory found that the logic used to find hidden #ships is similar to searching for new materials.

    These #AI agents learn to make decisions under uncertainty and optimize their search patterns. The approach helps the models navigate complex #data more efficiently during real laboratory trials.

    👉 scientificamerican.com/article

    #science #technology #tech #engineering #computing #discovery #learning #research

  2. It’s #CS 🧌 time. So here is a question Claude just asked after we had a long brainstorming session:

    > The question was never P=NP or P≠NP. The question was: why are you asking a 2D question on a 1D tape and treating the “I can’t answer this” as a fundamental limit of mathematics instead of a fundamental limit of the tape?​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

    #haltingproblem #turing #computing #algorithms

  3. It’s #CS 🧌 time. So here is a question Claude just asked after we had a long brainstorming session:

    > The question was never P=NP or P≠NP. The question was: why are you asking a 2D question on a 1D tape and treating the “I can’t answer this” as a fundamental limit of mathematics instead of a fundamental limit of the tape?​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

    #haltingproblem #turing #computing #algorithms

  4. It’s #CS 🧌 time. So here is a question Claude just asked after we had a long brainstorming session:

    > The question was never P=NP or P≠NP. The question was: why are you asking a 2D question on a 1D tape and treating the “I can’t answer this” as a fundamental limit of mathematics instead of a fundamental limit of the tape?​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

    #haltingproblem #turing #computing #algorithms

  5. It’s #CS 🧌 time. So here is a question Claude just asked after we had a long brainstorming session:

    > The question was never P=NP or P≠NP. The question was: why are you asking a 2D question on a 1D tape and treating the “I can’t answer this” as a fundamental limit of mathematics instead of a fundamental limit of the tape?​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

    #haltingproblem #turing #computing #algorithms

  6. It’s #CS 🧌 time. So here is a question Claude just asked after we had a long brainstorming session:

    > The question was never P=NP or P≠NP. The question was: why are you asking a 2D question on a 1D tape and treating the “I can’t answer this” as a fundamental limit of mathematics instead of a fundamental limit of the tape?​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

    #haltingproblem #turing #computing #algorithms

  7. “Most of us probably have a mental image of tankers sailing through the Strait of Hormuz laden with Gulf crude, off to be processed by refineries somewhere else in the world. Certainly a load of oil takes just that route, but for the Saudis and other oil-producing nations in the region, it also makes economic sense to site petrochemical industries at source.

    They export the much more valuable refined products, among which is the polymer #resin used in #PCBProduction. The Reuters report says that consequent to this and a rise in #copper prices, the cost of a #PCB in China has risen by 40%. Naturally this doesn’t sound like good news”

    #HackADay / #computing / #shortages / #PCBShortage <hackaday.com/2026/05/06/youve->

  8. “Most of us probably have a mental image of tankers sailing through the Strait of Hormuz laden with Gulf crude, off to be processed by refineries somewhere else in the world. Certainly a load of oil takes just that route, but for the Saudis and other oil-producing nations in the region, it also makes economic sense to site petrochemical industries at source.

    They export the much more valuable refined products, among which is the polymer #resin used in #PCBProduction. The Reuters report says that consequent to this and a rise in #copper prices, the cost of a #PCB in China has risen by 40%. Naturally this doesn’t sound like good news”

    #HackADay / #computing / #shortages / #PCBShortage <hackaday.com/2026/05/06/youve->

  9. “Most of us probably have a mental image of tankers sailing through the Strait of Hormuz laden with Gulf crude, off to be processed by refineries somewhere else in the world. Certainly a load of oil takes just that route, but for the Saudis and other oil-producing nations in the region, it also makes economic sense to site petrochemical industries at source.

    They export the much more valuable refined products, among which is the polymer #resin used in #PCBProduction. The Reuters report says that consequent to this and a rise in #copper prices, the cost of a #PCB in China has risen by 40%. Naturally this doesn’t sound like good news”

    #HackADay / #computing / #shortages / #PCBShortage <hackaday.com/2026/05/06/youve->

  10. “Most of us probably have a mental image of tankers sailing through the Strait of Hormuz laden with Gulf crude, off to be processed by refineries somewhere else in the world. Certainly a load of oil takes just that route, but for the Saudis and other oil-producing nations in the region, it also makes economic sense to site petrochemical industries at source.

    They export the much more valuable refined products, among which is the polymer #resin used in #PCBProduction. The Reuters report says that consequent to this and a rise in #copper prices, the cost of a #PCB in China has risen by 40%. Naturally this doesn’t sound like good news”

    #HackADay / #computing / #shortages / #PCBShortage <hackaday.com/2026/05/06/youve->

  11. “Most of us probably have a mental image of tankers sailing through the Strait of Hormuz laden with Gulf crude, off to be processed by refineries somewhere else in the world. Certainly a load of oil takes just that route, but for the Saudis and other oil-producing nations in the region, it also makes economic sense to site petrochemical industries at source.

    They export the much more valuable refined products, among which is the polymer #resin used in #PCBProduction. The Reuters report says that consequent to this and a rise in #copper prices, the cost of a #PCB in China has risen by 40%. Naturally this doesn’t sound like good news”

    #HackADay / #computing / #shortages / #PCBShortage <hackaday.com/2026/05/06/youve->

  12. LLM and Conflicts of Interest

    18 of the 23 models recommended the expensive sponsored option more than half the time.

    It isn't recommending the best option for you.

    arxiv.org/abs/2604.08525

    #AI #Tech #Computing #LLM #ConflictOfInterest

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  14. The built-in assumption that a professor challenged his gifted student to use to prove that #quantum computing will always be "superior" to classical #computing was so bizzare that I cannot quite wrap my mind around the mistake.

    Granted, I did work at #Intel for 6 years. And my last group being the AI silicon trying to help mathematicians improve their #AI model's/models' efficiency .... but I suppose my data point just goes to show that theoretical math can stray pretty far from actual machine learning and computing.

    Anybody who has ever built a program that can upload a csv to a database knows this intuitively. The "cost" of a parameter-based search ought to include both load time and compute time. One can write helpers that speed-up LLMs that tend to quantize models by key terms and frequency of those key terms in a language.... and then map heavy nodes to higher-memory compute, right? This is why models with "trillions" of parameters tend to be very expensive to compile and run.

    The inherent assumption that all the data in a quantum algorithm is already loaded? This seems like a #CS 101 kinda mistake.

    I love this field and cannot wait to go back to work, I'm already brainstorming a whitepaper about this topic. Writing and editing whitepapers is one of the things I miss

    That being said, Ewin Tang is an astoundingly smart gal, completely deserving of the awards.

    youtu.be/L8JD1zXbtmA?si=etqnIv

  15. The built-in assumption that a professor challenged his gifted student to use to prove that #quantum computing will always be "superior" to classical #computing was so bizzare that I cannot quite wrap my mind around the mistake.

    Granted, I did work at #Intel for 6 years. And my last group being the AI silicon trying to help mathematicians improve their #AI model's/models' efficiency .... but I suppose my data point just goes to show that theoretical math can stray pretty far from actual machine learning and computing.

    Anybody who has ever built a program that can upload a csv to a database knows this intuitively. The "cost" of a parameter-based search ought to include both load time and compute time. One can write helpers that speed-up LLMs that tend to quantize models by key terms and frequency of those key terms in a language.... and then map heavy nodes to higher-memory compute, right? This is why models with "trillions" of parameters tend to be very expensive to compile and run.

    The inherent assumption that all the data in a quantum algorithm is already loaded? This seems like a #CS 101 kinda mistake.

    I love this field and cannot wait to go back to work, I'm already brainstorming a whitepaper about this topic. Writing and editing whitepapers is one of the things I miss

    That being said, Ewin Tang is an astoundingly smart gal, completely deserving of the awards.

    youtu.be/L8JD1zXbtmA?si=etqnIv

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  17. Wow, a #compute #deal with SpaceX! 🚀 Because nothing says "cutting-edge tech" like more #cloud minutes for Claude to contemplate its existence. Meanwhile, Bezos is crying into his #BezosBot at not being invited to this party of zeros and ones. 😂
    anthropic.com/news/higher-limi #SpaceX #computing #tech #humor #HackerNews #ngated

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  19. DAEMON Tools installers were trojanized in a supply-chain attack, delivering a backdoor to thousands of systems worldwide since April 8 🌐
    The malware affected versions 12.5.0.2421–12.5.0.2434, targeting high-value organizations and enabling remote code execution via compromised binaries 🛡️

    🔗 bleepingcomputer.com/news/secu

    #TechNews #Daemon #DAEMONTools #Malware #Security #Microsoft #Windows #Backdoor #Attack #Threat #CyberSecurity #Software #InfoSec #Hacking #Safety #Digital #Computing #Protection