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1.
Google’s copying of the Java SE API was fair use
supremecourt.gov •
4058 points
2.
Moderna and BioNTech mRNA sequences
github.com •
1242 points
•
1 citation
3.
Everyone wants to do the model work, not the data work
storage.googleapis.com •
355 points
4.
“I'll Finish It This Week” and Other Lies
arxiv.org •
302 points
5.
Factoring 2048 RSA integers in 177 days with 13436 qubits and multimode memory
arxiv.org •
242 points
6.
Retrospective review of Gödel, Escher, Bach
cs.nyu.edu •
200 points
7.
The matrix calculus you need for deep learning
arxiv.org •
167 points
8.
Ada for the C++ and Java Developer
learn.adacore.com •
152 points
9.
So You Want to Do an Infrastructure Package
niskanencenter.org •
139 points
10.
A Guide to Writing Mathematics
web.cs.ucdavis.edu •
131 points
11.
Flight incident: Passengers titled ‘Miss’ counted as children
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk •
114 points
•
2 citations
12.
The Economist's Style Guide
cdn.static-economist.com •
128 points
13.
BPF for storage: an exokernel-inspired approach
arxiv.org •
122 points
14.
The TeX tuneup of 2021
tug.org •
120 points
15.
Python 3 Types in the Wild: A Tale of Two Type Systems
cs.rpi.edu •
105 points
16.
Modern Code Review: A Case Study at Google
sback.it •
103 points
17.
Autotools: A Tutorial
elinux.org •
100 points
18.
Underproduction: An Approach for Measuring Risk in Open Source Software
arxiv.org •
99 points
19.
Porting OpenBSD to RISC-V Final Report
github.com •
92 points
20.
Why Software Jewels Are Rare
cse.msu.edu •
92 points
21.
Tracking Users Across the Web via TLS Session Resumption
svs.informatik.uni-hamburg.de •
91 points
22.
Why was cycling not included in the ancient Olympics?
web.stanford.edu •
87 points
23.
Pressure-induced high-temperature superconductivity retained at ambient
arxiv.org •
86 points
24.
Non–line-of-sight imaging over 1.43km
pnas.org •
80 points
25.
The Fortran I Compiler
web.stanford.edu •
71 points
26.
A Mathematical Trivium
physics.montana.edu •
69 points
27.
Laser: Learning a Latent Action Space for Efficient Reinforcement Learning
arxiv.org •
65 points
28.
Proofs, Computability, Undecidability, Complexity, and the Lambda Calculus
cis.upenn.edu •
57 points
29.
Exercise elicits superior metabolic effects in the afternoon compared to morning
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov •
55 points
30.
Domain/OS Design Principles
bitsavers.org •
55 points
31.
State in Haskell
microsoft.com •
54 points
32.
What are the chances of a third world war?
fooledbyrandomness.com •
54 points
33.
Reality as a Vector in Hilbert Space
arxiv.org •
51 points
34.
Zaphod Beeblebrox's Brain and the 59th row of Pascal's Triangle
dms.umontreal.ca •
50 points
35.
The Transformer Network for the Traveling Salesman Problem
arxiv.org •
49 points
36.
Pessimal Algorithms and Simplexity Analysis
mipmip.org •
47 points
37.
The Edges of Our Universe
arxiv.org •
46 points
38.
The Commodore 64 Home Companion
datassette.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com •
46 points
39.
Combinators: A Centennial View
arxiv.org •
43 points
40.
Consistent Overhead Byte Stuffing
stuartcheshire.org •
38 points
41.
Preview: IBM z/OS v2.5
ibm.com •
38 points
42.
Behavior Trees in Robotics and AI
arxiv.org •
36 points
43.
Dear Young Artist
stephenshore.net •
34 points
44.
An Axiomatic Basis for Computer Programming
cs.toronto.edu •
28 points
•
1 citation
45.
Security analysis of AMD predictive store forwarding
amd.com •
27 points
•
1 citation
46.
How to Color in a Coloring Book – Algorithm
web.media.mit.edu •
27 points
47.
Robust Soldier Crab Ball Gate
wpmedia.wolfram.com •
26 points
48.
Packets in packets: in-band signaling attack for modern radios
static.usenix.org •
25 points
49.
Segcache: A memory-efficient and scalable key-value cache for small objects
usenix.org •
24 points
50.
A Critique of Common Lisp
dreamsongs.com •
23 points
51.
History of Logo
escholarship.org •
23 points
52.
P ≠ NP Provable in PA
arxiv.org •
17 points
53.
The MANIAC 1 documentation
bitsavers.org •
14 points
54.
Covid 19 RNA based vaccines and the risk of prion disease
scivisionpub.com •
14 points
55.
Mobile Handset Privacy: Measuring the Data Sent to Apple and Google
scss.tcd.ie •
11 points
•
3 citations
56.
National Security Commission on AI Report
nscai.gov •
13 points
57.
Remote work could allow companies to shift RE expenses onto employees.
nber.org •
13 points
58.
Cross-validation: what does it estimate and how well does it do it?
arxiv.org •
13 points
59.
Certifying Multimedia News Content for Fake News Defense
arxiv.org •
12 points
60.
Kepler's Goat Herd: An Exact Solution for Elliptical Orbit Evolution
arxiv.org •
12 points
61.
This World of Ours
scholar.harvard.edu •
10 points
62.
Key-CRDT Stores
run.unl.pt •
10 points
63.
Magritte: A Language for Pipe-Based Programming
files.jneen.net •
8 points
64.
The Case of the Undying Debt
chicagofed.org •
7 points
65.
Why is AI hard and Physics simple?
arxiv.org •
7 points
66.
Geometric Unity: Author’s Working Draft v1.0
geometricunity.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com •
6 points
•
2 citations
67.
Research: Self-supervised learning methods are subject to evolutionary pressures
arxiv.org •
6 points
68.
The science against mass vaccination during a pandemic (viral immune escape)
mcusercontent.com •
6 points
69.
You Are Not Done Yet – checklist
thebraidytester.com •
6 points
70.
Slow Tuesday Night by R.A. Lafferty
fcusd.org •
6 points
71.
Security and Privacy of Apple's Crowd-Sourced Bluetooth Location Tracking System
arxiv.org •
6 points
72.
Reproducible Builds: Increasing the Integrity of Software Supply Chains
arxiv.org •
6 points
73.
I, Pencil
fee.org •
6 points
74.
Starlink's application for blanket-licensed Earth stations in motion
fcc.report •
5 points
•
2 citations
75.
Evaluating the performance of open source static analysis tools
cs.ru.nl •
5 points