23 February 2026

Anthropic just dropped a site where you can submit your code and they'll use their AI to check it for security vulnerabilities. Nice way to get a peek at other companies' code. But this isn't something that you can just download and use in your own private environment. So other companies will have to rely on their own in-house talent.

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With AI, numbers that are calculated are sometimes very small or very large, and the existing number representations are no longer satisfactory. So "takums were developed. Takum was derived from the icelandic words “takmarkað umfang” which means "limited range".

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Are AI-generated faces realistic or fake-looking? Super-recognizers can tell the difference.

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The GRE is Dystopian. This person thinks it's too easy. Despite this, today's teacher applicants perform near the bottom of all GRE test takers.
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Why do some places on Earth get far more solar eclipses than others?  Every spot on earth can see a solar eclipse – but some areas are indeed more advantaged.

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The Pentagon is going to meet with Anthropic to put pressure on the AI company to let it use its technology as they desire. This is basically tacitly acknowledging the Anthropic is the best. I don't think the Pentagon trusts the tech of OpenAI or Google. Certainly not Meta.

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Most Oregonians are from somewhere else. And those places are California and foreign countries. This explains their dumb and often anti-American politics. So screwed.
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Wow! Phil Knight just gave Providence's Heart Institute a cool $75 million. There are good docs there, who will put it to good use.

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