Fundamentals of circadian entrainment by light (2021)(journals.sagepub.com)

5 points by NaOH 21 days ago | 0 comments

A 2021 SAGE journal article reviewing the fundamentals of how light entrains the human circadian clock; the capture shows a Cloudflare verification page.

Make a 6-Tesla-class high-temperature superconducting dipole magnet at 4.2 K(journals.aps.org)

43 points by supermagnet 2 months ago | 11 comments

Associative learning turns DEET from aversive to appetitive in Aedes aegypti(journals.biologists.com)

62 points by croes 5 months ago | 30 comments

Caffeine and Cardiovascular Disease: Aha Scientific Statement(ahajournals.org)

11 points by brandonb 3 months ago | 0 comments

Car Seats as Contraception(journals.uchicago.edu)

58 points by CGMthrowaway 6 months ago | 78 comments

Semaglutide linked to lower predicted dementia risk(alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com)

469 points by randycupertino 2 months ago | 370 comments

A Wiley Alzheimer's & Dementia journal article on semaglutide's association with lower predicted dementia risk; the capture shows a Cloudflare verification page.

System design and the cost of architectural complexity (2013)(dspace.mit.edu)

423 points by damethos 3 years ago | 152 comments

MIT doctoral thesis by Daniel Sturtevant measuring how architectural complexity in software systems affects defect density, developer productivity, and staff turnover.

Most people prefer traditional architecture(worksinprogress.news)

332 points by alihm 1 month ago | 285 comments

A Works in Progress newsletter essay by Samuel Hughes arguing that people broadly agree in preferring traditional architecture over modern styles.

City building games have a Soul Problem pt.2(radical-elements.com)

150 points by lexx 23 days ago | 143 comments

Blog post by Alex Lingris, the second part of an essay arguing city-building games like Cities: Skylines 2 lack soul.

Diffusion models from scratch, from a new theoretical perspective(chenyang.co)

342 points by jxmorris12 2 years ago | 36 comments

A tutorial blog post by Chenyang Yuan explaining diffusion models from scratch through a new theoretical perspective.

AI demands more engineering discipline. Not less(charitydotwtf.substack.com)

321 points by BerislavLopac 4 months ago | 157 comments

Charity Majors' Substack essay arguing that AI-assisted development requires more engineering discipline, comparing it to the shift from pet servers to immutable infrastructure.

Why Cities: Skylines 2 performs poorly(blog.paavo.me)

779 points by paavohtl 3 years ago | 482 comments

Blog post analyzing the technical reasons behind Cities: Skylines 2's poor performance, including rendering issues beyond overly detailed character teeth.