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How a Fake Pokemon-themed Covid 19 Paper was Published in a Journal

How a Fake Pokemon-themed Covid 19 Paper was Published in a Journal

This article originally appeared on the-scientist.com; however, I found it quite problematic and intriguing at the same time, so I decided to share. This article highlights the pitfalls of predatory research journals, pseudo-science, and boosted citation counts. The majority of what is presented on this website is my own

Stop using RSA: Weak Public Key Encryption

Stop using RSA: Weak Public Key Encryption

RSA is an intrinsically fragile cryptosystem containing countless foot-guns which the average software engineer cannot be expected to avoid. Weak parameters can be difficult, if not impossible, to check, and its poor performance compels developers to take risky shortcuts. Even worse, padding oracle attacks remain rampant 20 years after they

Cancer and Fasting: Caloric Restriction

Cancer and Fasting: Caloric Restriction

Can fasting or calorie restriction help my body fight cancer? Could it also help cancer treatment be more effective? Claim: Fasting and calorie restriction (CR) can slow and even stop the progression of cancer, kill cancer cells, boost the immune system, and significantly improve the effectiveness of chemotherapy and radiation

How billionaire Jack Ma fell to earth and took Ant's mega IPO with him

How billionaire Jack Ma fell to earth and took Ant's mega IPO with him

Corporate China’s shiniest star was just days away from seeing his Ant Group list on the stock market in a record $37 billion deal, when he chose to launch a blistering public attack on the country’s financial watchdogs and banks. The regulatory system was stifling innovation and must

Justice Department Seeks Forfeiture of Two Commercial Properties Purchased with Funds Misappropriated from PrivatBank in Ukraine

Justice Department Seeks Forfeiture of Two Commercial Properties Purchased with Funds Misappropriated from PrivatBank in Ukraine

Both Properties Worth a Combined $70 Million The United States filed two civil forfeiture complaints today in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida alleging that commercial real estate in Louisville, Kentucky, and Dallas, Texas, both acquired using funds misappropriated from PrivatBank in Ukraine, are subject

The Unreasonable Syntactic Expressivity of RNNs

The Unreasonable Syntactic Expressivity of RNNs

We prove a result that demonstrates RNNs can exactly implement bounded-depth stacks to capture a building block of human language optimally efficiently. Sit back, relax, grab some popcorn. This is a 24 minute banger. The Unreasonable Syntactic Expressivity of RNNs In 2015, Andrej Karpathy posted a now famous blog post

Silk Road bitcoins worth $1bn change hands after seven years

Silk Road bitcoins worth $1bn change hands after seven years

A billion dollars worth of bitcoins linked to the shuttered darknet market Silk Road has changed hands for the first time in seven years, prompting renewed speculation about the fate of the illicit fortune. This article is an update to the post made here. Almost 70,000 bitcoins stored in