The simplest way to start documenting Excel formulas like a coder is by using the N () function. Although its primary job is to convert non-numeric values into numbers, it has a hidden quirk: because ...

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Researchers from MIT, Northeastern University, and Meta recently released a paper suggesting that large language models (LLMs) similar to those that power ChatGPT may sometimes prioritize sentence ...

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A syntax error results in an incorrect error message that blames an unrelated macro earlier in the file. The error looks like this: fifo/rtl/internal/br_fifo_pop_ctrl ...

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An archaeologist was shocked when he discovered a message in a bottle from over 150 years ago when digging at an old Viking graveyard. Norwegian historian Jacob Bredesen captured the moment the bottle ...

In 1874, the Bergen Museum on Norway’s southwestern coast appointed its first archaeologist and conservator. Though only 28 years old, Anders Lorange was making a name for himself by searching for ...

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In “The Message,” Coates grapples with questions about which stories are told, and how, through his visits to Senegal, South Carolina and the West Bank. By Anderson Tepper Ta-Nehisi Coates’s ...

Musicians have penned songs about it. Scientists have deployed them to study ocean currents. People lost at sea or aboard a sinking ship have used them as a last-ditch effort to call for help. In July ...