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Writing a PostgreSQL formatter / pretty printer in Rust.
https://blog.urth.org/2021/03/14/writing-a-postgres-sql-pretty-printer-in-rust-part-1/
saved 2021-03-18

EarlySciRev: A Dataset of Early-Stage Scientific Revisions Extracted from LaTeX Writing Traces
L\'eane Jourdan, Julien Aubert-B\'educhaud, Yannis Chupin, Marah Baccari, Florian Boudin
https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.28515 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2603.28515 https://arxiv.org/html/2603.28515
arXiv:2603.28515v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Scientific writing is an iterative process that generates rich revision traces, yet publicly available resources typically expose only final or near-final versions of papers. This limits empirical study of revision behaviour and evaluation of large language models (LLMs) for scientific writing. We introduce EarlySciRev, a dataset of early-stage scientific text revisions automatically extracted from arXiv LaTeX source files. Our key observation is that commented-out text in LaTeX often preserves discarded or alternative formulations written by the authors themselves. By aligning commented segments with nearby final text, we extract paragraph-level candidate revision pairs and apply LLM-based filtering to retain genuine revisions. Starting from 1.28M candidate pairs, our pipeline yields 578k validated revision pairs, grounded in authentic early drafting traces. We additionally provide a human-annotated benchmark for revision detection. EarlySciRev complements existing resources focused on late-stage revisions or synthetic rewrites and supports research on scientific writing dynamics, revision modelling, and LLM-assisted editing.
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Israël disqualifying itself for the whole world.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/30/world/middleeast/israel-death-penalty-palestinians-attacks.html?unlocked_article_…

Israel Passes Law to Hang Palestinians Convicted of Deadly Attacks
Experts say the law was written in such a way as to ensure that it was unlikely to ever apply to Jewish extremists who commit similar crimes.

EuGH: Fluglinien müssen auch Provisionen von Online-Vermittlern erstatten
Werden Flüge annulliert, haben Passagiere Anspruch auf die volle Rückzahlung ihrer Kosten. Der EuGH sagt, das schließt Gebühren externer Buchungsportale ein.

Russia’s external debt reaches $319.8 billion as wartime spending fuels borrowing binge: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/14/russias-external-debt-reaches-billion.html

Ein Bericht des britischen Geheimdienstes warnt vor eskalierenden #Umweltkrisen und zunehmender #Ernährungsunsicherheit, die #Migration und Konflikte verstärken können.
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Klimawandel als Risiko: MI6 warnt vor Umwelt- und Fluchtfolgen
Hunger, Gewalt und Extremwetter spitzen sich zu. Selbst der MI6 schlägt nun Alarm und das Weltwirtschaftsforum warnt: Klima- und Umweltkrisen werden zum größten globalen Risiko.

Rechts ist nicht ansteckend!
Wenn wir mit Leuten, die anderer Meinung sind, nicht mehr sprechen, sind wir Teil des Problems, nicht der Lösung.
Wir müssen zusammen im Kontakt bleiben und dem anderen das Gute zutrauen, auch wenn er anders denkt als wir.
Die Spaltung der Gesellschaft macht unsere Demokratie kaputt.
Deshalb werden AfD, SVP und Nigel Farage immer extremer! Wenn sie es schaffen, dass wir uns gegenseitig hassen, kommen sie an die Macht.

I know someone is going to tell me I’m just “doing it wrong”, or bragging but, I’ve written some *extremely basic* code this week with an LLM (I know I know, but it was mandated that I *try*).
I am absolutely certain I could have written this faster myself.

I've written another essay about my mad #PostScarcitySoftware #Lisp system.
"We don't need to know, or have known, these people to build on their work. We don't have to, and cannot in detail, fully understand their work. There is simply too much of it, its complexity wou…

i’m reviewing a master’s thesis that is extremely well-written but doesn’t really make any sense #SlopAlert