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Taking stock of the ongoing war in Israel and Gaza
After six days of a humanitarian pause at the end of November and the release of more than 100 hostages, fighting has resumed in Gaza and the Israeli offensive has expanded south toward Khan Yunis, Gaza’s second-largest city. Natan Sachs reflects on the public mood, Israel’s operational goals, the ongoing threat of wider regional escalation, and what might come next.
9 min read
Propaganda, foreign interference, and generative AI
A broad, persistent, asymmetric competition is now underway between democracies and their authoritarian challengers, and the information and technology domains are critical theaters. Against this backdrop, recent advances in generative artificial intelligence (AI) have outpaced expectations, and risks that once seemed remote now appear immediate.
7 min read
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Hypersonic Weapons, the Future of Warfare?
April 30, 2023A Video exploration of Hypersonic Weapons. Besides atomic ordnance, perhaps no weapon system commands public and media attention like hypersonics. No other weapon, when used in Ukraine, is basically guaranteed to command a news cycle and yet their importance is hotly debated. There are those who argue the US has fallen behind in an absolutely critical field of military technology - and likewise others who argue the entire class of systems represent an overhyped waste of money.
Formik: Simple Form Creation for React
April 29, 2023Easy to use and a breeze to test; form validation which works in conjunction with the Yup library.
Datatest: Testing with Pandas
April 26, 2023For those of us who use Pandas, here's a nice testing module.
Python GUIs - 2023
April 24, 2023A compare and contrast between available options, according to the author.