Tetris’ creators reveal the game’s greatest unsolved mysteries

From random number generators to the origin of "the Tetris song."

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Introducing El Copiloto: The AI Assistant for La Terminal

Today, we are introducing El Copiloto - an AI assistant to help you craft commands when connected to a remote system using La Terminal. With El Copiloto, you no longer have to struggle with remembering complex commands or scouring the internet for solutions to your terminal problems. Simply tap the

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Watch Jeff Beck (RIP) Smash His Guitar: A Classic Scene from Antonioni’s Blowup (1966)

Note: With the passing of Jeff Beck, we're bringing back a vintage post from our archive featuring the early years of the legendary guitarist. You can read his obituary here.

Wolfram|Alpha as the Way to Bring Computational Knowledge Superpowers to ChatGPT

Accessing Wolfram|Alpha's computational knowledge with ChatGPT--an ideal combination of precise computation with human-like expression of ideas. Stephen Wolfram explains how.

The Art of LaTeX: Common Mistakes, and Advice for Typesetting Beautiful, Delightful Proofs | Fan Pu Zeng

When was the first time you had to use LaTeX? If you are like most people, it was probably suddenly forced upon you during your first math or CS class where you had to start writing proofs, with minimal guidance on how to get started. Unfortunately, this meant that while many people have good operational knowledge of LaTeX, there are still many small mistakes and best practices which are not followed, which are not corrected by TAs as they are either not severe enough to warrant a note, or perhaps even the TAs themselves are not aware of them. <br><br> In this post, we cover some common mistakes that are made by LaTeX practitioners (even in heavily cited papers), and how to address them.