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Bill Traynor (wmat), admin of Electronics nerd, embedded Linux, programming and beer.

[How To AI @HowToAI_]

Researchers just proved that every single elementary function, sin, exp, log, sqrt, comes from one single binary operator.

It is like finding the “God Particle" for calculus.

In computer science, every complex program breaks down to a single logical operator: the NAND gate. It is the fundamental building block of all digital reality.

But for continuous math, physics, engineering, machine learning, we thought we needed a massive toolbox.

Addition. Subtraction. Trigonometry. Logarithms.

Every scientific calculator and neural network has to juggle all of them.

Until today.

But this paper proved that every single mathematical function can be generated by a single, bizarre binary operator.

eml(x,y) = exp(x) - ln(y).

Combine that with the number 1, and you can build everything.

Pi. The square root. Sine and Cosine. Arithmetic.

It is all just the exact same operator, repeating over and over again in a binary tree.

Nobody anticipated this existed. It was found by systematic exhaustive search.

But the implications for AI are massive.

Instead of an AI struggling to combine different mathematical rules to discover a new scientific law, it can just use a single, uniform architecture.

One trainable circuit. One repeatable node.

We thought the language of the universe was complex.

It turns out, it's just one equation repeating in the dark.

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@substack please add a 'Switch Account' feature in 2026.

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@DeepComputingio what's the password for the Debian image on the TF-Card that comes with the Roma Pad II? Username == roma.

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I knew at age 12 that I was on planet gobbledygook. si=ItlBXJOoDy8Yb4Bj Van, Luba Goy and the whole show. #bitsandbytes #compilers #interpreters

https://t.co/ENlAq2x2EY

[Adam 'pi3' Zabrocki @Adam_pi3]

RISC-V (@risc_v) Control Flow Integrity (CFI) is coming and I'm proud to be one of the contributors to this important security extension. Full spec is available here:

https://t.co/B1Sn8HGmFz

[Sipeed @SipeedIO]

Lichee Cluster based 7xLM4A (TH1520, 4xC910 #RISCV, 16+128), mini-ITX box, showing time~

[Matthew Venn @matthewvenn]

Want to learn something new about the digital world we all take for granted?

#tinytapeout teaches digital design basics and leads on to how chips are made.

Once you have a design, visualise it in your browser down to the lowest level of silicon!

https://t.co/AHkQGXz7Gv

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passing on someone else’s reminder:

might want to check if you have any accounts where your only way to log in is through twitter authentication

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Most of the slide decks from Embedded Linux Conference Europe 2022 have been posted to https://t.co/cNbvlZfleU
#embeddedlinux

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Added all of the available ELC2022 talks to the wiki: https://t.co/NAmGNHdlMy #elinux #embeddedlinux

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@benheck They are inventory robots.

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@EamonJavers If Churchill can start his day with scotch and a cigar, I can certainly start mine with a beer.

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@warthog9 I thought you were on the https://t.co/tp76bPQ6Rw server?

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Add links to all the Embedded Linux Conference 2021 videos here: https://t.co/ikHwsBdnco #linux #embedded

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@MaiaUXD I embrace it as an opportunity for growth. As soon as I don't feel like an impostor anymore, I know I need to try something new. Therefore, always be an impostor.

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I've got most of the Embedded Linux Conference talk slide decks up now at https://t.co/ikHwsBdnco. Still missing a few. #lfelc #elinux

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I've added a page for the Embedded Linux Conference 2021 presentations: https://t.co/ikHwsBdnco #lfelc

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@rheingoldheavy Pilot Precise v5 RT

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@TekSavvyNetwork outage in K/W? My cable internet seems down.

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The majority of Embedded Linux Conference Europe slide decks and videos have been added to the elinux wiki here: https://t.co/gtH0Zd0zTF #elce #embedded