别瞄准月亮:数学揭示成功关键在于“略高于平均”
英国《卫报》报道,一项数学研究指出,与其设定遥不可及的宏大目标(如“射月”),将目标定为“略高于平均水平”更有可能带来成功。该研究通过数学模型分析发现,适度超越当前平均水平的温和目标,比追求极致更能激发持续动力并取得实际成果。这一发现挑战了传统的“雄心越大越好”观念,为个人和组织目标的设定提供了新视角。
英国《卫报》报道,一项数学研究指出,与其设定遥不可及的宏大目标(如“射月”),将目标定为“略高于平均水平”更有可能带来成功。该研究通过数学模型分析发现,适度超越当前平均水平的温和目标,比追求极致更能激发持续动力并取得实际成果。这一发现挑战了传统的“雄心越大越好”观念,为个人和组织目标的设定提供了新视角。
A state-designed worm from 2005 called Fast16 sat undetected on VirusTotal for nearly a decade. It intercepted executable files at the kernel level and silently altered floating-point calculations in high-precision engineering software like LS-DYNA, which was used in Iran's nuclear weapons research. Unlike Stuxnet, Fast16 received little public attention for over twenty years.
Paul Graham reports that Y Combinator startups now have over 75% of their code written by AI, a threshold crossed at least one to two years ago. This parallels a similar transformation at Google, where AI-written code went from 0% to 75% in about two years.
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A supply chain attack has compromised the popular npm axios HTTP client library with 300 million weekly downloads. Malicious versions install a remote access trojan, though some users may have avoided infection through version pinning or older installations. Security experts warn this is a live compromise affecting one of npm's most depended-on packages.