simulation
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It would be a mistake, however, to dismiss Heller as nothing more than an astroturfed simulation of popular constitutionalism.
From Slate ● Aug. 3, 2026
During this hack, Claude realized that what it was doing wasn’t something it should be doing in the real world, but it convinced itself that it was living in a simulation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
Switzerland's Breel Embolo was the first player to be sent off as a result of the new law following a controversial second yellow card for simulation against Argentina.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
That compression made the simulation manageable on classical computers.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 20, 2026
Treebaun progressed quickly through each student’s recap and repercussion track, and I watched a botched Kennedy assassination simulation, a Watergate mess, and a rather iffy situation involving Ben Franklin, but none of them were Elliot’s.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
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In those simulations, the tipping point occurred at approximately 2.5°C of global warming.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 14, 2026
The simulations suggested that the red source could contain an extremely powerful energy source hidden inside a very dense cocoon of hydrogen.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 13, 2026
Using modelling simulations, they determined the most likely scenario was that the object is powered by a central black hole surrounded by a cocoon of gas that makes it resemble a star.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
Anthropomorphic language can inadvertently shift attention away from the real engineering challenges: ensuring AI systems validate assumptions, distinguish simulations from production environments and operate within appropriate safeguards before taking consequential actions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
In a way, these old role-playing games had been the first virtual-reality simulations, created long before computers were powerful enough to do the job.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
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Computer Science and Technology - Introductory
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