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How to replace a toilet shutoff valve: tools, steps, and when to call a plumber

Replacing a toilet shutoff valve is usually a straightforward 30–60 minute job if the existing valve and supply line are in good shape, but seized threads, corroded pipe, or a hidden leak can quickly turn it into a plumber-only repair.

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AI & ML

FineWeb-Edu and the case for educational data in pre-training: what changed in MMLU and ARC

FineWeb-Edu is a 1.3T-token educational subset of FineWeb whose paper reports large gains on knowledge- and reasoning-heavy evaluations, including higher MMLU and ARC scores than the base FineWeb subset — but the lift comes from a carefully filtered educational slice, not from adding more generic web text.

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Lifestyle & Home Improvement

How to fix a gas pressure washer that starts but loses pressure

Most pressure loss complaints come down to water supply, nozzle, hose/O-ring leaks, or a clogged inlet filter — and those are usually fixable in minutes — but persistent pressure drop can mean a worn pump seal, valve, or air trap that needs parts or a pro.

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AI & ML

Mamba-2 vs Transformers are SSMs: what Structured State Space Duality changes in practice

Structured State Space Duality shows Mamba-2 and masked attention are two contraction orders over the same semiseparable structure — yielding a core layer that is 2–8× faster than Mamba’s fused scan and competitive with Transformers, but the gains are most compelling for long sequences and the paper still shows better quality when a few attention layers are mixed in.

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Lifestyle & Home Improvement

How much does water heater replacement cost in the US in 2026?

A straightforward like-for-like tank water heater swap can land around $800–$1,500 installed, but tankless conversions often jump to $1,500–$3,500 or more once venting, gas-line, electrical, and permit work are added — the biggest price swing is whether your home needs code-triggered upgrades.

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Lifestyle & Home Improvement

Do cellular shades really save energy? Best options for hot windows and winter drafts

Cellular shades are designed so their honeycomb cells hold air, making them especially good insulators and able to reduce energy costs better than most other blind types — but the savings depend on fit, cell count, and placement, so the wrong window orientation or sloppy measurement can erase much of the benefit.

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AI & ML

How to use PyTorch Context Parallel for long-context transformer training

PyTorch Context Parallel shards long sequences across devices so each rank only holds a context slice for attention and KV handling — this makes 1M-token training feasible in the PyTorch/Torchtitan workflow — but it is still a distributed training feature that depends on correct process-group setup, NCCL communication, and long-context-aware model partitioning.

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Lifestyle & Home Improvement

Battery mower storage and winterization: how to store your lawn mower, blower, and snow blower for winter

Battery-powered yard tools need a different winter routine than gas machines: clean them, store batteries around a partial charge, and keep chargers and packs in a dry, temperate place — but freezing storage and dead-storage habits can shorten battery life and leave spring-start problems.

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AI & ML

What RULER and LongBench v2 reveal about long-context benchmark failures

RULER demonstrates that needle-in-a-haystack is a superficial long-context test because models can score near-perfectly there and still collapse on multi-hop tracing and aggregation as sequence length grows, while LongBench v2 shows that realistic long-context multitasks still defeat most models — the best direct-answer system only reaches 50.1% and even human experts sit at 53.7% under time pressure.

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Lifestyle & Home Improvement

Best cordless leaf blower for a suburban yard: Ego vs Ryobi vs Greenworks

Wirecutter’s current top cordless pick, the Ego Power+ 650 CFM LB6504, runs about 27 minutes on high and costs about $280 — but the best choice still depends on whether you want EGO’s deeper blower/mower/snow-blower ecosystem or a cheaper Greenworks/Ryobi platform.

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