🙈 Useless Fact of the Day
A duck's quack doesn't echo, and no one knows why.
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New York City's Empire State Building (pictured), at the time the tallest building in the world, opened.
Read more on Wikipedia
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Harvard researchers found an AI model outperformed emergency doctors in triage diagnoses and treatment planning from text records, especially under time pressure. Experts see it as a powerful “second-opinion” tool, not a replacement, with ongoing concerns over safety, bias and accountability.
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Researchers used AI protein-design tools to re-engineer E. coli’s ribosomal small subunit so none of its proteins require the amino acid isoleucine. The modified cells grow slower but survive, showing life can function with a reduced 19–amino-acid genetic toolkit.
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A newly disclosed Linux kernel bug, “CopyFail” (CVE-2026-31431), lets any local user instantly gain root on most Linux versions via a single reliable exploit script, endangering containers, CI/CD, and multi-tenant servers amid a dangerous patch gap.
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Microsoft has open-sourced the earliest known 86-DOS code, predating MS-DOS, painstakingly recovered from paper printouts. This historic release on GitHub offers researchers rare insight into the foundations of PC-DOS/MS-DOS and early IBM PC operating system development.
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University of Oregon chemist Christopher Hendon repurposed a battery-testing potentiostat to send electric current through coffee, objectively measuring roast color and strength. This electrochemical “fingerprint” better predicts flavor, helping baristas consistently reproduce preferred taste profiles and spot roasting defects.
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💪 Jeff Dean Fact of the Day
Cricket matches used to take 5 days, until Jeff optimized them.
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⭐ 79836, 🖖 4268
Localsend: An open-source cross-platform alternative to AirDrop
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⭐ 12886, 🖖 476
Lightweight, open-source control tool for ASUS laptops and ROG Ally. Manage performance modes, fans, GPU, battery, and RGB lighting across Zephyrus, Flow, TUF, Strix, Scar, and other models.
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⭐ 4166, 🖖 679
The SMS Gateway for Android™ app enables sending and receiving SMS messages through an API that can be accessed directly on the device or via a cloud server when direct device access is not possible.
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⭐ 2854, 🖖 448
PipesHub is a fully extensible and explainable workplace AI platform for enterprise search and workflow automation
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⭐ 2647, 🖖 212
OfficeCLI is the first and best Office suite purpose-built for AI agents to read, edit, and automate Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files. Free, open-source, single binary, no Office installation required.
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