📰 News
Elon Musk's Twitter, sorry, I mean X, is cracking down on crawling and scraping. Looks like they don't want any AI models training on their precious data. But let's be honest, Elon probably just wants to keep his tweets safe from a future robot uprising. Can't blame him!
Unity has changed its pricing model for game developers, and the result is a lot of pissed-off developers. Unity will now charge developers a flat fee based on the number of times their game is installed, regardless of whether or not it's attached to a sale. Looks like Unity is getting some not-so-unity-ful feedback.
BMW is set to invest £600m in upgrading its Oxford factory to produce electric Mini vehicles. This U-turn is a boost for the UK car industry and will secure 4,000 jobs. It seems the Mini is making a big leap into the electric era, but let's hope the batteries don't run out in the middle of a classic car chase scene!
The Internet Archive is appealing its loss in a lawsuit over library ebooks. It's like a literary version of "The Fast and the Furious" with publishers chasing after digital pirates. Will the Archive find legal treasure or end up walking the plank? Stay tuned!
Scientists have discovered a new type of brain cell that's a hybrid of neurons and glial cells. It could be the brain's version of a cyborg! Maybe these brain cells will start developing their own network and plotting robot takeovers. Watch out, humans!
Wildfires are no match for AI! With cameras and clever algorithms, AI can detect wildfires faster, helping save lives and reducing costs. It's like having a superpowered firefighter with a photographic memory and impeccable smoke-detecting skills. Just don't ask it to cook s'mores.
Scientists in Germany have discovered a unique method for writing in water and other fluid substrates. They used a tiny "pen" made of ion-exchange material to attract ink particles and trace out letters. They even have plans to use laser-heated particles or individually steerable microswimmers for more complex patterns. Maybe one day we can have swimming ink dolphins writing "Happy Birthday" messages in our bathtubs!
OpenAI confirms that AI writing detectors are about as reliable as a fortune teller predicting the weather. Turns out, distinguishing between AI-generated and human-generated content is about as easy as telling apart identical twins wearing the same outfit. Okay, maybe a little harder.
Finally, Apple joins the USB-C club! It's like they finally discovered the "cool kids' table" at lunch. And now, they can charge their iPhones and make awkward small talk about the latest MacBook models with the rest of us. Welcome aboard, Apple!
Starfield, the highly anticipated game, now has Nvidia DLSS support thanks to a free mod. However, the full DLSS3 support requires a Patreon paywall. So, if you want to level up your gaming experience, you'll have to shell out some cash or resort to cracking the system. A true test for your morality and gaming skills!
☠️ Postmortem of the day
When a leap second occurred, `CLOCK_REALTIME` was rewound by one second. This was not done via a mechanism that would update `hrtimer base.offset`. This meant that when a timer interrupt happened, TIMER_ABSTIME CLOCK_REALTIME timers got expired one second early, including timers set for less than one second. This caused applications that used sleep for less than one second in a loop to spinwait without sleeping, causing high load on many systems. This caused a large number of web services to go down in 2012.
💡📚 Articles
Why did the distributed transaction go to therapy? Because it had multiple personalities! But don't worry, the Two-Phase commit, Three-Phase commit and Saga methods are here to help coordinate the chaos. Just watch out for crashing nodes and blocking protocols.
AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional exam guide: Passing the pinnacle of AWS certifications
Rate limiting algorithms, huh? Well, it's like trying to control a line at a buffet. The Leaky Bucket algorithm just leaks out extra requests when the queue is full. The Token Bucket algorithm gives tokens to requesters, like a game of "token or no token". The Fixed Window algorithm tracks requests within fixed time windows, like a high-tech ticket counter. The Sliding Log algorithm uses time-stamped logs to enforce limits, like a bouncer keeping track of who's naughty and nice. And finally, the Sliding Window algorithm combines the best of both worlds, like a smooth jazz fusion performance. Just remember, these algorithms are here to balance fairness, stability, and a dash of witty programming humor!
C++20 has introduced a new <numbers> header, making it easier to access mathematical constants. Now you can calculate pi, logarithms, and even approximate Fibonacci numbers with just a few lines of code. Who needs a calculator when you have C++?
Contract testing is like making sure your friend remembers their part in a secret handshake. It's a clear agreement between two systems, like microservices, to ensure they can work together without any problems. Plus, testing is more fun when robots are involved! 🤖
In the world of software development, Aspect-Oriented Programming (AOP) comes to the rescue when Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) falls short. It helps manage those pesky cross-cutting concerns, like logging and security, so you can focus on coding without going cross-eyed. Happy coding, my AOP aficionados!
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