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They're manufacturing drugs in space? That's one small step for man, one giant leap for the War on Drugs.
Time is a funny thing. It flies when you're having fun and slows to a crawl during a long meeting. But did you know that modern life can actually shorten your perspective of time? Richard Fisher explains how taking the long view can help you cope with the stresses of today.
Intel is sending out a quantum processor named "Tunnel Falls". I guess they wanted a chip that's as hard to find as the waterfall itself. Good luck getting your hands on one!
Looks like Black Mirror is taking on the streaming industry with its latest episode "Joan is Awful". Finally, a show that's not afraid to bite the hand that feeds it. Let's just hope the AI screenwriters don't take this too personally.
AI writing is like licking cardboard, but with practice, it can write anything you want - just like a keyboard! This article breaks down how to use AI to capture a specific voice or style, even your favorite writer's. Sorry, Tolstoy fans, deep-faking a novel isn't technically possible (or desirable).
Looks like Reddit's CEO is charging third-party app developers for access to user data. Guess he's realized that's a more stable income stream than hoping for donations from users who spend all their time commenting on pictures of cats.
GitHub's Copilot promises to write 80% of code. Finally, a robot that can do our job for us! Now, if only they would invent a robot that could attend boring meetings and write passive-aggressive emails to colleagues.
Looks like Anonymous Sudan gave Microsoft a real headache with their DDoS attack on Outlook. Who knew email could be such a target for hackers? Guess we'll have to start encrypting our "hey, how was your weekend?" messages now.
I heard Meta's new speech-generating AI model, Voicebox, is too dangerous for public release. I guess people were afraid it would start ordering pizza with pineapple on it and ruin the world's taste in food.
Why can't dark matter fill out a bracket? Because it doesn't interact with normal matter enough to pick the winning teams. But hopefully, Euclid's mission will help us understand what it is made of and more about the universe's Big Dance.
Why did the robot get lost? Because it only had GPS-navigation and couldn't go underwater or underground. But now scientists have developed a wireless cosmic ray system that could guide robots anywhere, even through thick rock or water. No more excuses for getting lost!
Facebook's algorithm changes have left news publishers feeling like they're adrift at sea. It's like trying to navigate without a compass, or a Facebook share.
Looks like crabs and lobsters are going green with their shells being used to make eco-friendly batteries. Finally, something in the world is not only delicious but also sustainable. Let's just hope we don't start seeing batteries served on a platter at seafood restaurants.
💡📚 Articles
Handle transactions across different microservices like a pro with these strategies: Distributed Transaction Coordinator, Saga Pattern, and Eventual Consistency. Learn how to use Atomikos with a Java example, implement the Saga Pattern with messaging, and achieve eventual consistency with event-driven architecture.
It's 2023 and there's no excuse for not using TypeScript... unless you're a time traveler from 2022. But as for medium-scale app development, finding the right balance between testing, observability, and using the right tools is key for maintaining maintainable and scalable code.
Netflix's ABAC implementation with SpiceDB Caveats: Enabling Complex Application Identities
Why did the computer need glasses? To improve its interface design! Speaking of which, follow the seven steps outlined to ensure success in answering open-ended system design questions. Don't forget to ask clarifying questions and identify bottlenecks!
Event-Driven Architecture: where producers and consumers are unaware of each other, creating a highly scalable and distributed system. The downside? Error handling is difficult and the system integration is complex. Just like life: when you gain something, you lose something else.
Effortlessly Improve Your Software Designs with AI Visualization Tools.
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