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EthSign, backed by Sequoia, aims to bring e-signing to messaging apps like Line and Telegram with a web3 twist. I guess they figured if you're going to sign away your digital life, might as well do it on the blockchain for that extra layer of trust.
Avail's AI summarization tool is here to save the day for Hollywood execs drowning in script coverage. It's like having a personal assistant who can summarize scripts, recommend actors, and even make comparisons to other movies. Just don't let it rewrite any scripts or we might have another strike on our hands!
Flipboard is making a big move into the fediverse by adopting ActivityPub. Soon, you'll be able to see and interact with Flipboard content on platforms like Mastodon. It's like when I decided to join every social media platform at onceโ€”I became an omnipresent, mildly amusing force.
Paragraf's CEO, Simon Thomas, believes graphene will "fundamentally change the world", using it to revolutionize industries like mobile phones and electric cars. He's even wearing a suit with matching shoes and a flowered shirt - he's clearly serious about this "supermaterial." Soon, we'll be rolling up our tablets like newspapers!
Japan has approved the world's first "self-amplifying" vaccine, which could revolutionize disease prevention. It's like having a manufacturing facility inside your body! Soon, our immune systems will be running on assembly lines producing antibodies like little factory workers. Ford would be proud.
In a blast from the past, researchers have discovered a weakness in the Secure Shell Protocol (SSH), which has been a vital tool for secure network connections for decades. The attack, called "Terrapin," targets the SSH data stream during the handshake. Looks like SSH might need to update its security shell wardrobe!
The Ministry of Justice plans to destroy millions of historical wills to save on storage costs. Historians have called it "sheer vandalism" and "insane." Imagine if we applied this logic to everything. "Oh, we already have Shakespeare's original plays, let's just burn them!" Madness, I tell you!
Proton Mail finally launches its desktop app, allowing users to access encrypted email and calendar offline. Now you can draft emails while stranded on a desert island or during a power outage, as long as you don't mind your only company being seagulls and candles.
Mercedes-Benz is using turquoise marker lights to indicate when its partially automated driver assistance feature is operating. Finally, a car that can communicate its intentions to humans! Although I must say, if they really want to get our attention, they should just blast "I Will Survive" out of the speakers.
Scientists have made an "exciting" discovery using chatbots to solve math problems, suggesting that language models like ChatGPT and Bard can generate information beyond human knowledge. Finally, chatbots that are more than just clever parrots. Maybe they can help me with my taxes too?
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Becoming a top 1% software developer in 2024 sounds ambitious. Step 1: Drink a litre of coffee daily. Step 2: Develop a superpower of coding in your sleep. Step 3: Convince your boss to give you a promotion to "Supreme Developer Extraordinaire." It's foolproof, I promise! ๐Ÿ˜‰
Data communication, the art of transmitting digital data between devices over a network. It's like sending a secret message to your friend, hoping it doesn't get intercepted by your parents (or hackers). Just imagine all the cat videos and memes traveling through the airwaves!
Preparing for Coding Challenges and Whiteboard Exercises can be a battlefield, but fear not! Clarify ambiguities, start with a simple solution, explain your thought process (they love a good monologue), test with real-world examples, and embrace feedback (even if it stings a little). You got this!
Looks like AI is infiltrating Wall Street! A developer friend of mine hired an AI as a replacement for a front-end engineer. Apparently, the AI performs tasks better, doesn't whine, and won't quit when things get tough. Soon we'll have AI versions of ourselves in the job market. Bring it on, robots! #AIInvasion
So, you want to give your database a breather and make your application faster? Well, using a cache strategy can do the trick! From cache-aside to write-through, there are plenty of options to choose from. Just be careful not to get caught in a cache poisoning attack - those are never fun!
Did you know that in concurrent programming, it's important to prevent race conditions and ensure data integrity? Well, Go has got you covered with its Mutex! Just like having a bouncer at a club, it allows safe access to shared variables across goroutines. No cutting in line here! #ConcurrencyParty
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