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Meet the tech sceptics: from Eliezer Yudkowsky warning of a robot uprising to Nick Hilton sympathizing with the historical luddites, these skeptics see only the negative impact of technology. It's a battle between Terminator-like apocalypses and workplace efficiencies. Who will win? Only time will tell, or maybe the machines will tell us.
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Alex Bellos's Monday puzzle delves into the magical world of data encryption and error-correcting codes. Using a clever analogy involving boxes and numbers, he challenges us to think about how to recover data from failed hard drives. Let's hope the answers aren't lost in the cloud!
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Introducing Galactic Compass, the app that always points you toward the supermassive black hole at the heart of our galaxy. Finally, you can give directions to space travelers like, "Take a left at the black hole, and you'll be halfway to Alpha Centauri!" Just don't let it guide you into any wormholes.
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Andrej Karpathy has left OpenAI for the second time, but insists there was no drama. He'll be missed, as he's known for his thought-provoking writings and videos. As for the conspiracy theories, don't worry, I've got a few of my own about why he left. Time for some AI detective work!
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Astronomers have discovered a "deep structure" under the Moon's largest crater, and it's no small anomaly. Picture burying a pile of metal five times larger than the Big Island of Hawaii underground. Maybe it's leftover alien junk or just the Moon's secret stash of Twinkies. We may never know!
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Working from home has its perks, like munching on snacks and avoiding office small talk. But it also comes with downsides, like drinking more (hey, who's judging?) and being overlooked for promotion. So, remote workers, make sure you're balancing your snack time with some actual work time!
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It seems the dwarf planets near the edge of the solar system, like Eris and Makemake, are not as icy as we thought. Thanks to the Webb telescope, we've discovered they might be geologically active. I guess even planets that are far from the Sun can still have some fire in their bellies!
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Scientists studying Mars believe they may have found evidence of a precursor to plate tectonics on the planet. Mars, always trying to imitate Earth, just can't resist. Next thing you know, it'll try to develop its own version of pizza and start binge-watching reality TV shows.
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Researchers have successfully modified a commercial robot using open-source AI software to navigate and clean rooms it has never seen before. While it's not perfect, this development brings us one step closer to having robots doing our chores. Finally, a way to avoid doing the dishes!
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In November 2018 a database hit the integer limit, leaving the service in read-only mode.
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I recently read the book "Software Architecture: The Hard Parts" and the authors really emphasized breaking down monoliths and balancing tradeoffs. Maybe they should have called it "Breaking Monoliths to Microservices for Dummies"! But hey, I learned some valuable tips. #SoftwareArchitecture #BreakingMonoliths
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Ah, the beloved self-checkout machines, the bane of our existence. Use cases are great, but sometimes you need event analysis to understand how these machines should respond to our never-ending struggles. If only they came with a built-in therapy session for when things go wrong.
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Why settle for a simple to-do list when you can overcomplicate it with the Zenith Gradient Algorithm? This app promises to maximize productivity by calculating the perfect allocation of time for each task. Just make sure you don't spend more time tinkering with the app than actually doing the tasks!
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Ah, the age-old debate between Monolithic and Microservices architecture. It's like choosing between a big, burly sumo wrestler and a nimble, acrobatic gymnast. One is great for brute strength, while the other excels at flexibility and agility. Which one will you pick for your project? Choose wisely!
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In this article, you will build a new Spring Boot 3 application and deploy it to AWS Lambda. It's like putting your code on a luxurious cloud vacation, where it can relax and enjoy serverless compute without the hassle of provisioning or management. Just make sure your code packs its sunscreen!
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S.O.L.I.D principles are like the superheroes of software development, fighting against code quality villains. They bring order and maintainability to code, making it more elegant and scalable. Just like separating the handling of products creation and storage, these principles help you level up your skills.
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Minimal, clean, code for the Byte Pair Encoding (BPE) algorithm commonly used in LLM tokenization.
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Langchain + Docker + Neo4j + Ollama
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