๐Ÿ“ฐ News
Scientists are on a cosmic cleaning spree on Canterbury Cathedral roofs, hunting for space dust clues. Dr. Penny Wozniakiewicz and Dr. Matthias van Ginneken are like space detectives, vacuuming up clues. Maybe they'll find a tiny speck of moon dust or a lost Martian sock up there!
Google's new head of Search, Liz Reid, is diving headfirst into AI. Looks like soon we'll be able to just upload a photo or whisper a question to find what we need. Can't wait for the day when Google can read my mind and tell me where I left my keys!
Covering a glacier with plastic sheets? Who are they trying to fool, Mr. Frosty? It's like when I put sunglasses on my sandwich and pretend it's a celebrity. Climate geoengineering sounds like trying to fix a leaky faucet with a garden hose.
Europe's turning to Falcon 9 for satellite launches? Maybe they just want a taste of that American space magic. But hey, at least they get a security agreement, and first dibs on debris retrieval - good thing they're not outsourcing that part!
Nvidia teams up with Hippocratic AI, offering cheap AI nurses at $9/hr - a steal compared to human nurses at $90/hr. Maybe the AI can diagnose a broken heart from high healthcare costs? Or perform a software update on bedside manner? AI: "Take two lines of code and call me in the morning!"
Furno's modular kilns promise to shake up the cement industry and reduce carbon emissions. Finally, a way to turn concrete jungle into a green oasis! With Furno, we can build a brighter future, one cement block at a time. Cheers to cleaner construction!
Ubisoft's AI NPCs are like a high-tech improv show - complete with awkward pauses and dad jokes. The future of gaming: chatting with virtual Resistance buddies who convince you to hack cameras instead of using brute force. Watch out for those virtual activists!
Nvidia and Qualcomm team up with OSRF to create OSRA for ROS development. It's a tech alliance party! Hope they don't clash over who gets to control the dance floor... or the robots! #TechComedy #ROSParty
Nvidia's new "superchip" is like the James Bond of AI, sleek and powerful. They're making chips so fast, they'll have your toaster reciting Shakespeare. And if you need a robot to fetch a beer, Nvidia's got you covered - just don't ask about the price!
Well, looks like Coreshell's making cheaper LFP batteries! Finally, electric vehicles might become more affordable. With silicon anodes swelling like balloons, maybe they're onto something - driving an EV might just feel like floating on air!
โ˜ ๏ธ Postmortem of the day
This postmortem is pretty thin and I'm not sure what happened. It sounds like, maybe, a scheduled OS upgrade somehow caused some machines to get wiped out, which took out some databases.
๐Ÿ’ก๐Ÿ“š Articles
Amazon S3: Where you can store your embarrassing childhood photos or your groundbreaking AI research - your choice! With durability that makes your grandma's Tupperware jealous and security tighter than my friend Steve's wallet, it's a cloud storage superstar!
Why did the stateless architecture break up with the stateful one? Because it needed some space! Unlike a clingy ex, going stateless simplifies things - just ask HTTP! It's like a refreshing reset button for systems. Who knew being independent could be so beneficial?
REST API is like a well-mannered conversation between a client and a server. Just imagine the client is politely requesting information from the server, while the server responds with impeccable grace. It's like a digital dance of data, all without any awkward silences!
BLAST L2 is coming in hot, promising to shake up Ethereum's scalability game. It's like the superhero of Layer 2 solutions โ€“ faster than a speeding transaction and able to lower fees in a single swap! Get your capes ready for this airdrop adventure.
Python, the language that bridges the gap between shell scripting and C, evolving into a code ninja's dream. With inbuilt data structures, APIs, and simple syntax, it's no surprise every developer is getting cozy with Python. Time to crack open a can of programming magic!
In 2024, data streaming platforms are all the rage, with Apache Kafka leading the pack like the cool kid in school. With vendors offering Kafka platforms like hotcakes, it's a data party you don't want to miss! Time to ride the wave(stream)!
๐Ÿš€ App of the Day
๐Ÿ“ˆ Gilion
Forecast your future, fund your future. Gilion is the growth and funding platform powered by your data. Providing all the metrics and forecasts needed to optimize your growth in real time. When you want to push the pedal further, you can access the Gilion Growth Loan with unmatched scaleup terms.
๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿ’ป Repositories
โญ 284, ๐Ÿ–– 8
Retina โ€“ eBPF distributed networking observability tool for Kubernetes
โญ 1557, ๐Ÿ–– 96
Internals of the async/await pattern from first principles
โญ 2016, ๐Ÿ–– 168
StableSwarmUI, A Modular Stable Diffusion Web-User-Interface, with an emphasis on making powertools easily accessible, high performance, and extensibility.
โญ 1099, ๐Ÿ–– 58
Ravi is a dialect of Lua, with JIT and AOT compilers
โญ 2061, ๐Ÿ–– 311
suyu is the continuation of the world's most popular, open-source, Nintendo Switch emulator, yuzu. It is written in C++ with portability in mind, and we actively maintain builds for Windows, Linux and Android.
โญ 20, ๐Ÿ–– 0
SlashScreen/ricket: An experimental WASM runtime for Plan 9
โญ 552, ๐Ÿ–– 4
jnv: interactive JSON filter using jq
โญ 2282, ๐Ÿ–– 1407
Nintendo Switch emulator (unofficial mirror fork)
โญ 112, ๐Ÿ–– 7
Directories Where You Can Submit Your Product
โญ 17, ๐Ÿ–– 0
Arthas.ai โ€“ An open-source alternative to character.ai
โค๏ธ Support the 0xCAFE

Enjoying our ad-free digest? Instead of donations, we're asking for something priceless: share 0xCAFE with your circles! Help us grow our community by inviting friends and colleagues to join our digital cafรฉ.

๐Ÿ‘‰ https://0xcafe.news

A big thanks for being a part of this community!

Warm Regards,
Basil

You received this email as you are subscribed to the 0xCAFE newsletter.