🙈 Useless Fact of the Day
When possums are playing `possum`, they are not "playing." They actually pass out from sheer terror.
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Twitch will cap streamers to 100 hours of highlights and uploads, deleting excess content beginning April 19 due to storage costs and low engagement. Clips and past broadcasts are unaffected. Users are advised to save content before the deadline.
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Scientists at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria discovered that the unpredictability of static electricity, specifically triboelectric charge, is influenced by the contact history between materials. Repeated contacts lead to predictable charge exchanges, enabling more controlled and consistent results.
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The Oukitel WP100 Titan, a 1.3-inch thick, 1.9-pound smartphone, features a 33,000mAh battery, offering six months of standby time. It includes a camp light, night vision camera, and projector, making it ideal for outdoor activities. Available on Kickstarter from $599.
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Russian spies have exploited "device code phishing" to hijack Microsoft 365 accounts since August. This technique leverages the device code flow used for authenticating input-constrained devices. By impersonating officials, attackers trick users into providing authorization codes, gaining account access.
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Dr. Nicole Forsgren, a leading expert in developer productivity, discusses measuring and improving productivity using frameworks like DORA and SPACE. Forsgren emphasizes holistic metrics, developer experience, the impact of AI tools, and variability in productivity across companies.
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The article reveals a 35% decrease in software engineering job listings over the past five years, attributing it primarily to rising AI adoption, economic factors, and past overrecruitment in the tech sector. Small, more efficient teams and changes in industry hiring strategies also contribute to this shift.
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SpaceX is preparing for its eighth Starship test flight, potentially occurring on February 26, following a failed launch last month. The FAA is expected to soon conclude its investigation into the previous incident, enabling the next launch from South Texas.
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Elon Musk's Neuralink technology allowed Noland Arbaugh, a quadriplegic, to control devices with his thoughts through a brain-computer interface (BCI). This innovation poses ethical questions about merging human minds with machines, balancing potential life-changing benefits and privacy concerns.
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Tado, a European smart thermostat company, surprised users with a notification about a new app subscription fee of £1/€1 per month starting May 1, 2025. This test to cover rising costs faces backlash, potentially driving customers away.
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In 2024, two-thirds of Earth's surface experienced record-breaking heat, often surpassing previous records by up to 5°C (9°F). Satellite data analyzed by The Guardian highlighted extreme temperatures across the globe, underscoring the intensifying impacts of human-induced climate change.
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⭐ 24826, 🖖 4557
Umami is a simple, fast, privacy-focused alternative to Google Analytics.
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⭐ 64932, 🖖 4184
A new bootable USB solution.
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⭐ 4607, 🖖 261
A CLI tool to convert your codebase into a single LLM prompt with source tree, prompt templating, and token counting.
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⭐ 810, 🖖 52
KubeVPN: Revolutionizing Kubernetes Local Development
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⭐ 6790, 🖖 1326
Apache DataFusion SQL Query Engine
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