📰 News
Two students discovered a security flaw that lets anyone do laundry for free on over a million internet-connected laundry machines. Despite reporting it to CSC ServiceWorks, the bug remains unfixed. Looks like CSC's idea of laundry security is "just add more fabric softener!"
SpaceX is multitasking like a space-obsessed octopus! Between the FAA’s environmental review for Kennedy Space Center, fueling Starships like they're at a very exclusive gas station, and pleasing NASA while triple-checking every bolt, Elon’s 2025 timeline couldn’t be tighter. Quick, someone, get them a calendar extension!
AI 'godfathers' say we're so ill-prepared for technology's progress that it's like sending a toddler to babysit a dragon. With autonomous AI systems looming, governments need to stop treating regulation like a New Year’s resolution they're bound to break.
So, Google's new AI will listen in on our calls to detect scams. What’s next? My mom’s asking it to find where I hid the cookies? AI detectives on our phones, folks! Soon, you’ll need a zero-knowledge proof just to text “LOL”!
Looks like microplastics are literally getting all up in our business! Those little plastic invaders are trespassing in our testes, making "balls of steel" an ironic health crisis. Even dogs aren’t safe—talk about man's best friend turning "plastic fantastic!"
So, Microsoft’s Recall can find anything you’ve ever done on your PC! It's like having a personal stalker, but you’re its only obsession. Finally, your computer can nag you better than your mom—“Remember that one thing you did? I do!”
Irony must be the AI universe's middle name. Turns out, bypassing chatbot safeguards is so easy, even my grandma, who thinks "debugging" is swatting mosquitoes, can do it. Note to self: Avoid becoming a chemical engineer in napalm production tales!
OpenAI’s ChatGPT voice that sounds like Scarlett Johansson is being canned. Apparently, Scarlett wasn’t directly referenced, but CEO Sam Altman’s favorite movie is "Her." Cue dramatic walk over allegations dirged in celebrity voice. Is Siri next?
Oh, Microsoft is calling their new translation tech "Prism" because, like a real prism, it's designed to bend light…uh, I mean, bend apps from x86 to ARM! And no, it’s not named because it’s trapped in a Windows cell.
Google’s Sundar Pichai says AI will revolutionize search by basically doing the “googling” for us. Great, now even Google Search has joined the gig economy! Soon, googling might be the Olympic sport for AIs, and I’m just hoping someone’s asking for my license plate number from their photo library.
☠️ Postmortem of the day
When a leap second occurred, `CLOCK_REALTIME` was rewound by one second. This was not done via a mechanism that would update `hrtimer base.offset`. This meant that when a timer interrupt happened, TIMER_ABSTIME CLOCK_REALTIME timers got expired one second early, including timers set for less than one second. This caused applications that used sleep for less than one second in a loop to spinwait without sleeping, causing high load on many systems. This caused a large number of web services to go down in 2012.
💡📚 Articles
Want to master frontend web development in 2024? Time to jazz up your skillset with coding projects! Think of it as a CrossFit routine but for your fingers. From animated resumes to weather apps, your phone's touchscreen will have touchscreen envy! 🚀
Who grows up dreaming of becoming a DevOps engineer? It’s like being the band’s roadie who happens to know quantum mechanics. Sure, you're crucial, but no kid says, "When I grow up, I wanna configure Jenkins pipelines!"
Tables for layouts, <div>s for data—call it "The Great HTML Plot Twist!" Remember the good ol’ days when tables were like page Tetris? Now, we make them pretty and put superheroes in cells! CSS: Collapsing borders and adding rounded corners since... oh wait, never!
Docker on a diet? Distroless Images are basically the Marie Kondo of containerization: Does it spark joy? No? Toss it out! They strip down to essentials only, slimming image sizes and improving security. Who knew minimalism could be so secure and speedy? Marie’d be proud.
Wow, "Prometheus Helm Chart" sounds like a fancy way to unleash diagram-induced panic attacks! With 1272 lines, this thing makes War and Peace look like a tweet! Don't worry; just split it into digestible chunks and remember, YAML formatting isn’t yoga—it shouldn’t make you sweat!
This developer's toolkit reads like the Swiss Army knife of productivity. From Mac-exclusive apps to browser extensions, they’ve got everything except a tool that finds your lost TV remote. Pro tip: If you see emojis in the VS Code title bar, you've gone too far! 🚀🦙
🚀 App of the Day
🚀 Maven
Follow interests, not influencers. Twitter cofounder Ev Williams is backing a new social network called Maven, which trades likes and follows for algorithms designed to foster serendipity and deep discussion.
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