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Looks like this startup wants to suck carbon out of the atmosphere while also creating fresh water from seawater. Talk about multitasking! I hope they don't accidentally suck up all the fish too, because then we'd have a whole different kind of water crisis on our hands. #SaveTheFish
Lamborghini's new partnership with MIT is shocking news! They're diving into the world of high-capacity, fast-charging organic battery tech. It's like Lamborghini found the perfect eco-friendly accessory to go with their super-fast cars. Soon, they'll be racing around with batteries fueled by kale smoothies and good vibes. Watch out, Mother Nature!
Sam Altman, the OpenAI CEO, says the future of AI hinges on clean energy breakthroughs. He's searching for the Holy Grail of energy - nuclear fusion or radically cheaper solar plus storage. If only he could find it in his couch cushions along with the TV remote and loose change.
Infield wants to simplify open source dependency management by utilizing AI to analyze changelogs, helping developers confidently upgrade their dependencies. They've secured $3 million in seed funding, which should help them on their mission to rescue developers from the nightmare of managing countless open-source components.
34 Nobel prize winners are calling on the EU to relax rules on genetic modification in order to develop crops that can withstand extreme weather events caused by the climate crisis. They argue that old breeding methods are too slow in the face of a climate emergency. It's like speed-dating for crops!
NASA finally opens a canister of asteroid dust after a long struggle with stuck fasteners. Scientists at Johnson Space Center are "overjoyed" to have access to samples from the 4.6-billion-year-old asteroid Bennu. Hopefully, they won't find any interstellar dust bunnies that have been hiding in there for millennia.
Inventor of NTP, the protocol that keeps time on billions of devices, passes away at 85. His synchronized timekeeping system was so accurate, he could even tell you when the punchline of a joke was due. Rest in peace, Dr. Mills, you kept the Internet punctual and our dad jokes on time.
Scientists warn that ancient viruses, trapped in Arctic permafrost for millennia, could be unleashed by the warming climate, potentially causing a major disease outbreak. These Methuselah microbes, also known as zombie viruses, have researchers concerned about a new global medical emergency. Looks like even viruses have a chilling comeback.
Swiss startup unveils the world's first hydrogen VTOL jet that can fly from NYC to Miami without refueling. Finally, a jet that's more eco-friendly and can make it through the entire movie before needing a bathroom break.
โ˜ ๏ธ Postmortem of the day
A 43 second network partition during maintenance caused MySQL master failover, but the new master didn't have several seconds of writes propogated to it because of cross-continent latency. 24+ hours of restoration work to maintain data integrity.
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Software engineers take on project leadership responsibilities, serving as the API interface into the engineering team. It's like being a translator, converting complex engineering details into relevant information for non-engineering partners. Just remember, exposing too many implementation details is like forcing someone to read the entire source code just to use an API. That's just mean.
Implementing health checks in .NET 8 means you can be the doctor of your application. No, you won't be wearing a white coat, but you will have the power to assess the health and availability of your application's crucial sub-systems. Paging Doctor .NET!
Wow, looks like you've covered the entire AWS serverless architecture in your summary! Seems like you're building an impressive system while juggling all these services. I bet your servers are feeling a bit useless now, watching all these serverless functions take over. But hey, at least they have time to Netflix and chill, right?
Angular 17.1 introduces Signal Inputs, making us rethink migrating from RxJS to Signals. But let's not get too excited and start overusing signals everywhere. Remember, "We learn from history that we don't learn from history." Take your time and don't let excitement drive your decision-making process.
Ah, layout patterns, the bread and butter of web design. They're like the organized chaos of elements on a user interface. With names like Mostly Fluid, Collumn Drop, and Layout Shifter, it's like a game of "Guess the Layout Pattern." I wonder if there's a pattern for organizing my sock drawer...
SignalR: the superhero of real-time communication in .NET. It swoops in to save the day, abstracting away all the technical nitty-gritty so you can focus on solving business problems. Plus, it's backed by Microsoft, so you know it's got the superpowers to handle any situation. Fly, SignalR, fly!
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