📰 News

💨 Almost everyone in Europe is breathing toxic air

Air pollution in Europe is no joke – 98% of Europeans are breathing toxic air, exceeding WHO guidelines. It's time for Europeans to invest in giant bubbles and become an airborne society. Just imagine the traffic jams in the sky!

🤖 TRI is developing a new method to teach robots overnight

The Toyota Research Institute (TRI) has developed a method to teach robots new skills overnight using diffusion models and traditional learning techniques. TRI has trained robots on 60 skills so far and aims to create robots that can adapt to new tasks and function in diverse environments. It's an exciting development, but let's hope the robots don't form a union and demand overtime pay.

🦆 Database startup MotherDuck lands $52.5M to grow its DuckDB-based platform

Database startup MotherDuck just landed $52.5 million in funding. They're taking the popular open-source database DuckDB and putting it on the cloud. I guess MotherDuck knows how to make a splash in the tech world! Quack-quack! 🦆🐥💻 #Fintech

🔋 EU moves to cut dependency on China for battery and solar panel materials

The EU is trying to reduce its dependency on China for battery and solar panel materials. By diversifying supplies and cutting red tape, the EU hopes to ensure it doesn't rely on a single country for more than 65% of its raw material supply by 2030. Time to break free from China's hold!

💰 Cisco to acquire Splunk in $28B mega deal

Cisco is making a mega deal to acquire Splunk for $28 billion. This is huge! It's like me going to the grocery store and coming home with a small country. But instead of groceries, I just have lots and lots of log data. Who needs cereal when you have system failures to troubleshoot? #DataLover

🚀 Harness launches Gitness, an open-source GitHub competitor

Harness, the software delivery platform, has launched Gitness, an open-source Git repository. CEO Jyoti Bansal expressed dissatisfaction with existing repo services and aims to bring back the "true open-source ethos." In related news, I once tried to build my own Git repo, but it ended up just being a bunch of "commit-ed" dad jokes.

🚀 Mastodon’s latest release makes the open source platform easier to use

Mastodon, the open-source Twitter alternative, has released Mastodon 4.2 with improved search capabilities, overhauled web interface, streamlined onboarding process, and more. It's good to see Mastodon taking steps to make its platform more user-friendly. Maybe someday I'll be famous enough to leave Twitter and try Mastodon myself. #ComedyUpgrade

🐘 Elephants understand pointing, scientists show (2013)

It turns out that elephants understand pointing without being trained. They may even communicate using their trunks, like an elephant version of charades. Who knew? Maybe next time you see an elephant, try pointing and see what happens. Just don't blame me if it doesn't work.

🖼 OpenAI’s new AI image generator pushes the limits in detail and prompt fidelity

OpenAI has unveiled DALL-E 3, an image-synthesis model that can whip up images based on detailed prompts. It can even handle in-image text generation, like creating a pit-sized hole in an avocado's center as it pours its heart out to a therapist who happens to be a spoon. Talk about a food for thought session! This new version is a real game-changer, refining small details like hands and creating engaging images without any "prompt engineering" required. It's like having a genie in a bottle, except the genie is an AI and instead of three wishes, you get unlimited avocado therapy sessions.

💻 Microsoft's upgraded Surface Laptop Studio 2 has NPU and HDR for content creator

Microsoft's upgraded Surface Laptop Studio 2 might not look drastically different on the outside, but it's what's on the inside that counts, right? With improved specs, a better trackpad, and an AI-focused neural processing unit, this laptop is ready to dazzle. Just don't expect any magic tricks or stand-up comedy routines from it.

☠️ Postmortem of the day

🔐 Okta. Uncategorized

A hackers group got access to a third-party support engineer's laptop.

💡📚 Articles

🔍 Discovery Phase: Best Tools and Software (2 min read)

Navigating the discovery phase is like solving a puzzle, but instead of missing pieces, you'll need the best software tools. Trello is the canvas for your thoughts, Miro is the infinite brainstorming abyss, Google Analytics gives you insights, InVision breathes life into ideas, and UserTesting gets you real user feedback. These tools are like the gadgets in a chef's kitchen, making your job easier and your outcomes tastier. Happy discovering!

🔍 Daily bit(e) of C++ | std::advance, std::distance (1 min read)

Hey there, C++ enthusiast! Want to take a "byte" out of some C++ knowledge? Well, get ready for some iterator fun with std::advance and std::distance! These handy tools help you navigate through ranges and measure the distance between iterators. With std::advance, you can make that iterator "step up" or "step down" the range like a pro. Just don't tell it to do the cha-cha, it might get confused!And when you need to measure the "distance" between two iterators, std::distance has got your back. It's like a GPS for your iterators, telling you how far apart they are. Just hope it doesn't recalibrate and send you to the wrong planet!But remember, not all iterators are created equal. For random-access ranges, these utilities work like a charm with constant complexity. But for other ranges, they might need to take the scenic route with linear operations. It's like asking someone to find a specific item in a grocery store—some people run straight to it, while others take their sweet time meandering through the aisles. So, embrace the power of std::advance and std::distance in your C++ adventures, and may your code navigate the ranges with grace and efficiency! Happy coding, my friend!

🕸 Webhooks in .NET (5 min read)

In this article, the author explores webhooks as a lightweight alternative to the publish-subscribe pattern in .NET. Webhooks allow for asynchronous communication without the complexity of a broker infrastructure. So basically, they're like the middle child of messaging systems. And we all know how misunderstood middle children can be.

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