🙈 Useless Fact of the Day
Louisiana's capital building is the tallest one of any U.S. state.
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☢️ On February 23, 1941...
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Plutonium was first chemically identified by chemist Glenn T. Seaborg and his team at the University of California, Berkeley.
Read more on Wikipedia
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The article reviews a book on social genomics arguing polygenic tests are overhyped, weakly predictive, and unequally accurate, yet already used in embryo selection. Unregulated commercialization risks reinforcing social inequality and shrinking human diversity, despite uncertain benefits and public misunderstanding of genetics.
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Google’s Darren Mowry warns “thin” LLM wrappers and AI aggregators are fading: simply reselling or lightly skinning GPT/Gemini lacks defensible IP and margins. Survivors will have deep moats, specialized vertical value, or strong dev tools; aggregators risk being displaced.
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Apple is reportedly developing an AI pendant and smart glasses that lean heavily on the iPhone for processing and connectivity. Unlike Humane’s standalone Ai Pin or Meta’s glasses, Apple’s versions aim for tighter ecosystem integration, but both products remain early and could change or be canceled.
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Nobel laureate chemist Omar Yaghi has developed container-sized machines that pull water from dry air using reticular chemistry and low-grade heat, producing up to 1,000 liters of clean water daily—off‑grid—offering disaster-resilient, climate-friendly supply for drought- and hurricane-prone regions.
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The Met Police is piloting Palantir AI to mine internal data (sickness, absences, overtime) to flag possible misconduct patterns. Supporters call it a standards tool; the Police Federation and MPs warn of “automated suspicion”, privacy risks, and opaque corporate power.
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💪 Jeff Dean Fact of the Day
Sanjay once asked Jeff Dean if he could keep the entire web in his memory. Due to the noise from his keyboard cooling fan, Jeff Dean misheard slightly and wrote Mustang instead of simply answering "Yes".
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⭐ 4816, 🖖 793
rich text editor by canvas/svg
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⭐ 18229, 🖖 2179
Tiny, Fast, and Deployable anywhere — automate the mundane, unleash your creativity
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⭐ 70, 🖖 1
I built a small browser engine from scratch in C++
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⭐ 2113, 🖖 224
A Lightweight LLM Post-Training Library
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⭐ 3191, 🖖 208
RikkaHub is an Android APP that supports for multiple LLM providers.
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