🙈 Useless Fact of the Day
Illinois has the highest number of personalized license plates than any other state.
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In 1995, Brendan Eich developed JavaScript in 10 days at Netscape. Thirty years later, JavaScript is crucial for web interactivity, powering 98.9% of websites and expanding to mobile apps, server backends, and more. It remains the most popular programming language globally.
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The FDA has approved the first oral obesity pill, Wegovy, made by Novo Nordisk. This daily pill contains semaglutide and promises to broaden access and reduce costs for obesity treatments. It offers comparable weight loss to injectable forms.
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Databricks raised over $4 billion in a Series L funding round, valuing the company at $134 billion. The funds will support its focus on AI products like its Lakebase database and Agent Bricks platform. The investment underscores strong investor confidence in Databricks' potential to dominate AI-driven data applications.
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Four AI models were tested on re-creating Minesweeper for a web platform with added features. Results varied, but Codex performed best with chording and mobile optimizations, scoring 9/10. Overall, results showed mixed effectiveness and creativity among the AI-coding agents.
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A windstorm in Boulder, Colorado, caused a power outage impacting the National Institute of Standards and Technology's (NIST) atomic clocks. Despite battery backups, communication failures led to a 4.8 microsecond deviation in U.S. official time. NIST quickly restored operations.
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🌱 Good First GitHub Issue
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Language:
Repository: Scribe-Android
(Android keyboards for language learners with translation, verb conjugation and more!)
Why: Involves brainstorming and sharing ideas, good for beginners to engage.
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⭐ 421, 🖖 14
CineCLI – Browse and torrent movies directly from your terminal
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⭐ 6830, 🖖 1492
This repo powers my experiment where ChatGPT manages a real-money micro-cap stock portfolio.
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⭐ 1563, 🖖 41
Fabrice Bellard Releases MicroQuickJS
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⭐ 1081, 🖖 10
Snitch – A friendlier ss/netstat
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⭐ 54, 🖖 3
Lsp-CLI: CLI language client for LSP language servers
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