🙈 Useless Fact of the Day
There are more than 10 million bricks in the Empire State Building.
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The "DoorDash Problem" describes how AI browsers and agents could disintermediate service providers like DoorDash by handling transactions directly, undermining monetization through ads, loyalty programs, and promotions. Amazon is challenging this by suing the AI browser Perplexity. This conflict signals the onset of a broader battle over control in the web's economic future.
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Blue Origin, led by Jeff Bezos, has unveiled designs for an even larger New Glenn rocket, surpassing the Saturn V's height. The new super-heavy version, called New Glenn 9x4, boasts more powerful engines and increased payload capacity aimed at ambitious missions, including lunar and deep space explorations. Current plans eye early 2026 for further launches.
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Stanford University researchers trained an AI model named Evo on bacterial genomes, enabling it to predict and generate novel proteins, some of which are entirely new. Evo leverages gene clustering in bacteria to produce functional proteins from DNA sequences, expanding possibilities for bioengineering.
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SpaceX's upgraded Starship, Booster 18, suffered major damage during a pre-launch test on Friday, just a day after being rolled out. The failure of this critical next-generation vehicle, intended for enhanced performance, marks a significant setback.
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🌱 Good First GitHub Issue
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Language:
Repository: OMRChecker
(OMRChecker helps to grade exams fast and accurately using a scanner 🖨 or your phone 🤳. Learn image processing with Python and OpenCV while contributing to one of the most popular repositories related to OMR topic on github.)
Why: Simple debugging task to fix environment-specific issue, good for learning pre-commit and OpenCV.
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⭐ 2034, 🖖 149
Desktop shell for wayland compositors built with Quickshell & GO, optimized for niri, hyprland, sway, MangoWC, and labwc.
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⭐ 2040, 🖖 85
Grab any element on in your app and give it to Cursor, Claude Code, etc
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⭐ 2451, 🖖 1012
Easy to Use, 100% Open Source Learning Management System
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⭐ 2003, 🖖 57
Ucupaint is Blender addon to manage texture layers for Eevee and Cycles renderer.
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⭐ 6300, 🖖 240
the elegant TypeScript UI framework
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