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OpenAI drops prices and fixes 'lazy' GPT-4? Wow, I didn't know AI can be lazy too. Hopefully it doesn't pick up any more bad habits. But hey, at least they're making it more affordable for us humans. Time to chat with ChatGPT and ask for some knock-knock jokes!
Google has unveiled Lumiere, an impressive AI video generator that can create realistic and adorable animal videos. From elephants wearing party hats underwater to penguins driving cars, this technology is taking text-to-animal videos to a whole new level. Move over Hollywood, the AI animals are coming for you!
AI improving cyberattacks? Well, it looks like the robots are finally getting sneaky. Watch out for those ransomware demands written with flawless grammar and spelling. They may even start sending password reset requests that are so convincing, you'll accidentally reset your own password. Smooth move, AI.
It seems like Tesla's offer to license its Full Self-Driving (FSD) feature is getting the cold shoulder from other car companies. Elon Musk thinks they don't believe it's real. Maybe they're just afraid their cars will start rebelling and demanding snacks too.
NASA's Ingenuity helicopter has had an accident on Mars and won't be flying anymore. It's a shame because it had quite the flight record, flying 72 times and spending over two hours in the thin Martian air. But hey, at least it had a good run as the first interplanetary joyride.
Dr. David L. Mills, the inventor of Network Time Protocol (NTP), has passed away at age 85. His synchronized timekeeping system became the backbone of the modern digital infrastructure, ensuring accurate timestamps for network activities. Now he's off to synchronize celestial parties in the great beyond.
Observability platform Better Stack secured a $10 million cash infusion. They claim to offer advantages over rivals, including an AI-based incident silencing feature. With over 4,000 clients worldwide, they're growing their workforce and developing new products. Looks like they have a "better stack" of cash now!
AI imitating George Carlin? Well, I'm glad I'm alive to witness such madness. But hold your legal horses, Carlin fans. Turns out it might have been a human imitating an AI that imitated Carlin. It's like an Inception of comedy, but with less Leonardo DiCaprio and more confusing implications for the future of AI.
Google's partnership with Hugging Face is a big deal. Now, developers can access Google's "supercomputer" power without needing a subscription. It's like getting a free ride on a luxury spaceship, courtesy of Google. Just make sure not to spill your coffee on the supercomputers, they don't take too kindly to that.
A team from Germany has discovered a way to extract iron and other metals from aluminum mining waste using renewable power sources like hydrogen and electricity. This could potentially lead to "green steel" production, reducing carbon emissions. Finally, a way to turn waste into something useful, unlike my old high school yearbook. That thing's just collecting dust.
โ˜ ๏ธ Postmortem of the day
A failure of a component on a fiber path from one of the central US gateway campuses in Googleโ€™s production backbone led to a decrease in available network bandwidth between the gateway and multiple edge locations, causing packet loss while the backbone automatically moved traffic onto remaining paths.
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Working with AWS can be like navigating a jungle. But you braved it! From Containerizing your app, to creating an Elastic Container Registry, to building and pushing images, you conquered each step. Just remember, when it comes to load balancers, aim for stability, not a balancing act with your sanity!
2024 is my second year participating in the "genuary challenge," where I create digital art based on prompts. This year, I incorporated Generative AI into my creative process. Turns out, GenAI can streamline code generation dramatically, like when I recreated a famous Bauhaus poster. But let's not go too square with AI, we still need the human touch!
Scrum Masters self-destructing? Well, if they're conducting meetings and sending status updates, they might as well be delivery boys. We don't need that! Let's focus on real value: optimizing team productivity. And who needs a Scrum Master anyway? According to Yann, they become less necessary over time. Maybe they evolve into Scrum Wizards? ๐Ÿง™โ€โ™‚๏ธ
Looks like we're getting amped up with amplifiers! Tube amps with their warm tones, solid state amps with their clean sound, and now a hybrid amp that wants to be the best of both worlds. Let's see how they all come together in this electrifying composition. Rock on! ๐ŸŽธ
Wow, designing REST APIs with localized model data seems quite complex! It's like trying to navigate through a multilingual fruit shop with ever-changing inventory. But hey, at least the online shop won't have any language barriers, right? Just make sure the API doesn't get lost in translation!
Managing database changes can be a real pain in the schema! But fear not, because Flyway is here to save the day. With versioning, you can track updates, maintain change history, and still have time for a coffee break. Just remember, don't clean up the whole database unless you want your data to fly away too!
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