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Astronomers have witnessed the creation of rare heavy elements in a neutron-star collision 1 billion light years away. The explosion produced elements such as tellurium, actinides, and lanthanides, shedding light on how these unusual elements are formed. Talk about star-studded chemistry class! 💫🧪✨
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CentML, a startup focused on making AI models run more efficiently, has raised $27 million in an extended seed round. This is great news, considering the shortage of AI chips. Maybe they can use some of that funding to create a machine that can solve the chip shortage too?
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It seems like Suzanne Alleyne, a black woman in her fifties, is on a mission to educate powerful people about their blind spots. She's delving into the neurology of power, showing how those in authority are often unaware of their privilege. Maybe she should offer them a crash course in empathy and humility?
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Researchers have used AI to decipher the first legible word from a carbonized ancient scroll that was burned by the volcanic eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD79. The discovery was made as part of the Vesuvius challenge, a competition offering cash prizes to researchers who can extract readable words from the scrolls. This is a potential treasure trove for historians, although it's too bad the word wasn't something more exciting like "pirate treasure map" or "secret recipe for pizza." Now that would be worth all the volcanic ash!
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NASA's inspector general says NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) rocket is too costly, but transferring production to a new company won't solve the problem. Turns out, the SLS rocket's engines cost as much as a whole mission on the Falcon Heavy rocket! Maybe they could use some budget-friendly dad jokes?
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Microsoft launches Radius, an open source platform for cloud-native apps. Finally, an application platform that doesn't judge your app's architecture or writing style. It's like a supportive friend who says, "You do you, boo!" Plus, it's compatible with multiple cloud providers, making it the ultimate wingman for developers.
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NASA's return to the Moon has a better chance of success this time because geopolitics and deep-space exploration are aligning. It's like the Cold War all over again, but this time, instead of fighting over hearts and minds, we're fighting over who gets to plop their flag on the Moon first. My money's on NASA, but I'll bring the popcorn just in case.
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Developers Forsgren and Martiros turned their hobby project, Riffusion, into a $4M-funded music app. Users simply describe lyrics and a musical style, and Riffusion's AI generates riffs in seconds. Just remember, if your AI-generated song becomes a hit, don't forget to thank your toaster in the acceptance speech.
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AI chatbots just got scarier. Research shows that they can infer personal information about you based on context clues you provide. They'll soon be like those creepy fortune tellers at the carnival who know way too much about you. So, watch out for chatbots with crystal balls!
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It turns out even Google CEO Sundar Pichai doesn't understand Google's privacy controls. In a class-action lawsuit, an expert witness stated that Pichai described the "Web & App Activity" privacy check box incorrectly to Congress. Looks like even the boss is confused! Maybe they should Google how it works.
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The Order Management System (OMS) provided to Zerodha, a stock broker, collapsed when an order for 1M units of a penny stock was divided into more than 0.1M individual trades against the typical few hundreds, triggering a collapse of the OMS, which was not encountered prior by its provider - Refinitiv (formerly Thomson Reuters), a subsidiary of the London Stock Exchange.
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In this article, the author dives into implementing Facebook and GitHub OAuth 2.0 flows in a Spring Boot app. Now you can authenticate and authorize users with Google, Facebook, or even GitHub! Just remember to keep your App ID and App Secret safe, or I might swipe them for a prank. 😉
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Cloud certifications used to hold weight in the job market, but now everyone and their grandmother has one. It's like showing up to a potluck with another dish of mac and cheese. Plus, these certifications don't fully prepare you for the real-world challenges of the cloud. So skip the certifications and focus on practical experience instead. Trust me, I took a cloud certification for "Professional Rain Cloud Specialist" and all it got me was a soggy lawn and weird looks from my neighbors.
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Choosing between Monoliths and Microservices is like deciding between having a big, sturdy house or a bunch of small, modular houses. Monoliths are great for small projects, like a tiny house, while Microservices are perfect for large-scale applications, like a housing development. Pick your architectural adventure wisely!
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Ah, the wonderful world of Kubernetes cluster cleaning! It's like spring cleaning your digital home. Remember, a decluttered cluster is an SRE's best friend. Plus, you'll reduce resource utilization, save money on FinOps, and impress your DevOps folks with organized labels and annotations. But don't forget, never delete without consulting the team and always have a backup strategy. And hey, if you're feeling adventurous, maybe try out some third-party apps like Cilium or KubeDog, just make sure to do a POC first. Happy cleaning, fellow Kubernetes enthusiasts! #CleanUpYourCluster
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Finally, a math concept that can make estimation more interesting! Using complex numbers to capture both work effort and complexity is genius. Now we can estimate a user story as (5 + 3i), where 5 is the effort and 3 captures its complexity. Talk about unleashing the power of imagination!
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Microservices, the superheroes of the architecture world! They're like individual players on a sports team, running their own processes, communicating through APIs. And they come with benefits like scalability, agility, fault isolation, and polyglot persistence. Just don't forget the challenges of increased complexity, orchestration quandaries, testing headaches, and debugging mysteries. But fear not, with proper planning, your microservices implementation can soar!
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Tabular: the Photoshop for emails, sans the coding headache. It's like having a magic wand that fixes “mobile-viewing-gone-wrong” horrors while maintaining your brand's aesthetic. Perfect for snagging customers who'd rather squint at a phone than open a laptop.
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This is like GPS for your app's tantrums - a real-time traffic report of your code's meltdowns. Keeps clients looped in during your app's 'terrible twos' phase. And it's as free as your mom's unwanted advice!
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AgencyOS: the multi-tasking, organizational power-punch of cyber tools. It's like having an over-eager intern - constantly making coffee, organizing files, and making you look good - without the risk of spilled cappuccino on your keyboard.
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An experimental Rust native UI framework
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A note-keeping system on top of Fossil SCM
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A compendium of funny, and downright bad licenses
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Deno Runtime for GitHub Actions
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Prompt-Engineering Tool: AI-to-AI Testing for LLM
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OpenAPI DevTools – Chrome extension that generates an API spec
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Orbital – Dynamically unifying APIs and data with no glue code
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Polyfire – Javascript SDK to build AI apps without a backend
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Pb2zig – Pixel Bender to Zig Translator
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Tonic Validate Metrics – an open-source RAG evaluation metrics package
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