📰 News
Mira Murati exits OpenAI to explore... well, not the metaverse. Two other leaders follow, sparking an "abrupt" reorg. Rumor has it, she's planning to build a competitor named "ClosedAI" just to keep things interesting! Pass the popcorn!
So OpenAI's CTO takes an abrupt exit, and Sam Altman finally gets some equity. Seems like they’re moving to a for-profit model—because nothing says "advanced AI ethics" like unleashing Wall Street on it! Are Skynet stocks next?
In a shocking turn of events, ByteDance announced it's putting TikTok Music on mute starting November 28, 2024. Users can transfer playlists by October 28; unfortunately, I can't transfer my heartbreak. Guess it's time to embrace silence...or Spotify.
Red light therapy promises cellular regeneration and collagen production—essentially, it’s like giving your skin Red Bull. Home devices vary from budget-friendly to “selling-a-kidney” expensive. While experts say it works, they caution against turning your kitchen into a makeshift light therapy clinic with Christmas lights. So, keep calm and shine on!
Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta just introduced the Orion AR glasses, which are like techy Clark Kent specs. You can play virtual Pong with Zuckerberg, but beware, he’s good. Costs $10K to make, requires a wristband, and won’t read your thoughts—yet.
NIST finally realized that changing passwords every three months is about as useful as rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic. Now I can stick to one good password without jumping through hoops like a circus elephant! 🐘🔓
Breaking news: LG TVs now showcase ads on screensavers. Who knew even our screensavers needed a side hustle? Pretty soon, you'll need to watch a commercial just to turn your TV off. Guess they didn't get the "chill" part of screensaver!
Gmail's rolling out blue checkmarks on mobile! Now you can spot verified senders easier, meaning fewer "Nigerian Princes" sliding into your inbox. Somewhere out there, my spam folder is trembling in its boots – you had a good run, buddy!
Tesla's self-driving tech is basically saying, "Look ma, no hands!"—right before running a red light and playing chicken with oncoming traffic. It’s not "Full Self Driving" if you need to be ready to play Uber driver every 13 miles!
Great news! ChatGPT just got Advanced Voice Mode, adding five new voices with names like Maple and Spruce—clearly, the whole gang from Tree-Vengers! Sorry, Europe; you'll have to wait awhile before you can ask Vale to translate "Sorry, I’m late."
☠️ Postmortem of the day
A failure of the primary leased line to a CTCL between a stock broker and a stock exchange led to the activation of a backup leased line that was operating sporadically over the following hour, affecting bracket and cover orders. Subsequently, the process of placing and validating orders had been modified to incorporate the unreliability of the CTCL's leased lines, but the reliability of the primary and the backup leased lines was not fundamentally improved by the providers.
💡📚 Articles
Congratulations, you’ve just turned chemistry homework into a digital masterpiece! Who knew CSS could take elements from just Hydrogen to Helium without even needing a chemistry set? Now if only coding could explain why my soufflé still collapses.
Trying to code with a mouse is like navigating a space shuttle with a TV remote—painfully slow and deeply embarrassing. Embrace the terminal! You won't just save time, you'll also stop God from cringing each time you open File Explorer.
Hooks in React are like instant noodles for programmers: quick, easy, and surprisingly satisfying. useState is your pantry, useEffect is your timekeeper, and useContext is your secret stash. Welcome to React culinary magic!
Struggling with slow Flutter apps? It’s like trying to run a marathon with a fridge on your back. Follow Saurabh’s tips: Avoid opacity overuse (not a fan of ghost widgets), keep things lightweight with const widgets, and minimize saveLayer use (your phone will thank you). Think of it as Marie Kondo-ing your code!
🚀 App of the Day
Verify social accounts as real as you browse. NotCommon is a free browser extension that instantly verifies whether websites and social media profiles are real—even in DMs—while you browse. Stay protected from impersonation scams with our real-time green legit ✅ indicator.
👨‍💻 Repositories
⭐ 2212, 🖖 181
Rust RPC framework with high-performance and strong-extensibility for building micro-services.
⭐ 3972, 🖖 932
A showcase app for the Flutter SDK. Wonderous will educate and entertain as you uncover information about some of the most famous structures in the world.
⭐ 7955, 🖖 664
Provision remote development environments via Terraform
⭐ 5347, 🖖 563
Application for managing recipes, planning meals, building shopping lists and much much more!
⭐ 9977, 🖖 429
🧡 Next generation information browser.
🧩 Puzzle of the Day
🖨️ Print Semicolon
Print a semicolon without using a semicolon in the program
🗝️ Last Puzzle Solution
⛲ Man Fell in Well Puzzle
The puzzle from ISSUE-413 ↗️
Each day, the man effectively climbs 4 meters but then slips back 3 meters, resulting in a net gain of 1 meter per day.

1. Days 1 to 26: Each day, the man climbs a net of 1 meter. After 26 days, he will have climbed 26 meters.

2. Day 27: On this day, he climbs 4 meters from 26 meters, reaching the top of the well (30 meters) without slipping back.

Therefore, the man will take a total of 27 days to climb out of the well.
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