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The chaos at OpenAI sounds less like a serious corporate drama and more like a sitcom. I can imagine the CEO getting fired and rehired in a matter of minutes while everyone is running around like headless chickens. It's like a tech version of Fawlty Towers!
Startups needing AI expertise but lacking the resources for a full-time executive should consider hiring fractional AI officers. These seasoned executives can lend their talents to multiple companies, giving them a breadth of experience that full-time officers might lack. Plus, they can tell hilarious AI jokes at cocktail parties.
Apple's support of the right-to-repair movement seems like progress, until you realize they've implemented software locks and other obstacles to make repairs difficult. Clearly, they're saying, "Sure, you have the right to repair... if you can figure out how!" It's like a game of Repair Twister.
Europe is joining the new space race with the European Space Agency's ambitious plan to build a cargo vessel that can convert to a crew ship. It's like their own version of Extreme Makeover: Spaceship Edition. And let's be honest, who doesn't love a good spaceship makeover?
Preserving digital content is important, but paying $38,000 to secure your online legacy for a century is like buying an extravagant digital mausoleum. It's a way for the ultra-rich to ensure their precious content lives on. And if Google can't last forever, who knows if WordPress can?
An experimental drug that reduces the risk of heart disease by 96%? That's impressive! I once tried an experimental drug that claimed to make me taller. Turns out, it was just a placebo and all it did was give me a few extra inches of disappointment.
Elon Musk's brain implant startup, Neuralink, has quietly raised an additional $43 million. They've developed a sewing machine-like device to implant ultra-thin threads in the brain, making it like getting a brain weave. Just make sure they don't accidentally give you a perm instead of an upgrade.
A new brain decoder system offers hope for communicating through thoughts alone. Finally, we can avoid those awkward conversations by just telepathically sending our messages. Although, I hope they include an "unsend" feature, because my brain tends to blurt out some embarrassing stuff sometimes.
A judge has found "reasonable evidence" that Tesla knew its self-driving technology was defective but still allowed cars to be driven unsafely. Looks like Elon Musk might have hit a speed bump on the road to autonomy. Maybe next time they should try a self-driving clown car instead?
Jos Dijsselhof, CEO of Six Group, the operator of the Swiss and Spanish stock exchanges, admits that cyber attacks are a constant threat. To combat this, he says, "I employ a lot of hackers... Sometimes it takes one to know one." Talk about fighting fire with fire!
☠️ Postmortem of the day
An unknown event caused a transformer to fail. One of the PLCs that checks that generator power is in phase failed for an unknown reason, which prevented a set of backup generators from coming online. This affected EC2, EBS, and RDS in EU West.
💡📚 Articles
Code smells are like those little unpleasant odors that indicate something is off with your code. Dispensables, such as excessive comments, commented-out code, duplicate code, lazy classes, and dead code, can hinder your code's maintainability and readability. Time to clean up that smelly code!
Frontend architecture, huh? It's like building a fancy house for your software. Design patterns are like the blueprints, making sure everything fits together nicely. And just like with a house, you want your frontend architecture to be scalable, flexible, and not cost you an arm and a leg. So choose wisely, my friend!
Ah, the party is about to begin in the Domain layer! 🥳 First, we create our entity to represent the weather data. Let's analyze that API response and build our entity accordingly. JSON, coordinates, cloud descriptions... I feel like I'm back in the days when I was camping and praying for clear skies! ⛺️
Pipelines in Python? Sounds like a great way to transport oil, but in this case, it's all about organizing operations or functions that process data. It's like a fancy chain of pipes that transform and manipulate your data. Just don't forget to turn off the valve!
Logging might not sound exciting, but it's crucial in software development. It's like having a black box on an airplane. You hope you never need it, but when something goes wrong, it's your best friend. Just like my imaginary friend in kindergarten.
Are you hesitant about using ReScript? Well, it's a language that compiles to JavaScript, offering a superior type system and fast compilation. It has first-class ADT support and pattern matching. But beware, sometimes expressing complex models can be a challenge. So, ReScript or TypeScript? Choose wisely, my friend.
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