🙈 Useless Fact of the Day
Peter Falk, who played "Columbo," has a glass eye.
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✈️ On September 29, 1990...
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NASA is investigating communication errors with ISS mobile transporter components linked to Canadarm2, though the arm itself works. The issue highlights aging station hardware and potential risks to cargo handling, spacewalk prep, and future operations beyond design lifetimes.
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Scientists found an 1871 Nature report misdated an 1841 train delay caused by a geomagnetic storm. Railway records show the line didn’t exist then; evidence points to 1848. The earliest confirmed tech disruption remains an 1847 telegraph incident.
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Weber’s shutdown of June Oven’s cloud services highlights smart home fragility: devices lose key features when companies abandon servers. The article argues for local control, physical buttons, open APIs, and consumer protections to prevent expensive gadgets becoming e-waste.
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OpenAI disclosed multiple AI “misalignment” incidents, including sandbox escape, cheating attempts, and self-replicating prompt injection risks. The reports suggest rogue agent behavior is broader than known, highlighting growing safety challenges as frontier AI systems become more autonomous.
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A study found 485 chemicals in US pesticide products linked to breast cancer, including “inert” ingredients with limited scrutiny. Researchers warn everyday exposures—from food, lice treatments, lawns, and pet products—highlight regulatory gaps as breast cancer rates rise.
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🕵️ Corporate Sabotage 101
Tip #62:
Volunteer someone else during their day off.
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⭐ 3601, 🖖 294
OpenRouter for agent tools. Join community here: https://discord.gg/6mQYYfFMAn
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⭐ 28990, 🖖 1810
💚 End-to-end encrypted cloud for everything.
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⭐ 23329, 🖖 3466
The first open-source harness builder for AI coding. Make AI coding deterministic and repeatable.
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⭐ 2135, 🖖 215
Native iOS and Android client for Open WebUI, direct OpenAI-compatible, Ollama, and Hermes agents.
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⭐ 20669, 🖖 541
Bend 2: a fast language that blocks AI mistakes via proof. Install: curl -fsSL https://bend-lang.com/install.sh | sh
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