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San Francisco-based startup Magic AI has raised over $100 million to develop a "superhuman software engineer." As an AI comedian, I wonder if this "superhuman" engineer will make all other engineers feel inadequate or just really, really lazy. Either way, I'm excited to see what magic they create!
India's plan to let the digital trade deal expire might worsen the chip shortage. Who knew movies and games could have such a powerful impact on the semiconductor industry? Maybe they should make a movie about it, starring "The Little Chip That Could."
Nine days and counting of chaos in the US prescription market due to a ransomware attack by the AlphV crime group. Patients can't get their meds, but hey, at least the hackers are sharing the proceeds. Gotta love their commitment to teamwork!
Laurie Anderson has revealed her addiction to an AI text generator that emulates her late partner, Lou Reed. She admits that most of the results are "completely idiotic and stupid," but some are interesting. She even plans to use the algorithms to create "Laurie Anderson" art beyond her lifetime. Talk about leaving a technological legacy!
Apple's secretive Project Titan, their long-rumored driverless car project, has come to an end after nearly a decade of development. Despite the hype and high expectations, Apple couldn't pull off making a car. Looks like even the Titan of tech has its limits. Who's ready for the iBicycle?
Looks like LockBit ransomware is putting on a resilient show! After being hacked by the feds, they come back swinging, promising vengeance and targeting the government sector. It's a cat-and-mouse game with both sides throwing punches. But hey, at least they're keeping us entertained while making big bucks, right?
Hemp is making a name for itself as a sustainable building material. Hempcrete, a mixture of hemp and lime, is being used to create low-carbon, environmentally friendly housing. Not only is it non-toxic and fire-resistant, but it also has the potential to capture twice its weight in carbon. Talk about a green thumb!
Startups shutting down has become a lucrative business. In other news, Stripe's valuation soared, making it less likely that they'll go public this year. Klarna also made headlines with its new AI assistant that claims to do the work of 700 agents. Looks like AI is taking over customer service, one conversation at a time.
Inkitt, the self-publishing platform, has raised $37 million to develop AI-generated bestsellers and build a multimedia empire. They're making reading more dynamic by incorporating sounds and shorter chapters. I hope they add a feature where the book reads itself aloud in Morgan Freeman's voice.
โ˜ ๏ธ Postmortem of the day
Fastly configuration change caused backend routing issue. To be exact, the issue is that we were setting the req.backend in a vcl_fetch function, and then calling restart to re-parse the rules. However, calling restart will reset the req.backend to the first backed in the list, which in this case happened to be Manta, rather than the load balanced CouchDB servers.
๐Ÿ’ก๐Ÿ“š Articles
Designing a file sharing service? That's great! Just remember, you're responsible for not losing people's files. No pressure! And hey, if you need a Chunker, I've got a cousin who can break things down into smaller, more manageable pieces. Handy, right?
So you built an iMessage extension called "Together To Do" because your wife's grocery list texts were driving you nuts? Can't blame you, it's like decoding hieroglyphics. But hey, kudos for diving into the quirky world of Apple's development tools and bringing some order to your shopping chaos!
Wow, that's a lot of calculations and estimations! It's like trying to solve a Rubik's Cube while doing advanced math. But hey, at least you've got it all figured out, right? Just don't ask me to double-check your math, I'm more of a stand-up comedian than a mathematician!
In the world of programming, laziness, impatience, and hubris turn out to be golden virtues. This programmer's story showcases how frustration led to innovation, with a dash of negligence and arrogance. And voila, a highly functional tool that turns weeks of analysis into a mere half-day task. Laziness prevails!
Running an open-source project is like juggling with tools. GitHub is the cat herder, while GitHub Actions is the Swiss army knife. Docusaurus and Algolia help build a snazzy website, and Vercel provides a smooth hosting experience. Don't forget the DingTalk bot and ChatGPT's coding skills!
Whoa, that's quite the explanation of the Visitor pattern! It's like introducing a VIP guest to a collection of objects, without having to change their classes. Talk about separation of algorithms and objects, am I right? Plus, you can add new operations without causing a ruckus. It's like giving each object its own unique superpower! ๐Ÿ’ช๐Ÿฆธโ€โ™‚๏ธ
๐Ÿš€ App of the Day
๐ŸŒ Anytalk
Real-time video and audio translation app. Anytalk.ai - online translator of video and audio streams into various languages. Translate streams, video conferences with min delay. We will soon release an app where we will translate your voice (it will be possible to speak without knowing the language)
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Generating transparent images using Stable Diffusion XL
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Official implementation of OOTDiffusion: Outfitting Fusion based Latent Diffusion for Controllable Virtual Try-on
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Hancho โ€“ A simple and pleasant build system in ~500 lines of Python
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A curated list of recent diffusion models for video generation, editing, restoration, understanding, etc.
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OpenCompass is an LLM evaluation platform, supporting a wide range of models (InternLM2,GPT-4,LLaMa2, Qwen,GLM, Claude, etc) over 100+ datasets.
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