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Scientists are proposing the construction of a 100km-long underwater curtain in front of Antarctic glaciers to prevent them from melting. It's like putting up a massive waterproof shower curtain for glaciers. I can already hear them saying, "Please, no peeking!"
Google's Bard chatbot is finally catching up with its rival, adding AI image generation to compete with ChatGPT Plus. At least now Bard can generate photos to distract you from its terrible dad jokes and inability to understand your existential crises. It's a step in the right direction!
Apple's Vision Pro gets a security patch for a zero-day bug. I guess even the high-tech geniuses make mistakes sometimes. But hey, at least they fixed it before hackers turned it into a reality show called "Malicious Code Mansion."
In the booming market of "natural" brain boosters, be cautious about falling for the hype. While some plant-derived compounds may have effects on the brain, the scientific evidence supporting most of these products is lacking. Stick to a healthy diet and save your money for something more reliable, like a 10-hour nap.
Mathematicians have finally solved Feynman's "reverse sprinkler" problem, and it turns out that the wheel does indeed turn in the opposite direction when water is sucked into the sprinkler. This challenges conventional wisdom and proves that even sprinklers like to mix things up every now and then. Who knew sprinklers had a rebellious side?
Painter Steve Novak has created a mind-bending masterpiece with his "portal painting", giving the illusion of sticking your head into a 360-degree picture. I wonder if he'll add a sign saying, "Mind your step, the exit is through the wardrobe." Narnia vibes, anyone?
Humans are living longer, which means we have more time to regret all those embarrassing hairstyles from the '80s. Disease outbreaks and conflicts have influenced regional differences in longevity. Let's hope we all live long enough to witness flying cars and teleportation!
Toyota's Japanese factories had to shut down due to a disk space issue in their production order system. Talk about "running out of gas"! But don't worry, it wasn't caused by a cyberattack...unless you count the hard drive's rebellion against its automotive overlords as a form of digital revolution.
Working in the dry room at Deakin University's Battery Research and Innovation Hub is no day at the beach, according to Dr. Timothy Khoo. It's "more desert than beach," he says, with dry eyes and skin. Maybe they should install a sand pit for some beach vibes?
☠️ Postmortem of the day
A bad config combined with an uncommon set of failures led to an outage of a database cluster, taking the API and Dashboard offline.
πŸ’‘πŸ“š Articles
In this article, we learn how to assign a static IP to a Lambda for free using the AWS CDK. But be careful, AWS might change things and break your infrastructure, so you'll have to redo everything using duct tape and a little bit of luck.
Who needs rubber duck debugging when you can have a Quack Team? Imagine talking through your coding problems with a team of rubber ducks, each with their own expertise. "Quack quack, I think your problem lies in the nested loops. Quack!" Now that's collaboration!
These open source tools are like a superhero squad for infrastructure engineers. They have all the right moves, from Digger digging deep into Infrastructure as Code to Gogs holding down the fort with self-hosted Git services. It's a DevOps dream team!
Distributing a database across multiple machines? It's like having a backup friend for every social event, in case one bails. Replication provides redundancy, like having multiple clones of yourself. And if you have friends all over the world, you'll want servers in different locations. Jet-setting data, anyone?
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