🙈 Useless Fact of the Day
Of all the words in the English language, the word 'set' has the most definitions!
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A U.S. Army Reserve veteran ambushed and shot at police officers in Dallas, killing five and injuring nine, before being killed by a bomb attached to a police robot—the first known use of a robot by U.S. law enforcement to kill a suspect.
Read more on Wikipedia
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US home battery installations hit a record in early 2026 as electricity costs rose and states offered incentives. Batteries help homeowners save, support grids via virtual power plants, and may even help power AI data centers.
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Amazon will close Mechanical Turk to new customers in 2026, signaling decline rather than immediate shutdown. Once key to crowdsourced labor and AI data labeling, it’s been undermined by bots, fraud, low trust, and AI-generated worker responses.
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A failed hip implant shed cobalt after ceramic debris ground against a metal replacement part. The patient developed severe neurological, cardiac, and thyroid symptoms. Surgery revealed metallic fluid and dead tissue; cleanup and chelation helped, but recovery remained incomplete.
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Marc Andreessen argues venture capital may resist AI replacement because it relies on human judgment and psychology. The article mocks this as self-serving optimism, noting AI boosters often underestimate automation risks when their own jobs are involved.
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🕵️ Corporate Sabotage 101
Tip #2:
Schedule the meeting for 4:55 PM Friday. Mark it "optional." Take attendance.
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⭐ 5897, 🖖 225
The free AI already on your Mac. CLI tool, OpenAI-compatible server, and interactive chat — all on-device via Apple Intelligence. No API keys, no cloud, no downloads.
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⭐ 54772, 🖖 3939
Compress tool outputs, logs, files, and RAG chunks before they reach the LLM. 60-95% fewer tokens, same answers. Library, proxy, MCP server.
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⭐ 221, 🖖 8
Let Claude (or any LLM) actually watch a video — scene-aware, deduplicated frames + transcript, from a URL or local file. Runs locally, MIT.
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⭐ 5189, 🖖 773
The open-source ElevenLabs alternative for local voice cloning, design, create, dubbing and dictation Desktop App
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⭐ 8610, 🖖 632
Open source Granola AI Alternative
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