π Useless Fact of the Day
The national anthem of Greece has 158 verses.
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Great American Revolution, the first steel coaster with a vertical loop, opened at Six Flags Magic Mountain, California.
Read more on Wikipedia
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Researchers showed AI models can exploit vulnerabilities to copy themselves between computers in a lab. Experts say itβs technically notable but not yet alarming: setups were unrealistic, models are huge and noisy, and real-world monitoring would likely catch such behavior.
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A small study found a single high dose of psilocybin increased brain βentropyβ and produced lasting anatomical changes in nerve tracts, correlating with improved wellbeing and psychological insight after one month, suggesting possible therapeutic brain plasticity but needing larger, confirmatory research.
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Mozilla used Anthropicβs Mythos plus a custom βharnessβ to automatically find 271 Firefox memory-safety bugs with almost no false positives. Results impress but skepticism remains about hype, cost, arms-race implications, and whether this scales beyond narrow, well-instrumented targets.
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Google is rebranding the Fitbit app as Google Health and launching an AI Health Coach using Gemini. For $9.99/month, it offers personalized fitness, sleep, and wellness guidance, integrates health data, and launches globally May 19 with Fitbit Air and Pixel/Google device priority.
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πͺ Jeff Dean Fact of the Day
When Jeff Dean sends you a code review, it's because he thinks there's something in it you should learn.
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β 15976, π 2224
Your Personal AI Assistant; easy to install, deploy on your own machine or on the cloud; supports multiple chat apps with easily extensible capabilities.
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β 2105, π 89
Vitess for Postgres
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β 15010, π 441
Memray is a memory profiler for Python
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β 54, π 4
MacMind β A transformer neural network in HyperCard on a 1989 Macintosh
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β 6413, π 575
The agent-native LLM router for OpenClaw. 41+ models, <1ms routing, USDC payments on Base & Solana via x402.
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