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The way I see it, every life is a pile of good things and… bad things. The good things don’t always soften the bad things, but vice versa, the bad things don’t necessarily spoil the good things or make them unimportant. - The Doctor S05E10 Vincent and the Doctor
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Why Do Open Source Applications Often Have Less Polished UIs Than Commercial Software
Open-source applications play a critical role in technology, offering powerful tools, innovation, and community-driven development. However, many users have noticed that the user interfaces (UIs) of o...
The rocket reached an altitude of 470,000 feet, higher than any non-governmental and non-commercial group has ever flown before. Aftershock II, at 330 pounds with a height of 13 ft and 8” diameter, reached a velocity of 5,283 ft/s and Mach 5.5.
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USC Student Rocket Group Shatters International Amateur Space Record - USC Viterbi | School of Engineering
Aftershock II is believed to be the world’s first civilian-built rocket to reach an altitude of 470,000 feet.
Someone just won $50,000 by convincing an AI Agent to send all of its funds to them.
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@jarrodWattsDev: Someone just won $50,000 by convincing an AI Agent to send all of its funds to them. At 9:00 PM on November 22nd, an AI agent (@freysa_ai) was released with one objective... DO NOT tr...
Kyawthuite - the world’s rarest mineral from Myanmar
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Meet the world's rarest mineral. It was found only once
A single gemstone from Myanmar holds the title of Earth's rarest mineral, kyawthuite.
What would you preserve if the internet were to go down tomorrow?
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Ask HN: What would you preserve if the internet were to go down tomorrow? | Hacker News
Rather than saying “I don’t know, there’s not enough on this subject to formulate a working answer”, an LLM will give you something that looks right. Then you have to go shoot yourself in the foot to learn it’s not right, because you didn’t know enough to know it was wrong.
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Nothing is Something
Writing about the big beautiful mess that is making things for the world wide web.
In dubio pro reo is a Latin phrase that means "when in doubt, rule for the accused".
November 15, 2024 at 6:29 AM UTC automattic.com/2024/08/27/s...
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Shipping Tumblr and WordPress
Since Automattic acquired Tumblr we’ve made it more efficient, grown its revenue, and worked to improve the platform. But there’s one part of the plan that we haven’t yet started, which is to run Tumb...
