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[ { "role": "user", "content": "Software-generated code can be far from optimal. Generated SVGs can result in unorganized code that can be more complex than required. This article analyzes the weaknesses of generated SVG code and then teaches the reader how to customize their own SVG images. Using a code-generation tool is always easier and spending some time to modify the output will yield much better results." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Handcrafting your own SVG" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Xiaomi has unveiled a 'true' wireless charger that can recharge devices from several meters away. Mi Air Charge Technology is a 5W charging system that sends millimeter wide waves to devices using the 144 antennas in its base station. Devices receive the waves using a 14-antenna array. Xiaomi says that it will eventually be able to charge multiple devices at once." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Xiaomi's remote wireless charging powers up your phone from across the room" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Do what is right for you, not the company you are leaving." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Life lesson: give notice to your current employer at your own peril" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Sidewalk Labs, a subsidiary of Alphabet which focuses on city and urban development, has released its Master Innovation and Development Plan for a proposed smart neighborhood on Toronto's Eastern Waterfront. The approval of the plan will be voted on in late 2019 and early 2020. If successful, the project will begin development before 2021. Sidewalk Labs plans to build houses for around 7,000 residents and create 7,400 local jobs. The plan focuses on building homes that are energy efficient and affordable. There are plans to build public spaces, and Google will provide incentives for residents to create new businesses. A full copy of the proposed plan is available to read." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Sidewalk Labs finally publishes its smart city master plan" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "The Unicorn CTO is a private membership for CTOs and engineering leaders that includes workshops, peer mentoring, online courses and events. Apply now using the code TLDR to get a one-month free trial!" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Scale your engineering team and grow as a leader" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Amazon had its biggest sales day ever on Monday. While it didn't give specific sales numbers, it did mention that the Echo Dot was the top selling item and millions of Echo devices were sold. Over the Thanksgiving, Black Friday and Cyber Monday weekend, customers ordered over 180 million items, and sales from small and medium businesses grew 20% over last year." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Amazon's Cyber Monday was the biggest shopping day in the company's history" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "If you’re a TLDR subscriber, you can register for free for the Digital Workplace Experience - Resilience & Agility in Disruptive Times, on August 3-4. (The event is virtual, but you’ll get a voucher for a very real lunch if you sign up this week.)Join now to get your team and organization ready for whatever the future holds. You’ll get strategies, tactics, and technologies to build and sustain a more resilient organization and maximize your workforce advantage.Save your spot today to receive a free Uber Eats voucher to use toward lunch delivery of your choice during the event! You’ll also receive 6 HR recertification credits from HRCI, SHRM, and IHRIM when you attend. Sign up for free now" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Join the Digital Experience Summit: learn, network + free Uber Eats lunch" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Floating UI is a low-level JavaScript library for positioning floating elements. It is tiny and features hyper-granular control of every positioning behavior and a powerful middleware system for extensions. Floating UI can run on any JavaScript environment that provides measurement APIs. Examples are available on the main website." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Floating UI" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Apple will reduce its App Store commission rate to 15 percent for developers who earn less than $1 million in annual sales per year from all of their apps. The new App Store Small Business Program will be available to the vast majority of iOS app developers. Last year, the App Store generated an estimated $50 billion in revenue. Apple did not reveal how much of its revenue will be affected by the reduced commission. The new small business program will begin on January 1. Developers will have to apply for the program." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Apple will reduce App Store cut to 15 percent for most developers starting January 1st" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Tech companies like Coinbase, Redfin, and Twitter have started to rescind job offers after record levels of hiring over the past two years. The practice of rescinding offers was last seen widely during the financial crisis. More leaders are seeing it as a feasible strategy, as it is better than laying off employees, despite the reputational risks. The phenomenon has so far been mostly restricted to extremely well-paid tech jobs for highly in-demand workers." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Revoking job offers is an increasingly common cost-cutting strategy" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Nearly 60 executives from dozens of Indian companies are joining together to create an Indian app store as an alternative to the Google Play store. Starting next year, these companies will have to give 30% of in-app payments to Google if they continue using the Play store. Last month, Google removed an Indian payment app from the Play store, spooking Indian startups and raising questions about how much control Google had over the country's internet. 99% of smartphones sold in India use Android and there are no alternatives to the Play store for developers right now." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Startups In India Want To Build Their Own App Store To Bypass Google's" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Super Duper Secure Mode is a new feature being tested by Microsoft's Edge Vulnerability Research team. It makes Edge more secure without negatively impacting performance by removing Just-In-Time compilation from the V8 processing pipeline, reducing the attack surface that can be used to hack into Edge systems. JITs exist to optimize JavaScript performance, but Microsoft's researchers did not see much of a change in performance by disabling it. Disabling the JIT would mean less frequent security updates and fewer emergency patches for users." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Microsoft tests Super-Duper Secure Mode for Edge" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "The internet has changed a lot since Google started offering its search engine service. This thread discusses the internet search industry and why there are no significant competitors to Google Search. Google was successful in the past due to its search algorithm, but information is now centered around social media, which is making it harder to index. A competitor would need a breakthrough algorithm to sort through the noise of the current internet." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Ask HN: Why isn't there a Google competitor emerging?" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "The Supreme Court has ruled that a non-profit organization running public access channels was not bound by governmental constraints on speech. Two producers who worked for the organization were disciplined after releasing a film on the organization’s platform, which the producers claimed was an infringement on their First Amendment rights. The judges concluded that First Amendment constraints did not apply to the non-profit organization as it was deemed to be a private entity. While other internet or social media platforms were not mentioned in the ruling, the Electronic Frontier Foundation raised the idea that the ruling could be used to penalize these companies." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "First Amendment constraints don’t apply to private platforms, Supreme Court affirms" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Building an HTML email from scratch can be a gnarly adventure as email clients don't support modern luxuries like CSS, Grid, or Flexbox. This article describes a system for creating HTML emails. The system converts Markdown and custom React components into HTML that can be pasted into a newsletter tool. An example email made using the system is available." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "My Wonderful HTML Email Workflow" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Join the job search that puts you in control with salary and equity transparency AngelList Talent gives you more control over your job search. Create your profile in 5 minutes, and we'll highlight you to startups that match your exact criteria.Filter companies by role, location, salary and equity compensation. We connect you directly with founders at top startups - no third party recruiters allowed!From there, sit back and let the opportunities come to you. No applications, no ghosting, and no cost to you. Sign up today." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Join the job search that puts you in control with salary and equity transparency" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "UNest just launched their waitlist for UNest Legacy, a simple and easy way to give your children the gift of crypto.By joining the waitlist you get:⌚ Early access to UNest Legacy💎 Automatically entered into UNest Legacy’s weekly Ethereum giveaway🖼️ Entered into future UNest Legacy NFT giveaways🆕 Access to UNest Legacy UpdatesJoin Waitlist" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Family Investing App UNest, Launches “Crypto for Kids”" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Notch is selling Instagram account insurance starting at $8 a month. The company will pay a calculated amount to its customers for every day that they are locked out of their accounts after a hack. It will use a number of metrics to craft its policies. Notch will only cover hacks, and customers must have multi-factor authentication turned on. The insurance will not cover bans or suspensions." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Notch will sell you insurance in case your Instagram gets hacked" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Evidence of ancient viruses has been found deep within the glaciers atop the Tibetan Plateau. These viral records can help scientists gain data on Earth's evolutionary and climate history. Genomes from 33 groups of viruses were found in the ice, 28 that were completely new to science. Studying viruses from ice cores is difficult due to the extremely small size of the viruses and how easy it is to contaminate samples. Decontamination techniques are used to clean the samples. Warming temperatures are causing glaciers around the world to shrink and release trapped microbes and viruses. This has caused disease outbreaks in the past, and it is a concern for the future as the planet continues to warm up." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Scientists Found Ancient, Never-Before-Seen Viruses in a Glacier" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Cameo Calls lets fans chat one-on-one with influencers and celebrities. Users can book calls through Cameo's website or app. The talent sets the duration, time, and price of the call. There is a dedicated photo opp at the end of each call. Cameo thinks that Cameo Calls could replace celebrity meet-and-greets. While the sessions are only a few minutes long, the fan receives a more personal experience." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Cameo launches Cameo Calls, a service for fans to video chat with celebs" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Live streaming production API for developers. We power your global cloud production pipeline and creative toolkit so you can do what you do best, focus on your customers, product, and growth. Learn More." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "We worry about video infrastructure and capabilities so you don't have to" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "This is an article by a mobile engineer who interviewed at LinkedIn, Yelp, Apple, Amazon, Facebook, and Google and got all six job offers. It also includes the study plan they used, and lessons learned (mostly generic stuff like practicing algorithms, remember that it's a numbers game etc.). Probably worth reading if you're looking for jobs soon." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "I interviewed at six top companies in Silicon Valley in six days, and stumbled into six job offers" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Floating wind farms hold a lot of potential, but they have so far been too costly to deploy at a commercial scale. GE has received a $3 million award from the US Department of Energy to support a two-year project to solve some of the technical challenges of deploying floating wind farms. It has partnered with Glosten to develop advanced turbine controls that can automatically adjust to catch strong gales without tipping over. The turbines will allow the wind farms to maximize their power output, making them more profitable." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "How futuristic floating wind turbines might ride the waves" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "A single phase 2 clinical trial of the drug showed that patients who take the drug live about 10 months longer." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "FDA approves controversial new drug designed to slow the progress of ALS" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "This is an incredibly detailed open source guide for securing production Linux servers. It's still a work in progress, but there's already a lot of great stuff here." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "The Practical Linux Hardening Guide" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "A beta test for Android's Nearby Sharing feature is rolling out via the Play Services beta. The feature allows users to share content between Android devices, similar to Apple's AirDrop. Users will be able to share content with contacts or anyone in the local vicinity with Nearby Share open. The current test seems very limited, so most people won't be able to access it even with the latest Play Services beta. Screenshots of the feature are available in the article." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Nearby Sharing — Android's AirDrop competitor — is rolling out now in beta" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "This Hacker News thread discusses how developers can make extra money doing side gigs. The top replies discuss networking and marketing, advising startups, helping maintain libraries, working a second work-from-home job, or just finding a higher paid main job." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Ask HN: How do you get side gigs?" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Teslasuit is a full body VR suit that has 68 points of contact (this number will be higher when the suit becomes available to consumers). It can simulate sensations like bumping into a wall, touching an object, or the impact of a punch. It will be priced similarly to a video game console, and has both men and women's suits." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "The Teslasuit could turn Black Mirror's terrifying 'Playtest' into a reality" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "A team of scientists at the University of California have combined data from simulations and the real world to create a deep reinforcement learning model that enabled a drone to navigate through hallways it had never seen before. Scientists have previously used deep reinforcement learning models for land-based robots to learn hiking trails and to recover from unexpected falls, but not with drones that can fly. There is a GIF that shows the drone in action along with its camera output." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "AI guides single-camera drone through hallways it’s never seen before" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "A quantum effect called superabsorption allows a collection of molecules to absorb light more efficiently than if each molecule were acting individually. Researchers have used this phenomenon to create a proof-of-concept quantum battery. The larger the battery was, the faster it charged, demonstrating superabsorption at work. Quantum battery research could result in fast-charging electric vehicles or energy storage systems that can deal with bursts of energy." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Proof of concept verifies physics that could enable quantum batteries" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "SpaceX, Blue Origin, and Dynetics were selected on Thursday by NASA to build lunar landing systems capable of carrying astronauts to the moon by 2024. The contract, worth $967 million, will be split between the three companies. Boeing proposed a concept for the project last year but was not selected. It lost another contract to SpaceX last month, with NASA noting that Boeing’s proposal was the most expensive and lowest-rated under the Mission Suitability factor." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Musk's SpaceX, Bezos' Blue Origin land contracts to build NASA's astronaut moon lander" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "DigitalOcean Kubernetes is now generally available! Basically it's a managed Kubernetes cluster that is easy to set up. It's already integrated with their load balancers and block storage, the pricing is the same as their current Droplets, and manager nodes are free!" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "DigitalOcean Kubernetes" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Researchers at the Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science are working on a COVID-19 vaccine that delivers lifelong immunity against the SARS-CoV-2 virus. The vaccine is a modified version of a smallpox vaccine with some of its protein components replaced with those from the SARS-Cov-2 spike protein. It promises to deliver potent neutralizing antibodies with a single dose, inducing strong cellular immunity for long-term protection. Tests on mice and monkeys have shown promising results. The earliest the vaccine will be available will be in 2024." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Japan Is Working on a COVID-19 Vaccine That Offers Lifelong Immunity" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Redis has announced a preview release of Redis OM: Object Mapping. It will launch with support for .NET, Node.js, Python, and Java. Redis OM allows developers to get the performance of Redis even if they don't have time to compose their own abstractions using the core data structures Redis provides. It gives developers a toolbox of high-level abstractions that make it easy to work with Redis data." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Introducing the Redis OM Client Libraries" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Nvidia made announcements about new products in the world of robotics, self-driving cars, and gaming and advancements in the fields of medicine and science at its recent GPU Technology Conference. This article looks at the major announcements in detail. It includes tech specs for the new RTX 40-series cards, which will be available in October." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Nvidia GTC 2022: RTX 4090, DLSS 3, and everything else announced" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Scientists from Austria have managed to measure the smallest gravitational field on record. The team demonstrated gravitational coupling between two gold spheres that measured about two millimeters across. A high level of precision was required to conduct the test. The results could lead to the development of a sensor to detect these small forces. Measuring gravity is difficult as it is very easy to overwhelm the minute signal of a gravitational field." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "A Wild Experiment Just Got Us Closer to Exploring Extra Dimensions" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "When Facebook acquired Instagram, there was an understanding that Instagram would remain relatively autonomous. However, in May, Instagram's VP of Product Kevin Weil was replaced by former VP of Facebook News Feed Adam Mosseri, a member of Zuckerberg's inner circle. Adam and Instagram CEO Kevin Systrom did not get along according to sources. Systrom and Zuckerberg also had disagreements particularly about sharing on Instagram and Facebook, as Zuckerberg wanted more Instagram content to flow to Facebook. Recently, the shortcut to Instagram in the Facebook menu was removed, and Facebook alerts began appearing in the Instagram notifications tab. With Instagram's autonomy lessening and several long-time executives leaving, the time was right for Instagram co-founders Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger to make their departure." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Why Instagram's founders are resigning: independence from Facebook weakened" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Scientists have grown plants in lunar soil using samples collected during the Apollo missions to the moon. The scientists grew thale cress, a small flowering plant that is attractive to researchers as it is well studied and its genetic code has been mapped. Almost all of the plants planted in the lunar soil sprouted. However, the plants showed signs of struggle and stress. Growing plants in the lunar soil could alter the moon's soil and make resources from the soil available in useful forms." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Plants have been grown in lunar soil for the 1st time ever" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Snyk is hosting a hands-on, virtual workshop to teach you how to solve Capture the Flag (CTF) challenges and build the security skills you need to compete in CTFs. Solve your first challenge with a live demo and support from our team. Register now!" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Snyk’s Capture the Flag 101 Workshop | Sept 14 | 11am EDT" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Apple has purchased a 67-acre campus in San Diego." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Apple Completes $445 Million Acquisition of a New Campus in San Diego" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "CRISPR was created from a bacterial defense system and has been the only gene-editing tool for many years. It is cheap and effective, and it revived the entire field of gene therapy. A new technique has been discovered that may be able to correct nearly 90 percent of all disease-causing genetic variations. Prime editing is a search-and-replace editor for the human genome. It can change individual DNA letters, delete letters, or insert blocks of new letters into the genome, with little damage to the DNA strand. Early experiments with cultured cells have been extremely promising. CRISPR has issues with accuracy and it damages genes during editing. Prime editing is much more gentle with DNA as it is much more accurate, and this results in more control over the type of edits that can be made. It will still need rigorous testing before it becomes widely accepted." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Everything You Need to Know About Superstar CRISPR Prime Editing" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Apple has added the 2020 M1 MacBook Air, the 13-inch MacBook Pro, and the 14- and 16-inch 2021 M1 Pros to its Self Service Repair offerings." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Apple adds select MacBooks to Self Service Repair offerings" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Norway's Wind Catching Systems (WCS) are floating wind turbine arrays that can generate five times the annual energy of the world's biggest single turbines. They stand at more than 1,000 ft high, deploying multiple smaller turbines in a staggered formation. Each WCS can make enough power annually to run 80,000 homes. They have a service life of 50 years, 20 years longer than current single large turbines. WCS are relatively expensive when compared to land-based wind and solar, but they are still cheaper for offshore wind." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "1,000-foot multi-rotor floating Windcatchers to power 80,000 homes each" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Coding can be self-taught or learned quickly through coding boot camps/courses, but topics such as complexity analysis which are taught in computer science degrees may be harder to learn. This thread contains a list of books which discuss theories taught in computer science degrees without delving too deeply into the coding aspect." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Ask HN: What book to read to get a footing in CS theory?" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "This site contains practical CSS and design tips for building future-proof user interfaces." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Defensive CSS" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "A team at GE Research has designed a robot that can dig holes like an earthworm. It was developed as part of DARPA's Underminer program, a program that was created to foster rapid tunnel digging in military environments. The robot uses artificial muscles that are filled with fluid, allowing it to have a range of movements and the ability to squeeze into tight spaces. It is able to remain autonomous when underground, a key feature as it is difficult to remotely control a robot in certain scenarios. A 42-second video showing the robot moving through several pipes is available." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "GE’s soft robot bores holes like a giant earthworm" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "GPT-3 was released by OpenAI in June this year. It can generate large amounts of texts from prompts. Many experts agree that GPT-3's generated text is shockingly good for a computer program. A Reddit user used a version of GPT-3 to generate long answers on AskReddit threads within minutes of the thread being posted. After this raised suspicions, a company that offered GPT-3 services admitted that one of their customers was abusing their service and the posts stopped. All the posts by the bot are still available for viewing, with 13 examples embedded in the article." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "GPT-3 Bot Posed as a Human on AskReddit for a Week" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "School reopenings have disrupted the business of teenagers who spent the pandemic scalping products for hefty profits. These teens would regularly buy video game consoles and graphics cards with automated bots, making an average of $10,000 to $12,500 a month. Now that they are back in school, their computer use is monitored and restricted. User activity has decreased in online reseller groups since schools reopened in August and September. Bot sellers anticipate that activity will rise again once the holiday shopping season begins." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Reading, Writing, and Online Bots: School Reopenings Stymie Teens' Reseller Gigs" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Zones for Employment and Economic Development (ZEDEs) are special economic zones inside Honduras that receive help from entities that govern the territories to bring improved human rights and economic growth. Próspera is Honduras' first ZEDE, occupying a 58-acre tract of land. It currently only has three buildings, but it eventually plans to expand to a network of city-sized hubs. People interested in joining the project will need to sign a social contract, pay a fee, and get Honduran residency. Próspera has the lowest tax rate in the world." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Prospectus On Próspera" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "A cryptocurrency researcher was arrested for allegedly violating the International Emergency Economic Powers Act by giving a presentation on Ethereum in North Korea. Virgil Griffith allegedly attended a blockchain conference in North Korea and presented on how blockchain technology could benefit the country. Griffith also participated in a discussion on how cryptocurrencies could be used to evade economic sanctions. He claims that his presentation only contained basic concepts that can be looked up online. The complaint against Griffith alleges that he received his North Korean visa on a separate document other than his US passport in order to avoid creating physical proof that he traveled to the DPRK. The Ethereum Foundation describes Griffith's travel to North Korea as a personal matter and that the Foundation was not represented in any capacity in the events outlined by the Justice Department's filing." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Researcher Arrested for Allegedly Teaching North Korea About Ethereum" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "The Transformer model architecture, originally introduced for machine translation, is now used for a wide range of domains, including text, audio, video, and more. This article reverse engineers the Transformer architecture and uses the language of software engineering to explain how these models work. It is an introduction to the details of the Transformer model for those with a software engineering background, particularly for those looking to do interpretability work." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Transformers for software engineers" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Austria-based Cyclotech and Japanese delivery firm Yamato have partnered to create a concept delivery drone. The CCY-01 will use a thrust vectoring propulsion system developed by Cyclotech that will enable it to land in confined spaces and handle challenging wind conditions. The drone is able to produce horizontal sideways thrust without tilting. The CCY-01 has a payload capacity of 99 lbs and it can fly up to 25 miles at speeds of around 80 mph. A video of the CCY-01 performing its first free flight is available in the article." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "A new and outlandish delivery drone concept can carry 100 pounds up to 80 miles" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Stay in full control of your environment with high performance, single-tenant dedicated servers in the cloud, blending uncompromising performance from the latest AMD EPYC processors with our easy-to-use developer experience. TLDR readers can try Vultr Bare Metal for FREE with this $200 credit." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Vultr: Bare Metal Simplified" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Facebook's employees were sent to work from home due to the pandemic. This resulted in Doordash blocking Facebook's VPN IP from making orders as too many of its employees were ordering from the IP at the same time. Many tech workers haven't needed to cook in a long time and this is causing a large spike in the use of delivery services. Workers are also sharing memes on social media about their lack of cooking skills. Some tech workers who do have cooking skills have started sharing the meals that they have made online. Overall, it is a strange time to be watching how the tech community continues to be social during this time of social distancing." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "When Tech Cafeterias Close, the Internet Gets Weird With Food" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "In a four-stage experiment, scientists have successfully reversed the state of a qubit in a quantum computer, effectively reversing the effects of time by a fraction of a second within the computer. To explain the experiment, an analogy of playing billiards is used. When you begin a game, the cue ball breaks the starting pyramid, and balls go in all different directions. Continuing with the analogy, the scientists were able to reverse the effect of the cue ball and reverse the trajectory of the balls so they go back into their starting state, ie. back to the starting pyramid. While this was on a microscopic scale (and performing this on actual real-world objects would be impossible at this stage), this discovery may prove useful for making quantum computers more precise." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Physicists reverse time using quantum computer" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "In this thread, the original poster is in a situation where they had just proposed a salary to a potential employer and is now waiting for a counteroffer. While the OP will accept the offer, they want to know how to make sure they aren't missing out on getting the best deal out of the negotiation. The thread is full of negotiating tips as well as some insights from the hiring side." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Ask HN : Negotiating Salary" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Elon Musk reacquired X.com in 2017 for an undisclosed fee. He had transferred ownership of the domain when his online bank merged with another company to create PayPal Holdings in 2000. Musk established X Holdings to absorb Twitter after the acquisition. He is planning to build a super app under the X brand. The acquisition of Twitter sped up plans for the X app." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Elon Musk says Twitter will eventually be part of ‘X, the everything app’" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "The SSC Tuatara recently achieved a speed of 316.11 mph on a seven-mile strip of road near Las Vegas. SSC is a niche brand that was formed in 1998. It currently has 24 employees. Only 100 Tuataras will be produced." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "A Niche American Car Becomes the Fastest Car Ever" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "DarkSide, the group behind the ransomware attack that took down Colonial Pipeline, has apologized for the consequences of the hack. The group clarified that its goal was to make money and not to create problems for society. It promises to vet future victims to avoid social consequences. DarkSide isn't associated with a specific nation-state but it tends to avoid targeting systems running in certain Russian and Eastern European languages. Colonial Pipeline aims to restore service by the end of the week." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Colonial Pipeline hackers apologize, promise to ransom less controversial targets in future" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "This site contains over 300,000 SVG vectors and icons. An ML-powered search is available. Most icons and vectors can be used for commercial projects without any royalties." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "SVG Repo" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Angry tweets are a fact of life if you run a business – but what if you could find problems before your customers do? Observability is the secret sauce to knowing what’s happening in your product from start to finish, in real-time. Learn more about Observability in the award-winning Beginner’s Guide to Observability from Splunk. Download for free." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "What’s Observability and Why does it matter?" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Tailwind Mobile is a library of mobile UI components built with Tailwind CSS. All components come with native-like iOS and Material Design themes created using official design guidelines. Tailwind Mobile is currently available for React, Vue, and it is coming soon for Svelte." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Tailwind Mobile" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Psilocybin, a drug that is found naturally in some mushrooms, has shown signs of increasing durable connections between neurons in mouse brains. In a study on the effects of the drug in mice, scientists tracked the growth of dendritic spines in living mice and found that the compound increased the density of dendritic spines, enhancing the pathway for information transmission between brain cells. The study suggests that psilocybin may be able to reverse the damage caused by depression and chronic stress." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Psychedelic Mushrooms Can Regrow Brain Tissue Lost in Depression" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Scan is a feature on Snapchat that allows users to get more information on objects around them. Snap launched the feature last year at its Partner Summit. New features for Scan were announced at this year's Snap Partner Summit, which was an online-only event. Users will now be able to use Scan to identify dog breeds and plant species, look up nutrition information for food, and more." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "You can now use Snapchat's augmented reality camera to identify dog breeds and plant species" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Reddit experienced an hour-long outage on Wednesday afternoon as volatility returned to stocks, including GameStop and AMC. GameStop closed up about 104% on Wednesday. The firm's finance head recently announced that they would step down next month. Reddit's WallStreetBets forum has become famous for its recent hand in triggering a rally in many shorted stocks. GameStop and AMC are the most discussed stocks on the page." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Reddit recovers from hour-long outage amid heavy trading in GameStop" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "A new video shows researchers making polystyrene beads and water particles levitate inside a special enclosure using hundreds of small speakers. The team was able to develop a system that could handle interference, resulting in 3D displays that can exist outside of a vacuum. The technology opens up the possibility for fully immersive virtual reality experiences and interactive holograms. A video demonstrating the technology is available in the article." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Scientists Are Getting Better and Better at Levitating Objects With Sound Waves" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Machine learning has thoroughly pervaded the web giants and has begun its push into traditional enterprise. This article discusses machine learning in systems software, focusing on the classic computer science problem of sorting. It explores the possibility of using a Learned Sort model to determine the position of an item in a sorted list. Learned Sort appears to be significantly more efficient than other sorting algorithms." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "The case for a learned sorting algorithm" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "The world's first raspberry-picking robot had begun trials in the UK as the agriculture industry battles rising labor costs and shortages of seasonal workers. Guided by sensors and 3D cameras, the robot will be able to harvest more than 25,000 raspberries a day. Human workers can only harvest around 15,000 raspberries within an eight-hour shift. The developers of the robot wanted to focus on difficult soft fruits first as the technology can then be tweaked to other fruits and vegetables. Despite new governmental programs to incentivize seasonal workers to come to the UK, Farmers have seen an increasing shortage of workers year after year. Robots will be able to raise productivity while solving the worker shortage issue." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Robocrop: world's first raspberry-picking robot set to work" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Facebook Shops is a new feature that will make it easier for companies to list their products on Facebook and Instagram. The free service lets businesses set up product listings on their Facebook Page, Instagram profile, Stories, or in ads. Businesses will still have to direct customers to a website to complete any purchases. Facebook is currently testing a program called Checkout that will allow businesses to conduct transactions on the social network for a fee, but it is unknown when it will be available to the public. Facebook plans to integrate Shops features into WhatsApp, Messenger, and Instagram Direct, as well as allowing users to tag products during live streams." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Mark Zuckerberg announces Facebook Shops, making it easier for businesses to list products for sale" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "The Knight's Dialer was a common question to be asked in Google interviews until it was leaked and banned. It is simple to state and understand, with a number of solutions. Each solution can be implemented in relatively few lines of code, making it perfect for a time-constrained environment. The article discusses the question and how to answer it from an interviewer's perspective. It discusses the different levels and solutions to the problem, how the candidate's answer is assessed, and provides a list of skills that can help developers answer these types of questions." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Google Interview Questions Deconstructed: The Knight’s Dialer" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Google's co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin have relinquished their control of Alphabet to the current Google CEO Sundar Pichai. They will continue to remain Alphabet employees and retain their seats on the board. Pichai has stated that the change will have little to no impact on how Google operates on a daily basis. Both Page and Brin have disappeared from public view since the creation of Alphabet in 2015. Alphabet's stock price has more than doubled since its creation, despite the last four years being the most contentious in Google's history. Google has faced controversy over its involvements with several projects, as well as accusations of anticompetitive practices, sexual harassment, retaliation against workplace activists, and involvement with child exploitation." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin relinquish control of Alphabet to CEO Sundar Pichai" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "A trio of champion drone racers recently faced off against vision-based AI drones in a race and lost. The drones used onboard vision systems and their own computers to fly. They did not have the aid of motion-capture systems or off-board computers. Motion capture systems can provide near-perfect state estimation, making a race between humans and AI completely unfair. Several drone racing clips are available in the article." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Vision-based AI drones outfly world-class human pilots" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Apple has purchased Dark Sky as part of a move to improve its native weather app for iOS. This means that Dark Sky will no longer be available for Android. Its API will also be disabled so other apps that rely on it will no longer function after 2022. Dark Sky is still available for purchase on the iOS App Store but it is expected that its functionality will be integrated into the native iOS weather app in the future." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Apple purchases hyperlocal weather app Dark Sky, ending API and killing Android apps" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Between March and May this year, hackers used a flaw in Coinbase's account recovery process to bypass SMS multi-factor authentication and transfer funds out of at least 6,000 customers' accounts. The attackers likely stole login information through a phishing scheme as there is no evidence that the information was obtained from Coinbase. Coinbase will be compensating customers for the stolen funds. Customers are advised to switch to more secure versions of multi-factor authentication." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Coinbase Multi-Factor Authentication Hack Affects at Least 6,000 Customers" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Scientists from MIT have demonstrated a technique that can deliver mRNA therapies directly to the digestive tract using a capsule. The technique uses capsules coated with microneedles that inject their contents directly into the wall of the gut. It was first used to deliver insulin into pigs, but new studies have demonstrated that it is also effective for mRNA delivery. More work is still needed to determine whether mRNA vaccines administered in this way can lead to systemic immune responses." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Innovative capsule allows mRNA vaccines to be delivered orally" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Google has announced the start of a multi-year process to overhaul ad tracking on Android phones. Each Android device is currently assigned a unique advertising ID that is used to build user profiles for ad targeting. Google will phase out advertising IDs and use Privacy Sandbox, a method that will limit the sharing of user data with third parties and operate without cross-app identifiers. The company is working with app developers to finalize details on how Privacy Sandbox will work." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "With Android privacy sandbox, Google wants to ditch ad tracking but keep the ads" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "TikTok's augmented reality development platform, Effect House, has officially gone live. The platform allows creators to build AR effects for use in TikTok. TikTok has provided detailed documentation, templates, tutorials, and other support for building effects in Effect House. Effects are reviewed by TikTok's Trust and Safety team before they are released to the public. Links to examples of effects are available in the article." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "TikTok launches its own AR development platform, Effect House" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "From frustrations to the risk of failure, startup founders go through a lot. But there is a time when they can vent it all out. Learn how they successful founders spend the holiday season." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Startup Founder Holiday Season Tips" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Amazon recently unveiled a brand called 'Made for You' that makes custom-fitted clothes. Its first product is a $25 custom t-shirt. The process starts with the user inputting body dimension data to create a virtual body double, after which they can choose the color, sleeve length, and neckline of the shirt. Amazon has declined to discuss its manufacturing process in detail, but its website says the shirts are made in the US with imported fabric. It plans to offer other types of garments on the platform." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Amazon wants to scan your body to make perfectly fitting shirts" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "At Hotjar, we’re building product experience insights tools for the world's leading product teams, including Microsoft, Nintendo, and HubSpot.We go beyond product analytics so product teams can empathize with and understand their users, connecting the dots between what's happening and why it happens. Sign up today to see how users actually experience your site!" }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Hotjar - See Like Your Users" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Snap has finally released a version of its Android app that has been rebuilt from scratch in order to bring it on par with its iOS counterpart. There have been almost no changes to the look and feel of the app, but it should be faster, less laggy, and have fewer bugs than the previous version. Future updates for Android will be easier to write and it is possible that the Android version may receive new features faster than iOS." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Snapchat releases rebuilt Android app" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "UPS has received approval from the Federal Aviation Administration to operate a full drone air delivery service. It will now start rolling out its drone delivery service to specific hospital campuses within the US and then to other industries outside of healthcare. The certification by the FAA allows UPS to fly an unlimited number of drones, which means that UPS can scale its operations to meet customer demand. It can also carry heavier cargo at night time. There is still a lot more infrastructure that needs to be built before UPS drones will become commonplace and available for everyday deliveries." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "UPS gets FAA approval to operate an entire drone delivery airline" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Vultr Optimized Cloud Compute Plans Have Landed Vultr now offers Optimized Cloud Compute instances! Harness the power of 3rd Gen AMD EPYC processors with General Purpose, CPU, Memory, and Storage-Optimized plans and never worry about noisy neighbors again. Ready to try Vultr? Sign up today to claim $150 in free credit." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Vultr Optimized Cloud Compute Plans Have Landed" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Chinese scientists have created a carbon-neutral prototype jet engine that could allow for a new era in fossil-fuel-free manned flight. The prototype engine compresses air and ionizes it with microwaves, generating plasma that expels out the back of the engine to generate thrust. Previous attempts at plasma engines weren't powerful enough, but this type of engine could potentially produce the same amount of thrust as a conventional commercial jet engine." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Chinese scientists harness fourth state of matter to create ‘air plasma’ jet engine that runs on electricity alone" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "While many people want to talk about how remote work is the future, the reality is that most companies still haven’t embraced the idea. The advantages of a remote-first company are many. Employees are generally happier and more productive, the company isn’t restricted to hiring people limited by location and can choose from a wider range of talent across the world, and working from home means employees don’t contribute to traffic or greenhouse gas emissions due to their commute. Statistics show that businesses can save up to $11,000 per employee per year, and employees can save around $4,000 each year, just by working remotely." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "The “future of work” is here… so why aren’t more companies remote-first?" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Virginia data firm Anomaly Six (A6) demonstrated its surveillance capabilities during merger talks with another surveillance startup by tracking mobile phones used by employees of the National Security Agency and the Central Intelligence Agency. A6 has embedded tracking software in hundreds of mobile apps to collect data. The company claims to surveil approximately 230 million devices a day." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "A Surveillance Firm Reportedly Tracked NSA and CIA Spies as a Product Demo" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Engineers from the University of Buffalo have developed a method of 3D printing that is 10-50 times faster than the industry standard. The process uses stereolithography, a method that uses lasers to harden liquid resin and jelly-like substances called hydrogels. The method is suited for printing tiny details, which will be critical in the eventual production of 3D-printed human tissue and organs. Sped-up footage showing the 3D printer fully constructing an artificial hand in just 19 minutes is available in the article." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "This Rapid 3D-Printing Method Could Be the Secret to Developing 3D-Printed Organs" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "A video showing a man shooting himself with a gun has been circulating on TikTok. The clip was originally streamed on other social media sites, but it is harder for users to avoid videos on TikTok's platform. Users on the site have posted videos warning their followers about the video. TikTok has systems that automatically flag clips that violate its policies and are banning accounts that are repeatedly trying to upload the clip." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "TikTok is racing to stop the spread of a gruesome video" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Do you ever launch your satellite and realize that you forgot to set up a ground station to process the data stream? Well you're in luck, AWS has launched Ground Station, a Ground-Station-as-a-Service that allows you to spin up a satellite ground station as easily as you would a virtual machine. So you could get one up and running for a specific event like severe weather, a natural disaster, or a sporting event, or you could rent one long-term. As satellites get cheaper (there are really small satellites now like CubeSats, PocketQubes, and SunCubes), this service could be nifty to get data down from your satellites and into S3, Redshift, or any other AWS service." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "AWS Ground Station – Ingest and Process Data from Orbiting Satellites" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "This web article covers what devrel is, the different types of devrel, and how to get a job doing it." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "What is Developer Relations?" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "OpenAI has released the full version of GPT-2, a text-generating AI system. When it was first announced, there were concerns that it could be misused to spread fake news, spam, and disinformation. OpenAI has since released smaller versions of GPT-2, but has seen no strong evidence of misuse. GPT-2 can generate coherent text from minimal prompts, for example, it can create an article from just a headline. Its limitations include having trouble with long-term coherence, for example, sticking to a single subject in a news article. There is an ongoing debate with AI researchers about the ethics of releasing cutting-edge AI tools that can enable malicious actors. OpenAI has created systems that can spot GPT-2's output with around 95 percent accuracy. A link to a web version of GPT-2 is available." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "OpenAI has published the text-generating AI it said was too dangerous to share" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "On the 40th anniversary of the first successful heart transplant, the surgeon who pioneered heart transplantation in the UK announced that his protege will try to replace a human kidney with a pig's this year. If the operation is successful, the techniques used should be applicable to heart transplants as well. In May, a genetic therapy for treating heart attacks showed promise in pigs, regenerating areas that had been damaged. Millions of people in the UK live with high blood pressure, with an estimated 900,000 people living with heart disease. The pigs who received the genetic treatment showed almost complete recovery of cardiac function after a month. However, many of the pigs died in the experiments as the genes in the treatment expressed in an uncontrolled way." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Pig to human heart transplants 'possible within three years'" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Apple is hosting a project called [AR]T Walk, which aims to make AR more consumer-friendly while also portraying Apple stores as civic centers where communities can come together. [AR]T Walk will take people on a walking tour through various city centers around the globe, making digital art come alive in physical spaces. People in Hong Kong, London, New York, Paris, San Francisco, and Tokyo during mid-August can sign up for the tours online. The tour will last a couple of hours and involve a 1.5-mile walk." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Apple is hosting augmented reality art walking tours in major cities" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "DNA could be the future of data storage. A single gram of DNA can store up to 215 million gigabytes of data and keep it stable for extremely long periods, especially if it is stored properly. Learning to store data in DNA could lead to new capabilities in biotechnology. A new study has demonstrated that it is possible to directly convert digital electronic signals into genetic data stored in the genomes of living cells. The technique can so far only encode tiny amounts of data, but it is still a proof of concept, and the researchers claim it could be easily improved by several orders of magnitude. Data stored in cells remained stable for between 60 to 80 generations." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "New Research Could Enable Direct Data Transfer From Computers to Living Cells" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "Carnival brand grapes come with an end-user license agreement to stop people from propagating or reproducing any portion of the product. In the world of agriculture, patented seeds with specific restrictions are a real legal issue for farmers. Even seeds obtained through fruits purchased from produce stores are not exempt from patents. As seeds are naturally produced by plants and can be naturally distributed by birds, and plants can cross-pollinate with other plants, the legal implications of seed patents can be difficult to grasp." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Proprietary Grapes Come With Draconian End User License Agreement" } ]
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[ { "role": "user", "content": "This repository contains a short but approachable introduction to assembly." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Some Assembly Required" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "If you’re spending too much time on UI tests, raging at false test failures breaking your build, or struggling with cross-browser testing, you need to check out Testim’s new AI. It’s fast, works on any browser (or outside the browser), and scalable. Developers from Microsoft, NetApp, and JFrog use Testim and now you can too: Start with the free community edition." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Write UI tests faster with Testim—seriously, it’s not even close" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "A user asks how they can continue to build their own company while restricted by employee clauses which state that all IP developed while at the company is owned by the company. The top commenter's view is that it will take years of hard work before the user’s company will become successful, and it is likely that employers will not even take note of the new company’s success unless it is extraordinary. Other advice suggests that the person should continue to network and educate themselves so that they are ready to build the company when they leave their employer." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "Ask HN: How can I work towards building a company while employed?" } ]
[ { "role": "user", "content": "A bug in Internet Explorer 6 made it try to run code that it couldn’t run, causing the browser to either get stuck in a recursion loop or make it crash into the blue screen of death. This only happened in IE6 and it caused many problems for web developers as they had to make their sites compatible with the browser. A team of developers at YouTube decided that the best way to fix the issue was to threaten to drop support for the browser so that more users would upgrade, eventually making support for the browser unnecessary. Using special privileges, without YouTube’s official permission, they inserted a banner available only for IE6 users that stated that YouTube was going to stop supporting development for the browser and that users should upgrade. The tactic was successful, and eventually, upper management made the deprecation of the browser into real policy." }, { "role": "assistant", "content": "A Conspiracy To Kill IE6" } ]