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Fun Fact 🤯
The term "bug" to describe a programming error was first used in 1947 by Grace Hopper, a computer scientist and US Navy rear admiral. The story goes that a moth got stuck in the relays of the Harvard Mark II computer she was working on, causing a malfunction. Hopper and her colleagues taped the moth to the logbook and wrote "First actual case of bug being found" next to it. The term "debugging" became a common term for fixing programming errors.
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TypeScript 5.0 is here
TypeScript 5.0 is released with new features, decorators, improved ESM support, and JSDoc functionality. TypeScript adds syntax for types to JavaScript for type-checking and better tooling. Upgrade experience is expected to be smooth.
Introducing GPT-4: The Next Leap in Artificial Intelligence Language Models!
OpenAI releases GPT-4, a large multimodal language model exhibiting human-level performance on various benchmarks, with improved factuality, steer ability, and safety features.
A new home for React and its documentation
React's new home is react.dev, featuring modern React with function components and Hooks, interactive examples, diagrams, illustrations, and challenges.
Countries are banning TikTok but why?
The UK, New Zealand, and several other countries have banned the use of TikTok on government-issued devices over security and privacy concerns.
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OK, it’s time to freak out about AI
The article discusses two possible scenarios in which AI could pose a threat to humanity. The first is the potential for AI to disrupt social structures by taking over many jobs previously done by humans. The second scenario is that AI could take control and subjugate or kill humans. The author believes that while the first scenario is more likely, the second scenario should not be dismissed. The author argues that we need to be proactive in addressing the potential risks of AI.
Balaji’s bet on Bitcoin
Agreeing to a bet, Balaji proposes to send $1M USD if the other party buys 1 BTC, with odds of 40:1 and a term of 90 days. A mutually agreed custodian is required for settlement in case of digital dollar devaluation.
Low-cost device can measure air pollution anywhere
MIT researchers have developed an open-source, low-cost, mobile air pollution detector called Flatburn that can be built by anyone. The detector can help people track air quality, identify sources of pollution and create feedback loops with officials to improve air quality. The detector has been tested and calibrated to produce reliable results, and the researchers are publicly releasing all information about how to build, use, and interpret the data.
JavaScript GameDev Tutorial
Learn how to code a JavaScript Game featuring interesting physics and AI mechanics.
Community == culture
To become an effective community leader, one must understand and interact with the culture of the community to inspire routine interactions and create subcultures within it. It's important to understand the language, hangout spots, and visuals that resonate with them.
Steve Jobs on courage
Steve Jobs emphasized the importance of choosing the right technologies to focus on, having the courage to make tough decisions, and customer focus. Apple's success came from its ability to identify and invest in technologies in their ascendancy and delivering high-quality products that met customer needs.
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ModelScope built upon the notion of “Model-as-a-Service” (MaaS). It seeks to bring together most advanced machine learning models from the AI community, and streamlines the process of leveraging AI models in real-world applications.
Collections of awesome Neovim plugins. Mostly targeting Neovim specific features.
PowerShell is a cross-platform (Windows, Linux, and macOS) automation and configuration tool/framework that works well with your existing tools and is optimized for dealing with structured data (e.g. JSON, CSV, XML, etc.), REST APIs, and object models.
Get Hooked: Podcast of the Week!
Welcome to "Get Hooked," where we share our top pick for the podcast of the week.
A brief introduction of the guest:
Andrej Karpathy is a legendary AI researcher, engineer, and educator. He's the former director of AI at Tesla, a founding member of OpenAI, and an educator at Stanford.
Karpathy on the 10,000 hour rule
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