Subj : Jetson Thor ¨, Blue Origin orbital launch ¨, SQLite fun facts ¨¨ To : tldr@synchro.net From : TLDR Date : Tue Dec 31 2024 11:33:30 --ThI5Th4A Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Nvidia will be leaning more heavily into robotics in 2025. 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It will= launch a new generation of compact computers for humanoid robots calle= d Jetson Thor in the first half of next year. Nvidia aims to provide robo= t makers with an underlying OEM as its largest customers work to lessen t= heir dependence on the company's AI chips by developing their own.=20 = BLUE ORIGIN INCHES CLOSER TO THE FIRST NEW GLENN FLIGHT (3 MINUTE READ) = [5]=20 Blue Origin successfully performed a hotfire of its New Glenn ro= cket on December 27, the same day it was issued a commercial space launch= license from the US Federal Aviation Administration. The company remai= ns tightlipped about when it will launch its rocket, but it had claimed e= arlier in the year to be targeting a launch before the end of the year. N= ew Glenn was designed to be partly reusable. Its first stage, which is de= signed to be good for a minimum of 25 missions, will land on a downrange = sea-based platform.=20 =F0=9F=9A=80=20 SCIENCE & FUTURISTIC TECHNOLOG= Y CAUTIOUS OPTIMISM SURROUNDS PLANS FOR THE WORLD'S FIRST NUCLEAR F= USION POWER PLANT (3 MINUTE READ) [6]=20 Commonwealth Fusion Systems ha= s announced plans to build the world's first nuclear fusion power plant. = The plant will be located in Chesterfield County, Virginia. If successful= , the plant will infuse 400 megawatts power into the state's electrical g= rid starting in the early 2030s. Fusion technology still hasn't been prov= en to be viable - previous attempts by well-financed tech companies have = failed.=20 WHY CHINA IS BUILDING A THORIUM MOLTEN-SALT REACTOR (4 MINUT= E READ) [7]=20 China plans to start building a demonstration thorium-= based molten-salt reactor in the Gobi Desert next year. The 10-megawatt= reactor project is scheduled to be operational by 2030. Thorium-232 is= more abundant on Earth than uranium-235, but it isn't directly fissile= , so it must first be transformed into fissile uranium-233, which is tech= nically feasible, but it is unknown whether that is economical and practi= cal. If feasible, thorium, which is waste product of China's huge rare ea= rth mining industry, could reduce dependence on uranium.=20 = =F0=9F=92=BB=20 PROGRAMMING, DESIGN & DATA SCIENCE COLLECTION OF I= NSANE AND FUN FACTS ABOUT SQLITE (9 MINUTE READ) [8]=20 SQLite is the m= ost deployed and used database. It is likely used more than all other dat= abases combined. SQLite is only maintained by three people who don't allo= w outside contributions. This blog post lists 24 facts about the database= ..=20 WHAT IS A DEPENDENCY? (2 MINUTE READ) [9]=20 A dependency cons= ists of a checksum, a location, a name, and a version. The checksum is a = cryptographic hash of the contents of the dependency. The location tells = systems how to acquire the dependency. The name tells when two different = dependencies correspond to different versions of the same thing. The vers= ion is a specific rule about dependency substitutability.=20 = =F0=9F=8E=81=20 MISCELLANEOUS GENETICALLY EDITED MOSQUITOES HAVEN'= T SCALED YET. WHY? (23 MINUTE READ) [10]=20 Gene drives are a clever = genetic trick that forces a particular gene to be inherited by nearly all= offspring rather than the usual 50-50 chance in normal inheritance. They= can propagate a desired mutation through an entire population theoretica= lly with only a few mating events. Some iterations of gene drives have be= en demonstrated to work in fruit flies, but mosquitoes are much more comp= licated and we don't fully understand them yet. This technology is also b= eing developed in countries where malaria is not endemic - the countries = that have problems with mosquitoes may not want to deal with the potentia= l ecological issues that may result from the use of gene drives.=20 T= HE WEB IS TOO BIG, OR SCALING DOWN (10 MINUTE READ) [11]=20 The modern = web is incredibly complex. WebAssembly made web technology the core of th= e future of computing. We are already using the browser as a replacement = for operating systems' graphics toolkits. Simplifying the web won't fix m= any of the widespread problems. There are a lot of smaller networks curre= ntly available that provide a look into what an alternative to the web mi= ght look like.=20 =E2=9A=A1=20 QUICK LINKS NVIDIA FINALIZES ACQ= UISITION OF AI SOFTWARE FIRM RUN:AI, TAKES SOFTWARE OPEN SOURCE =E2=80= =93 COMPANY REPORTEDLY COST $700 MILLION (3 MINUTE READ) [12]=20 Run:= ai offers GPU orchestration software that organizes groups of GPUs more e= fficiently.=20 IF YOU DON'T LIKE SALES, DON'T START A COMPANY (1 MINUTE= READ) [13]=20 Founders are always selling - sales is a skill that anyo= ne can get good at.=20 ROBOTS ARE LEARNING TO CONDUCT SURGERY ON THEI= R OWN BY WATCHING VIDEOS (4 MINUTE READ) [14]=20 Researchers from Joh= ns Hopkins University and Stanford University have trained robots to mani= pulate needles, tie knots, and suture wounds using video recordings of hu= man-controlled robotic arms performing surgical tasks.=20 PASSKEY TEC= HNOLOGY IS ELEGANT, BUT IT'S MOST DEFINITELY NOT USABLE SECURITY (23 MINU= TE READ) [15]=20 Passkeys were supposed to fix the problems with passwo= rds, but their inconsistent implementation has made them less practical t= han password managers.=20 WRITING WRAPPED (14 MINUTE READ) [16]=20 = A look over a year of writing by Anu Atluru, a founder and writer fro= m NYC.=20 MONEY CAN BUY A LONGER LIFE=E2=80=94TO A POINT (4 MINUTE READ= ) [17]=20 People with high salaries and net worth tend to live longer l= ives due to access to better healthcare, nutrition, and safer environment= s.=20 Love TLDR? 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Big Tech & Startups

Nvidia's next move: Powerin= g humanoid robots (1 minute read)

Nvidia will be leaning more heavily int= o robotics in 2025. It will launch a new generation of compact computers fo= r humanoid robots called Jetson Thor in the first half of next year. Nvidia= aims to provide robot makers with an underlying OEM as its largest custome= rs work to lessen their dependence on the company's AI chips by developing = their own.
Blue Origin inches closer t= o the first New Glenn flight (3 minute read)

Blue Origin successfully performed a ho= tfire of its New Glenn rocket on December 27, the same day it was issued a = commercial space launch license from the US Federal Aviation Administration= .. The company remains tightlipped about when it will launch its rocket, but= it had claimed earlier in the year to be targeting a launch before the end= of the year. New Glenn was designed to be partly reusable. Its first stage= , which is designed to be good for a minimum of 25 missions, will land on a= downrange sea-based platform.
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Science & Futuristic Technology

Cautious optimism surrounds= plans for the world's first nuclear fusion power plant (3 minute read)

Commonwealth Fusion Systems has announc= ed plans to build the world's first nuclear fusion power plant. The plant w= ill be located in Chesterfield County, Virginia. If successful, the plant w= ill infuse 400 megawatts power into the state's electrical grid starting in= the early 2030s. Fusion technology still hasn't been proven to be viable -= previous attempts by well-financed tech companies have failed.
Why China Is Building a Tho= rium Molten-Salt Reactor (4 minute read)

China plans to start building a demonst= ration thorium-based molten-salt reactor in the Gobi Desert next year. The = 10-megawatt reactor project is scheduled to be operational by 2030. Thorium= -232 is more abundant on Earth than uranium-235, but it isn't directly fiss= ile, so it must first be transformed into fissile uranium-233, which is tec= hnically feasible, but it is unknown whether that is economical and practic= al. If feasible, thorium, which is waste product of China's huge rare earth= mining industry, could reduce dependence on uranium.
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Programming, Design & Data Science

Collection of insane and fu= n facts about SQLite (9 minute read)

SQLite is the most deployed and used da= tabase. It is likely used more than all other databases combined. SQLite is= only maintained by three people who don't allow outside contributions. Thi= s blog post lists 24 facts about the database.
What is a dependency? (2 mi= nute read)

A dependency consists of a checksum, a = location, a name, and a version. The checksum is a cryptographic hash of th= e contents of the dependency. The location tells systems how to acquire the= dependency. The name tells when two different dependencies correspond to d= ifferent versions of the same thing. The version is a specific rule about d= ependency substitutability.
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Genetically edited mosquito= es haven't scaled yet. Why? (23 minute read)

Gene drives are a clever genetic trick = that forces a particular gene to be inherited by nearly all offspring rathe= r than the usual 50-50 chance in normal inheritance. They can propagate a d= esired mutation through an entire population theoretically with only a few = mating events. Some iterations of gene drives have been demonstrated to wor= k in fruit flies, but mosquitoes are much more complicated and we don't ful= ly understand them yet. This technology is also being developed in countrie= s where malaria is not endemic - the countries that have problems with mosq= uitoes may not want to deal with the potential ecological issues that may r= esult from the use of gene drives.
The web is too big, or scal= ing down (10 minute read)

The modern web is incredibly complex. W= ebAssembly made web technology the core of the future of computing. We are = already using the browser as a replacement for operating systems' graphics = toolkits. Simplifying the web won't fix many of the widespread problems. Th= ere are a lot of smaller networks currently available that provide a look i= nto what an alternative to the web might look like.
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Quick Links

Nvidia finalizes acquisitio= n of AI software firm Run:ai, takes software open source =E2=80=93 company = reportedly cost $700 million (3 minute read)

Run:ai offers GPU orchestration softwar= e that organizes groups of GPUs more efficiently.
If You Don't Like Sales, Do= n't Start a Company (1 minute read)

Founders are always selling - sales is = a skill that anyone can get good at.
Robots Are Learning to Cond= uct Surgery on Their Own by Watching Videos (4 minute read)

Researchers from Johns Hopkins Universi= ty and Stanford University have trained robots to manipulate needles, tie k= nots, and suture wounds using video recordings of human-controlled robotic = arms performing surgical tasks.
Passkey technology is elega= nt, but it's most definitely not usable security (23 minute read)

Passkeys were supposed to fix the probl= ems with passwords, but their inconsistent implementation has made them les= s practical than password managers.
Writing Wrapped (14 minute = read)

A look over a year of writing by Anu At= luru, a founder and writer from NYC.
Money Can Buy a Longer Life= =E2=80=94to a Point (4 minute read)

People with high salaries and net worth= tend to live longer lives due to access to better healthcare, nutrition, a= nd safer environments.

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