Subj : SpaceX cellular internet 🛰️, building an AI game studio 🤖, GitHub Copilot Extensions 👨‍💻 To : tldr@synchro.net From : TLDR Date : Wed May 22 2024 10:31:27 --2AJ53U4D Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable While SpaceX's Starlink system for cell phones is still in its testing ph= ase, the technology is already good enough to power a video call=C2=A0=20 = Sign Up [1] |Advertise [2]|View Online [3]=20 =09=09TLDR=20 =09= =09TOGETHER WITH [LMNT] [4] TLDR 2024-05-22 ZONING OUT IN FRONT = OF YOUR LAPTOP? THE REASON MIGHT NOT BE WHAT YOU EXPECT (SPONSOR) [4]=20 = Not sure what's causing that pesky brain fog or morning headache? = It might surprise you, but research suggests that most people need more s= alt [5] than they're currently getting. That's why electrolyte drinks are= so effective at the gym. 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The= company aims to make the Super Heavy booster make a controlled pinpoin= t splash down in the Gulf of Mexico as the Starship upper stage attempts = to survive its reentry back into Earth's atmosphere. The test will be a r= epeat of the previous test without the propellant transfer, without the P= ez door open, and without the other items that SpaceX was working to demo= nstrate. NASA's main interest in the test will be seeing that SpaceX repl= icates the good engine performance it demonstrated on the last two flight= s. 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SpaceX Demos Cellular Starl= ink Tech Powering Video Call Between Phones (2 minute read)

While SpaceX's Starlink system for cell= phones is still in its testing phase, the technology is already good enoug= h to power a video call. SpaceX recently posted a video that showed a video= call being completed through Starlink Direct to Cell satellites from unmod= ified mobile phones. The company has increased the number of cellular Starl= ink satellites from six to 38. Starlink tech can deliver download speeds as= high as 17Mbps to unmodified Android phones.
Google's AI search results = are already getting ads (1 minute read)

Google will soon start testing search a= nd shopping ads within AI Overviews for users in the US. The company says i= t will display ads in AI Overviews when they're relevant to both the query = and the information in the AI Overview. Advertisers already running certain= campaigns through Google will automatically become eligible to appear in A= I Overviews. It is unclear when exactly the change will roll out.
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Surviving reentry is the ke= y goal for SpaceX's fourth Starship test flight (6 minute read)

The focus for the next Starship mission= will be to control the reentry of the rocket's Super Heavy booster and Sta= rship upper stage - both vehicles broke apart during their descent on the l= ast flight. The company aims to make the Super Heavy booster make a control= led pinpoint splash down in the Gulf of Mexico as the Starship upper stage = attempts to survive its reentry back into Earth's atmosphere. The test will= be a repeat of the previous test without the propellant transfer, without = the Pez door open, and without the other items that SpaceX was working to d= emonstrate. NASA's main interest in the test will be seeing that SpaceX rep= licates the good engine performance it demonstrated on the last two flights= .. SpaceX is not planning to attempt a Raptor engine restart during the test= ..
Non-invasive zaps to the sp= inal cord can treat paralysis=E2=80=94but no one knows why (5 minute read)<= /strong>

Data from a small clinical trial shows = that a zap of electricity from well-placed electrodes on the back of the te= ch can help patients with tetraplegia regain modest yet potentially life-ch= anging functioning off their hands and arms. The non-invasive procedure off= ers an accessible and more affordable means for those living with paralysis= to regain some meaningful function. The therapy's potential remains limite= d as it is not yet fully understood why it works. A startup working to make= the therapy commercially available has submitted a device to the Food and = Drug Administration for review.
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Stripe's monorepo developer= environment (22 minute read)

Stripe's codebase is mostly written in = Ruby and lives in a single large monorepo. It supports a number of services= that share code extensively. The company's tooling was built and is mainta= ined by a succession of teams and individuals, with the needs of the enviro= nment changing as the team and codebase grew and evolved. This article disc= usses the features of Stripe's developer environment and explains the reaso= ning behind the choices made during its development. Maintaining developer = productivity as an engineering organization grows is difficult - it is almo= st inevitable that per-engineer productivity drops as companies and codebas= es grow.
Introducing GitHub Copilot = Extensions: Unlocking unlimited possibilities with our ecosystem of partner= s (6 minute read)

GitHub Copilot Extensions enables devel= opers to build and deploy to the cloud in their natural language with their= preferred tools and services without leaving the IDE or GitHub.com. It hel= ps developers stay in the flow longer, uplevel their skills, and innovate f= aster. Extensions can be found on the GitHub Marketplace. Organizations can= create private Copilot Extensions for their homegrown developer tooling.
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Building an AI game studio:= what we've learned so far (12 minute read)

Braindump allows developers to build to= p-down/2.5D games or interactive worlds by simply typing prompts. It genera= tes 3D models, game data, and scripts to make prompts come to life. This ar= ticle shares learnings from Braindump's development. Challenges in its deve= lopment include designing a UX for prompting and a game API for large langu= age models. The game API has opened up interesting UX flows like generated = macros. While Braindump is pretty good at executing commands, its team want= s to expand it to handle more vague and bigger tasks. Braindump will open u= p for alpha testing in the coming weeks.
New Anthropic Research Shed= s Light on AI's 'Black Box' (3 minute read)

Anthropic recently published a public r= esearch paper explaining why its AI chatbot chooses to generate content abo= ut certain subjects over others. Its researchers deciphered what parts of t= he chatbot's neural network mapped to specific concepts using a process kno= wn as 'dictionary learning'. The research showed how neurons associated wit= h a topic fired together when the model was thinking about something associ= ated with the topic - similar sets of neurons firing can evoke adjacent sub= jects. A link to the paper is available at the end of the article.
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