Meta releases the biggest a=
nd best open-source AI model yet (7 minute read)
Meta has released Llama 3.1, its bigges=
t open-source AI model yet. The company claims it outperforms GPT-4o and An=
thropic's Claude 3.5 Sonnet on several benchmarks. The largest version has =
405 billion parameters and was trained with over 16,000 Nvidia H100 GPUs. M=
eta is making its AI assistant available in more countries and languages an=
d adding a feature that can generate images based on someone's likeness.
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Apple's first foldable iPho=
ne could arrive in 2026 (2 minute read)
Apple's first foldable iPhone could arr=
ive in 2026. It is rumored to fold horizontally, similarly to the Samsung G=
alaxy Z Flip. The phone is now in development with suppliers. Apple is stil=
l reportedly working to flatten the crease that appears when the phone is u=
nfolded. Next year's iPhone is rumored to have a mechanical aperture that w=
ill let users achieve a depth-of-field effect.
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Science & Futuristic Technology
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Is Cultivated Meat For Real=
? (27 minute read)
While the cultivated meat industry is r=
eleasing increasingly optimistic projections, well-informed commentators re=
main skeptical. It is difficult to make cultivated meat at affordable price=
s and at a large enough scale to compete with conventional animal products.=
Cultivated meat is possible, but it will take decades and hundreds of bill=
ions of dollars in investment. In the meantime, companies could pursue chea=
per products that combine cultivated meat and plant-based components.
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Chinese researchers create =
four-gram drone that might fly forever (4 minute read)
Chinese researchers have created a sola=
r powered drone that weighs just over four grams. It uses an electrostatic =
motor that weighs just 1.52 grams and is powered by solar cells that produc=
e 4.5V. Its design has a lift-to-power efficiency two to three times better=
than that found in traditional drones. Adding batteries to the drone would=
make it capable of 24-hour flying operations.
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Programming, Design & Data Science
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Software engineers are not =
(and should not be) technicians (4 minute read)
Great software engineers automate repet=
itive/manual labor. Most large software engineering organizations incentivi=
ze anti-automation due to their desire for predictability. Predictable work=
is work that could have been automated but was not automated. The more pre=
dictable and routine a developer's job is, the more they tend to slide into=
becoming a technician. Teams that get into predictable flows are likely ig=
noring a promising opportunity for automation.
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Where Should Visual Program=
ming Go? (9 minute read)
We shouldn't try to replace all code wi=
th visual programming but instead only add graphics where it makes sense. M=
ost visual programming environments fail to get any usage because they try =
to replace code syntax and business logic, which developers never try to vi=
sualize. Developers visualize things like state transitions, memory layouts=
, and network requests. Those working on visual programming would be more l=
ikely to succeed if it started with aspects of software that developers alr=
eady visualize.
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Inside the 78 minutes that =
took down millions of Windows machines (5 minute read)
Businesses around the world experienced=
outages starting shortly after midnight on Friday. This was caused by a fa=
ulty update to CrowdStrike's Falcon security software, which is used widely=
in Windows machines to prevent cyber threats. The update exposed a massive=
flaw in the company's product that could have been easily avoided. The iss=
ue could have been prevented if CrowdStrike had properly tested its updates=
with a small group of users and rolled out the update gradually, a fairly =
standard practice in the industry.
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Ask HN: Is it possible to m=
ake FAANG salaries without working there? (Hacker News Thread)
The gap between FAANG and non-FAANG sal=
aries can be quite substantial. While it is possible to make FAANG-level sa=
laries elsewhere, these opportunities are usually in less well-known compan=
ies that rarely hire. Most of these jobs also require some kind of specialt=
y. The finance industry pays well, but the job will likely be more stressfu=
l. One other option is to learn how to build a business rather than optimiz=
ing to being a well-paid employee.
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