Subj : Vision Pro app stats ¨, tech accelerationism ¨, inside DNS ¨¨ To : tldr@synchro.net From : TLDR Date : Tue Feb 13 2024 11:40:05 --k9nJJebL Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable More than 600 apps made for the Apple Vision Pro were available when the = device launched on February 2=C2=A0=20 Sign Up [1]|Hire [2]|Advertise [3= ]|View Online [4]=20 =09=09TLDR=20 =09=09TOGETHER WITH [WorkOS] [5]= TLDR 2024-02-13 WORKOS IS A MODERN IDENTITY PLATFORM FOR B2B SA= AS (SPONSOR) [5]=20 Auth is crucial for B2B SaaS, but legacy vendors li= ke Auth0 offer opaque pricing, low usage caps, and insufficient enterpris= e capabilities. WorkOS [5] is changing the auth space. It provides flex= ible and easy-to-use APIs for authentication, user identity, and complex= enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning. And more important= ly, it's free up to 1 million monthly active users! [5] Hundreds of hi= gh-growth scale-ups [5] are already powered by WorkOS =E2=80=94 including= Vercel, Webflow, Plaid, and Loom. If you want to provide a seamless e= xperience from your first user, all the way through to your largest enter= prise customer, you should definitely check out WorkOS [5]. = =F0=9F=93=B1=20 BIG TECH & STARTUPS MICROSOFT PREPARES TO TAKE XBO= X EVERYWHERE (7 MINUTE READ) [6]=20 A number of Xbox exclusives are com= ing to the PS5 and Nintendo Switch. The first two games set to appear on = rival consoles are Hi-Fi Rush and Pentiment, with Sea of Thieves set to l= aunch later this year. The move is a seismic shift in strategy - while it= will give Microsoft more reach, it comes with plenty of risks. Microsoft= plans to continue its Xbox hardware efforts, but its vision for the plat= form is unclear. HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE DOWNLOADING APPLE VISION PRO = APPS? (11 MINUTE READ) [7]=20 More than 600 apps made for the Apple V= ision Pro were available when the device launched on February 2. Develope= rs are complaining that weak discovery and search functionalities in the = App Store are dampening the potential success of their apps. The top paid= news app receives over 300 installs a day, which is great for a headset = that just launched. Promoting apps on social media appears to give tran= sient success, but this might not be enough for consistent gains over the= long run.=20 =F0=9F=9A=80=20 SCIENCE & FUTURISTIC TECHNOLOGY S= HINING LASER LIGHT ON GLASS CREATES A SOLAR CELL (3 MINUTE READ) [8] = Glass made from tellurium behaves like a photovoltaic cell, generatin= g a current when a femtosecond laser light is fired at it. This discovery= opens up the possibility of windows that may double up as energy-generat= ing surfaces. The effect may possibly be seen in other forms of glass - s= cientists have had no reason to explore how femtosecond lasers affected d= ifferent kinds of glass until now. Tellurite glass has enhanced transpare= ncy in the mid-infrared region and higher solubility for rare-earth ions,= making it attractive for optical fibers and optical amplifiers.=20 T= HE VR RACE IS BACK ON (7 MINUTE READ) [9]=20 The VR market size is grow= ing fast but still relatively small. Retention is just OK - the technolog= y is stickiest for use cases that most people might not understand. There= is real money to be made in the space. One effective strategy seems to b= e using VR to create an experience that creates a lot of buzz and then ad= d cross-platform capabilities, allowing apps to reach a much larger audie= nce. The competition between the Apple Vision Pro and Meta Quest platform= s will benefit developers and create more experimentation within the ec= osystem.=20 =F0=9F=92=BB=20 PROGRAMMING, DESIGN & DATA SCIENCE = CONDUCTOR (GITHUB REPO) [10]=20 Conductor is a platform for orchestrati= ng microservices and events. It supports a wide range of database persist= ence layers and queuing services and has been battle-tested in production= at Netflix. Conductor provides powerful flow control constructs, client = libraries in multiple languages, and a distributed scalable architecture.= It features a bundled UI with an integrated interface to create, refine,= and validate workflows. It also has a full-featured API for custom aut= omations.=20 THE TOP OF THE DNS HIERARCHY (22 MINUTE READ) [11]=20 = Not all distributed systems are decentralized - many are not. One of the = easiest and most practical ways to organize a distributed system is accor= ding to a hierarchy. The most prominent example of this is one of the dri= vetrain mechanics of the internet: DNS. This article looks at how DNS wor= ks. It covers how domains work, root servers, anycast, attacks, and more.= While DNS may seem simple, it relies on a great deal of complexity withi= n other parts of the system.=20 =F0=9F=8E=81=20 MISCELLANEOUS = =E2=80=9CACCELERATIONISM=E2=80=9D IS AN OVERDUE CORRECTIVE TO YEARS OF DOOM= AND GLOOM IN SILICON VALLEY (30 MINUTE READ) [12]=20 E/acc, or effec= tive accelerationism, is a movement that is growing within the tech hivem= ind. Its founders believe that the tech world has become captive to a mon= oculture that is preventing it from producing meaningful benefits. E/acc = encourages more ideas, growth, competition, and action. It is acting like= a counterbalancing force to widespread public concerns about the risks p= osed by the tech industry at large. This article looks into the origins o= f e/acc and its impact on the tech industry.=20 THE COMPOUNDING SEEDS= OF CREATIVITY (3 MINUTE READ) [13]=20 Creativity can't be saved for la= ter - it has to be discharged regularly or it will spoil. Being fully eng= aged at work is how you best plant the seeds for your own adventures. Tho= se who constantly use up their creativity grow their intellectual granary= many times over than those who keep holding back. People who turn boring= problems into interesting pursuits always end up ahead in creativity and= competence. =E2=9A=A1=20 QUICK LINKS ELEVATE YOUR SKILLS = IN 15 MINUTES (SPONSOR) [14]=20 Become smarter, and level up every day = with Brilliant. Pick up new skills with visual, interactive problem-solvi= ng in math, data, and CS. You know you won=E2=80=99t regret it. 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Not all distributed systems are decentr= alized - many are not. One of the easiest and most practical ways to organi= ze a distributed system is according to a hierarchy. The most prominent exa= mple of this is one of the drivetrain mechanics of the internet: DNS. This = article looks at how DNS works. It covers how domains work, root servers, a= nycast, attacks, and more. While DNS may seem simple, it relies on a great = deal of complexity within other parts of the system.
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E/acc, or effective accelerationism, is= a movement that is growing within the tech hivemind. Its founders believe = that the tech world has become captive to a monoculture that is preventing = it from producing meaningful benefits. E/acc encourages more ideas, growth,= competition, and action. It is acting like a counterbalancing force to wid= espread public concerns about the risks posed by the tech industry at large= .. This article looks into the origins of e/acc and its impact on the tech i= ndustry.
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Creativity can't be saved for later - i= t has to be discharged regularly or it will spoil. Being fully engaged at w= ork is how you best plant the seeds for your own adventures. Those who cons= tantly use up their creativity grow their intellectual granary many times o= ver than those who keep holding back. People who turn boring problems into = interesting pursuits always end up ahead in creativity and competence.
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Most of the people attacking the car ha= d their faces uncovered and the incident was recorded by both attendees and= the Waymo car's cameras.
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Chess-GPT's Internal World = Model (18 minute read)

This study looks at how a large languag= e model-based chess AI works.
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If there was no material or energy scar= city, the only real scarcity would be a long attention span - there will be= a need for tools for transmitting values and missions into the future.
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Massed Muddler Intelligence= (38 minute read)

Massed Muddler Intelligences are to AI = what Service-Oriented Architecture is to traditional computing - similar to= concepts like microservices, containers, and APIs.
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