Subj : iPhone retro gaming 📱, Tesla halves FSD price 🚗, lessons building LLM features 👨‍💻 To : tldr@synchro.net From : TLDR Date : Mon Apr 15 2024 10:34 am --3CosmJsc Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable The first wave of game emulators have now made their way to the App Store= =C2=A0 Sign Up [1] |View Online [2]=20 =09=09TLDR =09=09TOGET= HER WITH [Modern Treasury] [3] TLDR 2024-04-15 REGISTER NOW FOR = MODERN TREASURY'S TRANSFER 2024: BEYOND PAYMENTS (SPONSOR) [3]=20 Pay= ment experts, finance leaders, and product professionals: Modern Treasury= [3] is inviting you to join the biggest names in fintech for TRANSFER 20= 24 [3] =E2=80=94 a one day conference happening in San Francisco and virt= ually.=C2=A0 On the agenda [3]: new payment rails, innovations in financi= al infrastructure, the opportunities presented by AI, and how these cat= alysts will impact the global financial ecosystem. Highlights include: = =09* Talks by over 20 industry leaders [3] from ClassPass, Navan, Avid= Xchange, the Federal Reserve, and many others, emceed by Ben Gilbert and = David Rosenthal from the Acquired podcast. =09* Networking opportunities = with leaders on the frontlines of the new era of payments. =09* A speci= al session with 4x Super Bowl Champion and Managing Partner at Liquid 2 v= entures, Joe Montana. Save your live or virtual seat [3] = =F0=9F=93=B1 BIG TECH & STARTUPS GAME EMULATORS ARRIVE IN APP ST= ORE FOLLOWING RULE CHANGES (2 MINUTE READ) [4]=20 A recent change to = Apple's App Store Review Guidelines means that a rule that effectively ba= nned the submission of console and classic game emulators for iOS and iPa= dOS has been reversed. The first wave of game emulators have now made the= ir way to the App Store. Emu64 XL is a Commodore 64 emulator and iGBA is = a Gameboy Advance and Gameboy Color emulator. Both are free to download w= ithout any in-app purchases. Under Apple's rule changes, emulators still = have to filter objectionable content, follow all privacy guidelines, and = not share data or privacy permissions with other software, but it is uncl= ear how some of the rules will be enforced.=20 TESLA SLASHES FULL SEL= F-DRIVING MONTHLY SUBSCRIPTION TO $99 (2 MINUTE READ) [5]=20 Tesla's = Full Self-Driving (FSD) is now $99 a month. The company is currently depl= oying FSD v12, a new version fully powered by AI that is supposed to be a= significant advancement compared to previous versions. Tesla dealers wer= e recently mandated to provide FSD demo drives for all new deliveries. Ex= isting owners in North America are able to receive a one-month free trial= of the system.=20 =F0=9F=9A=80=20 SCIENCE & FUTURISTIC TECHNOLOGY = STARTUP LOOKING TO LAUNCH STADIUM-SIZED SPACE HABITATS ON SPACEX (3 M= INUTE READ) [6]=20 Max Space wants to launch expandable stadium-sized h= abitats into Earth's orbit by the end of the decade. It has designed habi= tats that minimize the mass and volume of the payload required to be laun= ched into space, providing people with room to live both in space and on= other planets or moons. The company plans to launch the scalable habit= ats on SpaceX's rockets in 2027 and 2030. It will launch its first off-Ea= rth test in two years.=20 HOW NEW TECH IS MAKING GEOTHERMAL ENERGY A MO= RE VERSATILE POWER SOURCE (8 MINUTE READ) [7]=20 Project Red is a fac= ility that uses geothermal energy to power a local power grid in Nevada. = The facility pumps water thousands of feet into the ground, where it is h= eated by the Earth's super-hot core, and then sucks the heated water back= up to power generators. It leverages techniques from the oil and gas ind= ustry to improve reliability and cost-efficiency and make geothermal powe= r possible in many more locations. This article looks at how the facility= works and the field of geothermal energy in general, including other pro= jects and attempts at building the technology.=20 =F0=9F=92=BB PR= OGRAMMING, DESIGN & DATA SCIENCE EARN CPE CREDITS WITH CAPTURE THE FL= AG 101 WORKSHOP (SPONSOR) [8]=20 Want to compete in CTFs but don't know= where to start? Join Snyk's CTF 101 workshop [8] and build the security = skills and experience you need to compete in CTFs while earning CPE credi= t. =F0=9F=8E=93Register now [8] LESSONS AFTER A HALF-BILLION GPT T= OKENS (11 MINUTE READ) [9]=20 This article contains seven lessons learn= ed by Truss, a startup that released a few LLM-heavy features over the la= st six months, that cover how to improve prompting, tooling and optimal u= sage, GPT's limitations, and more. The startup exclusively deals with tex= t using a combination of GPT-3.5 and GPT-4. While GPT is useful, the tech= nology is still in its early days and probably won't result in everyone= losing their jobs. It mostly lowers the barrier of entry to ML/AI that= was previously only available to Google.=20 POSTGRESQL INDEX ADVISOR= (GITHUB REPO) [10]=20 PostgreSQL Index Advisor is a PostgreSQL extensi= on for recommending indexes to improve query performance. It supports gen= eric parameters and materialized views and can identify tables and column= s obfuscated by views.=20 =F0=9F=8E=81 MISCELLANEOUS TRANSC= RIPT: EZRA KLEIN INTERVIEWS DARIO AMODEI (3 HOUR READ) [11]=20 Exponent= ial growth can get out of control really quickly. The scaling law hypothe= sis says that AI systems are on a growth curve where their capabilities w= ill continually grow exponentially as long as we keep feeding in more dat= a and computing power. This interview with Dario Amodei, who led the team= at OpenAI that created GPT-2 and GPT-3 before leaving OpenAI to co-found= Anthropic where he is now CEO, discusses growth in AI, how AI is being a= dopted by society, the amount of energy the technology consumes and how t= o mitigate its effects on the planet, and much more.=20 ASK HN: DOES = IT STILL MATTER TO BE IN THE BAY AREA? (HACKER NEWS THREAD) [12]=20 T= he new AI craze may have some people considering moving to the Bay Area. = The Bay Area is a place with a lot of knowledge and a culture around risk= that can be valuable for founders and people who want to work in tech. W= hile people can still find these things elsewhere, the network of compani= es, developers, and investors is unparalleled. People's opportunities for= job search, networking, and career growth are significantly higher by be= ing where the ecosystem is concentrated. =E2=9A=A1 QUICK LINKS= =F0=9F=A7=A0 THERE'S A SMARTER WAY TO GET SMARTER. 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Game emulators arrive in Ap= p Store following rule changes (2 minute read)

A recent change to Apple's App Store Re= view Guidelines means that a rule that effectively banned the submission of= console and classic game emulators for iOS and iPadOS has been reversed. T= he first wave of game emulators have now made their way to the App Store. E= mu64 XL is a Commodore 64 emulator and iGBA is a Gameboy Advance and Gamebo= y Color emulator. Both are free to download without any in-app purchases. U= nder Apple's rule changes, emulators still have to filter objectionable con= tent, follow all privacy guidelines, and not share data or privacy permissi= ons with other software, but it is unclear how some of the rules will be en= forced.
Tesla slashes Full Self-Dri= ving monthly subscription to $99 (2 minute read)

Tesla's Full Self-Driving (FSD) is now = $99 a month. The company is currently deploying FSD v12, a new version full= y powered by AI that is supposed to be a significant advancement compared t= o previous versions. Tesla dealers were recently mandated to provide FSD de= mo drives for all new deliveries. Existing owners in North America are able= to receive a one-month free trial of the system.
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Startup Looking to Launch S= tadium-Sized Space Habitats on SpaceX (3 minute read)

Max Space wants to launch expandable st= adium-sized habitats into Earth's orbit by the end of the decade. It has de= signed habitats that minimize the mass and volume of the payload required t= o be launched into space, providing people with room to live both in space = and on other planets or moons. The company plans to launch the scalable hab= itats on SpaceX's rockets in 2027 and 2030. It will launch its first off-Ea= rth test in two years.
How new tech is making geot= hermal energy a more versatile power source (8 minute read)

Project Red is a facility that uses geo= thermal energy to power a local power grid in Nevada. The facility pumps wa= ter thousands of feet into the ground, where it is heated by the Earth's su= per-hot core, and then sucks the heated water back up to power generators. = It leverages techniques from the oil and gas industry to improve reliabilit= y and cost-efficiency and make geothermal power possible in many more locat= ions. This article looks at how the facility works and the field of geother= mal energy in general, including other projects and attempts at building th= e technology.
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Lessons after a half-billio= n GPT tokens (11 minute read)

This article contains seven lessons lea= rned by Truss, a startup that released a few LLM-heavy features over the la= st six months, that cover how to improve prompting, tooling and optimal usa= ge, GPT's limitations, and more. The startup exclusively deals with text us= ing a combination of GPT-3.5 and GPT-4. While GPT is useful, the technology= is still in its early days and probably won't result in everyone losing th= eir jobs. It mostly lowers the barrier of entry to ML/AI that was previousl= y only available to Google.
PostgreSQL Index Advisor (G= itHub Repo)

PostgreSQL Index Advisor is a PostgreSQ= L extension for recommending indexes to improve query performance. It suppo= rts generic parameters and materialized views and can identify tables and c= olumns obfuscated by views.
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Transcript: Ezra Klein Inte= rviews Dario Amodei (3 hour read)

Exponential growth can get out of contr= ol really quickly. The scaling law hypothesis says that AI systems are on a= growth curve where their capabilities will continually grow exponentially = as long as we keep feeding in more data and computing power. This interview= with Dario Amodei, who led the team at OpenAI that created GPT-2 and GPT-3= before leaving OpenAI to co-found Anthropic where he is now CEO, discusses= growth in AI, how AI is being adopted by society, the amount of energy the= technology consumes and how to mitigate its effects on the planet, and muc= h more.
Ask HN: Does it still matte= r to be in the Bay Area? (Hacker News Thread)

The new AI craze may have some people c= onsidering moving to the Bay Area. The Bay Area is a place with a lot of kn= owledge and a culture around risk that can be valuable for founders and peo= ple who want to work in tech. While people can still find these things else= where, the network of companies, developers, and investors is unparalleled.= People's opportunities for job search, networking, and career growth are s= ignificantly higher by being where the ecosystem is concentrated.
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OpenAI Fires Researchers fo= r Leaking Information (3 minute read)

Researchers Leopold Aschenbrenner and P= avel Izmailov, who worked on OpenAI's safety team, were fired for leaking c= ompany secrets.
Naval Ravikant's Airchat is= a social app built around talk, not text (4 minute read)

Airchat is similar to other social medi= a apps except that the posts and replies are audio recordings.
GPT is the Heroku of AI (4 = minute read)

The primary value of GPT is that it mas= sively lowers the barrier to machine learning features for startups.
pylyzer (GitHub Repo)

pylyzer is a static code analyzer and l= anguage server for Python.
Threads on Mastodon and The= Bright Future of the Fediverse (13 minute read)

Meta's goal for Threads is to build som= ething Twitter-like, but for a billion users, so its app is being designed = for users who mostly lurk, comment, and like and don't want to understand h= ow any of it works.
Elon Musk's xAI previews Gr= ok-1.5V, its first multimodal model (3 minute read)

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