Subj : Google beats original GPT-4 🧠, Apple vs EU 📱, joining a friend's startup 👨‍💻 To : tldr@synchro.net From : TLDR Date : Mon Jan 29 2024 11:36 am ---LkrYurW Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Googles Gemini Pro has claimed the second position in HuggingFaces Chat B= ot Arena Leaderboard=C2=A0=20 Sign Up [1]|Hire [2]|Advertise [3]|View On= line [4]=20 =09=09TLDR=20 =09=09TOGETHER WITH [Drata] [5] TLDR 2= 024-01-29 FAST-FORWARD YOUR COMPLIANCE WITH DRATA (SPONSOR) [5]=20 = SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, GDPR=E2=80=A6 =F0=9F=98=96 Compliance can gr= ind you to a halt. The smart thing to do is to automate. For that, the= re=E2=80=99s Drata [5]. Drata is SaaS that walks you through the compl= iance journey, step by step. It automates pretty much all of the manual p= rocesses, integrates with your entire stack, and supports 16+ compliance = frameworks. Time to put security and compliance on autopilot [5] and g= et back to building. 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This article looks at= Apple's proposed changes. Anti-big-business regulation and pro-consumer = results often go hand-in-hand, but the DMA exposes issues with these type= s of regulations. The DMA will likely not change much for the better for= iOS users in the EU. Its practical effects will likely make things wor= se for users.=20 =F0=9F=9A=80=20 SCIENCE & FUTURISTIC TECHNOLOGY = A NEW AI MODEL CALLED MORPHEUS-1 CLAIMS TO INDUCE LUCID DREAMING (4 M= INUTE READ) [8]=20 Prophetic, a neurotechnology startup, has a new AI m= odel called Morpheus-1 that it claims can help people enter a lucid dream= state. The model takes the current brain state as a prompt and generates= ultrasound holograms that can be sent to the brain to start the lucid = dream state and keep it stable. Lucid dreaming is a type of dream state w= here the dreamer is aware they are asleep and can control the dream. Prop= hetic plans to release a headband product called The Halo in beta in the = Spring. The device sends sound waves into the brain to connect with the c= urrent brain state and put the mind into a lucid state.=20 THE ROOFTO= P SOLAR INDUSTRY COULD BE ON THE VERGE OF COLLAPSE (11 MINUTE READ) [9] = Solar panel salespeople obscuring the specific terms of financial = agreements and clouding the value of their products are causing a storm i= n the solar panel industry. Law firms across the US are claiming to recei= ve multiple calls every week from potential clients with stories of dodgy= salespeople causing them to sign up for deals that they can't afford. So= me of the nation's biggest public solar companies are struggling to stay = afloat as questions arise over the viability of the financial products th= ey sold to both customers and investors. These factors could topple the r= esidential solar industry: more than 100 solar dealers and installers in = the US declared bankruptcy in late 2023 alone.=20 =F0=9F=92=BB=20 P= ROGRAMMING, DESIGN & DATA SCIENCE LOSSY CSS COMPRESSION FOR FUN AND L= OSS (OR PROFIT) (4 MINUTE READ) [10]=20 cssfact is a lossy CSS compre= ssor. It takes CSS and outputs other CSS that retains most of the informa= tion in the input but with fewer rules than the original. cssfact only wo= rks on style rules, leaving non-style rules unchanged. This article discu= sses how cssfact was built and the reasons behind creating the project. = INSIDE .GIT (5 MINUTE READ) [11]=20 This post presents a look at= what's inside the .git directory. It covers each directory and file, wit= h an explanation and example for each section. An image with a ~15-word e= xplanation for each part of a ..git directory is available at the beginnin= g of the post.=20 =F0=9F=8E=81=20 MISCELLANEOUS SIMON WILLISON = INTERVIEW: AI SOFTWARE STILL NEEDS THE HUMAN TOUCH (16 MINUTE READ) [12] = This article features an interview with Simon Willison, one of the= co-creators of the Django framework, where he discusses AI, software d= evelopment, intellectual property, and related matters. In the discussion= about intellectual property, Willison acknowledges how some activities c= an be legal and still be morally wrong, like how models can be trained on= creators' content and then used to compete against the original creators= .. The issues he discusses are complex, but Willison takes the time to exp= lain them in detail.=20 ASK HN: THOSE WHO'VE JOINED A FRIEND'S STARTUP = AS AN EMPLOYEE, HOW DID THAT GO? (HACKER NEWS THREAD) [13]=20 The dyn= amics of joining a friend's startup as an employee aren't widely discusse= d. This Hacker News thread provides many personal anecdotes of what the e= xperience is like. While some people report positive experiences, many re= plies tell the story of how the decision to work at a friend's startup ul= timately cost them the friendship. Working with friends may be more enjoy= able, but the decision to join a startup should be based on the startup i= tself rather than the friendship - is the opportunity good, does it progr= ess your career, does it pay you well, and is the equity fair?=20 = =E2=9A=A1=20 QUICK LINKS NOVONIMBUS IS HIRING A CLOUD SOLUTIONS SA= LES SPECIALIST (NYC OR REMOTE) [14]=20 Looking for technical sales sp= ecialist interested in AI/LLMs with 3+ years of sales experience in cloud= computing/infrastructure to help drive adoption of our NVIDIA GPU cloud.= Apply here [15].=20 MOZILLA SAYS APPLE=E2=80=99S NEW BROWSER RULES ARE= =E2=80=98AS PAINFUL AS POSSIBLE=E2=80=99 FOR FIREFOX (1 MINUTE READ) [16= ]=20 Apple's plan to comply with the EU's new rules will mean that in= dependent browsers like Firefox will be forced to build and maintain two = separate browser implementations.=20 THERE'S NEVER GOING TO BE TIME (2 = MINUTE READ) [17]=20 If you want to do something, you're going to have = to make time for it - that's just what life is like.=20 ELON MUSK WAN= TS TEXAS ENGINEERS 'SLEEPING ON THE LINE' OF EV COMING IN 2025 (2 MINUTE = READ) [18]=20 The production ramp will be challenging and not an off-th= e-self 'it-just-works' type of thing.=20 IN LOVING MEMORY OF SQUARE C= HECKBOX (7 MINUTE READ) [19]=20 Checkboxes used to be square, and radio= buttons were round - Apple's new visionOS will have round checkboxes. = ARC SEARCH COMBINES BROWSER, SEARCH ENGINE, AND AI INTO SOMETHING NE= W AND DIFFERENT (3 MINUTE READ) [20]=20 Arc Search takes search queri= es, finds answers, and then builds pages around the answer that contain k= ey information, related links, and other helpful data.=20 SURPRISE! 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