Bezos and Musk Race to Brin=
g Data Centers to Space (7 minute read)
Companies like SpaceX, Blue Origin, and=
Google are racing to figure out the viability of orbital data centers. Ope=
rating data centers in space will require overcoming several technical issu=
es, including managing temperatures for hardware, protecting that hardware =
from radiation, and transferring data back to Earth without long lag times.=
Skeptics say that space-based data centers won't be competitive on cost. I=
t may take tens of thousands of satellites to recreate the compute capacity=
of a gigawatt data center in space.
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Meta's New AI Superstars Ar=
e Chafing Against the Rest of the Company (9 minute read)
An us-versus-them mentality has emerged=
between Meta's top AI team and Mark Zuckerberg's longtime lieutenants. TBD=
Lab's researchers have come to view many Meta executives as interested onl=
y in improving the social media business, while the lab's ambition is to cr=
eate superintelligence. Employees have disagreed over which division should=
get more computing power. Those working on the social media ranking algori=
thm have argued that more of the company's computing power should be used t=
o improve their business rather than to train AI models.
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Science & Futuristic Technology
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Neural Balance Innovations =
took control of my body and canceled my motion sickness (7 minute read)
Neural Balance Innovations has develope=
d a device that cancels motion sickness in the body via Galvanic Vestibular=
Stimulation. It sends electrical signals to the vestibular system, the par=
t of the inner ear that manages balance, so that it syncs up with what the =
eyes are seeing. The Stimbox needs to be calibrated for every user, but aft=
er, it can completely remove the sensation of motion sickness when using VR=
devices. The device has the potential to give wearers a more realistic vir=
tual reality as it can simulate the feeling of falling. It can be purchased=
now for 1,200=E2=82=AC.
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Programming, Design & Data Science
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Why write engineering blogs=
? (19 minute read)
This blog collates several responses fr=
om tech bloggers on writing for developers. The bloggers tell the story of =
why they started blogging and why they continue to blog. The tech bloggers =
include antirez, Eric Lippert, Phil Eaton, and Thorsten Ball. A link to the=
full interview for each blogger is available.
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Should CSS be Constraints? =
(17 minute read)
CSS is hard, and the rules can be quite=
complex. It is currently hard to predict what CSS will result in. One comm=
only-proposed replacement for CSS is a constraint system. However, with con=
straint-based systems, it is possible to have more than or less than one la=
yout that satisfies the rules. Predictability suffers again once you have c=
omplicated constraints and conflict handling rules.
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Why AGI Will Not Happen (24=
minute read)
The thinking around AGI and superintell=
igence is fundamentally flawed. A lot of the thinking is created in an echo=
chamber, particularly in the Bay Area, where the same ideas amplify themse=
lves without critical awareness. This amplification of bad ideas is a big p=
roblem in shaping a beneficial future for everyone. Realistic thought shoul=
d be used to shape a future that is good for everyone.
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Silicon Valley Is Racing to=
Make Critical Minerals=E2=80=94and Blunt China's Dominance (11 minute read=
)
There is a nationwide push by startups =
to develop sources of raw materials that the US desperately needs. Record l=
evels of private investment and advances in artificial intelligence are res=
ulting in new solutions to deal with China's crackdown on critical mineral =
exports. Any success will soften China's edge in the industry. China curren=
tly dominates the high-risk and low-margin mining and processing of many of=
the minerals the US depends on to build everything from smartphones to car=
s, jets, and satellites.
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