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If ownership of an item is disputed, on whom does the burden of proof lie?

Apparently, "I called dibs" is a decently good argument when there's no paper-trail.

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Conflicted over pursuing a PhD but taking a significant pay cut

Figuring out if you should get a PhD is so hard, you'd need a PhD to do it.

space.stackexchange.com

What terms originating in space exploration have been absorbed into non-technical English usage?

Mission control, I think we have some improper usage of space terms.

academia.stackexchange.com

Is it okay to share an idea if I haven’t proven it?

Wish people on Twitter thought of this question before they posted.

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IP over lasers

Cats would love it if we used lasers instead of the WiFi from now on.

hazyresearch.stanford.edu

We bought the whole GPU, so we're damn well going to use the whole GPU

If only they could do this to the 80% of our brain power we're not using.

arstechnica.com

That annoying SMS phish you just got may have come from a box like this

This router is the reason UPS keeps texting you that your packages aren't delivered.

youtube.com

I built ChatGPT with Minecraft redstone!

If we can just figure out how to integrate Roblox into this, we can solve the AI chip problem.

idea-instructions.com

Kvick sört

Copy this for your next whiteboard interview.

anniemueller.com

How I, a non-developer, read the tutorial you, a developer, wrote for me, a beginner

Jokes on you: Snarfus are old news. All the cool kids implement Chumbucket.

thereader.mitpress.mit.edu

Is life a form of computation?

The difference between stoners and cutting-edge scientists is peer review.

bogdanthegeek.github.io

Hosting a website on a disposable vape

Careful, kids! You could be smoking someone's Green Day fan page.

strat7.com

WEIRD in, WEIRD out

AI may have human-like reasoning, but which humans are we talking about here?

lwn.net

Tracking trust with Rust in the kernel

Need a type system that forces software to deal with any data that should not be trusted?

phishyurl.com

Are your links not malicious looking enough?

Turn your legit URLs into incredibly sketchy links as a treat for your IT department.

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Issue 297: Making your dev life easier

Ah, the life of the developer. It's never quite easy, is it? But this week, we're looking at the ways your world might be incrementally improved. On the pod, Pia Nilsson from Spotify's Backstage joined us to talk about what makes their open-source IDP so ideal for developers. Jeff Hollan from Snowflake shared how they went from a database to an AI platform, and how their data marketplace is making AI development easier. And if you'd like to be reminded how hard things used to be, we've got the history of software development on the blog from AWS' Darko Mesaroš, looking back as far as 70 years to how development has changed through the years. But nothing is easy in life, right? For instance, math is hard, and some are wondering if life is a form of computation. We've got that story for you from the web, plus the tales of two beginners trying to break into software development—one who can't read technical tutorials, and one who can't get an entry-level job with no experience. And we have one of the hardest things of all for you too...a set of IKEA instructions (although it's a pretty good medium to visualize quicksort, unlike when you're trying to build a desk.) So in conclusion? The life of a developer may not be so easy, but we made finding some more interesting tales and answers from around the web easy for you. If you're curious about Leonardo da Vinci, becoming first author, or Jack Swigert's thought processes, we have all those answers from users. We've even made it easy for you to add a website to your vape, if that's something you're into. That one's easy access for you in the links below.

Issue 296: MCP in the CRM

Are you ready to get your acronyms on? On the podcast, we've got two talks that tackle three terse terms. First up, double your acronymic pleasure as Ryan chats with Karen Ng of Hubspot about implementing an MCP server for a CRM. Next up, look Ma, no head! Ryan welcomes Sebastian Gierlinger to discuss where a headless CMS fits into a componentized and service-oriented world. If you want to learn more about those acronyms, check out those pods. XX If you want to learn some other stuff, we've got you there. Heck, all you collegiate types can learn a lot from our site resources, including new coding challenges (but only if you want some extra credit). For funzies, learn what happens to material sciences once energy constraints aren't an issue. If computer history is more your thing, learn about the order of punctuation within ASCII (another acronym). XX On top of all that, we have a meadow of juicy links for grazing. Need a way to prank your IT department? Is AI making the world look WEIRD? Could open-source be used for good? One click gets you the answers below.

Issue 295: AI vs. Gen Z

AI has changed a lot in the software engineering world. On our Leaders of Code podcast, Peter O’Connor, our Director of Platform Engineering, talks with Ryan J. Salva, Senior Director of Product at Google, Developer Experiences about how AI is changing dev teams and experiences. On the blog, we explore how AI has changed the software engineer pathway for Gen Z. And on the podcast, we talk to Geraint North, AI and developer platforms fellow at Arm, about how AI is changing their chip designs for mobile. XX There's also a lot of changes happening in how we communicate on and with the internet. We're adapting to this new reality by adding a chat interface to our public knowledge base—hear from the folks who built it. Some websites are communicating how they should be compensated for AI access using licenses. One questioner wonders how they can prevent players from communicating outside of the game. XX But variety is the spice of life, and the rest of this newsletter gets spicy. Is brute force better than an efficient solution with overhead? What's dampening the humanoid robot hype (besides terminators, of course)? And what happens when you let songs mate?

Issue 294: Class is back in session with Prof. Stack

You must have hit 88mph in your DeLorean, because this week we're taking you back. And by "back" we mean back to school. Whether you or someone in your life is learning to code, we've got everything you'll need for back to school ready for you on the blog. We aren't sending you back alone though. Our very own Stack Overflow developers are joining you, and they have plenty of tips and tricks to share for student developers. Plus, we asked Jeffrey van Gogh from the Kotlin Foundation to go back in time on the pod to tell us all about the evolution of the Kotlin language and how it goes beyond just Android. XX Great Scott! Those aren't the only blasts from the past we have for you this issue. From the web, we have a look back on original home computers and ye olde robots from history. Claude Code is getting in on the nostalgia too—we have a story on resurrecting old QIC-80 tapes using AI. But don't get too trusting of AI, now. We've got a question from the gaming site on double-crossing quest givers. Learn from them and you might keep yourself from getting Ex Machina'd. Speaking of fighting AI overlords, we've also got a story from the web on how one tech writer is "poisoning the well" of his article data. XX Alright, get into the DeLorean, it's time to go back to the future...or at least the present. Once you get those 1.21 gigawatts of lightning on yourself, be sure to check out our pod episode with Kylan Gibbs from Inworld on implementing AI for consumer goods like gaming. Plus, there's no time like the present to ponder the existence of free will, if cats would be our natural predators if we were five-inches tall, and if a working clock that is occasionally wrong is really the opposite of a broken clock, metaphorically speaking. We've got the answers for you, here and now, down in the links below.

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