The Daily Index — Friday, September 1, 2023 · TLDR Index

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USENET, THE OG SOCIAL NETWORK, RISES AGAIN LIKE A TEXT-ONLY PHOENIX

USENET is a set of text-only social discussion forums run on multiple servers around the world. It is older than the web. This article explains how to access USENET. There are many active free communities available on USENET that cover a huge range of niche topics.

theregister.com · 4 min

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Anguilla is a tiny British island territory in the Caribbean. The country's top-level domain is '.ai'. This appears to be particularly attractive to tech companies. Experts estimate that the country may bring in up to $30 million in revenue this year from its domain. Registrars pay Anguilla $140 for a two-year domain registration, but prices are rising due to demand.

arstechnica.com · 3 min

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THE CASE FOR NUSHELL

Nushell is designed to be a typechecked language with IDE support and nice error messages.

jntrnr.com · 17 min

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ChatGPT could be used to help students translate languages clearly and correctly, as a grammar tutor, as an idea generator, and more.

techcrunch.com · 4 min

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HISTORY

X is planning to collect users' biometric information, employment history, and educational history starting from September 29.

arstechnica.com · 3 min

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HUMAN ANCESTORS NEARLY WENT EXTINCT 900,000 YEARS AGO

The population of breeding individuals was reduced to just 1,280, implying that our ancestors lived in a very localized area during that period.

nature.com · 4 min

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VIDEOS

'Copy Video Frames' allows users to capture high-quality, non-overlayed frames from source videos.

theverge.com · 3 min

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OPENAI RAGES AT REPORT THAT GOOGLE'S NEW AI CRUSHES GPT-4

The report basically said that Google's products will completely surpass OpenAI's by the end of the year.

futurism.com · 3 min