The Daily Index — Thursday, October 12, 2023 · TLDR Index

PROGRAMMING, DESIGN & DATA SCIENCE

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THINGS I WISH SOMEONE WOULD HAVE TOLD ME ABOUT CONFIGURING VSCODE

This article contains a list of VS Code optimizations that make things easier for developers. Examples include hiding the .vscode folder globally, enabling formatters and linter extensions at the workspace level, and using the built-in terminal. Links to pages with more VS Code tips and tricks are available at the end of the article.

bryanbraun.com · 5 min

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AI ENGINEER SUMMIT REPORT

AI is easy - turning a demo into a product is the real challenge. Working with AI is difficult due to having to deal with non-deterministic outputs. Developers get a different result every time they run their code. Evaluating code in AI apps is hard. These issues were key themes throughout the inaugural AI Engineer Summit held this week. This article contains a summary of key takeaways from the summit.

swizec.com · 6 min

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FEDERATED PLATFORMS

Anyone using the hosted version of WordPress can now connect their blogs to federated platforms like Mastodon. The integration allows blog owners to share their posts on other platforms and receive replies from those platforms. The blogs themselves can be used as fediverse profiles. The feature can be turned on by toggling the 'Enter the fediverse' option from within the Discussion section in WordPress' blog settings.

techcrunch.com · 4 min

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EXPLOSIVE

Caroline Ellison's testimony painted Sam Bankman-Fried as the mastermind behind the FTX fraud and detailed how he manipulated balance sheets, bribed foreign officials, and more.

npr.org · 13 min

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A MONKEY SURVIVED TWO YEARS WITH A MINIATURE PIG’S KIDNEY

The pig's kidney was genetically engineered to make it as human as possible.

sciencenews.org · 5 min

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INSIDE VIEWS, IMPOSTOR SYNDROME, AND THE GREAT LARP

People with impostor syndrome should view themselves as learning - pay attention to what works and try to understand what's going on when something unusual happens.

lesswrong.com · 6 min

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IMPORTANT CONTRACT IN TECH

Practically everyone asked about Apple's search deal with Google said that they'd give anything to be part of it.

theverge.com · 10 min

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MICROSOFT TO KILL OFF VBSCRIPT IN WINDOWS TO BLOCK MALWARE DELIVERY

VBScript will be made an on-demand feature and eventually removed from Windows.

bleepingcomputer.com · 3 min

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“SNAPDRAGON X”

Qualcomm will share more about its next-generation Arm processor for PCs, Snapdragon X, at its annual Snapdragon Summit later this month.

arstechnica.com · 4 min