The Daily Index — Friday, October 13, 2023 · TLDR Index

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Today’s Index

TLDR

WHY AREN'T THERE MORE 80% JOBS?

Some jobs are starting to move to 4-day workweeks, but there hasn't been any increase in the number of 80% jobs - 32 hour jobs at 80% salary. These types of jobs would be a low-risk proposition that many people in tech would likely take if it were an option. 80% jobs offer many benefits for both employers and employees, even though they may cost more in terms of overhead. Another option is to offer 90% jobs, giving workers an extra day off every two weeks.

evertpot.com · 4 min

TLDR AI

STATE OF AI 2023

A great summary of the language modeling industry. There are good discussions here on safety, capabilities, chips, and more. The predictions around AI filmmaking, capital costs, and AI-fueled IPOs are interesting.

stateof.ai · 20 min

TLDR Web Dev

NODE CONFIG HELL

Many production-ready Next.js projects require almost 30 configuration files to run. Having so many configurations can hinder developer productivity. The problem arises from the unopinionated nature of the JavaScript ecosystem, where the same code needs to be adaptable to various frameworks and tools. However, there are solutions with zero configs and smart defaults.

deno.com · 4 min

TLDR InfoSec

HIGH SEVERITY CURL CVE

The nearly ubiquitous curl project has revealed details about a security issue that the maintainers warned of last week. The vulnerability is a heap-based buffer overflow in the SOCKS5 handshake process that occurs when a long hostname is provided and the handshake is too slow. An updated version of curl, as well as patches for older versions, has been released.

curl.se · 4 min

TLDR Design

INTRODUCING SPACE OS

Space OS is a new web operating system that intends to host what its founders call the "personal cloud computer." The platform relies on an infinite canvas-like operating system where users can draw anything, including a text box, an embedded link, an installed app, and a webcam stream.

deta.space · 4 min

TLDR AI

TEXT EMBEDDINGS REVEAL ALMOST AS MUCH AS TEXT

Using iterative re-embedding and treating embedding inversion as a conditional generation problem allows attackers to successfully recreate 92% of the embedded texts just with access to the dense vectors.

arxiv.org · 12 min

TLDR AI

ENHANCED SEGMENTATION WITH SAM-OCTA

Researchers have improved the segmentation of specific targets in optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA) images with a method called SAM-OCTA.

arxiv.org · 16 min

TLDR AI

IMPROVING TEXT TO IMAGE GENERATION WITH LLMS

Researchers are improving how we communicate with text-to-image models, like Midjourney and Stable Diffusion, which currently require complex prompts for generating images. They've introduced "interactive text to image", allowing people to naturally interact with Large Language Models for better image creation and related tasks.

minidalle3.github.io · 4 min

TLDR Web Dev

SCROLLBARS ARE BECOMING A PROBLEM

The shrinking size of scrollbars in modern software interfaces poses challenges for individuals with fine motor control problems or those who rely on alternative input methods. This author provides a comprehensive overview of the problem across various platforms and offers valuable insights into the need for user-configurable options to address it. They provide configuration tips for Firefox, but found Chrome hard to configure.

artemis.sh · 7 min