The Daily Index — Thursday, November 9, 2023 · TLDR Index

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RULE AMBIGUITY, INSTITUTIONAL CLASHES, AND POPULATION LOSS: HOW WIKIPEDIA BECAME THE LAST GOOD PLACE ON THE INTERNET

Institutional change can occur through population loss, where those who are unhappy with the institution leave while those who benefit from it remain. This form of endogenous change happened with the English Wikipedia. Early disputes over rule interpretation led to the strengthening of Wikipedia's rules. As a result, editors who supported controversial content left or were removed, leading to significant institutional change.

cambridge.org · 65 min

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MOST VIDEO GAME ARTWORK WILL NEVER BE SEEN

Artists do some of the most important work in video games - but most of the art they create is never seen. There is much more that goes into game development than the polished pieces we see. Many artists have large holes in their portfolios due to rules governing the crediting and ownership of the works they create. This article looks at the imbalance in power between game studios and their artists to understand why so much work is hidden and how this could change in the future.

aftermath.site · 28 min

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GOOGLE OFFERED EPIC $147 MILLION TO LAUNCH FORTNITE ON THE PLAY STORE

Epic had launched Fortnite on Android directly through its website to avoid Play Store fees, but it changed its mind in 2020 after several factors put the game at a severe disadvantage.

theverge.com · 2 min

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AMAZON DEDICATES TEAM TO TRAIN AMBITIOUS AI MODEL CODENAMED 'OLYMPUS'

Amazon is investing millions to train a large language model called Olympus with 2 trillion parameters.

reuters.com · 2 min

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SURPRISING FACTS ABOUT NEW CSS SELECTORS

This article looks at several new CSS selectors, including the Matches-Any Pseudo-class :is(), Negation (or Matches-None) Pseudo-class :not(), Relational Pseudo-class :has(), Specificity-adjustment Pseudo-class :where(), and Nesting Selector &.

cloudfour.com · 8 min

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GITHUB TEASES COPILOT ENTERPRISE PLAN THAT LETS COMPANIES CUSTOMIZE FOR THEIR CODEBASE

GitHub's enterprise subscription tier, which costs $39 per month, allows companies to fine-tune Copilot based on their internal code base.

techcrunch.com · 4 min

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AUTOMERGE-REPO: A "BATTERIES-INCLUDED" TOOLKIT FOR BUILDING LOCAL-FIRST APPLICATIONS

Automerge-Repo makes it much easier to build local-first applications, software that allows both real-time collaboration and offline working, with Automerge.

automerge.org · 9 min

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HARE AIMS TO BECOME A 100-YEAR PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE

Hare is an alternative to C that is explicitly attempting to emulate C's 50+ year staying power, which means it needs to adhere to specific design goals.

harelang.org · 7 min