The Daily Index — Tuesday, March 26, 2024 · TLDR Index

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ELON MUSK REQUIRES ‘FSD’ DEMO FOR EVERY PROSPECTIVE TESLA BUYER IN NORTH AMERICA

Tesla employees are now required to install and show customers how to use the latest version of the company's Full Self-Driving (FSD) premium driver assistance system before completing a vehicle delivery in North America. All Tesla vehicles have a standard driver assistance system called Autopilot. The FSD option costs $199 per month for most customers. Drivers must remain attentive to the road and ready to steer or brake at any time when using FSD.

cnbc.com · 2 min

TLDR AI

OPEN INTERPRETER O1 LIGHT

The 01 Light is a portable voice interface that controls your home computer. It can see your screen, use your apps, and learn new skills. 01 is the open-source foundation for a new era of AI devices.

twitter.com · 1 min

TLDR Web Dev

THE PROBLEM WITH USING A UUID PRIMARY KEY IN MYSQL

This article goes through the different versions of UUIDs and why using them as a primary key in MySQL can hurt database performance. Using UUIDs as primary keys can lead to slow insert performance, higher storage requirements, and larger index size requirements (since secondary indexes also store primary keys). To mitigate these issues, UUIDs can be stored in a binary format or ordered using UUID v6 or v7.

planetscale.com · 9 min

TLDR Crypto

LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE WILL START MARKET FOR BITCOIN AND ETHER ETNS MAY 28

The London Stock Exchange is launching Bitcoin and Ether exchange-traded notes at the end of May, available to professional investors only. It will start accepting applications for trades from April 8. The move follows approval from the UK's Financial Conduct Authority for Recognized Investment Exchanges to create listed market segments for ETNs. It is part of wider efforts to position the UK as a crypto-friendly hub.

coindesk.com · 2 min

TLDR Product

THIS IS THE ONLY STRATEGY FRAMEWORK YOU NEED

This article discusses an alternative to a one-size-fits-all strategy framework: a nuanced approach that involves answering ten critical questions. The method ensures a strategy that is adaptable, focused, and aligned with the company's goals, market opportunities, and resources.

productify.substack.com · 4 min

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ADAM NEUMANN MAKES A $500 MILLION BID FOR WEWORK THAT COULD HIT $900 MILLION IF FINANCING AND DILIGENCE FIRM UP

Adam Neumann, former WeWork CEO, has submitted an unsolicited bid in excess of $500 million to acquire WeWork out of bankruptcy. The bid could potentially go up to $900 million pending due diligence. It is unclear how Neumann will finance the offer. The bid may make WeWork's bankruptcy proceedings more complex. The company is seeking to walk away from some of its longer-term commitments in less lucrative markets, but some of its lessors are fighting these efforts.

cnbc.com · 2 min

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AS AI BOOMS, LAND NEAR NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS BECOMES HOT REAL ESTATE

Land near power plants is set to become a hot commodity due to AI. Several data center operators, including AWS and Microsoft, have explored nuclear-powered options for their operations. While most projects are looking to build on the land surrounding nuclear plants, some projects, like Microsoft's, are exploring the idea of installing tiny modular plants to power existing data centers. While small modular reactors are not yet ready for production, there are still more than 400 reactors around the globe to collocate with.

theregister.com · 3 min

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INKJETS ARE FOR MORE THAN JUST PRINTING

Inkjet technology has found a host of applications beyond putting dots on paper. It can now be used to make DNA microarrays for genomics, create electrical traces for printed circuit boards, and build 3D-printed structures. The technology could eventually also be used for personalized medicine and the development of advanced batteries. This article looks at the history of the technology, how it developed, as well as what the future holds for inkjet systems.

spectrum.ieee.org · 13 min

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THE BEST ENGINEERING INTERVIEW QUESTION I’VE EVER GOTTEN

This blog post discusses a programming challenge from a software engineering interview. memcached, an in-memory key-value store, provides a built-in way to atomically add k to a number, but it doesn’t provide other arithmetic operations - there is no 'atomic multiply by k' operation. The challenge required interviewees to add a `mult` command to memcached. The challenge is well calibrated for interviews as there is only one correct answer and it is also a good representation of what most real-world programming is like.

quuxplusone.github.io · 12 min