The Daily Index — Friday, May 17, 2024 · TLDR Index

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WHAT I'VE LEARNED BUILDING INTERACTIVE EMBEDDING VISUALIZATIONS

This post discusses a process for building high-quality interactive embedding visualizations for a variety of different kinds of entity relationship data. It provides observations about what works and what doesn't and a background on embeddings and embedding visualizations. Embedding visualizations are useful for targeted searches and they are fun to browse around and explore.

cprimozic.net · 28 min

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OPEN SOURCE IS NEITHER A COMMUNITY NOR A DEMOCRACY

Using open source software doesn't entitle one to a vote on the direction of that project. Democratic decision-making never existed in the open source world. The majority of open source projects are run by a small group of core contributors who advance the project, review patches, and guard the integrity of the vision. Open source is first and foremost a method of collaboration between programmers who show up to do the work. It is not a program for users to get free stuff or a seat at the table where decisions are made.

world.hey.com · 3 min

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THE MAKER OF STABLE DIFFUSION IS COLLAPSING, CONSIDERING SALE

Stability AI is in big financial trouble and is in talks to be sold off. The company generated less than $5 million in revenue in the first quarter of this year while losing more than $30 million. It is reportedly sitting on $100 million worth of outstanding bills. The company lost its CEO Emad Mostaque in March and it is currently facing legal troubles over using Getty Images' intellectual property to train AI models.

futurism.com · 2 min

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AT&T GOES UP AGAINST T-MOBILE, STARLINK WITH AST SPACEMOBILE SATELLITE DEAL

AT&T and AST SpaceMobile have signed an agreement that will last until 2030 to provide a space-based broadband network to everyday cell phones.

links.tldrnewsletter.com · 2 min

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MICROSOFT ASKS HUNDREDS OF CHINA-BASED AI STAFF TO CONSIDER RELOCATING AMID U.S.-CHINA TENSIONS

Around 700 to 800 Microsoft employees based in China involved in machine learning and other cloud-computing tasks have been offered the opportunity to transfer to countries including the US, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand.

links.tldrnewsletter.com · 4 min

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VISUAL DESIGN RULES

A list of visual design rules (with examples) that are safe to follow.

anthonyhobday.com · 9 min

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VCS AREN'T YOUR FRIENDS

While VCs may act friendly, their funds come first.

openvc.app · 4 min

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THE MORAL CASE FOR MAKING MONEY

Money allows builders to create things that can benefit many other people.

every.to · 14 min

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D&D STORY, REAL-TIME DATA, AND PROBLEM SOLVING

This post presents a series of experiments testing GPT-4o's abilities.

sabrina.dev · 15 min