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	Project Astra | Exploring the future capabilities of a universal AI assistant
	Project Astra is our research prototype that explores the future capabilities of a universal AI assistant. Using capabilities like multimodal understanding, ...
	youtube.com

	Think big, then scrutinize: evaluating thought leadership with scientific methods
	In 2006, Fowler and Foemmel defined ten core Continuous Integration (CI) practices that could increase the speed of software development feedback cycles and improve software quality. Since then, these practices have been widely adopted by industry and subsequent research has shown they improve software quality. However, there is poor understanding of how organizations implement these practices, of the benefits developers perceive they bring, and of the challenges developers and organizations experience in implementing them. In this paper, we discuss a multiple-case study of three small- to medium-sized companies using the recommended suite of ten CI practices. Using interviews and activity log mining, we learned that these practices are broadly implemented but how they are implemented varies depending on their perceived benefits, the context of the project, and the CI tools used by the organization. We also discovered that CI practices can create new constraints on the software process that hurt feedback cycle time. For researchers, we show that how CI is implemented varies, and thus studying CI (for example, using data mining) requires understanding these differences as important context for research studies. For practitioners, our findings reveal in-depth insights on the possible benefits and challenges from using the ten practices, and how project context matters.
	dsl.pubpub.org

	ChainForge.ai
	By Mary Grace Descourouez, MS, NBC-HWC Binge-watching television, watching YouTube videos for hours, or scrolling on your phone every morning may seem harmless, but research shows that too much screen time may be detrimental to your health. We know children’s brains are affected by spending too much time glued to their cell phones, however research shows that […]
	chainforge.ai

	What Excessive Screen Time Does to the Adult Brain | Cognitive Enhancement
	By Mary Grace Descourouez, MS, NBC-HWC Binge-watching television, watching YouTube videos for hours, or scrolling on your phone every morning may seem harmless, but research shows that too much screen time may be detrimental to your health. We know children’s brains are affected by spending too much time glued to their cell phones, however research shows that […]
	longevity.stanford.edu

	Tap into the “Hemingway effect” to finish what you start
	The great novelist didn’t burn himself out — but learned when to put his work down. His strategy is now known as the "Hemingway effect."
	bigthink.com

	Lin-Manuel Miranda's new musical is based on a cult movie — and is for your ears only
	A new concept album from the creator of Hamilton sets a cult classic film to a starry hiphop, rock and Broadway soundtrack.
	npr.org

	Pluralistic: You should be using an RSS reader (16 Oct 2024)
	pluralistic.net

	The CTO’s Hidden Notebook by Etienne de Bruin
	My satisfaction no longer lies in the doing of my CTO responsibilities, but rather in the cultivation of my own knowledge.
	7ctos.com

	Running WolfSSL and cURL on Windows 2000
	If you wish to share pictures with friends, you must first start with the universe.
	datagirl.xyz

Just read this post by @flurry building things against Windows 2000.

http://datagirl.xyz/posts/wolfssl_curl_w2k.html

If you’ve worked with me then you know I feel a sadistic joy when I find very old operating systems in the wild. You’d been surprised how many times a year I find something this old.