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TLDR 2023-11-10

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Meta lets Amazon shoppers buy products on Facebook and Instagram without leaving the apps (3 minute read)

Meta has added a new feature that allows users to link their Facebook and Instagram accounts to Amazon and buy goods by clicking on promotions in their feeds. Users will be able to buy from Amazon's Facebook and Instagram ads without leaving the app. It is unknown how revenue sharing will work and how merchants will choose where their ads will run. Meta has invested heavily in artificial intelligence as a key technology to help retailers serve targeted promotions.
OpenAI wants to work with organizations to build new AI training data sets (3 minute read)

OpenAI has announced an effort called Data Partnerships to collaborate with third-party organizations to build public and private data sets for AI model training. Data Partnerships will enable more organizations to benefit from more useful models. The program will collect large-scale data that isn't easily accessible online. It is particularly focused on seeking data that expresses human intention across different languages, topics, and formats.
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Science & Futuristic Technology

‘Revolutionary’ first blood tests to diagnose Alzheimer’s will be available on NHS within years (2 minute read)

Scientists have developed a test that can spot signs of dementia-causing diseases in the blood. The process still needs refinement before it is reliable and easy enough for doctors to use. Many patients remain undiagnosed as they are fearful of current testing methods, which include having a lumbar puncture. There are many new treatments for dementia on the way. Early diagnosis will be key as treatment can start before the brain is too damaged.
China’s ‘miracle material’ achieves record-breaking solar panel energy (3 minute read)

LONGI has set a new world record for silicon-perovskite tandem solar cells by reaching 33.9% efficiency. Tandem solar cells are made up of different materials to improve the overall efficiency of the solar cell. Perovskites are a naturally occurring mineral that can boost silicon-based solar cells to a theoretical efficiency of 43%. Development in the field has been quick - LONGI broke the same record in November last year by achieving 26.81% efficiency.
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Programming, Design & Data Science

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Wire Your Ideas with Svelte Flow (Website)

Svelte Flow is a customizable Svelte component for building node-based editors and interactive diagrams. It is ready out-of-the-box and supports plugins for creating advanced apps. A collection of interactive examples is available.
Universe 2023: Copilot transforms GitHub into the AI-powered developer platform (12 minute read)

GitHub Copilot transformed the GitHub platform. It introduced a new way to develop software. GitHub Copilot Chat will be generally available in December as part of the GitHub Copilot subscription. GitHub Copilot Enterprise will be generally available in February for $39 USD per user per month. More announcements from GitHub about its recent AI-powered updates are available in the article.
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Miscellaneous

What I Learned Getting Acquired By Google (13 minute read)

This post takes a look at what Google is like from the perspective of a founder whose startup was acquired by the company. It covers topics like the perks of working for Google, how Google develops products, what the company really focuses on, how the organization works, and more. The startup successfully merged with Google and its product now serves around 5 billion queries a year.
AI is about to completely change how you use computers (12 minute read)

This post from Bill Gates discusses AI and how it will change how people interact with technology. Devices will soon be able to understand natural language and perform tasks based on spoken instructions. This represents a huge shift in how people use computers. AI will upend the software industry and bring about the biggest revolution in computing since the GUI was introduced.
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Quick Links

Monaspace (Website)

Monaspace is a superfamily of fonts that offers an expressive palette for code and coding tools.
Google employees typically work more than eight hours a day (2 minute read)

Google allows workers to choose 60% and 80% full-time schedules as well as other variants of part-time work, but as with any other company, there are times when employees work more than 40 hours a week to meet deadlines, cover teammates, or deliver products and services.
Ask HN: Ways to make side income as a SWE? (Hacker News Thread)

While it is possible to find extra work to earn a side income as a software engineer, it may be better to just focus on finding a better job instead.
Link-time optimisation (5 minute read)

This guide covers link-time optimization-related features with a focus on common toolchains for languages like C and Rust.
The agent principal problem (14 minute read)

Agents are able to solve problems, but they are incentivized to extract value from clients, so people have to figure out how to trust them.
Typing Fast Is About Latency, Not Throughput (2 minute read)

We can improve typing speed by thinking about how to structure code before writing it down.

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