All public GitHub code was used in training Copilot — and We replaced rental brokers with software and filled 200 vacant apartments

Issue #458 — July 09, 2021

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All public GitHub code was used in training Copilot twitter.com \| points: 712 \| comments: 548

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We replaced rental brokers with software and filled 200 vacant apartments caretaker.com \| points: 572 \| comments: 436

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Juul bought an entire issue of a scholarly journal prospect.org \| points: 461 \| comments: 347

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Runway – Create impossible video runwayml.com \| points: 376 \| comments: 78

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Compiling Rust is NP-hard niedzejkob.p4.team \| points: 365 \| comments: 195

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EU draft exempts private jets, cargo from jet fuel tax argusmedia.com \| points: 305 \| comments: 219

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Difftastic: Syntax-aware structured diff tool github.com \| points: 275 \| comments: 57

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Sports Owners Use Their Teams to Avoid Millions in Taxes propublica.org \| points: 245 \| comments: 219

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The Greatest Regex Trick Ever (2014) rexegg.com \| points: 244 \| comments: 81

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DoorDash removing 1-year cliff for equity grants blog.doordash.com \| points: 226 \| comments: 264

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Steve Wozniak speaks on Right to Repair [video] youtube.com \| points: 219 \| comments: 138

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Apple’s camera design choices from the iPhone 6S Plus to the 12 Pro Max [pdf] systemplus.fr \| points: 213 \| comments: 111

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You need Software Developers to believe in your project (2020) iism.org \| points: 194 \| comments: 213

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China’s gene giant harvests data from millions of women worldwide reuters.com \| points: 193 \| comments: 146

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Sub-zero water splitting marks a new dawn for solar hydrogen production chemistryworld.com \| points: 186 \| comments: 64

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The Cookbook and Home Economics Collection archive.org \| points: 173 \| comments: 50

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China urges its people to struggle. Some say no economist.com \| points: 164 \| comments: 167

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Mozilla rolls out DoH to Canadian users of Firefox blog.mozilla.org \| points: 163 \| comments: 207

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Video tutorials now on PeerTube solvespace.com \| points: 163 \| comments: 215

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Gibraltar, world’s only airport runway intersecting a road amusingplanet.com \| points: 156 \| comments: 110

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