Worst User Interfaces

Sunday read. This is hilarious. Engineers are competing who creates the worst UI on Reddit. I think the winners are: 1/ Enter your phone number pic.twitter.com/944duji1Im — Aleksandr Volodarsky (@volodarik) May 14, 2023

May 15, 2023 · 1 min · James M

Favourite Physicists

Max Tegmark Cosmologist and physicist known for his work on the mathematical universe hypothesis and multiverse theory. His research bridges the gap between quantum mechanics and cosmology, exploring the deepest questions about the nature of reality. The Case for Halting AI Development Max Tegmark joins Lex Fridman to discuss the urgent need to pause advanced AI development, exploring the existential risks of artificial intelligence and what safeguards humanity needs as we approach transformative technologies. ...

May 11, 2023 · 2 min · James M

Notion

Notion is a comprehensive workspace platform for note-taking, documentation, task management, and knowledge organization. Features Core Capabilities Database and content management with flexible views (table, calendar, gallery, timeline) Wiki and documentation creation Task and project management Team collaboration and permission controls Notion AI (Available as add-on) Q&A Mode: Ask questions about your content and get AI-powered answers Auto-fill: Generate content automatically based on context Summarization: Auto-summarize pages, databases, and meeting notes Content Generation: Create outlines, blog posts, and structured content Writing Assistant: Grammar checking, tone adjustment, rephrasing Use Cases Personal knowledge management and second brain Team documentation and wikis Project and product management Database and CRM systems Meeting notes and action item tracking Writer’s workspace with AI assistance Pricing Free tier: Core features with limited blocks Plus: $10/user/month with Notion AI Business: $18/user/month with advanced features Enterprise: Custom pricing Notion AI transforms the platform from a note-taking tool into a collaborative knowledge system with generative capabilities, making it valuable for both individual and team knowledge workflows.

May 11, 2023 · 1 min · James M

General Links

Technology Linus Tech Tips - Consumer technology & video production TED - Talks on Technology, Entertainment & Design Podcasts Joe Rogan - The Joe Rogan Experience podcast is a long form conversation hosted by comedian Joe Rogan with friends and guests that have included comedians, actors, musicians, MMA fighters, authors, artists, and beyond Lex Fridman - Conversations about science, technology, history, philosophy and the nature of intelligence, consciousness, love, and power PBD Podcast - The PBD Podcast is hosted by Patrick Bet-David where he discusses a wide range of topics from business to current events, politics and sports Personal Blogs Nicely formatted blogs ...

May 10, 2023 · 1 min · James M

China syncs monkey brain with a computer

Chinese researchers claim to have successfully conducted the “world’s first” brain-computer interface (BCI) experiment on a monkey Interesting Engineering: China Syncs Monkey Brain with a Computer

May 7, 2023 · 1 min · James M

DevOps Books

A list of recommended DevOps books … DevOps The DevOps Handbook The Phoenix Project Containers Docker Docker Deep Dive Kubernetes Kubernetes: Up and Running The Kubernetes Book IaC Terraform Terraform: Up and Running: Writing Infrastructure as Code Linux Linux in a Nutshell Programming Bash Learning the bash Shell C/C++ The C Programming Language Golang Introducing Go Learning Go Perl Learning Perl Mastering Perl Programming Perl Python Dive Into Python SQL Learning SQL

April 21, 2023 · 1 min · James M

DevOps Blogs

DevOps & SRE Atlassian DevOps Blog AWS DevOps Blog Everything DevOps (Reddit) Ricard Bejarano - SRE at Cisco

April 21, 2023 · 1 min · James M

Auto-GPT is now able to write it's own code

Massive Update for Auto-GPT: Code Execution! 🤖💻 Auto-GPT is now able to write it's own code using #gpt4 and execute python scripts! This allows it to recursively debug, develop and self-improve... 🤯 👇 pic.twitter.com/GEkMb1LyxV — Toran Bruce Richards (@SigGravitas) April 1, 2023

April 1, 2023 · 1 min · James M

OpenAI has released GPT-4

Fully intent on being the next Skynet, OpenAI has released GPT-4, its most robust AI to date that the company claims is even more accurate while generating language and even better at solving problems. GPT-4 is so good at its job, in fact, that it report… https://t.co/Q2btYgtWSA — GrindZero Tribe (@Snapzu_Blogs) March 16, 2023

March 16, 2023 · 1 min · James M

AI Explainers

A curated collection of clear, technical explanations of foundational AI concepts. These resources help build intuition about how modern AI systems actually work. Fundamentals Yes you should understand backprop - Andrej Karpathy’s definitive explanation of backpropagation, the fundamental algorithm behind neural network training Deep Learning in a Nutshell: Core Concepts - NVIDIA’s accessible overview of deep learning architectures and their applications Transformers & Language Models What is ChatGPT doing & why does it work? - Stephen Wolfram’s phenomenal breakdown of transformer architecture and the surprising effectiveness of next-token prediction Word2Vec Explained - Foundation for understanding how words become numerical representations that models can process Generative Models How Stable Diffusion Works - Detailed technical walkthrough of diffusion models for image generation, with clear diagrams and intuitive explanations Courses & Practical Learning Practical Deep Learning - Fast.ai’s top-down course that teaches you to build working deep learning systems before diving into theory

February 15, 2023 · 1 min · James M