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🪅 Heap Heap Hurray Ed. #8
Daily dispatches from the world of technology.
It's Thursday—almost there! Let's stay focused and positive.
If we tried to think of a good idea, we wouldn’t have been able to think of a good idea. You just have to find the solution for a problem in your own life.
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#LinkedInGaming - Oh, LinkedIn, the sneaky professional-turned-playground, is now tricking us into playing "brainy" games like Queens and Pinpoint before coffee. Let's all pretend we're not just procrastinating from actual work, shall we? Guess it's game over for productivity.
⌛ The Past 24 hours
Amazon is set to introduce new, more intrusive ad formats on Prime Video, including pause screen ads and shoppable carousels within commercial breaks, aimed at boosting product purchases directly during viewing.
Proton Mail, known for its strong privacy stance, has complied with a legal request from Spanish authorities by providing a user's recovery email, highlighting the tension between privacy commitments and legal obligations.
Microsoft has launched a GPT-4-based AI chatbot tailored for US intelligence, functioning on a secure, internet-disconnected network to mitigate risks while processing classified data, despite potential inaccuracies inherent in AI models.
OYO, an Indian startup focused on budget hotels, is now seeking funding at a valuation reduced to $3 billion, a steep decline from its peak valuation of $10 billion in 2019. The company is negotiating with investors, including the possibility of being valued as low as $2.5 billion.
Google has launched Google Wallet in India, offering a platform distinct from Google Pay to manage non-payment items like boarding passes, event tickets, and loyalty cards. Despite the presence of Google Pay, Wallet aims to provide added convenience with new integrations and local partnerships.
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📢 In case you missed it
There’s a $200 per off sale going on for the excellent tutorial on React.js - Joy Of React - for folks in India, there’s PPP applied so you get an additional discount of 75%! Totally worth the money if you ask us.
There’s a new quest on Quine - to create something unique using an open source tool named LLMWare. Prize pot is over $1000!!
Netlify and Dev have teamed up to challenge you to use Netlify’s services to build something cool. $3000 prizes are at stake
đź’Ľ Job Board
Title | Remote / On Site | Expected $$$ |
|---|---|---|
Cyber Risk / Quantification Analyst @ Quantara AI | Remote | $18,000 - $28,000 / yr |
@ DB News | Remote | $40 / hr |
@ Cooper AI | Remote | $100 - $110 / hr |
🎲 Miscellaneous
Directly from DoorDash’s engineering team, a brief explanation of how DoorDash leveraged LLMs to extract product attributes for a more personalized shopping experience
A demonstration of creative but impractical way to tackle data sorting challenges. Sleep sort is an unconventional sorting method that employs a time-based mechanism, aligning the duration a number "sleeps" with its value before it gets added to a sorted list.
Despite initially enjoying GitHub Copilot for handling mundane coding tasks, the user found that Copilot's unpredictability and slow response times ultimately hindered their productivity. They concluded that Copilot, while useful for repetitive code, does not significantly enhance their coding efficiency and is not worth the investment, particularly in complex projects.
Strategies to avoid down-leveling when interviewing for FAANG companies. An emphasis about the importance of the scope of work over job titles. The author advises assessing your work against FAANG level expectations and communicating clearly with recruiters about your expected level to maintain your career progression.