Subj : Tesla bot folds shirt 🤖, YouTube slows ad blockers 📺, hacking AWS bandwidth fees 👨‍💻 To : tldr@synchro.net From : TLDR Date : Tue Jan 16 2024 11:36 am --iSRl303D Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Elon Musk has shared a video of Teslas Optimus humanoid robot folding a s= hirt.=C2=A0=20 Sign Up [1]|Hire [2]|Advertise [3]|View Online [4]=20 = =09=09TLDR=20 TLDR 2024-01-16 =F0=9F=93=B1=20 BIG TECH & STARTUP= S TESLA OPTIMUS ROBOT CAN=E2=80=99T BUILD CARS YET, BUT IT IS FOLDING= CLOTHES (3 MINUTE READ) [5]=20 Elon Musk has shared a video of Tesla= 's Optimus humanoid robot folding a shirt. The project has come a long wa= y since a very early prototype was shown at Tesla AI Day 2022. Tesla aims= to eventually have the robot in people's homes performing a wide range o= f tasks, but it first plans to have them in its own manufacturing operati= ons for repetitive and or dangerous tasks. The video of the robot folding= a shirt is available in the article.=20 YOUTUBE APPEARS TO BE REDUCI= NG VIDEO AND SITE PERFORMANCE FOR AD-BLOCK USERS (1 MINUTE READ) [6]=20 = YouTube appears to be slowing down the site for ad-block users. Turni= ng off ad blockers immediately improves loading performance for affected = users. The ad-block detection causes strange issues, like a lag that make= s full-screen and comments not work or Chrome being unable to load other = webpages while YouTube is open. The slowdowns may be due to ad blockers a= ltering YouTube's code and unrelated to YouTube.=20 =F0=9F=9A=80=20 = SCIENCE & FUTURISTIC TECHNOLOGY NEW SOLID STATE BATTERY CHARGES IN= MINUTES, LASTS FOR THOUSANDS OF CYCLES (4 MINUTE READ) [7]=20 Resear= chers at Harvard John A. Paulson SEAS have developed a new lithium metal = battery that can be charged in minutes and lasts at least 6,000 charging = cycles. Lithium metal batteries offer far better energy density and much = lower weight than their lithium-ion counterparts. The team has a list of = other materials that could potentially yield similar performance. The tec= hnology has been licensed through a Harvard spinoff company that has scal= ed it up to build a smartphone-sized pouch cell battery.=20 ID OF FIV= E SUBTYPES OF ALZHEIMER'S HAS HUGE IMPLICATIONS FOR TREATMENT (5 MINUTE R= EAD) [8]=20 An international team of neuroscientists has identified fiv= e distinct subtypes of Alzheimer's disease. The finding has breakthrough= implications for treatment approaches and efficacy. The subtypes can b= e identified by the categories of fluid surrounding the brains of patient= s. 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Big Tech & Startups

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Tesla Optimus robot can=E2= =80=99t build cars yet, but it is folding clothes (3 minute read)

Elon Musk has shared a video of Tesla's= Optimus humanoid robot folding a shirt. The project has come a long way si= nce a very early prototype was shown at Tesla AI Day 2022. Tesla aims to ev= entually have the robot in people's homes performing a wide range of tasks,= but it first plans to have them in its own manufacturing operations for re= petitive and or dangerous tasks. The video of the robot folding a shirt is = available in the article.
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YouTube appears to be reduc= ing video and site performance for ad-block users (1 minute read)

YouTube appears to be slowing down the = site for ad-block users. Turning off ad blockers immediately improves loadi= ng performance for affected users. The ad-block detection causes strange is= sues, like a lag that makes full-screen and comments not work or Chrome bei= ng unable to load other webpages while YouTube is open. The slowdowns may b= e due to ad blockers altering YouTube's code and unrelated to YouTube.
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Science & Futuristic Technology

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New solid state battery cha= rges in minutes, lasts for thousands of cycles (4 minute read)

Researchers at Harvard John A. Paulson = SEAS have developed a new lithium metal battery that can be charged in minu= tes and lasts at least 6,000 charging cycles. Lithium metal batteries offer= far better energy density and much lower weight than their lithium-ion cou= nterparts. The team has a list of other materials that could potentially yi= eld similar performance. The technology has been licensed through a Harvard= spinoff company that has scaled it up to build a smartphone-sized pouch ce= ll battery.
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ID of five subtypes of Alzh= eimer's has huge implications for treatment (5 minute read)

An international team of neuroscientist= s has identified five distinct subtypes of Alzheimer's disease. The finding= has breakthrough implications for treatment approaches and efficacy. The s= ubtypes can be identified by the categories of fluid surrounding the brains= of patients. Each of the five subtypes is linked to a unique genetic risk = profile. They reveal different molecular pathways to what has traditionally= been considered as one overall disease.
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They build and maintain your test s= uite in Playwright + include unlimited parallel test runs on their infrastr= ucture.

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Surya (GitHub Repo)

Surya is a multilingual document OCR to= olkit that can provide accurate line-level text detection. Text recognition= and table and chart detection are coming soon. Surya works on a range of d= ocuments and languages.
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Slashing Data Transfer Cost= s in AWS by 99% (8 minute read)

One of the easiest ways to accidentally= spend too much money on AWS is by carelessly transferring data. Any applic= ation that involves sending data between resources in different availabilit= y zones will incur such charges. These prices easily add up and are an extr= emely high-margin source of profit for cloud providers. This article looks = at how to set up cross-availability zone infrastructure without paying for = data transfer costs. It suggests using S3, which already replicates data be= tween availability zones as part of its service.
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Elon Musk wants more contro= l of Tesla, seeks 25% voting power (3 minute read)

Elon Musk said on Monday that he wants = about 25% of voting control over Tesla. Musk already owns around 13% of the= company. He says that he is uncomfortable growing Tesla to be a leader in = AI and robotics without having the control. He wants to be influential, but= not so much that he can't be overturned. The bid for more control will add= to the pressure on Tesla's board of directors, who is already facing inves= tor concerns over several issues, including Musk's split focus, the use of = company resources, and federal probes.
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Ask HN: Why am I suddenly u= nemployable? (Hacker News Thread)

People with a lot of coding experience = and good referrals are suddenly finding it hard to get employed. The job ma= rket has been difficult for many job seekers. It appears that companies are= looking for very specific skills. The market is much slower than it was be= tween 2020-2022. Several commenters in this thread provide CV and job-searc= hing advice for those struggling to find work.
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Quick Links

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Screens keep getting faster= .. Can you even tell? (5 minute read)

LCD monitors have been pushing 500Hz fo= r around a year now, and multiple OLED monitors hitting speeds of 360Hz and= 480Hz were introduced at CES 2024.
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High-speed 10Gbps full-mesh= network based on USB4 for just $47.98 (10 minute read)

Gaining knowledge about hardware is equ= ally important to learning code - this post by a software engineer explains= how they learned how to build a bare-metal Kubernetes cluster and set up t= he network for it.
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Compressing Text into Image= s (3 minute read)

Image compression algorithms are genera= lly good at finding patterns in images and squashing them down - it looks l= ike they're a pretty efficient way to compress ASCII text as well.
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App Store to Be 'Split in T= wo' Ahead of EU iPhone Sideloading Deadline (1 minute read)

Apple plans to split the Apple Store in= the EU from the rest of the world by March 7.
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Microsoft=E2=80=99s new Cop= ilot Pro brings AI-powered Office features to the rest of us (3 minute read= )

Copilot Pro, which provides access to A= I-powered features inside Office apps, is launching today as a $20 monthly = subscription.
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AI Sleeper Agents (13 minut= e read)

A deeper look into a recent study where= researchers tried and failed to remove 'sleeper agents' from AI.
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