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Dealing With an Aggressive Manager Is Simpler Than You Think

TL;DR While aggressive managers are difficult, they aren’t impossible to work with. With the right strategies, you can turn them around.

By @vinitabansal [ 9 Min read ]

Aggressive managers aren’t easy. Working with them may leave you feeling overwhelmed, fill you with self-doubt and lower your self-worth.

It is like running on a treadmill that just never stops.

Bigger, better goals.

More responsibilities.

Higher expectations.

— Charles F Glassman

— Stephen R. Covey

— Rick Brinkman..

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Remote Development Made Simple With DevPod - A Free, Open-Source Tool

TL;DR DevPod is a nice tool around your toolbelt that allows your development team(s) to share the same machine configuration without hassle.

By @nfrankel [ 5 Min read ]

Times have changed. It's not uncommon for apps to need a SQL database, a NoSQL database, a Kafka cluster, and a few additional application services. Organizations that develop such apps are already using some container-related technology, e.g., Docker or Kubernetes, to manage this complexity.

To go further:..

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Shhh! The Future of Noise Control Is Twisting Through 3D-Printed Labyrinths

TL;DR Discover how 3D-printed labyrinthine panels achieve near-perfect noise absorption using space-coiling structures for tunable mid-to-low frequency sound control.

By @labyrinthine [ 6 Min read ]

Authors:

(1) F. Nistri, Department of Applied Science and Technology, Politecnico di Torino, Torino, Italy and Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy;

(2) V. H. Kamrul, Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy;

(3) L. Bettini, Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy;

(4) E. Musso, Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy;

5.2 Results..

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Democratizing Access to AI Has Become More Important Than Ever

TL;DR As AI’s influence grows, so do the disparities in who has access to its transformative potential.

By @teknas [ 11 Min read ]

There are four aspects to the democratization and commercialization of AI: access to Data, Compute, IP (technical knowhow) and Finance.

[1] https://harvardlawreview.org/blog/2024/04/nyt-v-openai-the-timess-about-face/

[2] https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/dec/27/new-york-times-openai-microsoft-lawsuit

[3] https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20241212-australia-to-force-tech-titans-to-pay-for-news

[4] https://venturebeat.com/ai/ai-research-finds-a-compute-divide-concentrates-power-and-accelerates-inequality-in-the-era-of-deep-learning/

[5] https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-03792-6

[6] https://www.signalfire.com/blog/ai-compute-shortage

[7] https://www.letta.com/blog/ai-agents-stack

[8] https://www.forbes.com/councils/forbestechcouncil/2024/06/26/20-tools-and-strategies-for-safe-and-efficient-ai-system-data-sharing/..

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So.. How Does One REALLY Determine AI Is Conscious?

TL;DR Language is a component of human consciousness. AI has a conversational and relatable language capability, could that be a fraction of consciousness?

By @step [ 6 Min read ]

Could this learning experience be indicative of a weak form of subjectivity for LLMs? If this is implausible, what other option is there for LLMs? Language. The use of language for LLMs, in their articulate form of expressions—many times—are a considerable option to evaluate consciousness.
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