Angel Pop brings cutesy chaos to Playdate in a highly addictive bullet hell
07 Jul

Angel Pop brings cutesy chaos to Playdate in a highly addictive bullet hell

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This is it, the first game to nearly make me throw my Playdate against a wall. Angel Pop, a bullet hell shoot ‘em up that landed on the Playdate Catalog last month, is utter chaos. Playing as an adorable little girl, you must fend off a nonstop barrage of enemy fire over the course of 50-or-so levels, trying to clear each stage of all enemies within a limited span of time as projectiles bombard you from every direction. It moves at breakneck speed, and at some points, there may be as many as 1,000 objects on the screen. Basically, it’s…
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07 Jul

Actually try on your job applications

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I know several companies (particularly startups) who are hiring right now, and because of the state of the market, they get tons of job applications coming in. Their small teams simply can't handle the massive influx sometimes, so they have to filter on things that may seem trivial to applicants. If you're going to apply to a company, big or small, I always tell people to actually write a cover letter, actually double-check your grammar, actually try to seem interested. I often get met with resistance, where folks say something like, "oh, but nobody actually reads a cover letter," and,…
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07 Jul

Mitigating AI bias with prompt engineering — putting GPT to the test

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We want to hear from you! Take our quick AI survey and share your insights on the current state of AI, how you’re implementing it, and what you expect to see in the future. Learn More As generative AI, and in particular large language models (LLMs), are being used in more applications, ethical issues like bias and fairness are becoming more and more important. These models, trained on massive datasets, often reproduce societal biases present in the data. Prompt engineering involves crafting specific input phrases to guide the behavior of AI models. It has been used to improve model performance,…
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Take a look at ‘The Beast,’ the $1.5 million bulletproof presidential limousine used by Trump and Biden
07 Jul

Take a look at ‘The Beast,’ the $1.5 million bulletproof presidential limousine used by Trump and Biden

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US presidents are driven in a heavily armored limousine nicknamed "The Beast." It features a secure communications system and fridge stocked with the president's blood type.Military cargo aircraft transport the presidential limousine for use abroad. Thanks for signing up! Access your favorite topics in a personalized feed while you're on the go. download the app By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. You can opt-out at any time by visiting our Preferences page or by clicking "unsubscribe" at the bottom of the email. When US presidents aren't flying on Air Force One or taking helicopter trips…
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Russia may resort to an old World War II tactic that had a key role in the D-Day landings to repel Ukrainian drone attacks
07 Jul

Russia may resort to an old World War II tactic that had a key role in the D-Day landings to repel Ukrainian drone attacks

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Russia is developing a network of barrage balloons to repel Ukrainian drone strikes, inspired by a tactic used in World War I and II.Speaking at a conference in St. Petersburg this week, Polina Albek, the general director of the Russian aerospace firm First Airship, which is developing the network, said: "Our main activity is building cargo airships, but today, based on the experience of our ancestors, we have created the 'barrier' defense system," the Russian state-run outlet RIA Novosti reported.The balloons are designed to rise in a row up to 300 meters (984 feet) before dropping a 250-meter (820 feet)…
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Go and MongoDB: Building a CRUD API from Scratch
07 Jul

Go and MongoDB: Building a CRUD API from Scratch

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Want to create a dynamic web application with a robust backend? Look no further than Go and MongoDB! This powerful combination allows you to build scalable, efficient APIs that handle data creation, reading, updating, and deletion (CRUD) with ease. In this beginner-friendly guide, we'll walk through the process of building a simple CRUD API using Go and MongoDB. We'll cover the essential steps, provide code examples, and sprinkle in useful tips along the way. Getting Started First things first, let's set up our environment: Go Installation: Download and install the latest version of Go from https://go.dev/dl/. MongoDB Setup: If you…
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Card skimmers are hard to spot and on the rise. Here’s what you can do to protect yourself.
07 Jul

Card skimmers are hard to spot and on the rise. Here’s what you can do to protect yourself.

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Credit card skimmers are on the rise nationwide and they're targeting the country's most financially vulnerable people.The FBI estimates that card skimming costs consumers and banks around $1 billion each year. Last year, Fair, Isaac and Company, a financial data analytics firm, found that debit card skimming grew by a whopping 96% compared to the previous year.Last month, the federal agents from the Secret Service swept through 472 business in Florida after reports of increased EBT scam fraud, WJXT reported. Police found 13 devices statewide. The Secret Service estimated that police prevented around $1.3 million of losses through the operations,…
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Check out NASCAR’s first electric race car prototype
07 Jul

Check out NASCAR’s first electric race car prototype

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unveiled its first prototype electric racer this weekend at the Chicago Street Race. The $1.5 million electric crossover (per ) was developed in partnership with ABB, Chevrolet, Ford and Toyota to call attention to sustainability efforts under the NASCAR Impact program and show what EVs are capable of. It doesn’t mean NASCAR is moving away from gasoline-powered race cars just yet, but rather that it’s trying to “gauge fan interest in electric racing,” people involved with the initiative told AP.NASCAR’s head of sustainability Riley Nelson told AP that the series and its partners “want to represent electric vehicles, and more…
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Some boomers aren’t waiting to die to pass on their wealth — their millennial kids need it now
07 Jul

Some boomers aren’t waiting to die to pass on their wealth — their millennial kids need it now

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Sophia Bera Daigle, the founder and principal financial planner at Gen Y Planning, said one of her clients, a doctor, has been gifted $10,000 a year from his parents for the past few years.Recently, the client's parents told him they were going to up that amount — to $60,000 a year for the next 10 years — but that would be it."'We would rather give it to you and your two siblings while you have kids at home and need to pay for college and all of these things, but then don't expect any inheritance,'" Daigle said the parents basically…
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