In this post, I’m exploring everything from the innovative world of robotics with insights from Bill Gates, to Apple’s new App Store policies. I’m also providing useful tips on laundry folding and sharing vital updates on school closures. You’ll find key pointers for product managers, learn about an exciting nuclear energy project, and delve deep into Python’s performance nuances. Plus, there’s some discussion on remote work, machine learning, AI advancements, and an inspiring story of a young news publisher. Stay tuned!
- The start-ups making robots a reality: Bill Gates explains the many use cases for robots in everyday life and profiles five start-ups and labs at the forefront of robotics innovation.
- Apple’s App Store policies are getting weirdly aggressive, but publishers should be okay: The tech giant wants to let some app developers make money on the web — but take 27% of the revenue they generate along the way. But publishers should still have access to a better deal.
- Folding tips: I’m a sucker for laundry folding.
- Why was Fayette County schools closed Monday? | Lexington Herald Leader: Communication and responses are important at all levels…Lack of communication between FCPS and city officials on school bus routes, snow plan existed prior to classes being canceled due to unsafe roads.
- Product managers hate writing lengthy PRDs. And stakeholder’s hate reading lengthy PRDs.: Here’s how to entice stakeholders to read PRDs, become more aligned as a team, and ship better products.
- Here are 10 financial metrics that Product Managers should know (with formulas):
- World’s largest nuclear reactor, capable of providing unlimited forever energy, in making: Scientists are attempting to harness fusion processes, the same energy source that powers the sun, at ITER, the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor to provide the Earth with unlimited…
- Performance Analysis of Python’s `dict()` and `{}`: I love reading deep dives into the internals of things when looking for performance issues. tl;dr – The {} is always faster than dict.
- Opinion: The return to office fallacy | CNN: The return-to-office demands make little sense from an overall economic perspective, while working parents, in particular, benefit from not having to waste time commuting to an office, writes Peter Bergen.
- Machine Learning Engineering Open Book | ml-engineering: An open collection of methodologies to help with successful training of large language models and multi-modal models. This is a technical material suitable for LLM/VLM training engineers and operators. That is the content here contains lots of scripts and copy-n-paste commands to enable you to quickly address your needs.
- OpenAI executive offers a closer look at ChatGPT for news media companies: During this week’s Webinar, INMA members heard from James Dyett, OpenAI’s head of platform accounts, about some of the challenges and opportunities created by AI.
- How Michael Glenn, a 16-year-old high school student, saved his town from becoming a news desert: “Let’s start a newspaper!” It is a very challenging idea even for an experienced publisher, editor or journalist with the necessary business acumen and sources of capital. However, when a 16-year-old high school student declares such an intention, few would bet on its success — unless they were betting on Michael Glenn. Glenn is that high school student, and his launch of The Hutchinson (Kansas) Tribune in the summer of 2023 has achieved early success and amazed everyone in his community.