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Beyond procrastination: the cognitive reasons behind unfinished projects
- Our relationship with incomplete work is far more nuanced than simple procrastination. In fact, it’s quite common.
- Our brain’s dopamine reward system creates a neurochemical response to new experiences, resulting in dopamine-driven novelty seeking.
- Cognitive challenges like complexity overwhelm and cognitive load complexity become obstacles to overcome as project complexity increases.
- Fear is a primal emotion that shapes our most intimate professional decisions, and fundamental psychology can play a part in preventing project completion.
- Unfinished projects represent infinite potential, while completion means confronting actual versus imagined capabilities, which can be psychologically threatening.
- Transformative developers are those who remain curious and adaptable. They don't persistently complete every project.
- Intentional pruning and a disciplined approach mean deliberately limiting project scope to ensure meaningful completion.
- Graceful project closure acknowledges that not every project is meant to reach full completion, and this is a mark of personal and professional maturity.
- By understanding underlying psychological and neurological mechanisms, unfinished projects can become a strategic instrument of self-development.
- Engage careful analysis, self-awareness, and several targeted techniques to channel your creative impulses more effectively, balancing with meaningful execution.
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Royalties Investment Platforms: Funding Music Careers Sustainably
- Royalties investment platforms are changing the music industry by offering alternative funding options for artists.
- Artists can sell a percentage of their future royalty earnings to investors in return for immediate capital.
- Royalties investment platforms ensure transparent and mutually beneficial deals for both parties through the utilization of technology.
- Artists can access funding quickly and focus on their craft whereas investors can invest in music royalties to diversify their portfolios.
- Music royalties are largely uncorrelated with traditional investments, which makes it attractive for investors.
- Several platforms have emerged as leaders in the royalties investment space, including Royalty Exchange, ANote Music, and SongVest.
- Royalties investment platforms address longstanding challenges faced by artists, promote cultural diversity and sustainability in the industry.
- There are potential risks and limitations, however, such as unpredictable earnings, complex copyright laws, and transaction fees.
- Technological advancements like blockchain and smart contracts could enhance transparency and accuracy in predicting future earnings.
- Royalties investment platforms offer a bright future for artists and investors to build a thriving ecosystem in the music industry.
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Gamers beware: Windows 11 24H2 update could wreck your colors and crash your games
- Windows 11’s 24H2 update has a bug affecting PC gamers, causing colors to be displayed incorrectly.
- The bug is related to the Auto HDR feature and also impacts colors on the desktop.
- Some games may crash due to the Auto HDR bug.
- Microsoft is working on a fix and recommends turning off Auto HDR or sticking with Windows 11 23H2.
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GitHub Copilot Free launches to expand reach of platform to all developers
- GitHub has announced a free tier of GitHub Copilot to expand the platform’s reach to more developers.
- The free tier provides access to 2,000 code completions and 50 chat messages per month, integrated into VS Code with a choice of models.
- Features included in the free tier are debugging help, code explanations, inline chat, commit message generation, and more.
- Advanced features like knowledge base attachment, code review guidelines, and management, security, and governance features are not available in the free tier.
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You can now WhatsApp message ChatGPT or call it on the phone, even from an old rotary blower. What a time it is to be alive
- OpenAI has introduced a new feature for its chatbot, ChatGPT, allowing users to call or message it via WhatsApp.
- The phone calling feature is available only for users in the US, while WhatsApp messaging is available globally.
- OpenAI aims to make AI as accessible as possible and believes this feature will help achieve that goal.
- This announcement follows previous OpenAI releases, including Sora, their video generation model.
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Software Quality is Not Negotiable
- Cutting corners in software development may seem like a small compromise for meeting deadlines, but it often leads to future problems.
- Skipping unit tests, setting up proper deployment pipelines, and neglecting code quality can come back to haunt developers.
- The lack of tests makes it difficult to ensure changes won't break anything else, leading to manual verification and guesswork.
- Maintaining software quality is crucial for avoiding future bugs and issues that can be costly and time-consuming to fix.
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Web3 and Blockchain in Everyday Life: The Rise of Decentralized Financial Tools
- Web3 and blockchain are transforming everyday financial interactions, moving beyond just speculative investments to practical, decentralized tools that enhance daily life.
- Web3 empowers users by offering a decentralized, secure, and transparent environment for handling their assets, leading to a rise in decentralized applications (dApps) that cater to various financial activities.
- Promotions like WhiteBIT Advent: Get Up to 155 USDT and 435 USDTB! and blockchain-based payment systems like Litecoin are examples of how Web3 tools are being integrated into daily life, making blockchain technology more approachable and user-friendly.
- These advancements aim to demystify crypto and revolutionize traditional financial tasks, making cross-border payments faster and cheaper while helping users naturally integrate decentralized financial systems into their lives.
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io.net Joins Dell Technologies Partner Program to Revolutionize Decentralized GPU Computing
- Leading provider of decentralized GPU computing solutions, io.net, joins Dell Technologies Partner Program as a Dell Technologies Authorized Partner and Cloud Service Provider.
- io.net will deliver scalable and cost-effective solutions for AI, ML, and HPC workloads by combining its GPU network with Dell's infrastructure.
- Through the partnership, io.net gains access to Dell's resources, knowledge, and go-to-market capabilities, bridging the gap between decentralized GPU power and Dell's trusted hardware infrastructure.
- Customers will benefit from on-demand GPU clusters that scale to enterprise needs, cost savings, and seamless integration with Dell's advanced hardware.
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EOS Wallet Launch Brings MetaMask Integration to EOS Network, Enhancing Accessibility and User Experience
- EOS Wallet, a MetaMask integration for the EOS Network, has been launched, providing more accessibility and user-friendly experience to MetaMask users.
- Greymass, a prominent contributor to the EOS ecosystem, developed the EOS Wallet to enhance user experiences and eliminate friction in using the EOS Network.
- The EOS Wallet allows users to establish EOS accounts, sign transactions, and engage with the EOS ecosystem seamlessly.
- The integration of MetaMask via EOS Wallet is a significant step in broadening access, enhancing user experiences, and promoting wider adoption of EOS.
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Microsoft lays out reasons Windows 10 gamers should upgrade to Windows 11, but I can pick a few holes in these arguments
- Microsoft is encouraging gamers using Windows 10 to upgrade to Windows 11.
- AutoHDR mode, DirectStorage tech, Compact Mode for Game Bar, Dynamic Lighting, Windows 11 optimization are some major features which Microsoft says Windows 11 offers for gamers.
- Auto HDR is a great feature for those with HDR monitors, while DirectStorage requires an NVMe SSD and is supported on about 20 games only.
- Compact Mode for Game Bar is only useful for gaming handhelds.
- Upgrading to Windows 11 doesn't have any downsides, either.
- Windows 11 doesn't run games appreciably faster than Windows 10 in the main.
- One compelling reason for upgrading to Windows 11 is for those having AMD Ryzen 7000 or 9000 processors that boost the speed of the CPU for gaming by around 10 percent.
- Linux gaming is a bit of a minefield, albeit less than a few years ago.
- Windows 10 will hit End of Life in October 2025.
- Microsoft will continue promoting the upgrade to Windows 11 as next year progresses.
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Watch swarms of ant-like microrobots lift heavy objects and more
- Nanoengineers have designed tiny magnetic robots that swarm together like ants to pick up objects many times their size or even form rafts to float on water.
- The robots assemble through magnetic attractions and respond to and be guided by magnetic fields.
- They can climb obstacles, transport cargo, and unclog tubes resembling blocked blood vessels.
- However, they require higher levels of autonomy for real-world applications in complex or confined spaces.
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The Growing Role of UI/UX in Software Development: Mike Robinson of Utah Shares His Insights
- UI and UX have become essential components of software development, ensuring a seamless and satisfying user journey.
- UI focuses on the visual and interactive aspects, while UX ensures a seamless and satisfying user journey.
- UI and UX complement each other, balancing aesthetics and functionality to build trust and enhance usability.
- Creating effective software begins with a structured approach to UI/UX design from understanding user needs to refining through feedback.
- UI/UX design evolves alongside technology and shifting user expectations, and designers adapt by embracing simplicity and prioritizing mobile-first design.
- Simplicity enhances usability while minimalist design removes unnecessary elements, improving the focus on tasks without distractions.
- Mobile-first principles prioritize simplicity, speed, and clarity by reducing load times and improving performance, meeting user expectations.
- Innovative aesthetics can also complicate usability and regular testing and user feedback are essential to understanding shifting demands.
- UI and UX design has become a driving force in modern software development, shaping how users interact with technology.
- Falling short in user experience leads to dissatisfaction and abandonment and addressing diverse user preferences requires foresight and flexibility.
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Zentry to Launch Legendary Ragnarok MMORPG on Ronin
- Zentry is set to launch the legendary Ragnarok MMORPG on Ronin, a fast-growing gaming blockchain.
- Ragnarok Landverse, powered by Ronin, has achieved remarkable milestones and generated significant revenue.
- Zentry's Maxion studio has partnered with Ragnarok's creators and aims to integrate Web3's player-driven economies.
- Zentry is deepening its commitment to the Ronin ecosystem and launching Nexus, a player portal that rewards on-chain activities and social interactions.
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Indexing code at scale with Glean
- Meta has released Glean, an open-source code indexing system. Glean can extract information about source code and produce it to developer tools through an efficient query language. Developed by Facebook to navigate scale on efficiently, Glean has since been expanded for use within Meta to better build code browsing, search, and documentation generation.
- Code indexing, the job of collecting data from code, is essential for navigating code, such as code navigation (“Go to definition”) in an IDE or code browser; code documentation; and code analysis tools, such as dead code detection or linting.
- The larger the codebase, the more important it is to do code indexing ahead of time as it becomes impractical to have the IDE process all the code at startup. Glean has been developed as a centralized indexing infrastructure that can power many powerful developer tools.
- Glean’s query language is very general, enabling it to extend beyond just code navigation. Storing arbitrary language-specific data provides powerful elements such as detecting dead code, while providing a language-neutral view of the data.
- Glean allows for incremental indexing, addressing the perennial problem of providing up-to-date data about the latest code. We can’t make indexing alertary, but Glean enables processing just the changes, obtaining O(changes) over O(repository).
- Glean has been deployed within Meta to better build code browsing, search, and documentation generation. Our target was C++ developers initially due to the long compile times but we imagine other languages following the same path in the future. Glean can also be used to detect and remove dead code, track progress on API migrations, and automate data removal.
- Glean is open-source and available for use. There’s a growing number of ad-hoc queries made by people and systems to solve a variety of problems, thanks to Glean’s general concept.
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Make Makefiles Great Again: Why It’s Time to Bring Back the OG Workflow Boss
- Makefiles, which were conceived in 1976 by Stuart Feldman during his time at Bell Labs, were born out of necessity to simplify the build processes for software projects.
- Makefiles became the backbone of software engineering, powering numerous projects in modern computing.
- Makefiles have been overshadowed by flashy, stack-specific CLI tools like npm, pip, and cargo.
- Makefiles are stack-agnostic, universally understood, and still perfectly capable of orchestrating complex workflows.
- Makefiles will handle every language like JavaScript, Python, Rust, Docker without complaining.
- Makefiles are perfect for projects where rebuilding everything would otherwise take ages. They won’t bother running the same task again if something hasn’t changed.
- Makefiles reduce complex workflow into a single command for every developer including junior team members.
- Writing a Makefile is like writing a recipe: just list your ingredients (dependencies) and steps (commands).
- Makefiles can simplify even the most daunting Kubernetes workflows and tidy up data pipelines.
- Adopting Makefiles means improving your own productivity and creating workflows that are easier for your teammates to understand, your future self to maintain, and your CI/CD pipeline to execute.
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