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Willingness to look stupid

https://sharif.io/looking-stupid

Top story from sharif.io

The author, Sharif Shameem, reflects on his own creative work and notes that he has developed a fear of publishing his ideas, despite being a better writer and having supposedly better ideas. He attributes this fear to the pressure of being a more accomplished writer, which has made it harder for him to share his work.

Shall I implement it? No

https://gist.github.com/bretonium/291f4388e2de89a43b25c135b44e41f0

GitHub's website uses a complex set of stylesheets and scripts to provide a customizable user experience. The website includes a variety of stylesheets for different color themes, including light, dark, and high contrast options. The website also uses scripts to prefetch DNS and preconnect to external resources, as well as to load various JavaScript libraries and frameworks. The code includes a JSON object that defines feature flags and locale settings.

Hyperlinks in Terminal Emulators

https://gist.github.com/egmontkob/eb114294efbcd5adb1944c9f3cb5feda

Hyperlinks in Terminal Emulators GitHub's terminal emulators, such as GitHub Desktop and GitHub Codespaces, have introduced hyperlinks in their terminal interfaces. These hyperlinks allow users to navigate to external websites, GitHub repositories, or other URLs directly from the terminal. The hyperlinks are implemented using HTML and CSS, and are rendered within the terminal emulator. This feature aims to enhance the user experience by providing a more seamless and integrated way to access external resources.

Reversing memory loss via gut-brain communication

https://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2026/03/gut-brain-cognitive-decline.html

Researchers at Stanford School of Medicine have found that enhancing communication between the gut and the brain can reverse cognitive decline and improve memory formation in aging mice. This connection is hampered by changes in gut bacteria that occur with aging. By restoring this connection, old mice were able to form memories as well as young animals.

Document poisoning in RAG systems: How attackers corrupt AI's sources

https://aminrj.com/posts/rag-document-poisoning/

Researchers have demonstrated a vulnerability in RAG systems, where attackers can corrupt AI's sources by injecting fabricated documents into a knowledge base. This "document poisoning" technique can lead to inaccurate or misleading information being used by AI models.

“This is not the computer for you”

https://samhenri.gold/blog/20260312-this-is-not-the-computer-for-you/

The article discusses a type of computer review that serves as a "permission slip," assigning a product to a user based on their perceived needs and interests. The MacBook Neo has received such reviews, which categorize it as a "Chromebook killer" or a first laptop for students or professionals. However, the author argues that these reviews have little interest in what the user might become or want in the future.

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