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Amazon Will Pay You $2 a Month to Monitor Your Phone Traffic (2 minute read)
The Amazon Shopper Panel is an opt-in, invitation-only program where participants earn rewards by submitting receipts and completing surveys. The program includes an optional ad verification feature that allows users to earn a $2 monthly reward. Turning on the option will allow Amazon to confirm which ads users see on their devices. Users interested in participating in the program can join a waitlist.
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Science & Futuristic Technology
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Asymmetry Detected in the Distribution of Galaxies (9 minute read)
Two new studies have found an imbalance in the distribution of galaxies. The finding violates a symmetry called parity, which is when a system remains unchanged if it is inverted. The imbalance implies that there could be an unknown parity-violating component in the process that created the universe. Physicists are now attempting to detect the imbalance in other areas.
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NASA’s TBIRD Mission Demonstrates 1.4TB Optical Downlink (1 minute read)
NASA's TBIRD satellite recently achieved a record for optical communications in space. It downlinked 1.4 terabytes of data over a laser communication link in a single pass that lasted about five minutes. The TeraByte InfraRed Delivery satellite is part of NASA's Space Communications and Navigation program. The TBIRD mission aims to eventually demonstrate a downlink of 200 gigabits per second.
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Programming, Design & Data Science
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Announcing Lottie 4.0 for iOS (4 minute read)
Lottie is a cross-platform library for rendering vector motion graphics. The newest iOS release features a new rendering engine powered by Core Animation. It brings significant improvements to all Lottie animations as it no longer relies on CPU load. The update also includes support for dotLottie animation files and a new, faster animation decoding implementation.
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Inside Framer's Magic Motion (24 minute read)
Framer Motion is a motion library for React that allows developers to create animations with a simple declarative syntax. This guide discusses Framer Motion's layout animations and shows readers how to recreate them. It covers layout changes, CSS-based approaches and why they don't always work, and a technique Framer Motion uses called FLIP to provide seamless layout animations. The guide contains many interactive examples.
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Remote Work Is Gutting Downtowns, Will Cost Cities $453 Billion (12 minute read)
Remote work is causing a decline in the number of people working in downtown areas of US cities, resulting in a domino effect that has affected public transport use and businesses. Before the pandemic, 95% of office spaces were occupied. Today, that number is closer to 47%. The push to convert underutilized office space has been sluggish. Less economic activity in these areas could mean less taxes, which affects city budgets. It is in every city's best interest to figure out how to convert their downtowns into something more suitable for everyone.
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Ask HN: How is the job search coming along for people who got laid off? (Hacker News Thread)
This thread on Hacker News discusses the difficulty of finding a job after being laid off. While many people are reporting that they are having difficulty finding a new job, some people are receiving multiple offers. Only recently, it was common for developers to easily receive multiple high-paying offers, and this has impacted compensation expectations. The turn of the year is always slow, with hiring picking up in mid to late January.
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