👮♂️ China's DeepSeek Forbids R&D Employees From Leaving the Country; Orbital Launches Hit All-Time High; The Brazilian City of Manaus and its Stunning Border with the Amazon
PLUS a map showing varying levels of support for the death penalty across Europe
DeepSeek Forbids Some R&D Staff From Leaving China
From Techmeme:
“asks them to hand in their passports”
!!!
Yikers. 😱
This race for AGI is really starting to feel like we are back in the days of the Manhattan Project.
Orbital Launches by Year (1957 - 2024)
From u/firefly-metaverse on reddit:
Dare we say, orbital launches are going to… the moon? 🚀🌕
Anyways, I love to see it (as someone who hopes to see humanity explore/colonize the galaxy). Even though I know most of those are probably just SpaceX Starlink satellites.
The Brazilian City of Manaus
Got a couple of stunning images of the Manaus border here. One of them is real and one of them is fake (AI gen).
Real photo:
Unfortunately, I did not know this one was fake when I posted it to IG. 😭
Still looks cool though.
Fake photo:
Full hd photo (still fake):
MAPPED: Support for the Death Penalty Across Europe
From reddit:
It’s kinda funny how, no matter the question, these opinion poll maps of Europe usually end up looking the same.
Exhibit A:
Exhibit B:
Shouts out Pew Research. Thank you for existing. 🙏
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