๐ฎโโ๏ธ 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:
โasks them to hand in their passportsโ
!!!
Yikers. ๐ฑ
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 toโฆ the moon? ๐๐
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. ๐ญ
Still looks cool though.
Fake photo:
Full hd photo (still fake):
MAPPED: Support for the Death Penalty Across Europe
From reddit:
Itโs 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. ๐
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