210. Massive Chimney 中
The cover photo was taken on the way to Xianyang Airport from Xi’an. I haven’t seen such a large chimney in a long time; it’s massive and quite impressive.
Record the down-to-earth trending technologies seen every week, and publish them here after screening. If you find it good, you can follow this weekly to get update notifications.
Trending Tools
Foundations of LLMs: An open-source book worth reading
https://github.com/ZJU-LLMs/Foundations-of-LLMs
This open-source book “Foundations of LLMs” from Zhejiang University is worth a look. The writing style is excellent—readable, rigorous, and deep. It’s a solid textbook for learning about large models.
TheBoringNotch: An open-source Mac notch utility
https://theboring.name/
Found an open-source Mac notch tool. Instead of just a useless black block, it turns the notch into a functional area similar to the Dynamic Island. While I think the iPhone’s Dynamic Island is also quite ugly, TheBoringNotch makes this area more refined, making things like music switching and schedule viewing very convenient. Looking forward to more features.
Playing Tetris inside a PDF file?
https://th0mas.nl/downloads/pdftris.pdf
Magic! Yes, you didn’t see it wrong—playing Tetris inside a PDF file. You can study how it’s implemented. This broke my original assumptions, much like how many interesting things can actually be done inside Excel.
Just Looking Around
Amazing Nezha drawing
https://x.com/sheruff1010/status/1889772270052082094
Excellently drawn! Source: X “Bright Tonkotsu”. I absolutely love this version.
“You call this damn thing a network?” - An interesting Bilibili video
https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV17x6hYZEzJ/
A simple video that explains computer network basics clearly. Compared to AI-native programming under current rapid AI development, it gives a sense of the fun of learning computer basics from university days. Well worth a watch.
Self-consistent Programmer
https://www.dev-life.site/
“Self-consistent Programmer,” written by a Peking University Software graduate, is worth a read for programmers at different stages of their careers. It’s very grounded and helpful for understanding industry emotions, how to stay self-consistent, how to find happiness in work, and how to shift your mindset.
US Stock investment record for daughter’s Lunar New Year money
Updating the “18-year fixed investment experiment” mentioned in the last issue: I’ve bought in. Considering ARKK’s long-term stability and to avoid fractional shares, S&P and Nasdaq account for 85%, while ARKK takes 15% for now. As of this Sunday, ARKK has actually risen nearly 10 points. Interesting! Looking forward to the year-end results.
