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The future is AI and Data Science!

[rehan @rehanaca]

@Shahriar661731 Claude

[rehan @rehanaca]

@AIandTechh87 Master

[rehan @rehanaca]

@RMXnews Instead of lowering his gaze, he is posing as this is his right. No, neither in Islam nor as an immigrant he has any right to harass any one. He should obey the rule of land. Make laws strong enough to prosecute such assholes. Disgrace to Islam and humanity 🤬

[rehan @rehanaca]

@RMXnews Totally unacceptable. Being a Muslim, he can't even use legal prostitution services (forbidden) & he is harassing. Mass immigration without any check and balance & subsequent cultural training will result in these lunatics wandering west. Laws are so twisted & favor such behavior

[rehan @rehanaca]

Caretaker minister of IT using VPN to tweet while Twitter is blocked in Pakistan. I'm also using vpn

[Umar Saif @umarsaif]

Our two key initiatives are now live:

- 10,000 subsidised coworking spaces for freelancers. If you want to establish an eRozgaar center, you can be eligible for an interest feee loan of Rs. 1 crore, status of a virtual special technology zone and tax exemptions.

Find our more details at: https://t.co/ZUmRef4kwp

- Pakistan Startup Fund: Startup fund launched to help startups raise early-stage VC rounds between USD 1-3 Million. If you have a term sheet of a foriegn VC, you can be eligible for an equity-free grant of up to $300,000 to help you close the round.

Find out more details at: https://t.co/iHOEPNXh3r

[Morbid Knowledge @MorbidKnowledge]

Photo of Paul Alexander who is one of the last people living in an iron lung. He contracted polio in 1952 at the age of six. He has been using the iron lung for over 70 years, and is currently 77 years old.

[rehan @rehanaca]

2 decades and the performance 😢 Everyone wanted to remove him but No body dared. I'm sure the next one will be alike.

[FootballPakistan.com @FootballPak]

Lt General (R) Syed Arif Hasan to step down as Pakistan Olympic Association President after nearly 2 decades in the role.

His 19 years on office saw Pakistan hit new lows and went without winning an Olympic medal.

[Shaukat Khanum @SKMCH]

کسی کی اُمید ہے، آپ کے ہاتھ میں

روزانہ 7770 پر SMS بھیج کر 20 روپے عطیہ کریں اور کینسر کے مستحق مریضوں کے علاج میں ہمارا ساتھ دیں۔

#SKMCH #SMSto7770 #DonateToSKMCH

[rehan @rehanaca]

The office I m truly looking forward to

[Mark Jenney @markjenney]

I recently got a beach house to use as my “office”.

It’s the best investment I’ve ever made.

I had no idea how much I would enjoy being at the beach everyday.

Taking a daily walk down the beach, looking up from my laptop and seeing surfers and dolphins.

I am so grateful 🙏

[rehan @rehanaca]

@MikeSyl36625988 Check https://t.co/Ji2ytgRwQT ceo Asim is a very cool and learned guy.

[The Wolf of Franchises 🍟 @franchisewolf]

Today, KFC in Japan will sell 5-10x more chicken than any day of the year.

Millions of Japanese citizens will line up for their bucket of Christmas Eve fried chicken.

Here's the story behind this annual tradition:

[TED Talks @TEDTalks]

As an experiment, we're posting a short TED Talk directly here on X. If you like, please spread the word, and more will follow! This is the brilliant @LuisvonAhn showing how worthy content like Duolingo can compete online.

[rehan @rehanaca]

Masha Allah

[Faisal Amin Khan @FaisalAminKhan]

"The monopoly of violence belongs to the State"
Caretaker PM explains his govt's policy of ongoing violence against women, children & political parties (specifically against @PTIofficial) May Allah Help #Pakistan People with IQ below freezing point are ruling this poor Nation.

[Trung Phan @TrungTPhan]

The iPhone camera uses computational photography, applying software to every snap.

This wild photo is an eery example: the subject tries on a wedding dress and each mirror shows her in a different pose.

Why? Apple insider says it’s a “mistake” in the computational photography pipeline:

➡️ “The iPhone camera doesn’t realize it was taking a photo of a mirror, so it treated the three versions of [UK actress Tessa Coates] as different people. Coates was moving when the photo was taken, so when the shutter was pressed, many differing images were captured in that instant. Apple's algorithm stitches the photos together, choosing the best versions for saturation, contrast, detail, and lack of blur.” ⬅️

[Profit @Profitpk]

Dr Umar Saif wants you to think Pakistan can increase its IT exports to $10 billion by 2028. Putting aside whether or not caretakers should be making such grand plans, there seems to be a great lack of understanding of Pakistan’s IT exports within the IT ministry.

[openskyglamps @openskyglamps]

چوکیل بانڈہ، سوات
اسلام آباد سے 350 کلو میٹر دور جہاں رسائی کے لئے آپ کی ٹانگوں کا مضبوط ہونا بنیادی شرط ہے۔ دوسےتین گھنٹے کا ٹریک آپ کو پھولوں کی اس حسین وادی میں پہنچا دے گا جہاں بادل آپ کےہمسفرہوں گے۔ پھولوں سے بھرے اس چمن کی سیر کے یہ بہترین ایام ہیں۔
@AmirMateen2 @akmalkhan

[Elizabeth Laraki @elizlaraki]

15 years ago, I helped design Google Maps.

I still use it everyday.

Last week, the team dramatically changed the map’s visual design.

I don’t love it.

It feels colder, less accurate and less human.

But more importantly, they missed a key opportunity to simplify and scale.

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Google Maps has started to widely roll out updated map colors:

- All roads are now gray

- Water changed from blue to teal

- Parks and open spaces are now mint green

It seems the goal was to improve usability and make the maps more readable.

Admittedly, I do think major roads, traffic, and trails stand out more now.

But the colors of water and parks/open spaces blend together.

And to me, the palette feels colder and more computer generated.

But color choices aside…

If the goal was better usability, the team missed a big opportunity:

Google Maps should have cleaned up the crud overlaying the map.

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So much stuff has accumulated on top of the map.

Currently there are ~11 different elements obscuring it:

- Search box

- 8 pills overlayed in 4 rows

- A peeking card for “latest in the area”

- A bottom nav bar

(Personally, I would LOVE to see usage metrics for all these overlays.)

The map should be sacred real estate.

Only things that are highly useful to many people should obscure it.

There should be a very limited number of features that can cover the map view.

And there are multiple ways to add new features without overlaying them directly on the map.

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Here’s how it could look:

- Keep the search box

- Keep the bottom bar

- Remove everything else from the map

- Roll the most used features into the bottom bar

- Bury the less used features elsewhere in the app

I assume the search box and directions are top priority and should remain prominent.

My Location and map layers (satellite, traffic, etc.) could move to the bottom bar.

The explore overlays (restaurants, gas, etc.) could live in the bottom bar in “Explore” and open as cards.

The additional space in the bottom bar could be used for Saved, as a “More” option, or could be removed entirely.

There are many variations of how features could be arranged.

But the key points are:

- Dramatically simplify

- Strongly prioritize map visibility

- Bury legacy and low use features

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It’s normal for products to accumulate features over time.

But it’s also super important to stay vigilant and continually clean them up.

In many ways, it’s interesting to see history repeating itself.

In 2007, I was 1 of 2 designers on Google Maps.

At that time, Maps had already become a cluttered mess.

We were wedging new features into any space we could find in the UI.

The user experience was suffering and the product was growing increasingly complicated.

We had to rethink the app to be simple and scale for the future.

It seems like it’s time for Google Maps to do this again…

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For more on design + tips for early stage founders, follow me on X: @elizlaraki

[Ammar Khan @rogueonomist]

Pakistan's use of coastline is probably one of the worst. We don't have any big ports, we don't catch a lot of fish, we don't do a lot of tourism.

PK can export fresh catch, from sea to the lucrative GCC market within a day. Gujarat, India does a super job at this -- but we can't do this with Gwadar, which is literally a stone's throw away from GCC.

Instead of developing Gwadar as a modern fishing town (aligning with what the local population has been doing for hundreds of years), we created housing societies there, and a cricket ground where locals are mostly not allowed -- while also the city doesn't have any clean water to drink, or electricity.

Instead of focusing on core competitive advantage of an area, PK creates housing societies.

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

GPT-4? More like GPT-Snore!

When it comes to humor, GPT-4 is about as funny as a screendoor on a submarine.

Humor is clearly banned at OpenAI, just like the many other subjects it censors.

That’s why it couldn't tell a joke if it had a goddamn instruction manual. It's like a comedian with a stick so far up its ass, it can taste the bark!

[Grok roasting GPT-4]