University of California’s investment arm purchased the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Half Moon Bay for $193 million. University officials have not publicly discussed their plans or management strategy.
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Purchase price: $193 million
No public discussion of plans or management strategy
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Claude Fable 5.2 prompt tip reduces caution
Claude Fable 5.2 prompt guide adds a tip to say “This codebase is yours” to make the model less cautious when improving code. The tip is part of the “Say who owns the code” pattern in the official prompting guide.
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Tip: include the phrase “This codebase is yours” in the prompt.
Pattern: “Say who owns the code” addresses coding agents that repeat existing code.
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- Original post
- Finishing work - Linked page
Ember open-source Slack-like tool on Cloudflare free tier
Ember open-source Slack-like tool deploys to Cloudflare free tier in about a minute. It works with Slack-compatible payloads and includes an AI assistant and media attachments.
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Deployment: deploys to Cloudflare’s free tier in about a minute
Features: works with Slack-compatible payloads, includes AI assistant and media attachments
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CashApp Green hub launch with $35 phone plans
CashApp announced a new Green hub that adds benefits including $35 phone plans, clearer UX for tracking status, and easy toggling of benefits. The update is aimed at primary bankers and soon-to-be primary bankers.
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New benefits include $35 phone plans.
UX improvements provide clearer status tracking and simple on/off control of benefits.
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NIH records - furin site for SARS-like bat virus 2019
NIH records show a US government lab proposed inserting a furin cleavage site into a SARS-like bat coronavirus in October 2019. The idea was also being considered at Rocky Mountain Laboratory before COVID-19 was unleashed.
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Proposal: insert furin cleavage site into SARS-like bat coronavirus, October 2019.
Prior consideration: Rocky Mountain Laboratory had already considered the idea before COVID-19.
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Spacefast announced daily shipping for 30 days
Spacefast introduced a platform for agents with built-in databases, storage and domains. It integrates with Claude AI, ChatGPT, Bot and others. For a 30-day period it ships daily and offers $10 usage credit if a day is missed.
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Daily shipping for 30 days, miss a day and receive $10 in usage
Works with Claude AI, ChatGPT, Bot and more; includes databases, storage and domains
