Elon's compensation 💰, artificial blood 🩸, in lessons from Cursor's prompt 🤖

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This article looks at three possible approaches to paying Musk. 🚀 Science & Futuristic Technology Artificial Blood That Could Work for All Blood Types in Trials (4 minute read) Clinical trials for a universal artificial blood are underway in Japan. The artificial blood is usable for all blood types and can be stored for up to two years. It is a potential solution to critical shortages in blood supplies for emergency and chronic health care worldwide. The scientists are seeking clinical approval and practical rollout of the universal artificial blood by 2030. Blue Origin launches 6 passengers on sub-orbital trip to the edge of space (3 minute read) Blue Origin's twelfth New Shepard passenger flight blasted off on Saturday carrying an international crew of four men and two women. The crew rocketed to the edge of space, an altitude of nearly 65 miles, before descending in the West Texas desert 10 minutes after liftoff. Blue Origin has now launched 68 passengers, four of whom have flown twice. It is estimated that a seat aboard New Shepard costs upwards of $500,000. 💻 Programming, Design & Data Science How Delve generated $1M in pipeline from just 4 TLDR newsletter ads (Sponsor) Delve ran 4 placements across 2 TLDR newsletters and brought in 66 leads, with a meaningful chunk from enterprise. The result: $1M in attributed pipeline and a 52x ROI. The case study breaks down their strategy, results, and example ads. Read the Delve case study. 9 Lessons From Cursor's System Prompt (52 minute read) This post takes a look at what makes Cursor's prompting so effective. It breaks down the system prompt, the two user prompts, and the tool calling prompts. The prompts from the post were obtained by setting a custom API endpoint in Cursor and reading the payloads. They reveal how Cursor's capabilities aren't magic, they're just the result of incredibly thoughtful and detailed prompt engineering. My AI Skeptic Friends Are All Nuts (16 minute read) Large language models can write a lot of the tedious code you'll ever need to write and reduce the number of things you need to Google. While there are many objections to using the technology, it is undeniable that AI can speed up many workflows, even if it makes mistakes sometimes. Developers have always been responsible for what's in their code - AI doesn't change that. They still have to check code for mistakes and to understand how it all works. 🎁 Miscellaneous Of Course Workers Want a Four-Day Week. Companies Should Too (5 minute read) Studies across hundreds of businesses and nonprofits switching to four-day-week pilot programs show that working one day less every week with no reduction in pay results in reduced burnout, better mental health, and improvements in physical health. Organizations saw excellent results in performance metrics such as revenue, absenteeism, and resignations - less than 10% decided to discontinue the four-day week. Companies appear to be able to maintain 100% of their performance despite 20% less time at the workplace. The most common productivity hack used by companies was to cut down on meetings. Google's Pixel 10 phones will reportedly launch on August 13th (2 minute read) Google reportedly plans to launch the Pixel 10 series at a Made by Google event on August 13. The handsets will arrive in stores a week later on August 20. Google is expected to launch four Pixel 10 phones: a regular model, Pro, Pro XL, and Pro Fold. The company will likely announce the Pixel Watch 4 at the same event. TLDR is hiring a part time curator to join our TLDR Founders curation team (Fully Remote, 3-6 hours/week) TLDR is hiring a curator with experience founding a company, raising money, and growing a team to join our TLDR Founders team. TLDR Founders has over 300,000 subscribers, it's a great way to build a personal brand within the founder community. To apply please send your LinkedIn or resume to jobs@tldr.tech along with a couple sentences on how you keep up with news for founders! ⚡ Quick Links What happened in the 2010s? (12 minute read) The average earnings growth for Meta, Google, Apple, Amazon, and Microsoft from 2010 was 17% - it was around 7% for the rest of the S&P 500. Ask HN: How do I learn robotics in 2025? (Hacker News Thread) This thread contains resources and advice for learning robotics. Typing 118 WPM Broke My Brain in the Right Ways (A Year-Long Journey) (6 minute read) Learning how to type fast can make you a better developer - faster at writing code, better at documentation, and less frustrated when typing out large amounts of text. Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky wants to build the everything app (78 minute read) This post contains a transcript of an interview with Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky where he discusses AI and Airbnb, his relationship with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Jony Ive, the difference between a product manager and a program manager, and much more. AI didn't kill Stack Overflow (9 minute read) What killed Stack Overflow was its community and governance - AI merely exposed the extent to which the community had already lost its spark. Digg's founders explain how they're building a site for humans in the AI era (8 minute read) The rebooted version of Digg will give people who create content and manage online communities a bigger stake in the platform's success. Love TLDR? Tell your friends and get rewards! Share your referral link below with friends to get free TLDR swag! https://refer.tldr.tech/7c97ce4b/ Track your referrals here. 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