Some of you may have noticed that one issue of Bytes & Backpacks did not arrive two weeks ago. I apologise for that, my family and I went to Greece for our fall vacation (Santorini at the end of the season and with no people was very nice!) and somehow things didn't work out. The effort was there, but the sun, views, tzatziki, octopus-
I have one big change with the new issue. I'll try to make the Bytes & Backpacks a little more concise and divide it into categories. Times are fast and even the lazy ones need help. I wonder if this is better for you or not. Please give me feedback! 🙏
Business & Technology 👨💻
* OpenAI founder Sam Altman advises how to get the first 100 users for your service.
* Years ago, Amazon counted on the Zombie Apocalypse in its operating conditions.
* Crypto has been going strong since Donald's election and probably will continue to do so. By the way, Paypal made the first b2b transaction with stablecoin.
* Iceland wants to be the first country to generate electricity in space and send it wirelessly down to itself by 2030. Yes, you read that right.
* Apple has released a new Mac Mini (among other things). In my opinion, the best desktop computer on the market. I haven't used anything else in combination with an iPad for years.
Travels ✈️
* The Croatian island of Vis, in my opinion one of the most beautiful places in Croatia with a great atmosphere, popular especially with yachtsmen, probably many of you know it. But not far from Vis is the lesser known isle of Svetac with a rather turbulent history and several settlement attempts.
* Some pictures from the flooded Sahara.
* In Japan, a brand new Nintendo Museum just opened, and in the Netherlands there is The Corpus Museum, where you can walk through a human body. I had no idea about that.
* Pack up the old Defender and head for the Georgia mountains, what a plan!
Nature ⛰️
* Greece and sustainability? You don't get it? Wrong! The island of Tilos has plans to become the world's first zero-waste island. Fingers crossed.
* It seems that alcohol isn't just the privilege of humans. According to scientists, animals also "enjoy" drinking.
* A few days ago, the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) published a new report on the state of wildlife populations, the Living Planet Report. The
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