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Witness the rise of the Bene Gesserit in new Dune: Prophecy teaser
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The HBO Original Series Dune: Prophecy will premiere this November.
Fans of director Denis Villeneuve’s epic two-part film adaptation of Frank Herbert’s Dune have no doubt been curious about the upcoming HBO Max series, Dune: Prophecy. It’s a prequel series inspired by the novel Sisterhood of Dune, written by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson, exploring the origins of the Bene Gesserit. The studio just dropped a tantalizing teaser rife with political intrigue, ominous warnings, and a bit of hand-to-hand combat.
The series was first announced in 2019, with Villeneuve serving as an executive producer and Alison Schapker (Alias, Fringe, Altered Carbon) serving as showrunner. The first season will consist of six episodes, and it’s unclear how closely the series will adhere to the source material. Per the official premise:
Set 10,000 years before the ascension of Paul Atreides, Dune: Prophecy follows two Harkonnen sisters as they combat forces that threaten the future of humankind, and establish the fabled sect that will become known as the Bene Gesserit.
Emily Watson co-stars as Valya Harkonnen, leader of the Sisterhood, with Olivia Williams playing her sister, Tula Harkonnen. Mark Strong plays Emperor Javicco Corrino, described as "a man from a great line of war-time Emperors, who is called upon to govern the Imperium and manage a fragile peace," while Jodhi May plays Empress Natalya and Sarah-Sofie Boussnina plays Princess Ynez.
The cast also includes Shalom Brune-Franklin as Mikaela, a Fremen woman who serves the royal family; Travis Fimmel as Desmond Hart, described as "a charismatic soldier with an enigmatic past"; Chris Mason as swordsman Keiran Atreides; Josh Heuston as Constantine Corrino, the illegitimate son of Javicco; Edward Davis as rising politician Harrow Harkonnen; Tabu as Sister Francesca, the Emperor’s former lover; Jihae as Reverend Mother Kasha, the Emperor’s Truthsayer; Faoileann Cunningham as Sister Jen, Chloe Lea as Lila, Jade Anouka as Sister Theodosia, and Aoife Hinds as Sister Emeline, all acolytes at the Sisterhood School.
Power = control
A short teaser was shown in May during the Warner Bros. Discovery Upfront presentation in New York City. It was heavy on the exposition, with a voiceover describing the founding of a sisterhood assigned to the Great Houses "to help them sift truth from lies." The result was a "network of influence throughout the Imperium… but power comes with a price." They want to place a Sister on the throne and arrange a marriage to make it possible. Not all the Sisters were on board with the plan, however, with one warning that the Sisterhood was playing god "and we will be judged for it."
This latest teaser opens with an admonition to acolytes of the Sisterhood: "You wish to serve the Great Houses and shape the flow of power; you must first exert power over yourself." The emperor seems to be easily wooed by the "sorceresses," much to his empress’s chagrin, but the more influence the Sisterhood wields, the more enemies it gains. Desmond Hart also has his suspicions about the Sisterhood, probably with good reason. "Our hands are poised on the levers of power but yet our grasp on it is still fragile," Valya tells her sister Tula, assuring her that "I am trying to protect the Imperium"—and "sacrifices must be made."
Dune: Prophecy premieres this November on Max.
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Ultimate Guide to Improving MySQL Query Performance
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MySQL is certainly a powerful open source database management system, but even the most robust engine struggles when queries take an eternity to execute. For DBAs and developers, improving MySQL query performance is an ongoing goal. Efficient query performance is crucial for ensuring the smooth operation and optimal user experience of applications powered by MySQL […]Percona Database Performance Blog
4th of July Car Launch Highlights
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Since Alaska has so little darkness on July 4th, they’ve got an alternative for fireworks. For over 20 years, Glacier View, Alaska, has hosted an event where they toss junk cars off a 300-foot cliff while onlookers enjoy the chaos and destruction. 1320video attended this year’s festivities to give us an insider’s look at the event, including POV and aerial footage.
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Dropping 1000 Basketballs from an Airplane
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Not to be outdone by How Ridiculous and their soccer balls, the dudes from Dude Perfect booked a flight with the U.S. Air Force, filled a C-17 cargo plane with 1000 basketballs, and dropped them all to see if they could score a basket or two. Before shooting hoops, they played the world’s largest game of darts and the opposite of miniature golf.
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A couple of Amish ballers rolled up to an inner-city park in Indiana and gave the locals a run for their money
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Well, this ain’t something you see every day!
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AWS App Studio Promises To Generate Enterprise Apps From a Written Prompt
Amazon Web Services is the latest entrant to the generative AI game with the announcement of App Studio, a groundbreaking tool capable of building complex software applications from simple written prompts. TechCrunch’s Ron Miller reports: "App Studio is for technical folks who have technical expertise but are not professional developers, and we’re enabling them to build enterprise-grade apps," Sriram Devanathan, GM of Amazon Q Apps and AWS App Studio, told TechCrunch. Amazon defines enterprise apps as having multiple UI pages with the ability to pull from multiple data sources, perform complex operations like joins and filters, and embed business logic in them. It is aimed at IT professionals, data engineers and enterprise architects, even product managers who might lack coding skills but have the requisite company knowledge to understand what kinds of internal software applications they might need. The company is hoping to enable these employees to build applications by describing the application they need and the data sources they wish to use.
Examples of the types of applications include an inventory-tracking system or claims approval process. The user starts by entering the name of an application, calling the data sources and then describing the application they want to build. The system comes with some sample prompts to help, but users can enter an ad hoc description if they wish. It then builds a list of requirements for the application and what it will do, based on the description. The user can refine these requirements by interacting with the generative AI. In that way, it’s not unlike a lot of no-code tools that preceded it, but Devanathan says it is different. […] Once the application is complete, it goes through a mini DevOps pipeline where it can be tested before going into production. In terms of identity, security and governance, and other requirements any enterprise would have for applications being deployed, the administrator can link to existing systems when setting up the App Studio. When it gets deployed, AWS handles all of that on the back end for the customer, based on the information entered by the admin.
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Database Viewer Package
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Documentation can be found on the official website.
To install the package via composer, Run:
composer require nextbuild/database-viewer
After installing the package, publish the front-end assets by running:
php artisan database-viewer:publish
Publish config file by running:
php artisan vendor:publish --tag=database-viewer-config
Once the installation is complete, you will be able to access Database Viewer directly in your browser.
By default, the application is available at: {APP_URL}/database-viewer.
(for example: https://my-app.test/database-viewer)
Here are some common problems and solutions.
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10 Billion Passwords Leaked in the Largest Compilation of All Time
An anonymous reader shares a report: Cybernews researchers discovered what appears to be the largest password compilation with a staggering 9,948,575,739 unique plaintext passwords. The file with the data, titled rockyou2024.txt, was posted on July 4th by forum user ObamaCare. While the user registered in late May 2024, they have previously shared an employee database from the law firm Simmons & Simmons, a lead from an online casino AskGamblers, and student applications for Rowan College at Burlington County. The team cross-referenced the passwords included in the RockYou2024 leak with data from Cybernews’ Leaked Password Checker, which revealed that these passwords came from a mix of old and new data breaches. "In its essence, the RockYou2024 leak is a compilation of real-world passwords used by individuals all over the world. Revealing that many passwords for threat actors substantially heightens the risk of credential stuffing attacks," researchers said.
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This guy showed what women REALLY believe by asking them how it feels to be trans during a Pride parade 💀
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This man is a certified genius.
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