šŸ“‹ Log for 2026-04-15

šŸ˜„ Joke of the Day

How do locomotives know where they're going? Lots of training

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YouTube Summaries

[Why repeat business is so important for freelancers](https://www.youtube.com/shorts/A84bznMx89A)

Channel: freeCodeCamp.org

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Published: 2026-04-15T12:29:23+00:00


Latest OpenRouter Models

Qwen: Qwen3.7 Max (qwen/qwen3.7-max)

Qwen3.7-Max is the flagship model in Alibaba's Qwen3.7 series. It supports text input and output and is designed for agent-centric workloads, with particular strengths in coding, office and productivity tasks,...

Published: 21/05/2026

https://openrouter.ai/qwen/qwen3.7-max


xAI: Grok Build 0.1 (x-ai/grok-build-0.1)

Grok Build 0.1 is xAI’s fast coding model trained specifically for agentic software engineering workflows. It supports text and image inputs with text output, and is optimized for interactive coding...

Published: 20/05/2026

https://openrouter.ai/x-ai/grok-build-0.1


Google: Gemini 3.5 Flash (google/gemini-3.5-flash)

Gemini 3.5 Flash is Google's high-efficiency multimodal model, bringing near-Pro level coding and reasoning at Flash-tier cost and speed. It is highly optimized for coding proficiency and parallel agentic execution...

Published: 19/05/2026

https://openrouter.ai/google/gemini-3.5-flash


Free Models Catalog

Model Capabilities Publication Date
NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Super (free) N/A 11/03/2026
MiniMax: MiniMax M2.5 (free) N/A 12/02/2026
Free Models Router N/A 01/02/2026
StepFun: Step 3.5 Flash (free) N/A 29/01/2026
Arcee AI: Trinity Large Preview (free) N/A 27/01/2026
LiquidAI: LFM2.5-1.2B-Thinking (free) N/A 20/01/2026
LiquidAI: LFM2.5-1.2B-Instruct (free) N/A 20/01/2026
NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B (free) N/A 14/12/2025
Arcee AI: Trinity Mini (free) N/A 01/12/2025

Robot Technology

šŸ¤– ​Boston Dynamics and Google DeepMind Teach Spot to Reason​

The amazing and frustrating thing about robots is that they can do almost anything you want them to do, as long as you know how to ask properly. In the not-so-distant past, asking properly meant writing code, and while we’ve thankfully moved beyond that brittle constraint, there’s still an irritatingly inverse correlation between ease of use and complexity of task. AI has promised to change that. The idea is that when AI is embodied within robots—giving AI software a physical presence in the wor...

Source: spectrum.ieee.org • Published: Tue, 14 Apr 2026 19:45:01 +0000

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Good News

Restaurant Owner Shelves Easter Plans to Fulfill Dying Man’s Last Wish to Feed His Hospice Nurses

From New York comes the story of a restaurant owner who shelved his Easter plans to fulfill a dying man’s last wish. Jokingly described as looking like “a big, bad biker guy” by his brother, 67-year-old father of 3 Frank Ozimek had a last wish as he approached his final hours: to repay some of […] The post Restaurant Owner Shelves Easter Plans to Fulfill Dying Man’s Last Wish to Feed His Hospice Nurses appeared first on Good News Network .

Published: Tue, 14 Apr 2026 18:30:33 +0000

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Good News in History, April 15

79 years ago today, years before the Civil Rights Movement gained prominence in the news, Jackie Robinson broke baseball’s color barrier becoming the first black player on any Major League Baseball team, debuting at first base for the Brooklyn Dodgers. “It represented both the dream and the fear of equal opportunity, and it would change […] The post Good News in History, April 15 appeared first on Good News Network .

Published: Wed, 15 Apr 2026 07:00:00 +0000

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Light, scent, and sound: the free home refresh you haven’t tried yet

BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM You’ve arranged the furniture. You’ve put up the art. The room looks fine. But it still feels a little off, heavy or flat, like you can’t quite settle into it. The fix might not be another trip to the store. “Most people spend all their time on furniture and […] The post Light, scent, and sound: the free home refresh you haven’t tried yet first appeared on The Optimist Daily: Making Solutions the News .

Published: Wed, 15 Apr 2026 00:00:58 +0000

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Artemis II shows the moon can still unite a divided world

BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM When 15 Girl Scouts in Pilot Mountain, North Carolina, gathered to watch the Artemis II launch, troop leader Heather Willard wasn’t sure how captivated they’d be. Then the rocket lifted off. “All of the girls were mesmerized,” she said. Across the country, the same thing kept happening. For ten […] The post Artemis II shows the moon can still unite a divided world first appeared on The Optimist Daily: Making Solutions the News .

Published: Wed, 15 Apr 2026 00:00:05 +0000

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Work in progress. What to expect in the new issue of Positive News magazine

Editor Tom Pattinson introduces the new issue of Positive News magazine, which is out now The post Work in progress. What to expect in the new issue of Positive News magazine appeared first on Positive News .

Published: Wed, 15 Apr 2026 09:31:46 +0000

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