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Understanding the Baby Boom(worksinprogress.co)
3 points by debo_ 22h ago|0 comments
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Adult diapers outsell children's diapers in Quebec as population ages(montreal.citynews.ca)
4 points by debo_ 2d ago|0 comments
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PostgreSQL 19's "scary patch contest"(lwn.net)
2 points by debo_ 3d ago|0 comments
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Thinking and moving tasks surpass crossword puzzles at brain health(yorku.ca)
3 points by debo_ 5d ago|0 comments
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by debo_ 6d ago
Ironically "creativity is the new moat" is one of the least creative takes I can imagine on AI.
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Robots stage 'protest' demanding stricter AI rules in Poland(polskieradio.pl)
4 points by debo_ 6d ago|0 comments
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Stabilize `Never` Type(github.com)
1 points by debo_ 8d ago|0 comments
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The City and the City(en.wikipedia.org)
2 points by debo_ 10d ago|0 comments
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by debo_ 10d ago
It looks great. When I first saw it, I thought "this color can't be beet"
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by debo_ 11d ago
Yeah, not us. If our calculators had more than one line or a suspicious number of buttons, it was disallowed in class.
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by debo_ 11d ago
I think it's helpful to have a deep understanding of one c-type language, one lisp, and one ML-type language. There are so many things influenced by these three language families that being comfortable with them makes it so much easier
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by debo_ 11d ago
Ocaml is ancient at this point. It's never going to be python, but I doubt it's going to disappear.
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by debo_ 11d ago
We were not allowed to have graphing calculators in elementary or highschool (90s), either.
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Birdcourses.com(birdcourses.com)
2 points by debo_ 13d ago|0 comments
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by debo_ 13d ago
A dark horse named Lux.
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by debo_ 14d ago
Subscribed. For the next year, goal is to spend more time on lwn and less time on hn lol
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Ford government to begin ripping out, reconfiguring Toronto bike lanes(cbc.ca)
1 points by debo_ 15d ago|0 comments
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We got to drive the Aptera solar electric car(electrek.co)
2 points by debo_ 15d ago|0 comments
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by debo_ 15d ago
This is what happens when the world has a gpu per person
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by debo_ 16d ago
The interview with Doug McIlroy is incredible. It's almost worth a link all on its own.
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by debo_ 18d ago
In one minute, I learned they commissioned the art from an actual artist. Calling a few bullet points under each image "overwhelming" is strange. Perhaps get over yourself.
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by debo_ 18d ago
This combination of username and opinion are very confusing.
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by debo_ 20d ago
I have spoken to quite a few real estate agents in Sudbury who mentioned folks are buying property there as a hedge against climate change.
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by debo_ 20d ago
About 18 years ago, some guy at work was laughing at a video of someone being blown to pieces by an explosive device. People kept walking by his desk and laughing, I suppose because it looked so cartoonish that it felt more like looney tune
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Nothing Bad Can Happen, It Can Only Good Happen: An Anti-Semantic Analysis (2025)(hejon07.substack.com)
3 points by debo_ 20d ago|1 comments
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by debo_ 21d ago
Can you explain this? I think consumption taxes are the most regressive taxes possible because they are "flat" and thus affect lower-income people harder. Marginal income taxes are regressive now in the sense that folks with more
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by debo_ 21d ago
I do understand UBI. I was referring to the previous context that AI would introduce mass loss of jobs and overall reduced employment, not specifically to UBI being a replacement for jobs.
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by debo_ 21d ago
I do think taxing profits is still insufficient, because unless the tax rate is close to 100% (lol) the "k-shaped" economy is still reinforced, but just slowed slightly. In combination with a wealth/holdings tax, maybe. Perso
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by debo_ 21d ago
I support UBI and wealth taxes, but I also think generally that will be a difficult transition in terms of social upheaval. There are so many people I know who are financially well-off but completely fall apart when there is no visible prof
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by debo_ 21d ago
> I believe we should tax AI tokens and robots. Right now, if you’re an employer and you hire someone, you pay payroll taxes on their earnings. But if you buy a robot, you can usually write it off right away as a business expense. The ta

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