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Oracle slashes 30k jobs(rollingout.com)
919 points by pje 6mo ago|853 comments
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Taming the internet: From horizontal to vertical, from keyboards to screens(northsouthnotes.org)
1 points by pje 9mo ago|0 comments
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by pje 1y ago
I was using "bullshit" in the Technical Sense™, i.e. _indifferent to the truth of the output_. [ChatGPT is bullshit ]: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10676-024-09775-5
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by pje 1y ago
GPT 4.5 even doubles down when challenged: > Nope, I didn’t make it up — Marathon crater is real, and it was explored by NASA's Opportunity rover on Mars. The crater got its name because Opportunity had driven about 42.2 kilometers
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Tesla odometer uses "predictive algorithms" to void warranty, lawsuit claims(arstechnica.com)
16 points by pje 1y ago|1 comments
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by pje 2y ago
The nematode population is probably much closer to stellar figures
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Turntablist Transcription Method(ttm-dj.com)
1 points by pje 2y ago|0 comments
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by pje 2y ago
Bryan Cantrill's rant about Oracle for those who haven't seen it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zRN7XLCRhc&t=2047s > There has been no entity in human history with less complexity or nuance to it than Or
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by pje 2y ago
"Imperfect" tunings are pretty common even in western musical instruments. Fender Rhodes and Wurlitzer electric pianos, for example, which are staples of pop and jazz, usually use what's called Stretch Tuning, wherein notes a
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by pje 3y ago
What's the power source?
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Two weird things about randomness and queues(golaminar.de)
2 points by pje 4y ago|0 comments
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by pje 4y ago
Totally disagree! The structure is clunky, but the payoff at the end is actually really good! Also the dumbness of the name is funny enough to work in the right context. With a little bit of editing this would make a great piece of flash sc
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by pje 5y ago
They literally don't have money in Star Trek. Their society considers itself to have advanced beyond the need for money entirely. This couldn't be further from the future envisioned by web3 people, who seem to want to further fina
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How Marxism and Buddhism Complement Each Other(aeon.co)
3 points by pje 5y ago|0 comments
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Criticisms of blockchain consensus mechanisms in cryptocurrency(antsstyle.medium.com)
2 points by pje 5y ago|0 comments
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The House That Came in the Mail(99percentinvisible.org)
1 points by pje 5y ago|0 comments
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Gangs in the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department(knock-la.com)
38 points by pje 5y ago|0 comments
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by pje 5y ago
Literally none of the hard problems in forming a union are technical. I can't stress this enough—the hard problems in organizing are much squishier and amorphous. You're trying to get a majority of people to feel like they hav
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by pje 5y ago
Solitary confinement for longer than fifteen days is literally torture as defined by the U.N.
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by pje 5y ago
You may not know what's best for other people! Instead of the Golden Rule, think of it this way: "Ask others how they want to be treated, and then treat them that way."
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A hacker got all my texts for $16(vice.com)
583 points by pje 6y ago|289 comments
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by pje 6y ago
> I cannot imagine working without OOP ... in GUI development What is React but essentially a (wildly popular) functional GUI framework?
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Designing Public Spaces with Nowhere to Sit(secondavenuesagas.com)
1 points by pje 6y ago|0 comments
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Never before published images of men in love between 1850 and 1950(washingtonpost.com)
21 points by pje 6y ago|3 comments
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by pje 6y ago
https://www.google.com/search?q=how+many+people+died+of+star...
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by pje 6y ago
ruby
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by pje 7y ago
Congratulations!
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by pje 7y ago
No
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Ruby-signature: official Ruby type signature repo(github.com)
1 points by pje 7y ago|0 comments
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by pje 7y ago
Look, I don't disagree with you. But you're talking about this like power™ doesn't exist. Like, who do you think will have more leverage in this situation you describe? A woman whose employer is a man?

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