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I wrote a thing! Technically it’s an opinion piece but secretly it’s a love letter to Cornell.
www.cornellsun.com/article/2025...
www.cornellsun.com/article/2025...
FOSTER | "Any Person, Any Study," — If You Can Keep It
In our guest room, Professor of Computer Science Nate Foster reflects on Cornell’s recent settlement with the Trump administration — a deal he argues trades principle for expedience.
www.cornellsun.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:45 AM
I wrote a thing! Technically it’s an opinion piece but secretly it’s a love letter to Cornell.
www.cornellsun.com/article/2025...
www.cornellsun.com/article/2025...
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In 2006 a high school English teacher asked students to write to a famous author & ask for advice.
KURT VONNEGUT - born 103yrs ago today - was the only one to respond.
His reply was a doozy.
KURT VONNEGUT - born 103yrs ago today - was the only one to respond.
His reply was a doozy.
November 11, 2025 at 10:39 AM
In 2006 a high school English teacher asked students to write to a famous author & ask for advice.
KURT VONNEGUT - born 103yrs ago today - was the only one to respond.
His reply was a doozy.
KURT VONNEGUT - born 103yrs ago today - was the only one to respond.
His reply was a doozy.
It seems that Banksy has just appeared in Lviv
We already know that in these difficult times, the world's most famous street artist has chosen Ukraine.
Art as resistance. Art as solidarity. Art as voice.
When the world watches, artists speak.
What's your message? 🇺🇦
We already know that in these difficult times, the world's most famous street artist has chosen Ukraine.
Art as resistance. Art as solidarity. Art as voice.
When the world watches, artists speak.
What's your message? 🇺🇦
November 10, 2025 at 9:07 PM
"How do you acquire the fundamental computer skills to hack on a complex systems project?"
K.C.Sivaramakrishnan's suggestions:
kcsrk.info/ocaml/2025/1...
#SystemsProgramming #OCaml #Compilers #RuntimeSystems #Debuggers #GarbageCollection
K.C.Sivaramakrishnan's suggestions:
kcsrk.info/ocaml/2025/1...
#SystemsProgramming #OCaml #Compilers #RuntimeSystems #Debuggers #GarbageCollection
Foundations for hacking on OCaml · KC Sivaramakrishnan
kcsrk.info
November 10, 2025 at 3:50 PM
"How do you acquire the fundamental computer skills to hack on a complex systems project?"
K.C.Sivaramakrishnan's suggestions:
kcsrk.info/ocaml/2025/1...
#SystemsProgramming #OCaml #Compilers #RuntimeSystems #Debuggers #GarbageCollection
K.C.Sivaramakrishnan's suggestions:
kcsrk.info/ocaml/2025/1...
#SystemsProgramming #OCaml #Compilers #RuntimeSystems #Debuggers #GarbageCollection
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Once every 20 years or so, the director-general of the BBC is forced to resign for being insufficiently rightwing. Alastair Milne in 1987. Greg Dyke in 2004. Tim Davie in 2025. The great irony is that the BBC was in all cases profoundly biased towards established power. But just not biased enough …
November 10, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Once every 20 years or so, the director-general of the BBC is forced to resign for being insufficiently rightwing. Alastair Milne in 1987. Greg Dyke in 2004. Tim Davie in 2025. The great irony is that the BBC was in all cases profoundly biased towards established power. But just not biased enough …
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Last chance to get on our ChipFoundry sponsored TTSKY25b shuttle!
There are still 2 discounted dev kits left - tapeout and receive a physical copy of the chip for just €185!
There are still 2 discounted dev kits left - tapeout and receive a physical copy of the chip for just €185!
November 10, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Last chance to get on our ChipFoundry sponsored TTSKY25b shuttle!
There are still 2 discounted dev kits left - tapeout and receive a physical copy of the chip for just €185!
There are still 2 discounted dev kits left - tapeout and receive a physical copy of the chip for just €185!
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In the present idiotic self-inflicted FAA brown-out, to reduce ATC workloads in busy airspaces, planes with the most pax (commercial aviation) should "trump" planes with the fewest pax (oligarch bizjets), am I right?
This policy would resolve the "crisis" most expeditiously.
This policy would resolve the "crisis" most expeditiously.
November 7, 2025 at 2:48 PM
In the present idiotic self-inflicted FAA brown-out, to reduce ATC workloads in busy airspaces, planes with the most pax (commercial aviation) should "trump" planes with the fewest pax (oligarch bizjets), am I right?
This policy would resolve the "crisis" most expeditiously.
This policy would resolve the "crisis" most expeditiously.
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🙀 "One change allows companies to claim that their AI training data are legal without the usual requirements. If implemented, this will free the U.S. tech giants from any fear of enforcement against their using their data free-for-alls for AI training"
European Commission considering big cuts to the GDPR to boost Europe's tech sector. This would a mistake, aiding U.S. and Chinese tech giants at EU firms' expense.
www.iccl.ie/digital-data...
www.iccl.ie/digital-data...
Cutting GDPR will harm EU tech competitiveness
Grave cuts to the GDPR would aid U.S. and Chinese tech giants at Europe’s expense
www.iccl.ie
November 7, 2025 at 3:15 PM
🙀 "One change allows companies to claim that their AI training data are legal without the usual requirements. If implemented, this will free the U.S. tech giants from any fear of enforcement against their using their data free-for-alls for AI training"
The Bluespec 'bsc' compiler version 2025.07 has been released.
Release notes:
github.com/B-Lang-org/b...
Source code; binary distributions for Ubuntu, Debian, CentOS,
Rocky Linux, Mac OS:
github.com/B-Lang-org/b...
Release notes:
github.com/B-Lang-org/b...
Source code; binary distributions for Ubuntu, Debian, CentOS,
Rocky Linux, Mac OS:
github.com/B-Lang-org/b...
bsc/release/ReleaseNotes.adoc at 2025.07 · B-Lang-org/bsc
Bluespec Compiler (BSC). Contribute to B-Lang-org/bsc development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
November 5, 2025 at 10:39 PM
The Bluespec 'bsc' compiler version 2025.07 has been released.
Release notes:
github.com/B-Lang-org/b...
Source code; binary distributions for Ubuntu, Debian, CentOS,
Rocky Linux, Mac OS:
github.com/B-Lang-org/b...
Release notes:
github.com/B-Lang-org/b...
Source code; binary distributions for Ubuntu, Debian, CentOS,
Rocky Linux, Mac OS:
github.com/B-Lang-org/b...
Mamdani: "New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants, and as of tonight, led by an immigrant."
November 5, 2025 at 2:35 PM
#Tesla #Cybertruck oxymoron: "Full Self-Driving (Supervised)"
"To drive a Cybertruck is to partake in the fantasy of a premodern lawlessness in which the mightiest warlord made his own rules, unencumbered by legislation or moral stricture." Maya Vinokur in @thenation.com www.thenation.com/article/soci...
What Was the Cybertruck?
Elon Musk’s car from space offered a vision for a sustainable and autonomous future. All along, it was as awkward, easily bruised, and volatile as the entrepreneur himself.
www.thenation.com
November 3, 2025 at 5:49 PM
#Tesla #Cybertruck oxymoron: "Full Self-Driving (Supervised)"
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We are officially seeking applications for TALKS, WORKSHOPS, EXHIBITIONS, ART and PERFORMANCES for OHS2026 May 23rd and 24th at TU Berlin! Submit yours today: forms.gle/kDGTVqfVAZXm...
Applications run until December 21st at 11:59pm EDT.
Applications run until December 21st at 11:59pm EDT.
November 2, 2025 at 5:04 PM
We are officially seeking applications for TALKS, WORKSHOPS, EXHIBITIONS, ART and PERFORMANCES for OHS2026 May 23rd and 24th at TU Berlin! Submit yours today: forms.gle/kDGTVqfVAZXm...
Applications run until December 21st at 11:59pm EDT.
Applications run until December 21st at 11:59pm EDT.
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"it is striking how many of the key players we have looked into — the people who have gone out of their way to put up hundreds of flags — seem anything but ordinary."
manchestermill.co.uk/the-men-who-...
manchestermill.co.uk/the-men-who-...
The men who raised the flags
Nigel Farage says this summer’s movement was led by ‘ordinary people’ expressing their patriotism. That’s not what we found
manchestermill.co.uk
November 2, 2025 at 8:18 AM
"it is striking how many of the key players we have looked into — the people who have gone out of their way to put up hundreds of flags — seem anything but ordinary."
manchestermill.co.uk/the-men-who-...
manchestermill.co.uk/the-men-who-...
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The International Criminal Court (ICC) will switch its internal work environment away from Microsoft Office to Open Desk, a European open source alternative, the institution confirmed to Euractiv.
www.euractiv.com/news/interna...
www.euractiv.com/news/interna...
International Criminal Court to ditch Microsoft Office for European open source alternative | Euractiv
The court will move its internal work environment to Open Desk, a German-developed open source software
www.euractiv.com
October 31, 2025 at 7:25 AM
The International Criminal Court (ICC) will switch its internal work environment away from Microsoft Office to Open Desk, a European open source alternative, the institution confirmed to Euractiv.
www.euractiv.com/news/interna...
www.euractiv.com/news/interna...
#Dijkstra in 2001, to the #UTAustin mucky mucks; "... in the specific comparison of Haskell versus Java, Haskell, though not perfect, is of a quality that is several orders of magnitude higher than Java, which is a mess."
www.cs.utexas.edu/~EWD/transcr...
www.cs.utexas.edu/~EWD/transcr...
E.W.Dijkstra Archive: To the Budget Council (concerning Haskell)
www.cs.utexas.edu
November 1, 2025 at 3:54 PM
#Dijkstra in 2001, to the #UTAustin mucky mucks; "... in the specific comparison of Haskell versus Java, Haskell, though not perfect, is of a quality that is several orders of magnitude higher than Java, which is a mess."
www.cs.utexas.edu/~EWD/transcr...
www.cs.utexas.edu/~EWD/transcr...
Judge rules George R.R. Martin and other authors can sue OpenAI for copyright infringement
• Said ChatGPT generated 'Game of Thrones' content similar enough to infringe copyright
• OpenAI’s motion to dismiss was denied
• Said ChatGPT generated 'Game of Thrones' content similar enough to infringe copyright
• OpenAI’s motion to dismiss was denied
October 30, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Aah, food for the soul.
October 30, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Aah, food for the soul.
"Leave to remain": is there any British Govt. phrase more emblematic of its own confusions? #UK #Britain #immigration
October 29, 2025 at 4:28 PM
"Leave to remain": is there any British Govt. phrase more emblematic of its own confusions? #UK #Britain #immigration
The snowflakiness of this regime reaches new heights. And they claim to be against "cancel culture".
They revoked Wole Soyinka’s US visa? I keep typing reactions and deleting them. Another new low.
The first African author to win the Nobel in literature, Soyinka has been an outspoken critic of governments worldwide.
October 29, 2025 at 4:21 PM
The snowflakiness of this regime reaches new heights. And they claim to be against "cancel culture".
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TLDR; The PSF has made the decision to put our community and our shared diversity, equity, and inclusion values ahead of seeking $1.5M in new revenue. Please read and share. pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-...
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The official home of the Python Programming Language
www.python.org
October 27, 2025 at 2:47 PM
TLDR; The PSF has made the decision to put our community and our shared diversity, equity, and inclusion values ahead of seeking $1.5M in new revenue. Please read and share. pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-...
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At a fundamental level, we have to accept much of silicon valley has gone insane.
An ex-Intel CEO’s mission to build a Christian AI: ‘hasten the coming of Christ’s return’
Patrick Gelsinger, executive chairman of Gloo, has made it his mission to advance Christian principles in Silicon Valley
www.theguardian.com
October 28, 2025 at 1:28 PM
At a fundamental level, we have to accept much of silicon valley has gone insane.
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Freddie Mercury came to the UK as a kid because people that looked like him were being killed back home in Zanzibar.
In the UK, he formed Queen.
In the UK, he became a global icon.
📍 Liverpool, where Freddie Mercury met Brian May
In the UK, he formed Queen.
In the UK, he became a global icon.
📍 Liverpool, where Freddie Mercury met Brian May
October 27, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Freddie Mercury came to the UK as a kid because people that looked like him were being killed back home in Zanzibar.
In the UK, he formed Queen.
In the UK, he became a global icon.
📍 Liverpool, where Freddie Mercury met Brian May
In the UK, he formed Queen.
In the UK, he became a global icon.
📍 Liverpool, where Freddie Mercury met Brian May