Alexandre
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Alexandre
@alexandre.world
In 1967, Al Jaffee imagined an “idiot-proof” typewriter that corrected your mistakes in real time.

Basically GPT & ChatGPT... before we even had computers.

“isn't perfection better than sentiment?”

The man saw it coming 🥲
April 7, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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📉 Market dipped. Liquidations everywhere.

Me:
a man in a suit and tie is saying i 'm not one for " i told you so " but
ALT: a man in a suit and tie is saying i 'm not one for " i told you so " but
media.tenor.com
February 25, 2025 at 1:46 PM
I feel like Europe as a whole received a lot of unfair criticism in the last years...
European stocks on track to outpace global rivals in January
Benchmark Stoxx Europe 600 up more than 6% as tariff fears subside and investors flee US tech stocks
www.ft.com
January 31, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Busy updating your copyright years?
Use this and never do it again: getfullyear.com

This is brilliant. With its fair share of easter eggs, it's criticism that our industry deserves
Never Have Outdated Footer Dates Again
getfullyear.com
January 7, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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New blog post: Most people don't care about quality

https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2024/12/most-people-dont-care-about-quality/

My friend, the photographer Paul Clarke has an uncanny eye for detail. Every single shot he publishes is beautiful - they capture life in a way that I don't have the …
Most people don't care about quality
My friend, the photographer Paul Clarke has an uncanny eye for detail. Every single shot he publishes is beautiful - they capture life in a way that I don't have the language to describe. I'm quite content to point my phone at someone, use the default settings, and grab a snap. My photos lack composition, clarity, focus, mise-en-scène, proper lighting and a thousand-and-one details that I've never even thought of. Paul has published an essay about official photographs of politicians. In it, he …
shkspr.mobi
December 30, 2024 at 12:45 PM
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For Maths fans, 2025 is a square.
45² = 45 x 45 = 2025
Also,
9² x 5² = 2025
40² + 20² + 5² = 2025
My favourite?
1³+2³+3³+4³+5³+6³+7³+8³+9³ = 2025
#Mathematics #teaching #education
January 1, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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As Tether says it is on track for a record $10B net profit in 2024, banks around the world are exploring launching their own stablecoins for payments (Bloomberg)

Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
December 30, 2024 at 5:55 AM
Blockchain stablecoins are such a good product already…
December 30, 2024 at 2:35 PM
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Hello Less Hateful World
November 12, 2024 at 1:37 PM
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You can now sign up for Bluesky without an invite! 🎉

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bsky.social
February 6, 2024 at 2:09 PM
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📢 Call for developers!

On the AT Protocol, third-party can be as seamless as first-party through custom feeds, federated services, clients, and more.

We'd love to welcome more devs to the network to join us in building these services. Please share this short form with developers!
Bluesky Developer Waitlist
Bluesky is an open social network built on the AT Protocol, a flexible technology that will never lock developers out of the ecosystems that they help build. With atproto, third-party can be as seamle...
forms.gle
August 2, 2023 at 9:26 PM
Hello, Bluesky!
July 30, 2023 at 9:20 AM