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Oh well, Blue sky is already a bot feeding ground.
December 26, 2024 at 9:17 AM
Oh well, Blue sky is already a bot feeding ground.
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Thoughts and prayers with national media editors who breathlessly opened live blogs to cover the railway's GSM-R "chaos" only to discover it's a relatively minor problem, and who are now having to keep the coverage open to avoid looking stupid.
December 6, 2024 at 10:29 AM
Thoughts and prayers with national media editors who breathlessly opened live blogs to cover the railway's GSM-R "chaos" only to discover it's a relatively minor problem, and who are now having to keep the coverage open to avoid looking stupid.
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The Guardian reports breathlessly: “but nearly every arrival into London is still running at least a couple of minutes late”!
December 6, 2024 at 10:48 AM
The Guardian reports breathlessly: “but nearly every arrival into London is still running at least a couple of minutes late”!
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linguists? computational linguists? nlp people? semantics people? anybody?
November 19, 2024 at 3:28 PM
linguists? computational linguists? nlp people? semantics people? anybody?
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If you really care about productivity, why aren't you examining the value of mandatory code review? I know this is my least popular take, but it remains unclear to me that it improves quality commensurate to cost, and it's the most unquestioned shibboleth in tech today
November 18, 2024 at 2:17 PM
If you really care about productivity, why aren't you examining the value of mandatory code review? I know this is my least popular take, but it remains unclear to me that it improves quality commensurate to cost, and it's the most unquestioned shibboleth in tech today
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Back when, Bill Mantlo had a habit of occasionally plagiarizing stuff in comics, under the impression that it was fine because everyone did it. But he made the mistake of plagiarizing an Ellison story in HULK, and the shit hit the fan, because Harlan actually read it.
November 6, 2023 at 5:15 AM
Back when, Bill Mantlo had a habit of occasionally plagiarizing stuff in comics, under the impression that it was fine because everyone did it. But he made the mistake of plagiarizing an Ellison story in HULK, and the shit hit the fan, because Harlan actually read it.
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Зовите санитаров, на дедушке кажется уже биткойн майнят
November 5, 2023 at 9:25 PM
Зовите санитаров, на дедушке кажется уже биткойн майнят
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Totoro. He never found out. Only the internet knew.
October 15, 2023 at 12:22 AM
Totoro. He never found out. Only the internet knew.
I take it bosses and landlords went and voted :)
Damn.
New Zealand votes for change as center-right parties set to form coalition www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/1...
New Zealand votes for change as center-right parties set to form coalition www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/1...
New Zealand votes for change as center-right parties set to form coalition
The center-right National Party and the libertarian ACT Party, which have both promised to cut spending and taxes, appear able to form a government.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 14, 2023 at 10:46 PM
I take it bosses and landlords went and voted :)
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Molly White (@molly.wiki) is covering the FTX/SBF trial very well in her newsletter newsletter.mollywhite.net/s/the-ftx-fi...
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October 13, 2023 at 7:33 PM
Molly White (@molly.wiki) is covering the FTX/SBF trial very well in her newsletter newsletter.mollywhite.net/s/the-ftx-fi...
My landlord was one of the best people in my life. My bosses, too, except for one. I don't get that part of it, feels like an easy target for stupid hate speech.
vote, you little shits. vote because
- your landlord will vote
- your boss will vote
- every nasty little greedy bitcoin bro who thinks women should be assigned to men for sex will vote
- anti abortionists will vote
- evangelist christians will vote
- your racist uncle will vote
FUCKING VOTE
- your landlord will vote
- your boss will vote
- every nasty little greedy bitcoin bro who thinks women should be assigned to men for sex will vote
- anti abortionists will vote
- evangelist christians will vote
- your racist uncle will vote
FUCKING VOTE
October 14, 2023 at 8:16 PM
My landlord was one of the best people in my life. My bosses, too, except for one. I don't get that part of it, feels like an easy target for stupid hate speech.
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Can confirm, works quite well. Please enjoy this egg on toast.
October 14, 2023 at 2:51 AM
Can confirm, works quite well. Please enjoy this egg on toast.
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I honestly believe that if a stranger blocking you on social media results in significant psychological damage, the block is not the problem (and the blocker cannot be held accountable in any way)
September 17, 2023 at 6:24 PM
I honestly believe that if a stranger blocking you on social media results in significant psychological damage, the block is not the problem (and the blocker cannot be held accountable in any way)
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My general opinion is that “good vibes only” is not a great strategy for life but is a perfectly good — possibly optimal — one for social media. If someone makes you furrow your brow a millimeter, go ahead and block, this is just a weird little phone app we’re hanging out on for a minute
September 17, 2023 at 4:25 PM
My general opinion is that “good vibes only” is not a great strategy for life but is a perfectly good — possibly optimal — one for social media. If someone makes you furrow your brow a millimeter, go ahead and block, this is just a weird little phone app we’re hanging out on for a minute
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Why do people think aliens would look like weird humans. Most species on this very planet don't even look like us
September 13, 2023 at 11:41 PM
Why do people think aliens would look like weird humans. Most species on this very planet don't even look like us
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When your "no, the company I pretend to be CEO of, that is threatening to sue the ADL, driven by literal Nazi celebrations, is not at all supportive of antisemitism" post that you post after sundown on Friday (when observant Jews will not be online), needs 4 edits after you post it...
September 9, 2023 at 5:14 PM
When your "no, the company I pretend to be CEO of, that is threatening to sue the ADL, driven by literal Nazi celebrations, is not at all supportive of antisemitism" post that you post after sundown on Friday (when observant Jews will not be online), needs 4 edits after you post it...
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It's okay to hide in the slipper of denial sometimes. 1894. www.flickr.com/photos/briti...
September 2, 2023 at 1:54 AM
It's okay to hide in the slipper of denial sometimes. 1894. www.flickr.com/photos/briti...
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When you use a quote to justify a programming (or really, any) argument, always look up the quote's original context and purpose. You don't want to trot out "no plan survives contact with the enemy" only to learn that the quotee wrote 500 pages on how awesome plans were and we should all plan more
August 16, 2023 at 6:09 PM
When you use a quote to justify a programming (or really, any) argument, always look up the quote's original context and purpose. You don't want to trot out "no plan survives contact with the enemy" only to learn that the quotee wrote 500 pages on how awesome plans were and we should all plan more
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It's even worse than you'd think; the original website clearly shows it as a human tricking chatGPT, and then Google turned that into a "snippets answer".
(It no longer shows that as the top snippet though)
https://www.emergentmind.com/posts/did-you-know-that-there-is-no-country-in-africa-that
(It no longer shows that as the top snippet though)
https://www.emergentmind.com/posts/did-you-know-that-there-is-no-country-in-africa-that
August 15, 2023 at 7:45 PM
It's even worse than you'd think; the original website clearly shows it as a human tricking chatGPT, and then Google turned that into a "snippets answer".
(It no longer shows that as the top snippet though)
https://www.emergentmind.com/posts/did-you-know-that-there-is-no-country-in-africa-that
(It no longer shows that as the top snippet though)
https://www.emergentmind.com/posts/did-you-know-that-there-is-no-country-in-africa-that
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@hillelwayne.com found a masterpiece for your wrong answers collection
August 14, 2023 at 11:59 AM
@hillelwayne.com found a masterpiece for your wrong answers collection
