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Edinburgh castle failing to render, likely thanks to the AWS outage
October 20, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Edinburgh castle failing to render, likely thanks to the AWS outage
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This remains the funniest way to hear about an internet outage, though.
October 20, 2025 at 8:41 AM
This remains the funniest way to hear about an internet outage, though.
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We apologise for the current eggs outage. It appears the basket is down.
October 20, 2025 at 8:48 AM
We apologise for the current eggs outage. It appears the basket is down.
The joy of being on-call when us-east-1 goes down.
October 20, 2025 at 8:00 AM
The joy of being on-call when us-east-1 goes down.
“AI will soon replace us all”
October 3, 2025 at 1:06 PM
“AI will soon replace us all”
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There is a vast difference in the architecture of a software-intensive system whose output must always be accurate and precise versus one whose output can just be good enough.
September 23, 2025 at 7:52 PM
There is a vast difference in the architecture of a software-intensive system whose output must always be accurate and precise versus one whose output can just be good enough.
Wait, 100k per year? Does that apply to existing H-1Bs?
Trump signs an EO on H-1Bs raising "the fee that companies pay to sponsor H1-B applicants to $100,000"
September 19, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Wait, 100k per year? Does that apply to existing H-1Bs?
no shit techcrunch.com/2025/09/08/s...
Sam Altman says that bots are making social media feel 'fake' | TechCrunch
After watching Reddit's OpenAI and Anthropic communities, Sam Altman thinks social media cannot be trusted. And bots are to blame.
techcrunch.com
September 10, 2025 at 1:45 PM
no shit techcrunch.com/2025/09/08/s...
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"Microsoft also warns against using the AI function for numerical calculations or in “high-stakes scenarios” with legal, regulatory, and compliance implications, as COPILOT “can give incorrect responses.”"
Because who doesn't love nondeterministic spreadsheets?
Because who doesn't love nondeterministic spreadsheets?
Microsoft rolls out a COPILOT function in Excel for users in the Beta Channel, letting them use text prompts to categorize data, summarize feedback, and more (Sean Endicott/Windows Central)
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
August 19, 2025 at 11:15 PM
"Microsoft also warns against using the AI function for numerical calculations or in “high-stakes scenarios” with legal, regulatory, and compliance implications, as COPILOT “can give incorrect responses.”"
Because who doesn't love nondeterministic spreadsheets?
Because who doesn't love nondeterministic spreadsheets?
Any Brazilian who has ever answered a US form with a race question like this can attest that it’s impossible to answer accurately.
SCOOP: Mamdani Identified as Asian and African American on College Application
I co-report for The New York Times: Zohran Mamdani was born in Uganda. He doesn’t consider himself Black but said the application didn’t allow for the complexity of his background.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/03/n...
I co-report for The New York Times: Zohran Mamdani was born in Uganda. He doesn’t consider himself Black but said the application didn’t allow for the complexity of his background.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/03/n...
Mamdani Identified as Asian and African American on College Application
www.nytimes.com
July 3, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Any Brazilian who has ever answered a US form with a race question like this can attest that it’s impossible to answer accurately.
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Eu adoro o conceito do empresariado brasileiro de fazer conferência em Cannes, Nova York, Londres, Roma, etc... Para discutir como economizar dinheiro.
Dica: faz conferência em Poços de Caldas! Vai economizar dinheiro e gerar emprego. E tem umas vinícola ali do lado.
Dica: faz conferência em Poços de Caldas! Vai economizar dinheiro e gerar emprego. E tem umas vinícola ali do lado.
Diretor criativo de uma das maiores agências de publicidade do país falando que IA é bom pois "IA não reclama, IA não fica doente, IA não pede aumento".
Ou seja: é um discurso escravagista. Se esse cara pudesse, ele teria escravos. E o pior é que se bobear a família dele teve escravos mesmo
Ou seja: é um discurso escravagista. Se esse cara pudesse, ele teria escravos. E o pior é que se bobear a família dele teve escravos mesmo
June 22, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Eu adoro o conceito do empresariado brasileiro de fazer conferência em Cannes, Nova York, Londres, Roma, etc... Para discutir como economizar dinheiro.
Dica: faz conferência em Poços de Caldas! Vai economizar dinheiro e gerar emprego. E tem umas vinícola ali do lado.
Dica: faz conferência em Poços de Caldas! Vai economizar dinheiro e gerar emprego. E tem umas vinícola ali do lado.
I will listen to your tech hot takes if, and only if, you’ve shipped production code recently *and* have been the primary on-call.
June 19, 2025 at 11:05 PM
I will listen to your tech hot takes if, and only if, you’ve shipped production code recently *and* have been the primary on-call.
I’m starting to state in my PRs “No AI was used to generate any of this code”
June 18, 2025 at 8:48 PM
I’m starting to state in my PRs “No AI was used to generate any of this code”
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I am begging for a Hollywood movie or TV writer to make something that features realistic 'artificial intelligence'
May 24, 2025 at 7:35 PM
I am begging for a Hollywood movie or TV writer to make something that features realistic 'artificial intelligence'
AI is leveling the playing field for software engineers. Now every programmer, regardless of how many years of experience they have, writes code like a junior developer fresh out of a coding bootcamp.
May 22, 2025 at 6:56 PM
AI is leveling the playing field for software engineers. Now every programmer, regardless of how many years of experience they have, writes code like a junior developer fresh out of a coding bootcamp.
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Two-and-a-half decades, entire generations of engineering careers, several lakes boiled, and the VC cash equivalent of a couple of dozen developing nations' net worth, and we've reinvented lastminute and the online concierge services from the tail end of the dot-com boom.
May 20, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Two-and-a-half decades, entire generations of engineering careers, several lakes boiled, and the VC cash equivalent of a couple of dozen developing nations' net worth, and we've reinvented lastminute and the online concierge services from the tail end of the dot-com boom.
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Wow: after 15 years, YouTube has taken down the original 'Rick Roll' video due to a "licensing issue," likely due to the acquisition of Astley's record lable.
The metadata remains, but if you click through it goes to 'video not found':
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4...
The metadata remains, but if you click through it goes to 'video not found':
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4...
Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by Rick Astley
www.youtube.com
May 19, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Wow: after 15 years, YouTube has taken down the original 'Rick Roll' video due to a "licensing issue," likely due to the acquisition of Astley's record lable.
The metadata remains, but if you click through it goes to 'video not found':
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4...
The metadata remains, but if you click through it goes to 'video not found':
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4...
welp, I guess it's one of those days ...
May 13, 2025 at 7:18 PM
welp, I guess it's one of those days ...
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