Alan Beckles MD MS
@alanbeckles.bsky.social
Machine learning engineer/cardiologist/electrical engineer Self taught jazz pianist
I have tickets for the 10 pm show on Friday at the legendary Village Vanguard Jazz Club in New York, but if you can't make it in person, there are other options. Saw Him twice, one of the most unique voices in modern jazz... I will be the guy in the Pork Pie Hat #JazzMusic #JazzSky #NewYork
Mailbird Next Review – The best alternative to Gmail with more modern and intuitive interface Google recently announced that Gmail would be discontinuing its ability to fetch emails from third-party email servers using POP, with the feature scheduled to disappear completely in January 2027. This…
Mailbird Next Review – The best alternative to Gmail with more modern and intuitive interface
Google recently announced that Gmail would be discontinuing its ability to fetch emails from third-party email servers using POP, with the feature scheduled to disappear completely in January 2027. This was rather inconvenient for me because I’ve been using Gmail to manage emails from my Craving Tech domain for years (and I know a lot of people do too). With Google phasing out this functionality, I had to find another solution.
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Interior Secretary Doug Burgum is leading the Trump administration’s push to build AI data centers on federal public lands. Burgum just so happens to own up to $64.4 MILLION in investments in AI companies. This is the exact type of thing Democrats must use their oversight power to investigate.
Trump Official Who Wants Data Centers on Public Lands Has Tens of Millions Invested in AI Industry
Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, who is heavily invested in the AI industry, is leading the charge to allow tech companies to build data centers on the public lands he oversees.
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Not every step in a workflow needs a full LLM. Shuai Guo builds a browser automation that pairs a decision model with an LLM and Python, then tests whether it beats using an LLM for everything.
Decision Models in Action: Build a Hybrid LLM Workflow
A hands-on guide to building browser automation by combining decision models with LLMs.
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🐦👏 Donald Byrd - Byrd in Hand (1959) Donald Byrd – trumpet Charlie Rouse – tenor Pepper Adams – bari Walter Davis Jr – piano Sam Jones – bass Art Taylor – drums #nowspinning #jazzsky #vinyl
"Building a Serverless Student Productivity App Using AWS" by RAVISHANKAR K
Building a Serverless Student Productivity App Using AWS
Explore how AWS serverless services can be used to design a Student Productivity App. Learn about AWS Lambda, Amazon API Gateway, Amazon DynamoDB, and Amazon S3 in a practical application architecture.
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SCOOP: Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang began working with a crisis communications firm known for handling public scandals a year before admitting to an extramarital affair with a woman suspected by US intelligence of being a Chinese spy.
Jensen Huang Hired a PR Firm Known for Handling Sex Scandals Last Year
The Nvidia CEO began working with consultants from Heller as early as October 2025, around the same time he was first linked to a suspected Chinese spy.
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People are more worried about the Chinese spy sleeping with Jensen Huang than the Russian agent sleeping in the White House
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"What If the Internet Disappears? Designing Cloud Apps That Keep Working Offline" by KODURI VENKATA NARASIMHA REDDY #amazon-cloudfront #amazon-cloudsearch #amazon-cloudwatch #amazon-cloudwatch-RUM #amazon-cloud-directory
What If the Internet Disappears? Designing Cloud Apps That Keep Working Offline
What happens when the internet disappears while using a cloud application? This article explores how to build offline-first applications using AWS services. Learn how local storage, Progressive Web Apps, API Gateway, AWS Lambda, and DynamoDB work together to preserve user data and synchronize it when connectivity returns. Discover practical architecture, data conflict handling, security considerations, and steps to build a more reliable cloud application.
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AI agents typically only do something after you ask them to. But here, Darsh shows how to build a local AI assistant that runs on a schedule. You'll use Python, Ollama, Qwen, LangChain, cron, and Task Scheduler to run daily agents for common recurring tasks. www.freecodecamp.org/news/how-to-...
Steven Spielberg - another celebrity who understands #AirborneTrandmission
World Health Network@thewhn.bsky.social · 2mo agoSteven Spielberg wears a respirator while being interviewed outside the opening of the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art on September 19, 2026. Respiratory protection doesn’t have to be unusual or disruptive. For many people, it remains a simple, everyday way to reduce the risk of airborne (...)
🤖 MoE Models Show Efficiency Gains with Optimized Routing The study is a comparison table, ten models, routing knobs that differ in five places, and performance that spans four orders of magnitude in sparsity. The... #InferenceOptimization #EnergyCompute #LLM #AI #AIPulse
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Trump appointing Stephen Miller as chief of staff is not a positive development for anyone interested in mending our government or healing our nation. Some thoughts... https://robertreich.substack.com/p/trump-makes-his-chief-bigot-his-chief
Trump Makes His Chief Bigot His Chief of Staff
Not good news
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What can you hand a model that writes up to a million tokens back in one go? Benjamin Nweke walks through Gemini 4 Argon, from setup to pricing.
Welcome to Google Gemini 4 Argon
A million-token output window changes what you can hand a model in one go, and the benchmarks and the bill show who it actually suits.
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BREAKING: Jensen Huang admits affair as Nvidia launches independent investigation into CEO
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang admits affair, board to launch investigation
"I owe my family and all of you an apology," Huang wrote in a draft email to Nvidia employees obtained by Axios.
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