Libraries make us a harder target for authoritarianism. Equal access to info, ideas, and space that doesn’t require a purchase to belong. Also: using the library means money stays in your community instead of streaming out to Amazon. 📚 What’s checked out on your card right now?
No matter what line of work you’re in, no matter what position you fill in that job, may you never be known as “that one person everyone just complies with to make them go away” I’ve had to interact with my company’s version of that guy twice today and I want to bash his teeth in.
Air conditioning is unapologetically a good thing because it helps people not die. And one good thing about air conditioning is that it largely needs to run during the day when solar power is at its maximum: it can and should align with clean energy goals.
“Piracy is the most effective form of artistic distribution these days. So be it.” -Werner Herzog on NPR just now 🔥
One day the industry will recognize the drawbacks of AI agents and nondeterministic automation, and rediscover the UNIX philosophy of chaining together small purpose built tools in a low cost and predictable way, otherwise known as shell scripts.
Wanting people to not support a corporate shill sexual abuser who pushes Islamophobic rhetoric against a fellow candidate isn't a "purity test". You shouldn't support a corporate shill sexual abuser who pushes Islamophobic rhetoric against a fellow candidate, that's just something you shouldn't do.
People who don’t like AI aren’t in denial about how useful it is. People who like AI are in denial about how useful it is
yeah, I definitely need to pick up self defence again.
Josh Spero@joshspero.ft.com · 2y agoVance met the AfD’s Alice Weidel after his speech in Munich
Unfortunately i was wrong, the Conductor confirmed on Facebook it was the acronym of a south Italian idiomatic sentence :( www.facebook.com/100001137634... Disappointed but not surprised #bds #sanremo #sanremo25
Fabio Barnaba
Mi hanno chiesto cosa significa BDS. Questa la mia spiegazione: È un motto per dire “sangue sudore e lacrime” in tarantino, è un acronimo che rappresenta i sacrifici che i musicisti fanno per...
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Orchestra Conductor Maestro Fabio Barnaba at #Sanremo Music Festival Just went on live TV with a #BDS t-shirt There is a good chance it was in support of en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boycott... Glad to see *some* defiance in such a high profile place.
Gotta love coding projects where part of your plan is apologizing in the comments. I'm about to commit war crimes on some of my codebase. :-/
Orchestra Conductor Maestro Fabio Barnaba at #Sanremo Music Festival Just went on live TV with a #BDS t-shirt There is a good chance it was in support of en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boycott... Glad to see *some* defiance in such a high profile place.
Would it be nice if these systems were more efficient? Maybe. But I don't want an algorithm making healthcare decisions for me. We already have that in the health insurance industry AND IT'S NOT GOING SO GREAT
If you call my company's phone numbers, you will hear this song play. It is legitimately my fault. I suggested this as the hold music as a joke in 2020, nobody said no, and to this day it's still in place.
If someone makes “tampon Tim: stopping the red wave” t-shirts, that’s probably another million dollars in fundraising for the campaign
Tim Walz was definitely playing NFL 2K. 1. Minnesota football coach 2. Year after 98 Vikings 3. Randy Moss was on the cover No-brainer. (I secretly hope he was big into Soul Calibur or MvC 2).
Brandon Sheffield@brandon.insertcredit.com · 2y agoTim Walz, Dreamcast enthusiast. The election is over dnyuz.com/2024/08/09/t...
