Universities would prefer not to.
Universities would prefer not to.
AI and the degree monopoly
hollisrobbinsanecdotal.substack.com
Masayuki Hatta
@mhatta.org
A hacker wannabe from Japan. This account features my rants mainly in Japanese or English. Signal: mhatta.59
Odd Lots: The Tungsten Market Is Warning of an Upcoming War - Bloomberg
Odd Lots: The Tungsten Market Is Warning of an Upcoming War - Bloomberg
Understand every aspect of the global economy – and know how to make your next move.
bloomberg.com
The economics of H-1B immigration - Marginal REVOLUTION
The economics of H-1B immigration - Marginal REVOLUTION
We study the effects of H-1B immigration on U.S. industries that employ H-1B workers and their trading partners. Using a novel cross-industry design and the 1999–2003 expansion of the H-1B visa cap…
marginalrevolution.com
The Book That Predicted Pete Hegseth’s Failures
The Book That Predicted Pete Hegseth’s Failures
‘On the Psychology of Military Incompetence’ examines the narrow minds of petty men.
foreignpolicy.com
The truth about blushing: why we do it, how we can resist it – and why it’s actually good for us
The truth about blushing: why we do it, how we can resist it – and why it’s actually good for us
Humans are the only animals whose faces redden with embarrassment. Should we see that as an affliction, or as a blessing?
theguardian.com
まあ、トランプ政権に限らず他国に借りを作ったら普通なんかお返しをしなければならんわけだが、たぶん米国のAIだのデータセンタだのにもっと投資しろと言ってくるんじゃないかねえ。でも俺の理解では、孫さんがOpenAIの株担保にして金借りようとしたら蹴られたように、もう自分の了見でバクチ打ってる連中は投資対象としてのAIやら何やらにはかなり懐疑的というか、出し渋ってるよな。でも高市とか取り巻きはAI驚き屋を真に受けて分かってないからウィンウィンホクホクとか言って金出しそう。
The first U.S.-Japan coordinated purchases of yen in decades was "a signal of friendship," according to U.S. President Donald Trump. Most observers doubt it was so simple.
Bessent’s yen rescue to boost U.S. pressure on Japan trade, rates
Analysts described a range of U.S. interests at stake in helping Japan pull the yen back from near four-decade lows against the dollar.
ebx.sh
New Pass-ta-key attacks let malware hijack Google-synced passkeys
New Pass-ta-key attacks let malware hijack Google-synced passkeys
Security researchers have discovered three attacks that allow malware on already-compromised Windows devices to abuse Google Password Manager's synced passkeys to take over accounts, bypass user…
bleepingcomputer.com
Build Your Own Browser Tools Without a Backend - J Lopes
Build Your Own Browser Tools Without a Backend - J Lopes
Many free online tools want your email first. Most of what they do can happen in the browser instead, and this is how.
jlopes.eu
If you haven't yet, I highly recommend watching/listening to this interview with @toni.bsky.team about where both Bluesky and the wider Atmosphere are heading. Lots of good stuff in there. The key: empowering everyone to do more *if* they want to. youtu.be/F219IizDOnQ?...
Bluesky’s new CEO wants a big tent, not a bubble | Decoder
YouTube video by Decoder with Nilay Patel
youtu.be
愛国ポルノというのがあるが、出羽守マスターベーションというのか、「海外在住のワタシから見た日本はダメダメ」みたいなのも、結局自分スゴイと言いたいだけのナルシシズムの産物で、具体的な改善策というのもなさそうだし、あまりみっともいいものではないね
The request from a senior officer at the US military command carrying out President Trump’s war with Iran came in an email: We need ideas. https://cnn.it/4xcYdul
Odds on this guy ever having been to the two August 1945 sites? Or know what they are? (Which every Japanese schoolchild learns.) And why it was them? Or know about Curtis LeMay and Tokyo 1945, which was not a "surprise" but was... something he should know about? My bet is 0% on any of these.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3d agoTrump: "Japan has been very good to us with the exception of Pearl Harbor"
Australia's internet regulator revealed in a recent study that teenagers are continuing to use social media despite ban.
Australia's under-16 social media ban failing, study shows: What it means
Australia's internet regulator revealed in a recent study that teenagers are continuing to use social media despite ban.
aljazeera.com
China’s tech advances are causing chaos from Silicon Valley to the White House
China’s tech advances are causing chaos from Silicon Valley to the White House
New AI models, advanced robots and specialty computer chips are unsettling markets and the US tech industry.
theguardian.com
A Surveillance Treaty in Disguise: The Trouble With Canada's Quiet Decision to Sign the UN Cybercrime Convention - Michael Geist
A Surveillance Treaty in Disguise: The Trouble With Canada's Quiet Decision to Sign the UN Cybercrime Convention - Michael Geist
Last week, the government announced that Canada has signed the United Nations Convention against Cybercrime, with Ministers Anita Anand, Gary Anandasangaree and Sean Fraser touting the treaty’s child…
michaelgeist.ca
What is Distributed Key Generation (DKG)? — Stoffel Blog
What is Distributed Key Generation (DKG)? — Stoffel Blog
A beginner-friendly walkthrough of distributed key generation: how a group can create a shared key that no single party ever holds, using basic MPC.
stoffelmpc.com