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Success has many fathers, but failure is an orphan

Holy shit! That motherfucker TORE DOWN THE WHITE HOUSE!

AWS' post-outage summary is some dramatic reading: aws.amazon.com/message/1019...

How, in a democratic country, do you prevent people from voting for things that will actively harm them, but they think are a good idea?

We all learned a few key numbers in case of emergency. For example, in case of fire, dial 0118 999 881 119 725 3.

Die jetzige #SPD ist wie ein Fussballteam, dass versucht mit möglichst vielen Eigentoren seine Fans zurückzugewinnen.

I’ve noticed sprint commitments leading to blame and pressure, not partnership and progress.

What's going on with sound mixing? In the last few years, especially but not exclusively in British TV, the audio mix renders dialogue inaudible. The actors mumble; ambience and sometimes the music drowns them out. It wasn't always like this. /1

It's a fancy search result

My recent perspective on search-assisted AI

TBM 376: Why Are We Organized Like This? This post is about understanding why your company is organized and designed the way it is.

"And the truth is, it's always about a buzzword. Whatever buzzword catches on becomes the obsession, and that's all people talk about for a couple of years until the next buzzword takes over and the cycle starts again."

cutlefish.substack.com/p/tbm-376-wh...

Blick auf einen norwegischen Fjord an einem grauen, bewölkten Tag. Ruhige Wasseroberfläche mit sanften Wellen, umgeben von hohen, dunklen Bergen, die im Dunst nach hinten hin immer blasser wirken. Rechts am Bildrand ein kleines Boot mit weißer Spur auf dem Wasser.

Unpopular Opinion...ich finde Naturbilder schöner, ohne dass ich meine Fresse mit aufs Foto schiebe...

#FuckSelfies

(comic) Keyboard Warrior

Say what you want about #Coldplay - creating four singles in one concert has to be a record.

Weiler's Law:
Nothing is impossible for the man who doesn't have to do it himself.

A computer scientist’s perspective on vibe coding:

Remember, if it's not from the Silicon Valley region it's just a sparkling public bus.

Ever sit around playing a video game and asking yourself "do I add business value?"

Normally having an idiot tragically misuse your product wouldn’t be a marketing win.

Howmstever…

The best minds of my generation are thinking about how to make people click ads. That sucks.

-- Jeff Hammerbacher

If you already know the conclusion you want them to come to, “asking questions” can be a pretty condescending way to “lead” professionals.

We work hard all week, there's really no guarantee that once weekend comes, your brain can disengage or that it's given back to you in the same state when the week started.

If you have a really tough week, it takes time to untangle.

They never made the sequels to "Interview with the Vampire":
"Salary and perk negotiation with the Vampire", "Onboarding the Vampire",
"Working with the Vampire"
"Putting the Vampire on PIP",
"Letting go of the Vampire because it hurt share price"

In the age of AI, short form video and hot takes, the competitive advantage of the future is the ability to go deep, read the docs, build something new, learn hard things that take time.

i think that the people interested in recriminations and score settling right now aren’t seriously grappling with the magnitude of what happened and the implications for the rest of our lives. most of us will probably die living in the political order that will emerge out of this election.

so many ppl have left twitter they should call it ex

My main problem in life is that it's real-time multiplayer and not turn-based.

Plan: "Oh boy, almost no meetings today. Time to block off my calendar and catch up on some long term planning and organizing"

Reality: *moving between 7 simultaneous slack conversations at any single moment for 5 straight hours*

Ganz vergessen, dass Dreijährige drei Teller Kartoffelbrei mit Schnitzel zum Abendbrot essen können und dann doch weinend im Bett sitzen, weil sie glauben, ohne Banane nach dem Zähneputzen zu verhungern.

Opinion | Will A.I. Ever Live Up to Its Hype? It’s looking less like an all-powerful being and more like an unreliable intern.

"Of course, A.I. companies are always promising that an actually useful version of their technology is just around the corner."

Will A.I. Ever Live Up to Its Hype? www.nytimes.com/2024/05/15/o...
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