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The Macbook Neo looks.... Like you should just buy a refurbished Macbook Air with better specs for about the same price....

04.03.2026 16:03 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Black women are my biggest inspirations in life. Always have been, always will be.

04.03.2026 16:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

snapped! πŸ”₯

03.03.2026 17:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

we all did πŸ˜‚

02.03.2026 22:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

yeah, I've gotten into the habit of having AI explain everything in simple terms to me when it produces something I'm unfamiliar with. And even then, it's still best to do your own research/studying πŸ˜…

02.03.2026 17:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

See the problem is, they're not shipping fast enough. Ship faster, no more bugs. It's basic math.

02.03.2026 17:49 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I wish Slack would release a hosting plan for communities that don't have a ton of money but still wanna stay connected and be able to see messages in the archive from 6+ months ago. You're either on the free plan or you're paying a ton of cash, no in between.

02.03.2026 17:46 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Across social media and the Al industry, people immediately began to challenge Altman's claim.
Why, they asked, would the Pentagon suddenly agree to the red lines that it had said β€” in no uncertain terms β€” that it would never do so?
The answer, sources told The Verge, is that the Pentagon didn't budge. OpenAl agreed to follow laws that have allowed for mass surveillance in the past, while insisting they protect its red lines.
One source familiar with the Pentagon's negotiations with Al companies confirmed that OpenAl's deal is much softer than the one Anthropic was pushing for, thanks largely to three words: "any lawful use." In negotiations, the person said, the Pentagon wouldn't back down on its desire to collect and analyze bulk data on Americans. If you look line-by-line at the OpenAl terms, the source said, every aspect of it boils down to: If it's technically legal, then the US military can use OpenAl's technology to carry it out. And over the past decades, the US government has stretched the definition of
"technically legal" to cover sweeping mass surveillance programs - and more.

Across social media and the Al industry, people immediately began to challenge Altman's claim. Why, they asked, would the Pentagon suddenly agree to the red lines that it had said β€” in no uncertain terms β€” that it would never do so? The answer, sources told The Verge, is that the Pentagon didn't budge. OpenAl agreed to follow laws that have allowed for mass surveillance in the past, while insisting they protect its red lines. One source familiar with the Pentagon's negotiations with Al companies confirmed that OpenAl's deal is much softer than the one Anthropic was pushing for, thanks largely to three words: "any lawful use." In negotiations, the person said, the Pentagon wouldn't back down on its desire to collect and analyze bulk data on Americans. If you look line-by-line at the OpenAl terms, the source said, every aspect of it boils down to: If it's technically legal, then the US military can use OpenAl's technology to carry it out. And over the past decades, the US government has stretched the definition of "technically legal" to cover sweeping mass surveillance programs - and more.

Sam Altman got played and spun it like a win - @haydenfield.bsky.social has the scoop from a weekend’s worth of reporting from inside the Pentagon AI negotiations. www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...

02.03.2026 14:30 β€” πŸ‘ 275    πŸ” 101    πŸ’¬ 16    πŸ“Œ 5

I honestly can't think of too many times whereas having Terraform actually SAVED me engineering time. Today included.

02.03.2026 15:53 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Today's the last day!! Think you've got till midnight if you wanna transfer points over for the bonus.

01.03.2026 03:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm always gonna find a good excuse to travel for cheap! πŸ˜‚

01.03.2026 02:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Just took advantage of Chase's 40% transfer bonus to Virgin Atlantic and booked a flight to Japan for 41,000 points πŸ”₯

01.03.2026 02:04 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Finished filming the next video for my Build in Public series πŸ₯³ Starting the edit tomorrow morning. Hopefully will have it published to Youtube later this week.

01.03.2026 00:50 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Pretty much sums up my experience as well πŸ˜…

01.03.2026 00:03 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I've been using a combination of Claude, Chat GPT, Gemini and Copilot for the last few months, assessing the best for my use cases. I'm cancelling everything except for my Claude subscription.

28.02.2026 22:17 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Make no mistake, Block will be the first but not the last. Several other larger tech companies will certainly follow suite over the next year unfortunately.

27.02.2026 17:25 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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a cartoon monkey wearing a pirate hat is playing drums in a band ALT: a cartoon monkey wearing a pirate hat is playing drums in a band
27.02.2026 15:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Block shares soar 24% as company slashes workforce by nearly half Block said Thursday it's laying off more than 4,000 employees, or about half of its headcount.

Jeez... Sending love to my peeps at Block. Slashing half of the workforce when the company's profits were north of $10 billion last year is WILD.

26.02.2026 23:15 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Get her a guitar or keyboard asap! That baby has some things to get off her chest! πŸ˜‚

25.02.2026 13:41 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Technology has advanced far enough. Stop it.

25.02.2026 13:38 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I could understand season 1 being short when you're not sure if the show will be successful. It's successful, make it longer lol

23.02.2026 20:18 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

6 episodes? πŸ₯΄

23.02.2026 17:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Github contribution graphs have been pointless in measuring a developers productivity. Made even more pointless now with AI. Just slop together a bunch of commits to fake productivity πŸ”₯

20.02.2026 18:35 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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a boy is sitting at a table with a plate of food and the words oh we 're feasting written above him ALT: a boy is sitting at a table with a plate of food and the words oh we 're feasting written above him

These last two months, we've received albums from J Cole, Don Toliver, Baby Keem and Ari Lennox. A great year for music already πŸ”₯

20.02.2026 16:27 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This has been my exact thought process.

20.02.2026 13:27 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

That's enough deaths for the year, no more please. Thank you.

20.02.2026 04:44 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Chicago had a 64 degree day, mid-February. Hottest day in February ever recorded. Still having trouble wrapping my head around that.

18.02.2026 14:48 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Pre-ordered my copy last year. Looking forward to reading it πŸ™ŒπŸΎ

18.02.2026 13:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It's almost time to start shopping and planning out my summer wardrobe. I'm excited! ☺️

17.02.2026 01:21 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
β€œSpider-Noir” –  True-Hue Full Color Teaser Trailer | Prime Video
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Immediately yes!

12.02.2026 18:04 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0