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Free the software! Java, HotSpot, OpenJDK. I post in a personal capacity, not on behalf of my employer or any other organization. πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈ

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Second degree? What would it have taken to reach first degree, I wonder. Some people are utterly consumed by hate.

14.02.2025 18:32 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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🌳The Crowhurst Yew, thought to be 4,000 years old, predates Christianity itself. A living portal through time. πŸ•°οΈIt’s one of the locations in my Ultimate Guide to Time Travel: 10 Places That Confound the Time Continuum.

Step inside: www.digest.andymarshall.co/the-ultimate...

14.02.2025 06:54 β€” πŸ‘ 161    πŸ” 35    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 2

So in theory, then, you could perform a computation on quantum computer A, transport the result without measuring it, then perform another computation that uses the result, right?

10.02.2025 09:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Exactly. How do you know that your MP has a good conscience without knowing which way they vote? It's not possible for everyone to know their MP well.

09.02.2025 11:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

please stop bringing Ye's trash from Over There to Over Here

07.02.2025 18:55 β€” πŸ‘ 8802    πŸ” 642    πŸ’¬ 83    πŸ“Œ 53
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Bradford clean air zone saves NHS over Β£30,000 a month in first year After one year of the zone, which is the second largest in England, GP visits for respiratory illnesses were down by a quarter

Lots of opposition to this, but the results so far are looking good. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

07.02.2025 17:08 β€” πŸ‘ 56    πŸ” 20    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1

Except for all the others.

07.02.2025 20:43 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Why Diversity Programs Fail After Wall Street firms repeatedly had to shell out millions to settle discrimination lawsuits, businesses started to get serious about their efforts to increase diversity. But unfortunately, they don...

My problem with DEI has always been where the approah works. I've tried to engage it's proponents numerous times on the tactics and whether the assumption they made were valid.

>>It shouldn’t be surprising that most diversity programs aren’t increasing diversity.<<

hbr.org/2016/07/why-...

06.02.2025 23:14 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Err, wut? So cishet men are too biased to reoort on cishet issues? πŸ€”

05.02.2025 16:18 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Run away from cavity wall insulation

02.02.2025 09:17 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Also: seek local expert advice

02.02.2025 09:15 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It depends on where the house is. If you are in Northern Britain near the West Coast, watch out

02.02.2025 09:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I notice the way that people writing stuff like this prefix a preposterous assertion with "Of course".

30.01.2025 12:40 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Gods, that's not so much a feed as an absolute torrent. I'm glad that the service exists, but what a grim story it tells.

29.01.2025 17:42 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Landmark High Court ruling on GDPR consent to profiling and targeting in RTM v Bonne Terre - Analysis A new data rights agency

A very important High Court decision won by our friends at AWO about the unlawful targeting by betting companies of gambling addicts. www.awo.agency/blog/rtm-v-b...

28.01.2025 12:41 β€” πŸ‘ 205    πŸ” 46    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

Ok, quick thread on why DeepSeek is blowing up assumptions about LLMs and maybe the whole (U.S.) AI industry. DeepSeek is an AI lab funded by a Chinese hedge fund, their AI code is open source, meaning freely available to use, which most big U.S. models (aside from Meta’s) are not. That’s the start…

27.01.2025 13:04 β€” πŸ‘ 3479    πŸ” 1030    πŸ’¬ 120    πŸ“Œ 251

And also, the authors of articles like that do tend to assume that people somehow produce better (or more) work in a busy office

27.01.2025 09:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Mm, that did strike an odd note. Being able to fetch the kids makes remote working a feasible option for many people.

27.01.2025 09:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Desert Island Discs - Nick Cave, singer and writer - BBC Sounds Nick Cave, singer and writer, shares the soundtrack of his life with Lauren Laverne.

Just wonderful.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

26.01.2025 14:58 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Too right.

24.01.2025 13:49 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Trouble is, the AI scrapes this stuff and it turns into the truth.

24.01.2025 13:36 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Ah, I see. So the OP wasn't talking about towers at all, but line toers. Vv confusing, sorry.

24.01.2025 13:35 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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"Toe" the line. As in toes. Literally to stand with your toes on a line. www.google.com/search?q=toe...

24.01.2025 12:36 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Over this side of the Atlantic, we've got "youse", sometimes spelt "yous".
Wiktionary says "you" was originally plural, with "ye" for singular. Language...

22.01.2025 11:49 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

You do not have to consume every single tiny piece of bad news in order to be a good person. It’s ok to miss things. Traumatizing yourself isn’t the same as activism. Bearing witness to the point that you’re paralyzed with fear and horror and fury isn’t going to help us get through this.

17.01.2025 17:06 β€” πŸ‘ 5278    πŸ” 1987    πŸ’¬ 68    πŸ“Œ 95
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I have a big ask. My 9yo son is autistic and he’s been raising a betta fish he named Kevin. Yesterday He asked if he could β€œshare a photo of Kevin with the whole worldβ€œ. I don’t know if this will work, but a dad’s gotta try. Like and share if that’s your thing. Kevin says hi! πŸŸπŸ‘‹

21.01.2025 18:20 β€” πŸ‘ 12809    πŸ” 2929    πŸ’¬ 1098    πŸ“Œ 286

Right, this was when I was eighteen so don't judge me too harshly. Or if you think drugs are cool and I'm a legend, fill your boots. Anyway, at the time I was working through college in Dublin with bar shifts at [redacted] music venue. One day I get a call on my day off.

03.05.2024 10:25 β€” πŸ‘ 375    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 7

Love it, thanks.

20.01.2025 20:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I don't think I've ever heard any argument as such, just a long stream of assertions.

20.01.2025 16:52 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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