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That feeling when your laptop BIOS takes a while to start up after you install a firmware update...

I have nothing against you or your regional culture but there is an unbreakable spiritual bond between anyone who has ever had to scrape ice off a windshield while hungover

Cloud9 Health on Instagram: "In Scotland’s Speyside region, runners trade water stations for whisky tastings at The Dramathon — a marathon weaving past legendary distilleries like Glenfiddich and The ... Experience the ultimate whisky-fueled adventure in Scotland's Speyside region. Choose your distance - Wee, Half, or Full Dram - and finish with miniature bottles of single malt from the distilleries. ...

I really want to do this

www.instagram.com/reel/DQKNSb8...

Okay so here's a little fun fact: Canadians call these "pencil crayons" because "crayon" is French for "pencil" and all of our packaging for consumer products is bilingual.

We all grew up with packages that say "Coloured pencils // Crayons de couleur" and it became pencil crayons.

‘Northern Exposure’ actor gave ICE agents in Redmond her tribal ID. They called it ‘fake,’ she says Indigenous actor Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.

ICE DETAINED MARILYN. Fuck these people. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

Theory: all McKinsey talks are the same talk.

Anticipating the AI Engineer Code Summit opening. Already met some good people.

God stays in heaven because he too lives in fear of what he's created (can you believe I’m *still* single??)

too real lol

Evaluating the Avatar: the Last Airbender Scene Box Cards for Commander - Card Kingdom Blog Avatar: the Last Airbender releases on November 21st. Alongside the release of typical products like Collector and Play Boosters, Avatar also has two scene boxes. We also saw these released alongside ...

@nizzahon.bsky.social Reading this article of yours: blog.cardkingdom.com/evaluating-t.... Trying to understand how you'd get 5 cards back with Uncle's Musings while only spending 4 mana. Can't see how you get back more than 3 without there being spell tax effects to push up its cost.

The weird idea that you can build a better America from a minority stake in one of the two houses in one of the three branches of the US government probably needed some deeper reflection before anyone took office, let alone now.

I struggle to grasp how any phone on the market would qualify as not good enough.

I think, if you sat around your local barbershop, and the topic of autism came up, you'd have a better than even chance of a more intelligent and informed discussion.

Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

Map Showing Which Countries Have Lost Wars To Birds

The two stories: brilliantmaps.com/bird-wars/

Tiga: Accelerating Geo-Distributed Transactions with Synchronized Clocks This paper (to appear at SOSP'25) is one of the latest efforts exploring the dream of a one-round commit for geo-replicated databases. TAPI...

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Tiga: Accelerating Geo-Distributed Transactions with Synchronized Clocks

muratbuffalo.blogspot.com/2025/10/tiga...

The human short-circuit is impressive.

Someone's gotta be the Xerox.

OpenAI employees are very excited about how well their new AI tool can create fake videos of people doing crimes and have definitely thought through all the implications of this

If you hide the system prompt and tool descriptions for your LLM agent, what you're actually doing is deliberately hiding the most useful documentation describing your service from your most sophisticated users!

This implies the existence of a corresponding Playted.

At what point do we stop saying “worth its weight in gold” and start saying “worth its weight in high-end GPU”?

I’ve not seen the full Dandan Secret Lair. I don’t really care if I get credit or anything from it. Rhystic Studies and informed players know its origins. I just hope I’ll be able to own a copy of the official release and not have them sell out to scalpers and stuff like I’ve heard can be a problem.

Just to be blunt, if you want Wired and 404 and The Verge to employ reporters who understand the memes on bullet casings and can connect them to gaming culture while having the legal and support resources to deal with waves of harassment when we do it… you have to subscribe and pay for the work

What, no blink? ;-)

Glad to see OpenVZ there. Too often ignored.

Ken Dryden, Hall of Fame goalie for the Montreal Canadiens, dies at age 78 Dryden backstopped the NHL's most successful franchise to championships in six of his eight seasons in the league from 1970-71 to '78-79. He died after a fight with cancer.

Dryden backstopped the NHL's most successful franchise to championships in six of his eight seasons in the league from 1970-71 to '78-79. He died after a fight with cancer.

Italy Hits OpenAI with €15 Million Fine Amid ChatGPT Italy's data watchdog has imposed a €15 million fine on OpenAI, highlighting concerns about privacy regulations and user data handling related to ChatGPT.

🚨 Italy imposes a €15 million fine on OpenAI amid a ChatGPT investigation! 💰🤖 Dive into the details of this landmark decision. Read more: https://innovirtuoso.com/technology/italy-hits-openai-with-e15-million-fine-amid-chatgpt #OpenAI #ChatGPT #AIethics

Wait. What sorcery is this?