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In UX we keep getting asked to bring a frictionless future... to nowhere Thanks to the many people who have reached out with leads on available senior-y leveled data/ux positions or just connections to other humans! I'm working through things and starting to reach out to f...

This week on Counting Stuff, a 'problem that I worry about' -> how do I know when I'm making stuff "Easier" that I haven't gone too far and just pushed friction out to some other system that will bite me in the ass later #dataBS Also still job hunting!

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Ngl the genocide of over 9 million people in the span of about 6 years—with an INSANE amount of written documentation on the lives lost & the methodology of killing those ppl—blows the argument of Nazi inefficiency out of the water imo.They were efficient at killing ppl & that’s a salient point

Data centers not only take up power, but drinking water as well. The USA’s energy infrastructure is woefully underprepared the energy and water demands of AI.China has solved this by building up their energy infrastructure with renewable energy, but I don’t know how they’re solving the water issue

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Young people in China are embracing AI therapy Cheap, accessible, and friendly AI tools can augment scarce professional help, but there are risks to overreliance on the technology.

I wrote for @restofworld.org about China's chatbot therapists — why young people are turning to AI for mental health care & the risks of AI sycophancy

restofworld.org/2025/young-p...

I weep for this because inter library loans helped me complete so many research papers in uni 😭

Denmark is taking the lead in this bc I believe they’re passing a law that gives every citizen copyright protections over their images, facial features, and voice

I did! The ending was such a shock to me! Also I will definitely check out Talk to Me. Thank you so much for the recommendation!

Whomever is around when we make it to the other side of this is going to have to rein the elites in like China does

📣 This week: Our webinar with @researchinfo.bsky.social will explain how & why to conduct research integrity checks at scale with @dimensions.ai Author Check API.

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Thank you for making this paper available to the public

Yea, and who knows if all the evidence still exists at this point. They’ve probably gotten rid of it all

For the millionth time: generative video is not a technology that should be available to the public.

Certainly not as a SAAS service, and definitely not OSS models without any guardrails.

We’re about to be inundated with propaganda and CSAM.

Data Scientists are in high demand these days – there's so much data to analyze. In this course, Tatev and Vahe teach you Python for Data Science. You'll build projects & learn about exploratory data analysis, AB testing, business intelligence, & more.
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Daily Coding Goals:
SQL Daily Challenge ✅
Banki ✅
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AI Research✅

I submitted something for a client, sent out some emails, and tried to study for an exam. Had a hard moment today, but we move regardless

If a civil war doesn’t happen, Balkanization will be next

Death to Data Pipelines: The Banana Peel Problem 🍌 Data at the Centre vs. Pipeline-First Data Management, What Constitutes Resiliency in Data Systems Today, and Defensive Designs that are Built to Mistrust.

Death to Data Pipelines: The Banana Peel Problem 🍌

Data at the Centre vs. Pipeline-First Data Management, What Constitutes Resiliency in Data Systems Today, and Defensive Designs that are Built to Mistrust

open.substack.com/pub/modernda...

I think a portion of the ppl in his camp would genuinely riot if this happen, but who knows at this point?

Thanks a bunch Roxy!

A Cloud Built for Python Data Scientists, Not Infrastructure Engineers Data scientist Matthew Rocklin argues Kubernetes isn't the best way to run large-scale Python workloads in the cloud. His company, Coiled.io, offers an alternative.

I so wanted Dask to be more successful.

Rocklin is right here: I hate Docker, cannot comprehend Kubernetes, and…I’m not a fool for feeling this way.

Neither was built for data science, and I’m truly sick of pretending they are appropriate for DS/ML workloads.

highly recommend this book even if you don't work on "procgen games". Thinking about how the player experience is assembled is valuable for ALL types of games.

GitHub - facebook/openzl: A novel data compression framework A novel data compression framework. Contribute to facebook/openzl development by creating an account on GitHub.

Meta open-sources OpenZL

A new data compression library and training tools to generator specialized compressors for structured data, achieving performance levels inaccessible to classic generic algorithms.

github.com/facebook/ope...

Mars was the Roman god of war.
That’s why we say ‘martial arts,' ‘martial law,' and 'court martial.'

Marshall was the Roman god of designer fashion at discount prices.
That’s why we have Marshall’s.

Ahh the link has expired on me 😔

There's a lot going on this week but I am def excited about this one!!
@torc.dev @mattstauffer.com
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Congratulations on passing your exam!

Bring AJ Link back.

Banning Link is racist and petulant. I will never be the smartest person in the room on ATproto, but I know mean-spirited retaliation. This is mean-spirited retaliation

We really should have federal laws against people creating AI slop of ppl’s deceased loved ones. I know some states are passing laws against this, but it needs to be more widespread