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@ oce @jlai.lu

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I try to contribute to things getting better, with humor, sourced information, OC and polite rational skepticism.Disagreeing with a point ≠ supporting the opposite side, I support rationality.Let's discuss to make things better sustainably.Always happy to question our beliefs.

  • Don't grow older than 255 or else it will overflow

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  • I am not knowledgeable about this, I just checked the Wikipedia page to confirm my understanding of the joke and found these very interesting historical uses.

  • Don't grow older than 255 or else it will overflow

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  • Octal 31 = 3 x 81 + 1 x 80 = 24 + 1 = Decimal 25

    • The Yuki language in California has an octal system because the speakers count using the spaces between their fingers rather than the fingers themselves.[2]
    • The Pamean languages in Mexico also have an octal system, because some of their speakers "count the knuckles of the closed fist for each hand (excluding the thumb), so that two hands equals eight."[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octal

  • Peter Thiel and other tech billionaires are publicly shielding their children from the products that made them rich

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  • The tobacco industry is a good historical example of all the shit world dominating companies do. The most sneaky thing I can remember is that they finance perfectly good research on a lot of causes of cancer, except for tobacco, so researchers were too busy and happy to get some money to work on something, to investigate tobacco. They also have been buying companies that used to finance legitimate research so researchers that depended on them are now forced into a conflict of interest. https://www.bmj.com/content/385/bmj.q1153

    Personal anecdote, a young female data scientists left my current department to join Philip Morris, it blows my mind that young educated people would join this industry willingly, I guess it was for the money.

  • Donʼt buy fancy wall art city maps, make your own with this free script [powered by OpenStreetMap]

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  • What are the recommendations to print it then? That's half the reasons why I would buy it.

  • Western Digital runs out of HDD capacity: CEO says massive AI deals secured, price surges ahead

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  • Sure, not just world wide like the USA currently.

  • Western Digital runs out of HDD capacity: CEO says massive AI deals secured, price surges ahead

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  • For now, once China becomes the dominant power, they will certainly abuse it as much as the USA do.

  • Are there any examples of 'perfect' software?

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  • Ars Technica makes up quotes from Matplotlib maintainer("An AI Agent Published a Hit Piece on Me"); pulls story

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  • I was making a joke because it seems AI intervened against the person in independent times, but thank you for your efforts.

  • Ars Technica makes up quotes from Matplotlib maintainer("An AI Agent Published a Hit Piece on Me"); pulls story

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  • You could share sources about this? I don't know about your biases.

  • What advice or tips do you have which sound like nonsense but really work?

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  • If you say pamplemousse instead, the sneeze will sound fancier.

  • What advice or tips do you have which sound like nonsense but really work?

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  • For a stronger version, don't buy it this time, just take a picture. If you really want it, then you should be motivated to come again to get it.

  • Ars Technica makes up quotes from Matplotlib maintainer("An AI Agent Published a Hit Piece on Me"); pulls story

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  • Ars Technica makes up quotes from Matplotlib maintainer("An AI Agent Published a Hit Piece on Me"); pulls story

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  • I hope it's the first proof of general AI consciousness.

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    Wells never predicted this

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  • I wonder if they could immediately comprehend that or they would get stuck and incapable of using it for a while because of how inconceivable it was for their time.

  • Europe’s $24 Trillion Breakup With Visa and Mastercard Has Begun

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  • As said in the article, in Western Europe you can already use Wero to bypass those and it is spreading in Europe. In France, for the past 40 years, the "CB" network has been available for every basic bank payment card, which is also Independent from the Americans. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CB_Bank_Card_Group I think the new initiative will spread, unify and simplify things.

  • Europe’s $24 Trillion Breakup With Visa and Mastercard Has Begun

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  • It's true for software engineering because the salaries in NA are insane due to the insane profits those companies are making. But for the average job, life is better.

  • It's the perfect shape

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  • Majority of CEOs report zero payoff from AI splurge

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  • That's possible, I don't know about the heavy industries. Checked for Toyota, founder was an engineer, second family CEO was also engineer, third was MBA, current CEO is not from the family and is an engineer. In any case, I don't think having an engineer CEO guarantees anything, aren't the GAFAM mostly led by engineers but got enshitifified for short term profit anyways?

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  • Are they? Rakuten is led by a business guru and the products are subpar unless they bought them. Also Japan has a huge deficit of native (software) engineers, so most of the engineers at this kind of companies are Chinese and Indian. Which companies are you thinking about?