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Software Engineer, triathlete, dog-haver

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@_swanson I mean it’s kind of nice. It’s a technological Tower of Babel.

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Good point. Can’t think of any examples of technologies with unforeseen, far-reaching impacts on society that we can’t — no matter how much we might want to — roll back at this point. Not any recent ones anyway.

[Yann LeCun @ylecun]

Every new technology is developed and deployed the same way:
You make a prototype, try it at a small scale, make limited deployment, fix the problems, make it safer, and then deploy it more widely.
At that point, governments regulate it and establish safety standards.
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@Derekcrim I think this sentiment obscures just how hard low- and mid-level university administrators get shit on. Not helpful to frame this as “teachers vs takers”

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@Autistic_Lia I recall a study that showed ND brain activity was not just different from NTs but each fairly unique. Stands to reason any neurological basis for gender identity could be more varied as part of that.

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@LilithLovett 5 is underrated. There are all kinds of IoT toasters so you potentially have a backdoor into home networks. That’s a clear first pick for me. I’m assuming the teleport has enough of a cooldown to make the 7” limit meaningful so I’ll go with gravel for 2nd pick

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@dustychipura The rooster of new year’s past, present, and future

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@SNeurotypicals In a social context where it’s not appropriate to have anything but an open door policy, it’s impossible to determine the authenticity of a statement like the above. Therefore, absent action demonstrating the truth of the matter, it means nothing.

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@Milo_Edwards Heavy is the crown

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@normcharlatan

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Batman just isn’t what he used to be. I can’t even remember the last time he threw a batarang in a perfect arc, incapacitating 3 opponents at once

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@bombsfall Yea and G*d just put an event horizon over them. One is a bit more majestic and mysterious but I appreciate what a well placed plant can do for ambiance.

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@alyssamvance It’s all about operating at lower levels of abstraction and thereby not being constrained in the ways of those who work at higher levels

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@Gritty20202 Someone typed “hoisted by his own petard” into DALL-E

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@histoftech Not the entire board. The cops were fine with it!

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@_jjanette Data brokers

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A pet peeve that’s growing into a full blown grievance is people parroting the axiom “correlation is not the same as causation” in cases where there is clearly and undeniably a causal relation.

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@alicegoldfuss Holy shit

[Preston Igwe, MD @PrestonIgweMD]

I knew suicide rates for Black youth have been rising, especially since the pandemic began. But this lecture by Dr. Benton highlighted many other facts I wasn’t aware of. Gonna share some for folks who are interested.

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@_jstrand Please stop my scrum master might see this

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@KnowNothingTV Best response is to challenge them to burn the money in that case since they can’t spend it without doing harm. It locks them in a boot cycle.