Jorge De Castro

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[Siqi Chen @blader]

if you could press a button that cures your child’s brain tumor in exchange for ending your life immediately, every parent would hesitate for zero seconds before fighting to be the first to press it

the cruelest thing is that no such button exists.

but there is always a move 👇

[Jorge De Castro @jorgetown]

@mave99a Connection, Gratitude, Change, Miracles😅

[The Nobel Prize @NobelPrize]

2002 economic sciences laureate Daniel Kahneman has passed away aged 90.

He was awarded the prize for integrating insights from psychology into economics, especially human judgement and decision-making under uncertainty.

Learn about his life and work: https://t.co/moPFaK0eNJ

[DHH @dhh]

"This tweet contains a forward-looking statement, which is subject to risks and uncertainties, and is based on management's current expectations and beliefs, including, but not limited to, expectations regarding future maintenance."

[Dr Rachel Clarke @doctor_oxford]

Dear @NHSEngland,

In March 2023 you stopped funding the dedicated Staff Mental Health & Wellbeing Hubs - set up at the height of the pandemic - to which you are now directing staff in this tweet.

It doesn't exactly ring with sincere concern for staff, does it?

#BREATHTAKING

[Alex @alexgleith]

Did you know that with 2 Python libraries, 6 lines of code and around 15 seconds, you can load satellite data from anywhere in the world?

This is so much easier than it used to be!

[WIRED @WIRED]

Ever wondered how they make the sound effects we hear in video games? Meet Joanna Fang foley artist for PlayStation Studios and a master at creating sounds for movies and video games like God of War: Ragnarok. (@_Foley_Artist)

[Jorge De Castro @jorgetown]

@British_Airways LGW to YVR, from May 27 to June 4, 2 adults + 1 child. All the (direct) economy standard flights end up “calculating your price” forever…🤷🏽‍♂️

[Jorge De Castro @jorgetown]

Hey @British_Airways -trying to buy tickets for 2 days. Blocked on this for hours at work (Win10, on both Chrome and IE) and at home (MBP, on both Safari and Chrome). How much longer do you need? #FAIL #BritishAirways

[Jorge De Castro @jorgetown]

@jaltucher Rook e8 to e4

[Jorge De Castro @jorgetown]

“Britain’s use of systematic violence was no better than that of its rivals. The British were simply more skilled at hiding it.”

https://t.co/FAP63HgSsD

[Tyler Sloan @quorumetrix]

I’ve made this video as an intuition pump for the density of #synapses in the #brain. This volume ~ grain of sand, has >3.2 million synapses (orange cubes). Peeling them away leaves only inputs on 2 #neurons. Zooming in, we see the synapses localized to the dendritic spines.
#b3d

[Jorge De Castro @jorgetown]

@pete_houghton

[Tessa Lau @tessalau]

As winter approaches, here's a story about why hardware is hard. ❄️🥶

About a year ago, we started getting reports from the field about undesirable behavior when our robots were turned on. They would behave unpredictably.

[Jorge De Castro @jorgetown]

@MartinSLewis Could they be incumbent-biased?

[Jorge De Castro @jorgetown]

@codinghorror ‘Understand’, on the same Ted Chiang book of short stories, is also a masterpiece

[Enough is Enough @eiecampaign]

After a decade of pay cuts.

After watching the NHS crumble around them.

While the government did nothing but clap.

Our nurses are on strike today

Get behind them 👊

Put this poster in a window to show your support!

https://t.co/KXFSrsU3FD

#FairPayForNursing
#EnoughIsEnough

[LBC @LBC]

A passionate James O'Brien completely dismantles Rishi Sunak's last-ditch attempt to portray striking key workers as your enemy.

@mrjamesob

[Jorge De Castro @jorgetown]

@PeterLawrey Is it the _least_ convenient? I get the speed argument, but is it less convenient than copying field-by-field or using a builder (have to write said builder)?

[Jorge De Castro @jorgetown]

@Carnage4Life Aren’t some solutions only evidently so in hindsight? (Even small improvements like like gmail/threaded conversations etc.)
Are use cases for distributed ledgers, consensus algorithms etc inconceivable?🤔

[Jorge De Castro @jorgetown]

@pete_houghton 🫣

[Sam Curry @samwcyo]

We recently found a vulnerability affecting Hyundai and Genesis vehicles where we could remotely control the locks, engine, horn, headlights, and trunk of vehicles made after 2012.

To explain how it worked and how we found it, we have @_specters_ as our mock car thief: