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chikitabanana··on ElephantSQL Is Shutting Down
Hey zach, any update on your eyesight?
chikitabanana··on Two nights of broken sleep can make people feel years older, finds study
*when the cameras are on
chikitabanana··on Figma removed `window.figma` on view-only pages today
seethe wincel
chikitabanana··on Japan brings negative interest rates era to an end with first hike in 17 years
I think the code monkeys have a decent grasp on microecon. However, their (and my) understanding of monetary policy is poor.
chikitabanana··on 'If anything happens, it's not suicide': Boeing whistleblower before death
TLA = three letter agency?
chikitabanana··on How Figma's databases team lived to tell the scale
bhai, use the western numbering system, for clarity's sake. Thanks for the summary
chikitabanana··on Ford EVs gain access to Tesla Superchargers starting today
Agreed. F-150 has far more commercial applications than the Cybertruck.
chikitabanana··on Ford EVs gain access to Tesla Superchargers starting today
In practice, both are often used as expensive toys.

But you're correct, very little substitution. One targets gangly code monkeys, the other targets the bearded and obese

chikitabanana··on Our partnership with Google and commitment to socially responsible AI
Today, we announced an exciting new partnership with Google to bring Google's Gemini to Stack Overflow and to provide Stack Overflow content directly within Google Cloud. The story of this partnership started about 16 years ago - with you, the community that made Stack Overflow what it is: the internet’s predominant resource for high-quality curated technical Q&A. This resource is ubiquitous and invaluable today, but it took countless hours of hard work and dedication from many community members to get it to this point.

In an ever-evolving world, we’re always looking for new ways to get this repository in front of the world’s technologists: those who can benefit from it and contribute back to it. And with this new joint initiative with Google, we’re laying the groundwork for this reality.

As Ryan said in our announcement today on the blog, with this and future partnerships, “Our mission is to set new standards with vetted, trusted, and accurate data that will be the foundation on which technology solutions are built and delivered to our users.”

You can read more details in the blog post: https://stackoverflow.blog/2024/02/29/defining-socially-resp...

chikitabanana··on Office politics is not optional: learn to play the game or you'll be its victim
Same here!
chikitabanana··on Is Google Getting Worse? A Longitudinal Investigation of SEO Spam in Search [pdf]
I've found adding "forum" to my query on Google works decently
chikitabanana··on Germany Gross Domestic Product Down 0.3% in 2023
Really sad to see Europe spiral back into stagnation.

"In 2008, the eurozone and the US had equivalent gross domestic products (GDP) at current prices of $14.2 trillion and $14.8 trillion respectively (€13.1 trillion and €13.6 trillion). Fifteen years on, the eurozone's GDP is just over $15 trillion, while US GDP has soared to $26.9 trillion."

Any thoughts as to the disparity in growth? How do we correct course? Do we need to?

chikitabanana··on Germany was worst-performing major economy last year
https://archive.is/F2IX2
chikitabanana··on Cars suck, man
not him but backup cameras require screens.
chikitabanana··on Waymo outperforms comparable human benchmarks over 7M+ miles
I'm interested - can you link this?
chikitabanana··on How Africans are changing French, one joke, rap and book at a time
probably petit copain -> pain, ouais?
chikitabanana··on Gemini AI
dynamic progaming
chikitabanana··on Ray Dalio ran Bridgewater like the global strongmen he admired
I don't think you should've been downvoted. The articles covering this topic all seem intent on painting Bridgewater as the Branch Davidians of Wall St. (a view I somewhat agree with), so it's nice to see another perspective. If you have some time, can you answer my questions:

- How was your time there?

- What was your role at the company?

- What was the interview process like?

- Can you describe what a normal day looked like for you?

- How often did you interact with RD?

- What was the book's biggest mischaracterization/exaggeration of RD/BW?

- What was the book's most accurate assessment?

- Why did you get fired? What was the firing process like (any NDAs/noncompetes)?

chikitabanana··on Las Vegas Sphere reports $98.4M loss; CFO quits
Curious, what does partially obstructed mean in the context of the sphere?
chikitabanana··on California suspends Cruise's autonomous vehicle deployment
probably a transplant.

For those interested: _Generally_, Bay Area natives will refer to highways as "280", "101", maybe even "Highway X".

SoCal natives (and many others) will, _generally_ say: "the 101", "the 280", etc.

chikitabanana··on Bumble bees drop to shake off Asian hornets
Murder hornets are Asian _giant_ hornets.

"Since its discovery in North America, the scientific literature and official government sources refer to this species by its established common name, Asian giant hornet, whilst the mainstream media have taken to using the nickname "murder hornet".[23][24][25] In July 2022, the Entomological Society of America stated that they will adopt the common name northern giant hornet for the species to avoid potentially discriminatory language, citing the rise in anti-Asian sentiment and hate crimes in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic."

chikitabanana··on Firefox tooltip bug fixed after 22 years
What's a good alternative?
chikitabanana··on Today I learned you can pause the Windows Task Manager moving apps around
>a single developer

you don't actually believe this

chikitabanana··on The BBC on Mastodon
Curious, what are your criteria for distinction?
chikitabanana··on Have attention spans been declining?
I read the headline and opened the comments
chikitabanana··on Ford CEO: Tesla's Cybertruck Is Only for 'Silicon Valley People'
And the majority of the new car market (including electrics!)
chikitabanana··on Rarbg Is No More
in France you can be blacklisted from all ISPs
chikitabanana··on The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Release
I'll give you what you're asking for:

Why are you upset/sick?

chikitabanana··on NaturalSpeech 2: Zero-shot speech and singing synthesizers
To those who were able to use it before it was nerfed, how does this compare to the elevenlabs one-shot?
chikitabanana··on American IQ scores have rapidly dropped, proving the 'Reverse Flynn effect'
your*