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dbvn··on There's no point at which turning your brain off will work
Why do you assume that the fully engaged employee would be laid off at all?
dbvn··on U of Michigan drops first-semester grades to ‘curb mental health crisis’
Have you been to a public university recently? Its abysmal.
dbvn··on U of Michigan drops first-semester grades to ‘curb mental health crisis’
If nobody is failing, nobody is learning
dbvn··on U of Michigan drops first-semester grades to ‘curb mental health crisis’
Once you cross a certain threshold, it's luck of the draw if you're selected. Clearly the entire thing is broken.
dbvn··on A Sick People
There are millions of happy, good people in America. Grass is always greener. You see novelty when you travel.
dbvn··on After wearing the Pebble Time 2 for two weeks, I'll never buy another smartwatch
I don't care about comparison. I just need to know how far I ran or it doesn't count lol
dbvn··on After wearing the Pebble Time 2 for two weeks, I'll never buy another smartwatch
really the only value is for runners/cyclists/swimmers. Being able to run without a bulky device is sooo much better.
dbvn··on [dead]
> “Markets already move on Truth Social posts,” Kevin McGurn, interim chief executive officer at TMTG, said in a statement.

Not because of some inherent value in the network... but because the President is literally changing market policies and announcing it there.

dbvn··on SpaceX bond worth 10% less than issue price – heading for junk bond status
So don't regurgitate it without checking. You're putting the onus on the person you're talking with
dbvn··on The classifiers Anthropic puts in front of Fable are too zealous
> Nonetheless, that is not want I wanted to focus my thoughts on here.

Typo second paragraph, 4th line. I think you meant "what"

dbvn··on We all depend on open source. We will defend it together
sponsored by: all the bad guys
dbvn··on [dead]
> He is believed to be the first person to die in a horse carriage accident since they were introduced in Central Park more than 150 years ago
dbvn··on NY mayor, other leaders push to ban horse-drawn carriage rides after teen death
> He is believed to be the first person to die in a horse carriage accident since they were introduced in Central Park more than 150 years ago, according to the labor union representing the industry and the Central Park Conservancy, which manages the 843-acre (341-hectare) park.
dbvn··on EU to soon classify AWS and Azure as gatekeepers under DSA
How could a cloud provider *not* qualify as a gatekeeper under these guidelines?
dbvn··on The AirPods Effect
> I'm not a team player at all

could ya try?

dbvn··on U.S. science is in chaos
There's an emergency!!! To find out what it is, pay me!!!
dbvn··on Pentagon boasts of using AI to write reports mandated by Congress (1.5mil users)
The reports will be just as useless as they were before
dbvn··on Sixty percent of US consumers say 'AI' in brand messaging is a turnoff
Sir, this is a Wendys. I just want my burger
dbvn··on I've always wondered if anyone used sharing buttons on news sites and blogs
Who tf uses a government website to judge sharing metrics... "look at this awesome new regulation, buddy!"
dbvn··on The unwritten laws of software engineering
> 2. Backups aren’t real until you’ve restored from them

Soooooo true. People get comfortable with archaic backup systems created by a mythical former employee. Then there's an outage, and you realize nobody knows how it works.

dbvn··on Gmail thinks I'm stupid, so I left
Don't worry, Apple has been watching for a decade plus. And it seems they will continue just watching
dbvn··on Sam Altman and Dario Amodei are both walking back AI jobs apocalypse predictions
the damage is done. Why did they ever think it was a good idea to brag that they were going to destroy all middle/upper class jobs?
dbvn··on Anthropic, Gates Foundation launch $200M partnership for AI in health, education
Hilarious that a company like Anthropic is the one receiving money from the billionaire wealth pledge.
dbvn··on Meta blocks human rights accounts from reaching audiences in Saudi Arabia, UAE
A pro-democracy group in a non-democratic country got banned? whaaaaa? ... I mean their ideal outcome would be the toppling of the current government, so ya
dbvn··on At least 100 deaths reported in Ebola outbreak in DR Congo
you don't get to speak for all taxpayers. You can donate your $37
dbvn··on AI is making me dumb
You haven't written a line of code in 2 years and you're confused why its making you feel like you can't code?
dbvn··on Princeton mandates proctoring for in-person exams, upending 133 year precedent
Yeah but they're lying to themselves. They cheated the whole time - guaranteed.
dbvn··on Princeton mandates proctoring for in-person exams, upending 133 year precedent
Crazy it took them 133 years to do the obvious. Assuming your *entire* student-base is morally superior to the general population
dbvn··on I moved my digital stack to Europe
Might want to move your site to a server you own.... site is down due to "rate limits"
dbvn··on Talking to 35 Strangers at the Gym
Always surprising to learn most people are cool
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