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regularjack··on The Guardian flourishes without a paywall
They appear so often here because they tend to be good articles.
regularjack··on Utah becomes first US state to ban fluoride in its water
AKA as the spoiled brat kind of freedom.
regularjack··on Et Tu, Grammarly?
Et toi
regularjack··on Trump's attacks on universities get darker, with shadows reaching our shores
I don't understand how someone can legitimate think this.
regularjack··on I genuinely don't understand why some people are still bullish about LLMs
There are legitimate concerns to have in regards to LLMs, it's not all a sea of roses.
regularjack··on University of Toronto Snags Yale Professors as Canada Raids American Brain Trust
I guess hey better start getting those arms out then.
regularjack··on University of Toronto Snags Yale Professors as Canada Raids American Brain Trust
Never heard of the guy. Why do you dislike him so much?
regularjack··on U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat
Rules are to be followed by everyone without exception, otherwise they should not be called rules.
regularjack··on U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat
If you're part of the US government, you're not supposed to use signal to discuss this kind of stuff.
regularjack··on Don't Be Afraid of Types
You can obviously do OOP without doing what you consider to be anti-patterns. I think it's also important to bear in mind that sometimes what you consider to be an anti-pattern has reasons to exist that might not seem obvious on first sight.
regularjack··on Most AI value will come from broad automation, not from R & D
> So this is my thesis now - if you’re a senior who neglects this new tool, you’re going to be out of a job soon-ish.

Do you wanna bet?

regularjack··on France rejects backdoor mandate
That is a very cynical take.
regularjack··on Tesla falls after Commerce secretary recommends buying stock
And he didn't even NFA it. I'm looking forward to the class action of all the people who lost their life savings after following his advice.
regularjack··on EU sends Apple first DMA interoperability instructions for apps and devices
You think it makes sense that non-apple smartwatches work fine on Android but not on iOS? If I have a Garmin and decide to switch phones from Android to iOS, the Garmin won't work as well.

That doesn't make sense to me and this is what will be fixed.

regularjack··on EU sends Apple first DMA interoperability instructions for apps and devices
Apple can afford maintaining the public APIs.
regularjack··on The Frontend Treadmill
The transition to hooks was worth it.
regularjack··on Dutch Parliament: Time to ditch US tech for homegrown options
This is the way.
regularjack··on Building a Personal Archive with Hoarder
In my experience, LXC uses much fewer resources than VMs so I typically prefer LXC over VM. But in all honesty, I just use whichever is available at https://community-scripts.github.io/ProxmoxVE/
regularjack··on Chaos in the Cloudflare Lisbon Office
I agree with the sentiment, but it's very far from being devoid of permanent residents. That's maybe true for a couple of downtown neighborhoods, but definitely not true for the city as a whole.
regularjack··on Docs – Open source alternative to Notion or Outline
I'd much rather have my government finance open source software for citizens to use than whatever tech behemoth of a foreign country.
regularjack··on FCC Chairman Carr Launches Deregulation Initiative
"Prosperity through deregulation" ROTFLOL
regularjack··on A look at Firefox forks
Having all the eggs in the same basket is not a good thing.
regularjack··on OpenAI calls on U.S. Government to let it freely use copyrighted material
People have to pay for it
regularjack··on OpenAI asks White House for relief from state AI rules
The arrogance of these people is without end.
regularjack··on OpenAI calls on U.S. Government to let it freely use copyrighted material
All of it is copyrighted material
regularjack··on OpenAI asks White House for relief from state AI rules
OpenAI didn't pay for most of the content it used.
regularjack··on Tell Mozilla: it's time to ditch Google
The petition should instead be asking Mozilla to allow people to directly donate to Firefox development.
regularjack··on Tell Mozilla: it's time to ditch Google
You think attached bottle caps are a bad thing?
regularjack··on The Startup CTO's Handbook
In my experience, both are needed. Product owners and developers who understand the product. It's possible to have both, they're not mutually exclusive.
regularjack··on The US island that speaks Elizabethan English
I'm surprised that executive order didn't make American the country's official language.
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