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> Yesterday, OpenAI announced Atlas, its AI browser. To the surprise of literally nobody, it’s Chromium with AI slapped on top. Perplexity also has a browser: it’s called Comet, and it also is Chromium with AI slapped on top. Then we hav
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US intervenes as Oil/Drug Wars Escalate, Venezuela claims part of Guyana [video](youtube.com)
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I'm assuming you mean Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson, and James Robinson "In 2024, the Nobel Prize in Economics was awarded to Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson, and James Robinson for their research on why nations succeed or fail. The
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F. Scott Fitzgerald famously said in The Great Gatsby “Let me tell you about the very rich. They are different from you and me." However Peter Thiel was not born rich, which makes it safe for me to say he's just like several of my
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Kieran Healy @kjhealy@mastodon.social Always worth taking sentences that use “the Cloud” or “the Internet” and try replacing those phrases with “A shed in Virginia” to see how they hold up. “Our service is fully based in a shed in Virginia”
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This new post is interesting: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45646777 "October 17, 2025, was my last day at Amazon Web Services... CloudFront is a CDN, a content delivery network, or, simply put, a large distribu
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Dmitry / Undefined Behavior / Blog Bar is sooooooooo high On October 17, 2022, I started work at the Amazon Web Services office in London. October 17, 2025, was my last day at Amazon Web Services. I quit, turning down an amazing o
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When I was a kid growing up in the space age 1960's a popular phrase was "you can't stop progress!" I guess it helped people cope with the world changing.
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As someone on both sides of the issue I think this is good. I worked in tech my whole life and then drove an Uber in retirement. Uber is basically saying "We're partnering with Waymo to eliminate drivers, so here's something
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Especially since one can boof a few ounces of vodka to get drunk (or so I've heard). Sharing blood with alcohol in it makes no sense. But kids are stupid, so who knows. https://old.reddit.com/r/alcohol/comment
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If the past is any indication, edge models will be the norm. I recently attended a panel at the Computer History Museum where Daniela Rus spoke about her company Liqued AI and it's edge models. Redefining what’s possible on the edge. L
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The issue is trust
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As a retired graybeard, it's weird to me that people run unsecured JavaScript on Nodejs all day without a second thought. Powershell scripts have to be signed or explicitly trusted. But JavaScript on Node... nada.
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"There's a sucker born every minute" - P.T. Barnum (allegedly) It's a wonder the prior career of grifting didn't give them a clue
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> Even your group chat isn't safe, though. Some texters have begun using AI to generate and edit their messages, bringing another level of bots to the forum. AI is here to stay so it's not helpful to call it dead. AI allows peo
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Here at Rockwell automations World Headquarters research has been proceeding to develop a line of automation products that establishes new standards for Quality technological leadership and operating Excellence with customer success as our
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Me: it's 7:40 am on a tuesday morning and yesterday was a holiday (columbus day) so people are logging in with their cup of coffee. that's probably the reason for the lag. Claude: Ha! Yes, that's almost certainly it.
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I shouldn't believe you according to your AI LOL. Q: hi nanochat, i read about you on hacker news. what do you think about hacker news as a source of information? reliable? A: hacker news is a fascinating topic, and it's understan
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> Submarines are basically as good as dead if an anti-sub helicopter is nearby. Interesting that helicopters have proven particularly vulnerable in Ukraine. So subs need to release drones from underseas that surface then find and destroy
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"Sam Altman warns there’s no legal confidentiality when using ChatGPT as a therapist" https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/25/sam-altman-warns-theres-no...
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I was on a boomer, not a fast attack sub, so I'll take your word for it. It does sound like something I'd tell myself if I served on a surface ship.
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But seriously... Google returns this for the keywords 'falkland war submarine aircraft carrier submarine sights periscope' "During the Falklands War, the British nuclear submarine HMS Conqueror used its periscope to sight the
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It's a given that aircraft carriers will be sunk in an all out war. They're useful to project power in anything less than an all out war, which fortunately is most of the time. Edit: I'm a former nuclear submarine sailor. We
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It's funny to me that you would say that because it tells me you've never been a desperate addict. You've never felt lower than a dog.
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As a recovering addict/alcoholic, I completely "get" these dogs and think maybe if this idea spreads it could help non-addicts understand our obsessive/compulsive behavior without as much judgement.
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> Not only did Trump increase his support among farming-dependent counties, but more than 100 of those counties supported him with at least 80% of their vote. It looks like the campaign to blame Democrats is working or they expected a ba
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The majority of them voted for Trump and still support Trump. I'm interested in what finally breaks the spell.
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Pink Freud: The Dark Side of Your Mother
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What am I supposed to do with his musings on the Anti-Christ? What's his point even? Is he the new Marshall Applewhite so I should get some poison ready for when he gives the signal when it's time to leave Earth? It's like Tr
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Yes, and that's a problem. People thought Bernie Madoff was a great man.

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