davidbraze

davidbraze, 1 month ago to random

Do you really think MS takes better care of your company's data than they do of their own?

"a (Microsoft) server ... exposed passwords, keys, and credentials of Microsoft employees to the open internet, as the company faces mounting pressure to bolster its software security. "

https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/10/24126057/microsoft-azure-server-internal-passwords-exposed-cybersecurity

davidbraze, 4 months ago to random

within the last year or so @Posit has taken a big tranche of venture capital. VC wants one thing: a massive return, 10x minimum. there are two ways to get that. first is to take a company public. I don't think that's likely here. second is a buy out by a major player like Oracle, Microsoft, Amazon, or another of that ilk. I guess this is what posit's sugar daddy is likely angling for. this isn't unprecedented in the #rstats world. who else remembers Revolution R?

https://mastodon.social/@awong234/111751453549394950

davidbraze, 5 months ago to random

just stopping by to say that #MicrosoftTeams still sucks

davidbraze, 5 months ago to random

"There's plenty of things the Biden administration is getting very, very badly wrong, but we shouldn't lose sight of how its progressive wing is making real, lasting change for the better. Competent Administrations are the true peoples' champions."

https://pluralistic.net/2023/11/23/everorangeing/#taste-the-rainbow

davidbraze, 6 months ago to random

Gilead rising

https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/10/27/mike-johnson-christian-nationalist-ideas-qa-00123882

davidbraze, 7 months ago to random

Tried out #grammarly (free tier) for the first time ever

Ran a ~350 word passage of my own writing through it

It flagged 6 items. Only one of those was at all useful (an unnecessary comma)

It also failed to flag a duplicated 4 word sentence

So, at first blush, the signal to noise ratio is not great

davidbraze, 7 months ago to connecticut

what a shit show

government at all levels took its eye off the ball

" #covid vaccines have been limited in states around the country, including #Connecticut ... manufacturers have informed DPH that this is not a supply issue but rather shipping problems are responsible for delays"

https://www.ctpost.com/connecticut/article/covid-vaccine-coronavirus-cvs-walgreens-18397111.php

davidbraze, 7 months ago (edited 7 months ago) to bluesky

"#Bluesky was cofounded by #Twitter founder #jackDorsey, so it’s about as legitimate as you can get"

Rather, being a for-profit enterprise, bluesky is doomed to the same cycle of enshittification that's taken down #Xitter & so many other social sites

https://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/what-is-bluesky-how-to-get-invite/

davidbraze, 8 months ago to random

"... freedom to make bad arguments without consequences creates what economists call a “moral hazard,” by which there’s an incentive to spew out low-quality arguments as a way to “flood the zone” and overwhelm the system"

https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2023/09/24/stupid-legal-arguments-and-moral-hazards/

davidbraze, 8 months ago to random

There are some things I don't care for about #TraderJoes business model, but I do appreciate the absence of loyalty cards and data tracking

davidbraze, 8 months ago (edited 8 months ago) to random

There are some things I don't care for about #TraderJoes business model, but I do appreciate the absence of loyalty cards and data harvesting

davidbraze, 8 months ago to random

"Americans are forced to live with a risk of car crash death roughly three times higher than Canadians and Australians, five times higher than Brits and Germans, and nine times higher than Norwegians. It’s also worth pointing out that globally, car crashes are a major cause of death, killing more people than homicides and suicides combined"

https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2023/8/25/23844717/america-safe-air-travel-car-safety-accidents

davidbraze, 8 months ago to random

Hello #rstats folks

Is anyone aware of an R package wrapping ProPublica's Nonprofit Explorer API?

https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/api

davidbraze, 8 months ago to ebikes

seems to me that laptop computers, and power banks, pose the same fire hazard as #ebikes

maybe those should also be banned from dorm rooms

https://ctnewsjunkie.com/2023/08/28/op-ed-teach-fear-or-responsibility-on-college-campuses/

davidbraze, 9 months ago to emacs

Hello #emacs

Is there a convenient built-in function that works like cycle-spacing, but for blank lines?

tia

davidbraze, 9 months ago to random

Hello @Posit

Does your blog supply an RSS feed? I can't find one

https://posit.co/blog/

#rstats

davidbraze, 9 months ago (edited 9 months ago) to emacs

Hi #emacs folks,

I'm wanting to show/see svg graphics in eww

(image-type-available-p 'svg) returns t

eww, works, but svg images are not shown, though eww does not complain about them and other image types are shown as expected

to be a bit more specific, I want to show svg graphics created and served by the httpgd #rstats package

I am able to connect to the server and view graphics using firefox, so the httpgd service itself works

I'm running emacs 28.2 on linux mint

What am I missing?

davidbraze, 9 months ago to connecticut

hello #Connecticut,

this is embarrassing and infuriating

this is how the rich get richer

https://www.politico.com/news/2022/12/27/connecticut-hurricane-sandy-recovery-00074134

davidbraze, 9 months ago to connecticut

hello #Connecticut,

the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals made the right decision in this case

https://ctmirror.org/2023/08/07/ct-religious-exemption-vaccines-schools-federal-appeals-court-decision-wnpr/

davidbraze, 9 months ago to random

#longtermism is just a reboot of #manifestDestiny equipped with space ships, AI, and gene editing

davidbraze, 9 months ago to connecticut

#Connecticut's population of folks in their 20s and 30s increased, while population of children under age 11 decreased

https://www.nhregister.com/news/article/connecticut-kid-population-decline-18272080.php?src=nhrhppromostrip

davidbraze, 9 months ago to random

I guess it had been a while since I'd emptied the Recycle Bin on my Windows laptop

Just cleared out more than 2gb and 36000 files

davidbraze, 9 months ago (edited 9 months ago) to OpenAI

Sam Altman, CEO of #openAI / #chatGPT, pictures a future where people who can't afford medical care will have AI medical advisors

THAT, instead of a world where everyone can actually afford medical care from real doctors and nurses

Just another tech "visionary" who has no vision

https://www.sciencetimes.com/articles/42542/20230222/ai-medical-advisor-those-who-cant-afford-see-doctor-openai.htm

davidbraze, 9 months ago to random

lack of access to information has never been the main problem

the ability to filter it from the sea of irrelevance, and occasional blobs of floating sewage, is what's in short supply

davidbraze, 9 months ago to random

I still haven't learned to never try a #git rebase when I'm tired...