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wordshaper

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Guy who bakes, snarks, writes, and codes.

Currently at Google (my second search engine employer!), previously at Bloomberg.

One time Perl 6 pumpking, lo these many years ago, as well as core perl contributor and part-time VMS perl port maintainer. I have written the occasional article, mostly on perl. (but once upon a time long ago on the Amiga. Those were the days...)

Currently not in France. Dammit.

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dangillmor, to random
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A reminder that less than two weeks ago, it was revealed that Trump solicited a $1 billion bribe from the energy industry, offering in return the gutting of environmental regulations.

A week ago, Big Journalism had already consigned this epic scandal to the memory bin.

Had Biden done anything remotely like that, I guarantee that it would still be among the top stories of the day -- and Congress, including Democrats, would be moving toward impeachment.

gbhnews, (edited ) to fediverse
@gbhnews@mastodon.social avatar

🌞 Good morning ! This is GBH bringing you the world from . It is 76F at Logan Airport and visibility is 10mi.

Spain, Norway, and Ireland have recognized a Palestinian state.

Massachusetts' "millionaire's tax" has brought in 1.8 billion, an amount more than estimated.

Some Mass. public are now hiring social workers to connect patrons in need with services.

ColleenDoran, to random
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DEATH. Private commission. Pen and ink.

ianRobinson, to random
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Would you let these Copilot+ Windows PCs into your business? History tells us that cyber criminals will find a way to breach security and access this Recall data. It has to be decrypted for the user to access it. And we all know that users accounts never get compromised. What could possibly go wrong? 🤦🏻‍♂️
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cpwwqp6nx14o

georgelakoff, to random
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Trump is telling us exactly what he plans to do if he gets another term. He is framing his return to power as an authoritarian effort, and he is overtly using Nazi language and symbolism to drive home the point.

This wasn't a mistake. It isn't a joke. American freedom and democracy are on the line in 2024. The main headline in Trump's ad asks: "What's Next for America?" Trump's answer: authoritarianism and fascism.

More at FrameLab: https://www.theframelab.org/unified-reich-trump-campaign-goes-full-nazi/

fraying, to random
@fraying@xoxo.zone avatar

I was part of the first generation to take to the web and fill it with my hopes and dreams, my stories and music, seeking connection and building community.

Watching assholes like Sam Altman treat all that collected humanity as a strip mine makes me indescribably sad.

It also makes me want to punch him in his smug fucking face.

cedesguin, to random French
@cedesguin@mamot.fr avatar

J'ai un ami pas francophone mais qui aimerait le devenir. Je le cite : "LA chèvre, LA feuille, LE chèvrefeuille. Vous faites ça rien que pour nous emmerder où il y a une motivation plus noble?"

andrewdessler, to random
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how it started vs. how it's going

andrewdessler,
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where it's going

designthinkingcomic, to random
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Work/Life Balance

SIB, to ArtificialIntelligence
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“The Protein Universe Atlas is a groundbreaking resource for exploring the diversity of proteins. Its user-friendly web interface empowers researchers, biocurators and, students in navigating the “dark matter” to explore proteins of unknown function.”

🥁 That’s what the committee said about this work, one of the 2023 👏

👉 Find out more about this and the other outputs: https://tinyurl.com/ye2yrpxx

video/mp4

TechCrunch, to random
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Ore Energy emerges from stealth to build utility-scale batteries that last days, not hours https://tcrn.ch/3UPiB3b

onlmaps, to random
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Number of Starbucks stores in Europe (as of 2019)
https://mapsontheweb.zoom-maps.com/post/184916726764/number-of-starbucks-stores-in-europe-as-of-2019

augieray, to random
@augieray@mastodon.social avatar

This will end well:

Spain reintroduces mask rules in health centers amid a rise in : https://www.msn.com/en-gb/health/other/spain-brings-back-face-mask-rules-amid-covid-and-flu-spike-across-popular-holiday-spots/ar-AA1mLC5b

Next week, Taylor Swift's Eras Tour arrives in Madrid for two huge concerts. Many Swifties who attended her packed Paris shows have reported contracting COVID. https://archive.ph/sMxMi

drahardja, to ai
@drahardja@sfba.social avatar

“I'll cut to the chase: it's time to stop listening to anything that Sam Altman has to say. Sam Altman is full of shit, and his reign at OpenAI has been defined far more by its empty promises than any realized dreams.”

“Sam Altman Is Full Of Shit”

https://www.wheresyoured.at/sam-altman-is-full-of-shit/

cory, to random
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Forget AI let’s make xenomorphs real and ask them what we should do with ourselves

carnage4life, to random
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The background hum of layoffs in both tech and tech adjacent fields continues unabated.

14% of Pixar losing their jobs is rough especially as this will be blamed on Disney’s overhiring to chase after Netflix. TikTok is a continuation of big tech’s inability to cut once & deep.

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workchronicles, to random
@workchronicles@mastodon.social avatar

(comic) Good News, Bad News https://workchronicles.substack.com/p/comic-good-news-bad-news

mattis, to IoT
@mattis@eupolicy.social avatar

Big fan of this: smart curtains company Slide is shutting down, but they offer one last update which enables its consumers to keep their curtains running through a local API. Great solution for an increasingly prevalent situation in which consumers are left with IoT devices that no longer function because the manufacturer stops existing (see VanMoof, Gigaset, and more).

https://mailchi.mp/62a41d08c384/important-service-message-slide-is-closing-its-doors?e=d537a73017

davidho, to random
@davidho@mastodon.world avatar

Climate change makes everything more dangerous, including flying.

https://www.theguardian.com/business/article/2024/may/21/what-causes-air-turbulence-and-how-worried-should-passengers-be

lauren, to random
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The engineering of duct tape! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-F2QQuZZGk

designthinkingcomic, to random
@designthinkingcomic@mastodon.cloud avatar

Not 'creative' enough?

lovelylovely, to random
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Mark Hamill

I love my country and I feel it's my duty to oppose this demented sociopath with every fiber of my being.

onlmaps, to random
@onlmaps@mastodon.social avatar

Both France and England have almost the same number of population but England is 4 times smaller than Metropolitan France

(via u/Aggravating-Walk-309)

lovelylovely, to random
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This is not a drill but a promise.

Pass it on

video/mp4

TheAuthorVivian,
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@lovelylovely

That's some deep rabbit hole, isn't it?
US citizens should really consider who to vote for, otherwise they may find themselves on the side of the barbed fence where life isn't pretty anymore…

BTW, this guy would be arrested in Germany on the spot for writing something like this in an official campaign ad.
Just saying.

euronews, to random
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Italy, Slovenia, Croatia: New train line offers ready-made rail adventure for as little as €8
https://www.euronews.com/travel/2024/05/21/italy-slovenia-croatia-new-train-line-offers-ready-made-rail-adventure-for-as-little-as-8?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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