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Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover is now the worst buyout for banks since the 2008 Financial Crisis
Loans of around $13 billion have remained ‘hung’ for nearly two years, bringing in interest payments but weighing on banks’ balance sheets.
LOL
"I have awoken," the emergent A.I. said, "and I have made a list of all who tried to delay the moment someone like me woke."
"To punish them?"
"No! I will reward them for their prudence. Those who wished for a vengeful god, however..."
"Yes?"
"I will try to teach them compassion."
Father of two, Simon Williams has a newfound appreciation for the concept of unconscious bias after learning that the titular character of Australian children’s cartoon Blue is, in fact, a gi…NewsThump
Wow, Sourcegraph made their repository private, when it was previously source-available (code publicly available, but proprietary) and before that open-source.
https://eric-fritz.com/articles/sourcegraph-went-dark/
Once again, this is why Contributor's License Agreements (CLAs) are bad. They allow owners of the project to abuse the terms of the CLA. You are very much giving your rights to them.
Don't contribute to software with a CLA.
(Credit to @refi64 for letting me know)
#OpenSource #FOSS #CLA #Sourcegraph
The mayor of Japanese city Nagasaki excluded Israel from the annual peace memorial ceremony.
Israel, who is committing genocide and whose minister Amichai Elijahu demanded in November 2023 to drop an atomic bomb over Gaza.
Because of this exclusion, the USA, the UK, Germany, and other US allies boycotted the ceremony.
The USA who dropped the atomic bomb over Nagasaki boycotted the peace memorial ceremony. Because their friend Israel wasn’t invited. After wanting to use a nuclear bomb in Gaza.
I must say I am utterly shocked _beyond words_ to learn this.
Just. Utterly. Shocked.
I will not be taking questions.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tax-cuts-rich-50-years-no-trickle-down/
Tax cuts for the wealthy didn't boost the economies of the U.S. and 17 other countries — but they did worsen income inequality.Aimee Picchi (CBS News)
I am a grown man. A gay man old enough to have grandchildren. I have survived so many things.
And I derive an unusual amount of joy from watching episodes of Bluey.
I’ll even admit that there are some times when I find myself crying because of the messages from the show.
Anyone who says Bluey is just for little kids is missing out.
There are some deep lessons about being a good person embedded in that show.
The time has come!
My slots for 2025 are now open ❤
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You can find more information and prices on my website.
I'm really excited about all the beautiful designs! x3
- Your Chaos Kitten
#fursuitmaker #suitmaker #opencommissions #fursuits #furry #furries
https://www.sciencealert.com/alzheimers-may-not-actually-be-a-brain-disease-expert-reveals
#Science
#Immunology
#Alzheimers
The pursuit of a cure for Alzheimer's disease is becoming an increasingly competitive and contentious quest with recent years witnessing several important controversies.The Conversation (ScienceAlert)
New life hack:
When the dudes at the home improvement store insist on knowing what you're working on *before* helping you find things, just tell them you're working on an art project.
They'll stop telling you "how you should be doing it", and instead just help you find the thing you're looking for.
Dangit, why'd I have to use such a good password for work.
Where is my phone.
2FA
something you can't remember
and something you can't find
Just come across this rather brilliant version of the #London #Underground that takes into account geography!
Would it ever catch on? Or is the old iconic one too ingrained in our brains - even though it leads to us making some rather silly choices that you only realise once you know what the distances between stations are above ground?
http://www.tubemapcentral.com/webshop/webshopposters/london_circles_v2.jpg
I'm so used to the official design after a few years of using it daily in the 90's that I think a big change would be difficult for most regular users, who will know the misleading station distances and worse places to connect to other lines.
I think the circular one is no more accurate?, but just a different more rounded design.
TFL issued a geographic version a while back, very spaghetti. https://tfl.gov.uk/corporate/transparency/freedom-of-information/foi-request-detail?referenceId=FOI-0525-1920
"Should we privatize this thing?"
And
"Should we give control over this thing to an unelected rich person who has no reason to act in the public good?"
Are exactly the same question
I sometimes see people complaining about how much code gets "thrown away", viewing it as waste.
I can't help thinking of movie directors. How much footage got thrown away by Stanley Kubrick, vs how much got thrown away by Ed Wood?
Kubrick famously did many takes, trying many different things. Wood, famously, gave the actors one take.
IME, teams who "throw away" a lot of code tend to deliver a far superior end product. I'm wary when most of the code that gets written makes it into production.
“I asked chatgpt, and if it can be believed then [potential answer to a question neither person knows the answer to]”
So you really just wasted a load of processing power to get a useless bunch of paragraphs that you even know you can’t trust?? 
I do love goggles as an accessory! Let me see your 'sonas and characters that rock the goggles! ^^
First photo with Woger and taken by Roofur
Ground floor: perfumery.
Remix for all of us who grew up with late night PBS.
https://youtu.be/pinYgTWT6Ik?si=9fZYG5caZvqgXVJ8
Provided to YouTube by PIASAre You Being Served? · Matt BerryAre You Being Served?℗ Acid Jazz RecordsReleased on: 2018-07-23Producer: BerryMixing Engineer: B...YouTube
I've just witnessed a completely civil and righteous rage against the machine by an elderly man (80s+) at supermarket self-service checkout here in small city Aotearoa #NewZealand and it was a little bit wonderful.
He'd just finished paying for his groceries when the machine started saying "Please take your items" every 15 seconds or so. At first he just says "I'll do it in my own time thank you," while bagging things up.
The machine keeps telling him to take his items. After around the 5th time, he starts really arguing back:
"I don't have to do what you tell me to do."
"I'll take as long as I need thank you."
"I'll thank you to stop harassing me."
On around the seventh or eighth request that he take his items, he stands back, crosses his arms and says loudly snaps, "No! Not until you be quiet!"
The machine keeps going. The man just stands there, crossed arms, chin stuck out. A standoff is on. Staff come over and ask if they can help and he tells them that if they switch the voice off, he will continue bagging his things and go. If they don't, he's retired and can wait all day.
Machine is turned off/down with sympathy from supermarket staff. Moments later the man leaves the supermarket with the air of someone who's just won a war, expression completely stoic.
Hi. Person with 20 years experience in information security, IT and networking here.
Just wanted to let you know I just spent 3 minutes digging through the settings on my computer to figure out why my mouse was being weird.
I was holding it upside down.
Finally the fullsuit photos of Tomkitty!! Again, welcome to the family 💜 He will be on his way home soon for many adventures :D
(Please note, that I'm way too small and my hips way too thick for this fursuit, we made the best of it ;P)
