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Huge news: following a decades-long public campaign, the International Recommended Maximum Line Length for Programming has been increased from 80 characters to 120 characters
March 1, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Huge news: following a decades-long public campaign, the International Recommended Maximum Line Length for Programming has been increased from 80 characters to 120 characters
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I don't know if it will actually happen but I think the thing we actually *need* from the next generation of PLs is first-class language interop, because I think we're starting to bump up against the limits of what you can do with ergonomics in general purpose programming languages
February 27, 2025 at 5:18 PM
I don't know if it will actually happen but I think the thing we actually *need* from the next generation of PLs is first-class language interop, because I think we're starting to bump up against the limits of what you can do with ergonomics in general purpose programming languages
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ICONIC: Yosemite National Park workers just hung an upside-down American flag—THOUSANDS of feet up on El Capitan. That’s not decoration. That’s a distress signal. They’re telling us the country is in danger. Are you paying attention?
www.sfchronicle.com/outdoors/art...
www.sfchronicle.com/outdoors/art...
February 23, 2025 at 7:37 AM
ICONIC: Yosemite National Park workers just hung an upside-down American flag—THOUSANDS of feet up on El Capitan. That’s not decoration. That’s a distress signal. They’re telling us the country is in danger. Are you paying attention?
www.sfchronicle.com/outdoors/art...
www.sfchronicle.com/outdoors/art...
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"Love is Free and so is shoplifting"
Spotted along Kirkstall Road in Leeds, UK
Spotted along Kirkstall Road in Leeds, UK
February 14, 2025 at 11:40 PM
"Love is Free and so is shoplifting"
Spotted along Kirkstall Road in Leeds, UK
Spotted along Kirkstall Road in Leeds, UK
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Wrote a thing about some things I've learned about software development over the years qntm.org/devphilo
Developer philosophy
Amazing as it may seem after all these years, there are still junior developers in the world.
A few weeks ago at work we had a talk where senior developers (including me) were invited to spend around ...
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February 3, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Wrote a thing about some things I've learned about software development over the years qntm.org/devphilo
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What I've learned about writing AI apps, so far: seldo.com/posts/what-i...
What I've learned about writing AI apps so far | Seldo.com
I started writing a post called
seldo.com
January 20, 2025 at 10:13 PM
What I've learned about writing AI apps, so far: seldo.com/posts/what-i...
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Lord I think this one might be a yes!
January 14, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Lord I think this one might be a yes!
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something cool about 2025 is the game of the year is releasing this month and it's called citizen sleeper 2
January 8, 2025 at 6:59 PM
something cool about 2025 is the game of the year is releasing this month and it's called citizen sleeper 2
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CEO Unveils Bold New Plan To Undo Damage From Last Year’s Bold New Plan
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theonion.com/ceo-unveils-...
December 31, 2024 at 8:21 PM
CEO Unveils Bold New Plan To Undo Damage From Last Year’s Bold New Plan
theonion.com/ceo-unveils-...
theonion.com/ceo-unveils-...
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Pretty funny that in 2006 people said libraries and librarians were obsolete because of search engines and now the internet is nothing but AI that will tell you glue is a food group
December 17, 2024 at 12:44 PM
Pretty funny that in 2006 people said libraries and librarians were obsolete because of search engines and now the internet is nothing but AI that will tell you glue is a food group
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Return-to-office (RTO) mandates lead to abnormally high employee turnover, especially for female/more senior/more skilled employees.
It also takes significantly longer to fill these job vacancies after RTO mandates.
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
It also takes significantly longer to fill these job vacancies after RTO mandates.
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
December 16, 2024 at 3:04 AM
Return-to-office (RTO) mandates lead to abnormally high employee turnover, especially for female/more senior/more skilled employees.
It also takes significantly longer to fill these job vacancies after RTO mandates.
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
It also takes significantly longer to fill these job vacancies after RTO mandates.
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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One of the advantages of IOStreams is its intuitive use of the operator<<.
December 13, 2024 at 4:47 PM
One of the advantages of IOStreams is its intuitive use of the operator<<.
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It continues to sit poorly with me that this company is advertising its "Devin" LLM product as a direct replacement for software engineers - calling it an “AI Software Engineer.”
This is sleazy marketing, targeting nontechnical CEOs and execs - suggesting they can replace devs with it.
This is sleazy marketing, targeting nontechnical CEOs and execs - suggesting they can replace devs with it.
December 12, 2024 at 9:43 AM
It continues to sit poorly with me that this company is advertising its "Devin" LLM product as a direct replacement for software engineers - calling it an “AI Software Engineer.”
This is sleazy marketing, targeting nontechnical CEOs and execs - suggesting they can replace devs with it.
This is sleazy marketing, targeting nontechnical CEOs and execs - suggesting they can replace devs with it.
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If you’re using open-source or local LLMs, structured generation can significantly improve the reliability of your evaluations, especially when it comes to complex tasks like hallucination detection and content moderation. Read more in Caleb Kaiser's latest article.
#LLM #OpenSource
#LLM #OpenSource
How to Use Structured Generation for LLM-as-a-Judge Evaluations
Structured generation is fundamental to building complex, multi-step reasoning agents in LLM evaluations—especially for open source models.
towardsdatascience.com
December 11, 2024 at 5:02 AM
If you’re using open-source or local LLMs, structured generation can significantly improve the reliability of your evaluations, especially when it comes to complex tasks like hallucination detection and content moderation. Read more in Caleb Kaiser's latest article.
#LLM #OpenSource
#LLM #OpenSource
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Bashar al-Assad’s biggest mistake? Not going on Joe Rogan.
December 7, 2024 at 8:13 PM
Bashar al-Assad’s biggest mistake? Not going on Joe Rogan.
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🇬🇪‼️ In Tbilisi, unknown masked people are attacking journalists and protesters.
December 7, 2024 at 7:23 PM
🇬🇪‼️ In Tbilisi, unknown masked people are attacking journalists and protesters.
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I have a new career goal which is to never pick a job at a company so evil that people spend 3+ days celebrating when I die.
December 6, 2024 at 4:32 AM
I have a new career goal which is to never pick a job at a company so evil that people spend 3+ days celebrating when I die.
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it's tuesday evening and we're korean
Absolutely zero shade at all, but why were so many reporters and politicians drunk on a Monday evening?
I am, incidentally, pretty drunk rn (the job is 24/7!!!). This is the most Korean thing I've ever done.
December 3, 2024 at 5:36 PM
it's tuesday evening and we're korean
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Went to the doctor today. Told them I felt worn down, tired, and constantly stressed.
Doctor said: "I’ve got an easy fix. Check out this new game called Balatro. It’s a roguelike deckbuilder and the talk of the town. That’ll pick you up."
But doctor…
Doctor said: "I’ve got an easy fix. Check out this new game called Balatro. It’s a roguelike deckbuilder and the talk of the town. That’ll pick you up."
But doctor…
December 2, 2024 at 2:40 PM
Went to the doctor today. Told them I felt worn down, tired, and constantly stressed.
Doctor said: "I’ve got an easy fix. Check out this new game called Balatro. It’s a roguelike deckbuilder and the talk of the town. That’ll pick you up."
But doctor…
Doctor said: "I’ve got an easy fix. Check out this new game called Balatro. It’s a roguelike deckbuilder and the talk of the town. That’ll pick you up."
But doctor…
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"we were successful because we did ___"
almost every time i hear this it turns out they were successful in spite of ___
almost every time i hear this it turns out they were successful in spite of ___
December 2, 2024 at 1:32 PM
"we were successful because we did ___"
almost every time i hear this it turns out they were successful in spite of ___
almost every time i hear this it turns out they were successful in spite of ___
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„OpenAI omawia plany wprowadzenia reklam do swoich produktów AI, trwa restrukturyzacja jako firma nastawiona na zysk”.
December 2, 2024 at 11:20 AM
„OpenAI omawia plany wprowadzenia reklam do swoich produktów AI, trwa restrukturyzacja jako firma nastawiona na zysk”.
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Do you think Bluesky has a chance to grow and become a major platform?
November 27, 2024 at 4:45 AM
Do you think Bluesky has a chance to grow and become a major platform?
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Ever since I was a little girl I knew I wanted to provide more value for shareholders
November 26, 2024 at 3:25 PM
Ever since I was a little girl I knew I wanted to provide more value for shareholders
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distributed systems man. why do we do this to ourselves
November 24, 2024 at 4:05 AM
distributed systems man. why do we do this to ourselves
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The Economist: “Climate change is neither the end of the world nor an expensive hoax. It is a real and difficult problem, but one that can be curbed affordably.” www.economist.com/interactive/...
Non-paywalled link: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/3xqqx...
Non-paywalled link: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/3xqqx...
The energy transition will be much cheaper than you think
Most analysts overestimate energy demand and underestimate technological advances
www.economist.com
November 22, 2024 at 9:16 AM
The Economist: “Climate change is neither the end of the world nor an expensive hoax. It is a real and difficult problem, but one that can be curbed affordably.” www.economist.com/interactive/...
Non-paywalled link: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/3xqqx...
Non-paywalled link: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/3xqqx...