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Today is Sextidi the 16th of Frimaire in the year 234.
Frimaire is the month of frost.
Today we celebrate gorse.#JacobinDay
More information on gorse
Frimaire is the month of frost.
Today we celebrate gorse.#JacobinDay
More information on gorse
December 5, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Today is Sextidi the 16th of Frimaire in the year 234.
Frimaire is the month of frost.
Today we celebrate gorse.#JacobinDay
More information on gorse
Frimaire is the month of frost.
Today we celebrate gorse.#JacobinDay
More information on gorse
I'm looking forward to just how terrible a job Ford, GM and Stellantis do when they try to design a US kei car.
December 5, 2025 at 2:28 AM
I'm looking forward to just how terrible a job Ford, GM and Stellantis do when they try to design a US kei car.
hey, no-one's even using those three car lanes. what a waste of space.
Michigan Ave bridge, so much space given over to cars, so little for people
December 5, 2025 at 2:18 AM
hey, no-one's even using those three car lanes. what a waste of space.
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damn zohran made a hell of a phonecall this week huh
President Trump, apparently enamored by the pint-sized Kei cars he saw during his recent trip to Japan, has paved the way for them to be made and sold in the US despite concerns
Trump Wants Asia’s ‘Cute’ Kei Cars to be Made and Sold in US
President Donald Trump, apparently enamored by the pint-sized Kei cars he saw during his recent trip to Japan, has paved the way for them to be made and sold in the US, despite concerns that they’re too small and slow to be driven safely on American roads.
bloom.bg
December 4, 2025 at 4:17 AM
damn zohran made a hell of a phonecall this week huh
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When your country's collective ability to bullshit on the internet is extensive enough to shape AI slop.
December 4, 2025 at 12:40 AM
When your country's collective ability to bullshit on the internet is extensive enough to shape AI slop.
SMH at the brass balls on the retailers who think they're entitled to my money.
Minimum wage employers complaining that people don't have any disposable income or savings.
December 2, 2025 at 9:54 PM
SMH at the brass balls on the retailers who think they're entitled to my money.
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Dusting this one off
December 2, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Dusting this one off
Love it when the train is cancelled on a day I actually have to be in on time for something.
December 1, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Love it when the train is cancelled on a day I actually have to be in on time for something.
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the 2 types of businesses that will still exist in 5 years:
globochain that prices everything based on a real-time check of your bank statement. takes apple pay
deli with prices written in marker. the owner hates having customers but you keep going because the egg salad is really good. cash only
globochain that prices everything based on a real-time check of your bank statement. takes apple pay
deli with prices written in marker. the owner hates having customers but you keep going because the egg salad is really good. cash only
Yeah, the "dynamic pricing" in big box stores is the same. Depending on who is looking at the tag, time of day, etc. the price for items can literally change from the shelf to the register. 😤 Freaking DISNEY is even going to start using it! deadline.com/2025/11/disn...
Disney Will Bring Dynamic Pricing Similar To Airline Model To Domestic Theme Parks, Says CFO
Disney will bring dynamic pricing similar to the model used by airlines to its domestic theme parks as the company looks to boost incremental revenue.
deadline.com
November 30, 2025 at 10:01 PM
the 2 types of businesses that will still exist in 5 years:
globochain that prices everything based on a real-time check of your bank statement. takes apple pay
deli with prices written in marker. the owner hates having customers but you keep going because the egg salad is really good. cash only
globochain that prices everything based on a real-time check of your bank statement. takes apple pay
deli with prices written in marker. the owner hates having customers but you keep going because the egg salad is really good. cash only
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I’ve played a lot of simcity but I didn’t know you could go pro
November 27, 2025 at 12:51 AM
I’ve played a lot of simcity but I didn’t know you could go pro
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[P] goddammit
We are now further away from the theatrical release of Raiders of the Lost Ark (June 12, 1981) than it was from the year it takes place in (1936). We have reached the Indiana Jones event horizon.
November 28, 2025 at 12:33 AM
[P] goddammit
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"It is against the TOS to be talked into suicide by our LLM" is possibly the most evil tech bro thing I've ever read
Additionally, OpenAI argues its not liable because Raine, by using ChatGPT for self-harm, broke its terms of service
November 26, 2025 at 12:29 AM
"It is against the TOS to be talked into suicide by our LLM" is possibly the most evil tech bro thing I've ever read
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A quote from the man who just gave Ray Chung a promotion.
November 24, 2025 at 8:43 PM
A quote from the man who just gave Ray Chung a promotion.
this is great to see
those sticky-outy boxes on the facade that planners love for some reason are just asking to cause a bunch of leaks...
those sticky-outy boxes on the facade that planners love for some reason are just asking to cause a bunch of leaks...
Cook Brothers construction just completed a 4-level mixed-use building on Rattray Street. This contemporary build features commercial space, modern office suites, spacious two-bedroom apartments, and a premium three-bedroom penthouse on the top floor.
www.cookbrothers.co.nz/projects/175...
www.cookbrothers.co.nz/projects/175...
November 20, 2025 at 8:57 PM
this is great to see
those sticky-outy boxes on the facade that planners love for some reason are just asking to cause a bunch of leaks...
those sticky-outy boxes on the facade that planners love for some reason are just asking to cause a bunch of leaks...
This has to be one of the highest ROIs around... Spending $2.5M per year on cycle trails and getting $1.28B back...
That's a BCR Of like 500:1
That's a BCR Of like 500:1
November 20, 2025 at 8:30 AM
This has to be one of the highest ROIs around... Spending $2.5M per year on cycle trails and getting $1.28B back...
That's a BCR Of like 500:1
That's a BCR Of like 500:1
Love how they try to sell this as "flanked by two railway stations" when the race track, army base, a secure government biolab and a gated retirement village make it practically impossible to walk to the closet one.
November 20, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Love how they try to sell this as "flanked by two railway stations" when the race track, army base, a secure government biolab and a gated retirement village make it practically impossible to walk to the closet one.
Still needs finishing and blocking for shape, but that's looking not too bad.
November 20, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Still needs finishing and blocking for shape, but that's looking not too bad.
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I don’t want to seem out of touch but I don’t actually understand the economy anymore.
November 18, 2025 at 3:23 AM
I don’t want to seem out of touch but I don’t actually understand the economy anymore.
The solid 20% of Wellingtonians who walk to work putting in a strong showing.
And here is just Australasia, Wellington as the sole outlier. Sydney and Melbourne slightly more PT-y than the rest
November 17, 2025 at 8:13 AM
The solid 20% of Wellingtonians who walk to work putting in a strong showing.
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my new AI powered lamp is trained on millions of lamp interactions so it understands that 50% of chain pulls are to turn it on and the other 50% are to turn it off. and honestly, it's a little spooky how it knows exactly what i want almost half of the time
March 17, 2025 at 10:59 PM
my new AI powered lamp is trained on millions of lamp interactions so it understands that 50% of chain pulls are to turn it on and the other 50% are to turn it off. and honestly, it's a little spooky how it knows exactly what i want almost half of the time
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Because a bunch of paranoid Facebook-addicted parents are worried about their teens seeing anorexia/sui bait and have no mental model of platform regulation, we're gonna end up with a worse form of internet censorship and digital ID than the cookers were claiming about contact tracing apps.
November 10, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Because a bunch of paranoid Facebook-addicted parents are worried about their teens seeing anorexia/sui bait and have no mental model of platform regulation, we're gonna end up with a worse form of internet censorship and digital ID than the cookers were claiming about contact tracing apps.
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Luxon thinks we need a "mature conversation" about selling state assets... But I don't think he really means that, because a mature conversation would look at the history of failure and the shortsighted focus on profit ahead of public interest.
He wants a conversation where we agree with him.
He wants a conversation where we agree with him.
November 10, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Luxon thinks we need a "mature conversation" about selling state assets... But I don't think he really means that, because a mature conversation would look at the history of failure and the shortsighted focus on profit ahead of public interest.
He wants a conversation where we agree with him.
He wants a conversation where we agree with him.
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It seems like the more time game developers spend with generative "AI", the less impressed by it they are. In the most recent Game Developer survey of people working the industry only 13% expect these tools to have a positive impact on the industry, a decline of nearly half from the previous year.
Developers still aren't warming up to generative AI
Developers do not in fact welcome our new AI overlords.
www.gamedeveloper.com
November 9, 2025 at 6:09 PM
It seems like the more time game developers spend with generative "AI", the less impressed by it they are. In the most recent Game Developer survey of people working the industry only 13% expect these tools to have a positive impact on the industry, a decline of nearly half from the previous year.