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@shlc.bsky.social
software dev | foss | leftist | digital equity advocate | gamer | geopolitics and true crime enthusiast
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“.. the bubble generated by AI is now 17 times larger than the dot-com bubble in the late 1990s, and four times bigger than the global real-estate bubble that crashed the economy in 2008.” #economics #economy #risk www.commondreams.org/news/artific...
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I admired her ability to make a strong argument - without repeating, because she was sharing refinements of her own understanding; not least that "we" are only a part of the life on this planet - that our consciousness might value life for its own sake, instead of capitalizing and commodifying it.
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Yeah, the secret reason is taxes. Trump made cuts in 2017, senate balanced it with a time bomb that went off in 2022. "Section 174" allowed software engineers to be written off as R&D headcount, where R&D was a tax write-off. Repeal that, and companies have to pay taxes for engineers. More details:
news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4422... #tech #layoffs #jobmarket
“How did a single line in the tax code help trigger a tsunami of mass layoffs?” “In public, companies blamed bloat and AI. But inside boardrooms, spreadsheets were telling a quieter story.” qz.com/tech-layoffs...
“How did a single line in the tax code help trigger a tsunami of mass layoffs?” “In public, companies blamed bloat and AI. But inside boardrooms, spreadsheets were telling a quieter story.” qz.com/tech-layoffs...
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Using AI to facilitate sociopolitical discussion on opposing viewpoints, and a government that actually cares about their citizen’s thoughts and opinions?! Audrey Tang on The Great Simplification: youtu.be/aXgne-9F7uU?...
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NEW: SignalGate Meets WordPress: Outgoing National Security Adviser’s Phone Dumps Messages via Israeli App unicornriot.ninja/2025/signalg... Mike Waltz is using a foreign company’s software to log Signal chats. Our exclusive deep dive into the TeleMessage system.
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What’s happening in Los Angeles’s ports suggests that financial markets have yet to fully price in how much Trump’s tariff war is hurting the economy, @juliettekayyem.bsky.social writes. “The stock market goes up and down. Maritime indicators keep on sinking”:
“Momo-chan, you were called fat today” youtu.be/GzTAi3JQ3RM?... #dog #japanese #funny
conduition - “Reverse Engineering TicketMaster's Rotating Barcodes (SafeTix)“ crazy this technology exists to “prevent scalpers” when ticketmaster scalps its own tickets conduition.io/coding/ticke...
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they finally did it. they invented a machine that can't run doom.
You can try the Microsoft just released a Quake 2 demo that runs on genAI. It forgets where you are you each time you look at the floor and soft-locks when it's to dark. A technological marvel. You can try the "Copilot Gaming Experience" here: copilot.microsoft.com/wham
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Jessica Aber worked on a DOJ case that charged Russian military personnel with war crimes, a first-of-its-kind case. Just saying. www.justice.gov/archives/opa...
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Also a part of this: www.justice.gov/archives/opa...
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Former US attorney for Eastern District of Virginia Jessica Aber found dead at 43
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