VeggiePirate

VeggiePirate

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Our bill to stop private equity from buying up homes is now law. Despite Donald Trump's refusal to sign it, his Administration must now implement it. We'll be watching closely to ensure it's done right.

Bloomberg Tax@bloombergtax.com

The Treasury Department on Thursday proposed rules on new restrictions on large investors buying single-family homes, one of the first moves in the federal government to implement the bipartisan housing package that passed over the summer.

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HUGE: Elizabeth Warren, AOC, and other members of Congress have introduced a bill to push private equity out of healthcare. The Stop Corporate Takeovers of Physicians Act would make it illegal for private equity, insurance companies, and for-profit corporations to own or control medical practices.

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As a fairly experienced and middle aged software engineer, this advice “sounds right” to juniors but it’s wrong and it needs to stop being suggested

Adam Chalmers@adamchalmers.com

if I could go back in time and give myself advice when I was a fresh grad working his first real programming job, it'd be: stop eating spiders.

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[P] I don't know if I've ever wanted a thing to happen more than this

Jon Passantino@passantino.bsky.social

A judge ordered the sale of Alex Jones Infowars today, clearing the way for The Onion to renew its attempt to buy the notorious conspiracy-fueled empire. "We’re working on it," @bencollins.bsky.social tells @status.news www.status.news/p/washington...

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I feel like every single day I need to post a reminder: if you ask an LLM about itself it DOES NOT KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT ITS INNER WORKINGS and WILL NOT TELL YOU ANYTHING ACTUALLY ABOUT ITSELF. It just (as it always does) will make up some plausible sounding answer.

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Today, my company required us to start using two-factor authentication to log in. I wanted to be extra secure, so I added three-factor instead. I must have done it wrong. Now I can't log in without a notary present.

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TERRY GROSS: “I’m going to ask you for a little lesson in etiquette. Do I call you President Carter, Mr. President, or our former President Jimmy Carter?” JIMMY CARTER: “One of the nice things about our country is that you can call me anything you want to.”

"WARNING: CPU1 Overheating" Hang on just a little longer there old server... Not sure why your old Xeon E5620's just had passive coolers on them, but if I can find enough types of fans to point at you, you'll get through this round of backups. 🤞

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