I spent a bunch of time digging into what we call "tech debt" to better understand how to plan around it, and now you can all read the results! leaddev.com/tech/how-plan-…
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brooklyn - but what are space? Katılım Ağustos 2007
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@modernserf @NWSNewYorkNY Oh oh, so this is snow that fell during a calendar day, not the total accumulation at some point in time, ok, ty!
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@jamessocol @NWSNewYorkNY It previously snowed overnight, so some snowfall recorded for one day and some for the other
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It's been 701 days since Central Park last recorded an inch of snow on a calendar day.
Latest totals as of 7 am:
❄️Since midnight -- 1.0"
❄️Storm total -- 1.4"
The streak has ended! #NYwx
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@lightwayves @Cmdr_Hadfield It's an environmental thing: native flora and fauna and a lot less water, fertilizer, lawnmower energy use, etc
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Winner of the world’s ugliest lawn - well done Kathleen Murray of Tasmania. Her prize was the T-shirt.
Kathleen says “I’m all for guilt-free weekends, especially since my ex-husband left with the lawnmower back in 2016.”
Article: tinyurl.com/3jnppkxw
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The least safe way of getting around right now is in a car. Public officials need to be clear on that.
NYPD Highway@NYPDHighway
It’s snowing in NYC. ❄️Please be careful while driving tonight and tomorrow. Slow down, watch for ice on the roads and keep a safe distance from other vehicle’s. Drive safe! ❄️
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Queens College PSC@psc_qc
Yesterday the Queens College #CUNY Provost instructed all chairs to fire 26 people in substitute lines. 26 people have lost salaries & possibly health insurance 15 days before the start of the semester! @PSC_CUNY #FundCUNY #APeoplesCUNY #FixCUNY #NewDeal4CUNY #CareNotCuts
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@singgenberg wow it's incredible to see someone so deeply miss the irony
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about 30 years too late for this not to say you're a fascist, whoops!
Eli Lake@EliLake
I am personally boycotting all products from South Africa. I hope people of conscience do the same.
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#2: EMILY M. BENDER
A few months later, it was time to learn a bit more about how large language models actually worked, so @emilymbender came on the show to give us her view on computational linguistics and why ChatGPT wasn’t really intelligent. x.com/techwontsaveus…
Tech Won't Save Us@techwontsaveus
This week @emilymbender joins @parismarx to discuss why large language models and tools like ChatGPT are not intelligent and the dangers of thinking they are. In this clip, Emily explains why we want to believe there’s meaning in ChatGPT’s text. Full ep: podcasts.apple.com/podcast/chatgp…
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#1: TIMNIT GEBRU
As the AI hype was taking off, @timnitGebru came on the show to give us her expert opinion on what to make of it and told us about her experience in Silicon Valley. It resonated with a lot of listeners. x.com/techwontsaveus…
Tech Won't Save Us@techwontsaveus
This week @timnitGebru joins @parismarx to discuss why we shouldn’t get distracted by all the hype around AI tools like ChatGPT and Stable Diffusion. In this clip, Timnit explains how influential people are narrowing the scope of AI research. Full ep: podcasts.apple.com/podcast/dont-f…
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@molly0xFFF the constant balancing act that i never succeed at
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didn't have enough coffee so my head was hurting
made more coffee and now i'm anxious
lordy
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@TakenPilot Eh it regularly recommends I follow people I have blocked anyway
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Those who wrongly deny that Canada's mostly science based approach to Covid has saved lives need to look at this chart.
The US per capita death rate for Covid from start to Dec. 19, 2023 is 243% of Canada's. We could matched the US and have had 129,932 deaths instead of 53,470.
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Reminder: Santa has no idea if you’ve been naughty or nice because Signal doesn’t retain enough metadata to comply with the necessary pen/trace orders.
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Hey @NYCMayor, I don't want you to fail. You failed. I want you to resign so we can have someone competent
Gothamist@Gothamist
NYPD overtime pay for extra officers in the subway went from $4 million in 2022 to $155 million this year, according to city records obtained by Gothamist. gothamist.com/news/nypd-over…
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