Vladimir Savić

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2024-11-22 19:39:42

"AI won't end the world. Idiots chasing money and control using #AI will." #q

2024-09-15 09:27:06

❤️💕
BrassPalast - Ain't No Sunshine (cover of Bill Withers' song) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-EbGh2-DLM #listening🔊🎶

2024-07-11 11:14:20

🤣😂🤣
"The best part of #Linux's single universal packaging system is there's three of them." #q
#FlatPak #Snap #AppImage

2024-03-16 14:05:57

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@npub1xqj…uxyx I'm quite sure that COBOL is safe for (at least) next 40 years. 😉

2024-03-16 13:23:06

#TomGauld on a conspiracy theorist’s book club discussion about The Gruffalo #cartoon
[Source: https://www.theguardian.com/books/picture/2024/mar/16/tom-gauld-on-a-conspiracy-theorists-book-club-discussion-about-the-gruffalo-cartoon]
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2024-03-16 07:43:06

Some good points here ...
#Zig, #Rust, and other languages https://notes.eatonphil.com/2024-03-15-zig-rust-and-other-languages.html #programming

2024-03-14 09:53:45

After accident resulting in destruction of my favorite coffee cup 😔 I can only ...
Dave Brubeck - Take Five https://youtube.com/watch?v=vmDDOFXSgAs #listening🎧

2024-03-14 06:30:58

Neighbour's Audi today, your car tomorrow?
Audi A3 buyers have to subscribe to use basic car features https://jalopnik.com/audi-a3-buyers-must-subscribe-to-use-basic-car-features-1851331903 #EaaS #XaaS #subscription #economy

2024-03-13 16:38:23

In case you need it ... 😎
Technical #Manual TM 11-410: The Homing Pigeon (1945) https://www.gutenberg.org/files/55084/55084-h/55084-h.htm
#history
#document
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2024-03-13 16:26:27

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2024-03-13 13:29:09

Among the A.I. doomsayers - Some people think machine intelligence will transform humanity for the better. Others fear it may destroy us. Who will decide our fate? https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/03/18/among-the-ai-doomsayers #AI

2024-03-12 22:13:09

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@npub1s44…95a7 I don't use Node.js but I use Go for quite some time. It' not perfect but it's (more than) good enough. Thus, I'm really biased.

2024-03-12 19:59:32

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@npub1z0p…d6zw Beats me. Just stumbled upon that info today.

2024-03-12 16:35:21

Well, I suppose that was just a matter of time?! 🤨
Finally, a #scripting #language for #ChatGPT (AImarkdown Script) https://dev.to/aimarkdown/finally-a-scripting-language-for-chatgpt-aimarkdown-script-4mjh #LLM #AI

2024-03-12 13:47:27

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@npub1nrv…q3rw (B)
P:S. Nice one - took me few moments to mentally unwrap it.

2024-03-12 11:14:33

Eh ... 😔
"What can I do with #Go that I can't do with #Node?"
I don't get the point of #Golang - That's why I need help https://dev.to/lucaschitolina/i-dont-get-the-point-of-golang-thats-why-i-need-help-2f7j
P.S. I don't get the point of pen - That's why I need help

2024-03-12 10:31:24

😔
New York Times issues #DMCA takedown notices against #Wordle clones (nearly 2,000 of them) https://community.designtaxi.com/topic/2745-new-york-times-issues-dmca-takedown-notices-against-wordle-clones-nearly-2000-of-them/ #zeitgeist

2024-03-08 17:14:04

Wait... What?!
#Microsoft confirms Russian spies stole source code, accessed internal systems https://www.theregister.com/2024/03/08/microsoft_confirms_russian_spies_stole/

2024-02-07 21:02:26

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@npub1yec…svmh You are correct! 100% right and that's our sad reality.
P.S. Thanks for mentioning story about casino, ransomware, and a fish tank - never heard before.

2024-02-07 20:49:57

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There is quite a number of articles/blogs/tweets/toots/... questioning or outright denying validity of this story. I must say - I'm a bit disappointed. If true, it would be great cautionary tale for times to come ...

2024-02-07 18:56:19

OMFG?! Why?! 😱 How anyone even could think that toothbrush should be Internet-connected?! 😔
Three million malware-infected smart toothbrushes used in Swiss #DDoS attacks - #botnet causes millions of euros in damages https://www.tomshardware.com/networking/three-million-malware-infected-smart-toothbrushes-used-in-swiss-ddos-attacks-botnet-causes-millions-of-euros-in-damages #InternetOfShit

2023-12-01 19:51:21

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"Hello, World" in 5 CURSED languages that no one should use https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehbSTazdhbU #programming #esolangs #watching📺

2023-10-21 07:49:13

Happy Back to the Future Day 🎉
#BackToTheFutureDay

2023-10-09 16:48:38

❤️💕😍
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2023-10-04 09:21:00

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@npub19th…5tkg AB=40cm, simply apply Pythagorean theorem as AB=NZ=sqrt(NM^2-MZ^2) where MZ=9cm (MB=17cm, ZB=NA=8cm)
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2023-10-03 18:06:26

Will market finally quiet a vampire?!
WeWork Skips $95 Million in Interest Payments https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/02/business/wework-misses-interest-payments.html #zeitgeist

2023-10-03 15:01:40

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@npub1xq6…lysw Thanks for the link to the article, will take a look tonight.
N.B. Just in case ... I wasn't ironic/sarcastic - I fully understand that transitions are hard and painful, ridden with problems, changes are slow (but necessary) so patience is needed.
P.S. Believe or not, I've seen that exact graph a few days ago (wanted to check some assumptions I had - I was helping my daughter with some school essay in a role of devil's advocate).

2023-10-03 14:15:53

Transitions are hard and painful ...
A new electric vehicle battery factory in Kansas is demanding so much #energy⚡️that the state is delaying the retirement of a coal plant to make sure the facility has enough power https://cowboystatedaily.com/2023/09/22/ev-battery-factory-will-require-so-much-energy-it-needs-a-coal-plant-to-power-it/ #zeitgeist

2023-10-03 11:26:33

Stumbled upon quite a few articles titled "Are you registered to vote?" (related to elections in US).
I've never comprehended why US (at least not in a most of states, AFAIK) doesn't have automatic/compulsory voter registration?!
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2023-10-03 05:57:18

Nothing frightens me more than situations in which some think tank warns about impending doom. 😔
"Progress in #AI has advanced rapidly in recent years, leading to expanded debate among
experts about its potential risks. Although AI has the potential to transform entire industries, it
could also pose novel threats to national defense and homeland security."
Preparing the Federal Response to Advanced Technologies https://www.rand.org/pubs/testimonies/CTA2953-1.html #zeitgeist

2023-10-03 05:51:33

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@npub1625…yajr True ... 😔

2023-10-03 05:47:46

😔
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2023-10-03 05:42:14

It begins.
Boston Dynamics finally made a robot that doesn't look like a human or dog - meet Stretch, Boston Dynamics' #robot🤖 for moving boxes in warehouses, which was designed for maximum efficiency https://mashable.com/video/boston-dynamics-stretch-warehouse-robot #zeigteist

2023-10-03 05:05:58

"These re-creations are, at their very best, a poor facsimile of greater people, but at their worst, a horrendous Frankensteinian monster, cobbled together from the worst bits of everything this industry is, instead of what it should stand for."
Robin Williams’ Daughter Zelda Criticizes Use of #AI to Re-create His Voice: “I Find It Personally Disturbing” https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital/robin-williams-zelda-criticizes-ai-recreate-his-voice-1235605805/ #zeitgeist

2023-10-03 05:00:08

It begins.
Dudes arrested for trying to steal entire #UberEats delivery #robot🤖 - "It didn’t end well (for them)." https://futurism.com/the-byte/ubereats-delivery-robot-robbery #zeitgeist

2023-10-01 17:24:59

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@npub1xq6…lysw My reasons against AI lie somewhere between those lines.

2023-10-01 17:09:17

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@npub1xq6…lysw P.S. When I see any of Big Three (MBB) consulting companies involved (BCG in this case) I just can't take any info without pile of salt.
P.S. In general, I'm strongly prejudiced and biased against MBB and AI.

2023-10-01 17:04:35

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@npub1xq6…lysw ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

2023-10-01 16:54:18

Be afraid. Be very afraid. It begins. 😔
ChatGPT-4 significantly increased performance of business consultants - Navigating the Jagged Technological Frontier https://d3.harvard.edu/navigating-the-jagged-technological-frontier/ #Industry40 #LLM #ChatGPT #AI #zeitgeist

2023-10-01 16:40:43

The end is nigh! 😱
Gen Z and Gen Alpha are fscked ... 😔
Study reveals some teens receive 5,000 notifications daily, most spend almost two hours on TikTok https://www.techspot.com/news/100327-new-study-reveals-teens-receive-5000-phone-notifications.html #zeitgeist

2023-09-22 06:47:07

Uh, oh,... Suza mi suzu stiže.
All those NFTs are officially worthless - A new study suggests a huge number of #NFT collections are now worth $0 https://kotaku.com/nft-meaning-scam-crypto-marketplace-price-bored-ape-1850860661 #zeitgeist

2023-09-22 06:27:45

Hmmm ... 🤔
Modular forms, the 'fifth fundamental operation' of #math https://www.quantamagazine.org/behold-modular-forms-the-fifth-fundamental-operation-of-math-20230921/

2023-09-17 06:54:43

Hmmm ... 🤔
We’re in a productivity crisis, according to 52 years of data. Things could get really bad. https://medium.com/accelerated-intelligence/were-in-a-productivity-crisis-according-to-52-years-of-data-things-could-get-really-bad-5c7e53242a0 #zeitgeist

2023-09-17 06:35:54

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@npub1n0a…68f5 "Never let your sense of morals prevent you from doing what is right."
-- Salvor Hardin
😜

2023-09-16 11:18:04

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2023-09-15 07:13:36

Eh ... 😔
Why Does America Provide More Space for Storing Cars Than Housing People? https://commonedge.org/why-does-america-provide-more-space-for-storing-cars-than-housing-people/ #zeitgeist

2023-09-12 15:31:43

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@npub1t77…hu5t I suppose that was pawn g3? If it is - no. That's stalemate. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

2023-09-12 11:06:05

White to mate in 2
#chess
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2023-09-10 22:51:07

😜
#math #puzzle
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2023-09-10 13:11:56

Confessions of a #McKinsey Whistleblower - Inside the soul-crushing, morally bankrupt, top-secret world of our most powerful consulting firm https://thenation.com/article/society/mckinsey-whistleblower-confessions/

2023-09-10 12:42:48

Hmmm ... 🤔 Interesting visualization - Periodic table of asset classes
[Source: https://twitter.com/QCompounding/status/1699109637621178552]
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2023-09-10 12:34:43

❤️💕
Breathing life back into a Minitel 1B with the Minimit! https://blog.jgc.org/2023/09/breathing-life-back-into-minitel-1b.html #retrocomputing🖥

2023-09-10 08:08:47

Hmmm ... 🤨
"This piece exists thanks to the munificence of my paying newsletter subscribers. If you value you my writing on Medium, joining them is a great way to support that." #q
The End of the Subscription Era is Coming https://nickfthilton.medium.com/the-end-of-the-subscription-era-is-coming-ed197f252c6a #zeitgeist

2023-09-08 12:49:10

"Closures are poor man's objects. Objects are poor man's closures." #q

2023-09-06 20:52:20

Quantum webpage?! 😜
This page exists only if someone is looking at it http://ephemeralp2p.durazo.us/2bbbf21959178ef2f935e90fc60e5b6e368d27514fe305ca7dcecc32c0134838

2023-09-04 20:43:39

OMFG?! 🤨
Chromebooks Were Once a Good Deal for Schools. Now They’re Becoming E-Waste. https://www.wsj.com/tech/chromebooks-were-once-a-good-deal-for-schools-now-theyre-becoming-e-waste-dc93833b #zeitgeist

2023-09-04 11:27:01

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@npub1zm8…3hyc I concur. On a personal level I really hate international corporations but dominant perception of those in the public eye is not aligned with my world views. So, I'm doing what I can to bring them down but considering that I live in backwater country (and my influence is limited only to local level) I can only boycott and/or preach against those corporations.

2023-09-04 09:37:18

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@npub1zm8…3hyc I'm doing that whenever possible. But, it's very hard (and becomes even harder with each passing day) to avoid some companies and/or malpractices because all markets/businesses (even local ones) are prone to cartelization. 😔

2023-09-03 22:02:16

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@npub1kmm…smc9 I really don't know why ... But, yes, I concur, Visa is, de facto, in financial sector.

2023-09-03 19:42:45

"Inter arma enim silent leges." #q

2023-09-03 18:08:41

Top 50 Most Valuable Companies 2023
[Source: https://www.visualcapitalist.com/the-50-most-valuable-companies-in-the-world-in-2023/] #economy
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2023-09-02 11:27:14

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2023-09-01 09:13:36

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@npub19th…5tkg 12/13

2023-08-31 12:01:26

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@npub1hud…nyfp Hell, been there, done that! I'm too old ... 😔

2023-08-30 20:41:18

#TomGauld on areas of expertise #cartoon
[Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2389834-tom-gauld-on-areas-of-expertise/]
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2023-08-25 10:57:30

Hmmm ... 🤔
Dave's #Paper Notes: #Programming as #Theory Building https://ratfactor.com/papers/naur1 #knowledge

2023-08-24 16:16:51

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@npub1ys8…tl3r Same here.
N.B. I really don't know Dutch language albeit I can extrapolate some things and general feel of it considering my (superficial) knowledge of German and English languages and having some general idea of Dutch mentality (mostly got from Dutch sailors and shipowners sailing Danube) so I blindly trust source.

2023-08-24 16:08:41

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@npub1ys8…tl3r That's according Brooks' notable book The Mythical Man-Month, Chapter 1, The Tar Pit. - "Een schip op het strand is een baken in zee." translated into English as "A ship on the beach is a lighthouse to the sea." ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

2023-08-24 15:58:55

"A ship on the beach is a lighthouse to the sea."
-- Dutch proverb #q

2023-08-24 12:06:17

"In theory, sure. But in practice, nope." #q

2023-08-24 11:14:22

Eh ... 😔
"Banks and payments companies have long penalized sex workers. Many thought #crypto would be a solution, but now exchanges are dumping them too."
Sex workers took refuge in crypto - now it’s failing them https://www.wired.com/story/sex-workers-crypto-failing-them/ #cryptocurrency

2023-08-24 10:16:14

#TomGauld: 'If that's CERN, I'm not here' #cartoon
[Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2388792-tom-gauld-if-thats-cern-im-not-here/]
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2023-08-24 08:22:41

Wait, what?! Are you telling me there are people willing to pay to watch that?!
#Amazon tries to take over pirate sites that sold DVD copies of Rings of Power - Low-quality pirated DVDs allegedly "jeopardize Amazon's reputation for quality." https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/08/amazon-tries-to-take-over-pirate-sites-that-sold-dvd-copies-of-rings-of-power/

2023-08-23 16:42:20

Hmmm ... 🤔
#IBM targets legacy #COBOL code with its #Java-savvy generative #AI #watsonx tool - Humans are still "in the driver's seat", but it could make code more modular https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/08/ibms-generative-ai-tool-aims-to-refactor-ancient-cobol-code-for-its-mainframes/ #mainframe

2023-08-23 10:07:35

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@npub17nd…kljz LOL! Nice joke! 🤣😂🤣

2023-08-23 06:22:50

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@npub1j3t…frnv I concur. I'm programmer, entered into field as a hobbyist albeit with mathematical background. Never felt I should call my profession in any other way.
Also, never got degree that gives me title of an engineer nor got any engineering license thus I don't have any right to call myself as such.
P.S. As I like to say - a hundred years ago engineers used to build bridges, diesel engines, electronic devices,... now they move buttons a few pixels left or right. 😜

2023-08-23 05:39:28

Hmmm ... 🤔
Programmers: Stop calling yourselves engineers - It undermines a long tradition of designing and building infrastructure in the public interest (2015) https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2015/11/programmers-should-not-call-themselves-engineers/414271/ #testoftime

2023-08-22 11:07:18

"[...] restricting knowledge behind paywalls is a violation of human rights."
Access to knowledge is a human right https://engineuring.wordpress.com/2023/08/14/access-to-knowledge-is-a-human-right/ #scihub

2023-08-21 10:59:04

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@npub10w3…tmd0 😎
P.S. Regarding b) - not a direction/solution I had in mind considering that is high school level problem (I help some kids with preparation for the university admission tests next year) so we look for true intersections of functions f(x)=2ˣ and g(x)=x!=Γ(x-1) but I really like it. Thanks for your input.

2023-08-20 17:49:01

Oh, really?!
"X will begin to have users verify their identity by having them submit a selfie alongside a government issued ID. The process requires users to consent to X storing their information for 30 days and sharing it with AU10TIX, an identity verification company based in Israel."
[Source: https://twitter.com/PCMag/status/1692587937219678228]

2023-08-20 12:16:56

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@npub1ys8…tl3r It' one of my most favorited movies of all time. I really, really like it.
It' another adaptation of Arnaud's novel Le Salaire de la peur (previous was The Wages of Fear by Clouzot - good movie as well but Sorcerer is better, IMHO).
It's sad it flopped hard (mostly because it's theater run coincided with "Star Wars: A New Hope" but it's also a bit too artistic for general theater's crowd) and seriously damaged Friedkin's career.

2023-08-20 11:22:37

How many solutions does equation x!=2ˣ have if
a) x∈ℤ
b) x∈ℝ
#math

2023-08-20 11:04:08

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2023-08-20 11:02:06

Sorcerer https://imdb.com/title/tt0076740/
Directed by William Friedkin
Cinematography by Dick Bush and John M. Stephens
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2023-08-20 10:38:09

"beginners can create an absolute mess, but only an expert can get paid for it." #q
complex simple good bad code https://cohost.org/tef/post/2503472-complex-simple-good #developers

2023-08-20 08:13:41

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@npub1j3t…frnv No problem, I'm sorry that I didn't even think about adding spoiler warning.

2023-08-20 08:10:31

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@npub1j3t…frnv Sorry ... Added CW.

2023-08-20 07:56:25

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@npub1j3t…frnv @npub1tfx…n4hu There is no correct answer - this is well known paradox in probability. 😎
P.S. This question gives nice insight into ordering bias as well. 😉

2023-08-19 22:05:20

#TomGauld on a creating a literary legacy #cartoon
[Source: https://www.theguardian.com/books/picture/2023/aug/19/tom-gauld-on-a-creating-a-literary-legacy-cartoon]
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2023-08-19 05:49:46

"In 2019, fully 40% of total U.S. emissions were associated with income flows to the highest earning 10% of households. Among the highest earning 1% of households (whose income is linked to 15–17% of national emissions) [...]"
Income-based U.S. household carbon footprints (1990–2019) offer new insights on emissions inequality and #climate finance https://journals.plos.org/climate/article?id=10.1371/journal.pclm.0000190 #climatechange #climateemergency

2023-08-18 18:15:25

"The Plumber Problem" is a phrase I coined to describe the experience of watching a movie that touches on some subject area that you know way more about than the average person, and then some inaccuracy in what’s depicted distracts you and takes you out of the movie. (This can occur in any work of fiction, of course: movies, TV, books, etc.)
The Plumber Problem https://hypercritical.co/2023/08/18/the-plumber-problem

2023-08-17 17:26:53

Considering that my Wolfram|Alpha #Android app got update and now it's WolframAlpha Classic I needed to check if it still works as it should.
The answer is - yes! https://www.wolframalpha.com/input?i=batman+equation 😉 #math
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2023-08-17 11:23:07

"Honestly, software development is not as complex as people like to believe and there aren't as many unknowable elements as people like to think, and in my opinion this line of thinking is just an excuse to not actually think about what needs to be done to complete a task." #q

2023-08-17 06:45:13

#TomGauld reveals the Venn diagram of a flying object #cartoon
[Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2387793-tom-gauld-reveals-the-venn-diagram-of-a-flying-object/]
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2023-08-16 18:32:17

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@npub1elp…mnrh 🤣😂🤣

2023-08-16 18:13:01

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@npub1ys8…tl3r Yup. 😎

2023-08-16 18:06:25

😜
[Source: https://twitter.com/jacobmparis/status/1691773747114459463]
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2023-08-16 17:35:35

Eh ... 😔
Thinking about God increases acceptance of artificial intelligence in decision-making https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2218961120 #AI

2023-08-16 15:41:56

Looks like @npub1wk0…s4mu got Cease and Desist letter from #ARM ... Those corporate idiots. 😔
[Source: https://twitter.com/Fox0x01/status/1691774253014618222]
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2023-08-16 09:14:57

❤️💕
[Source: https://twitter.com/dinosaurcouch/status/1685010999231774720]
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