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I've got a 16 hour layover in SF this Saturday (22nd), so I'll be heading into the city. hmu if you want to get a coffee! #databs

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what are your timelines for AGI? now, what are your timelines for when a robot can cook up a chicken noodle soup from scratch using the ingredients in your fridge and the appliances in your kitchen? are they the same or different?

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this is great www.cs.cmu.edu/~pavlo/blog/...

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As someone who works at an open core company similar to Preset / Superset, this post really resonates with my experience. Buying a “hosted version of an open source library” made by that libraries creators has more benefits than “just” the hosting. preset.io/blog/running...

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Bubble Sort in C

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Big Boat Stuck

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And today, how to comprehend SQL, courtesy @daveconnors3.bsky.social from work! You basically get to read our course notes after a week of being thoroughly Schooled by our new pals from SDF docs.getdbt.com/blog/sql-com...

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post one of a new series kicking off today whose larger thrust is effectively: understanding SQL, not just a job for the database! Post 1 lays out what the levels of understanding docs.getdbt.com/blog/the-lev... #databs

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Don't tell @jasnonaz.bsky.social (you don't have to; he knows), but sometimes getting a blog post out of me is like pulling teeth. On the other hand, bringing this one together was the most fun I've had in a while. What we mean when we talk about "comprehending SQL" docs.getdbt.com/blog/the-lev...

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It's wonderful to contribute to civic life in my community. But there is no better feeling that realising my kid's daycare's budget meeting isn't tonight after all.

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They cant get my data if i am Fully Dissolved in a bath tub full of sodium hydroxide

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Bad Apple but it's 6,500 regular expressions that i search for one at a time inside of vim full writeup over here on my blog: eieio.games/blog/bad-app...

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idk if this makes sense but i feel like 2025 is the first S-Tier scifi-sounding year we've had since 1984.

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please stop suggesting I solve my problem by changing my behavior. I do not want to do that

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it is extremely frustrating how many slop bots are in here but this is very funny

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I found this a really useful catchup on a year's worth of LLM news: simonwillison.net/2024/Dec/31/...

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100% yes, let's discuss

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Just Hard Work: randsinrepose.com/archives/jus...

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happy birthday, Time

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This is a very dangerous liminal space, this time between Christmas and New Year's, because it is the time when I begin to wonder if I need a New Hobby

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realizing i never posted it here….but too long have we been limited by the 2-dimensional political alignment chart. i think by using my new tool we can truly map another person's politics. here it is: The Ideology Cube

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the older i get the more i appreciate type systems

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The AI marketing wave of the last two years has I think aimed specifically at obfuscating differences and distinctions between technologies and between interfaces and architectures. A more precise set of discursive tools, while not exactly Enoch the hammer, is a good start towards empowerment.

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for the past month i’ve been desensitizing myself to notifications by having my phone send me random pushes it hasn’t worked at all, but I do check my phone more and feel insane all the time

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this is actually one way to view the work that @dataders.bsky.social, @daveconnors3.bsky.social, @joellab.es and prev me do/did @ dbt labs — churning out prototypes and getting them into places where they create both pressure and on-ramp to ship is a big part of what’s effect about dbt-style DX

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logging into LinkedIn like

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