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I write haiku, have too many books and develop software.
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The United States constitution is a rebuke to the idea that the ends justify the means. #politics

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Google is descending into a Dead Internet cesspool. Substack is thriving and growing because it creates a direct relationship to an audience without the debris, chaos, and commercialism that pervades social media and the world’s most powerful search engine.

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The writer Colum McCann biked across America, searching for a God. “I had the sense that, in these churches, people wanted me to convert, or be saved, but I had no idea what they wanted me to convert into, or to be saved from.” Read the full essay:

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AI may render all human art obsolete. It is good enough to create commercially viable art by the bucket. Because it uses a vast database of human crated art, the results can be as good as the art it’s trained on. All creative works from poetry to sculpture can be created by AI.

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JSX is just PHP. Fight. Me.

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I’m working on a new app. It’s Duolingo for Duolingo.

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It’s obvious to anyone who pays attention that the Facebook algorithm is featuring the most negative comment on a given post.

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I heard some faint music and thought it was Steve Reich playing somewhere until the geese flew over me.

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The developers of Supabase may or many not know it, but their are inching their way towards the first web database or web database server if you prefer. Some call it backend as a service but all of this hiding the reality that the era of the web database is here.

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I’m announcing an app today that’s “duolingo” for everything.

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‘It’s soul-destroying’: actors’ fury over the rise of self-tape auditions

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I love ASCII art. It’s quick, concise, and universal.

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There is the potential for strong to severe storms on Monday afternoon and evening across NC. It is a rather complicated setup with a high bust potential; read more of my thoughts about the potential threat here. www.ncwxauthority.com/post/strong-... #ncwx

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Good idea!

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There are citizens of the United States who seem to have forgotten we don’t have a king.

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USA to coal miners - Drop Dead. Literally. And take your towns with you www.post-gazette.com/business/pow...

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It occurred to me, that a traditional tool in software development is the library. A library is a collection of functions developed (it is hoped) by people with knowledge and expertise in a particular domain.

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When President Trump entered his first term, stocks were steadily marching upward. This time, the trajectory has inverted. Here's how. nyti.ms/3XVhSjh

submitted 50 days ago • 48 comments

Primordial surf: ‘microlightning’ in mist may have sparked life on Earth, study finds

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Here comes the AI autumn, a season of change that will usher in a new chapter for these incredible technologies.

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You need an electric steam engine for you junkyard ? Strap 8 water heaters together and you have one.

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#citizenarchivist

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In her bedroom during WWII, Rita Levi-Montalcini discovered how the nervous system is wired. 🧪

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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez criticized Senator Chuck Schumer's support of a Republican bill to fund the government through Sept. 30, accusing him of ceding what little power Democrats had over President Trump.

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Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage

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Extraordinary moment — Nancy Pelosi issues a statement calling on Democratic senators to reject the House funding bill, i.e. to defy Chuck Schumer. "Democratic senators should listen to the women," she says, referring to Murray/DeLauro who want a 1-month stopgap bill instead.

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Other than a few Medium posts, I haven't published in more than four years. That ends tomorrow, with a new article at @thebulwark.bsky.social about the dangers of politicizing the role of the US Archivist. And I'm moving my prior work to Substack. I hope you'll join me there: tonyclark.substack.com

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It was t covid it was stupidity.

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I thought the agency had some kind of enabling language that set its mission?

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🚨 Everyone needs to call their Dem Senator right now. They are starting to cave. Tell them: 1. Vote NO on Cloture AND 2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill. Don’t let them pivot to reconciliation. GOP doesn’t need Dem votes on that and they know it. TODAY is the showdown. 🤳🏽: (202) 224-3121

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Musk rocket explodes while Musk goons use US Marshalls to break and entertain government property to steal the public’s data.

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If only Luke Farritor were still interning at SpaceX rather than firing lifetime experts from govt, I'm sure Elon might have avoided that embarrassing crash.

submitted 58 days ago • 11 comments

Is it just me or does it make anyone else nervous that the same person who’s responsible for every single SpaceX explosion is also “responsible” for the FAA, the Air Traffic Controllers etc.? Personally, I’m not going near air travel for quite some time.

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SpaceX is apparently just a muilti-billion dollar fireworks show

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