HalvarFlakeSo a few pieces of tech I would prefer to never work with again:
NodeJS, ElasticSearch, and Kibana.
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It is pretty strange that the underlying idea of the paperclip maximizer is applied to a hypothetical non-existing AI, instead of the existing global system that already maximizes for a similarly strange metric without accounting for externalities.
Jeroen Ruigrok van der WervenHappy I stopped buying books from Amazon years ago.
Order through your local bookstore, folks!
I've been asked about this a lot, so let me provide a quick FAQ.
Q: What's the nature of the issue?
A: Anyone who has bought my book from Amazon in the past few month hasn't bought a genuine copy, but a lower-quality counterfeit copy printed by various fraudulent sellers. https://twitter.com/fchollet/status/1545477711321186305
François Chollet on Twitter
“For instance, if you go to the page of DLwP2 on Amazon, you see that it's being sold by a 3rd party seller named "Sacred Gamez". If you click "buy", you won't get the actual book from Manning. You get a low-quality counterfeit printed by the fraudulent seller (from the book PDF)”
tanteReplace every article about Elon Musk with an article about someone fixing/maintaining important infrastructure. A person repairing buses. A person repairing and tweaking wheelchairs. A person tending to a community garden.
TIL that @mwlucas wrote a book about writing.
I've been anxious to improve my writing for a long time, even thinking that I might write a technical book, but always doubted my ability, drive, and available time.
Excited to see what I can learn about writing, I already learned so much about SSH and sudo from them ^.^
Micro SF/F stories by O Westin"There's a place up on the mountain," her dad said, "where you can see the whole world."
"Take me there!"
"When you're older."
She couldn't wait, so climbed it herself. At last, up in the mist and clouds, she saw the warm lights of a house. She knocked.
"Welcome to the library."
#MicroFiction #TootFic #SmallStories
"Take me there!"
"When you're older."
She couldn't wait, so climbed it herself. At last, up in the mist and clouds, she saw the warm lights of a house. She knocked.
"Welcome to the library."
#MicroFiction #TootFic #SmallStories
One day, a lonely god happened to come across a demon who was busy making something.
"What are you making?" the god asked.
"A shrine," said the demon.
"To whom?"
"Humans."
"You worship humans?"
"No. But I have faith in them."
The god thought. "You know, so do I. May I pray here?"
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"What are you making?" the god asked.
"A shrine," said the demon.
"To whom?"
"Humans."
"You worship humans?"
"No. But I have faith in them."
The god thought. "You know, so do I. May I pray here?"
#MicroFiction #TootFic #SmallStories
mhoye
The emperor looked at the gold cage and its sleeping inhabitant.
"You would gift us a cat?"
"Indeed," the ambassador said. "This breed-"
"I cannot accept," the emperor said.
The ambassador bowed. "Your will, your majesty. May I ask why?"
"My court can have only one ruler."
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"You would gift us a cat?"
"Indeed," the ambassador said. "This breed-"
"I cannot accept," the emperor said.
The ambassador bowed. "Your will, your majesty. May I ask why?"
"My court can have only one ruler."
#MicroFiction #TootFic #SmallStories
Why did the butcher's comedy career fail?
Their jokes were the wurst.