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Techdirt: Elon Musk Pretends He’s Leaving The Job He Supposedly Doesn’t Have To Not Return To The Job He Supposedly Never Left https://www.techdirt.com/2025/04/24/elon-musk-pretends-hes-leaving-the-job-he-supposedly-doesnt-have-to-not-return-to-the-job-he-supposedly-never-left/

Elon Musk Pretends He’s Leaving The Job He Supposedly Doesn’t Have To Not Return To The Job He Supposedly Never Left

There are a few ways to think about Elon Musk’s announcement this week that he’s stepping back from DOGE. The first is that he’s leaving a job he officially doesn’t have. Th…

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Dave Mac Farlane 11h ago

Satire's got nothing on reality.

cc @stephanie

https://www.montrealgazette.com/news/article894384.html

Dave Mac Farlane 14h ago

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Jean-Francois Mezei 14h ago

"I am writing to express the deep concern of the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs (the “AMC”) regarding the Hudson Bay Company’s application to the Ontario Superior Court of Justice to authorize the sale of historical artifacts from the HBC’s collection. Given the nature and scope of HBC’s long-standing relationship with First Nations, it is likely, if not certain, that many of the artifacts slated for auction are of profound cultural, spiritual, and historical significance to First Nations people."

Dave Mac Farlane 15h ago

I can't believe anyone ever thought C++ was a good idea.

Dave Mac Farlane 16h ago

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Yora 20h ago

Cameron lasted for 6 years.
May lasted for 3 years.
Johnson lasted for 3 years.
Truss lasted for 2 months.
Sunak lasted for 2 years.
Starmer is getting close to 1 year.

Remember, Winner Takes All electoral systems are actually great because they result in very stable governments.

#ukpol

Dave Mac Farlane 17h ago

Do you believe Canada will continue to exist as an independent nation if Poilievre wins the election?

	Yes
	No

Poll ends at Apr 28 at 4:00am.

Dave Mac Farlane 17h ago

Phil Sturgeon 1d ago

Published a new version of PHP The Right Way: The Book with three years worth of updates and new advice from the #PHP community.

The book is free, but donations are welcome and go to @ProtectEarthUK, the reforestation charity built in PHP. 🫡

https://leanpub.com/phptherightway

PHP: The "Right" Way

Leanpub

Dave Mac Farlane 18h ago

Richard W. Woodley ELBOWS UP 🇨🇦🌹🚴‍♂️📷 🗺️18h ago

What country in their right mind would consider the United States a "safe third country" for refugee claimants.

It's not a safe country for anybody.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/us-family-cbsa-1.7516978

Family of 4 jailed in U.S. for weeks after Canadian border guards turned them away | CBC News

As the family of four from El Salvador walked over the Rainbow Bridge in March, hoping to cross into Canada to flee immigration uncertainty in the U.S., they had no idea they would instead find themselves jailed for weeks in a U.S. holding cell, stuck in a shadowy limbo advocates say is becoming a worrying trend along the northern border and raising renewed questions about the Safe Third Country Agreement between Canada and the U.S.

CBC

Dave Mac Farlane 1d ago

AI6YR Ben 1d ago

LA Times: State Bar of California admits it used AI to develop exam questions, triggering new furor

"...Nearly two months after hundreds of prospective California lawyers complained that their bar exams were plagued with technical problems and irregularities, the state’s legal licensing body has caused fresh outrage by admitting that some multiple-choice questions were developed with the aid of artificial intelligence..."

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-04-23/state-bar-of-california-used-ai-for-exam-questions

#law #legal #ai

State Bar of California admits it used AI to develop exam questions

Using AI-developed questions written by non-legally-trained psychometricians represents 'an obvious conflict of interest,' critics say.

Los Angeles Times

Dave Mac Farlane 1d ago

I'm having trouble finishing what I'm starting on the 9phone so now I'm considering trying to write a bluetooth stack.. that should be easier right?