Electrojcr

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Bollard and brassica enthusiast.

Justice David Souter Fan Club, Member in Good Standing.

The month of midge had crashed into the month of smoke.
It’s becoming clearer and clearer that universities have to produce their own open models. If we can’t pull that off, we may continue to provide cafeterias and climbing walls — but the key decisions about learning will take place elsewhere.
Tfw you’re writing charlotte’s web and you have a spider question and the only bug guy you know is vladimir nabokov

So now I understand why King Charles III didn't get any beavers as a gift on his trip to Canada.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hudson%27s_Bay_Company

The rent obligation was removed and private equity melts down 350 year old organizations for scrap (real estate) as efficiently as they do everything else.

Hudson's Bay Company - Wikipedia

When people ask me about generative AI, I like to start with "So what do you know about slime molds?"

Not much? Well, let me tell you about that dog vomit that shows-up on your mulch and wanders slowly around...

Don't worry, we'll get to LLM's, just give me a few minutes.

I walked out of my office this afternoon to enjoy the first sunny summery day in #cleveland and I think there is a whiff of Canada burning again. :(
The Intel 8088 made its debut 47 years ago this week. In this blog post, we look at the 8088 and its sanctioned second source clones, and why Intel sanctioned clones in those early days. #retrocomputing https://dfarq.homeip.net/intel-8088s-and-non-intel-non-clones/
Intel 8088s and non-Intel non-clones

Intel didn't push for exclusivity until the 386 era

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