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Starting to think the real risk is not AI replacing junior staff, but senior staff quitting because they just can’t take this AI bullshit any longer and just opt for early retirement.

The notion of a broken clock being sometimes right is based on a gross misunderstanding of what information is.

A clock that always shows the same time is never right, even in the moments of the day when the time happens to be what it shows, because you don't gain any information about what time it is by looking at the clock.

This reasoning also applies to chatbots. If you can't tell whether what you have been given is useful information unless you alreay know the information, then you haven't been given useful information.

Quote in September last year for a high-memory compute server. £28,000.

Quote today for the _exact same machine_. £90,500

This is for medical research. Saving lives. When I say LLMs are killing people by killing research computing, this is what I mean.

@davidgerard.co.uk @edzitron.com

In my online undergraduate P5.js course, students are about to begin the module on motion and physics, including a bit of physics simulation using Matter.js. It suddenly occurred to me that I had never seen anybody put together this particular demo before, and I realized it had to be done. Messy source code at https://editor.p5js.org/isohedral/full/vJa5RiZWs.
Today’s Follow Friday is @jrf_nl — longtime force behind PHP_CodeSniffer who has also offered me great advice over the years. Also one of the few people who has been to the old Fortress of Grumpitude

No, I do not want to install your app.

No, I do not want that app to run on startup.

No, I do not want that app shortcut on my desktop.

No, I do not want to subscribe to your newsletter.

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No, I do not want you to scan my content.

No, I do not want you to track me.

No, I do not want to click "Later" or "Not now" when what I mean is NO.

RE: https://hachyderm.io/@itworldcup/115926604229775228

Dang, PHP needs like 170 ish more votes at the moment I guess. #php #phpc #symfony #laravel #ITworldCup only a few hours left, I wonder if we could push PHP across the line? 😱

The Epstein files must be worse than any of us imagined. - Andy Borowitz
#ShadesOfGWB

Released: PHPCompatibility 10.0.0-alpha2

This release brings an initial set of scans for PHP 8.5 new/deprecated/removed features.

Also note: this will be the last release supporting PHP_CodeSniffer 3.x / PHP < 7.2.

https://github.com/PHPCompatibility/PHPCompatibility/releases/tag/10.0.0-alpha2

Release 10.0.0-alpha2 - 2025-11-28 · PHPCompatibility/PHPCompatibility

IMPORTANT: This release contains breaking changes. Please read and follow the Upgrade guide in the wiki carefully before upgrading! This release includes all improvements and bugfixes from PHPCompa...

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