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pzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:

Someone explain the banking crisis in short, simple words.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2023/03/14/i-appreciate-a-short-simple-summary-of-the-current-banking-chaos/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHjDCC6Vigc

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jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

bingo!

"The analyst wrote that Roblox should be viewed as an internet company, rather than a videogame company. He pointed to the social nature of Roblox, as well as how it offers the ability make games and sell items on its platform. That could explain why Roblox’s adjusted revenue and user metrics have outperformed more traditional game companies in recent months, according to the analyst."
https://www.barrons.com/articles/roblox-stock-upgrade-e66a3e2b

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jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

letting them sell to others means they can scale up easier... this seems like A Good Idea for all parties involved

"Rivian wants to end its exclusivity agreement with Amazon after it ordered fewer-than-expected delivery vans"
https://www.theverge.com/2023/3/13/23637439/amazon-rivian-exclusive-deal-electric-vans-shaky-start

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pzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:

Berkeley's looted corpse collection really needs a major house cleaning, and an injection of respect.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2023/03/14/why-would-tim-white-and-uc-berkeley-hoard-old-bones/

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jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

and if you think LISP is just an obscure language dead-end, then you really do need to read some computing history

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jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

Weather: 🌨 Light snow, +27°F, 81%, ↘17mph, 1011hPa
Timezone: America/New_York
Now: 08:22:18-0400 | Dawn: 06:56:02 | Sunrise: 07:24:52
Zenith: 13:19:50 | Sunset: 19:15:06 | Dusk: 19:44:01
Location: Rochester, Monroe County, New York [43.1572,-77.6151]

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jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

[END TODAY IN HISTORY RUN]

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jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

Today in History: Teddy Roosevelt excludes Japanese laborers from continental US, 1907

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jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

Today in History: LISP introduced, 1960

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jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

Today in History: Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier born, 1768, mathematician & physicist

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jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

Today in History: Giovanni Virginia Schiaparelli born, 1835, astronomer;

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jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

Today in History: Casey Jones born, 1864

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jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

Today in History: Albert Einstein born, 1879

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jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

Happy Engineers’ Pi Day!

(because 3.14 is close enough to get work done)

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pzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:

I refuse to enjoy the weather! Maybe other parts of the country are seeing unusual warmth, but not here.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2023/03/14/todays-weather-forecast/

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rmrenner ("The Old Gay Gristle Fest") wrote:

oh no I cut out just before they introduced the dilfy vampire

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slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:

I want to be less of a capitalist, but I saw what you did with JS, and I don't know how else to punish you.

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slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:

I'm a dropout from a state school. If anyone tells you I'm "pro gatekeeping", DM me here so we can have some calming tea while we mutually mourn unearned slights from C++/Java/Python/Rust/JS/TS programmers (chronologically, from when they won the "magic quadrant")

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