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jprd··on Salesforce Acquires Informatica
* Bring out your dead *
jprd··on City built 140k years ago discovered at bottom of ocean
Thank you, and agreed. The article title is an egregious and unnecessary abuse of editorial powers, the find is cool enough.
jprd··on Sleep apnea pill shows striking success in large clinical trial
I can't agree more!

I was always tired. Falling asleep was a chore. Waking up was worse.

I pushed back against the sleep study for so long because I feared the mask. The sleep study was the best night of sleep I could ever remember.

Nasal Pillow CPAP, even with the little extra burden when travelling, has changed my life for the better - full stop.

jprd··on Biden Is Diagnosed with an Aggressive Form of Prostate Cancer
https://archive.md/kSCUW
jprd··on Three things we learned about Sam Altman by scoping his kitchen
https://archive.md/R6jP0
jprd··on Sneakers (1992) – 4K makeover sourced from the original camera negative
I had goosebumps, they nailed it.
jprd··on The great internet Baby Monitor Debate
Thank you.

It _should_ go without saying, but I'm glad you got here first and made sure it WAS said.

jprd··on Mark Zuckerberg's failed negotiations with the FTC to end Meta's antitrust case
Startups would try and build a profitable business instead of aiming for an acquisition.

Or do you mean preventing the acquisitions in a legal manner?

jprd··on Yankees make MLB history with homers on first three pitches
(2) of the (3) home runs were hit with the "torpedo" bats.
jprd··on US Administration announces 34% tariffs on China, 20% on EU
Without the Steele dossier, "Krasnov" has seen lots of attention. Now stir that with the absolute bizarro behavior of Trump around Russia/Putin.

There may not be hard evidence of a fire, but there is so much smoke I choke on it.

jprd··on Isitaprilfoolsday.com
Funny. I see what you did there.
jprd··on Can Musk put people on Mars?
LOL, no. The SpaceX team lead by Gwynne Shotwell has a chance though.
jprd··on xAI has acquired X, xAI now valued at $80B
Thank you, that's a very fair point, and I apologize for my *-centric" viewpoint and such a short quip. That is not what we're aiming for in conversation on this site.

I took a giant shortcut, without providing sources, that was meant to indicate that we are in a situation that closely resembles the "Gilded Age" or "Robber Baron" era in the United States.

I was intending to point towards the actions of individuals in the analogous position of those "Robber Barons", in particular here, Elon Musk.

This dude used the data from Twitter, fed it to xAI (xAI spent lots of CapEx from investment on GPUs). Mix mid-"AI" training on such a ridiculously valuable dataset for free == cool models. Cool models + data stream of Doomscrolling == Higher valuation.

This just seems like a "nepo-baby" hit it big on some meme coin and bailed out Daddy.

jprd··on xAI has acquired X, xAI now valued at $80B
This is the kind of crap we learned about when studying the "Robber Baron" era in the US public school system. Well, I mean, we were _supposed_ to learn it - evidently a lot of folks did not.
jprd··on Mike Waltz Left His Venmo Friends List Public
https://archive.md/G68KW
jprd··on Windows NT 5.0 – The Daily Cycle [video]
I still have my NT 5.0 Beta 1 CD, along with the HW compatibility tests for OEMs partner disc.
jprd··on Alone at Sea for 95 Days, a Peruvian Fisherman Clung to Hope
oopsie?

https://archive.md/DYkOq

jprd··on China unveils a powerful deep-sea cable cutter that could reset the world order
This has been a reality since at least 1971
jprd··on Google calls Gemma 3 the most powerful AI model you can run on one GPU
Severance
jprd··on [dead]
OK, as if I couldn't have less respect for this Lex dude, this take is absolutely unhinged.
jprd··on Jeff Bezos' revamp of 'Washington Post' opinions leads editor to quit
Somewhere, William Randolph Hearst is simultaneously smiling and jealous
jprd··on Bitcoin plunges as crypto fans didn't get everything they wanted from Trump
Actual readable article for most: https://archive.md/jWGuZ
jprd··on DOGE claims there are 227 unused VSCode licenses in DoL
This is just an embarrassing clown show.

They could just ask Trump to not go play golf on his own properties every weekend instead of digging in the couch cushions for loose change like this.

jprd··on Apple to Build A.I. Servers in Houston and Spend $500B in U.S.
https://archive.md/aUOAv
jprd··on Have you ever seen a goth downtown?
This person knows Smallbany well.
jprd··on Grok3 Launch [video]
We can all thank Gwynne Shotwell for this though.
jprd··on Why can't we remember our lives as babies or toddlers?
I absolutely have memories before 3, and I've always been frustrated when told I've recreated them from stories and/or pictures.
jprd··on Without Pennies, What Becomes of Penny Loafers?
I've not seen a person have an actual coin in their "penny loafer" since at least 1992.
jprd··on Without Pennies, What Becomes of Penny Loafers?
https://archive.md/sKLxw
jprd··on State Department Revises Plan to Buy Armored Teslas
https://archive.md/y5hrC
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