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It Just Made Bad Engineering Easier
robenglander.com · 26 people Worth reading
The software industry is trying very hard right now to convince itself that software engineering is no longer necessary. Now anyone can do it. I'm calling bullshit!
AI Didn’t Simplify Software Engineering: It Just Made Bad Engineering Easier
Look on the bright side in a few years there will be good demand for "artisanal" software engineers and specialized IT folks who can fix this AI slop generated code at 1000$ per hour.
— @nixCraft · Mar 14
Phillips O'Brien on Iran
paulkrugman.substack.com · 17 people Worth reading
How clueless are our leaders? Very
"The picture of the shoes did it for me. Just look at this group of clowns. They’re clowns performing for a ringmaster. Supposedly Trump would just guess their shoe sizes. And if he guessed the wrong size, they didn’t have enough courage to actually get a pair of shoes that fit. They’re wearing shoes because Trump guessed the wrong size. That is a sign of mental illness, I think."
~ Phillips O'Brien
#Trump #Iran #war #madness #dementia #insanity #strongman
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— @wdlindsy · Mar 14
After more than 10 years, @jazzband is sunsetting.
I started it in 2015 because maintaining Open Source alone was exhausting. The idea was simple: shared access, shared responsibility. It's been an honor to watch it grow: 3,135 members, 84 projects, and a lot of code shipped together.
(1/3)
— @jezdez · Mar 14
D'oh, the new digg didn't last too long. :sadness:
"Building on the internet in 2026 is different. We learned that the hard way. Today we're sharing difficult news: we've made the decision to significantly downsize the Digg team."
— @lmorchard · Mar 13
Almost a third of 2026 Oscar-nominated films acknowledge climate change » Yale Climate Connections
yaleclimateconnections.org · 8 people
To pass the ‘climate reality check,’ a movie must depict climate change in some way, and a character in the story must recognize it.
Almost a third of 2026 Oscar-nominated films acknowledge climate change
To pass the ‘climate reality check,’ a movie must depict climate change in some way, and a character in the story must recognize it
#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #UpheavalClimate #ClimateInstability #MassAtrocity #pollution #ecology #environment #climate
— @Snoro · Mar 14
How the Hell Did We End Up Here?
steady.page · 12 people
From the failed ethno-nationalist revolt in the early 1990s to the triumph of MAGA extremism - A history of the Republican Party, Part II
I end my history of the Republican Party with a question: What comes after Trump?
We are most likely looking at a prolonged, chaotic, and dirty struggle between different radical factions and different shades of extremism.
— @tzimmer_history · Mar 14
He fled Iran, survived Bondi, and now he faces deportation
abc.net.au · 10 people Worth reading
AB ran into danger during Bondi's terrorist attacks to save lives. Four months on, he faces deportation after failing Australia's refugee character test. His family is urging the Albanese government to reconsider.
“…I'm a human. I'm living in Australia. I want this country always safe, for my kids, for myself too, for my missus, for everyone. I try to help people. That's it."
Fuck Tony Burke and his ilk
— @franksting · Mar 14
‘My ideas are a little revolutionary’: ecologist Suzanne Simard on intelligent forests, the climate and her critics
theguardian.com · 9 people Worth reading
Her research popularised the idea of the wood wide web, but the scientific backlash was brutal. As the author of The Mother Tree returns to the forest in a new book, she discusses her battle to reimagine our relationship with nature
. "Billions of dollars are being invested in #carbon capture & storage #technology, 'but we actually have highly evolved #organisms like #trees & #plants & #algae that do this very thing much more effectively than anything we can possibly create ourselves. And yet, we’re cutting these #creatures down.'" That, & we continue to burn #fossilfuels, @GeraldKutney!
— @rmblaber1956 · Mar 14
this week in stupid: March 14 edition
jefftiedrich.com · 9 people
Piss-Drunk Pete chugs it, Tipsy Jeanine glugs it, and so much more...
Een competente politicus weet dat er onvoordelige foto's van hem/haar genomen kunnen worden. Dat hoort erbij.
Pete Hegseth is niet competent. Dus mekkert hij over lelijke foto's. En stelt
@jefftiedrich.bsky.social een hele collectie samen.
— @hmblank · Mar 14
Mamdani Names Out Trans Lawyer To Lead New York City's First Ever "Mayor's Office For LGBTQIA+ Affairs" - Joe.My.God.
joemygod.com · 7 people
Gothamist reports: Mayor Zohran Mamdani is establishing the first Mayor’s Office for LGBTQIA+ affairs and appointing the first out trans person to lead a New York City office as director. The newly established city office comes amid significant rollbacks on federal protections and resources for...
Mamdani Names Out Trans Lawyer To Lead New York City's First Ever "Mayor's Office For LGBTQIA+ Affairs" - Joe.My.God.
— @servelan · Mar 14
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