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@MarioNawfal I didn't see it mentioned anywhere if this logo was user tested. For over half a mil on the design work it should have been...

@KVUE The report doesn't mention the obvious solution, voting NO on the Tax Rate Election in November. Renters can make a difference, Vote NO to tax rate, rent increase.

Some people today are discouraging others from learning programming on the grounds AI will automate it. This advice will be seen as some of the worst career advice ever given. I disagree with the Turing Award and Nobel prize winner who wrote, “It is far more likely that the programming occupation will become extinct [...] than that it will become all-powerful. More and more, computers will program themselves.”​ Statements discouraging people from learning to code are harmful! In the 1960s, when programming moved from punchcards (where a programmer had to laboriously make holes in physical cards to write code character by character) to keyboards with terminals, programming became easier. And that made it a better time than before to begin programming. Yet it was in this era that Nobel laureate Herb Simon wrote the words quoted in the first paragraph. Today’s arguments not to learn to code continue to echo his comment. As coding becomes easier, more people should code, not fewer! Over the past few decades, as programming has moved from assembly language to higher-level languages like C, from desktop to cloud, from raw text editors to IDEs to AI assisted coding where sometimes one barely even looks at the generated code (which some coders recently started to call vibe coding), it is getting easier with each step. I wrote previously that I see tech-savvy people coordinating AI tools to move toward being 10x professionals — individuals who have 10 times the impact of the average person in their field. I am increasingly convinced that the best way for many people to accomplish this is not to be just consumers of AI applications, but to learn enough coding to use AI-assisted coding tools effectively. One question I’m asked most often is what someone should do who is worried about job displacement by AI. My answer is: Learn about AI and take control of it, because one of the most important skills in the future will be the ability to tell a computer exactly what you want, so it can do that for you. Coding (or getting AI to code for you) is a great way to do that. When I was working on the course Generative AI for Everyone and needed to generate AI artwork for the background images, I worked with a collaborator who had studied art history and knew the language of art. He prompted Midjourney with terminology based on the historical style, palette, artist inspiration and so on — using the language of art — to get the result he wanted. I didn’t know this language, and my paltry attempts at prompting could not deliver as effective a result. Similarly, scientists, analysts, marketers, recruiters, and people of a wide range of professions who understand the language of software through their knowledge of coding can tell an LLM or an AI-enabled IDE what they want much more precisely, and get much better results. As these tools are continuing to make coding easier, this is the best time yet to learn to code, to learn the language of software, and learn to make computers do exactly what you want them to do. [Original text: deeplearning.ai/the-batch/issu… ]

@netflix you now won't let people cast to a Google chromecast without paying for a higher plan? I paid for the device myself and should be able to use it. I pay for your service. This is unethical. You've lost my business.

@awscloud can someone in account support please help me? It's been a nightmare trying to stop services, stop billing and close my account. Your chat agent hung up on me without resolution. I keep getting billed and I'm not even using your services.

Hey @espn play the sugar bowl FULL SCREEN please. Nobody can actually see the game.

@MissysLifeBlog @eyeb7each @libsoftiktok Absolutely. Sounds like a demonic attack.

@gerrytwo @EvaVlaar @MariaPIreland Those who (have the means) that think "why fight it now, all my data is it there" and give up or don't try - either you are so disillusioned and have so taken your privacy and freedom for granted, or you are apathetic, or both. You think you won't be target? Uh huh.

@EvaVlaar @MariaPIreland Everyone willingly complies for the sake of convenience. This feeds the machine and fuels control. You can still lessen your own digital footprint and make it harder for "someone" to own you. To say "I have nothing to hide" is extremely naive. You can and will be pwned in .5 sec

@ChuckBurne51637 @dom_lucre The intent is still not acceptable. Do you play with fake dead bodies that you practice killing and laugh about it?

@dom_lucre People are so asleep or so dead if they don't think this is utterly horrifying. You cannot be all anti-guns and mass shootings and also think desecrating life this way is ok.

@RobertKennedyJr How can the individual citizen fight this or protect themselves from it?

@leadlagreport What were the 3 recommended treasuries again? Third was oil coals...

@consequence How is a 2-5k ticket reasonable for ANY concert ever?

Great job Travis County Search and Rescue (TCSAR) and Search Dog Network!

CBS Austin @cbsaustin

4 years ago

UPDATE: The Austin Police Department says a Silver Alert for a missing 83-year-old last seen at an assisted living facility in southwest Austin has been discontinued after she was found safe by Travis County Search and Rescue. cbsaustin.com/news/local/apd…

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"In the rare case that something isn’t right, our Guarantee ensures that donations and donors are protected." I guess that has changed. You need to update your website.

I thought @gofundme was about “people helping each other”. On their website, their "Donor Guarantee" states: "Our team of specialists work night and day to make sure that funds get to the intended recipient, every time.

If you are a Notre Dame football fan, hope you been watching the @NDFootball Twitter account for these hilarious videos introducing Notre Dame’s new recruiting class.

@idania00535559 @anadromy @tatertotswats @cbwilliam27 @JoePompliano In India, factory workers from the slums earn maybe $1-2/day for 16-18-20 hrs work. After transportation and food, there's not much to give their family. There is no break in the cycle of poverty.

I'd like to say this is a great tool, but it's not that great for the visually impaired. Hardly accessible - very hard to navigate with screen readers. @Confluence When can we expect accessibility improvements??