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Tony Hoare (1934-2026) Turing Award winner and former Oxford professorΒ  Tony Hoare passed away last Thursday at the age of 92. Hoare is famous for quicksort, ALGO...

Turing Award winner and former Oxford professor Tony Hoare passed away last Thursday at the age of 92. blog.computationalcomplexity.org/2026/03/tony...

10.03.2026 16:55 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1

Bluesky compliant AI

10.03.2026 13:00 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Yann Le Cun lΓ¨ve 900Β millions d’euros pour sa start-up d’IA basΓ©e en France ValorisΓ©e 3Β milliards d’euros, AMI, la nouvelle entreprise de l’ex-directeur de l’intelligence artificielle chez Meta, ambitionne de crΓ©er une « nouvelle brancheΒ Β» de l’IA relative au monde rΓ©el.

French AI developer Yann LeCun raises €900 million for his new AI firm which wants to develop a different kind of AI, moving beyond LLMs.

www.lemonde.fr/article-offe...

10.03.2026 08:08 πŸ‘ 101 πŸ” 15 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 3

collateralised AI-debt obligations squared

** nothing to see here **

10.03.2026 08:41 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Of course bluesky is never like this

08.03.2026 15:03 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The State of the Art by Iain M Banks - BBC Sounds A spaceship arrives on Earth and finds a planet obsessed with alien concepts like 'money'.

My BBC Radio 4 adaptation of Iain M. Banks' The State of the Art can now be found and played here: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

07.03.2026 16:57 πŸ‘ 243 πŸ” 91 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 10

This is just to say

I am trapped
In Dubai
While my
Labradoodles
Are sick

Forgive me
My Mounjaro pen
Is in the ice box
So crisp
And so cold

02.03.2026 15:23 πŸ‘ 158 πŸ” 30 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0
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Hello darkness my old friend...

27.02.2026 08:33 πŸ‘ 1539 πŸ” 215 πŸ’¬ 51 πŸ“Œ 82

Post a pic you took, no context, to bring some zen to the feed.

27.02.2026 14:05 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

Very good news.

And now extend it as far south as Whitehall.

26.02.2026 15:31 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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two men are standing next to each other in a park and one of them is smoking a cigarette .. ALT: two men are standing next to each other in a park and one of them is smoking a cigarette ..
24.02.2026 21:39 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

🫣

24.02.2026 21:38 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

cLAWbots .. clue's in the name Joyce

22.02.2026 17:30 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Reading people. Body language. Knowing how to connect with people totally unlike you and with different backgrounds and beliefs. Defusing tense situations. Gaining trust. High endurance, pain tolerance, and work ethic. Reaction time. Prioritizing order of execution. Anticipating people’s needs. Tons

22.02.2026 17:07 πŸ‘ 13575 πŸ” 1558 πŸ’¬ 274 πŸ“Œ 138
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List of offshore wind farms - Wikipedia

The UK has the largest capacity offshore wind farm in the world. It also has the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 6th, and 7th.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...

22.02.2026 11:10 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 2
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Maillard reaction - Wikipedia

indeed they are gross

because
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maillar...

22.02.2026 14:07 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Bloody woke Greeks

22.02.2026 13:17 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

AI will sue them?

21.02.2026 20:42 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

"Cafe"

21.02.2026 19:06 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I'm not sure anyone should.

21.02.2026 16:51 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Doesn't starlink work in portland or has elmo blocked it

21.02.2026 16:47 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Transcendent.

21.02.2026 11:43 πŸ‘ 208 πŸ” 17 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1

Too juicy to ignore

21.02.2026 11:44 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
a banner for a tech conference - Monki Gras 2026. 

tagline Prepping Craft - Being Prepared in Software and in Life.

a banner for a tech conference - Monki Gras 2026. tagline Prepping Craft - Being Prepared in Software and in Life.

the beer glass design for monkigras is looking proper amazing this year. @gailmyerscough.co.uk is absolutely on top of her game. loving the whole design language tbf

one month to go www.monkigras.com - an event about being prepared in software and in life.

20.02.2026 17:00 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1
Community meme: I CAN EXCUSE FASCISM.
BUTI DRAW THE LINE AT MERCANTILISM.

Community meme: I CAN EXCUSE FASCISM. BUTI DRAW THE LINE AT MERCANTILISM.

The Supreme Court:

20.02.2026 15:32 πŸ‘ 23754 πŸ” 4854 πŸ’¬ 175 πŸ“Œ 118

Canada is closed to you madam

21.02.2026 08:26 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

You moved to Russia??

21.02.2026 08:25 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

is he now able to sweat or no?

19.02.2026 10:12 πŸ‘ 99 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 0

President Zelensky presented Heraskevytch with a civil honor this evening in Munich. Immediate national hero.

13.02.2026 22:45 πŸ‘ 374 πŸ” 66 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 2

1. this is a brilliant piece

2. FYI:

14.02.2026 10:16 πŸ‘ 159 πŸ” 27 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 2