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  • What I'm Hearing About Cognitive Debt (So Far)

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  • Once they discovered the drug-like quick rush of having LLMs spit out code that might work, might look plausible, but might eat your dog ... the VCs realized they might be able to get the world hooked on it.

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    GameStop makes $55.5bn takeover offer for eBay

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  • Ah, OK. I get that angle.

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    GameStop makes $55.5bn takeover offer for eBay

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  • Big corps always wave away debt if they can pay it off via revenue, or future promises of revenue, or ... reasons. Why is it different here? Honest question. They have more cash on hand, it seems, than their current debt, so could pay that at any time. Why is it a true liability?

    Nice ad hominim BTW. I'm neither stoned nor a teenager, and make no pretense to be some financial guru.

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    GameStop makes $55.5bn takeover offer for eBay

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  • But that same link says they have $9B in Working Capital and Invested Capital. What's the true net value then?

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    GameStop makes $55.5bn takeover offer for eBay

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  • From article:

    The proposal does not sound like a "terribly good offer" as it would saddle eBay with GameStop's debt, said retail industry analyst Sucharita Kodali from market research firm Forrester.

    Uh... Gamestop has , depending on who one asks, no debt, or some sort of convertible thing to do with their warrant issuing last year. This article seems mis-informed. It's an ambitious gambit, but would certainly not saddle E-Bay with any significant new debt.

  • Republicans Cave and End DHS Shutdown—Without Funding ICE

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  • It's a trick, get an axe

  • Disappearing polymorphism

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  • Just watched a Veritasium vid about this last night, it's worth a watch..

  • Secure boot is just vendor lock-in with a security marketing budget

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  • Trump administration moves to add firing squad to federal execution methods

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  • I'm likely already on some lists simply for opinions, so I'll just say what many are thinking... it would be extremely ironic if he found out himself someday what being on the receiving end of a firing squad was like.

    Note I did not say, one way or the other, whether such a fate should come to pass.

  • Idiomatic Go Question

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  • Coming from C (with MISRA and flexelint) I also thought this idiom was a bit 'ick' in Go.. but I guess they feel a return in an if-block makes the else redundant.

    I was taught (again, in C/C++) that one should strive for single return points in functions, so actually either of these forms bug me to some extent.

    In Go one can name the return variable(s) in the func declaration line, eg.

     
            func example(foo string) (e error) {
        /* e is implicitly nil so far */
        if bar, e := doSomething(foo); e != nil {
            /* e was set above to non-nil */
        } else {
            doSomethingElse(bar)
        }
        return e   /* or just 'return' */
    }

    ...but that's not 'idiomatic' Go either :)

  • I don't chain everything in JavaScript anymore

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  • In array languages (APL -- the Dyalog variant -- not classic APL/2, BQN, J, ...) there's been a trend towards 'tacit' aka 'point-free' syntax, where many ops are combined/composed to avoid the need for named variables.

    Unpopular opinion time: I don't like it. As this article says, it's fine for short, simple chains but becomes inscrutable if overused.

  • Chad Mamdani moment as usual - don't worry about how your enemies see you. Worry about how your potential allies see you!

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  • The only two nations in the entire world that voted in the UN against a resolution to recognise food as a human right were... the USA and Isreal.

  • Thousands of CEOs admit AI had no impact on employment or productivity—and it has economists resurrecting a paradox from 40 years ago

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  • a paradox from 40 years ago

    In 1987

    Oh god I'm old

  • I very slightly, meaninglessly outdid the Oxford English Dictionary today

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  • ?? that looks like it's misinterpreting two word fragments across the two adjacent pages. There's a page line right down the center of that screenshot.

    "...to his great astonishment, he positively observed..." "...and tradesmen who purchase our poison.."

  • The administration fact-checks the Pope on theology.

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  • Didn't the Klingons kill their gods due to them being too annoying? Seems like a good decision.

  • Even "cat readme.txt" is not safe

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  • Sort of a click-baity headline... if it had just said "iTerm2's SSH integration on MacOS is not safe", a user such as myself who doesn't use that particular terminal or OS wouldn't need to visit the article.

    (Not blaming OP -- they just used the linked article's headline.)

  • Federal Bill Would Bring OS-Level Age Verification to the Entire U.S.

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  • Maybe we could get some open-source routers and kernel patches going to implement this instead: https://bill.herrin.us/network/ipxl.html

    It's what should've been done instead of IPv6 -- well, maybe it's a bit of a non-sequitur for the current problem, but it would create a different internet that maybe could be routed around the age-verified one if that comes to pass.

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  • I posted an idea over here about a week ago, I think it might actually meet the legal requirements without any OS changes for Linux/BSD/POSIX UNIX type OSes.

    https://old.lemmy.ca/post/63108248

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  • I'm going to start looking into Meshtastic and Reticulum .. they look pretty cool.

  • I Made This @lemmy.zip
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    xs: A secure remote access tool from a parallel universe written in Go

    gogs.blitter.com /RLabs/xs
  • Lemmy.ca's Main Community @lemmy.ca
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    Proposal: Redirect x.com/twitter.com links to xcancel.com

  • Canada @lemmy.ca
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    Who is David Krayden? "MCGA" (Make Canada Great Again) channel on youtube

  • politics @lemmy.world
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    DHS sends deportation notice to a US-born Citizen, who happens to be an immigration lawyer - "Leave in 7 days, or else"

    bsky.app /profile/carlbergstrom.com/post/3lmleebe2r22b
  • APL - A Programming Language @lemmy.ca
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    GNU APL adds the Nub Sieve (Unique Mask) monadic ≠ operator

    aplwiki.com /wiki/Nub_Sieve
  • politics @lemmy.world
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    Elizabeth May suggests Cali, Oregon, Washington State join Canada or join British Columbia to form 'Cascadia'

    archive.is /xIjN0
  • politics @lemmy.world
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    Canada is one of the world's top 3 producers of mustard

    www.foodrepublic.com /1493803/which-countries-produces-most-mustard-world/
  • Linux @lemmy.ml
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    Zenbook Pro Duo 2024 (UX8406): How to configure dual screen switch on keyboard remove/replace, and pair keyboard in BT mode

  • Science @mander.xyz
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    Question: What mineral/compound do modern arthropods use for their eyes (vs. Trilobites with their calcite lenses)?

  • APL - A Programming Language @lemmy.ca
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    APL Keyboard Sticker Set

    www.tindie.com /products/russtopia/apl-keyboard-symbol-sticker-set/
  • Showerthoughts @lemmy.world
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    Would Sentinel Island still be untouched in the Star Trek Universe?

  • APL - A Programming Language @lemmy.ca
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    GNU APL v1.9 Released

    www.gnu.org /software/apl/
  • GMECanada @lemmy.ca
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    DFV GME YOLO June 2, 2024

  • APL - A Programming Language @lemmy.ca
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    Building GNU APL for Linux

  • APL - A Programming Language @lemmy.ca
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    Featured

    Essential Beginner Resources for APL Programming

  • APL - A Programming Language @lemmy.ca
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    New to APL? Start here! ZARK's APL Tutorial

    tutorial.apl2000.com
  • GMECanada @lemmy.ca
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    GME still climbing in Robbinghood's 24-hr market! $40.06+

  • GMECanada @lemmy.ca
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    GME climbs over 22.5% in German Market 2024-05-13

  • Synthesizers @midwest.social
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    The Musician's Guide to MIDI

  • Forth Programming @lemmy.ca
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    Starting FORTH, 1st Edition

    www.forth.com /starting-forth/