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The Computer Science Fetish
On the Valorization of Technical Authority 💡Nerd Alert: 1/5. Readable, but also mostly venting about weird encounters at a conference in San Francisco. The academic AI critic is often either bored or angry. Bored because everyone keeps saying the same things, or angry because all the same things need

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Règlements de comptes entre ultras du PSG : de Munich Š l’A11, l’histoire secrète d’une bagarre en trois rounds - Le Parisien
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Règlements de comptes entre ultras du PSG : de Munich à l’A11, l’histoire secrète d’une bagarre en trois rounds
Samedi, un groupe de supporters ultras du PSG en a attaqué un autre lors d’un déplacement vers Angers. Un règlement de comptes qui trouve son origine à la dernière finale de Ligue des champions en Allemagne.

Kyler Murray, J.J. McCarthy offer different takes on Vikings QB competition

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/kyler-murray-j-j-mccarthy-vikings-qb-battle/

2026's Costco-value late-round NFL draft picks, plus examining the 49ers' confidence https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7240037/2026/04/29/2026-nfl-draft-late-round-values-49ers-reach-consensus/

2026's Costco-value late-round NFL draft picks, plus examining the 49ers' confidence https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7240037/2026/04/29/2026-nfl-draft-late-round-values-49ers-reach-consensus/

Anker announces Thus, a compute-in-memory chip it says will bring on-device AI to its products and accessories, starting with its upcoming Soundcore earbuds (John Higgins/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/tech/916463/anker-thus-chip-announcement

Anker made its own chip to bring AI to all its products
The Thus chip will come to earbuds first before being rolled out to other Anker products.

Name that programming language!
(Wrong answers appreciated!)
Hint: "Personal" computer, circa 1963.

I’ve spent the last year or so asking almost every question I have about a codebase to an AI agent in parallel while I look for the answer myself,
and I’ve seen them go from hopeless to “sometimes faster than me” to “usually faster than me and sometimes more insightful”.
Right now, there’s still plenty of room for a competent software engineer in the loop.
But that room is shrinking.
I don’t think there are any genuinely new capabilities that AI agents would need in o…

I don't know if my job will still exist in ten years

Has Technology Ever Reduced Labor?
Has technology ever reduced labor? The question sounds rhetorical. We carry small computers that answer any factual query in seconds, our laundry tumbles itself clean while we sleep, our cars drive themselves on highways our great-grandparents traveled by mule. Of course technology has reduced labor. The question barely needs asking.

Has Technology Ever Reduced Labor? | David Boles, Blogs
Has technology ever reduced labor? The question sounds rhetorical. We carry small computers that answer any factual query in seconds, our laundry tumbles itself clean while we sleep, our cars drive…

A look at Politico's Dasha Burns, soon to be its Global Anchor in addition to other journalistic roles, as the outlet molds her into a creator-like figure (Corbin Bolies/The Wrap)
https://www.thewrap.com/media-platforms/journalism/dasha-burns-politico-i…

Dasha Burns Brings a Creator Mindset to Politico: ‘On Your TV, In Your Ear, In Your Inbox’
The Playbook co-author on becoming Politico’s first global anchor, covering Trump’s combative second term — and why she welcomes his appearance at Saturday’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner.