@Techmeme@techhub.social2026-06-02 14:02:37
A group of 16 mathematicians publishes the Leiden Declaration on AI and Mathematics to address threats to the field, citing accuracy and reliability concerns (Siobhan Roberts/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/0…
@rberger@hachyderm.io2026-04-02 20:41:26
Dave Thomas is one of the authors of The Pragmatic Programmer, one of the key people who brought Ruby from Japan to the western world (through "the pickaxe book", Programming Ruby), one of the authors of the Agile manifesto, and one of my software heros, among other things.
Like many of the original Agile manifesto writers, he's pretty excited about how LLMs/Agents are opening up more possibilities, not ending the software profession.
"Castles in the Air: It's Still Just as Rewarding
It's Still Programming
I was expecting to hate using Claude. I just knew it would dehumanize the process, draining away all the fun stuff, turning what was once creative into a mechanical slog.
I was wrong. Coding with AI is fun. In fact, to me it feels like I'm having more fun than I have had in a while. So I took some notes over the last month to work out why.”
#agenticAI
https://media.pragprog.com/newsletters/2026-03-25.html
@nemobis@mamot.fr2026-04-29 22:14:35
@cdarwin@c.im2026-04-01 22:17:19
In a letter to the American people,
Iran’s president Masoud Pezeshkian laid out the longstanding, historical grievances behind Tehran’s distrust of Washington,
with a turning point being the 1953 coup d’état, which he described as “an illegal American intervention aimed at preventing the nationalisation of Iran’s own resources”.
Relations before that “were not originally hostile, and early interactions between the Iranian and American people were not marred with hostility o…
@adresscomptoir@mastodon.social2026-05-02 16:01:05
Schnuckelige Kellergasse? Stadtmauerstadt? Ja eh. Aber die unverhoffte Erkenntnis, dass Purbach zu einem der Eldorados des burgenländischen Brutalismus zu zählen ist und dass es Gargoyles auch in brutalistischer Ausführung gibt, hat mich heute äußerst beglückt!
@chrisnelder@mastodon.energy2026-04-02 03:09:28
So I guess the Strait of Hormuz isn't going to open itself, and the US isn't just going to walk away, and a lot more damage will be done to energy infrastructure all around the Gulf, and the chatter of the past 48 hours was just that... talking down the markets. Buckle up, this could get interesting. https://ww…
@PaulWermer@sfba.social2026-05-02 02:28:55
Back in nearly prehistoric times, FDR's administration established the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) to address the lack of infrastructure in the impoverished Tennessee Valley.
We need an equivalent commitment to public transit as an essential utility, in both urban and rural areas - predictable, reliable, and meeting local needs.
#infrastructure
@Techmeme@techhub.social2026-04-01 07:15:55
Malta is opposing EU plans to centralize crypto supervision under ESMA, seeing it as a politically motivated assault on its success in attracting crypto firms (Laura Noonan/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-01…
@nemobis@mamot.fr2026-05-02 17:55:21
Funny to me: #JusticeBreyer described as "husband of" (British ~nobility).
«Earlier Tuesday, Retired Justice Stephen Breyer shook hands with the king during his Capitol Hill appearance for an address before a joint meeting of Congress. Breyer earned a degree from Oxford University, and is married to a daughter of a British viscount.»
@cdarwin@c.im2026-04-02 00:32:41
In a prime-time address to the nation on Wednesday evening, Trump is expected to describe the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran as a major success that could end in a few weeks.
In what was perhaps a pre-emptive pitch before Mr. Trump’s speech, the president of Iran posted an open letter to the American public,warning of the costs of a prolonged war.
“Continuing along the path of confrontation is more costly and futile than ever before,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said in the lette…
