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"Because I deserved support in that moment. I deserved having my boss taking me to the side to have a coffee and asking me how I was doing. I deserved having somebody more in my team to help me figure out a new technical solution for that project, instead of leaving me alone. I deserved having a product owner communicating issues to that customer. I deserved having someone giving a fucking shit about my mental health."

Radio Silence
I have had three episodes of burnout in my professional life, in three consecutive years.

#LB Esse texto sobre LLMs do @… é bem grande, mas excelente. Vale a leitura, apesar do tamanho.
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The rise of China, along with regional powers such as Turkey, Indonesia and Saudi Arabia, has disrupted the unipolar dominance of the U.S.
These would-be regional hegemons bring with them their own means of imposing influence through economic incentives and coercion.
In China’s case, infrastructure and trade development through the Belt and Road Initiative is counterbalanced with shows of military strength in the South China Sea.
As the global order becomes increasingly fragm…

Are hegemonies a relic of the past? The role of coercion and consent in global domination
From Athens to the British Empire and on to the US – dominant powers have used might and consent to exert influence.

An interview with Jony Ive and Laurene Powell Jobs on tech's next chapter, meeting in 1997, Steve Jobs, Apple, Powell Jobs' io investment in 2019, AI, and more (Matthew Garrahan/Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/7f0a45b0-a3cc-4e1c-be71-1b7b42958d4…

‘Humanity deserves better’: Jony Ive and Laurene Powell Jobs on tech’s next chapter
After Apple, the Silicon Valley visionaries are looking to artificial intelligence to shape the future again

This https://arxiv.org/abs/1810.08277 has been replaced.
link: https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=a

Quantum computing from a mathematical perspective: a description of the quantum circuit model
This paper is an essentially self-contained and rigorous description of the fundamental principles of quantum computing from a mathematical perspective. It is intended to help mathematicians who want to get a grasp of this quickly growing discipline and find themselves taken aback by the language gap between mathematics and the pioneering fields on the matter: computer science and quantum physics. A first version of this paper was originally published at arXiv in October 2018. Minor corrections…

Here's a document that deserves to be remembered, resurrected, and read (hey, that's 3 "R's!).
"Records, Computers and the Rights of Citizens: Report of the HEW Advisory Committee on Automated Personal Data Systems" July 1973
https://epic.org/documents/hew1973repo

Sean "Diddy' Combs Doesn't Deserve A Trump Pardon, 50 Cent Insists
https://deadline.com/2025/05/diddy-pardon-trump-50-cent-1236415103/

Is it me or adding "ergonomic" to the name (or description) of a chair bumps the price by 150%?
Is it the x-ray tax?

There’s a new museum on Naoshima Island! This NYT article also describes the many other museums and exhibits installed there.
This is the “art island” that Lynn and I visited a couple months ago. Looks like we’ll have to go back! This time we’ll know to book rooms way in advance (and to stay longer than two nights).
🎁 link

Japanese Islands’ 10th Tadao Ando Museum Caps a Billionaire’s Quest
Benesse Art Site Naoshima, a sprawling art constellation on three islands, adds a 10th museum by the star architect Tadao Ando that caps the cultural quest of Soichiro Fukutake.

This https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.16967 has been replaced.
initial toot: https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_qu…

A Review of Design Concerns in Superconducting Quantum Circuits
In this short review we describe the process of designing a superconducting circuit device for quantum information applications. We discuss the factors that must be considered to implement a desired effective Hamiltonian on a device. We describe the translation between a device's physical layout, the circuit graph, and the effective Hamiltonian. We go over the process of electromagnetic simulation of a device layout to predict its behavior. We also discuss concerns such as connectivity, crossta…