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Ohhh I really want to attend a BlinkOn! Most of it would be over my head, but the hallway track would be a great chance to deep dive with implementers on some wonky stuff https://elk.zone/toot.cafe/@igalia@floss.social/114297398085187688

It is not AI that is driving tech layoffs. It’s the massive change in R&D writeoff rules that kicked in for TY2022, from the 2017 Trump tax bill.
The ability to “expense” R&D costs was in place for decades and arguably drove US innovation by making it cheap. Now R&D is amortized over 5 years for US work, 15 years for non-US work. The current reconciliation bill would bring back expensing of domestic R&D costs.

Yesterday, I watched "The Match" (승부), a movie that is now available on streaming platforms after it ran in cinemas in March. It tells the story of two Korean Go players who were both considered best in the world at some point: Cho Hun-hyun and Lee Chang-ho, a master and a student who later overtook the master. Side note: Lee Chang-ho was later followed by Lee Sedol as the world's best player who was then followed by AlphaGo. 1/2

So did #Google finally change it so that you can't edit #docs #drive files that have been shared with you unless you have a google account?

Celebrity haunt that made ‘Chinese chicken salad a household name’ to close this summer
Sweet-crunchy, crispy-wonton-laced Chinese chicken salad was most likely created by Madame Sylvia Wu at her Santa Monica restaurant Madame Wu’s Garden,
but a large share of the dish’s popularity across L.A. in the 1980s and ’90s can be credited to Chin Chin.
“Owner and founder Bob Mandler is the man responsible for making Chinese chicken salad a household name in Los Angeles County, …

West Hollywood's Chin Chin will serve its last Chinese chicken salad in July
The West Hollywood restaurant that helped popularize Chinese American cuisine will close in late July after more than 40 years in business.

"Top Ocean Experts Sound the Alarm Over Growing Marine Crisis Due To Climate Change"
#Oceans #Climate #ClimateChange

Top Ocean Experts Sound the Alarm Over Growing Marine Crisis Due To Climate Change - Inside Climate News
On the opening day of a global science conference, French fishery scientist Clea Abello presented research showing that marine protected areas could protect commercially valuable fisheries.

32 years together, 27 married. She with a thick Arkansan accent, he with a weird Slavic-Penn Dutch combo dialect that at times led to genuinely comic misunderstanding. Language barrier aside, couldn’t have a better partner in life.

You dont like the default color palett of #ggplot? You can change it: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/10504724/change-the-default-colour-palette-i…

Climate change and shrinking Arctic sea ice threaten bowhead whales https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/06/climate-change-and-shrinking-arctic-sea-ice-threaten-bowhead-whales/

Climate change and shrinking Arctic sea ice threaten bowhead whales
Bowhead whales are endemic to the icy waters of the Arctic and prefer living in shallow waters near sea ice, filtering krill and tiny crustaceans called copepods for food. However, the Arctic is warming faster than any other region on Earth, and a recent study estimates that if this continues, then by 2100 the whales […]

Music-induced cognitive change and whole-brain network flexibility: a pilot study https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/neuroscience/articles/10.3389/fnins.2025.1567605/full Now what might visual-to-auditory sensory substitution train…

Frontiers | Music-induced cognitive change and whole-brain network flexibility: a pilot study
IntroductionCognitive impairment that exceeds age-related cognitive decline is a risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. As the older adul...