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Programming language tradeoffs.
https://www.garfieldtech.com/blog/language-tradeoffs

Programming language trade-offs
This article is also available in Serbo-Croatian This article is also available in Dutch There has been much discussion of late in Drupal about Object-Oriented Programming. That's not really surprising, given that Drupal 7 is the first version that has really tried to use objects in any meaningful way (vis, as something…

I'm so old I remember when Republicans would be incensed about this sort of thing.
https://apnews.com/article/treasury-national-debt-limit-a27a8d3651ff810b25c610d3e1b6259d

Pathway, which is developing AI models based on what it calls its "Post-Transformer" BDH architecture, raised a $30M seed at a $500M valuation (Antoine Tardif/Unite.AI)
https://www.unite.ai/pathway-raises-new-funding-at-500m-valuation…

Pathway Raises New Funding at $500M Valuation to Scale Post-Transformer AI
AI research company Pathway has secured additional funding at a $500 million valuation, bringing its total seed financing to $30 million as it prepares to scale a new generation of models built around its post-Transforme...

@…, isn't creating extrinsic motivation the whole raison d'être of the management class? Intrinsically motivated people need no management. So managers are enormously motivated to prevent people from developing intrinsic motivation, because when their workers do, they're redundant.
Accidental Gods - The Thrutopian Podcast: Design for the Ineffable: Cr…

TourdeFrance is feitelijk voorbij, spanning is weg, na etappe 6 van de 21. Geen sportliefhebber kan hier blij mee zijn. Al kun je Pogacar niets verwijten.
#wielrennen #tourdefrance

We now have wildfire layers for maps… sigh.
Happy to see it, angry that we need it.
https://theradavist.com/ride-with-gps-new-wildfires-layer-see-fire-smoke-and-wind-before-you-ride

Ride with GPS: New Wildfires Layer – See Fire, Smoke, and Wind Before You Ride
Fire season doesn't have to mean guessing. Available across web, iOS, and Android, RWGPS' new Wildfires Layer shows you exactly where fires are burning, so you can avoid wildfire smoke while cycling and adjust your plans before you take off on a ride or extended tour... New Wildfires Layer The Wildfires Layer shows active fire perimeters across the US and Canada, refreshed every hour. That means you're never looking at stale data when you're deciding whether a route is worth riding. On the map,…

FBI warned ICE agents could be targeted by fake 'tradwife' dating profiles, memo reveals (Sam Levin/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/17/fbi-ice-tradwife-doxing
http://www.memeorandum.com/260917/p83#a260917p83

The cyclists should have to carry their own repair kits and do their own repairs. #TourDeFrance

@… (I think we agree on this but) if we view capitalism and the market economy as inherently toxic (as I do), is work to make it less unequal not counter productive? We need to be building the new structures, not trying to shore up the wanton excess of the old.
Accidental Gods - The Thrutopian Podcast: Podcasters Unite! Thinking about systemic change with Tim Log…

"Foundry is a proprietary product. Some #NHS data analysts told us that all their work on the FDP would be lost if they no longer had access to #Palantir’s platform. This raises concerns over what many experts call “vendor lock in”. Once you start using a Silicon Valley tech company’s product, it can …

I investigated Palantir’s foothold in the British state – and what I found should worry us all
Paid-for political access and threadbare regulations have helped to embed the US tech firm in the NHS – and beyond. But there is a way to free ourselves, asks Peter Geoghegan of Democracy for Sale