programming
I am not even particularly old, barely 30, just half-set in my life (or so I thought) but learning programming feels like it opened completely new pathways in my brain and it has this characteristic that it is really good at feeding one's curiosity. Learning never stops with this. Amazing. ...
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r/learnprogramming
AT&T Tech ChannelHello all,
I've been moderating /r/learnprogramming for a few years now, and I feel that it's time to step down.
Normally I'd just exit quietly, as I don't think most users care who their mods are. But due to the current situation on Reddit, I did want to make sure to be clear about a few things up-front, so I decided to make this post before ...
I've been moderating /r/learnprogramming for a few years now, and I feel that it's time to step down.
Normally I'd just exit quietly, as I don't think most users care who their mods are. But due to the current situation on Reddit, I did want to make sure to be clear about a few things up-front, so I decided to make this post before ...
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Dev Leonardo
Low Level LearningHey all,
I saw someone share a full caching service, so I thought I’d also share this pattern I use for making expensive API requests.
Basically, I save the contents to a file, named for the inputs, so I never have to reproduce that same call.
It helps make my scripts “continueable”
I use similar pattern with other expensive APIs like e ...
I saw someone share a full caching service, so I thought I’d also share this pattern I use for making expensive API requests.
Basically, I save the contents to a file, named for the inputs, so I never have to reproduce that same call.
It helps make my scripts “continueable”
I use similar pattern with other expensive APIs like e ...
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technology
There’s good reason to fear that A.I. systems like ChatGPT and GPT4 will harm democracy. Public debate may be overwhelmed by industrial quantities of autogenerated argument. People might fall down political rabbit holes, taken in by superficially convincing bullshit, or obsessed by folies à deux relationships with machine personalities that don’t r
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www.schneier.comElon Musk’s platform may be hell, but it’s also where huge amounts of reputational and social wealth are invested. All of that is in peril.
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www.wired.comIna Fried / Axios: Unlike Getty Images, Adobe says it will sell stock images made by artists who used generative AI programs like Dall-E, but requires images be labeled as such — Adobe is opening its stock images service to creations made with the help of generative AI programs like Dall-E and Stable Diffusion, the company tells Axios.
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www.techmeme.comAshley Gold / Axios: Meta begins testing age verification tools on Facebook Dating, letting users upload video selfies or IDs, following successful tests on Instagram — Meta is testing age verification tools on Facebook Dating, a move the company says will make the product safer, per an announcement shared exclusively with Axios.
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Kenrick Cai / Forbes: Runway, one of the two startups behind Stable Diffusion, raised a $50M Series C led by Felicis Ventures; sources: Runway's valuation is $500M, and ARR is ~$1M — Runway ML, one of the two startups behind the popular AI text-to-image model Stable Diffusion, has raised new funding at a $500 million valuation, Forbes has learned
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Financial Times: A look at FTX's historical ties to Hong Kong, where SBF cultivated ties to wealthy families, and how Alameda-owned Genesis Block helped raise cash — Genesis Block helped Sam Bankman-Fried's group access hard cash and onboard wealthy clients — At Sam Bankman-Fried's 29th birthday in March last year …
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