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EMCymatics | 2 years ago | on: Bluesky has launched RSS feeds

Yikes. Who knows when I'll remember to look them up again.

EMCymatics | 2 years ago | on: Verizon to keep charging controversial fee despite $100M settlement

Untouchable.

EMCymatics | 2 years ago | on: Tuna species popular in sashimi and poke bowls in sharp decline

I'm going to repeat ad nauseam we need to police the seas and protect fisheries.

EMCymatics | 2 years ago | on: Jeff Lawson steps down as CEO of Twilio

I don't see how this move changes anything.

EMCymatics | 2 years ago | on: Jeff Lawson steps down as CEO of Twilio

Why would that be why George Hu left Twilio?

A CEO has to be the face of the company and needs a good reputation. It seems like he was a good leader.

From an outsider it looks wrong.

EMCymatics | 2 years ago | on: Duty to Document (2023)

The worst environment is when people don't bother to update documentation. That's when you know you have a garbage shop.

EMCymatics | 2 years ago | on: FAA orders grounding of more than 170 Boeing 737 Max 9s

Weird this happens right before Alaska Airlines is about to replace Hawaiian Airlines Airbus fleet

EMCymatics | 2 years ago | on: NIST identifies types of cyberattacks that manipulate behavior of AI systems

How would you gather evidence of such incidents?

EMCymatics | 2 years ago | on: Bad scientific code beats code following "best practices" (2014)

>Ultimately I’d say the core issue here is that research is complex and those environments are often resource strapped relative to other environments. As such this idea of “getting shit done” takes priority over everything.

That conforms to my experience

EMCymatics | 2 years ago | on: Tech Automated the January 6 Investigations

>The FBI was able to identify Coker and gather information about his actions using only location data from his phone and image-recognition technologies. According to the charging document, agents did not even interview him before filing a criminal complaint.

EMCymatics | 2 years ago | on: The Bias Bias in Behavioural Economics

Link leads to a download

EMCymatics | 2 years ago

They have a notice out saying that the systems were supposed to undergo scheduled maintenance tomorrow morning, 12-530am EST.

EMCymatics | 2 years ago | on: Magnitude 7.6 earthquake strikes Japan, tsunami warning issued for Ishikawa

Class X solar flare happened a slightly before this.

Also terrible timing for the nuclear industry in japan

EMCymatics | 2 years ago | on: US office owners face $117B wall of debt repayments

Interesting times.

EMCymatics | 2 years ago | on: Figma and Adobe abandon proposed merger

Probably good for both parties, better for Adobe.

EMCymatics | 2 years ago | on: EPA orders packaging firm Inhance to stop making PFAS