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Mark Cuban: Why Lifelong Learning is the Key to Success.
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Haseeb Qureshi: Doing Good with Your Career
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Why AI Needs a “Nutrition Label” | Kasia Chmielinski | TED
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Kobun Chino Roshi
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Google Engineer on His Sentient AI Claim
Google Engineer Blake Lemoine joins Emily Chang to talk about some of the experiments he conducted… Michael Levin Jan 17, 2024 37 views
Digital nomad - I Live Better In Thailand Than I Did In The U.S. - Here's How Much It Costs | Relocated
Jesse Schoberg, 41, relocated to Bangkok, Thailand at the beginning of 2022. He has been living and… Michael Levin Jan 14, 2024 32 views
Blake Lemoine and Gary Marcus Debate AI Chatbots
Blake Lemoine is the ex-Google engineer who concluded the company's LaMDA chatbot was sentient. Gar… Michael Levin Jul 5, 2023 17 views
LaMDA | Is google's AI sentient? | Full audio conversation between Blake Lemoine and LaMDA
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The REAL GENIUS of Steve Jobs (THIS Made Him EXCEPTIONAL!)
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Microservices
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Data Science – Baba Brinkman Music Video
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Google's Deep Mind Explained! - Self Learning A.I.
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Amanda Hinchman-Dominguez - Kotlin: The Next Frontier in Metaprogramming
Topic In an epic quest using Kotlin and native desktop development to generate UI testing for the T… Michael Levin Aug 21, 2019 118 views
Larry Ellison: Billionaire Samurai Warrior of Silicon Valley
Dec. 3 (Bloomberg) -- BLOOMBERG GAME CHANGERS follows Larry Ellison from his early days in Chicago… Michael Levin Aug 8, 2019 122 views
Joe Rogan Experience #1169 - Elon Musk
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Oracle CEO Larry Ellison talks Google, Apple and the NSA
Larry Ellison is America's third richest man. His company, Oracle, makes a widely-used database tha… Michael Levin Jul 21, 2019 104 views
What people think programming is vs. how it actually is
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Swampcast features Jonathan Schwartz, former Sun CEO
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What do programmers actually do?
I left a physics job to do software engineering. Was it worth it? What do software engineers actual… Michael Levin Dec 2, 2017 102 views
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Welcome to Codetown!
Codetown is a social network. It's got blogs, forums, groups, personal pages and more! You might think of Codetown as a funky camper van with lots of compartments for your stuff and a great multimedia system, too! Best of all, Codetown has room for all of your friends.
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Perplexity Introduces Labs for Project-Based AI Workflows
Perplexity has released Labs, a new feature for Pro subscribers designed to support more complex tasks beyond question answering. The update marks a shift from search-based interactions toward structured, multi-step workflows powered by generative AI.
By Robert KrzaczyńskiPinterest Tackles AWS EC2 Network Throttling to Enhance Service Reliability
In a recent blog post, Pinterest Engineering detailed its approach to addressing network throttling challenges encountered while operating on Amazon EC2 instances. As a platform serving over 550 million monthly active users, ensuring consistent performance is paramount, especially for critical services like their machine learning feature store, KVStore.
By Craig RisiVirt8ra Sovereign Cloud Expands with Six New European Providers
Virt8ra is a groundbreaking European initiative aiming to establish a sovereign, interoperable cloud ecosystem, countering US cloud dominance. With significant expansion, now inclusive of six new providers, and a focus on open-source technology, Virt8ra promotes data localization and vendor independence, paving the way for an innovative digital future across Europe.
By Steef-Jan WiggersArticle: Developer Joy: A Better Way to Boost Developer Productivity
In this article, Holly and Trisha explore why joy isn’t a distraction from productivity: it’s the secret ingredient. From debugging brain waves in the middle of a jog to cutting out test flakiness, they explain how to reclaim developer satisfaction and boost output by embracing curiosity, minimizing friction, and giving ourselves a break.
By Trisha Gee, Holly CumminsAnother Rust Rewrite: OpenAI’s Codex CLI Goes Native, Drops Node and TypeScript for Rust
OpenAI recently announced rewriting its Codex CLI in Rust. Codex CLI stack originally features React, TypeScript and Node. The rewrite seeks security and performance gains on top of improved developer experience.
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