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[–] swlabr@awful.systems 11 points 1 month ago (10 children)

second take from me. Here's the full tweet:

one of Earth's top scientists on sex and gender has published her latest work, open for all to read in a widely read venue on that science topic, where it will receive far more peer scrutiny than any lesser forum provides

I'm going to read this as a joke because he didn't end it with a period, and he is secretly beefing with aella

[–] swlabr@awful.systems 5 points 1 month ago

Yeah, fair. Wasn't so much sneering at the idea of data storage, but the "data lakehouse" jumped out at me as a possible fun term to bring up.

[–] swlabr@awful.systems 8 points 1 month ago

I’m pretty sure a data lakehouse is a database where if you insert data in it, it only appears two years later/earlier, and if you try to read from it, all the entries come from two years in the future/past. It’s very prone to predestination issues but can help with finding love

[–] swlabr@awful.systems 11 points 1 month ago

yeah and I’m a brain surgeon because sometimes when I pick my nose I go a little too deep

[–] swlabr@awful.systems 4 points 1 month ago (4 children)

i hear sodium batteries are emerging as an alternative to lithium, but note that I also don’t know shit about this domain

[–] swlabr@awful.systems 9 points 1 month ago (4 children)

I looked it up.

boring answer

the company is a data analytics platform. According to wikipedia they promote the model of a “data lakehouse”, a hydrid of a “data lake” and a “data warehouse”. I don’t know what any of this means

Sneer answer: 100% LLM feces. Databricks puts the anal in analytics

[–] swlabr@awful.systems 3 points 1 month ago

I saw a chance to RP a deadbeat parent and I took it

[–] swlabr@awful.systems 11 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Yeah SMRs rule. They are so easy to build. You just move the map over to where you want them to be built, press the Building button or hotkey (B) and then choose the SMR (hotkey: S). Then you move the mouse over to where you want to place the SMR; a silhouette will appear at the target location. You click to start the build. It’s 150 minerals, 50 gas, and takes 15 seconds to construct. Just a few keypresses and you have green, clean energy anywhere you want it :) Crazy that nuclear power is so easy to get but governments treat it like it’s so scary.

[–] swlabr@awful.systems 5 points 1 month ago

Little late but just found out that Google has partnered with Movember to push Gemini.

[–] swlabr@awful.systems 10 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (6 children)

I saw this, so now you all get to: Alex Karp performs a stationary Gatotsu with a sabre, don’t ask me why.

E: reference explainer and visual descriptionThe Gatotsu is a fictional swordfighting style from the manga/anime series Rurouni Kenshin wielded by Saitou Hajime, one of the main characters. It also refers to the frequent stance and movement Hajime makes when fighting.

In the video, Alex Karp stands next to a young woman. One may surmise that he is trying to impress her with a display of sword mastery. In his right hand he is holding a broad, curved sword, maybe a sabre. His left arm is outstretched at shoulder height in front of him, pointing at an imaginary target, and the sword is pointing at the same target, held at the same height with the flat side parallel to the ground. He performs an awkward looking thrust, as if mimicking the Gatotsu as mentioned above. In the rest of the video he is playing around with the sword, sometimes performing the same thrust and otherwise tossing it limply around in his hand.

There is text at the top of video reading:

Your CEO: Powerpoint

Palantir CEO:

[–] swlabr@awful.systems 8 points 1 month ago (6 children)

Databricks CEO: “we’ve already achieved AGI fam, the haters just keep moving the goalposts”

[–] swlabr@awful.systems 10 points 1 month ago

The real question: are you Shakespeare x Fair Youth or Fair Youth x Shakespeare?

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