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PoliticalGamer @politicalgamer.bsky.social · 1h

I had a friend who once visited France. The best advice I heard is that if you speak even a little of the native language, people will open up and act much more warmly to you.

Jay Allen @gaiaslastlaugh.bsky.social · 3h

Tourists to Japan are always like "I'll just use my phone to translate and talk with people" and so far every person I've talked to in Japanese service industry/nightlife has said they find this the most annoying thing ever

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👻 Xena the Nerdy Ghost 👻 @xena.bsky.social · 1h

As a writer myself, let me cheer you on say you can do it! Bc I too sometimes think this 😭

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Leon Noel @leonnoel.bsky.social · 8h

From thinking "I'll Never Learn Math" to Distinguished Professor of Engineering & one of the world’s leading experts on learning!

@dthompsondev.bsky.social & I had the HONOR of chatting on the pod with the 🐐 Dr. Barbara Oakley

A DEEP DIVE into How To Learn in The Age of AI + so much more

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Leon Noel @leonnoel.bsky.social · 1d

Helping people craft stories that lead to better resumes and more interviews live in 20 mins!

Come hang out with 400+ new friends all making moves this October to improve their job hunt!

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Towards Data Science @towardsdatascience.com · 1d

Reduce development friction and standardize project setup across your team. Elena Jolkver's new article walks you through Cookiecutter, a tool for creating project templates. Learn how to define a reusable structure, automate boilerplate, and generate fully-formed projects with a single command.

How to Spin Up a Project Structure with Cookiecutter | Towards Data Science

If you’re anything like me, “procrastination” might as well be your middle name. There’s always that nagging hesitation before starting a new project. Just thinking about setting up the project…

towardsdatascience.com

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👻 Xena the Nerdy Ghost 👻 @xena.bsky.social · 1d

Truth. And that fear is so unfounded and un American in my opinion

GamerDad @gamerdad8six.bsky.social · 1d

Republicans make fear their number one issue when running because close minded people are easily scared and that’s the Republican base

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Paul Rietschka @prietschka.bsky.social · 1d

"[T]his is the big bet that AI companies are making right now. That our tastes have grown so rotten and atrophied that we won’t even care when our feeds start filling up with slop."

This has always been my fear.

The Great Dumbening

Read to the end for it’s Tronin’ time

www.garbageday.email

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Crystal Lewis @cghlewis.bsky.social · 1d

Over the last 3 years I've been collecting resources to share with people interested in data freelancing. I've recently compiled those resources in a GitHub Repository.

If you are interested in data freelancing, these resources may help you navigate that transition.

github.com/Cghlewis/fre...

GitHub - Cghlewis/freelancing_resources: Resources for data freelancers

Resources for data freelancers. Contribute to Cghlewis/freelancing_resources development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com

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👻 Xena the Nerdy Ghost 👻 @xena.bsky.social · 1d

Death is taking ALL the wrong people right now 😭😭😐

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RoxyRodBeck @roxyrodbeck.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you for this opportunity! ❤️❤️

Richard @choir241.bsky.social · 2d

With the @torc.dev community as @roxyrodbeck.bsky.social shares about herself and her story transitioning into SWE and her job hunt journey as a mom with Robbie Wagner and @jasontorres.bsky.social 😊 #AllThingsOpen

A live broadcast on Twitch titled 'The Cabernet Commute w/ Roxy' features three people seated at a table with microphones. The setting includes a large pot, a bottle, and drinks on the table, suggesting a casual, conversational tone. The chat window on the right displays viewer comments. The interface shows the stream is live with 54.2K viewers and various navigation options on the screen.

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Towards Data Science @towardsdatascience.com · 2d

Your technical depth is what makes TDS unique. 💡

We're looking for your next practical guide — share what you've learned or struggled with this month.

👉 bit.ly/TDSContributor

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Paul Rietschka @prietschka.bsky.social · 2d

Text generators just don't have much to offer; this is the core, and insurmountable, problem of LLMs.

We need to move back to first principles, we need to listen to Hannibal Lecter:

"Of each particular thing ask: what is it in itself? What is its nature? What does he do, this man you seek?"

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Open Data Institute @odihq.bsky.social · 2d

Join our FREE webinar Post-Party Conference Insider Briefing: What’s Next for Data & AI Policy with Resham Kotecha, our Global Head of Policy, for an insider debrief packed with analysis and insights from the Labour, Conservative, Lib Dem and Reform conferences party conferences.
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Samuel Wong @samuelwong.bsky.social · 3d

Chinese universities want students to use more AI, not less

Unlike the West, where universities are still agonizing over how students use AI in their work, top universities in China are going all in

www.technologyreview.com/2025/07/28/1...

Chinese universities want students to use more AI, not less

Unlike the West, where universities are still agonizing over how students use AI in their work, top universities in China are going all in.

www.technologyreview.com

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Kel @kelvinintech.bsky.social · 3d

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👻 Xena the Nerdy Ghost 👻 @xena.bsky.social · 3d

Yep. At this point I’m off most Capricorns— regardless of gender. Don’t get me wrong, I respect their hustle, but I will simply appreciate & cheer them from a distance. We don’t mesh well together 😂

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Veni Kunche @veni.dev · 3d

"The more ways that a student reports that their school uses AI, the more likely they are to report things like 'I know someone who considers AI to be a friend,' 'I know someone who considers AI to be a romantic partner.'"

More and more things for me to be worried about as a parent 😭

NPR @npr.org · 3d

A national survey of students, teachers and parents shines a light on how the AI revolution is playing out in schools – including when it comes to bullying and a community's trust in schools.

1 in 5 high schoolers has had a romantic AI relationship, or knows someone who has

A national survey of students, teachers and parents shines a light on how the AI revolution is playing out in schools – including when it comes to bullying and a community's trust in schools.

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👻 Xena the Nerdy Ghost 👻 @xena.bsky.social · 3d

And 9 of those regions are in a state that went for the dictator & are primarily red states (8 if you want to get technical about NV). Smh

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👻 Xena the Nerdy Ghost 👻 @xena.bsky.social · 3d

Shout out to the kid who said women should be educated bc they’re human beings. That kid is going to be okay

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ALMA SUONO BA.,CNS. @almasuono.bsky.social · 3d

Showing up for your people even when its hard to do is what builds true bonds over time fr fr.

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Big Bad Booty Daddy @bamaslymm.blacksky.app · 4d

AI bubble is 17 times the size of that of the dot-com frenzy, analyst says

A research firm is arguing not just that AI is in a bubble, but that it is 17 times the size of the dot-com bubble.

www.marketwatch.com

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👻 Xena the Nerdy Ghost 👻 @xena.bsky.social · 4d

For Day 11 of #31DaysofHorror25 I’ll be rewatching Sinners( 2025).I have some work I need to do tonight, so I need something I’m familiar with to play in the background. The movie blends music and mysticism into a haunting vampire tale that’s entirely unique. I highly recommend watching this film

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freeCodeCamp.org @freecodecamp.bsky.social · 4d

Vision Transformers have completely changed the field of computer vision. But where did they come from? Why are they so important? In this course, you'll learn about the history of Deep Learning vision architectures from early ones like LaNet all the way to ViT.
www.freecodecamp.org/news/the-his...

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👻 Xena the Nerdy Ghost 👻 @xena.bsky.social · 4d

I honestly don’t know how to prepare for something like this 😭

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👻 Xena the Nerdy Ghost 👻 @xena.bsky.social · 4d

AI in the West is continuing the pattern of plundering from others for profit instead doing something that actually makes people’s lives better

🇬🇾🗽Sydette The Dreaded Gorgon🗽🇬🇾 @blackamazon.bsky.social · 4d

They’ll steal your data to optimize their tech and sell your model as part of Saas

Judge You Harshly 🦋✌️🤟🖖 @judgeyouharshly.bsky.social · 4d

Salesforce made a pitch to my company earlier this year:
Their (mandatory) “tools” would monitor our sales team in order to build AI sales models.

By spying on best practices they’d create a virtual sales team & my company could fire 30-50% of our team within 3 years.

I retired immediately. 🫩

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