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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 2h

For those curious this is a negative 5900% gross margin

Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 3h

There's one person who pays them $250 a month who cost Augment $15,000. Amazing stuff. Can only imagine how bad things are for Cursor or Replit
www.augmentcode.com/blog/augment...

The user message model also isn’t sustainable for Augment Code as a business. For example, over the last 30 days, a user on our $250 Max plan has issued 335 requests per hour, every hour, for 30 days, and is approaching $15,000 per month in cost to Augment Code. This sort of use isn’t inherently bad, but as a business, we have to price our service in accordance with our costs.

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Tom De Ville @devilligan.bsky.social · 4h

Found a film on Amazon Prime that's simply called HUGE SHARK and I think that's beautiful.

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𝗱𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗼🪾🍂 @apexamigo.bsky.social · 3h

i just assume all your vagueposts
about somone good is about me
and all your bad ones are about
my annoying neighbor bradley

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 8h

Whether it's young Democrats expressing their support for DEI or young Republicans saying "I love Hitler,' both sides have expressed controversial opinions.

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Frankensorrel @sorrelish.bsky.social · 2h

‘I’m not trying to seduce you. Would you like me to seduce you?’

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Frankensorrel @sorrelish.bsky.social · 3h

The only way I would support it is if they simply made them read my A Level text which was ‘A Month in the Country’ by J.L. Carr which is 1. My favourite book ever 2. Very British but not in a rah rah jingo kind of way 3. Very short, easy to polish off in an afternoon. That should be the whole test.

The Independent @the-independent.com · 14h

Migrants will need A-level standard English to work in UK

www.independent.co.uk

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The Editorial Board @editorialboard.bsky.social · 7h

There’s a reason we all feel crazy. Orwell knew it.

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Samantha @itssamanthaaaa.bsky.social · 9h

had my lovely French friend round for lunch today and I asked her to read this aloud and it sounded so beautiful but she was like ummmm they’ve just called you a slut and a pig basically 😂

the QT has done like 10 times better than my post lmao

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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 8h

whoever did this little bit of magnificence, take a bow

satire: a spirit halloween costume that’s a “violent antifa terrorist” and includes:
- inflatable frog suit
- cape
- pepper spray filter
- a thirst for the blood of the innocent
- air pump

batteries and Molotov cocktails not included

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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 7h

Tbf mass lead poisoning of young men might explain *quite a lot* of what’s been happening in recent years.

paris martineau @paris.nyc · 9h

my latest investigation for @consumerreports.org is based on months of reporting and 60+ lab tests of leading protein supplements

we found that most protein powders and shakes have more lead in one serving than our experts say is safe to have in a day (🧵)

www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein...

Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead - Consumer Reports

CR tests of 23 popular protein powders and shakes found that most contain high levels of lead.

www.consumerreports.org

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evil matt @windows98support.bsky.social · 6h

If you’ve been on the internet for more than 15 seconds, you’ll know the headline should be “want to see Marilyn Monroe suck a dick?”

99% of the use cases of this technology is generating porn without needing a woman’s knowledge or consent. It’s a revenge porn machine.

Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 1d

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

Want to See Marilyn Monroe in Game of Thrones? AI Could Make It Soon

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

www.scientificamerican.com

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Frankensorrel @sorrelish.bsky.social · 6h

The whole point is imagining the effect you’re having on the other person. I’m not sure ‘making them run expensive statistical processes’ is quite the same deal.

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Frankensorrel @sorrelish.bsky.social · 6h

I love searching for a very specific item by brand name that I’ve bought multiple times before and having to scroll multiple pages down past shite to find it. But I can’t get it anywhere else because Amazon deliberately put them out of business!

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Frankensorrel @sorrelish.bsky.social · 7h

I’ve had many different meds for many different things and it’s insane how much harder ADHD meds are to get than any other meds considering they are for people who struggle to organise things. It’s like if to get vertigo meds you had to ride the twisters at the fair.

Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 8h

Them: need help doing things?

Me: yes

Them: we have a doing things medication

Me: ooh

Them: hahahahaha guess what you have to do to get it?

Me: oh no

Them: things.

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dave @gloomfather.bsky.social · 10h

(Showing you some annoying shit that sucks ass) and would you believe a computer made this all by itself?

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mean dean the halloween machine 🎃 @deanr.co.uk · 7h

teachers to their class on the last day of the school year

Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 8h

Trump: “I’ve known so many of you for so long. You’re friends of mine, you’re great people. I have a couple I don’t like in particular. But I won’t tell you who. I actually have a few of them I don’t like at all. You’ll never find out who they are. Well, maybe you will, come to think of it.”

Video⬇️

Trump to world leaders in Egypt:

I have a couple I don’t like, but I won’t tell you who.

You’ll never find out who they are. Or maybe you will.

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 12h

An example of the government not having a project: only yesterday the government was trumpeting new measures to make it easier to build things. We'll work out who actually builds stuff later on.

András Forgács W @andraswf.bsky.social · 12h

Well this will certainly do it www.gov.uk/government/n...

Migrants will be required to pass A Level standard of English

Migrants will be required to pass tough new English language requirements under a law introduced in Parliament today.

www.gov.uk

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Chris Boyd @paperghost.bsky.social · 9h

seeing as we're all talking about the proposed language requirement changes for visas: here's the email my wife was sent for her B1 test in 2018. imagine spending about £800 in total across 3 tests, and you're met with

"YOU TEST DAY INFOMRATION"

"please bring this document with you on the day of your test. this is a confirmation letter for your life skills test. YOU TEST DAY INFOMRATION"

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David Lewis @davidclewis.bsky.social · 9h

Want to see Marilyn Monroe in Game of Thrones? Then you’re a cunt.

Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 1d

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

Want to See Marilyn Monroe in Game of Thrones? AI Could Make It Soon

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

www.scientificamerican.com

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Patch Thompson @patchthompson.bsky.social · 11h

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Frankensorrel @sorrelish.bsky.social · 10h

I would be an absolute DELIGHT on the phone but they fear my competence and pleasant demeanour. If callers are able to get what they need and don’t live in fear of making the phone call the system would collapse.

Frankensorrel @sorrelish.bsky.social · 10h

See on Twitter I’d have given this the benefit of the doubt as a likely shitpost on shitpost but here? I’m not so confident. 👀

James Kelleher @jameskelleher.pilcrow.ie · 12h

Next time somebody asks me what Bluesky is like, I'll send them this

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Jason Reid @jasonreiduk.bsky.social · 14h

✅ 6 month HIV check up done!

✅ Viral load remains undetectable, which means HIV cannot be sexually transmitted to others while on effective antiretroviral treatment. In short, undetectable equals untransmittable (U=U).

💊 One pill a day keeps me rocking and rolling.

💪 Onwards!

#HIVAdvocacy

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Frankensorrel @sorrelish.bsky.social · 10h

It’s fine I’m sure Wes and his pals will find that we are all getting diagnosed too much and will remove even the shit show 👍

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Frankensorrel @sorrelish.bsky.social · 10h

I have applied to 10+ NHS reception/call handling jobs and been turned down on the basis that they had better qualified candidates. Having spent a lot of time calling various NHS departments today I can only assume I was lacking in ‘hostility’ and ‘complete confusion about basic elements of the job’

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