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I Changed My Mind – NixOS is NOT the Best Linux

I Changed My Mind – NixOS is NOT the Best Linux

Well I didn't expect to be writing this post, ever. Most of my posts on here have just been NixOS and praising its glory to all but recently I have been greatly disliking NixOS more and more. But what does this mean for you? It could mean nothing, or it could mean everything... NixOS Pros I can't say NixOS isn't great, it has so many amazingly useful features that just make using Linux so much easier. All packages are version locked. (Easy to roll back versions) All package dependencies are per package so version conflicts are prevented. Thousands of services…
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British tourist apologizes after carving initials into an ancient Pompeii home

British tourist apologizes after carving initials into an ancient Pompeii home

Italian outlet ANSA reported that a 37-year-old man, who has not been named, used a blunt object to make five engravings on a wall of the House of Vestals. The engravings included his initials, his daughters' initials, and the date.Photos of the damage shared online showed the initials "JW LMW MW" etched into the ancient structure alongside "07/08/24" and "MYLAW."Staff alerted local authorities, who intervened and reported the incident to a court in Torre Annuziata as "damage to artistic heritage."The man apologized and said he made the carvings to commemorate his family's trip. He could face a hefty fine and…
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Tim Walz may be the least wealthy vice presidential nominee in history

Tim Walz may be the least wealthy vice presidential nominee in history

Tim Walz, the governor of Minnesota recently tapped to be Kamala Harris' running mate, is among the least wealthy candidates to run for vice president in US history.According to financial disclosures reported by The Washington Post, Walz and his wife, Gwen, earned $166,000 in 2022. This includes income earned from renting out a room in their Washington, DC, townhouse, the outlet reported, and Walz's $115,485 annual salary for his role as governor.Previous Business Insider reporting shows that Walz is just above the average middle-class American's salary band.At 60 years old, his net worth — $330,000, per Forbes — is less than…
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Former Twitter chairman is suing X for $20 million over pay he says was ‘wrongfully withheld’

Former Twitter chairman is suing X for $20 million over pay he says was ‘wrongfully withheld’

Omid Kordestani, who was Twitter’s executive chairman from 2015 to 2020 and served on the board until Elon Musk acquired it in 2022, is suing X over $20 million worth of shares he says the company is refusing to pay. Kordestani filed the lawsuit on Friday with a California superior court.Per the lawsuit, Kordestani left a high paying job at Google to join Twitter, which offered him a “significantly lower” salary of just $50,000 but sweetened the deal with stock options, performance-based restricted stock units and restricted stock units. These — amounting to $20,112,000 — were supposed to have been…
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Building Your First Full-Stack Application

Building Your First Full-Stack Application

ChatGPTMemory updated So, you’ve decided to take the plunge into full-stack development. Awesome! But now what? Where do you even start? Don’t worry—I’ve got you covered. By the end of this article, you’ll know exactly what steps to take to build your first full-stack application. We’re not going to dive into the deep end with complex frameworks right away. Instead, we’ll build a basic, yet functional, full-stack app. This guide will focus on the essentials: front-end, back-end, and connecting the two. Let’s get started. Step 1: Understanding the Basics Before you write a single line of code, you need to…
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Kamala Harris leads Trump in the critical swing states of Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin, new poll says

Kamala Harris leads Trump in the critical swing states of Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin, new poll says

Vice President Kamala Harris' presidential campaign is less than a month old but the latest New York Times/Siena College polls already show her leading former President Donald Trump in the critical battlegrounds of Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin.Before President Joe Biden left the presidential race in July, he held a small advantage over Trump in an earlier Times/Siena survey of Wisconsin, but trailed the former president in Michigan and Pennsylvania. That worried Democratic leaders at the time. Biden's standing in those states had deteriorated and threatened not only his reelection bid but that of down-ballot candidates too.Harris, however, is now in a much stronger…
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LLM progress is slowing — what will it mean for AI?

LLM progress is slowing — what will it mean for AI?

Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More We used to speculate on when we would see software that could consistently pass the Turing test. Now, we have come to take for granted not only that this incredible technology exists — but that it will keep getting better and more capable quickly. It’s easy to forget how much has happened since ChatGPT was released on November 30, 2022. Ever since then, the innovation and power just kept coming from the public large language models LLMs. Every few weeks, it…
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What to read this weekend: Near-future dystopian fiction and a new approach to explaining life’s origin

What to read this weekend: Near-future dystopian fiction and a new approach to explaining life’s origin

New releases in fiction, nonfiction and comics that caught our attention.Hum by Helen PhillipsRobots have become a regular fixture of the workforce, and humans are losing their jobs to AI. Climate change is wreaking havoc on the planet. It’s getting harder and harder for the average person to make ends meet. Facial recognition technology is being used for surveillance. Sound familiar? In her new novel, , author Helen Phillips paints a picture of what our near-future could look like.Its main character, May, has lost her job after technology made her role obsolete, and, desperate for money to support her family,…
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Instagram is really weird right now. I think I’ve figured out why.

Instagram is really weird right now. I think I’ve figured out why.

Instagram's Reels are still pretty new, like molten lava that's still warm and constantly moving. Because of that, Reels don't really have their own culture or breakout native memes (although I'm sure that will happen eventually).Things might look very different a month from now, but at this very moment, in the summer of 2024 … is it just me, or are Reels really, really weird?Let me describe a video I recently saw: There's a man with white hair — I'd guess about 65 years old — in glasses, wearing a white button-down shirt and tie. He has a beard and a thick…
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Say JS easy, got roasted!!!

Say JS easy, got roasted!!!

JavaScript is frequently touted as an "easy" programming language, especially for beginners. This perception often stems from its accessibility, flexibility, and wide usage. But is JavaScript really as simple as it seems? Let's delve into why this popular language is often underestimated and why its simplicity might be deceptive. JavaScript's syntax is relatively straightforward compared to some other languages. Its dynamic nature allows developers to write code quickly without worrying about complex type declarations or rigid syntax rules. This ease of entry makes JavaScript an attractive option for new programmers, who might find it easier to grasp initially. However: This…
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