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I will never get over the insanity of people who believe that “Spare the Rod and Spoil the Child” means you should beat your children.

The rod in question is a Shepherd’s Crook, it was used to gently pull lambs and sheep away from danger. The statement was meant to encourage protection and instruction. No decent Shepherd would beat an animal with it, let alone a child.

—@RickiTarr

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Dude. In AWS’s certification materials they use a cafe to represent an EC2 instance, and without any trace of self-awareness go on to say “When you need instances—or baristas—you just click a button and you have them. And when you don’t need them, another click! And they go away.”

Like if I were Amazon, I wouldn’t want to be reminding folks how easily Amazon treats humans like disposable cups, but 🤷🏻‍♀️.

—@LauraLangdon

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This is a masterclass on how not to change a company name.

Anyone else would not change the name to a trademark their competitor owns, the logo to a symbol they cannot own and then try to take down the sign at headquarters only to have the cops shut that down because they had no permit. 🤦‍♂️

A trifecta of oopsie daisies. Should we let them release robot cars onto the roads?

#X #Musk #TwitteRx #twitter

—@davidaugust

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Why is it that when progressive policies that help the bottom 90 percent are proposed, the question always seems to be, “How will you pay for it?”

But when the top 1 percent ask for bailouts, tax cuts, and subsidies, the question always seems to be, “How much do you need?”

—@rbreich

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Do you like #news, but hate #paywalls ? Check out the Gift Article Gazette!

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(Hey, if you dig this tool would you please give this post a boost? I’m way better at making this stuff than I am at self-promotion.)

—@researchbuzz

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My workplace has a project titled Angry Kitten, and I chuckle every time I hear someone reference it.

“Who has been working with Angry Kitten?”

“The customer wants to know who’s the [document] feeder for Angry Kitten.”

“Angry Kitten hasn’t been getting enough attention lately.”

“Angry Kitten is going to be growing soon.”

(You can search for the project name to learn who the customer is, if you’re curious.)

—@BeefGriller

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@timnitGebru Janelle Shane @janellecshane had a look at “AI detectors” recently…

“GPT detectors were misclassifying writing by non-native English speakers as AI-generated 48-76% of the time (!!!), compared to 0%-12% for native speakers.”

“a student who uses AI to write or reword their essay is LESS likely to be flagged as a cheater than a student who never used AI at all.”

https://www.aiweirdness.com/dont-use-ai-detectors-for-anything-important/

—@moybius

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Elon Musk, a YouTuber, and an Environmentalist are flying home. The engines explode and the plane starts to go down. The YouTuber runs to the back and returns with the parachutes and says “There are only two parachutes. One of us is going to die”. “I’m the smartest man in the world, I must live!” says Musk and grabs a parachute and jumps out. “Only one of us can live now.” says the YouTuber. “We’re fine” says the Environmentalist, “The smartest man in the world just jumped out with my backpack.”

—@grumpygamer