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Kalshi is NOT a gambling company. Saying so is incorrect. I assume that people calling Kalshi “gambling” are uninformed, rather than being defamatory, but Kalshi is not “gaming.” It’s been decided in the courts. Please read the 15 pages of KalshiEx LLC v. CFTC (2024) before spreading misinformation Link: media.cadc.uscourts.gov/opin…

Your daily reminder that we need to discuss the labor market situation! MIT’s new “Iceberg Index” suggests today’s AI could already cover work equivalent to 11.7% of the entire U.S. wage bill – far beyond the visible tip of AI adoption in tech. I nstead of just counting layoffs, the study simulates 151 million workers and 32,000 skills to measure where AI could step in, giving policymakers and companies an early warning system for where disruption (or productivity gains) is likely to hit next. - AI is technically capable of performing tasks worth 11.7% of U.S. wage value, about $1.2 trillion across the economy - The currently visible AI exposure in computing and tech roles is only 2.2% of wage value, around $211 billion – roughly one-fifth of the true technical exposure.

It makes me sad that Councilmember @charlesallen is putting Waymo's DC launch next year in serious jeopardy because of nebulous "safety" concerns, disingenuous given the sterling safety record of that service in other cities, particularly when compared to human drivers.

i worked at an office like this for almost 2 years and i can confirm that just like with any other things in society you have 10% of the people doing insane things generating revenue while other 90% do nothing, however u need this type of environment to attract the top 10%

The Truth is Britain is now a charming museum state with great culture and glorious displays; a superb destination but a leftover economic, scientific, and military power, so aside from having caused the Palestinian problem, what the Brits think has no relevance anymore.

With {mcpr} you can now create Model Context Protocol servers in R! github.com/devOpifex/mcpr

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A benefit to dogfooding in FOSS development? If I need a new feature, I just implement it. I use {mapgl} across all my projects; recently I needed an easy way to format numbers in popups. The result: a new number formatter in the package, which is now yours to try! #rstats

can we stop for a second and behold the glory of your los angeles transit system?