The Trump administration threatened to defund any Computer Science department that teaches students to use "inclusive or." So far, it is still ok to use "or" without explicitly mentioning its kind. The restriction does not affect "exclusive or" or any other operation.

I just learned that in the U.S., the school year can begin anytime from July 17 to September 8, depending on the region. Having lived only in the Northeast, it never occurred to me that school might start earlier elsewhere. #BackToSchool #K12 #RegionalDifferences #UnitedStates

levelup.gitconnected.com/c-is-not-low-l… The stone-soup story of the current disconnect between the models of computation our programming languages present to us and the reality of modern computer architecture. What could a language that embraced current hardware look like?

A Harvard sunset.

Key quote: “the Democratic Party, which ought to be the center for this resistance, but appears to be clueless, captured by its identity politicians and unable to formulate a coherent battle plan for winning elections or fighting in court.”

If it is called the Department of War, can we finally acknowledge it commits Acts of War, which require Congressional Declarations according to our Constitution?

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The future is now!

Now Dave Thomas has extended his FlashSale through Monday #FlashSaleWeekend 45% off nearly everything at pragprog .com with code FlashSale (creative, right?)

Президент Китая Чжоу Энлай Перешёл, серчая, с крика на лай. Президент Кореи Ким Ир Сен, От лая дурея, съел Чжоу совсем.

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I am not a GNAT. #notagnat

1776-2025. “No revolution is worth anything unless it can defend itself.” (Vladimir Lenin)

A Russian missile cruiser that has been sunk by Ukraine in 2022, to be more precise.

Wanna know a big, beautiful way to get rid of undocumented immigrants? DOCUMENT THEM.

As in pay back trillions to AMERICANS that they paid because of your tariffs???

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China opened 1,950 miles of new subway lines last year, in case you're wondering how behind this country is in rapid transit infrastructure.

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FDR; “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” JFK: “Ask not what your country can for you, ask what you can do for your country .” President Obama: “We are people of improbable hope.” Trump: “Quiet, quiet Piggy.”