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Lightweight Python SQLite alternatives to Rails PostgreSQL Redis stack
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Yeah the main project is surprisingly heavy: Rails and PostgreSQL and Redis and Sidekiq – there's a lot of state involved! But there are some promising alternatives that are more lightweight – this one is just Python and SQLite for example https://
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Paying for Mastodon self-hosting as alternative infrastructure choice
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That's one of the reasons I'm paying $9/month for my Mastodon hosting provider – I see it as similar to running your own email server or website hosting
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Empathy Over Wealth: Building a Better World
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Empathy may not make you rich, but it makes the world a better place.
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Billionaire Narcissism and Economic Inequality in Tech Acquisitions
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As I said in my post, "I can’t see myself putting the same work in to help the world’s (current) richest man pay the billion dollar annual interest on the loans he took out to buy the place on a weird narcissistic whim."
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Future perspectives on polynomial models in physics
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Some day humans will find it so quaint that polynomials were our best models of Physics
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Student Conference Access and Educational Equity Priorities
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Fair is another question. But if it's a question of my student going to a conference or not, I'll do whatever I can to send them. Things don't always work out fair.
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AI Debate 3: The AGI Debate Event Announcement
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"AI DEBATE 3 : The AGI Debate" RSVP (free) : https://
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Learn New Skills: Blockchain, Guitar, and Career Growth
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5/ Pick up a new skill: This is great time for learning something new. It could be blockchain, brushing up on your guitar chords, anything. It may help your career, or not. But it’ll keep you busy and do wonders for your self-worth. Hope this helps. DM if you wish to talk. End
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Human Connection and Conversation as Mental Health Healing
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3/ Reach out, connect, talk: Seek out people you are comfortable with and just talk. It does not have to be profound, career defining conversations. Discussing the latest Netflix series will do too. But you will find that a conversation, any type of conversation, is a healer.