Hamas may have profited from Oct. 7 assault with informed trading — study (www.timesofisrael.com)
Referencing the Study Trading on Terror? which is freely downloadable.
Sam Altman to return as CEO of OpenAI (www.theverge.com)
See also twitter:...
OpenAI: Gathered Articles from the last few hours (or a Mini-Mega-Thread)
We had a thread about OpenAI Staff Threaten to Quit Unless Board Resigns, but I thought I might as well add it again. Especially because of this part:...
Microsoft hires former OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and co-founder Greg Brockman (www.theverge.com)
Well, this escalated quickly. So is this the end, or will the mods create an OpenAI megathread? ;)
The deal to bring Sam Altman back to OpenAI has fallen apart, Former Twitch CEO Emmett Shear will now take over as interim CEO (www.theverge.com)
In today’s OpenAI clown show news
OpenAI board in discussions with Sam Altman to return as CEO (www.theverge.com)
Are they drunk over there?
Vagrus - The Riven Realms: Sunfire and Moonshadow released (store.steampowered.com)
Thought I’d share this, now that they released the DLC. Vagrus is probably not for the majority of people. It’s a very dark, extremely text heavy, trading caravan sim with combat and RPG elements....
Recommendations for beginner winter running clothes?
2 1/2 weeks ago, I started going for short (25-40 minutes) daily morning runs. Right now the temperature is mostly 10C or higher, so I can just wear shorts and a t-shirt. One day it was below 8, felt a bit cold, and so I got a functional (=plastic) sport long sleeve. That works well, and I can even wear a t-shirt under it if it...
German journalists detained by Israeli soldiers: 'Asked if we were Jewish at gunpoint' (www.haaretz.com)
Original article in German...
EU data regulator bans personalised advetising on Facebook and Instagram (dig.watch)
Meta will introduce a pay or get tracked option.
Germany’s president apologises for killings in Tanzania under colonial rule (www.aljazeera.com)
During the revolt — known as the Maji Maji Rebellion — between 200,000 and 300,000 Indigenous people were murdered, as German troops systematically wiped out villages and fields, experts say....
Fantasy: Realms of Imagination exhibition opens at the British Library soon, along with events with Neil Gaiman, and many more (downthetubes.net)
Not only literature, but this still seemed like the best community for it....
Favorite secrets, tips & tricks in the kitchen?
I love cooking, and I cook every day for me and my wife (home office since 2008 helps there), and I love hearing about new things. I have the book “The Science of Cooking” which was fascinating.
Kenyan businesses are dropping the world’s favorite mobile money service (www.semafor.com)
Thought this was interesting. Partially because of raised prices, but apparently mainly because of tax enforcement....
In the defence of Object-Relational Mappers (event-driven.io)
I’m an accidental DBA, but I still never quite got the hate for ORMs. I thought this article does a good job explaining the issue, and why they aren’t so bad.
