The national design studio is a scam
Link: chrbutler.com/the-national-des…
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The National Design Studio is a Scam - Christopher Butler
President Trump’s appointment of AirBnB co-founder Joe Gebbia as “Chief Design Officer” of the United States is a sickening travesty. It not onlywww.chrbutler.com
Date: 2025-8-27
Title: Wavefunction Collapse
Alt text: Wavefunction collapse is only one interpretation. Under some interpretations, graduate students also have souls.
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![Description:
A person at a desk asks another a question. The comic then shows three different answers from the standing person in panels labeled "Bad," "Good," and "Chaotic."
Transcript:
Panel 1:
Person at desk: IF THE WAVEFUNCTION ONLY COLLAPSES WHEN I OBSERVE IT, DOES THAT MEAN MY CONSCIOUSNESS AFFECTS THE UNIVERSE?
Panel 2:
[Header: BAD:]
Standing person: YES. QUANTUM ENTANGLEMENT PROVES THAT WE ALL HAVE SOULS.
Panel 3:
[Header: GOOD:]
Standing person: NO. CONSCIOUSNESS PLAYS NO ROLE HERE. IT'S JUST PHYSICAL MEASUREMENT.
Panel 4:
[Header: CHAOTIC:]
Standing person: NO. THE WAVEFUNCTION COLLAPSES WHEN I LOOK AT IT BECAUSE I'M A FULL PROFESSOR. IT WON'T COLLAPSE FOR AN UNDERGRADUATE.](https://poliverso.org/photo/preview/640/57279044 "Description:
A person at a desk asks another a question. The comic then shows three different answers from the standing person in panels labeled \"Bad,\" \"Good,\" and \"Chaotic.\"
Transcript:
Panel 1:
Person at desk: IF THE WAVEFUNCTION ONLY COLLAPSES WHEN I OBSERVE IT, DOES THAT MEAN MY CONSCIOUSNESS AFFECTS THE UNIVERSE?
Panel 2:
[Header: BAD:]
Standing person: YES. QUANTUM ENTANGLEMENT PROVES THAT WE ALL HAVE SOULS.
Panel 3:
[Header: GOOD:]
Standing person: NO. CONSCIOUSNESS PLAYS NO ROLE HERE. IT'S JUST PHYSICAL MEASUREMENT.
Panel 4:
[Header: CHAOTIC:]
Standing person: NO. THE WAVEFUNCTION COLLAPSES WHEN I LOOK AT IT BECAUSE I'M A FULL PROFESSOR. IT WON'T COLLAPSE FOR AN UNDERGRADUATE.")
New strip found: Bizarro by Wayno & Piraro for Wed, 27 Aug 2025 arcamax.com/thefunnies/bizarro…
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Bizarro for 8/27/2025
Dan Piraro's "Bizarro" is an eccentric and bizarre look at everyday life through the cartoonist's eyes.ArcaMax
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Google has eliminated 35% of managers overseeing small teams in past year
Link: cnbc.com/2025/08/27/google-exe…
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…
Google has eliminated 35% of managers overseeing small teams in past year, exec says
In Google's continuing effort to run more efficiently, the company has been getting rid of managers who oversee fewer than three people.Jennifer Elias (CNBC)
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SDS: Simple Dynamic Strings library for C
Link: github.com/antirez/sds
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…
GitHub - antirez/sds: Simple Dynamic Strings library for C
Simple Dynamic Strings library for C. Contribute to antirez/sds development by creating an account on GitHub.GitHub
Minnesota’s Angie Craig Lines Up With Crypto at GOP-Heavy Conference
Democratic midterms are offering a few clear contrasts, but also plenty of muddy ones.Ryan Grim (Drop Site News)
New comic strip found: Alley Oop - 2025-08-27 gocomics.com/alley-oop/2025/08…
Alley Oop by Jonathan Lemon & Joey Alison Sayers for August 27, 2025 | GoComics
Read Alley Oop—a comic strip by creator Jonathan Lemon & Joey Alison Sayers—for today, August 27, 2025, and check out other great comics, too!www.gocomics.com
Germany’s declaration to stop sending weapons to Israel: symbolic gesture or major shift?
While Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s announcement that Germany is stopping arms deliveries to Israel made international headlines as a shocking policy reversal, the details tell a different story.Shir Hever (Mondoweiss)
Yamanot.es: A music box of train station melodies from the JR Yamanote Line
Link: yamanot.es/
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…
Yamanotes
Yamanotes (/jamanoʊts/) is a web-based music box for playing the departure melodies of each station on the JR Yamanote Line/山手線!yamanot.es
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Nvidia says it had no new H20 sales to China in Q2 and assumes the same for Q3, but could realize $2B-$5B in H20 sales in Q3 if geopolitical issues are resolved (Robbie Whelan/Wall Street Journal)
wsj.com/business/earnings/nvid…
techmeme.com/250827/p41#a25082…
Nvidia says it had no new H20 sales to China in Q2 and assumes the same for Q3, but could realize $2B-$5B in H20 sales in Q3 if geopolitical issues are resolved
By Robbie Whelan / Wall Street Journal. View the full context on Techmeme.Techmeme
France’s Colonial Legacy and the Modern Troubles of the Sahel
The Sahel is one of the most unstable regions in the world, where terrorist groups, military coups, humanitarian disasters, and foreign interventionВиктор Михин (New Eastern Outlook)
Events for the 28th of August from Wikipedia:
• 1988: Ramstein air show disaster: Three aircraft of the Frecce Tricolori demonstration team collide and the wreckage falls into the crowd. Seventy-five are killed and 346 seriously injured. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramstein…
• Birth (1913) of Robert Irving, English conductor and director (d. 1991) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_I…
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New strip found: Garfield - 2025-08-27 gocomics.com/garfield/2025/08/…
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Garfield by Jim Davis for August 27, 2025 | GoComics
Read Garfield—a comic strip by creator Jim Davis—for today, August 27, 2025, and check out other great comics, too!www.gocomics.com
New Comic Found:
Non Sequitur - 2025-08-27 gocomics.com/nonsequitur/2025/…
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Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for August 27, 2025 | GoComics
Read Non Sequitur—a comic strip by creator Wiley Miller—for today, August 27, 2025, and check out other great comics, too!www.gocomics.com
Unexpected productivity boost of Rust
Link: lubeno.dev/blog/rusts-producti…
Discussion: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4…
The unexpected productivity boost of Rust
Rust is known for having a steep learning curve, but in this post we will be looking at another curve, the one showing developer productivity in relation to the project size.lubeno.dev
New comic strip found: Flash Gordon by Dan Schkade
Flash Gordon for Wed, 27 Aug 2025 wp.comicskingdom.com/flash-gor…
'ACT CIVILIZED' U.S. Elite Panic as Hezbollah Rejects Disarmament Demands | Laith Marouf
U.S. Envoy Tom Barrack is facing widespread backlash after he told reporters to “act civilized” at a press conference during his visit to Beirut, and warned that he would stop taking questions if the room became “animalistic.”Rachel Blevins
Google Cloud says its Universal Ledger, a layer-1 blockchain for financial products, is in a private testnet, and more details will be revealed at a later date (Danny Park/The Block)
theblock.co/post/368399/google…
techmeme.com/250827/p40#a25082…
Google Cloud says its Universal Ledger, a layer-1 blockchain for financial products, is in a private testnet, and more details will be revealed at a later date
By Danny Park / The Block. View the full context on Techmeme.Techmeme
Mythic Trump: the incendiary Narcissus
Mythic Narcissus, depending on his mood while facing his reflection in the pool, may at any moment authorize Kiev hits on Moscow and St. Petersburg…Strategic Culture Foundation
Kate Terry aan een tafel, anonymous, c. 1850 - c. 1880
albumen print, h c.85mm × w c.170mm
rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/R…
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