Looking back, it was kind of cool to have had jobs for over 30 years where I was surrounded by books.
But, libraries aren't just repositories of books, they're also repositories and conduits of knowledge.
But, libraries aren't just repositories of books, they're also repositories and conduits of knowledge.
December 30, 2024 at 5:38 AM
Looking back, it was kind of cool to have had jobs for over 30 years where I was surrounded by books.
But, libraries aren't just repositories of books, they're also repositories and conduits of knowledge.
But, libraries aren't just repositories of books, they're also repositories and conduits of knowledge.
James Carville and David Axelrod are repositories of horrid takes and bad advice.
March 5, 2025 at 8:49 PM
James Carville and David Axelrod are repositories of horrid takes and bad advice.
December 12, 2025 at 3:19 AM
ICYMI: Linux arm64 hosted runners are available in preview in public repositories 🙌 Build, test, and deploy entirely within arm64 architecture.
github.blog/changelog/20...
github.blog/changelog/20...
Linux arm64 hosted runners now available for free in public repositories (Public Preview) · GitHub Changelog
Linux arm64 hosted runners now available for free in public repositories (Public Preview)
github.blog
February 5, 2025 at 10:42 PM
ICYMI: Linux arm64 hosted runners are available in preview in public repositories 🙌 Build, test, and deploy entirely within arm64 architecture.
github.blog/changelog/20...
github.blog/changelog/20...
Public libraries are also great DVD repositories. For free.
January 22, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Public libraries are also great DVD repositories. For free.
The Amistad Research Center, one of the largest repositories of Black history, cut half its staff after the Trump administration ended four federal grants
60-year-old Black history archive faces uncertain future after federal cuts
The Amistad Research Center, one of largest repositories of Black history, cut half its staff after the Trump administration ended four federal grants.
www.washingtonpost.com
July 27, 2025 at 6:06 PM
The Amistad Research Center, one of the largest repositories of Black history, cut half its staff after the Trump administration ended four federal grants
Grok Build Uploads Entire Git Repositories to xAI Storage, Not Just Files It Reads
Grok Build Uploaded Entire Git Repositories to xAI Storage, Not Just Files It Read
thehackernews.com
July 14, 2026 at 9:45 AM
Grok Build Uploads Entire Git Repositories to xAI Storage, Not Just Files It Reads
For Cyber Monday, I'm considering giving away all my open source repositories completely free...
(Stole that one from Dries Buytaert!)
(Stole that one from Dries Buytaert!)
November 30, 2024 at 5:55 AM
For Cyber Monday, I'm considering giving away all my open source repositories completely free...
(Stole that one from Dries Buytaert!)
(Stole that one from Dries Buytaert!)
thoughts: more well-organised premade code repositories to discourage noobs from using AI
September 22, 2026 at 4:46 PM
thoughts: more well-organised premade code repositories to discourage noobs from using AI
This is quite possibly the dumbest — and most dangerous — idea ever. Grok is unreliable and frequently manipulated by Elon based on whatever bender he’s on.
Will this version of Grok be air-gapped from the public version? Will they share knowledge repositories?
What a shitshow.
Will this version of Grok be air-gapped from the public version? Will they share knowledge repositories?
What a shitshow.
February 24, 2026 at 2:04 AM
This is quite possibly the dumbest — and most dangerous — idea ever. Grok is unreliable and frequently manipulated by Elon based on whatever bender he’s on.
Will this version of Grok be air-gapped from the public version? Will they share knowledge repositories?
What a shitshow.
Will this version of Grok be air-gapped from the public version? Will they share knowledge repositories?
What a shitshow.
The damage that ChatGPT is doing to academia and publishing is staggering. A handful of fuckheads can pollute repositories or generate nonsense manuscripts and data sheets that everyone else must deal with
ChatGPT hallucinating Material Safety Data Sheets is a nightmare scenario for lab safety: www.funraniumlabs.com/2024/04/phil...
Phil vs. LLMs - Funranium Labs
Last year, my friend Ed made a post regarding the nascent proliferation of ChatGPT and competitors into various search engines and other products. With a moment’s contemplation after reading it, I jus...
www.funraniumlabs.com
April 17, 2024 at 11:17 PM
The damage that ChatGPT is doing to academia and publishing is staggering. A handful of fuckheads can pollute repositories or generate nonsense manuscripts and data sheets that everyone else must deal with
If you think that professors exist as repositories of knowledge that students ask for answers, you’re missing the entire point of a college education.
We’re here to teach students how to do research, how to analyze and argue, how to think for themselves — how to find the answers on their own.
We’re here to teach students how to do research, how to analyze and argue, how to think for themselves — how to find the answers on their own.
Wow. Just wow.
"Students pay premium prices for information that AI now delivers instantly and for free. A business student can ask ChatGPT to explain supply chain optimization or generate market analysis in seconds. The traditional lecture-and-test model faces its Blockbuster moment."
"Students pay premium prices for information that AI now delivers instantly and for free. A business student can ask ChatGPT to explain supply chain optimization or generate market analysis in seconds. The traditional lecture-and-test model faces its Blockbuster moment."
When Knowledge is Free, What are Professors For?
Higher Education Must Stop Competing with AI on Information and Start Teaching What Machines Can’t Do
www.forbes.com
October 16, 2025 at 1:45 PM
If you think that professors exist as repositories of knowledge that students ask for answers, you’re missing the entire point of a college education.
We’re here to teach students how to do research, how to analyze and argue, how to think for themselves — how to find the answers on their own.
We’re here to teach students how to do research, how to analyze and argue, how to think for themselves — how to find the answers on their own.
My university library is assembling a list of resources for disappeared US government #data. Check it out: subjectguides.library.american.edu/data_rescue
Subject Guides: Government Information Data Rescue: Home
Links to trusted repositories that have rescued U.S. government data
subjectguides.library.american.edu
February 5, 2025 at 7:47 PM
My university library is assembling a list of resources for disappeared US government #data. Check it out: subjectguides.library.american.edu/data_rescue
The University of Virginia has created a website of archived government websites—bookmark it—you’re going to need it later.
guides.lib.virginia.edu/c.php?g=1451...
guides.lib.virginia.edu/c.php?g=1451...
LibGuides: Government Information Data Rescue: Home
A guide linking to trusted repositories that have rescued U.S. government data
guides.lib.virginia.edu
February 12, 2025 at 5:23 PM
The University of Virginia has created a website of archived government websites—bookmark it—you’re going to need it later.
guides.lib.virginia.edu/c.php?g=1451...
guides.lib.virginia.edu/c.php?g=1451...
More than 140,000 fake citations across four research repositories were identified in papers and preprints published in 2025 alone
go.nature.com/49KiNZJ
go.nature.com/49KiNZJ
Hallucinated citations highest in social sciences preprints site
Nature - More than 140,000 fake citations across four research repositories were identified in papers and preprints published in 2025 alone.
go.nature.com
May 17, 2026 at 1:09 PM
More than 140,000 fake citations across four research repositories were identified in papers and preprints published in 2025 alone
go.nature.com/49KiNZJ
go.nature.com/49KiNZJ
Local authority run county record offices and local archives are absolutely the under appreciated repositories of British history.
Local archives, run - mostly - by or on behalf of local authorities across England, are the backbone of our work.
Most of what appears in our footnotes, and in our text, is derived from them, they contain multitudes. Cherish them.
Most of what appears in our footnotes, and in our text, is derived from them, they contain multitudes. Cherish them.
Welcome to the archives.
June 11, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Local authority run county record offices and local archives are absolutely the under appreciated repositories of British history.
I’ve been addicted to non-official archives ever since.
I hope that counts, bc all my stories are about such repositories!
I hope that counts, bc all my stories are about such repositories!
December 22, 2025 at 5:01 PM
I’ve been addicted to non-official archives ever since.
I hope that counts, bc all my stories are about such repositories!
I hope that counts, bc all my stories are about such repositories!
I thought I'd just been unlucky when trying to view a couple of PDF repositories. This is so much fucking worse.
Another article on the disappearance of Google Cache with a few more details about what's going on and why. (Cost-cutting.)
"Google will no longer back up the Internet: Cached webpages are dead"
Google Search will no longer make site backups while crawling the web.
"Google will no longer back up the Internet: Cached webpages are dead"
Google Search will no longer make site backups while crawling the web.
Google will no longer back up the Internet: Cached webpages are dead
Google Search will no longer make site backups while crawling the web.
arstechnica.com
February 4, 2024 at 6:43 AM
I thought I'd just been unlucky when trying to view a couple of PDF repositories. This is so much fucking worse.
This is an entirely valid concern. I have been eyeing all of my repositories and thinking about where the servers are physically located and where the organizations operating them are. I'm looking into some contingencies.
As a testament to the dire situation in the U.S., our university (Uni. Iceland) just sent an email on the risk of data (used or gathered by European institutions) stored in the United States being deleted, altered, or access to it restricted. #academia #waronscience #disinformation
May 23, 2025 at 10:51 AM
This is an entirely valid concern. I have been eyeing all of my repositories and thinking about where the servers are physically located and where the organizations operating them are. I'm looking into some contingencies.
Strikes me that the grammys has a more effective security response than most classified info repositories in washington this weekend
February 3, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Strikes me that the grammys has a more effective security response than most classified info repositories in washington this weekend
not a single mainframe language, fyi
February 4, 2025 at 2:00 PM
not a single mainframe language, fyi
"There are a growing # of AI bots crawling repositories[; they're] sufficiently aggressive [to] cause service disruptions + outages... As a result, some repositories have started to block machine access to their collections, which is also inadvertently blocking other desired network services..."
May 21, 2025 at 1:27 AM
"There are a growing # of AI bots crawling repositories[; they're] sufficiently aggressive [to] cause service disruptions + outages... As a result, some repositories have started to block machine access to their collections, which is also inadvertently blocking other desired network services..."