Weekly Notes 23/2025 | Thejesh GN
Category: fediverse
I had to replace two mid-range ear buds (CMP and Noise) within six months—one wouldn’t charge, the other wouldn’t connect. Each cost about $40. I handle them with lots of care.
In contrast, my earlier QCY set, also $40, lasted over 3.5 years.
Have brands gotten worse lately?
Anyone here has built a eGPU with GeForce RTX 4070.
I want to use integrated one for GNOME and eGPU for some work.
OpenAI slams court order to save all ChatGPT logs, including deleted chats – Ars Technica
Report showing higher GDP growth during Manmohan era removed from govt website – India Today
https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/report-gdp-growth-upa-nda-1319909-2018-08-21
The No Azure for Apartheid (NOAA) protest group reports that “dozens of Microsoft workers” have been unable to send emails with the words “Palestine,” “Gaza,” and “Genocide” in email subject lines or in the body of a message.
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Microsoft blocks emails that contain ‘Palestine’ after employee protests | The Verge
https://www.theverge.com/tech/672312/microsoft-block-palestine-gaza-email
The bottom line: “You can’t just step in front of the train and stop it,” Amodei says. “The only move that’s going to work is steering the train — steer it 10 degrees in a different direction from where it was going. That can be done. That’s possible, but we have to do it now.”
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AI jobs danger: Sleepwalking into a white-collar bloodbath
https://www.axios.com/2025/05/28/ai-jobs-white-collar-unemployment-anthropic
A poignant tale of love, loss, and the oppressive grip of the caste system, set against the holy city of Varanasi.
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Homebound: Scorsese backed Indian film that got a nine-minute ovation at Cannes
Kerala: Chief Editor of RSS mouthpiece arrested for casteist comments against rapper Vedan, released on bail