Michael Brawn
@MichaelBrawn
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Tech Whisperer, Software Developer. My views are my own. He / Him 🌈 💻🏕️
Toronto, Canada
Joined April 2008
Ares opening scene with the music is 100% pure TRON. What a vibe!
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This is my all-time favourite quote (from #StarTrekVOY's "Innocence") from any #StarTrek episode or film. Happy #StarTrekDay to you all! :-)
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The shopping network keynote is a wild choice and then to add Jimmy Fallon on top is so bizarre. I couldn’t watch the super cut, so awkward.
I used to wish Apple would bring back live presentations. But after watching the Pixel 10 event… turns out they made the right call keeping them recorded.
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Genie-3 just achieved what AAA game engines do - but WITHOUT any 3D models. Interactive REAL-TIME video generation @ 24 fps Wild how this model figured out complex effects like exposure shifts, volumetric god rays, and phenomena we need to code explicitly in 3D engines TL;DR 🧵
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Hey so this is possibly the coldest, cruelest, most fucked up shit I’ve ever seen a villain do in my entire LIFE
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NEWS🚨: NASA saves Voyager 1 mission by successfully reviving frozen thrusters from almost 24 billion kilometers away
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There was this engineer on my team a while back who was: a good dev, but not the best dev. Got everything done. But had zero ego, a very nice personality, and got along with *everyone* on the team very well. When he joined, the team became... better. Nicer. More balanced.
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Current AI “alignment” is just a mask Our findings in @WSJ explore the limitations of today’s alignment techniques and what’s needed to get AI right 🧵
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7. MiniMax open-sources the world’s longest context window reasoning AI model called M1. They also launched an AI agent that can build apps, run code, and create presentations for you.
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My latest: Border bill primed to give Mark Carney's government sweeping new powers. Who asked for this? https://t.co/WE0Ykqbn6P via @torontostar
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The Strong Borders Act tabled on Tuesday amends more than a dozen laws that affect the rights of Canadians and non-citizens.
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Love is love—and on this International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia, we’ll keep working to build a world where everyone feels safe and free to be themselves.
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The Vault reawakens. The Third Crisis is upon us. Answer the call. Return tomorrow and join the Second #Foundation.
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California startup announces breakthrough in general-purpose robotics with π0.5 AI — a vision-language-action model. Everything the robot sees, it sees for the first time. The robot has not been trained to recognize its surroundings. We are getting there! Only a few more years
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I would love to know what this text field actually does search for.
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One of Prime Minister Trudeau’s last acts in office was to sign an Order in Council making some very meaningful changes to the way the banking industry applies non-sufficient fund (NSF) fees. The imminent changes include: ➡️ Capping NSF fees at 10$. ➡️ No NSF charges within 2
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Who's hiring software dev interns in Canada? My son said that most of his class doesn't have placements this summer. The best way to grow builders is to keep them here and get mentoring. They are practically free with the federal student wage subsidy.
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