Hoodline

Honolulu Couple Freaks as Ball Python Blocks Their Front Door

A quiet Saturday night in Honolulu turned into something out of a reptile handler's day job on July 25, when a local couple found a roughly three-foot ball python calmly curled up under their front ...
Hacker

Why the AI Industry Still Pays a "Python Tax"

Building language models in Swift/MLX. Author of a from-scratch LLM book. AI doesn't have to speak Python. Let us begin with a scene that plays out every day in thousands of companies. A data centre.
GitHub

Code Description for Matrix Sparsity-Based Pauli Decomposition (Python Version)

This document is designed to help users quickly understand, use, and maintain the Python implementation of the Matrix-Sparsity-Based Pauli Decomposition (MSPD) algorithm. It specifies the function, ...
CNBC

Block cuts about half its workforce — how to move forward after a mass layoff, career experts say

Block said Thursday it is laying off more than 4,000 employees, or about half of its headcount. Layoff announcements among U.S. employers in January were the highest to start a year since 2009, ...
CNN

Block lays off nearly half its staff because of AI. Its CEO said most companies will do the same

Block, the company behind Square, Cash App and Afterpay, is cutting its staff by 40%. The reason: “intelligence tools,” according to a letter to shareholders by co-founder Jack Dorsey. Dorsey thinks ...
Business Insider

Jack Dorsey says he's cutting nearly half of his staff — 4,000 jobs — at Block. Read the memo.

Block is letting go of over 4,000 employees, cutting the company nearly in half, cofounder and CEO Jack Dorsey said Thursday. "I had two options: cut gradually over months or years as this shift plays ...
Wired

Inside the Rolling Layoffs at Jack Dorsey’s Block

Workers describe a deteriorating culture at Block, the company behind Square and Cash App, where layoffs continue and employees are expected to use AI tools daily. “Morale is probably the worst I’ve ...