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GreenFire@mstdn.social ("KB Leecaster") wrote:
These two vehicles have almost the same bed size.
Reply guys are pointing out that the width of the smaller one may be less, but idk.
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Mastodon FeedReblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
ben@werd.social ("Ben Werdmuller") wrote:
Everyone's talking about #AI: how it works, who's using it, whether it can transform your business. But who's actually making money from it? What are the underlying business models and who do they affect? I wrote a primer to some of the ideas involved: https://werd.io/2023/an-ai-capitalism-primer
Mastodon Feedrmrenner ("The Old Gay Gristle Fest") wrote:
to the youtube channel "olden days" which has a bunch of Charlie Chaplin movies labeled "60 FPS - Color - 4K ] - Old footage restoration with AI", I hope your house burns down
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
"vendors are competing on the quality, characteristics, and sometimes ideological slant of their models. They’re often closed-source, giving the vendor control over how the model is generated, tweaked, and used.
These models all require a lot of computing power both to be trained and to produce their output. It’s difficult to provide a service that offers generative AI to large numbers of people due to this need: it’s expensive and it draws a lot of power (and correspondingly has a large environmental footprint)."
Mastodon FeedReblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
kayakalison@nerdculture.de ("Ali K") wrote:
Wow. So my student loans were just forgiven. Not my masters, that I payed for up front (and most UK schools aren’t for-profit so it was reasonable). Nope these are the loans I took out in 1994 to go to a state school after I blew my entire college fund on two years at a private uni. It appears since I’ve paid for the original loans 3-10x over and have faithfully made payments for over 20 years that I qualify. It was only $4k left but…thanks Biden!
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constantine@sfba.social ("Costantine Sad") wrote:
I can’t emphasize enough how cool and revealing this AppStore feature is.
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Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
when folks talk up “charter schools” and other diversions of public education money away from public schools, remind them where the “Academy” movement came from
Mastodon Feedxor@tech.intersects.art ("Parker Higgins") wrote:
end cash bail and don't bash kale
Mastodon Feedrmrenner ("The Old Gay Gristle Fest") wrote:
A lot of people are trying to spell "Baldur's Gate" these days and not all of them are surviving the attempt
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
very interesting piece… I keep wondering about what happens when LLM-driven software starts not just digesting the Wikipedia corpus, but in turn editing it online. this kind of feedback loop, with an unreliable artificial stoopid acting as editor, has some bad potentials for the future of that corpus.
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-daily/id1200361736?i=1000627355829
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
Son of prominent conservative activist convicted on US Capitol attack charges | US Capitol attack | The Guardian
his lawyer ‘also argued that Bozell “was – for the most part – simply lost and wandering from place-to-place observing events as they transpired”.’
right
Mastodon FeedReblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
b0rk@jvns.ca ("Julia Evans") wrote:
PATH
permalink: https://wizardzines.com/comics/path/
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- A comic with the title “PATH”. panel 1: PATH is what causes "command not found" errors ``` $ ffmpeg zsh: command not found: ffmpeg ``` sad person (thinking): "but why?? I just installed ffmpeg!" panel 2: your shell has a list of directories it looks for commands in bash (thinking): "I'll check `/usr/local/bin` then `/usr/bin` then `/opt/local/bin` then ..." That list is in an environment variable called `PATH` panel 3: how to check which shell you're using To change your `PATH`, you need to know which shell you're using. To check, run a nonexistent command: ``` $ zxasdfasfaewfhrasda zsh: command not found: ... ``` tada! your shell is zsh! panel 4: how to see your current PATH ``` $ echo $PATH ``` Or to format it more nicely in bash or zsh: ``` $ echo $PATH | tr ':' '\n' ``` panel 5: how to fix your PATH 1. figure out what directory you need to add (try `find / -name ffmpeg` if you can't figure it out) 2. edit your shell config 3. open a new terminal (very important!) panel 6: how to edit your shell config You'll need to add one line. The file you edit depends on your shell: for bash: add `export PATH=$PATH:/some/dir` to `~/.bashrc` for zsh: add `export PATH=$PATH:/some/dir` to `~/.zshrc` for fish: add `set PATH $PATH /some/dir` to `~/.config/fish/config.fish` (remote)
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benjamingeer@zirk.us ("Benjamin Geer") wrote:
@bennomatic @AnnaAnthro @futurebird @gregeganSF While we’re on the subject of Philip Glass anecdotes, I’ve always liked this one https://www.theguardian.com/education/2001/nov/24/arts.highereducation1
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- Throughout this period, Glass supported himself as a New York cabbie and as a plumber, occupations that often led to unusual encounters. "I had gone to install a dishwasher in a loft in SoHo," he says. "While working, I suddenly heard a noise and looked up to find Robert Hughes, the art critic of Time magazine, staring at me in disbelief. 'But you're Philip Glass! What are you doing here?' It was obvious that I was installing his dishwasher and I told him I would soon be finished. 'But you are an artist,' he protested. I explained that I was an artist but that I was sometimes a plumber as well and that he should go away and let me finish." (remote)
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
burning stuff for energy has got to stop or we are all screwed.
period.
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delexical@mastodon.ie ("R. Delexical") wrote:
The utter horseshit about green fuels for aviation being around the corner, being spread by aviation barons in the media, is going totally unchallenged.
Synthetic fuels are nowhere and don't give license for more emissions now.
Total, utter, horseshit.
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Dave_von_S@infosec.exchange ("ÐДѷє ۷ǿȵ ຣ") wrote:
@joeposaurus found this in my meme folder, seems relevant after our discussion this morning ;)
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Mastodon FeedReblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
cstross@wandering.shop ("Charlie Stross") wrote:
This fountain pen costs more than my Macbook Pro (new). And it can't even run Scrivener!
Friends don't let friends buy pens. Friends buy real writing tools, not fancy jewellery that leaks ink.
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Mastodon FeedReblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
ned@mstdn.ca ("Ned Yeung") wrote:
'The Jewish “Question.” The Negro “Problem.” The Trans “Issue.” Maybe people existing shouldn't be a question, issue, or problem that's up for debate. If you're framing people’s humanity and existence as some kind of both sides debate you're probably not a good person.' #racism #abpoli
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- Link. @knilirabaj.bsky.so... The Jewish “Question.” The Negro “Problem.” The Trans “Issue.” Maybe people existing shouldn't be a question, issue, or problem that's up for debate. If you're framing people’s humanity and existence as some kind of both sides debate you're probably not a good person. (remote)
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Andy_Scollick@mastodon.green ("Andy Scollick") wrote:
"Ukraine is only a stepping stone?" the interviewer then asked.
"Yes, absolutely. It is only the beginning," Mordvichev responded, who went on to say that the war "will not stop here. "https://www.newsweek.com/russian-general-admits-ukraine-just-stepping-stone-invade-europe-1825776
Mastodon FeedReblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
TruthSandwich@qoto.org ("Truth Sandwich 🥪🇺🇸😷") wrote:
It was never just about Ukraine.
It was always revanchism; an attempt to regain all the territory that the Russian Empire lost when the USSR collapsed.
Mastodon FeedReblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
farhanasultana ("Dr. Farhana Sultana") wrote:
Microsoft reported massive spikes in water usage because of rise in use of AI/chatGPT. So now I have a greater reason to rail against AI/chatGPT as a water scholar.
Edited to add link to one of the news sources: https://apnews.com/article/chatgpt-gpt4-iowa-ai-water-consumption-microsoft-f551fde98083d17a7e8d904f8be822c4
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
hah! but of course
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starshine@woem.space ("sam にゃん :neofox: 🐾 :cat_is_blob_and_lesbian:") wrote:
just like a yubikey, i too generate a long string of letters when i get touched
Mastodon FeedReblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
w7voa@journa.host ("Steve Herman") wrote:
El Mundo: Two aid workers from #Spain and #Canada were killed while a Swede and a German were wounded in an attack by Russian forces on a convoy near Ivanivske in Bakhmut, Donetsk Oblast, #Ukraine. https://www.elmundo.es/espana/2023/09/10/64fd8446fdddff6c4f8b4580.html #UkraineRussiaWar
Mastodon Feedisagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:") wrote:
… and done:
re.sub(r'\[\\s-\]', '', s.title())It's a very liberating experience of not running your local tools as open-source projects. No tests, no VCS, no releases, no version bumping, no separate step of "installing" from a package index of something you just fixed yourself. And no risk of provoking stupid bikeshedding by a simplest of change.
(That said, I'm happy to share my script for posting photos from #Darktable to Mastodon if anyone's interested.)
Mastodon Feedisagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:") wrote:
(Note to self: automatically translate multi-word photo tags into TitleCase when posting to Mastodon.)
Mastodon Feedisagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:") wrote:
Duck of Doom. Went to #BrickCon, found the Duck of Doom. For Munchkin players in the audience.
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Mastodon Feedcollinsworth@hachyderm.io ("Josh Collinsworth") wrote:
I think "Silo" deserves a spot on the list of best pilot episodes ever.
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nanosleep@bsd.network ("Bucky Wolfe") wrote:
@bcantrill I imagine someone else has already told you this, but just in case.. Seems like the Dave McJannet video has been taken down.
Mastodon Feedrmrenner ("The Old Gay Gristle Fest") wrote:
Finally found a shiny Galarian zigzagoon! According to the pokedex records this was the 379th encounter.
I was looking for a shiny blipbug but I'm not complaining, especially since this has a sleepy mark as well.
