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wim_v12e@scholar.social ("Wim🧮") wrote:
I wrote a short paper "Estimating the Increase in Emissions caused by AI-augmented Search"
It has not been peer reviewed yet
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edsu@social.coop ("Ed Summers") wrote:
One of the primary reasons I’ve resisted using machine learning models in my professional work is that they always appear to me in the guise of a black box.
Mastodon FeedGargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:
Morning tea.
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Mastodon FeedReblogged by keul@fosstodon.org ("Luca Fabbri"):
hongminhee@lemmy.ml ("洪 民憙 (Hong Minhee)") wrote:
Node.js adds experimental support for TypeScript
Mastodon FeedGargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:
Rain over Loughrigg Fell.
📷 Pentax 6x7
🎞️ Kodak Portra 400
🔭 Super Takumar 105mm/2.4#BelieveInFilm #FilmPhotography #AnalogPhotography #MediumFormat #Cumbria #LakeDistrict #TheLakes
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Mastodon Feedslightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:
Is it weird that the company most fucking over Mozilla in terms of revenue[1] *looks* like it's hiding behind the dragon's skirt on features?
I'm not sure why their folks are out claiming any credit for improvements when their monopoly on iOS browsing can't even fund the folks doing standards work after raking in 20+B/yr via iOS browser monopoly.
[1]: https://infrequently.org/2022/06/apple-is-not-defending-browser-engine-choice/
Mastodon Feedslightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:
Anyway, if you want to see how depressing the state of modern web dev is because Apple, we made a dashboard. Hope springs eternal:
Mastodon Feedslightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:
I'm reliably informed that vendors who fail to keep pace with modern engines, yet forbid engine competition on their OSes, are not ritually humiliated at the start of every CSS WG meeting.
Like, I thought the CSS WG meetings were useless boondoggles already, but what are they doing if Apple isn't even shamed into buying drinks?
Mastodon FeedReblogged by collinsworth@hachyderm.io ("Josh Collinsworth"):
spocko@mastodon.online ("Spocko") wrote:
Is this useful? I've been thinking about how to point out the adoption of a term to cover for racism.
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Mastodon Feedslightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:
Big-org life is like state+-level politics in many ways. The most salient is that making anything happen depends on folks with different missions agreeing to help you on the basis of shared values.
A big part of that is acknowledging *we all* live & work in systems that make doing better harder than it needs to be in theory.
Mastodon Feedisagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:") wrote:
Looks like #Aptera is ditching the idea of in-wheel motors. They say it's for the launch edition only, but something's telling me they're going to stick with it. This is sad.
Mastodon FeedReblogged by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
polotek@social.polotek.net ("Marco Rogers") wrote:
I'm reminded of the Chernobyl TV series on HBO. I thought it was fascinating that they went through all of the fail-safes that were in place to prevent a meltdown. They finally landed on the one cut corner that sealed their fate. (I don't know how accurate it was. But it was great TV.)
Anyway. If you look at this debacle and what you land on is "Crowdstrike engineers should've been more perfect", then I don't think that's the right takeaway.
Mastodon Feedisagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:") wrote:
New Century Tea Gallery. One of my two favorite tea shops in Seattle Chinatown. Finally found time to go there again after a few years break.
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Mastodon FeedReblogged by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
AnarchoNinaAnalyzes@treehouse.systems wrote:
I am largely convinced that every time JD Vance is talking, the Trump campaign is actively losing votes. Here's a clip originally posted on Twitter (aka Daily Stormer the Social Media site) in which Vance essentially proposes rigging elections for parents who have a lot of children.
“Let’s give votes to all children in this country, but let’s give control over those votes to the parents of those children.”
Vance goes on to frame this as a "skin the game" argument based around what you have invested in the future of America; notably however, he doesn't argue that young people should get more votes, or that your vote should somehow count less if you are unlikely to live long enough to see "the consequences."
This is pretty much Vance's specialty, twisting vaguely "populist" sounding arguments into something that pushes planks of the reactionary, fascist agenda - in this case the argument that because children are our future, young people should be involved in our political process, is mangled into a reactionary "stakeholders" should have more political power argument, with a little bit of encouragement to have more babies, to obtain more political power. Which ties in quite nicely with nazi obsessions about the declining birthrate of white Americans, and the demographic realities that cracker Christians typically have much larger families than urban liberals. Throw in a little bit of racialized voter suppression and you're more or less talking about rigging US politics for fascists here.
Vance's ideas are deeply unserious, but his reasons for sharing them are invariably rooted in reactionary political agendas.
Hattip to the person on my Discord who shared this video.
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Mastodon Feedslightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:
No, YOU'R getting choked up and forgetting how to spel.
https://www.youtube.com/live/3gbvWiW5T7I?si=6xGCRZ_t_RT3QitY
Mastodon Feedslightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:
Calling for SCOTUS reform on the way out is 🧑🍳💋.
Can we start dedicating ice cream shops to him now? Feels right.
Mastodon Feedslightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:
Just watched Biden's address. I miss the man he was, and I'm intensely grateful he's still enough of that guy to do this extremely hard thing.
Mastodon Feedcollinsworth@hachyderm.io ("Josh Collinsworth") wrote:
Ok maybe Biden's too old or whatever, but I'm half his age and I just tried to use a can opener on a jar of salsa, so I guess I'm just wondering where that leaves me
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
hah! fact checking 🔥
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Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
I would not bet on these things being true:
‘“This election will be about policies and not personalities,” House Speaker Mike Johnson told reporters after the meeting.
“This is not personal with regard to Kamala Harris,” he added, “and her ethnicity or her gender have nothing to do with this whatsoever.”’
https://apnews.com/article/trump-harris-attacks-johnson-hudson-76f8e90d24004e49449087787ac031a5
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
strongly agree:
“Trump had an opportunity to solidify the lead he gained in recent weeks. With an undisciplined performance, he missed this opportunity, leaving the door open for a Democratic candidate with the energy and vigor to point out Trump’s obvious flaws and extreme policy agenda.”
https://www.brookings.edu/articles/trump-misses-a-golden-opportunity-in-his-acceptance-speech/
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
“DW fact check: Fake. The video is a fabricated demonstration. When the original audio of Biden's phone call is analyzed using ElevenLabs' AI Speech Classifier, the probability of it being generated with ElevenLabs tools is determined to be only 2%.”
https://www.dw.com/en/fact-check-viral-video-claims-biden-harris-call-made-by-ai/a-69753771
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carnage4life@mas.to ("Dare Obasanjo") wrote:
Cocaine Bear is getting a sequel
Mastodon FeedReblogged by bcantrill ("Bryan Cantrill"):
On Monday, @bcantrill and I were joined by @k8em0 to discuss the largest global IT outage in history. It was an event as broadly impactful as it will be instructive. As Bryan noted, you can see all of computing from here, from crash dumps to antitrust.
A huge thanks to Katie who was just an extraordinary guest. You don't want to miss this one!
Mastodon Feedcollinsworth@hachyderm.io ("Josh Collinsworth") wrote:
In a dream last night, I told Peter Quill he was just a shitty Iron Man.
Mastodon Feedcollinsworth@hachyderm.io ("Josh Collinsworth") wrote:
`bless(yourHeart ?? null)`
Mastodon FeedReblogged by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:
@clarissadelune Oh wow, Céline Tshika really nailed the loop:
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clarissadelune@c.im ("Clarissa") wrote:
I'm a therapist and I've been watching this video on a loop for an hour
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Mastodon FeedReblogged by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
lindsey@recurse.social ("Lindsey Kuper") wrote:
Hey everyone! We need your help spreading the word about @bangbangcon, which is happening in *one month*! https://decomposition.al/blog/2024/07/24/join-us-for-bangbangcon-and-help-spread-the-word/
Mastodon Feedcstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:
Sometimes I look at the assembly output of a compiler and have reason to tell it, "Good job, compiler. You did the right thing there. Thanks."