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veronica

@veronica@mastodon.online

Senior Developer at https://mastodon.social/@turtlesec ★ High Energy Physics PhD from Uni Oslo and CERN ★ Linux ★ Python ★ Open Source ★ Unicode Unicorn ★ ISO 8601 Enthusiast ★ Consumer of Sci-Fi ★ Hobby Writer ★ Born at 336 ppm CO₂ ★ she/they, Dr.

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veronica, to ai
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When big tech companies complain about hurting "innovation" they actually mean "monetisation".

https://mastodon.online/@arstechnica@mastodon.social/112575581663664922

#BigTech #AI #Privacy

arstechnica, to random
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Outcry from big AI firms over California AI “kill switch” bill

Proposed law would require AI companies to adhere to strict safety frameworks.

https://arstechnica.com/ai/2024/06/outcry-from-big-ai-firms-over-california-ai-kill-switch-bill/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

veronica,
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@arstechnica

"Outcry from big AI firms"

Well, I take that as a good sign.

gaski, to random Norwegian
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Æ har funnet nordnorges dummeste stedsnavn! 🤩

veronica,
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@gaski Nå mangler vi bare at det ligger en fjord i nærheten som heter Vatnvatnefjorden.

veronica,
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@atlefren @gaski Ja, den er fin. Litt det samme som fjordene i Norge som har "angerfjorden" i navnet. Fjordfjorden altså.

veronica,
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@atlefren @gaski Vi trenger en Kapp Nesoddtangenpynthalvøya slik at vi kan sette verdensrekord i overflødighet.

arnfinnp, to random
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Jerry Seinfeld misses dominant masculinity. Someone should tell him about Grindr.

https://people.com/jerry-seinfeld-misses-hierarchy-dominant-masculinity-society-8655726

veronica,
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@arnfinnp I'm rewatching the old show, and it strikes me that even his 30s he had big "old man yells at cloud" energy.

veronica,
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@arnfinnp Well, yes. It is definitely a reflection of his attitude. I mena, he wasn't the only writer, so it is at least somewhat more nuanced I guess.

The show is definitely a mixed basket. I do like Jason Alexander, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Jerry Stiller, Estelle Harris and some of the other very funny actors. They're what make the show funny. Especially Jason Alexander.

adamconover, to random
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Google’s monopoly ruined what search engines could’ve been, and now AI is making it worse.

video/mp4

veronica,
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@adamconover Damn, I miss your show!

jadedtwin, to random
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Edit: because of some individuals, I've learned I'm a terrible human. Ignore everything I've said.

Bye.

veronica,
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@jadedtwin I've made it a rule to not share anything without alt text. And I mean proper alt text, not just "image of an otter" kind of stuff.

veronica,
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@kaiserkiwi @jadedtwin Not boosting things without alt text is apparently bad.

atlefren, to random Norwegian Bokmål
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Jeg plugga inn en USB-A-kabel på første forsøk!

veronica,
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@atlefren LIES!

veronica, to random
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Every movie review on IMDB that starts off by talking about "political correctness" is going to get a vote of "not useful" from me.

Why?

Because, if you enjoyed the movie because it is – or you at least think it is – offensive to others, then we have absolutely zero in common and your review is not about anything that actually matters to the quality of the movie. I'm not interested in your imaginary culture war.

jwildeboer, to random
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FTR. "AI" isn't just LLMs. Besides generative "AI" we also have iterative "AI" and classic Machine Learning. The latter two are well established and useful tools, IMHO. Throwing them all under the generic "AI" umbrella term doesn't do them justice.

veronica,
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@jwildeboer Even LLMs are useful when they're not being used for the largest venture capital grab in recent history.

heygeorgie, to random
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Stop making me download your fucking app just to look at something I should be able to see in a browser

veronica,
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@heygeorgie "This app could have been a webpage" is my most common complaint on mobile these days.

michelestrider, to random
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The "holy shit, they're convicting rich white dudes" energy coming from the "if they did this to Trump" crowd is staggering

veronica,
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@michelestrider I mean, these people have exactly zero self insight, so yeah, I'm not at all surprised.

veronica, to Facebook
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Ok, so I got the Facebook email today about the sneaky change in their TOS to steal more user data. This time for "AI".

That's it. I deleted my account. I wasn't using it anyway, but I kept it to keep Messenger working. I created a new Messenger account instead for the handful of cases where I still need it.

I had not yet accepted the changed TOS from last year, and had to "consent" to those outrageous terms too just to get to the delete button. Clearly illegal.

veronica,
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@debacle @joinjabber Nah, I don't need more apps.

veronica, to random
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Ooh, new neighbours moving in. I said hi to them earlier when they were around for the handover. They seem nice. The guys helping them move were clearly promised pizza, because I could hear them discuss it. 😁

randahl, to random
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You too can buy a Tesla, and support the main share holder Elon Musk, who abuses his social media platform to convince his 185 million followers, that the US justice system is corrupt, because his favorite criminal is brought to justice.

Or you could buy from a different car brand.

veronica, (edited )
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@MoiraEve @Gjoel America maybe, but the rest of the world is a pretty big place.

Edit: And I think the market share has more to do with the brand being American rather than quality. It's nowhere near that here.

Edit 2: Looked up some stats for Norway, where 90% of all new cars sold at the moment are electric. Top seller currently is Volvo EX30, last year was Tesla Model Y, and all time is Nissan Leaf.

veronica,
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@Gjoel @MoiraEve It's by far the car with the most consumer complaints in Norway compared to its market share.

kate, to random
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In the same way most of us say “goodbye” without realising it derives from “god be with ye”, maybe one day people will end conversations with “likensubscribe”

veronica,
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@kate heresmasond cloud to you too!

olafurw, to random
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Dear Video Player programmers.

Skipping forwards on a video that auto-played does not mean you should un-mute it and set the volume to max.

Yours, Ears In Pain.

veronica,
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@olafurw Too many auto-features, especially in media players, seem to be specifically designed for the preferences of the person who designed them.

I'm looking at you, almost all streaming services apps I have to battle because they have nearly no user settings.

veronica,
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@olafurw Yes, the trigger word in your post was "auto-play", my personally most hated feature in anything where it occurs, and especially when it cannot be disabled!

I'm holding back a bigger rant here. 😅

worldwidewerner, to norge
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Fuck profesjonell idrett.

"NRK dropper sommersendinger i år og satser alt på store sportssendinger. EM i friidrett, EM i fotball og OL i Paris tar opp mye av sendetiden, og er ifølge Kampanje årsaken til at det verken blir «minutt for minutt»-sendinger eller «Sommeråpent» på NRK i år."

veronica,
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@worldwidewerner Grunn nummer 114 til at jeg har droppet å se på TV-sending: Sport.

veronica, to python
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Any Qt + Python devs out there with any experience on calling deleteLater() from the Python side?

I have some costly dialogs I want cleared on close, and so far I've been running deleteLater() in the closeEvent, which is clearly a little risky. I do get the very rare segfault especially if I close one particular dialog which has a QTimer singleShot call. If the deleteLater() is called when it is running, I get a RunTImeError.

#Python #Qt #PyQt #OpenSource #Programming #Code

veronica,
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Another update on "memory leaking" when combining Qt and Python. It seems using lambda functions as slots for signals on dialogs block the widgets from being deleted by Qt.

I just rewrote the code and added dedicated slots for the four buttons sharing the same slot via lambdas, so no big deal, but maybe just disconnecting the signals on close would have been enough.

Still, so may little things to consider!

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