@mythologyandhistory
Genius!! As a recent Master of Landscape Architecture graduate (this past Friday), I'm stealing this idea. And also sharing with my school-mates. Thanks ancient Pompeii!
Suppose you had to produce a local computer from scratch, completely independent from existing manufacturers like Intel. (If you need a specific location for this hypothetical, let's say Greater Philadelphia.) No chip fabs in China, Taiwan etc. The tech level and computing power doesn't matter, you can tailor the application to the power of the computer; indie local production is top priority.
What is the best approach? A simple conventional silicon chip? Vacuum tubes? Analog? Mechanical?
"Thank you for contacting me about the tightness in your chest and sharp pain in your left arm. Pee is stored in the balls. Have you tried ivermectin?"
@maxkennerly
Who gets sued when the AI nurse provides bad medical advice?
• The health insurance company pushing these services on healthcare providers to drive down costs?
• The healthcare provider pushing these unwanted services on their patients?
• The AI company providing the services?
• The programmer who wrote the code?
• The former Reddit user whose snarky comment on a board back in 2008 was used to train the AI model? @aral
@Adrenochrome
Close up it's way less scary than when a big, fuzzy grey-brown thing with lots of long, spindly legs jumps out from behind the thing you just moved in the basement 🕷️ @nature
@ajsadauskas
My resume is highly visual and completely unreadable by computers (I know from having tried to upload it to many job sites - they can't handle multiple columns and custom icons at all).
If any company I apply to has an automated system in place, I won't exist to them - and that's just fine with me. That's my personal form of filtering them out of my life. 🤜🤖 It can work both ways.
Needless to say, I've only ever worked at small companies run by thoughtful humans. @CelloMomOnCars
@davidzipper
I just want to make clear to everyone that the issue is gigantic cars, NOT electric cars.
I bought a lovely, used Kia Soul EV two years ago that seats 5, can practically hold a sheet of plywood if the back seats are folded down, & has a curb weight of only 3,289 lbs. It's plenty big for most use cases.
Don't demonize electric cars. Also, demand carmakers build smaller EVs & human-sized trucks (they used to). And that your elected officials better fund public transit. @eheisman
💧 Do you know where the water from the property you're on right now ends up? What creek or river is your property connected to?
Can the property soak up rain from heavy storms? Or is the site mostly paved, causing water to flood streets & overwhelm sewers? 🌊 Does the water sweep up pesticides or fertiliser as it does?
Find out where all that ends up using the link below - it might be in the water you drink & shower in. 🚿
Everything that ends up in the water that leaves your property (eroded dirt, pesticides, fertilizers, heat - all of which can harm tiny stream creatures, harm the fish that eat them, harm the birds and mammals that eat the fish, and harm us when drinking or showering) winds up in someone's water source.
And everything that your neighbors do upstream (sometimes hundreds of miles upstream) wind up in yours.
Today's a busy one. I'm meeting with my grad students on such a wide variety of projects including native Brook Trout restoration, historical ecology of Adirondack Lakes, historical and modern anadromous fish in Maine, and the impacts of recreational fisheries on Large Mouth Bass movements. I don't get out in the field much anymore, but damn if these kids aren't sending it!
#PODCASTS I LOVE
Please share yours in the comments! 🤓
Ologies w/ Ali Ward
Irreverent interviews with experts on the natural world & all areas of scientific study https://www.alieward.com/ologies
Tech Won't Save Us w/Paris Marx
Critical coverage of the dark side of the tech industry & ways to fight for better outcomes https://www.techwontsave.us/
On The Media w/ Brook Gladstone
Exploring how the media covers headline stories & why they don't cover other stories of importance https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm