I just really hope Apple is preparing a metric hectare of reassurances if (big if!) they’re about to announce a deep partnership with OpenAI.
Like, reassurances about the environmental impact (all that work down the drain?), about the training data sources, about general ethics, about the cringy move-fast-and-break-things startup-bro vibes that they will then inherit onto their brand, etc…
Every hashtag on every post on every platform should ALWAYS be pascal case (a.k.a. camel case). I made this to illustrate how screenreaders read hashtags depending on whether they are lowercase or pascal case.
It’s a small thing that all of us can do to build a more inclusive, accessible internet for all. Please take the time to use pascal case.
The frustrating thing is, I type it in camel case, and then the autofill overrides that with all lower case. There are ways to circumvent it but they're fiddly.
This happens even when I don't touch the suggestions, though. I either have to copy and paste it from somewhere else or remember to type a space afterward, rather than a line break.
Like install disc brakes? I want to do that on my bike but everything I read says you can't use discs unless the frame is specifically designed for them.
I'm already not boosting any quote boosts. I just blocked someone who used quote boost to call someone else out - something I was told not to worry about on Mastodon.
The slowly deflating #CommercialRealEstate bubble continues. People are just not that interested to go back to the office.
This building in a suburban #SanJose office park was occupied by Nio, the Chinese carmaker, who did not renew their lease in October 2023. Without a new tenant, the building went into foreclosure with $25M of outstanding debt.
Yeah, there are definitely some things that will have to be overcome. I imagine it's possible to extend the plumbing. Maybe the interior of the building could contain things like laundry rooms and storage lockers (apartment buildings always need more storage), or even bike parking, or on-site exercise facilities.
I’m more certain than ever that the first quarter of 2024 will see a grand reckoning for companies that have bet big on #AI. As I said before, I predict a lot of CFOs getting sticker shock at their compute bills, and we will see pivots and downscaling of expectations across the industry. By the middle of the year, there will likely be a general cool-down as users and investors come to grips with what “AI” can realistically do at reasonable cost (hint: not as much as the hype claims). Strategically deploying smaller models will become quite attractive, rather than monolithic solutions.
I also think 2024 is the year of the legal reckoning for the industry. Creators whose work have been used for training (i.e. plagiarized) will likely make big inroads into establishing legal frameworks for compensation, and some models will become poisoned because they were trained with unvetted data. Hopefully this also means that model-makers who have been meticulous about their training data’s providence will reap rewards.
Victoria: Hundreds of patients died after catching COVID in Victorian hospitals, new data shows
Almost 1 in 10 patients who caught COVID in hospital died.
Documents obtained by ABC News under Freedom of Information laws reveal at least 6,212 patients caught COVID in hospital in 24 months — 3,890 in 2022 and 2,322 in 2023. Of those, 586 died — almost 6 per week, on average — with men dying at a higher rate than women (11 per cent vs 8 per cent).
At first, when I glanced at, "Hundreds of patients died after catching COVID in Victorian hospitals," I thought, "Whaaaaat? COVID wasn't around in the Victorian era!?" Oops.
Most important, I'd have to say graphic design, given that I did it for a living, and that wouldn't have happened without the transition to entirely digital work.
I was not always suffering from those issues as I grew up on a farm and used to help with the hay work in the summer.
So the fact that I am now experiencing hayfever symptoms is the consequence of #ClimateChange.
Despite taking a powerful allergy medicine it is still not safe to go outside for me.
This is why when we talk to you so often about the #climate on this account, it is not because we are being greenwashed.
It is because it is affecting my health and our #gardens in a significant way.
It is also why those who would like to deny the climate issues are very unwelcome on this community, I could not give less of a damn about their opinions.