RalphBassfeld

RalphBassfeld, 4 months ago to random

1/10 of my top ten favourite (not best) photos of 2023
I bought a M4/3 camera and one 12-100mm lens to take with me on safari in the summer. Before that, I tested this camera one late afternoon near home. Hard to catch a dragonfly in flight, so after a number of misses I was happy to get this image. The blurred background is the evening sun on waterlilies in a pond.

RalphBassfeld, 11 months ago to random

Tassen haben eigenwillige Eigenschaften: sie schaffen es meistens bis in die Spüle, aber nie bis zum Geschirrspüler daneben.

RalphBassfeld, 3 months ago to random

Deleted my Reddit posts, because AI-training.

RalphBassfeld, 8 months ago to random

#SilentSunday
#WildlifePhotography
#AlwaysReadTheAltText

RalphBassfeld, 6 months ago to random

The making of the new Beatles song “ Now and Then”
https://youtu.be/APJAQoSCwuA?si=ToETb0LIUf00OPGh

RalphBassfeld, 1 year ago to random

‘Endless record heat’ in Asia as highest April temperatures recorded https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/apr/27/endless-record-heat-asia-highest-april-temperatures

Spain braced for record April temperature of 39C as extreme heat causes misery https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/apr/27/spain-braced-for-record-april-temperature-of-39c-as-heatwave-causes-misery

German police call for crackdown on growing climate protests https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/apr/27/german-police-call-for-tougher-response-to-growing-climate-protests-letzte-generation

RalphBassfeld, 6 months ago to random

„As​ far as the archivist knew, the 48 box files locked in an attic above the Institute for the History of Medicine at the University of Bern had never been opened.

At the turn of the 20th century, the Swiss were plagued by strange, interlinked medical conditions, which existed elsewhere to a degree, but in Switzerland were endemic in more than 80 per cent of the country. It was a curse that had a mark: the goitre.“ It can result from a deficiency of iodine in the diet.
https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v45/n23/jonah-goodman/a-national-evil

RalphBassfeld, 8 months ago to random

Expected delivery for my iPhone 15 pro, in natural titanium, is mid-Oct.

RalphBassfeld, 11 months ago to random

Half green anyone?

RalphBassfeld, 5 months ago to snowboarding

Current status
#Zermatt #Skiing

RalphBassfeld, 5 months ago to random

In those days a decree went out from Emperor Augustus that all the world should return to their home towns to fix their parents’ mobile phone, email and computer problems.

RalphBassfeld, 3 months ago to random

#Mountainmonday #Fotomontag #Photomonday #SeiserAlm

RalphBassfeld, 3 months ago to random German

Bored of step-counting apps? Go on a quest from the Shire to Mordor https://apps.apple.com/ch/app/fantasy-hike/id1557127861?l=en-GB

RalphBassfeld, 4 months ago to random

Good morning from Bern. More #MountainMonday

RalphBassfeld, 1 month ago to Switzerland

Lake view near home. #switzerland

RalphBassfeld, 7 months ago to Bloomscrolling

#bloomscrolling

RalphBassfeld, 1 month ago to random German

Cloud seeding in Dubai worked beyond all expectations
https://chaos.social/@kohnzn/112286444283796944

RalphBassfeld, 11 months ago to random

Seerose. Waterlily. #Bloomscrolling

RalphBassfeld, 9 months ago to random

“Step out to discover, saunter, slow down, look up, and soak in everything. Then, like a really good Bolognese sauce, let it stew for hours untouched.” 1/4

https://open.substack.com/pub/fewerbetterthings/p/and-sundays-were-made-for-walking

RalphBassfeld, 8 months ago to random

One thing I love about Apple Watch is the resting heart rate measurement. It is a good indicator of illness in my case. If it is elevated then my body is probably fighting an infection (or I’m at high altitude). Currently back to 50.

RalphBassfeld, 2 days ago to random

As far as I know, there is no „AI“. There are LLMs and ML. Use shit data, get shit data. Use biased/bad algorithms, get biased/shit results.

RalphBassfeld, 6 months ago to random

Elephants grazing in Amboseli national park, Kenya.

#WillifeWednesday #WildlifePhotography #Elephants #Kenya

RalphBassfeld, 8 months ago (edited 8 months ago) to hiking

I hiked to Saxer Lücke in the canton of Appenzell, Switzerland yesterday. This region is called Alpstein. This is it. #PhotoMonday #FotoMontag #hiking #MountainMonday

RalphBassfeld, 2 months ago to random German

@ianRobinson Have you seen the video where Denis Villeneuve breaks down the scene where Paul Atreides (Timothée Chalamet) is challenged to a test, the Gom Jabbar, to see if his humanity will overcome his animal impulses? https://youtu.be/GoAA0sYkLI0?si=7Cs7mFrRdD_6ze01
I hadn’t seen it until now. Denis is masterful.

RalphBassfeld, 2 months ago to random German

In the space of 15 seconds, this credible blues song was generated by the latest AI model from a startup named Suno. All it took to summon it from the void was a simple text prompt: “solo acoustic Mississippi Delta blues about a sad AI.” The song is the work of two AI models in collaboration: Suno’s model creates all the music itself, while calling on OpenAI’s ChatGPT to generate the lyrics and even a title: “Soul of the Machine.” https://soundcloud.com/rs-539916550/soul-of-the-machine