It’s too complicated a decision to discuss on a wide basis. It’s a highly personal decision that parents should make for themselves. The fight against climate change is far from over, and there were still people having kids during the Black Death.
The Biden administration announced on Wednesday that it had agreed to provide a $1.52 billion loan guarantee to help a company restart a nuclear power plant in Michigan — the latest step in the government’s effort to revive the nation’s reactors....
I find the stackable layers interesting, but I like the decentralization of the fediverse. I’m way outside my realm of expertise here, but would it be possible for a platform to adopt both?
In my experience, predominantly male environments are fairly disdainful of anything non-technical and include a lot of unexamined biased views toward women. Workplaces with more women, or a balance of both, don’t have the same issue, in my experience.
I’ve worked predominantly in two fields - engineering and environmental policy. I find the culture of engineering to be pretty toxic - too many conservative men. Environmental policy suffers from too much being demanded of workers, I think mostly because of the expectation that you’re motivated by your passion, rather than being paid for your time. I don’t know if that is directly tied to the gender balance in the workplace, but certainly women historically and presently are not compensated fairly for their work.
It’s a shame that I’m better at doing engineering, because I vastly prefer to not work in a place where I can hear my boss listen to Hannity every day through the wall.
Alice Pawley, a professor of engineering education at Purdue University, said that many faculty members in Indiana were angered by the new restrictions, and that “nobody trusts that this is actually going to be fairly applied.” Many felt discouraged about their job security, believing it would be at the mercy of trustees who...
Indiana has the second or third largest naval base in the country - Crane Naval Base. Oddly, it’s nowhere near water in the middle of nowhere in the southern part of the state. The military and defense contractors do a lot of recruiting for engineers at Purdue.
I suppose a better way to phrase it is- why is an NPU necessary? What does it enable these machines to do that a Surface sans NPU can’t?
And yes, these are business-oriented. But my question remains the same - is built-in AI a feature that businesses, as consumers of this product, are asking for? And presumably this is just the beginning, and future personal devices from Microsoft will have NPUs too. I haven’t heard any clamoring for that, but I could very well also just not be noticing the people that are
It’s amazing how if you ask the Boomers I know, they’ll tell you that cities are terrifying and riddled with crime every few feet. But when you actually go a city, it’s pretty normal. Maybe a bit less foot traffic and a few more unhoused people than pre-COVID, but still pretty much the same. Definitely not the war zone they describe!
I was a teenager and sold an old iPod Touch on eBay, first time I’d ever sold anything on there. The buyer reached out and told me she wanted to mail straight to her son who was deployed in Nigeria. I didn’t know any better, so I put it in the mail. As soon as I did, they cancelled the order, and I had no recourse. Of course eBay was no help. Ruined my day, for sure, but in the grand scheme of things, not a huge price to pay to learn that lesson.
From the article: “In particular, five fundamental attributes of social media have harmed society. AI also has those attributes. Note that they are not intrinsically evil. They are all double-edged swords, with the potential to do either good or ill. The danger comes from who wields the sword, and in what direction it is...
Electrical substations are really necessary for the clean energy we need. We don’t want everyone off the grid, we need to clean the energy production going into the grid and invest in resilience measures, like energy storage and undergrounding wires, especially in vulnerable and energy insecure communities
saving lives is hot (i.imgur.com)
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DuckDuckGo Is Taking Its Privacy Fight to Data Brokers (www.wired.com)
Curious about everyone’s thoughts on this....
Palisades Nuclear Plant in Michigan Plans to Reopen With $1.5 Billion Loan (www.nytimes.com)
The Biden administration announced on Wednesday that it had agreed to provide a $1.52 billion loan guarantee to help a company restart a nuclear power plant in Michigan — the latest step in the government’s effort to revive the nation’s reactors....
Why Bluesky Remains The Most Interesting Experiment In Social Media, By Far (www.techdirt.com)
Twelve years after the death of Steve Jobs, the cracks are starting to appear at Apple (www.notebookcheck.net)
what are the advantages and disadvantages of working in a mostly male/female environment?
The world's semiconductor industry hinges on a single quartz factory in North Carolina (www.tomshardware.com)
Anprims = ecofascists (i.imgur.com)
Indiana Law Requires Professors to Promote ‘Intellectual Diversity’ or Face Penalties (www.nytimes.com)
Alice Pawley, a professor of engineering education at Purdue University, said that many faculty members in Indiana were angered by the new restrictions, and that “nobody trusts that this is actually going to be fairly applied.” Many felt discouraged about their job security, believing it would be at the mercy of trustees who...
Are we the baddies? (i.imgur.com)
There sure are a lot of them (i.imgur.com)
It’s liquids all the way down (i.imgur.com)
Mmmm noodle soup (i.imgur.com)
Yeah it’s just not gonna happen (i.imgur.com)
Microsoft’s first AI PCs are the Surface Pro 10 and Surface Laptop 6 for businesses (www.theverge.com)
The U.S. crime rate is still dropping, FBI data shows (www.nbcnews.com)
What's the worst scam you've fallen for (or gotten close to falling for)?
The platform era is ending. Rather than build new Twitters and Facebooks, we can create a stuff-posting system that works better for everybody. (www.theverge.com)
Let’s not make the same mistakes with AI that we made with social media (www.technologyreview.com)
From the article: “In particular, five fundamental attributes of social media have harmed society. AI also has those attributes. Note that they are not intrinsically evil. They are all double-edged swords, with the potential to do either good or ill. The danger comes from who wields the sword, and in what direction it is...
new date idea (slrpnk.net)
Where do you get your news?
General news, niche hobby news, anything - what sources do you regularly read?
What is on your "things to 3d print" list?