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ai6yr, to H5N1

CIDRAP: FDA finds no live H5N1 avian flu virus in sour cream or cottage cheese, will assess raw milk https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/avian-influenza-bird-flu/fda-finds-no-live-h5n1-avian-flu-virus-sour-cream-or-cottage-cheese-will #h5n1 #hpai #sourcream #cottagecheese

bageler,
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@ai6yr I herd that too

andybrwn, to random
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Sheep Suspected in the Double Killing of Husband and Wife https://www.thedailybeast.com/sheep-suspected-in-the-double-killing-of-husband-and-wife

bageler,
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@andybrwn that sheep was always baaaaad news

cynblogger, to random
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I’m beginning to think the cultural chasm between Americans is NOT between super-rich/average-poor, left/right, atheist/religious, conservative/progressive, power holders/ordinary citizens.

More & more evidence shows the gap to be between those who break with absolute impunity every damn law & moral value they come across - and the rest of us who “do the right thing” 99.9% of the time because it IS the right thing, who pay taxes legitimately owed, who struggle to satisfy our debts, do our jobs, care for those dependent on us, and actually care about others’ welfare.

The differentiation seems to come down to shitty people and non-shitty people, no matter what other factors are in play.

I struggle with the shitties getting ALL of the media’s attention and weighing the rest of us down with their scummy, sleazy, evil antics, especially when (I believe) they are a minuscule minority.


bageler,
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@cynblogger I think of it more as a difference in where you draw your community boundaries of who matters to you. Just yourself? immediate family? neighborhood? church? state? outside those boundaries, fuck 'em. I think the typical affinity group size is shrinking.

pam, to csu
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Management set up a form encouraging students to fink on us during next week's systemwide faculty strike in the California State University. They'll then use that to withhold our pay for the week. But that won't stop us. ✊💪

bageler,
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@Frances_Larina @pam i'm pretty pissed that Prof. Smith's bingo night was cancelled.

glynmoody, to random
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#Scabies Is Making a Comeback - https://www.wired.com/story/scabies-outbreak-uk-europe-treatment-shortages-drug-resistance-permethrin-ivermectin/ "UK in particular is struggling with a shortage of treatments" #brexit a factor, of course...

bageler,
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@glynmoody had a scabies scare at work 14 years ago or so. coworker made this shirt for it https://www.zazzle.com/i_survived_the_scabies_scare_t_shirt-235787459977945394

psoul, to random
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    bageler,
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    @psoul in order of increasing injury severity from running into friends: walking, biking, transit.

    mkennedy, to ai
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    How many cumulative programmer-hours have been utterly wasted on adding very mediocre AI features to every app imaginable which rarely actually helps you?

    I’m thinking of putting off that work-a-day feature request like “Autocomplete should work for name or email address, not just email” and instead we get months of effort for a garbage integration that you try once for novelty.

    Welcome to 2024 y’all. ;)

    bageler,
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    @mkennedy Learning new skills/technology isn't a waste, but it should be appropriately timeboxed and prioritized so it doesn't detract from urgent business goals.

    bageler, to random
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    According to my old lendingclub autoinvestor, in 1 year I will have more as Brazil. FML

    the_etrain, to random
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    Seems like noisy pickleball has overtaken the trolley problem as the ethical dilemma of our time.

    bageler,
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    @the_etrain If there is a pickleball court with four people, and a train is about to hit them, do you leave to make more coffee and potentially miss the carnage, or do you watch with an empty mug?

    bageler, to security
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    To login to my bank account on the web, I need 2fa to unlock my desktop password manager, 2fa to unlock my phone, 2fa unlock my mobile password manager, and 2fa unlock the mobile bank app in order to receive their notification that I'm trying to login on the desktop. There's got to be a better way!

    bageler,
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    @cynblogger my 3d printer is more reliable than any paper printer i've ever had.

    hacks4pancakes, to random

    I should really not be allowed to buy clothing anymore. I own zero nice dress shoes aside from docs, but have managed to waste money on a designer rhinestone jacket and pirate skort over one month. Neither of which I can justifiably wear for work, or anything practical.

    bageler,
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    @hacks4pancakes TLAP day purchase? I dig it

    futurebird, to design
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    Did all the graphic designers go on strike too?

    bageler,
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    @futurebird google fired anyone with actual design sense years ago

    brennansv, to random
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    <RANT>

    It is 2023 and of all the silly smart devices built with IoT none of my appliances are smart. Not my dish washer, stove, washing machine or thermostat. This really should change and I am a bit surprised this nut has not been cracked. I’d love to be able to adjust the temperature with a voice assistant or an app. I'd also like to get a notification on my watch when the dishes or wash are done. I'd also like to know if a burner is still on after 10pm.

    Yes, I know there are smart thermostats and some smart appliances, but the status quo is that even in very new apartments all of these appliances and thermostats are dumb and outdated. It should be the norm that Bluetooth and WiFi is built into these devices like it is for portable speakers have now had for years.

    The EU made USB-C a requirement. Why not also do the same with thermostats and appliances? I'd install a smart thermostat so easily if it has a USB-C connector. Other appliances could require Bluetooth which is just wireless USB.

    </RANT>

    bageler,
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    @brennansv my laundry machines are semi-smart - they can report on what they are doing but I can't start them remotely. I'd like to schedule them to run at off-peak power times, and I'd like that a lot more than the notification I get that my clothes are done. LG FWIW

    ai6yr, to random

    Uptick in patients with "respiratory illness" vs. confirmed over the last week. Uptick is NOT the flu. Might be useful to track this again, if other tracking measures break. Hump on the left was mostly "A" influenza... this new one, unclear. RSV also shows up on this chart when it's mostly kids. https://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/index.htm

    Influenza positive tests showing very low levels of influenza at the moment

    bageler,
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    @ai6yr I had not flu and 5 days of COVID tests were neg. Coughing and whatnot for two weeks

    bageler, to hiking
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    pacific rattlesnake on

    bageler,
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    @pgavin probably about 4ft

    ai6yr, to Hawaii

    yesterday https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5UnOvzq6Jo

    bageler,
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    @ai6yr lucky they made it back out

    travisfw, to ai
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    What is the Hello World of generative ?

    IE: how simple can it get? Could someone write it in a day from scratch in any language?

    bageler,
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    @travisfw using existing models there are tons of blog posts on how to do basic apps. Huggingface spaces have a lot of examples

    bageler,
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    @travisfw building a generative AI model from scratch is not a single copy/paste type thing, and still you're going to use something like pytorch or tensorflow unless you really want to build all the math from scratch too. Even 20 years ago we used prebuilt libraries for the matrix math.

    Stoned_Deva_, to random
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    Thanks for explaining my toot to me. I wondered what I was getting at

    bageler,
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    @victor @Stoned_Deva_ thanks for explaining

    bjmendelson, to random

    Gizmodo published an error-filled article on Star Wars yesterday, written by AI.

    False information included Luke Skywalker being 15ft tall and that the Death Star was made out of hamburgers.

    bageler,
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    @heyfluxay @bjmendelson I'm imagining Death Star product managers arguing about whether the Death Star should be made out of plant-based hamburgers or beef.

    ai6yr, to Weather

    Worst outbreak in history in . Over 146,000 people infected and at least 248 dead directly attributed to events. UNMC: "That’s because El Niño and Cyclone Yaku brought lots of rain to the northern portions of Peru during the months of April and May. " https://www.unmc.edu/healthsecurity/transmission/2023/06/20/peru-suffering-worst-dengue-outbreak-in-its-history-over-146k-cases/

    bageler,
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    @ai6yr What awful AI write this?

    Dengue can be a bit like hearing the song, “Who Let The Dogs Out?”

    bageler,
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    @ai6yr What awful AI wrote this?

    Dengue can be a bit like hearing the song, “Who Let The Dogs Out?”

    ErikJonker, to ai
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    Google Lens works great, must also be a great way to collect content for training AI models ? 🤔
    https://blog.google/products/google-lens/google-lens-features/

    bageler,
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    @ErikJonker assume everything by a megacorp is designed for ai training

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