Used a couple of US recipes recently and most of the ingredients are in cups, or spoons, not by weight. This is a nightmare to convert. Do Americans not own scales or something? What’s the reason for measuring everything by volume?
I just recently learned that this is a thing that exists. I’ve had a couple audiology tests that use these weird headphones with firm rubber balls where normally expect to see the speakers; the rubber balls sit on your temporal bone, and there’s a metal bar the wraps around your head connecting them and giving them pressure...
I believe experiments like these should move slower and with more scrutiny. As in more animal testing before moving on to humans, esp. due to the controversies surrounding Neuralink’s last animal experiments.
I feel like with the rise of AI something that anonymizes writing styles should exist. For example it could look for differences in American versus British spelling like color versus colour or contextual things like soccer versus football and make edits accordingly. ChatGPT could be fed a prompt that says “Rewrite the...
Backend of this is OpenAI / LLM; so my guess is if OP knows what they want, they can prompt such models or chatbots in such a manner to achieve the desired styles.
TEL AVIV, Israel - The U.S. military on Saturday said it began dropping food over the Gaza Strip, a war-torn enclave desperate for humanitarian aid....
If you suspect that it’s been modified, try going to places like the internet archive or archivetoday to check. The claims you’ve made seem big, so back them up with sources.
Is there a database tracking companies that start out with good intentions and then eventually gets bought out or sells out their initial values? I’m wondering what the deciding factors are, and how long it takes for them to turn.
For me it was GoT, I just thought the miniature landscapes looked way too cool. Also I am watching Kimmy Unbreakable which has a theme song that I think is pretty catchy.
Raw milk fans plan to drink up as experts warn of high levels of H5N1 virus (arstechnica.com)
What are your best intrusive ads ideas?
If your job was to come up with greater enshittification for society, what would you do?...
4 Tools to Share Large Files Over the Internet Securely (itsfoss.com)
Briefly notified 2 new emails but actually 1
Sorry for the title, didn’t know how to succinctly describe it. Here goes....
What side do you open a banana from?
Why do Americans measure everything in cups?
Used a couple of US recipes recently and most of the ingredients are in cups, or spoons, not by weight. This is a nightmare to convert. Do Americans not own scales or something? What’s the reason for measuring everything by volume?
Movies that “go from 0-100” in the last 15 or so minutes?
Do you have examples of movies that have a huge spike in stakes almost at the end?...
Bone conduction headphones?
I just recently learned that this is a thing that exists. I’ve had a couple audiology tests that use these weird headphones with firm rubber balls where normally expect to see the speakers; the rubber balls sit on your temporal bone, and there’s a metal bar the wraps around your head connecting them and giving them pressure...
Exclusive: official investigation reveals how superconductivity physicist faked blockbuster results (www.nature.com)
The new science of death: ‘There’s something happening in the brain that makes no sense’ (www.theguardian.com)
New research into the dying brain suggests the line between life and death may be less distinct than previously thought...
A Look at What ISPs Know About You: Examining the Privacy Practices of Six Major Internet Service Providers - An FTC Staff Report (www.ftc.gov)
cross-posted from: covert.nexus/post/27235...
Video Shows First Neuralink Patient Playing Mario Kart With His Mind (futurism.com)
Are there tools that exist to anonymize writing styles?
I feel like with the rise of AI something that anonymizes writing styles should exist. For example it could look for differences in American versus British spelling like color versus colour or contextual things like soccer versus football and make edits accordingly. ChatGPT could be fed a prompt that says “Rewrite the...
How Quickly Do Large Language Models Learn Unexpected Skills? (nautil.us)
So-called “emergent” behavior in LLMs may not be the breakthrough that researchers think.
U.S. begins airdropping food in Gaza, but it's a less-than-ideal means of aid delivery (www.npr.org)
TEL AVIV, Israel - The U.S. military on Saturday said it began dropping food over the Gaza Strip, a war-torn enclave desperate for humanitarian aid....
Act now to stop WordPress and Tumblr selling your content to AI firms (grahamcluley.com)
Which shows do you think ended too soon, or went on too long?
Skiff, the private email provider has been acquired by Notion. It is set to shut down its services after 6 months. (skiff.com)
All skiff users have received a mail in this regard and Skiff has also tweeted about the same.
Which TV series intros do you not skip by choice?
For me it was GoT, I just thought the miniature landscapes looked way too cool. Also I am watching Kimmy Unbreakable which has a theme song that I think is pretty catchy.
This Week in Learning Linux
I didn’t get to spend as much time tinkering and learning this week, but I still learned some new things!...
Enshittification of GitHub?
First, they restricted code search without logging in so I’m using sourcegraphBut now, I cant even view discussions or wiki without logging in....
Who needs a commit message, anyway? (github.com)
I was looking through various RCON tools and found this. Someone does not like commit messages....