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nixCraft, 21 days ago to random

Now, everyone is so furious about OpenAI stealing a beloved celebrity's voice. But what about the many artists, writers/authors, and creators whose copyrighted works OpenAI stole to create works resembling and replacing those people's products? Not famous enough to generate the same outrage, right? At least now, everyone knows how bad Sam Altman is. He thinks he is above the law. I'm glad someone is standing up to this bully and I hope something good come out of it.

bobbyallyn, 22 days ago to random

Statement from Scarlett Johansson on the OpenAI situation. Wow:

fox, 22 days ago to random

at this point, it'd be easier to make a list of software and products that don’t have ai

mheadd, 22 days ago to ai

This is a fundamental mistake that people make when trying to assess whether LLMs are an appropriate tool to use in optimizing a process, function, or service:

"LLMs are not search engines looking up facts; they are pattern-spotting engines that guess the next best option in a sequence."

This terrific article is a great explainer on how they work and their limitations.

https://ig.ft.com/generative-ai/

#AI #ChatGPT #GenerativeAI

frankmorrow, 27 days ago to movies

launched a custom pixelfed instance for analog photographers called exposur.es

https://exposur.es/

#film #filmphotography #analogphotography #filmisnotdead #pixelfed #photography

stephaniewalter, 27 days ago to random

Need to learn Figma in 1h? Here you go: an online video course, with 12 fast-paced videos.
Free behind an email paywall.

Figma 101 by Matt D. Smith https://shiftnudge.com/figma/

aclark, 29 days ago to random

Hey folks!

I'm the creator of Python @pillow & today is my birthday. Can I ask you for a favor?

I'm looking for a new role & I'd appreciate a boost. Check out my resume here:

• https://aclark.net/resume/

I'm passionate about Python, open source & making a living with open source. What's the next move?

Thank you @willmcgugan for the nudge ❤️

nhoizey, 29 days ago to Travel

“Sunset on Lake Nakuru's flooded trees”

There are many lakes along the length of the African Rift Valley, which runs from the Red Sea in the north to Mozambique in the south. Kenya’s eastern Rift Valley has a string of eight lakes.

The Rift Valley is subject to ongoing plate tectonics and crustal movement that can affect the lakes. The recent rises, though, are directly associated with above-average rainfall. The lakes have been even higher in the past, and with rainfall in the Rift Valley Basin being on a rising rainfall trend, higher lake levels can be expected in the future.

Lakes Nakuru, Bogoria, and Baringo have risen to their highest levels in decades, inundating roads and building infrastructure, yet they also are not as high as they were in the early part of the last century.

🔎 https://nicolas-hoizey.photo/photos/sunset-on-lake-nakuru-s-flooded-trees/

📅 27 February 2019

📸 Fujifilm X-T2 + 27mm
🎛️ ISO 200, ƒ/3.2, 1/680 s

#Travel #TravelPhotography #Africa #Kenya #LakeNakuru #NationalPark #Photography #Fujifilm #Fuji #XT2

homeassistant, 29 days ago to random

We recently published a dev blog about how uv now saves HA 215 compute hours/month. We didn't stop there!

In last week's dev blog, we explain how we saved over 168 days of execution time per month. Check out how we sped up our CI to achieve this 👇🏼

https://developers.home-assistant.io/blog/2024/05/09/improving-ci-test-execution/

memerman, 30 days ago to hiking

#SilentSunday #hiking #PNW

joabaldwin, 1 month ago to random

I’m at Mono Lake watching the aurora and I will die of pretty. This is just a phone photo. Big cam photos coming tomorrow. #aurora #northernlights

ProjectPhysX, 1 month ago to random

About an hour ago, the sky turned blood red over Bavaria, Germany. It's the first time I've ever seen an #Aurora in my life. It was so bright to be easily visible with the naked eye. An absolutely jawdropping experience. 🖖😳✨
#polarlights #northernlights #solarstorm
cc @tagesschau @DLR @dlr_next @stim3on

at 22:29 they got a lot brighter, covering half if the sky; even some green visible at the bottom; another 10s exposure
vertical 10s exposure at 22:37
before fading again, they moved westward in front of the moon, here an 10s exposure at 22:46 showing distinct lines shaped by the magnetic field

lukito, 1 month ago to random

I’m curious, northern hemisphere folk. If you were able to see Aurora Borealis last night:

• Was this your first time?
• How far ‘south’ are you (roughly - I’m not in the business of doxxing you)?
• How old are you (again, be as vague as you feel)?

Please do reply and boost. I get the sense that there were a lot of first-timers and a feeling of shared awe last night and I’d love to know just how far that was felt :neofox_heart:

adam, 1 month ago to pnw

Holy sh*t. It just took off here in Western Washington.

#aurora #pnw #washington

image/jpeg

petecarr, 1 month ago to random

#NorthernLights were quite special tonight. Amazingly I’ve seen them a few times in my home town outside Liverpool. This was spectacular. I even got a photo of them over my front door. Incredible evening. Almost felt like for a brief moment the world is unified by this rare event. The beach was filled with people. Everyday folk, not just camera nerds. That was special. #Aurora

adam, 1 month ago to random

One of the things I've been hoping would happen for Hardcover finally did: TWO people have made videos about it!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxN8BNl_EIg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5cwppoL2jM

Trying to crack the code and get influencers to talk about a product has been much more difficult than I expected 😅

Has anyone built something where they've had success with that? I'm curious what worked?

jasonmcfadden, 1 month ago to blogging

🆕 My blog now has a GUESTBOOK because why not? You can leave comments on my blog now, thanks to the good folks @goodenoughllc

#blogging likes it's 1999.

https://jasonjournals.com/guestbook

kevinctofel, 1 month ago to til

🆕 blog post: May 10, 2024 - #TIL

Personalizing my local #AI, replacing paper towels, and the world's longest (unofficial) ski jump of 291 meters.
#Obsidian #Ollama #LLM

https://myconscious.stream/blog/May-10-2024-TIL

lukhash, 1 month ago to random

On some tracks I layer floppy drive sounds behind the drums. Here's a short video showing how it's done :)

🎵: https://fanlink.tv/199

video/mp4

WarnerCrocker, 1 month ago to apple

Thoughts on Thoughts About New iPad Pros

Let iPads be iPads. Trying to be all things to all people doesn't work in life, and I don't think it works in tech.
#Apple #iPad #LetLoose

http://warnercrocker.com/2024/05/08/thoughts-on-thoughts-about-new-ipad-pros/

HilliTech, 1 month ago to random

The iPad won't be a Mac and it's really time people figure this out. (They should have realized in 2018, 2020, and 2022 but who's counting)

There's some obvious stuff that iPadOS needs to be doing that it isn't. But it will never be a Mac. Just buy a Mac.

The iPad Pro is still the perfect computer for me.

kevinctofel, 1 month ago to ai

I had been meaning to look at using #Ollama for local #AI & today I caught this excellent video how-to. Still not sold on the current hype of AI but it would be foolish to overlook its place in our future.

Honestly, this little project was the most fun I’ve had in a while: installing/using different AI models, using AI in the #terminal, then in a #browser, even creating a persona for the prompts. And it’s all running locally (no internet needed!), so it’s #private. 🤓

https://youtube.com/watch?v=Wjrdr0NU4Sk&si=x5I0kG2iwZGefc7d

matt, 1 month ago to random

New video! Moving beyond QWERTY (Via tutorial for new users)

https://youtu.be/bnme9s6qZT0

rbreich, 1 month ago to random

Help us, voters. You're our only hope. #Maythe4thBeWithYou https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4vSBSD1fEM&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

tylersticka, 1 month ago to Starwars

In 2018, I finished and shared a new drawing every day for a full year: https://www.tylersticka.com/journal/365-drawings-later/

These are the Yoda drawings I started and ended with.

#MayTheFourthBeWithYou #StarWars #MastoArt #FanArt

Another smug, cartoony Yoda with more sophisticated color and linework smiles at the viewer while lifting rocks with his force powers. "Do. Or do not. There is no try." Signed "Tyler Sticka!" and dated December 31, 2018.