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researchbuzz

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Obsessed with search engines, databases, and online information collections forever. Writing books & such since 1996, ResearchBuzz since 1998. Autistic and too tired to hide it. Pronouns: she/they/hey you.

We could be doing a lot more with authoritative structures (and without AI) to make good Web search.

Strongly recommend you read my pinned posts before you reply.

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StillIRise1963, to random
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My parents have been married 65 years today.

researchbuzz,
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@StillIRise1963 That's WONDERFUL 💚

researchbuzz, to Raleigh
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Several months ago I connected the tree set to nearby -listed locations and from there to a ChatGPT API call. Find trees in Raleigh, find things near trees, have trees tell you about nearby things.

I've learned enough in the time since that I'm readdressing the project and expanding it a lot, with more information available to/from the tree.

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researchbuzz,
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Last night and this morning I was doing all the initial setup and getting the API calls in place.

Now i'm amusing myself by setting the tree mood in the ChatGPT prompt to sarcastic and asking it to describe its location. 😂

"So, here we are on Bike Route, Ridge Road, Glen Eden, Raleigh, North Carolina. It's a real hoot, let me tell you. The cyclists whizzing by, the sweet hum of traffic in the distance, the occasional bird using me as a bathroom. Ah, the joys of tree life."

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researchbuzz, to DadBin
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'The research team... found a link between birth mothers who had experienced stressful childhood events, such as abuse, neglect, violence or poverty, and their children’s behavior problems. This was true even though the children were raised by their adoptive parents and were never directly exposed to the stresses their birth mothers had experienced.'

https://around.uoregon.edu/content/adoption-study-links-child-behavior-issues-mothers-trauma

StillIRise1963, to random
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Hmmm. I’m sure there are many productive things one can do with their life having a brain compromised by a worm eating a hole in it and poisoned by a love of tuna fish sandwiches, but POTUS isn’t one of them. wtf.

researchbuzz,
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@StillIRise1963 ATE PART OF HIS BRAIN AND DIED

researchbuzz, to random
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Goooood morning @anathema_device

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/may/07/google-results-about-you-tool-australia-personal-information-removed

researchbuzz, to random
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Good morning to everyone but especially 84-year-old Nancy Handford-McChesney, who just graduated Carlow U with a Master of Arts degree.

'[She] was praying at a retreat center in the mountains after contracting long COVID in 2020.

The doctors had “pretty much given up” on her. She remembers “everything was shot” by COVID — her heart, lungs, brain, muscles.

But as she prayed, wondering what she should do, she heard the words, “You’ve always wanted to go to college.”'

https://www.post-gazette.com/news/education/2024/05/04/carlow-senior-citizen-graduate-nancy-handford-mcchesney/stories/202405030089

researchbuzz, to random
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This is a tough read but it is very worth it. @StillIRise1963

https://www.themarshallproject.org/2023/08/31/dungeons-and-dragons-texas-death-row-tdcj

researchbuzz,
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@StillIRise1963 Have tissues.

StillIRise1963, to random
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@researchbuzz I’ve been thinking about Corn Flakes since you posted that article about its origins.

researchbuzz,
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@StillIRise1963 (Autistic operating system crash)

um. Yay? Boo? 😂

Imagine going down in history as anti-spunk Colonel Sanders

researchbuzz,
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@StillIRise1963 Men attacked from all sides about how they be the most male of masculines at all times, meanwhile they're eating a breakfast designed as a speed bump for their piss piglet

researchbuzz, to Wikipedia
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I just did a couple of updates and I haven't talked about it in a while so may I please do a quick thread on my web site MegaGladys ( https://megagladys.com/ )?

It's a set of eight tools made for getting information on people with pages. Useful for , , etc. Free, no ads.

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researchbuzz, to random
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Good afternoon to everyone but especially Tiffany Haddish, who has been tracking online assholes down and inviting them to say it to her over the phone

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/tiffany-haddish-fake-social-media-trolls-1235889381/

researchbuzz, to random
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Today in ancient Google Alerts. This one almost got me. But then I saw the excerpt:

'"Our laws need to keep up with our times," said MySpace Chief Security Officer Hemanshu Nigam,'

This article is from January 29, 2008!

StillIRise1963, to random
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Going outside to watch my husband set up the backyard. Yes, I said watch.🤣

researchbuzz,
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@StillIRise1963 You are SUPERVISING.

researchbuzz, to random
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Nice one from Flipboard

"We recently announced that we federated 400 of Flipboard’s top creators and curators, meaning that their Flipboard activity is now syndicated out to fediverse platforms like Mastodon and eventually Threads. This is a lot to absorb even if you know what the fediverse is, so we held a Webinar to break it down. We’re sharing the recording more widely here for those of you who are also 'Fedi Curious' and want to understand what it means."

https://medium.com/fedi-curious/recap-of-fediverse-webinar-for-creators-and-curators-522038f010af

researchbuzz, to Futurology
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"ACM... has announced the publication of the first issue of the ACM Journal on Responsible Computing (JRC). The new journal publishes high-quality original research at the intersection of computing, ethics, information, law, policy, responsible innovation, and social responsibility from a wide range of convergent, interdisciplinary, multidisciplinary, and transdisciplinary perspectives."

https://www.acm.org/media-center/2024/april/inaugural-jrc

researchbuzz, to random
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When I visit Granny, I sit in a wheelchair beside her bed. Because of that, the way the bed is, and the fact that she wants to hold my hand the whole time usually means I get positioned awkwardly and sometimes end up setting on the very edge of the wheelchair.

It happened today so I had to stand up and lean over Granny and pull the chair toward me.

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researchbuzz,
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"What's the matter?" Granny said.

"My tail's right on the edge of the chair and I'm worried I'm about to slide off," I replied.

Granny was quiet for a moment and then said thoughtfully, "If you fell off the chair and hit the floor it would be funny," and I laughed so hard I got a crick in my neck.

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researchbuzz, to random
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Doodley doop de doop BOING

re:

https://cyberplace.social/@GossiTheDog/112375716472122785

researchbuzz, to ai
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'Artificial intelligence chatbots are facing more scrutiny after an investigative report showed how they can be easily used to devise deceptive election campaigns. The report, conducted by Nieuwsuur in collaboration with AI Forensics, revealed how chatbots from tech giants Google and Microsoft provided strategies aimed at manipulating voters during the upcoming European Parliament elections.'

https://nltimes.nl/2024/05/03/ai-chatbots-fire-creating-misleading-election-campaign-news-report

StillIRise1963, to random
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Puppy, dog, whatever. YOU SHOT IT.

researchbuzz,
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@StillIRise1963 Imagine thinking such an anecdote made you look like anything but a raving lunatic

researchbuzz,
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@StillIRise1963 Maybe she's auditioning to be David Berkowitz's dream girl

researchbuzz, to random
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Can y'all help me test a thing? I need a famous public figure y'all are mildly interested in but haven't kept up with in a few years. PLEASE NO POLITICIANS my stomach is bothering me this morning.

ricmac, to random
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Well, some good news: the new ReadWrite editor replied to me on X (and yes, I was forced to use that app again!) and he's now removed my name from the About page of this version of RW. It's a small win, really, but the idea of them using my name to promote the gambling content they're now running was too much to bear. Now I need to wash my hands after visiting both ReadWrite and X in the same session...

researchbuzz,
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@ricmac Man that used to be a good read.

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