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Head of Content at Commonwealth Fusion Systems, a startup developing zero-carbon power plants to help fight climate change. Former science and technology journalist at CNET.

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stshank, to apple
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The Google Chrome team rejected JPEG XL image support, but the next Safari adds it. Along with, somewhat surprisingly given patent constraints, HEIC. Perhaps easier for Apple since they build support into the OS so no extra licensing hurdles.

https://developer.apple.com/documentation/safari-release-notes/safari-17-release-notes

(edited to fix a missing word)

stshank, to apple
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Tempting, but not so tempting that I'm going to do it.

stshank, to photography
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Bewick's wren today on Devil's Slide south of San Francisco. He was singing a lot. Wrens have the best song/weight ratio.

stshank, to random
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Just ponied up $30 for @mimestream. It's the Gmail software I didn't know I wanted. Fast and works like Gmail, not like most third-party email apps that only work generically. E.g. seamlessly handles with Gmail signature, categories, and keyboard shortcuts. https://mimestream.com/
#e-mail

stshank,
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@albertkinng @mimestream Yes, well, developers like to have a way to support continued development, so here we are. You could pay $30 for the first year and then cancel, of course, but we all know what happens with subscriptions once you sign up.

stshank,
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@albertkinng @mimestream It might not be that the sentiment is universal. :) Seems to be increasingly common, though, in part since many of us ingest software as a service.

stshank, to ai
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Google's Bard, sadly but perhaps not surprisingly, doesn't know there's a difference between dog vomit slime mold (Fuligo septica) and dog sick slime mold (Didymium mucilago).

stshank, to random
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Old: Native American tribes use sovereignty to bypass state laws prohibiting casinos.

New: Tribes use sovereignty to host Tesla stores in New Mexico, bypassing the state laws requiring dealers and banning direct sales.

https://rrobserver.com/its-here-tesla-opens-second-new-mexico-location/

stshank, to ai
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Today in AI training and alignment adventures, a very paperclip-maximizing anecdote from a US Air Force AI simulation. "We trained the system – ‘don’t kill the operator.' So what does it start doing? It starts destroying the communication tower."

https://www.aerosociety.com/news/highlights-from-the-raes-future-combat-air-space-capabilities-summit/

stshank, to random
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Repeat after me: large language model AIs like ChatGPT today produce material that is plausible, not necessarily true. Read this bonkers thread. https://mstdn.social/@kendraserra@dair-community.social/110441210468852034

stshank, to bluesky
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Musk talks up the Twitter innovation rate, but unlike those changes, this Bluesky feature is one I'm really interested in. And it's an advantage over Mastodon. Chronological sorting is OK in some situations, but more sophisticated algorithms are important at least for my usage.

Bluesky custom feed description: "Now you can choose what algorithm powers your social media experience."

stshank,
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@henrik @rolle I thought I read somewhere that Bluesky's feeds are open source, but not sure about that. (One's ability to understand source code is still a limiting factor, of course.) Developers can write your own custom feeds, too. Starter kit: https://github.com/bluesky-social/feed-generator

stshank, to random
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Mastodon just surpassed 12 million accounts. Steady growth. https://mastodon.social/@mastodonusercount/110432276273394696

stshank, to random
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TIL Adobe has a web-based podcast recording tool. https://podcast.adobe.com/

stshank, to ai
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It took me 20 seconds to plop a hippopotamus next to the Golden Gate Bridge. Adobe has built its Firefly generative AI tool straight into Photoshop, and it's a big deal. The beta is out today.

https://www.cnet.com/tech/computing/i-just-tried-photoshops-new-ai-tool-it-makes-photos-creative-funny-or-unreal/

stshank, to photography
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Chestnut-backed chickadee over the weekend. One of the young ones incessantly begging parents for food these days, judging by the yellow still on its bill.

stshank, to random
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Now you can edit WhatsApp messages up to 15 minutes after they're sent, Zuckerberg says. Makes it more competitive with Apple iMessage and one-ups Signal. But desktop WhatsApp is SO SLOW. https://www.facebook.com/zuck/posts/pfbid0x4MEtT8GjVLvQ5eHyaF3wMgrYPEbkHzAwmCCvKheWiFNWgxeZMVtsKKYQ6SZyMCml

stshank, to photography
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Testing out the new camera — Canon R5. Pleased, generally. Gotta figure out the new autofocus, because it's very different. And customize the buttons to do what I need.

stshank, to random
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In the house for testing: @UgreenOfficial PowerRoam 1200: 1200W & 1024Wh battery. (I'm trying with portable solar panels, too). My interest is high with 3 no-power days in March. $200 discount right now, plus $50 more with coupon 05UG1200 through May 21. https://www.ugreen.com/collections/power-station/products/ugreen-powerroam1200-power-station?variant=40077775274046

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Saw this guy walking the dog this afternoon. I was surprised he let me get this close for a picture before running off

stshank,
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@kevinmgill that's a pretty small lizard to be walking a dog

(Joke)

stshank, to science
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Science, especially neuroscience, seems to be flooded with fake research papers. https://www.science.org/content/article/fake-scientific-papers-are-alarmingly-common

stshank, to random
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Got a news release for an "AI Gifting Assistant" and I misread it as "AI Grifting Assistant." Honestly, that sounds like a pretty big market right now.

stshank, to random
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BOW (bunch of wires) is the best tech acronym since POTS (plain old telephone service).

stshank,
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@timbray I knew there was another one! I was trying to remember it and gave up.

mattblaze, to random
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My decision about whether to try Bluesky depends on what everyone else does. I just want to be where everyone else is, and not be around too many Nazis. My needs are simple.

stshank,
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@mattblaze Yes, I'm exhausted trying to reproduce my contact circles elsewhere. Activation energy is high for social media. LinkedIn is much more useful to me nowadays, too, so that's a whole nother lift.

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