Oxford University this week shut down an academic institute run by one of Elon Musk’s favorite philosophers. The Future of Humanity Institute, dedicated to the long-termism movement and other Silicon Valley-endorsed ideas such as effective altruism, closed this week after 19 years of operation. Musk had donated £1m to the FIH...
The UK’s telecoms regulator has found that nearly a quarter of children between the ages of five and seven own a smartphone while a similar percentage use social media unsupervised....
Do you think the only reason that someone might have concerns about unlimited internet access to the internet for pre-teens is because they are authoritarians
I really like wizards and I wanted to share my collection of cool wizard art along with any others I find in my travels. Its also an excuse to look through piles of fantasy art and go “well now thats a cool wizard!”...
Quite a good demonstration of the limitations of deep-fake AI. You just know after a minute or two that this. isn’t Ryan Gosling, or if it is - that he is being held hostage
The ones bought by the post office weren’t typical private prosecutions - the Post Office is one of a handful of bodies allowed to directly bring prosecutions alongside the CPS. Yes, very happy to have those organisations lose they right.
Is anyone else? One of the reasons I was interested in /kbin over other options was this feature, but I don't remember seeing them on subscribed or all. Is this new? I'm kind of intimidated by it but ultimately know I want to interact. I'm seeing some cool stuff! It's all on magazines I have subscribed to.
Why would they break? The have a decently long lifespan of at least 20 years until efficiency begins to decline. And there’s a lot of work going on looking at recycling old panels
Rooftop solar panels are flooding California’s grid. That’s a problem. As electricity prices go negative, the Golden State is struggling to offload a glut of solar power (wapo.st)
I’ll note that right now, this is a seasonal issue, associated with moderate springtime temperatures when there is a lot of sunshine available.
if it's posted here, it's propaganda (lemmy.cafe)
even this one....
Chinese Export Surge Clouds U.S. Hopes of a Domestic Solar Boom (www.nytimes.com)
Oxford shuts down institute run by Elon Musk-backed philosopher (www.theguardian.com)
Oxford University this week shut down an academic institute run by one of Elon Musk’s favorite philosophers. The Future of Humanity Institute, dedicated to the long-termism movement and other Silicon Valley-endorsed ideas such as effective altruism, closed this week after 19 years of operation. Musk had donated £1m to the FIH...
Are there no fully working map apps besides gmaps?
Old post is here: lemmy.world/post/14437575...
Battery storage becomes biggest source of supply in evening peak in one of world’s biggest grids (reneweconomy.com.au)
24% of 5-7 year olds now use smartphones: UK watchdog (www.theregister.com)
The UK’s telecoms regulator has found that nearly a quarter of children between the ages of five and seven own a smartphone while a similar percentage use social media unsupervised....
UK will not ‘turn on’ post-Brexit checks of EU goods for fear of border delays (www.ft.com)
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Tradescantia flowers (mander.xyz)
Wizards - a place to post wizards (lemmy.world)
I really like wizards and I wanted to share my collection of cool wizard art along with any others I find in my travels. Its also an excuse to look through piles of fantasy art and go “well now thats a cool wizard!”...
They really want people to RTO (lemmy.world)
Source- but beware, the site is cancer.
Someone got Gab's AI chatbot to show its instructions (mbin.grits.dev)
Credit to @bontchev
How do LLMs like ChatGPT work? Explained by Deep-Fake Ryan Gosling using Synclabs and Eleven Labs (youtu.be)
Alan Bates considers private prosecutions of Post Office bosses (www.bbc.co.uk)
Former sub-postmaster Alan Bates says he will consider raising funds for private prosecutions of Post Office bosses over the Horizon IT scandal....
I'm seeing more microblog posts
Is anyone else? One of the reasons I was interested in /kbin over other options was this feature, but I don't remember seeing them on subscribed or all. Is this new? I'm kind of intimidated by it but ultimately know I want to interact. I'm seeing some cool stuff! It's all on magazines I have subscribed to.
A 605 MW PV plant in Germany is now Europe's largest solar farm (electrek.co)
Teen with Incredibly Rare Genetic Condition is Cured in World First By British Doctors (www.goodnewsnetwork.org)