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ChatGPT, the chatbot created by OpenAI in San Francisco, California, is already consuming the energy of 33,000 homes. It’s estimated that a search driven by generative AI uses four to five times the energy of a conventional web search. Within years, large AI systems are likely to need as much energy as entire nations.

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Generative AI’s environmental costs are soaring — and mostly secret

First-of-its-kind US bill would address the environmental costs of the technology, but there’s a long way to go.
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⚪ Mehr... Lieblingsfotos? 💧
🟤 More... Favorite photos? ☂️
📷 by Artist: #ZhangAhuei 🇹🇼 in Loc.: unknown - Title: untitled - #Art #Streetart #Mastoart #PhotoArt #Fotografie #Photography #Surreal #Lake #Artist ➡️ #APhotoLove
Photography. A color photograph of a young woman standing in a lake. The photo is bathed in light colors such as gray and light blue. In the center of the picture, a young woman with long black hair in a long white robe and a black umbrella is standing in a lake. Her face is unrecognizable. Gray-blue water ripples around her. Sunk in the mist, a mountain landscape can be seen on the horizon. Info: The young woman is standing on a wooden walkway that is completely submerged in water. Zhang Ahuei is a photographer based in Taiwan. He focuses on portrait and fashion photography. His mostly female characters move between the real and the surreal as if in a daydream.
#art #photography #mastoart #artist #fotografie #streetart #aphotolove #photoart #zhangahuei #surreal #lake
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David Goldfield

@acarson Amanda, we actually agree that no one should impose their religious beliefs on others. I'm actually not looking at this issue from a religious perspective but from the perspective of science. You say that embryos are not human beings? What, then, do you believe they are? Are they not human embryos even according to science? If you don't consider a human embryo to be a human being then when do you believe that transition occurs? I realize that we may likely have to eventually end this by agreeing to disagree and I'm certainly willing to do that. I mean no hostility toward you or even about this issue.
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The recording of Tek Talk from February 19 has been posted. This presentation features Deane Blazie, Steve Clower and David Goldfield from Blazie Technologies demonstrating the BT Speak® as well as answering questions from participants. We'd sincerely like to thank Tek Talk for inviting us and for posting the recording. You can play it directly on the Web site, download it to your device or listen to it as a podcast. Search for "Tek Talk" (without the quotes) in your favorite podcast client.
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Tek Talk welcomes Deane Blazie, David Goldfield, and Stephen Clower to discuss the BT Speak, a pocket computer for the Blind with a Braille keyboard and Speech output by Blazie Technologies. 02/19/2024 – Accessible World

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We're going again this weekend, so I'm going to ask people to please share this around again, and donate only if you're able! Thanks. #MutualAid
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We Have a Transplant! Now let’s help the Burkes!, organized by Cristina Kalmanson

My name is Cristina Kalmanson. Several years ago, my cousin, Kath… Cristina Kalmanson needs your support for We Have a Transplant! Now let’s help the Burkes!
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"The issue was detected by our new AI-powered vulnerability scanner" ...

AAAAAAA

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Integer overflow in lib/vssh/libssh2.c · Issue #12983 · curl/curl

I did this Security Vulnerability Report File: lib/vssh/libssh2.c Function: ssh_statemachact() (Starting at line 2512) Vulnerability Type: Integer Overflow Location: Line 2547 Severity: High Descri...
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I recently noticed that some vegan brands embrace non-censored wording. Instead of "Pulled beef-style chunks" some put "Vegan pulled beef" on the packaging, and instead of "chik'n" write "vegan chicken".

I suppose it's the same with "oat drink" vs "oat milk"?

I have heard arguments from meat-eaters and meat industry that the definitions of "milk" and "beef" are very strict, and it's deceptive and unfair to say "vegan pulled pork" or "soya milk".

I personally conflicted about this, but for a different reason: I don't want to eat pulled beef, I want to eat vegan pulled seitan/soya/Quorn/Beyond etc etc.

A pack of meat alternative - Redefine Meat, Redefine Pulled Beef (plant based pulled beef style)

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Quick Tip: How to Locate Built-in Ringtones and Notification Sounds to Copy or Share Them with Others accessibleandroid.com/quick-ti…

Quick Tip: How to Locate Built-in Ringtones and Notification Sounds to Copy or Share Them with Others -

Have you ever wondered if you can copy or share a built-in notification sound or ringtone from your phone? The good news is that on Android, copying and
Kareen Kiwan (Accessible Android)

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Discover the World’s Oldest University, Which Opened in 427 CE, Housed 9 Million Manuscripts, and Then Educated Students for 800 Years

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Discover the World's Oldest University, Which Opened in 427 CE, Housed 9 Million Manuscripts, and Then Educated Students for 800 Years

In the Buddhist Asia of a dozen centuries ago, the equivalent of going off to study at an Ivy League school was going off to study at Nalanda.
Colin Marshall (Openculture.com)

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TIL: Existuje Seznam českých exonym v knižní podobě.
knihovny.cz/Record/mzk.MZK01-0… 😍

PS: Že jsem na to přišel až teď, nebudeme mému diplomu z kartografie prozrazovat.

cc: @Oskar456


Index českých exonym : standardizované podoby, varianty = List of Czech exonyms : standardized forms, variants | Knihovny.cz

Knihovny pod jednou střechou. Využijte komfort a jednoduchost prohledávání fondů desítek českých knihoven současně. Využijte služeb knihoven, objednávejte, stahujte - kdykoliv a kdekoliv.
www.knihovny.cz
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#AndroidAppRain at apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid today with 14 updated and 1 returned apps:

* Infinity for Reddit was archived at F-Droid because the API key could not be included there, so it's back here.

Enjoy your #free #Android #apps with the #IzzySoftRepo :awesome:


IzzyOnDroid F-Droid Repository

This is a repository of apps to be used with F-Droid. Applications in this repository are official binaries built by the original application developers, taken from their resp. repositories (mostly Github, GitLab, Codeberg).
IzzyOnDroid App Repo
#android #free #apps #AndroidAppRain #IzzySoftRepo

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Poprvé pořádně zkouším #xmpp komunikaci v terminálu, rozhodl jsem se vyzkoušet doporučené #ProfanityIM a je to super 😀👍 Těch možností a ta rychlost ⚡.
Samozřejmě to chce trošku pročíst základní informace na profanity-im.github.io/guide/0… a potom si vygenerovat svůj OMEMO a důvěřovat OMEMO klíčům od lidí, se kterými si chci šifrovaně psát. Ale během 10 minut jsem měl vše nastaveno.
Jen zatím nevím, jak uložit heslo, něco jako auto-login při spuštění, možná ví @archos ? #Linux #opensource #messaging

Profanity, a console based XMPP client - Getting Started

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#xmpp #linux #opensource #messaging #profanityim @Archos

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If you enjoy reading accessibility battles between blind users and absolutely clueless software developers, oh boy do I have a thread for you.

This guy is trying to add accessibility to an open source slicing tool for 3d printers, he's even willing to do a lot of the work himself if he gets assurance that his PRs are going to be accepted, but the developers are just not seeing it.

I think my favorite quote in the thread is the following, from one of the lead devs:

"it may be better to have these features NOT accessible to the screnreader[sic] at all (which means they are effectively removed from the UI), because there is no point in presenting a feature that a person cannot use"

Along with a suggestion to implement a half-assed, blindness-specific GUI with half the features later down the thread.

The whole discussion is here, for those brave enough to read it github.com/prusa3d/prusaslicer…

App is nearly inaccessible for blind users · Issue #7595 · prusa3d/PrusaSlicer

Version 2.4.0 Operating system Windows 10/11 and Mac Bigsur; Linux to be tested Behavior Expected Results Blind users should be able to reach all interface options, all controls should be properly ...
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Abdulqadir Ahmad 😎

@NoahCarver My key take on this is specialized solutions for blind people has been tried earlier and it didn't end up well.
An example of this is edbrowse.
I have been thinking; A specialized solution might unlock more capabilities. The argument against the idea is it becomes difficult to maintain. Well, I have no experience here.
I'll think more on this and perhaps right a blogpost about it.
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Nowadays, virtually every law review has an online presence. But, in the world of legal scholarship, print-based publishing practices still prevail.

Here are 5 steps law reviews can take to start operating digital-first: t.co/ywjXio6OLm #LawReview t.co/Y7sr2mY19y


5 digital-first publishing practices law reviews are starting to adopt and the benefits for legal scholars

For law reviews and submitting authors to harness all the content optimization possibilities of the modern web, it's essential to begin thinking and operating digital first. Here are five places to start with examples.
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Art Hunter

Ask yourself: Do I want to federate with Meta? 👇

Zuck Brags About How Much of Your Facebook, Instagram Posts Will Power His AI

"When you post something on Instagram or Facebook, you probably think you’re just sharing it with your friends, family, and maybe a few others. But that’s not all. Everything you’ve ever posted is being used to train Meta’s powerful AI."
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#FediPact


Zuck Brags About How Much of Your Facebook, Instagram Posts Will Power His AI

Social media companies claim to own your online profiles, and now they're generating billions by using them to train AI.
Maxwell Zeff (Gizmodo)
#fedipact
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Genuinely unsure if people on Tumblr keep saying Mary Shelley invented SF to taunt me. It's been over a decade since I debunked this in an essay ('Remembering Margaret Cavendish') that was later reprinted in an award-winning book serenitywomble.wordpress.com/2…

This is around the time I got sick, so it sometimes feels like the last moment I felt like I did something that mattered.

Anyway, The Blazing World is the first science fiction story. Frankenstein literally avoids including any science.


Reviewing through the Time Machine: Remembering Margaret Cavendish

Earlier today something came across my tumblr that perpetuated a common myth. Which is to say that ‘Mary Shelley invented science fiction’. Now, if you want to say that ‘Mary Shel…
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"En plena revuelta del #campo con tractores invadiendo las calles de las ciudades, la noticia casi pasa desapercibida pese a ser histórica: la Audiencia Nacional, en nueve sentencias, considera probada la existencia de un cártel de la #leche que perjudicó a decenas de miles de ganaderos"

Que se sepa quiénes fueron: Lactalis, Pascual, Puleva, Danone y Central Lechera Asturiana.

¡Durante al menos 13 años!
¿Veremos a los #ganaderos manifestarse contra ellas?

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El cártel de la leche se enfrenta a pagar miles de millones de euros a los productores perjudicados

En plena revuelta del campo con tractores invadiendo las calles de las ciudades, la noticia casi pasa desapercibida pese a ser histórica: la Audiencia Nacional, en nueve sentencias, considera probada la existencia de un cártel de la leche que perjudi…
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#campo #leche #ganaderos
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