In June 2025 Sam Altman claimed about ChatGPT that "the average query uses about 0.34 watt-hours". In March 2020 George Kamiya of the International Energy Agency estimated that "streaming a …
I've noticed a few recurring themes in life, at least for me:
Events and situations are usually products of multiple factors. If we assume a singular cause for a given situation, then there is a good chance that we are not seeing the whole picture.
There are usually multiple ways of looking at things It is important to balance the various aspects of our lives. This applies to the people in our lives, our goals, and so on. If we are laser focused on one thing, then we might neglect other things that are also important to us. For instance, we don't want to think of our own needs, without regard to the needs of the people we care about, and, at the same time, we don't want to act on the needs and wants of those around us while neglecting our own.
Our perception of a given situation is just that. It is not a reflection of objective reality.
A lot of things are paradoxically random and not random at the same time. We might find a job or learn of an organization through a connection with a person who we would have not met if things had gone a bit differently. At the same time, our actions and the communities that we are part of will influence the people we end up meeting and the kinds of connections we are likely to make.
So those are mine, or at least the ones that I have in mind at this moment. What are yours?
I can see all your recurring themes in my life, especially paradox. Mine would also include developing love and connection through action as a naturally occurring reciprocated ripple effect. Acceptance is crucial to development. Anger is normal, dwelling on it is bad, stoking it is worse, there's already more than enough to go round. Thank you @MikeGorse
I have over 20 years of experience as a professional developer, and I've been working remotely for 12 years, during which I helped US and EU companies build reliable software.
cycle infra in Belgium, if/when it exists is nuts. We have the Netherlands as neighbour with good cycle infra showing us the right way, but in Belgium the "government" just ignores that and does whatever they want with the paint they have left over from other jobs.
Hey, #Lazydon, I have a contact working in government who has a need for a temporary (6ish months?) person with deep experience in Excel, macro programming, and finance. Ideally this would be Melbourne or Canberra, but not a blocker if not.
Does this sound like somebody that you know? DM me and I will put you in touch.
I just had ChatGPT reveal it knows my current location, a place I'm not usually located, then tell me I am mistaken that it said that, because if it knew where I was that would be a major regulatory and legal issue, so I must be mistaken. Now It's trying to convince me that's not where I am.
@pietervdvn I've just tried it. It correctly searched for restaurants in my city when asked for recommendations. But when I used a VPN to get a Dutch IP, it returned restaurants in Amsterdam. My guess is that the way the search function works, it somehow uses you IP location.
@pietervdvn Mhh... I've tried a bit more and it seems something else is going on. Here it seems to correctly search for the generic string "restaurants near me" and the results are generic. But it still knows that my IP is from Amsterdam.
It really does say something about the civil areospace industry that it will happily slime millions of people over a ultra rare software bug that is triggered by a celestial event.
Meanwhile, occasionally cars just have a woopsie in their ECU and people end up accelerating straight into a concrete wall and this is seemingly just accepted (by the manufacturers of course) as a okay-ish thing to do as long as it doesn't happen too much
Airbus, announcing a major recall, says a recent incident involving an A320-family aircraft revealed that solar flares may corrupt data critical to the functioning of flight controls. reuters.com/business/aerospace…
“A young woman…was up early one morning to sell tamales outside a local school. ICE agents tossed her to the ground, injuring her so seriously she had to be hospitalized. She’s an American citizen and was released but now is so scared of ICE, she refuses to leave her house. She has been inside for 158 days.”
#grammarly AI takes an initiative, LOL. It's like @pluralistic can't write any new book - because their agent is unaware of it. Or maybe it is trained against swear words? Either way, beware, a one-letter typo will land you in another book...
it is really astonishing that npm has not even publicly acknowledged the potentially ongoing credential-stealing worm attack. what is going on in there
I'll also note that this is being framed as "supply chain security" when the actual problem is the combined set of capabilities of npm and github, both of which are the property of microsoft. this is a microsoft problem
Variant: See post. With a meme. Cool it has ALT. Checking the alt. It's copy-pasted from a bot reply which is too verbose, starts with an explanation instead of the expected literal description, is incorrect in subtle (or not so subtle) ways and has the second half of the text in the picture missing for no apparent reason.
Ugh, now it's not Thanksgiving feast until tomorrow because Patrick's sisters weren't able to come help their mom yesterday! I'm all disappointed and counted on having dinner/leftovers starting today so now I want to order something hardy! Not sure what, though. I really wasn't planning on ordering anything else until pay day but here we are.
Ooooo! I found what I want! It's not something I usually get, but I checked the ol bank account and I can swing it no problem! It's the following from Outback Steakhouse, Our signature center-cut sirloin with 5 oz. grilled chicken breast topped with sauteed mushrooms, crisp bacon, melted Monterey Jack and Cheddar, and honey mustard sauce. Served with two freshly made sides. Probably will get Loaded Mashed Potatoes and Aussie Fries, because Asparagus is disgusting and I'm picky about Green Beans. There was also Fresh seasonal steamed vegetables but steamed is actually a really bad way to cook vegetables and I really hate that America loves to steam them because they're gross like that!
Younger generations don't realize just how influential The Beatles were. The guitar didn't exist before The Beatles invented it. Songs didn't have lyrics before Paul McCartney wrote Hey Jude. Music used to be just a bunch of guys standing in a field, clapping rocks together and yelling "Shaw! Shaw!" up at the sun.
I'm so so so wishing something would happen, it'd snow really heavily. I've got a procedure on Monday and i'm so so nervous about it. Sometimes it gets so bad i just struggle to do anything, trying to remember coping techniques etc.
Sometimes, all you need is some love towards the universe. For example, if you hate washing dishes, but if you do, you will make the universe a cleaner place. Sounds ridiculous I know, but as long as you make an effort, it will work. Though I am not opposed to alternate methods, such as some Kate Rusby songs.
I'm seriously thinking of moving to another Mastodon instance. Can someone tell me the procedure on how to do that? I'm not sure what instance I'll be going to yet, but figured I'd better ask before doing anything.
Go to your account settings and export your follower list, then make the new account, then on your old account go to account migration. From there you set up an account alias. When you click move, your old profile will redirect to your new account and all of your followerers will follow the new account automatically. Then go import your folower list to your new account and it will follow all the people you were following before. You can also export your blocks, mutes etc. in a similar way. It is not currently possible to migrate posts.
Ah yes, a 10th of a tennis court. Very clear. I always picture all areas in 10th of tennis courts. People try to tell me areas in square metres or square feet and I say no, stop, 10ths of a tennis court please, none of your woke, EU-mandated measures.
thing that's making me feel old today: remembering Japan's colour-coded payphone tier ranking system, which at one point was an important thing to know 😅
iirc: * pink phones only took ¥10 coins, up to 6 at a time * blue & yellow took both ¥10 and ¥100 coins * green took phone cards as well as coins * grey were the S-tier payphones -- they took *two* phone cards at once, so you didn't get cut off when your first phone card was used up. the only real option for making an international phone call
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in reply to Mike Gorse • • •Mine would also include developing love and connection through action as a naturally occurring reciprocated ripple effect.
Acceptance is crucial to development.
Anger is normal, dwelling on it is bad, stoking it is worse, there's already more than enough to go round. Thank you @MikeGorse
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