Ok, @surf image viewer on the web is magical. Such a better way to view image focused posts from across the Fediverse.
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Beeteedubs, I'm doing little side-podcast as part of my research on Generative AI in Higher Education: 'Low Key Research Preview'
https://soundcloud.com/lowkeyresearchpreview
#AI #LLM #GenerativeAI #Universities #HigherEducation #ChatGPT #HE #Assessment #Edutooter #Education #Tech
Just wrote a 10k word post on the AI bubble, intended for people outside tech with lots of threads, answering:
Why bubbles happen.
Where the risk is w/ the LLM bubble.
Why LLMs can't escape a bubble.
How LLMs slot into the history of AI.
And more!
aeeee, finalmente essa integração funcionou.
#introduction #introduçãoBoa tarde, galera. Eu sou o Renato, um SRE com 10+ anos de experiência, fora aproximadamente 15 anos no mundo da tecnologia. Você pode saber mais de mim em: @ReeSilva@ursal.zone
Eu achei que tá na hora de começar a passar pra frente essa experiência, e nada melhor que lives. Esse perfil então é aonde eu vou anunciar toda vez que ficar ao vivo, e qual será o tema da live. Sigam pra acompanhar.#linux #tech #devops #sre #nix
#Schemacs minor milestone reached
With pull request #50 the Schemacs Elisp interpreter is now able to load all of two very important Emacs Lisp source files:
./lisp/emacs-lisp/byte-run.el and
./lisp/subr.el
…which are two files that define most of what you could call the the Emacs Lisp “core” language (by which I mean macros like defun and lambda).
With these files now loaded, I can proceed to the next task, which is implementing enough of the C-level built-in functions in Scheme to be able to run ./lisp/emacs-lisp/cl-lib.el, which is in-turn one of the dependencies for running the Emacs Regression Tests (ERT) suite.
Once ERT is up and running, it will be much easier for anyone to contribute code to this project as you will just be able to pick a failing regression test and write whatever code is necessary to make it pass.
#tech #software #Emacs #EmacsLisp #Lisp #Scheme #SchemeLang #R7RS #FOSS #FreeSoftware
📚 **Amazon is still struggling to stem the flood of AI-generated fake books**
"_CEO Dan Conway says it's nearly impossible for readers to tell a well-researched book from one cranked out by AI, warning of "information saturation" as thousands of AI books crowd out genuine titles._"
🔗 https://the-decoder.com/amazon-is-still-struggling-to-stem-the-flood-of-ai-generated-fake-books/.
#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Technology #Tech #Fake #Books #Bookstodon @bookstodon
What Happened to the Android Applications of Simple Mobile Tools?
Uncover the truth behind the sale of Simple Mobile Tools’ Android Applications to ZipoApps and learn about what alternatives are available.
https://www.adamsdesk.com/posts/simple-mobile-tools-android-applications/
🚀 Our 19th annual game design challenge has launched!
💬 Topic: #toxicity
📆 Submit ideas by March 23, 2026
⭐ $10,000 in cash prizes
⭐ Critiques for all Finalists
🎮 Please boost to reach #gamedevs, #designers, #artists, #writers, #composers, and more.
🧡 Presented by an award-winning #nonprofit program producing trauma-informed videogames for #violence #prevention since 2008.
Details, rules, and resources at the contest website.
#games #gamedev #indiedev #gamedesign #gamejam #nonprofit #education #edtech #sociology #media #tech
Edited 13d ago
I gave #linkedin an honest try, for a year or more, in terms of finding #work. It's a cesspool of #toxicpositivity and fake job postings.
Now I'm asking, with all urgency -- to anyone who has anything #tech to offer, please consider a guy who has:
- 30 yrs of exp
- out of work 20 mo
- 3 kids, one approaching her 1st birthday
- a track record for secure systems
- a month before eviction
- low salary reqs
CV: https://jrlenz.com/files/cv-2023-12.pdf
US citizen | PH resident
Edited 2y ago
What if you could pay for everything with just your palm?
It's not science fiction. A new technology called Palm Vein Recognition is making it a reality in China!
Read the full story on Factovate.
https://factovate.com/payment-with-palm-lines-the-secret-of-chinas-new-technology
#TechFacts #ScienceFacts #Innovation #FutureIsNow #Tech #DidYouKnow #China #Factovate
BUT BUT TECH AND UI/UX ARE APOLITICAL!!!
just came across a post with racist asshats complaining that Mastodon will finally turn into Blacktwitter with quoted posts and i want to burn all the things down.
fuck those people and fuck everybody catering to their racist, white supremacist asses by refusing to add features to the software lest the UI/UX becomes too Black and Proud to handle.
Oregon may soon become the latest state to pass right-to-repair legislation, but Apple says Senate Bill 1596 proposes a security risk. Here’s more from Tech Crunch, including the parts of the bill Apple supports. https://flip.it/7B6f35
#Tech #Oregon #RightToRepair #Apple
Here's a curriculum developed around the TV series "Halt and Catch Fire" for discussion groups for talking about working in tech during the 1980s-1990s when the industry was not destroying the world
Uber says it finally made an annual profit after 15 years, but who paid the price to get it there?
The company fired 6,700 workers, hiked fares for customers, and squeezed drivers even harder. Now the stock is up and investors will get a $7 billion share buyback. It turns your stomach.
https://disconnect.blog/the-high-cost-of-ubers-small-profit/
Vivaldi 7.6 for Android arrives!
📁 Quickly create bookmark folders
🔋 Lower background battery usage
⚡️ Optimized performance on heavy pages
🌙 UI tweaks for dark mode and tablets
Full changelog and what's new: https://vivaldi.com/blog/vivaldi-on-mobile-7-6/
Recommended is the latest episode of the Tech Won't Save Us podcast, in which @parismarx discusses digital sovereignty with Prof. Cecilia Rikap from UCL. Stimulating listening -- and a reminder that the dominance of US tech (and increasingly China) is a problem for everyone else.
Why Countries Must Fight For Digital Sovereignty
https://techwontsave.us/episode/290_why_countries_must_fight_for_digital_sovereignty_w_cecilia_rikap
Related reading from Rikap et al (2024)
https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10202865 #DigitalSovereignty #datacenters #cloud #tech #SiliconValley
https://cse.umn.edu/cbi/just-code-just-published
Just Code, just published!!! Open Access of full book is now freely available, see link above. OA made possible with an Alfred P. Sloan Foundation grant to CBI! Am so honored to partner w Con & work alongside 19 stellar, fellow interdisciplinary authors on this book! Full ToC in replies!
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For over a decade, @Flipboard has been curating the best content around the clock. Today we're taking the next step to making all that excellent curation available to everyone in the Fediverse.
With the federation of @tech you can now follow niche Flipboard Magazines here on Mastodon. To avoid confusion, we're renaming this flipboard.social account to "Flipboard Picks in Tech." We recommend you follow both our Mastodon account and our newly federated Flipboard Magazines for the latest.
Here are just four great new Flipboard Tech Magazines to follow:
Fediverse news: @the-fediverse-tech
AI news: @the-age-of-ai-tech
How-To Tech: @how-to-tech-tech
Reviews: @reviews-tech
Gonna have to use my iPhone for about two weeks now because Department of Commerce regulations forbid carrying the testing phone into China (exceptions can be applied for but I won’t bother).
Omg I really miss the Niagara launcher 🥹 that was the main feature that allowed me to cut down on news and social media (sorry folks I haven’t been posting much at all here) because I can hide those apps from Home Screen and also access them quickly if I need to.
Wow it gets worse. This is a post from someone who used to work at Tumblr talking about Matt Mullenweg:
"A disproportionate amount of queer people have been fired or forced to leave in the last year, bc he has personally been sending messages pressuring all leads to pick a "weak link" and going on about culture fit in ways that are fucking loaded."
Google paused AI chatbot Gemini’s ability to generate images after a segment of users complained of historical inaccuracies. Tech Crunch says it appears Google “had implemented clumsy hardcoding under the hood to attempt to 'correct' for biases in its model.” https://flip.it/ERELPr
#Tech #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Google
Blizzard’s Diablo team has unionized https://www.theverge.com/news/767944/diablo-developers-form-union-blizzard-entertainment #Microsoft #Gaming #Labor #News #Tech
Latest comic: Using the First Amendment to end the First Amendment
#fascism #authoritarianism #media #journalism #tech #socialmedia #firstamendment
Hi, I'm Sean.
I'm from the oldest incorporated city in so-called #canada, #SaintJohn - home of the #irving empire.
I am an iconoclast - staunchly #antifascist, #antiracist, #anticapitalist, somewhere on the #autism spectrum, and 3 years into punishing #LongCovid. #WearAMask!!!
I've worked the last decade as #HeadOfSound at a beautiful heritage #theatre. Before that I was in #tech for a decade doing #development and #reverseEngineering. I've also worked in #electronics and other #audio fields.
I grew up in a musical family and have played in bands since 13. I'm on around 60 albums, have toured canada and the us, and am part of what is likely the most prolific band in canada: #Slugmilk.
I run a home mixing studio and a small printshop and I have a small "datacentre" which #selfhosts this #mastodon instance.
I'm here on the #fedi to learn from everyone, and to help others learn. I will help anyone with anything I can.
I'd love to meet more like-minded friends - don't be shy!
💭 Memory Lane! Trump has RIGGED his last 3 elections.
#Trump, #Virginia, #ballots, motion, #Fourteenth_Amendment, #insurrection, federal office, eligibility, district court, legality, #Colorado, Truth Social, #Republican primary, #disqualification, political drama, #removaL.
In fact all elections have been RIGGED for the last 3 decades by both parties and by AIPAC.
🥊 #BONUS! 🥊
#Virginia #Tech’s Enter Sandman Entrance vs. #West_Virginia | 2022 College Football. SEE BOTTOM OF PAGE.
🚔 #SOLUTION: HOW TO STOP #ELECTORAL_ELECTIONS FROM #SUPPRESSING (AKA #REDLINING) #WE_THE_PEOPLES #VOTE!?
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🔥 BREAKING NEWS: A #MOTION has been #FILED to #REMOVE #Donald_Trump from #VIRGINIA #BALLOTS too!! 14 HOURS AGO. #MERRY_XMAS;)!
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🔥 A major development unfolds as a motion is filed to remove Donald Trump from Virginia's upcoming ballots, citing his alleged #engagement in #insurrection against the #United_States.
The legal move invokes the #Fourteenth_Amendment and claims Trump's candidacy taints the election with #illegality.
If Virginia proceeds, it would be the #second state, following #Colorado, to take such action. Trump had previously criticized Colorado's decision on Truth Social, deeming it a "SAD DAY IN AMERICA" and a "WHAT A SHAME FOR OUR COUNTRY!!!" The question now arises: should other states also remove Trump from their ballots, considering the serious allegations against him?
RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — A motion has been filed for an injunction to remove former President Donald Trump from presidential primary ballots in Virginia in 2024.
The motion, which was filed on Monday, Dec. 18 in district court in Alexandria by Roy L. Perry-Bey of Hampton, alleges that Trump is “constitutionally ineligible under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment” to run for federal office “based on his engagement in insurrection against the United States” following the 2020 presidential election.
Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol Building on Jan. 6, 2021, emboldened by Trump’s unproven claims that the recent election was marred with fraud. He is currently set to stand trial, facing numerous charges, as the U.S. Department of Justice works to prove that he was directly responsible for the violence that day.
“Mr. Trump has declared his candidacy for president again in 2024,” reads the motion. “However, under the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, Mr. Trump is constitutionally ineligible to appear on any future ballot for federal office based on his engagement in insurrection against the United States.”
https://www.wric.com/news/virginia-news/motion-filed-to-remove-trump-from-virginia-ballots/
#Virginia #Tech’s Enter Sandman Entrance vs. #West_Virginia | 2022 College Football
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