“Take a moment to think before you dive in. That’s the best advice for Google Photos users, as the company confirms its latest update can scan all your photos to “use actual images of you and your loved ones” in AI image generation.”
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I cackle every time I read about Philippa (pictured). She and Tom are wonders.
Happy birthday, George, and many more. You've made so many important and long-lasting contributions to society.
Taken together, these four features can create a trancelike state that can keep us stuck on social media apps or video games for hours. Children are particularly vulnerable. n.pr/4mH6i6s
I should have commented how much Colbert looks like you! Sorry about that!
Definitely need both forms. Thanks!!
I did some tests with an easy text (the Memphis decree, iirc) out of curiosity a while back. With transcriptions Claude did okay, better with hieroglyphs than with demotic. With hieroglyphs from images it produced things but poorly. Many obvious mistakes. With demotic it failed utterly.
Disimproving. Keeping that. đź‘Ť
Carlos, for a moment I mistook you for Stephen Colbert. Surprising resemblance. Maybe it’s the glasses and look of rational concern.
New on the Anthropic settlement from the @authorsguild.org : over 91% (!!) of eligible books were claimed as of the claims deadline (I would not have predicted such a high number!)
Looks like the payout will be close to the $3000 originally estimated authorsguild.org/news/anthrop...
We created this guide for anyone who could experience a miscarriage in a state with abortion restrictions.
We wrote it in consultation with dozens of doctors, including those who regularly treat patients who are miscarrying 👇
Cicerodinger’s women. Brilliant, and oh so true.
Warning for those who think you can just switch from archive dot org to archive dot is:
OpenAI: We’re burning money like the Joker. A miracle needs to happen for us to turn a profit
Microsoft: Please please use our AI systems, we’re teetering on the edge here
Anthropic: I wonder what’ll kill us first: lawsuits, regulations or model collapse
Media and universities: AI is here to stay
Source of gold? Or made abroad and imported?
Rose Robin (Petroica rosea): 11cm (4.3in). This is a small passerine bird native to Australia. The male has a distinctive reddish-pink breast. Its upperparts are dark grey with white frons, and its tail black with white tips. Lovely photo taken by Neil McLeod in Australia. #robin #roserobin #nature
Also a lovely role in Steve Martin’s “Housesitter,” as his creepy, socially climbing, yet lovable friend.
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Yes, this. Can be moderately more fiddly to get callout and fn text onto same page, esp. if au is using v long fns. Fiddly = expensive typesetter time. Been on all sides of the task but still prefer fns.
Brilliant. đź’Ż
Eds are mostly told by production depts that fns are slightly more expensive to typeset, but I love examples of aus stating their practical prefs and reasons why fns are preferred. Nice. đź‘Ťđź‘Ť
Roger's a careful scholar and an excellent fellow.
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this is why there’s been mass revolt and opposition to data centers being built in communities. it is genuinely a health hazard to live this close to something emitting this much sound. these need to stop being built
We are not alone.
Reading Tom Cox’s “Help the Witch”—superlative writing and plotting. A bit concerned I may have underestimated the number of witches percolating around. @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social Has both cats and owls in it. Overall 👍👍
“Time for the birth of terror. Me.” goes incredibly hard
Doesn't look like there's a lot of wear on it, either. Hmn.
Blue Pansy butterfly (Junonia orithya) photo taken by Webby Jr in South Kalimantan, Indonesia. #butterfly #BluePansy #BluePansyButterfly #butterflies #wildlifephotography #wildlife #indonesia #nature
