Aaaand it's back.

Anybody else having issues with @openreview.bsky.social ?
Getting errors when adding comments as an Area Chair...
@neuripsconf.bsky.social -- are you aware? Thanks!

We know what we have to do to save our city from Andrew Cuomo.

We're cross endorsing 🤝 @bradlander.bsky.social

Yep. Désolé, import d'un bloc de tous mes posts, le timestamp d'origine s'est perdu en route.de façon innattendue 😅 J'avais posté cela lors de l'annonce, en 2022 😅

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@GaryMarcus in his newsletter today is 👨‍🍳👌

It's exactly the same pattern as 2010s Google advocating for fibre broadband everywhere because more people online at high speed meant more people using Google. Growing your dependencies.
Brilliant. Finally I see it 😅
(and of course, scientific openness, etc, too. But biz) 5/5

It's also in line with Facebook's early days goal of "connecting people" back: in both cases, it increases the volume of exchanges on the platform. Back then, user base had a lot more room for growth. Nowadays, ramping up volume per user grows more important. 4/5

it only needs volume, because Facebook recommender systems will then surface the content that is attractive.
It's genius. Dangerous, because of all the low-quality waste-product, but genius for Meta. 3/5

... in turn allowing everyone to generate content to put on Meta's platforms.
Meta doesn't care for the oil (unlike, say, Google): it earns from being the pipes that carry the oil! Nor does it need attractive oil/content: 2/5

Mark Zuckerberg says a lot more AI generated content is c... First we had friends in our social media feeds, then we h...

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fortune.com/2024/10/30/mark-zuckerbe...

💡 I finally understood how #Meta benefits from its open source AI models! #Facebook & #instagram need more content on the platforms. Open sourcing #LLAMA allows any developer to build tons of content-generating tools ... 1/5...

Wait wait wait, @GaryMarcus , I know the solution to all this: put all the images on the Blockchain! 😆

How many software engineers does it take to fix a washing machine?
(Plus, I used to work in healthcare, which came handy with that sorely needed first-aid kit 😅)
(Look Ma, no A&E this time!)

UK Health Secretary Victoria Atkins: Stop Palantir’s NHS ... Urgent - the Palantir NHS data deal is a huge threat to t...

www.foxglove.org.uk/campaigns/palantir-last-...

Urgent - the Palantir NHS data deal is a huge threat to the NHS, but it still hasn’t been signed, and there are reports that the government is now wavering. This is our chance to get it dropped - sign the petition to the health minister now:...

@LindsayHoyle_MP : great point. Makes one wonder if it's reasonable that Commons is so often in recess...
www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2023/sep/2...

The story of Paddington Bear is the story of a refugee The author of Paddington Bear, pop culture’s most beloved...

Rwanda...

www.vox.com/culture/2017/6/29/158925...

Reading @paddingtonbear to my son, I realise this most British icon is a "stowaway" from "Darkest Peru". Undocumented immigrant minor.
@SuellaBraverman would push him to sea, or cram in a prison barge, or send to...

I just want my numbers. Not pretty-colours-that-don't-work :'(
@hadleywickham any idea please?

The Greek shipwreck was a horrific tragedy. Yet it didn’t... Last week’s shipwreck in Greece is one of the worst trage...

One of the most poignant and brilliantly articulated column I've read in years. Bravo @ArwaM , and thank you for saying all this aloud !
www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jun/2...

To all @theRCN members - vote for us.
In the final days of the #RCNStrike ballot, know that we are behind you every step of the way. Every member of the public needs the NHS.
Your fight is our fight, for our #NHS. Thank you for voting for our safety and for our futures.

When really, it's the shitty pay, the gruesome and unappreciated work, the sacrifice of any form of decent life, the constant cuts in means for 10 years...
www.theguardian.com/society/2023/jun/08/nhs-...

www.crowdjustice.com/case/support-me-against-...

@carolecadwalla is doing brilliant work, let's support her! should ://www.crowdjustice.com/case/support-me-against-arron-banks/?utm_source=backer_social&utm_campaign=support-me-against-arron-banks&utm_reference=a34d8a568ea3fa0a7b5b375cad2a47a5

*conservation, because I type with fat fingers on my phone...