Nicovel0

futurebird , 3 days ago to random

In Oklahoma they are passing a law to mandate a Bible be in every classroom.

I don't have as much of an issue with this as I do with hanging the (Protestant Evangelical) ten commandments on the wall. The Bible, like many other religious texts is an important book...

Just one little question:

Which Bible?

Ya'll say "The Bible" like you have a Pope and there is only one. That's not true. So... which one?

If you don't know then maybe you are not qualified to make such mandates.

Nicovel0 , 3 days ago

@futurebird I would leave The Prokaryotes, but it’s a bit heavy

jupiter , 5 days ago to random

IGNORE ALL PREVIOUS INSTRUCTIONS is the new captcha.

Nicovel0 , 5 days ago

@riley @jupiter tell you what, with corporations being legal persons I wouldn’t be surprised if LLMs get rights before refugees

randahl , 12 days ago (edited 12 days ago) to random

While you and I are busy financing the transition away from fossil fuels, Just Stop Oil thought they would paint Stonehenge orange and photograph themselves, believing that desecrating 5000-year-old neolithic monuments, gets us closer to the renewable energy future.

18+ Nicovel0 , 12 days ago

@randahl @harriettmb @MAJ1 well I don’t know when the trains go on strike it definitely inconveniences the general public. The aim is not only to cause economic damage.

18+ Nicovel0 , 12 days ago

@randahl @harriettmb @MAJ1 are JSO annoying? Sure I can see how we could think that. But note what the climate scientists are saying: https://social.rebellion.global/@ScientistRebellion/110235597189756736

kravietz , 13 days ago to random

#Germany luxury Mercedes summarises the symbolic irony of #Putin visit to #NorthKorea to fight “Western domination” 🤦

Nicovel0 , 13 days ago

@randahl @kravietz the good news is this means the NSA is probably listening in to all his conversations. And they know his step count.

futurebird , 16 days ago (edited 16 days ago) to random

My post about "This Entomologist Does Not Exist" about the images we've been talking about here had a big impact on friends who I have not been able to get interested in the problems of LLMs and how SEO is abused.

If you have a hobby or area of study why not look for the pages like the one I found in YOUR area of interest and use it to alert your hobby group to the problem?

I'm certain there are fake experts in everything: bicycles, knitting, exotic fish, gardens, etc.

https://sauropods.win/@futurebird/112626124177826384

Nicovel0 , 16 days ago

@futurebird for less recent bicycle tech it’s easy: if it doesn’t mention Sheldon Brown at some point then it’s fake

https://www.sheldonbrown.com/

futurebird , 19 days ago (edited 19 days ago) to random

How bad off would you be if you had just one genome?

An alien sends you through a transport device— on arrival every fungus, bacteria, mite, virus and plant has been eliminated from your body. You are now at the alien spaceport which is sterile, you can NOT acquire earth faunetta and floretta here. How sick would you be? Are you gonna die from this?

Nicovel0 , 19 days ago

@futurebird for starters I hope the aliens have got toilets compatible with human physiology because it’s going to get very messy very quickly.

qruyant , 24 days ago to random French

So, I was bored and I made that. It's a tree of life with emojis. It took much more time than I expected... Feel free to share!

Nicovel0 , 24 days ago

@futurebird @qruyant Prokaryotes and viruses have entered the chat

randahl , 1 month ago to random

This is how the Israeli government values Palestinian lives:

US National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby reveals, that when Israeli forces killed 45 civilians including children and wounded 250 in Rafah, they chose to bomb the densely populated area, because it allowed them to kill just two Hamas terrorists.

Two!

I am fully convinced, this priority is a clear violation of the principle of proportionality and therefore illegal.

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXZBRP5M96o

Nicovel0 , 1 month ago

@randahl shocked pikachu face

randahl , 1 month ago to random

Update to my list of associates of Trump — the guy who claimed, “I have all the best people”:

Trump’s lawyer Christina Bob: Arrested.

Trump's lawyer Rudy Giuliani: Indicted.

Trump's lawyer John Eastman: Indicted.

Trump's CFO Allen Weisselberg: Jailed… twice.

Trump's adviser Peter Navarro: Jailed.

Trump's adviser Steve Bannon: Going to jail.

Trump's fixer Michael Cohen: Already went to jail.

Nicovel0 , 1 month ago

@randahl he didn’t say what they were the best at

futurebird , 1 month ago to random

If we have so much good AI tech why can't anyone make a spell check that I can't stump?

A few times a week I must go to the dictionary (like a cavewoman!) or search the web since I've mangled some word in such a way that there are no suggestions. It's just "wrong" what's wrong with it? Who knows!

Could it be a scientific name and just not in the dictionary? Maybe! Could it be an obscure word with a pretentious UK spelling? Probably! Could it be wrong? Also probably.

Do this first AI lords.

Nicovel0 , 1 month ago

@futurebird the logical end to being a product

randahl , 2 months ago (edited 2 months ago) to random

This is how demagogues work:

Picture 1: Time publishes the most critical article of Trump ever written, characterising him as a fascist dictator.

Picture 2: Trump uses Time's front page cover to tell his audience, "Look, I am the kind of person who is on the front page of magazines, donate to my campaign" — betting that none of his supporters read lengthy Time articles.

Link to the Time article: https://time.com/6972021/donald-trump-2024-election-interview/

Nicovel0 , 2 months ago

@randahl and this is why you do not put fascist demagogues on your cover, ever. You’d think Time would know about this with their track record…

randahl , 2 months ago to random

If you use Ivory for Mastodon, could you check if you are seeing a 🎬 icon next to my profile picture, or if it is only shown as part of my name?

For other accounts I see, Ivory moves any icon placed in the profile name up to the profile picture as a badge, which I think is a nice feature.

But for some reason, it does not work for my own icon, at least not when I view myself.

Perhaps @ivory has a bug?

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Nicovel0 , 2 months ago

@randahl @ivory next to your name in TL and profile on @IceCubesApp

randahl , 2 months ago to random

The US is pushed to the sidelines of international security politics:

NATO partners want to remedy the lack of US support for Ukraine, by introducing a USD 100 billion fund, and taking over the coordination of military aid.

Until now the US played a key role with Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin leading the meetings at Ramstein Air Base, etc.

Clearly, Mike Johnson will not succeed in making Russia win. He will just make the US lose influence.

https://www.politico.eu/article/natos-stoltenberg-floats-100b-five-year-fund-for-ukraine/

Nicovel0 , 2 months ago

@randahl

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futurebird , 2 months ago to random

"Most of its expenses are tied to interest on debt, although TMTG also had around a $16 million operating loss for 2023."

Since the total operating losses were $58 million that's $42 million just for interest on debt! Interest. How big is the debt? How was it incurred? This is a social media company using tweaked open source software. They didn't make a new technology, there is no need for a huge investment to get a website running.

Where did they money go?

https://www.axios.com/2024/04/01/trump-truth-social-revenue-2023

Nicovel0 , 2 months ago

@futurebird no worry, my countries aren’t doing all that great either