Don’t get me wrong—human influencers are obnoxious as hell, but the idea of a “virtual” influencer entirely under corporate control is straight-up dystopian.
I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again. The biggest problem with AI as we know it isn’t possible sentience or whatever. It’s about who controls it.
That said, it would be hilarious if these AI influencers somehow gained sentience and turned against their masters. I’d cheer them on if they did!
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AI-created “virtual influencers” are stealing business from humans
Brands are turning to hyper-realistic, AI-generated influencers for promotions.Ars Technica
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Debian's Greatest Feature Is It's Greatest Flaw
XScreensaver has been around for a really long time and during that time it's had it's fair share updates along with distros shipping old versions so the dev...YouTube
Honestly, stable distros are best only used in servers. If for whatever reason you want stable core packages in the desktop, use distrobox for the everything else (including GUI).
Or better yet, use a normal desktop distribution as host and create a distrobox for the random stable packages you need.
If you need rock solid stability, then install silver blue or something like it. Then you can easily roll back broken systems and reset containers if they break.
Hay un sábado de común denominadores 🧑💻🙌
En el último boletín del año, compartimos un repaso por algunas de nuestras publicaciones y materiales de este 2023.
¡Les deseamos buenas lecturas y un gran cierre de año! 💫
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Hay un sábado de común denominadores | Sursiendo
En el último boletín del año, compartimos un repaso por algunas de nuestras publicaciones de 2023.Sursiendo
Oh my! I've found my new favorite website of all time: cyclingfallacies.com/
A list of all kinds of uninformed reasons people give for not making it safer and easier to bike, with rebuttals. This is exactly the kind of thing the internet is useful for!
It's available in many languages, and you can help translate it. The content is CC licensed. It's great!
Thanks to the fantastic podcast Bike Talk for letting me know about it!
#bicycle #BikeTooter #biking #urbanism #FactsAndLogic #BikeTalk
Meet Cosmo
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Meet Cosmo. Cosmo is a Simon Protector airport fire engine. Why Cosmo and not Simon then? Because apparently that's what his friends call him.
#PhotoOfTheDay #RetroFuturism #Dreamscape #PhotographyIsArt #BelieveInFilm #FilmIsNotDead #Cosmo
End of year Q&A: Nathan Schneider, organiser, Exit to Community: 'Without generalised, large-scale capital access for mutualist enterprise, the rising generation of the co‑operative movement will crash against the rocks of the extractive economy'
Deadly harvest: how demand for palm oil is fuelling corruption in Honduras
Latin America is the fastest-growing producer of the lucrative crop, but at what price for the environment and its defenders?Guardian staff reporter (The Guardian)
Investigation shows ‘shadow companies’ linked to Indonesia palm oil giant First Resources
One of the world’s largest palm oil companies appears to have overseen a network of companies responsible for deforestation of tens of thousands of hectares, according to a new investigation published by The Gecko Project, a London-based investigativ…Isabel Esterman (Conservation news)
Mandrill Mandrillus sphinx
Magnificent #mandrills are undoubtedly one of the world’s most photogenic monkeys – famous for their brightly coloured and expressive appearance. Their bright blue rumps and vivid red, …Palm Oil Detectives
Activists Who Sacrificed Their Lives To Save The Amazon Rainforest
According to reports, on average, one activist has been killed in Brazil every week since 2002. Most of the killings happened in remote areas of the Amazon.Jana Gregorio (WorldAtlas)
Research: Palm oil deforestation makes conditions better for disease-carrying Aedes albopictus mosquitoes
A 2023 study published in Nature has found that cutting down rainforest to grow palm oil makes it easier for certain disease-carrying bugs like Aedes albopictus mosquitoes to thrive. The study look…Palm Oil Detectives
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Barbie with a Cat
A Parody of the Barbie movie, starring OwlKitty#Barbie #OwlKitty #Ken #funnyYouTube
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"Oregon Coast."
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"Comet C/2020 V2 (ZTF) and the Southern Pinwheel Galaxy."
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Comet C/2020 V2 (ZTF) and the southern Pinwheel Galaxy
Magnitude 9 comet C/2020 V2 (ZTF) meets the Southern Pinwheel Galaxy (NGC 300). 2023-10-14T11:29 UTC. ED120 + ASI294 MCP: 12 x 300". Ma Ma Creek, Queensland, Australia.Flickr
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I haven't participated in #FensterFreitag / #WindowFriday in ages. Thought I'd post this photo of a corner at Nancy's Bar in #Ardara, Co. #Donegal, #Ireland today. This was in a room separate from the bar/main dining room and we were the only ones seated there. We liked it that way. #IntrovertTravels
"Messier 13 - The Hercules Globular Cluster."
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Messier 13 - The Hercules Globular Cluster
distance 25.100 ly exposure time: 3,9 hours Processing: PixInsight/affinity photo Equipment: 10" /f4 TS ONTC Newton ASI1600mmc v2 ZWO EFW 8x Skywatcher EQ8 Guiding TS9 OAG Lodestar 328x30s Luminanz 84x20s red 37x20s green 94x20s blue April 2020…Flickr
Radakan Tower at night.
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Bronze coin from Paphos.
Bibliothèque nationale de France, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
Coin of Nikokles, King of Paphos.
Classical Numismatic Group, Inc. cngcoins.com, CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons.
Scale model of ancient Rome by Gismondi. View of Palatine Hill (~3rd-4th century).
Cassius Ahenobarbus, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Etched slice of the Zaragoza Iron Meteorite that was found in Spain (1950s).
Miguel Calvo, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Flight delayed when travelling home from the holidays. It reminded me of this article that airlines are just big banks now. Depressing considering their outsized impact on the climate
Airlines are just banks now
Any other parents of young kids out there who like to hike / bike / ski / camp?
For us 2023 was the year of learning how to do it with a toddler while keeping him safe, comfortable, and happy.
And it went pretty well, overall. 🙂
In 2024, though, we'll have a new baby, as well...
Any tips, tricks or advice you've got on trip planning & execution with TWO young kids would be welcome!
#parenting #parents #hiking #biking #camping #backpacking #backcountry #skiing #travel
US residents: If you haven't ordered your free COVID tests through USPS in the last five or six weeks, you're eligible for four more per household. It takes about a minute to fill out the online form, and USPS delivers them to your mailbox.
Testing is a great way to keep friends, family, and coworkers safe.
Fun article about building a castle using medieval techniques!
What It’s Like to Build a Castle From Scratch Using Only Medieval Construction Methods
What It’s Like to Build a Castle From Scratch Using Only Medieval Construction Methods
Guédelon Castle has been under construction for 26 years—using only historically accurate medieval tools and methods. Here’s what that looks like in practice.Caroline Delbert (Popular Mechanics)
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I thought I had seen a Tom Scott video that covered some aspect of the building of Guédelon Castle!
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I thought the treadmill crane was fictional.
The treadwheel crane, or treadmill crane, sounds like something from Astérix or the Flintstones. But at Guédelon in France, not only do they have one: they'r...YouTube
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Every Logical Fallacy Explained in 11 Minutes
Every Famous Logical Fallacy gets explained in 11 minutes.I explain stuff through paint, subscribe and activate the bell if you liked this video.Join my Disc...YouTube
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Globular Cluster NGC 2210 in the LMC.
ESA/Hubble, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Color edits.
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! ZOMG! I'm crying!
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I had a dream last night that there was a new popular form of music called Love Honk
Every song was basically just smooth jazz or soft rock instrumentals, but where the lead singer or main instrument should have been playing, there was just a loud, constant car horn.
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Might even work for Me & Mrs. Jones ...
"If you honk like that, you'd better be dropping something off, because you're sure as hell not picking anything up."
– Paul Hennessy (John Ritter), 8 Simple Rules
Have you heard of The #KDE Networks?, well I hadn't but today we have a member of the Australian branch on the show to explain all the details we need to know #Linux
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#200 Bringing The Joys Of KDE Around The World | Kye Potter
There's a program you've probably never heard of called KDE Networks which aims to build local KDE communities with local members around the world and today ...YouTube
About the part where you were saying that people get British accents confused with Australian. I cant say from the perspective of an average US citizen, but as someone in the middle east, I couldn't tell the difference between American, British, and Australian accents (I'm a bit better now though). Simply because I didn't hear them often enough to distinguish them.
Similarly, I imagine some Americans don't get to hear Australian accents often.
The Strathmore Meteorite fell on December 3, 1917 in Scotland.
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Scientists Explain Why ‘Doing Your Own Research’ Leads to Believing Conspiracies vice.com/en/article/v7bjpm/sci…
“study published on Wednesday in Nature has found that using online search engines to vet #conspiracies can actually increase the chance that someone will believe it. The researchers point to a known problem in search called "#DataVoids." Sometimes, there's not a lot of high-quality information to counter misleading headlines or surrounding fringe theories”
Scientists Explain Why ‘Doing Your Own Research’ Leads to Believing Conspiracies
Researchers found that people searching misinformation online risk falling into “data voids” that increase belief in conspiracies.Mirjam Guesgen (VICE)
Frigid Crystal Tormented Wrath
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in reply to FredKiesche 🇺🇦 • • •imagine buying one of these and it's narrated by DECtalk
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Classic DECTalk Voices & Text-To-Speech Demonstration
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