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angusm, 16 days ago to LLMs

It's fashionable to criticize #LLMs, but can you think of another human invention that allows us to spend the energy budget of Tanzania to lift shitposts out of context and present them as if they were authoritative knowledge?

#AI

TazPoltorak, 19 days ago to FiberArts

“The sad thing is: the cheaper the clothing that we buy, the more likely the money is to bypass anyone that you would consider nice and end up in the pockets of somebody you would consider to be a bastard.” Patrick Grant

https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/article/2024/may/18/is-this-what-people-wear-now-sewing-bee-host-criticises-ms-jumpers-and-socks

#sewing

18+ statsguy, 1 month ago to UKpolitics

Now that the #Rwanda Bill has passed, can the media please stop avoiding the words "far right" to describe the UK government?

If the Rwanda bill hasn't convinced the media that #Sunak's Tories are far right, then WTF are they waiting for? Gas chambers?

#UKPolitics #FarRight #Fascism

Neverfadingwood, 1 month ago to random

My first toot from linux. It's taking me a while to get used to things and set it up the way I like it, but I'm getting there.

mcha, 2 months ago to Etymology

In #Polish the word for Germany is Niemcy which is etymologically opposite to #Slavic. ‘[Slavic] … originally denoted "people who speak (the same language)", i.e. people who understand each other, in contrast to the Slavic word denoting "foreign people", namely němci, meaning "mumbling, murmuring people" (from Slavic *němъ "mumbling, mute").’ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavs_(ethnonym) #german #etymology #linguistics #language

Glencoe, 2 months ago to random

Media folks. An 'election' where all credible opposition is either dead or in jail, where armed men are in the polling booth with voters looking at how they vote, isn't an election. Please cease playing Putin's game, don't call it an election, it isn't. Call it a fake election, call it a corrupt election, but never ever just 'election'. Call it out every time.

uchujinfilms, 2 months ago to random

An important reminder for all of us freelancers:

liskerr, 2 months ago to linguistics

New diamond open access journal 'Syntactic Theory and Research' to be founded by former editors of Syntax, resigning from editorial positions due to errors made by Wiley-Blackwell in publication process vs free labour expected of authors/reviewers/editors @linguistics @academicchatter #syntax #linguistics #OpenAccess #AcademicPublishing

https://linguistlist.org/issues/35/835/

jda, 2 months ago to Cat

#cat #cats #CatsOfMastodon

gcluley, 2 months ago to random

So many people asking what's going on with Kate Middleton, but hardly anyone asking where on earth Melania Trump is...

quietmarc, 3 months ago to random

The argument that "protests don't do anything" is kinda undermined by how many places are working super hard to make protests illegal.

darklyadapted, 3 months ago to Cats

He’s feeling glossy. #catstodon #cats #CatsOfMastodon #catpest #Caturday

UndisScot, 3 months ago to Scotland

The slightly puzzling ruins of Culross Abbey, standing on a hillside above Culross in Fife. The abbey was founded in 1217 on a site that was believed to have been used for a monastery associated with St Serf and St Theneva in the 500s. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/culross/culrossabbey/index.html

#Scotland #CulrossAbbey #Abbey #Culross #Fife #UndiscoveredScotland

darklyadapted, 3 months ago to animals

It’s #caturday! The #catpest is slumbering in his hairy doughnut so here’s one I took earlier. He’s not allowed on the bed except Saturday when I change the sheets cos muddy paws. #catstodon #CatsOfMastodon #cats

jeffowski, 3 months ago to random

fredbrooker, 3 months ago to random Czech

Avast fined $16.5 million for ‘privacy’ software that actually sold users’ browsing data - The Verge https://www.theverge.com/2024/2/22/24080135/avast-security-privacy-software-ftc-fine-data-harvesting

Neverfadingwood, 3 months ago to random

Just had my first Marmite sandwich in a Polish hospital, and of course it made me think of my poor cat sitting at home alone in the dark.

CarolineLucas, 3 months ago to random

RT by @CarolineLucas: 💥 BREAKING 💥

For nine months, the Government has been fighting to keep its assessments of the risks surrounding its climate plans in the dark. It’s not hard to see why.

We’ve got their risk tables here:
https://goodlaw.social/8l3f

[2024-02-20 11:00 UTC]

endlessblue, 3 months ago to random

New life goals: be as cool as Tom Lehrer at 84. “As sole copyright owner I grant you motherfuckers permission to do this” (h/t @maxkennerly )

scy, 3 months ago to random

"Create your account to continue reading."

yeah how about i just close the tab instead

JauntyArt, 3 months ago to random

Old MacDonald Had A Theremin

adambienkov, 3 months ago to random

The ugly truth of British politics is that Islamophobia is not just tolerated, but actively exploited by a British political and media system that treats Muslims as second class citizens

https://www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/do-muslims-count

thisismyglasgow, 3 months ago to glasgow

The Irish and Highlands Famine Memorial by the People's Palace in Glasgow. Unveiled in 2018, it marks Europe's Great Famine of the 1840s and its impact on the peoples of Ireland and the Scottish Highlands, many of whom were forced to flee their native lands. Some chose to settle in Glasgow, while others continued on to begin again in the New World. Those who stayed helped shape the city into the industrial powerhouse it became over the following century.

#glasgow #glasgowhistory #glasgowgreen

gongplanet, 3 months ago to random

Energy: A Documentary about Damo Suzuki #DamoSuzuki #krautrock https://vimeo.com/ondemand/damosuzukidoc

Neverfadingwood, 4 months ago to random

Today in "Tell Me You're Neurodivergent without Telling Me You're Neurodivergent".