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🇺🇸immigrant in LDN
Trying to understand humanity with data, music, libations
Might not be looking in the right places
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Here you're likely to find my […]
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Trying to understand humanity with data, music, libations
Might not be looking in the right places
--
Here you're likely to find my […]
[bridged from https://assemblag.es/@alsothings on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]
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We had broadly-deployed WebDAV and we threw it away.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WebDAV?wprov=sfla1
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WebDAV?wprov=sfla1
February 7, 2025 at 12:59 PM
We had broadly-deployed WebDAV and we threw it away.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WebDAV?wprov=sfla1
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WebDAV?wprov=sfla1
does anyone know if there's an activity pub based tool that is strava-like? strava appears to have just killed third-party apps, big need for an open tool in this space I think https://youtu.be/EFqjRLeFGXc?si=Msq9k6y6_HXBdQJS
November 20, 2024 at 5:46 PM
does anyone know if there's an activity pub based tool that is strava-like? strava appears to have just killed third-party apps, big need for an open tool in this space I think https://youtu.be/EFqjRLeFGXc?si=Msq9k6y6_HXBdQJS
Haven't been posting much over here, mostly on bsky these days. You might not like its protocol politics, but the thing is it's got the juice. like Twitter in 2010 juice. I appreciate all the technical work that masto pushed forward but I think it's missed its launch window
November 17, 2024 at 10:37 PM
Haven't been posting much over here, mostly on bsky these days. You might not like its protocol politics, but the thing is it's got the juice. like Twitter in 2010 juice. I appreciate all the technical work that masto pushed forward but I think it's missed its launch window
An excellent side effect to the excellent news that The Onion is buying Infowars is that it's led to places like the AP printing a bunch of stuff from The Onion. Look at this glorious paragraph. https://apnews.com/article/onion-buys-infowars-alex-jones-6496f198d141c991087dcd937b3588e9
November 14, 2024 at 5:55 PM
An excellent side effect to the excellent news that The Onion is buying Infowars is that it's led to places like the AP printing a bunch of stuff from The Onion. Look at this glorious paragraph. https://apnews.com/article/onion-buys-infowars-alex-jones-6496f198d141c991087dcd937b3588e9
Apple: LLMs are bad at logic, reasoning, math https://arxiv.org/pdf/2410.05229
Google: so are our execs! https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/oct/15/google-buy-nuclear-power-ai-datacentres-kairos-power
Google: so are our execs! https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/oct/15/google-buy-nuclear-power-ai-datacentres-kairos-power
October 15, 2024 at 10:19 AM
Apple: LLMs are bad at logic, reasoning, math https://arxiv.org/pdf/2410.05229
Google: so are our execs! https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/oct/15/google-buy-nuclear-power-ai-datacentres-kairos-power
Google: so are our execs! https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/oct/15/google-buy-nuclear-power-ai-datacentres-kairos-power
Peter Kyle (science, industry, and technology minister) on the Today programme this morning said "AI is a general purpose tool, that means it doesn't fit in the neat silos that regulators sit in their sectoral positions"
This is non-sense. You could swap 'AI' out with like any newish […]
This is non-sense. You could swap 'AI' out with like any newish […]
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assemblag.es
October 14, 2024 at 8:07 AM
Peter Kyle (science, industry, and technology minister) on the Today programme this morning said "AI is a general purpose tool, that means it doesn't fit in the neat silos that regulators sit in their sectoral positions"
This is non-sense. You could swap 'AI' out with like any newish […]
This is non-sense. You could swap 'AI' out with like any newish […]
Quite aside from the utility of carbon capture, I cannot get my head around why the government thought it would be a good idea to push around a 25 year spending figuring that just happens to be the same figure that they've been pushing as the current financial year black hole.
October 4, 2024 at 6:46 PM
Quite aside from the utility of carbon capture, I cannot get my head around why the government thought it would be a good idea to push around a 25 year spending figuring that just happens to be the same figure that they've been pushing as the current financial year black hole.
There's a really important difference between eating your own dogfood and getting high on your own supply
September 25, 2024 at 10:37 AM
There's a really important difference between eating your own dogfood and getting high on your own supply
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does anybody know of work (maybe from the FAccT crowd? though doesn't need to be academic) around regulatory structures for algorithmic feeds in social media that are trying to emulate something like CAFE standards or other notions of whole system targets?
September 24, 2024 at 1:06 PM
does anybody know of work (maybe from the FAccT crowd? though doesn't need to be academic) around regulatory structures for algorithmic feeds in social media that are trying to emulate something like CAFE standards or other notions of whole system targets?
does anybody know of work (maybe from the FAccT crowd? though doesn't need to be academic) around regulatory structures for algorithmic feeds in social media that are trying to emulate something like CAFE standards or other notions of whole system targets?
September 24, 2024 at 1:06 PM
does anybody know of work (maybe from the FAccT crowd? though doesn't need to be academic) around regulatory structures for algorithmic feeds in social media that are trying to emulate something like CAFE standards or other notions of whole system targets?
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I’m certain that the exploding pagers will in no way change what we can bring on airplanes or into stadiums.
September 17, 2024 at 4:48 PM
I’m certain that the exploding pagers will in no way change what we can bring on airplanes or into stadiums.
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there is nothing that so effectively demonstrates our fragility and dependence on systems beyond our control than the rail replacement bus service
September 15, 2024 at 10:35 AM
there is nothing that so effectively demonstrates our fragility and dependence on systems beyond our control than the rail replacement bus service
Hey fellow Americans abroad! Now's a great the time to registered to vote and/or have your overseas absentee ballot set up so you can vote in the November election. If you're a US citizen you can vote in the election, no matter how long you've been out of the country! Details/instructions: FVAP.gov
September 13, 2024 at 11:57 AM
Hey fellow Americans abroad! Now's a great the time to registered to vote and/or have your overseas absentee ballot set up so you can vote in the November election. If you're a US citizen you can vote in the election, no matter how long you've been out of the country! Details/instructions: FVAP.gov
friends, the transport library appears to be selling off the signage from the Overground as it get new signage along with being split into a bunch separately named and coloured lines. Some real gems in there if your into eccentric wall coverings […]
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assemblag.es
September 5, 2024 at 3:07 PM
friends, the transport library appears to be selling off the signage from the Overground as it get new signage along with being split into a bunch separately named and coloured lines. Some real gems in there if your into eccentric wall coverings […]
Friends, look at this https://kamala-holding-vinyls.glitch.me/
July 27, 2024 at 7:06 PM
Friends, look at this https://kamala-holding-vinyls.glitch.me/
Was trying to figure out who the last Republican president was who didn't do crimes and/or subvert democracy. Is it maybe Eisenhower?
July 15, 2024 at 9:49 PM
Was trying to figure out who the last Republican president was who didn't do crimes and/or subvert democracy. Is it maybe Eisenhower?
The NHS surcharge on visas is terrible for so many reasons and the next government should remove it entirely. https://www.theguardian.com/education/article/2024/jun/29/top-scientists-turning-down-uk-jobs-over-tax-on-talent-says-wellcome-boss
June 29, 2024 at 9:36 AM
The NHS surcharge on visas is terrible for so many reasons and the next government should remove it entirely. https://www.theguardian.com/education/article/2024/jun/29/top-scientists-turning-down-uk-jobs-over-tax-on-talent-says-wellcome-boss
hey this is good news https://www.cityam.com/evri-drivers-to-swap-cars-for-bikes-in-19m-sustainability-drive/
June 24, 2024 at 3:09 PM
hey this is good news https://www.cityam.com/evri-drivers-to-swap-cars-for-bikes-in-19m-sustainability-drive/
I have spent the last hour specifying the requirements of tableau worksheets in postgres statements, if you were wondering how my morning was going
June 20, 2024 at 10:55 AM
I have spent the last hour specifying the requirements of tableau worksheets in postgres statements, if you were wondering how my morning was going
Been thinking lots about dusting off the old blog (well converting the dusty wordpress install to something like eg. hugo) and gathering some thoughts about data practice in the age of overripe AI hype
June 20, 2024 at 8:53 AM
Been thinking lots about dusting off the old blog (well converting the dusty wordpress install to something like eg. hugo) and gathering some thoughts about data practice in the age of overripe AI hype