Seddon
@josephseddon.bsky.social
Wikipedia Apps - Engineering Manager
Just made up a new metric and I'm extremely concerned about the new Andor series.
Trailer Time to Destruction.
Andor Season 1 trailer: 104 seconds before an explosion.
Andor Season 2 trailer: 2 seconds
Season 2 runs the risk of abandoning everything good about Season 1
#Andor
#StarWarsAndor
Trailer Time to Destruction.
Andor Season 1 trailer: 104 seconds before an explosion.
Andor Season 2 trailer: 2 seconds
Season 2 runs the risk of abandoning everything good about Season 1
#Andor
#StarWarsAndor
February 24, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Just made up a new metric and I'm extremely concerned about the new Andor series.
Trailer Time to Destruction.
Andor Season 1 trailer: 104 seconds before an explosion.
Andor Season 2 trailer: 2 seconds
Season 2 runs the risk of abandoning everything good about Season 1
#Andor
#StarWarsAndor
Trailer Time to Destruction.
Andor Season 1 trailer: 104 seconds before an explosion.
Andor Season 2 trailer: 2 seconds
Season 2 runs the risk of abandoning everything good about Season 1
#Andor
#StarWarsAndor
Reposted by Seddon
This. The Wikipedia mobile app is amazing!
January 19, 2025 at 7:50 AM
This. The Wikipedia mobile app is amazing!
Don't try to read tsunami's. Don't try to take a selfie with one. Walk away, briskly, from the beach.
January 2, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Don't try to read tsunami's. Don't try to take a selfie with one. Walk away, briskly, from the beach.
Rotisserie is just a lathe for meat.
December 9, 2024 at 3:34 PM
Rotisserie is just a lathe for meat.
The space people still live on twitter. The wikipedia people live on Mastodon. Who lives here?
August 19, 2024 at 5:52 PM
The space people still live on twitter. The wikipedia people live on Mastodon. Who lives here?
Reposted by Seddon
Episode 163 (with John Conafay)
YouTube video by Off-Nominal
www.youtube.com
August 15, 2024 at 8:01 PM
A high school kid reverse engineered #Apple #imessage; made it #opensource; which then got used to build native a iMessage app on #Android for $2/month.
Credit: #snazzylabs
www.youtube.com/watch?v=S24T...
Credit: #snazzylabs
www.youtube.com/watch?v=S24T...
December 5, 2023 at 8:48 PM
A high school kid reverse engineered #Apple #imessage; made it #opensource; which then got used to build native a iMessage app on #Android for $2/month.
Credit: #snazzylabs
www.youtube.com/watch?v=S24T...
Credit: #snazzylabs
www.youtube.com/watch?v=S24T...
Have we checked that David Attenborough is okay?
I'm concerned that there is an imbalance in the force and there is now too much wholesomeness in the world...
I'm concerned that there is an imbalance in the force and there is now too much wholesomeness in the world...
November 30, 2023 at 1:07 PM
Have we checked that David Attenborough is okay?
I'm concerned that there is an imbalance in the force and there is now too much wholesomeness in the world...
I'm concerned that there is an imbalance in the force and there is now too much wholesomeness in the world...
Many AI Model's like ChatGPT are based on #Wikipedia and #Wikidata.
Google, then Siri and Alexa, now its ChatGPT.
All rely on the sum of all human knowledge that, written by volunteers, hosted by a non-profit, the Wikimedia Foundation.
And available for free.
Source:
xkcd.com/2347 (CC BY-NC 2.5)
Google, then Siri and Alexa, now its ChatGPT.
All rely on the sum of all human knowledge that, written by volunteers, hosted by a non-profit, the Wikimedia Foundation.
And available for free.
Source:
xkcd.com/2347 (CC BY-NC 2.5)
September 14, 2023 at 1:35 PM
Many AI Model's like ChatGPT are based on #Wikipedia and #Wikidata.
Google, then Siri and Alexa, now its ChatGPT.
All rely on the sum of all human knowledge that, written by volunteers, hosted by a non-profit, the Wikimedia Foundation.
And available for free.
Source:
xkcd.com/2347 (CC BY-NC 2.5)
Google, then Siri and Alexa, now its ChatGPT.
All rely on the sum of all human knowledge that, written by volunteers, hosted by a non-profit, the Wikimedia Foundation.
And available for free.
Source:
xkcd.com/2347 (CC BY-NC 2.5)
A wandering mind is a part of my existence that I battle with daily.
Today's example:
The website WikiFeet popped into my mind for no reason whatsoever. I felt compelled to google if someone had created girthipedia... they haven't.
Nor should anyone.
I am sorry for besmirching your feed today.
Today's example:
The website WikiFeet popped into my mind for no reason whatsoever. I felt compelled to google if someone had created girthipedia... they haven't.
Nor should anyone.
I am sorry for besmirching your feed today.
August 1, 2023 at 9:47 AM
A wandering mind is a part of my existence that I battle with daily.
Today's example:
The website WikiFeet popped into my mind for no reason whatsoever. I felt compelled to google if someone had created girthipedia... they haven't.
Nor should anyone.
I am sorry for besmirching your feed today.
Today's example:
The website WikiFeet popped into my mind for no reason whatsoever. I felt compelled to google if someone had created girthipedia... they haven't.
Nor should anyone.
I am sorry for besmirching your feed today.
What does it take to change a long standing Wikipedia policy about not pre-emptively protecting main page featured articles?
Apparently two days of dick pics
Apparently two days of dick pics
July 7, 2023 at 12:29 AM
What does it take to change a long standing Wikipedia policy about not pre-emptively protecting main page featured articles?
Apparently two days of dick pics
Apparently two days of dick pics
Imagine a #discord server... but with everyone on the planet.
Welcome to #threads.
Welcome to #threads.
July 6, 2023 at 1:38 AM
Imagine a #discord server... but with everyone on the planet.
Welcome to #threads.
Welcome to #threads.
Quick test of IceCubes mastodon/bluesky bridge
July 6, 2023 at 1:10 AM
Quick test of IceCubes mastodon/bluesky bridge
BlueSky's tagline should be:
"Everything here is in beta and what isn't is experimental"
"Everything here is in beta and what isn't is experimental"
July 5, 2023 at 3:53 PM
BlueSky's tagline should be:
"Everything here is in beta and what isn't is experimental"
"Everything here is in beta and what isn't is experimental"
"Reddit's decision to start charging for API access was introduced as a method to stop tech giants from using Reddit data to grow AI chatbots for free.
The decision killed most third-party apps, including many that Reddit moderators say are critical to their volunteer work."
The decision killed most third-party apps, including many that Reddit moderators say are critical to their volunteer work."
When the Wikimedia Foundation started its Enterprise API project to fund Wikipedia without solely relying on web traffic, I ensured we did so in a manner that was as respectful of the community and our values as was humanly possible.
Reddit and Twitter failed to appreciate what fuels their success
Reddit and Twitter failed to appreciate what fuels their success
AMAs are the latest casualty in Reddit’s API war
"Will this undermine most of what makes IAmA special? Probably."
arstechnica.com
July 5, 2023 at 3:23 PM
"Reddit's decision to start charging for API access was introduced as a method to stop tech giants from using Reddit data to grow AI chatbots for free.
The decision killed most third-party apps, including many that Reddit moderators say are critical to their volunteer work."
The decision killed most third-party apps, including many that Reddit moderators say are critical to their volunteer work."
When the Wikimedia Foundation started its Enterprise API project to fund Wikipedia without solely relying on web traffic, I ensured we did so in a manner that was as respectful of the community and our values as was humanly possible.
Reddit and Twitter failed to appreciate what fuels their success
Reddit and Twitter failed to appreciate what fuels their success
AMAs are the latest casualty in Reddit’s API war
"Will this undermine most of what makes IAmA special? Probably."
arstechnica.com
July 5, 2023 at 3:21 PM
When the Wikimedia Foundation started its Enterprise API project to fund Wikipedia without solely relying on web traffic, I ensured we did so in a manner that was as respectful of the community and our values as was humanly possible.
Reddit and Twitter failed to appreciate what fuels their success
Reddit and Twitter failed to appreciate what fuels their success
But will it help motivate me to do the dishes?
One shot of a kidney protein gave monkeys a brain boost
An early experiment suggests that an injection of klotho improves working memory.
arstechnica.com
July 5, 2023 at 11:33 AM
But will it help motivate me to do the dishes?
The ISS Roll Out Solar Arrays are 20% lighter and 40% smaller in volume than the original solar arrays but provide just as much power.
4th pair plan to be added to the ISS in 2025 and this technology will be use on the Lunar Gateway.
4th pair plan to be added to the ISS in 2025 and this technology will be use on the Lunar Gateway.
NASA to add fourth pair of roll-out arrays to ISS
After completing an upgrade to the International Space Station’s power system in June, NASA is moving ahead with plans to add two more solar arrays.
spacenews.com
July 5, 2023 at 2:19 AM
The ISS Roll Out Solar Arrays are 20% lighter and 40% smaller in volume than the original solar arrays but provide just as much power.
4th pair plan to be added to the ISS in 2025 and this technology will be use on the Lunar Gateway.
4th pair plan to be added to the ISS in 2025 and this technology will be use on the Lunar Gateway.
The gas cloud that birthed our sun likely protected us from a nearby supernova down to essentially a phase boundary
Our Solar System possibly survived a supernova because of how the Sun formed
The gas that produce stars also cushion them from the blast of nearby supernovae.
arstechnica.com
July 5, 2023 at 2:11 AM
The gas cloud that birthed our sun likely protected us from a nearby supernova down to essentially a phase boundary
Today in the UK's covid enquiry we found out that Welsh Government knew that its pandemic preparedness was subpar.
They also knew how they might be able to improve that.
They then reassigned all the people who normally do that work to deal with the shit show that is Brexit.
They also knew how they might be able to improve that.
They then reassigned all the people who normally do that work to deal with the shit show that is Brexit.
July 5, 2023 at 1:54 AM
Today in the UK's covid enquiry we found out that Welsh Government knew that its pandemic preparedness was subpar.
They also knew how they might be able to improve that.
They then reassigned all the people who normally do that work to deal with the shit show that is Brexit.
They also knew how they might be able to improve that.
They then reassigned all the people who normally do that work to deal with the shit show that is Brexit.
Reposted by Seddon
Seddon is a wikiphilosopher and a scholar, and knows his way around a rock core, a rocket hangar, a mop & bucket, and the wikimedia codebase. Give him a follow: @josephseddon.bsky.social #WikiBlueSky
https://bsky.app/profile/josephseddon.bsky.social/post/3jzmtd75zy522
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How AI might be used relies on interesting copyright exercise that is playing out. Real precedents exist that establish content not produced by a human is not copyrightable.
Whilst you might be able to create and sell an AI generated work, if those precedents hold up anyone else could it too.
Whilst you might be able to create and sell an AI generated work, if those precedents hold up anyone else could it too.
Valve says Steam games can’t use AI models trained on copyrighted works
"Legal uncertainty" over models means many devs can't establish "appropriate rights."
arstechnica.com
July 5, 2023 at 12:10 AM
Seddon is a wikiphilosopher and a scholar, and knows his way around a rock core, a rocket hangar, a mop & bucket, and the wikimedia codebase. Give him a follow: @josephseddon.bsky.social #WikiBlueSky
https://bsky.app/profile/josephseddon.bsky.social/post/3jzmtd75zy522
https://bsky.app/profile/josephseddon.bsky.social/post/3jzmtd75zy522
The failure to understand the public domain to me mirrors the issues that exist with understanding copyleft (free/open) licenses like Creative Commons attribution licenses.
Some people are going to very painfully come to understand what it means to integrate AI works and how it affects IP ownership
Some people are going to very painfully come to understand what it means to integrate AI works and how it affects IP ownership
How AI might be used relies on interesting copyright exercise that is playing out. Real precedents exist that establish content not produced by a human is not copyrightable.
Whilst you might be able to create and sell an AI generated work, if those precedents hold up anyone else could it too.
Whilst you might be able to create and sell an AI generated work, if those precedents hold up anyone else could it too.
Valve says Steam games can’t use AI models trained on copyrighted works
"Legal uncertainty" over models means many devs can't establish "appropriate rights."
arstechnica.com
July 3, 2023 at 2:55 PM
The failure to understand the public domain to me mirrors the issues that exist with understanding copyleft (free/open) licenses like Creative Commons attribution licenses.
Some people are going to very painfully come to understand what it means to integrate AI works and how it affects IP ownership
Some people are going to very painfully come to understand what it means to integrate AI works and how it affects IP ownership
How AI might be used relies on interesting copyright exercise that is playing out. Real precedents exist that establish content not produced by a human is not copyrightable.
Whilst you might be able to create and sell an AI generated work, if those precedents hold up anyone else could it too.
Whilst you might be able to create and sell an AI generated work, if those precedents hold up anyone else could it too.
Valve says Steam games can’t use AI models trained on copyrighted works
"Legal uncertainty" over models means many devs can't establish "appropriate rights."
arstechnica.com
July 3, 2023 at 2:52 PM
How AI might be used relies on interesting copyright exercise that is playing out. Real precedents exist that establish content not produced by a human is not copyrightable.
Whilst you might be able to create and sell an AI generated work, if those precedents hold up anyone else could it too.
Whilst you might be able to create and sell an AI generated work, if those precedents hold up anyone else could it too.
ESA and the European Space Launch industry find themselves in a real Jam. Ariane 5 is about to have its last launch. Vega-C is currently grounded. Ariane 6 is at least another year away.
https://arstechnica.com/space/2023/07/europes-venerable-ariane-5-rocket-faces-a-bittersweet-ending-on-tuesday/
https://arstechnica.com/space/2023/07/europes-venerable-ariane-5-rocket-faces-a-bittersweet-ending-on-tuesday/
Europe’s venerable Ariane 5 rocket faces a bittersweet ending on Tuesday
After nearly three decades, the Ariane 5 rocket reaches the end of the line.
arstechnica.com
July 3, 2023 at 2:39 PM
ESA and the European Space Launch industry find themselves in a real Jam. Ariane 5 is about to have its last launch. Vega-C is currently grounded. Ariane 6 is at least another year away.
https://arstechnica.com/space/2023/07/europes-venerable-ariane-5-rocket-faces-a-bittersweet-ending-on-tuesday/
https://arstechnica.com/space/2023/07/europes-venerable-ariane-5-rocket-faces-a-bittersweet-ending-on-tuesday/