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ElectroVagrantJun 19, 2025

A wild bear enters Lithuania's capital. Hunters refuse a government request to shoot the animal | AP News

https://lemmy.world/post/31675900

A wild bear enters Lithuania's capital. Hunters refuse a government request to shoot the animal | AP News - Lemmy.World

> A young female bear caused a stir after wandering out of the forest and into the leafy suburbs of the Lithuanian capital. > For two days, the brown bear ambled through the neighborhoods of Vilnius, trotted across highways and explored backyards — all while being chased by onlookers with smartphones and, eventually, drones. > > The government then issued a permit for the bear to be shot and killed. > > That did not go down well with Lithuania’s hunters who refused, aware that there is only a tiny number of the protected species in the entire country.

Show threadElectroVagrantJun 19, 2025

Not a fan of this application of AI, but I thought it was a little funny to read. It figures businesses would want to create artificial sales and marketing drones.

I guess on the plus side it may mean unlike real people you could more ethically and comfortably find ways to shut them down.

Show threadElectroVagrantJun 19, 2025
This is the kind of AI/machine learning I can get behind, especially given it may sort of help even out some of its energy use in the process. More of this application of the tech could be great if the results hold up.
ElectroVagrantJun 19, 2025

AI avatars in China just proved they are better influencers. It only took a duo 7 hours to rake in more than $7 million | CNBC

https://lemmy.world/post/31674738

AI avatars in China just proved they are better influencers. It only took a duo 7 hours to rake in more than $7 million | CNBC - Lemmy.World

> Avatars generated by artificial intelligence are now able to sell more than real people can, according to a collaboration between Chinese tech company Baidu and a popular livestreamer. > > Luo Yonghao, one of China’s earliest and most popular livestreamers, and his co-host Xiao Mu both used digital versions of themselves to interact with viewers in real time for well over six hours on Sunday on Baidu’s e-commerce livestreaming platform “Youxuan”, the Chinese tech company said. The session raked in 55 million yuan ($7.65 million). [https://weibo.com/7762107285/PwI3JihXq] > > In comparison, Luo’s first livestream attempt on Youxuan last month, which lasted just over four hours, saw fewer orders for consumer electronics, food and other key products, Baidu said.

ElectroVagrantJun 19, 2025

AI helps narrow 8,000 catalyst options down to one that supercharges green ammonia | Phys.org

https://lemmy.world/post/31674686

AI helps narrow 8,000 catalyst options down to one that supercharges green ammonia | Phys.org - Lemmy.World

> Scientists and engineers at UNSW Sydney, who previously developed a method for making green ammonia, have now turned to artificial intelligence and machine learning to make the process even more efficient. > > Ammonia, a nitrogen-rich substance found in fertilizer, is often credited with saving much of the world from famine in the 20th century. But its benefit to humankind has come at a cost, with one of the largest carbon footprints of all industrial processes. > […] > But in 2021, a UNSW team discovered a way to make ammonia from air and water [https://techxplore.com/news/2021-01-eco-friendly-ammonia-boon-agriculture-hydrogen.html] using renewable energy, at about the same temperature as a warm summer’s day.

ElectroVagrantJun 15, 2025

How We Designed the Soul Out of Everything [26:11] by Design Theory

https://lemmy.world/post/31436458

How We Designed the Soul Out of Everything [26:11] by Design Theory - Lemmy.World

Video essay on how the hyper-focus in design on convenience and concealing the inner workings of things in everything can influence people individually and society more broadly. Chapter links - 00:00 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4OOLmvjzjs] Intro - 1:12 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4OOLmvjzjs&t=72s] Seamlessness=Thoughtless Reflex - 3:20 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4OOLmvjzjs&t=200s] Limbic Capitalism - 5:58 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4OOLmvjzjs&t=358s] Connection Breakdown - 8:08 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4OOLmvjzjs&t=488s] Sponsor Skip - 9:23 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4OOLmvjzjs&t=563s] Convenient Flattening - 11:37 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4OOLmvjzjs&t=697s] Non-Places - 12:41 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4OOLmvjzjs&t=761s] Destruction of Curiosity - 15:01 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4OOLmvjzjs&t=901s] Destruction of Personal Agency & Relationships - 19:30 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4OOLmvjzjs&t=1170s] Convenience is NOT the Highest Virtue of Design - 23:25 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4OOLmvjzjs&t=1405s] The Age of Empathy

Show threadElectroVagrantJun 14, 2025
The section concerning dedicated servers potentially contributing to the decline in playerbase struck me as a kind of microcosm example of some of the difficulties federated social networks have been facing for years. Albeit unlike this game, there are still communicative software devs around here.
ElectroVagrantJun 14, 2025

The Failure of BattleBit Remastered [21:18] - TheYamiks with CAMIKAZE78‬

https://lemmy.world/post/31375147

The Failure of BattleBit Remastered [21:18] - TheYamiks with CAMIKAZE78‬ - Lemmy.World

Thought this was interesting primarily for the section on providing dedicated servers while winding down/removing official servers in some(all?) regions.

ElectroVagrantJun 13, 2025

If you like the rubber duck method of talking out problems, you might also enjoy journaling!

https://lemmy.world/post/31282055

If you like the rubber duck method of talking out problems, you might also enjoy journaling! - Lemmy.World

For those unfamiliar, the rubber duck method is more or less laying out a problem to something else (rubber duck, pet, whatever) to try to solve it. I’ve most often come across this as explicitly talking to the rubber duck, but apparently writing to them is also an approach? In any case, those that go about this method writing already know where I’m going with this…Journaling can be like extending the rubber duck method to anything else, but especially oneself. It’s especially nice when done analog or via local-only software, so you can sort things out offline. Plus if you do decide you want to share what you’ve worked out, or worked on, with others (probably with some revisions) you’ll already have a backup in place. If you don’t already journal and were looking for what to write about, or some reasons to, there’s a few for you right there. (bonus for the analog method is you can trail off and start doodling goofy stuff as you write)

Show threadElectroVagrantJun 12, 2025

Cryptocurrency orgs have done one job extremely well here, and that’s blatantly demonstrate that the best way to try to fast track legislation is Big Money.

It’s like how all the cryptocurrency screwups demonstrate why there are financial regulations to begin with, now they’re inadvertently helping demonstrate extremely clearly why we need to get money out of politics.