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Hard-core rationalist with an unfortunate tendency to sarcasm. No, really.
Early 50's, parent, ex-physicist whose next career really was in cyber. Over 20 years doing risk management across the FTSE250 and central government.
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Glyn MoodyCNN staff say networkās pro-Israel slant amounts to ājournalistic malpracticeā - https://www.theguardian.com/media/2024/feb/04/cnn-staff-pro-israel-bias "Insiders say pressure from the top results in credulous reporting of Israeli claims and silencing of Palestinian perspectives"
Harvey J. Miller
George Takei 
š³ļøāššš½If we collected what is actually owed from the top 1% in taxes, we could forgive student loans, invest more in infrastructure and green energy, protect social security and help Ukraine beat Russia. I call that multiple win-wins.
Median age of 18.
Let's always start the conversation there.
Gaza hospitals ceasing to function as water and fuel run out - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/oct/24/gaza-hospitals-ceasing-to-function-as-water-and-fuel-run-out "Medics say some doctors forced to operate without anaesthesia and using vinegar in place of antiseptic" just appalling...
Charles PlessyWhen we hear that #2023 is the hottest year ever, it is hard to understand the extent. Maybe it is only just a little bit hotter? Unfortunately no. I am back from a symposium on marine environment at Tohoku University, and here is the picture that I saw. Regarding #sea surface #temperature, 2023 is hotter to an extent that was never observed since we monitor that temperature globally. https://climate.copernicus.eu/record-high-global-sea-surface-temperatures-continue-august
Meredith WhittakerWhere I speak some advantages Signal has over the bigger richer rest of tech:
āWe donāt have to be full of shit. Weāre not a surveillance company. Iām not trying to pretend Facebook is good. I donāt have to toe a party line that is divorced from realityā
https://restofworld.org/2023/signal-president-meredith-whittaker-messaing-privacy/
Kim Spence-Jones š¬š§š·This is truly terrifying. If the Gulf Stream fails, there will be massive and probably irreversible consequences.
https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/gulf-stream-weakening-now-99-certain-and-ramifications-will-be-global
https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/gulf-stream-weakening-now-99-certain-and-ramifications-will-be-global
VrimjLLMs are modeling outputs, not replicating a process, as a result the output looks the same but it isn't made of the same stuff.
It is a plastic banana.
There is nothing inherently wrong with a plastic banana but as soon as you claim you can use it to solve world hunger people are going to be upset and it doesn't matter how much it looks right.