Mastodawn

https://defector.com/it-took-many-years-and-billions-of-dollars-but-microsoft-finally-invented-a-calculator-that-is-wrong-sometimes?giftLink=50fb6d3bb4d7516dfa13deb4e27638de

Kevin Beaumont 1d ago

It Took Many Years And Billions Of Dollars, But Microsoft Finally Invented A Calculator That Is Wrong Sometimes

It Took Many Years And Billions Of Dollars, But Microsoft Finally Invented A Calculator That Is Wrong Sometimes | Defector

It’s not AI winter just yet, though there is a distinct chill in the air. Meta is shaking up and downsizing its artificial intelligence division. A new report out of MIT finds that 95 percent of companies’ generative AI programs have failed to earn any profit whatsoever. Tech stocks tanked Tuesday, regarding broader fears that […]

טוביאס פלדמן / Tobias Feldmann 17h ago

Die #Ing hat seit heute #Wero aktiviert bzw. integriert. Die Idee einer europäischen Alternative zu z.B. Paypal wäre toll, wenn sie nicht direkt am Anfang kaputt gemacht werden würde.

Ich kann weder Geld senden noch anfordern, wenn ich keinen Zugriff auf mein Adressbuch genehmige. Schade, so wird das leider nichts mit uns.

#TeamDatenschutz

queer.de 10h ago

Trans Frauen und Frauen mit starkem Bartwuchs haben in Baden-Württemberg nach Darstellung der Linken praktisch keine Möglichkeit, eine Haarentfernung als Kassenleistung in Anspruch zu nehmen.
https://www.queer.de/detail.php?article_id=54771

Linke kritisiert: Trans Frauen zahlen Barthaarentfernung selbst

queer.de

Stefan Eissing 18h ago

bison ✅10h ago

Picard Tips 10h ago

Picard management tip: The best creative solutions should come from your crew, not from you.

bison ✅12h ago

xeniax ⏚18h ago

An example of algorithmic resistance

@ai6yr @_L1vY_ So disappointing. If humans don’t stop consuming the amount of animal products we’re currently eating (beef especially), we’re doomed. Animal agriculture is a major driver of deforestation and the extinction crisis, uses massive amounts of water while polluting waterways and emits somewhere around 15 to 20% of greenhouse gases worldwide.

I guess the beef industry’s stupid propaganda command center is working (link to article in alt text).

@conejoclint @ai6yr @_L1vY_
People can still eat less or no animal products. But getting ultra-processed crap (including Beyond Meat) off the market is certainly better for human health 🤷‍♀️

And I suspect they've failed for related reasons. Many vegetarians eat that way for health reasons, and these meat substitutes don't qualify. Others do it for ethical reasons, in which case they usually don't want a product that looks and tastes like dead animals.

This was just the capitalist bro take on the veganism market.

https://www.wired.com/story/processed-food-health-meat-substitute-environment/

@me_valentijn @ai6yr @_L1vY_ Gonna have to disagree with you. Just because something is processed, doesn’t make it unhealthy. Meat substitutes make it easier for people to transition to veganism. I’ve been vegan for 8 years and still eat meat substitutes. My bloodwork is stellar for someone my age.

The World Needs Processed Food

The stigma against processed food is growing, but there's no way to sustainably feed 8 billion people without it.

WIRED

@conejoclint @ai6yr @_L1vY_
The research is pretty conclusive - ultra-processed is unhealthy. A modest amount of unhealthy items can be safely integrated into a healthy lifestyle, but that doesn't make those food items themselves any less problematic.

And unhealthy foods become a bigger problem when falsely marketed as being healthy. There's a massive diet industry built around ultra-processed foods which promise fewer calories but are engineered to drive increased consumption.

TrueNorthSpice 🇨🇦Aug 11

@me_valentijn
edit--grammar

Agreeing with you on this...as do every registered dietician in Canada. @conejoclint @ai6yr @_L1vY_

@TrueNorthSpice @me_valentijn @ai6yr @_L1vY_ Is there a resource where I can view every registered dietician in Canada agreeing with your assertion?

@me_valentijn @ai6yr @_L1vY_ The research is not conclusive. Ultra-processed is too broad a category. It totally depends on the ingredients in the food.
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/proceedings-of-the-nutrition-society/article/are-all-ultraprocessed-foods-bad-a-critical-review-of-the-nova-classification-system/16D07B81A1587340B3EE847F3C662E60

Are all ultra-processed foods bad? A critical review of the NOVA classification system | Proceedings of the Nutrition Society | Cambridge Core

Are all ultra-processed foods bad? A critical review of the NOVA classification system

Cambridge Core

@conejoclint @ai6yr @_L1vY_
"Fortified foods might be useful" isn't exactly a sweeping endorsement for ultra-processed foods. And those fortifications are often simply replacing things found in the less processed versions. It's basically combining vitamins with food, and that does not even remotely resemble what Beyond Meat was doing.

Which is why NOVA does not classify added vitamins as ultraprocessed, despite what that publication implies.

@conejoclint @ai6yr @_L1vY_
Also, eww:

AI6YR Ben Aug 11

@conejoclint @_L1vY_ "Beef Propaganda Operations Center" 🤯

TrueNorthSpice 🇨🇦Aug 11

@conejoclint

It was over processed "food" and very expensive. I create better tasting and healthier homecooked meat substitutes.

@ai6yr @_L1vY_

@TrueNorthSpice @ai6yr @_L1vY_ Not everyone has time to make their own meat substitutes. The latest iteration is fairly healthy, especially compared to beef. And just because something is processed, doesn’t make it bad. https://www.wired.com/story/processed-food-health-meat-substitute-environment/

The World Needs Processed Food

The stigma against processed food is growing, but there's no way to sustainably feed 8 billion people without it.

WIRED

TrueNorthSpice 🇨🇦Aug 11

@conejoclint

first of all:

Please point out where I said "processed food"...? There is a difference between over-processed and processed.

And second: If people decided to spend one afternoon a week prepping food for the week they could make homemade meals. It's a matter of making a priority and organizing time.

@ai6yr @_L1vY_