James Gardner

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Google’s Photo App Still Can’t Find Gorillas. And Neither Can Apple’s.

Eight years after a controversy over Black people being mislabeled as gorillas by image analysis software — and despite big advances in computer vision — tech giants still fear repeating the mistake.

The New York Times

“Adding highway lanes to deal with traffic congestion is like loosening your belt to cure obesity." - Lewis Mumford, 1955. Arguably the most important quote in city-building ever. READ my past (but still totally relevant) #Planetizen post.

https://www.planetizen.com/node/53659

#cities #cars #traffic #urbanism #congestion #transportation #UrbanPlanning #mobility

The Law of Traffic Congestion, according to "The Flash!"

I am officially deceased after reading this Wall Street deli owner's response to the question of whether he asks his customers for stock tips:
As we approach the anniversary of the Blizzard of '78, which struck the region from February 6-7, 1978, we take a look back & remember this storm that had a crippling impact on much of southern New England. Check out our review of this historic storm here-> https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/d18edd685e8d46dfba1d16c7673cc9b8
Remembering the "Blizzard of '78" in Southern New England

Known as "The Benchmark of Winter Storms" it was one of the fiercest storms to have ever struck southern New England.

Esri
TL;DR "We know layoffs don't really cut costs and they hurt productivity, but everyone else is doing them and our board wants to know why we aren't." https://news.stanford.edu/2022/12/05/explains-recent-tech-layoffs-worried/
What explains recent tech layoffs, and why should we be worried? | Stanford News

As layoffs in the tech sector mount, Stanford Graduate School of Business Professor Jeffrey Pfeffer is worried. Research – by him, and others – has shown that the stress layoffs create takes a devastating toll on behavioral and physical health and increases mortality and morbidity substantially. Layoffs literally kill people, he said.

Stanford News
Annoying that on Android if I tap a Mastodon link it does not open the app that I'm logged into but instead a generic web instance...

I was just laid off. I am a senior / staff-level iOS engineer looking for a new remote role in USA.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/kyle-hughes/

Trump was so attached to the idea that the election was stolen from him that he actually wanted to file a trademark for the phrase "Rigged Election".

https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/30/politics/january-6-transcript-release-latest/index.html

Former #RedSox Rich Hill and Nate Eovaldi, now heading elsewhere for 2023, combined for 233.2 innings of work over 46 starts last season, nearly 30% of the team’s starts in 2022.
@PamelaBarroway @juddlegum
Fix the fvcking electrical grid and stop fvcking with peoples lives. This is disgusting.
Can’t believe Abbott won again. This sux.