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@chad I think I ended up using AutoMounter to resolve this:

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The frosted mini-wheat harvest is ready!
I've never been interested in stamps... but then I saw this new Swiss CHF 1.10 stamp.
It's not just a photographic reproduction: "To give the concrete wall depicted in the design a tactile dimension, cement pigments were added to the ultra-matt finish."
I think I'll pop out later and buy a few.
Switzerland continues to have a history of great #graphicdesign!
#brutalism #architecture #stamps #design

Hey, Mastodon, I have a student who needs some #Scottish English speakers to do an online linguistics experiment. Can you help out? Boosts appreciated, or you can just click the link if you qualify!

EDIT: We have more spaces available!!

#Scotland #experiment #linguistics #Scots #Scot #Edinburgh #Glasgow

https://research.sc/participant/login/dynamic/40FE9D0B-2C90-47F9-9F47-B72F35A68CBA

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Hi, I understand there's been a bit of controversy about what a Prince of Persia hero should look like. I think it's time for me to set things straight by providing an official style sheet that everyone can refer to. I hope this helps.

This is the EXACT kind of shit we have been warning you about. "A.I." tools trained on data filled with asaumptions and prejudices about marginalized people and then being deployed in situations with literal life-&-death implications for the people involved. In this case, diaabled parents being more likely to be flagged as "unfit."

This is utter nightmare shit.

https://apnews.com/article/child-protective-services-algorithms-artificial-intelligence-disability-f5af28001b20a15c4213e36144742f11

Not magic: Opaque AI tool may flag parents with disabilities

PITTSBURGH (AP) — For the two weeks that the Hackneys’ baby girl lay in a Pittsburgh hospital bed weak from dehydration, her parents rarely left her side, sometimes sleeping on the fold-out sofa in the room.

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I'm sorry, were any of you planning on telling me there used to be a species of penguin that was 6'7" (2m) tall and weighed 250 lbs (115kg) called Mega Penguin or was I supposed to just find that out on my own

Am I the only one who thinks its odd that #ai companies all seem to have fired their Ethics / Responsibility folks at the same time - and just as greater scrutiny comes to these technologies?

Probably nothing - just a coincidence that they all decided at the same time to get rid of the people who might ... feel a sense of public duty to whistleblow if they saw evidence of serious wrongdoing.

Live now on Kickstarter: Shift Happens!

The early-bird tier is $125 plus shipping for this incredible two-book set (ends in 48 hours).

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mwichary/shift-happens?ref=4blasl

My book about keyboards, Shift Happens, is now on Kickstarter!

There is all sorts of new information about it, and a video, and what I think are very cool tiers and rewards on top of a very cool book.

Please back and spread the word!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mwichary/shift-happens?ref=cr61wq