Let's take a moment to contemplate that what is happening to Twitter / X right now is not possible or very unlikely to happen in a decentralized network.

#twitter #xdown #twitterdown #fediverse

Reading the AI bubble essay by @pluralistic in Locus, it rings very true to me as a survivor for the dot.bomb. I do think that there will be some residual value in the wreckage of AI hype, but I doubt it will be LLMs or AI images. I think the tools to wrangle data at the vast scale of training these models will be the real value, but that they require actual knowledge and understanding that only people can bring.

https://locusmag.com/2023/12/commentary-cory-doctorow-what-kind-of-bubble-is-ai/

Spectacular #storm at Port Macquarie, New South Wales, #Australia by Will Eades ⚡ Follow @xWxClub for more #stormphotos from around the world 

#clouds #sunsets #cloudlovers #onfire_skies #igworldclub_sky #stormchaser #weather #stormchasing #thunderstorms #stormclouds #landscape #stormyweather #cloudscape #beautifulskies #NatureBeauty #PhotographyIsArt #photooftheday #fotografie #photographylovers #photographer #cloudstagram #cloudscapes #naturephotography #cloudsphotography

Wow! Apple byter sida och börjar stödja right ro repair. De har varit motståndare sen forever. Bra nyheter för alla appleanvändare. Kanske mest är en PR-grej för att de inser att right to repair kommer ändå..

"The bill requires vendors of consumer electronics and appliances to make sufficient documentation, parts, and tools for repairs available to customers and independent repair shops."

Hell freezes over as Apple supports right-to-repair bill | Ars Technica
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/08/hell-freezes-over-as-apple-supports-right-to-repair-bill/

Don't choose the shoe on the right if you'd rather train your foot into that painful but attractive shape on the left. I mean, why would you?

Unscrupulous podiatrists with large mortgages the world over will give you the same advice.

Diagram from https://www.naturalfoothealth.com.au/

#shoes #feet #health #barefoot