kimuHave been pondering this sign from yesterday’s bike ride.
Paul D. Lagasse
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Science writer, former beat reporter, and avocational street photographer. Based in Frederick, Maryland.
I force-quit MS Word just to watch it die. #amwriting
I caught my work-from-home supervisor napping on the job this morning… #catsofmastodon
Derek Powazek 🐐I'll be honest, I haven't thought of DPReview in years, but that's only because I haven't shopped for a camera. When full-frame DSLRs were new, it was an invaluable resource. It's a shame to see it go. Moral of the story: don't sell your site to a tech behemoth that will only ever see you as an annoying line item.
https://www.dpreview.com/news/5901145460/dpreview-com-to-close
https://www.dpreview.com/news/5901145460/dpreview-com-to-close
A favorite photo that resulted from patiently waiting for a lucky moment. #streetphotography #candidphotography #canon6d
It must be time for the annual AP Stylebook updates at the ACES conference; ashes and sackcloth are out of stock on Amazon.
AMWriter"What if the persistence of poverty has less to do with the misfortunes of the needy than with the advantages the affluent presume they are entitled to? In Poverty, by America, Matthew Desmond, a sociologist at Princeton, argues that we need to examine the behavior and priorities not of the poor but of 'those of us living lives of privilege and plenty.'"
https://www.theatlantic.com/books/archive/2023/03/poverty-by-america-book-matthew-desmond/673453/
Cam Hunt
Jens OhligI wish more people understood that "I want the computer to generate a natural language text that sounds like a plausible answer to a question about x" and "I want the computer to answer a question about x" are two very different problems.