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Tests that AIs Often Fail and Humans Ace Could Pave the Way for Artificial General Intelligence
#HumanCognitionVsAI #TrueAGI #PuzzlesStumpAIs #AGIQuest #VideoGamesNextFrontier
Discover why some puzzles stump supersmart AIs but are easy for humans, what this reveals about the quest for true artificial general intelligence—and why video games are the next frontier
The next step for #Lyon would be to extend the use of #Linux from servers to staff computers. #EU_OS is preparing a European strategy on which cities could build on.
Die @sovtechfund sucht eine*n kaufmännische:n Referent*in, Berlin/remote:
https://www.sovereign.tech/de/stellenangebote/kaufmaennische_r-referent_in
Außerdem startet der @CivicCoding Accelerator wieder - die Anmeldefrist ist der 12. August. Morgen, am Freitag, den 11. Juli gibt es dazu von 9:00-9:45 Uhr auch einen Online-Info-Termin:
https://www.civic-coding.de/angebote/accelerator
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Schon gesehen? Letzte Woche haben wir ein neues Interview mit Sovereign Tech Fellow @hugovk veröffentlicht.
Hugo ist eine feste Größe in der Python-Community. Die Projekte, die er betreut, werden monatlich über 280 Millionen Mal heruntergeladen, darunter auch Bibliotheken, die bei NASA-Missionen zum Einsatz kommen. Im Interview zeigt Hugo, wie sich seine Passion für Contributions zur zukunftsfesten Mitgestaltung für das gesamte Python-Ökosystem entwickelt hat.
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During the #UN #opensourceweek in June 2025 in their New York HQ, Adriana Groh from the @sovtechfund talked about open digital infrastructure and digital sovereignty 🇺🇳 . @rriemann , who attended for #EU_OS, was in the crowd – and coded meanwhile on #EU_OS. 🚀 The s̶k̶y̶ UN is the limit for our collaboration: why not also #UN_OS? Robert had the chance to exchange contacts with the digital transformation officer there.
Source: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/adrianagroh_unosw-activity-7346877759652020225-73c3
Remembering the Incredible Life of DIY Geneticist Jill Viles
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In 2013, ProPublica reporter David Epstein was contacted by a woman with a wild story and a batch of photos she believed were clues to the mystery of her condition. Turns out, she was right.
https://www.propublica.org/article/remembering-jill-viles-diy-geneticist-muscular-dystrophy-david-espstein?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#Journalism #Genetics #Science #Research #Health #Disability
In 2013, ProPublica reporter David Epstein was contacted by a woman with a wild story and a batch of photos she believed were clues to the mystery of her condition. Turns out, she was right.
Calling from a Texas detention center, José Manuel Ramos Bastidas told his wife to hit record:
“They detained me simply because of my tattoos. I am not a criminal.”
“Just in case something happens to me, so you can be aware.”
A month later, he was gone.
https://www.propublica.org/article/venezuelan-deportees-trump-immigration-asylum-el-salvador?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Immigration #Trump #Deportation #ICE #ElSalvador #Venezuela
Gary Kildall was a pioneer of personal computer software. He wrote programming language tools, including assemblers (Intel 4004), interpreters (BASIC), and compilers (PL/M). He created a widely-used disk operating system (CP/M). He and his wife, Dorothy McEwen, started a successful company called Digital Research to develop and market CP/M, which for years was the dominant operating system for personal microcomputers. Thousands of programs were written to run under it, and a million or more people might have used it.
The full episode of last night's The Oz Katerji Show discussion with Arash Azizi about the Iran nuclear facility strikes and what the future holds for the Iranian regime is out now on YouTube.
Please do like & subscribe if you enjoy the show!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BruYPlxax0
Curious: In moving a government workforce toward LibreOffice, Is there discussion for what the support model should be?
Currently, the entire Professional Support list looks like it might support a few dozen companies totaling say 10k seats. Denmark has something like 800k bureaucrats (over a quarter of the national workforce).
Clearly not just an exercise in installing and using FOSS software, but massively scaling up the ability to support and fix and develop it for a huge (and consequential) workforce.
@libreoffice hopefully this means more bread for the mantainers
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@libreoffice It's comments like this: "Not because we think it’s easy – but because we know it’s necessary to lead the way if we want to create more competition and innovation – and reduce our dependence on the few."
That makes me believe it may actually succeed.
I would like to switch, but I can't find help on two things I use a lot in Word.
Is it possible to simultaneously scroll two documents?
And is it possible to install multiple language packs to check grammar, typos, and more? I type in mostly two but sometimes three.
I create a lot of work in Word, and the layout of elements is crucial since the output goes to Acrobat for printing. Placed images should not be compressed. How does LibreOffice handle this?
Oh, sorry, I understand!
I didn't see it there, that's why I thought I would ask here.
I'm not sure about scrolling 2 documents simultaneously, but, yes, there are additional language packs. In fact, LibreOffice supports more global languages than MS Office does. (I checked this recently,)
For grammar checking, LibreOffice has a built-in spelling and grammar check. I've been using the add-on LanguageTool for the last few years, and it works great.
Tbs, the folks at the LO help forum are very friendly and knowledgeable.
Thank you so much!
I will ask. I am curious.
The simultaneous scrolling is great, it allows me to check the text in both and to follow the same page.
@libreoffice daran sollten sich unsere Politiker ein Beispiel nehmen!
Italy will switch to libreoffice in 3050, before Hungary and Poland, but after all the others
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