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@seeingwithsound@mas.to
2026-05-21 18:07:41

Binding as an enabling mechanism for cross-modal plasticity sciencedirect.com/science/arti "Multiple sources of connections can provide cross-modal input to the deprived visual regions";

From Fig. 2 caption: "Multiple sources of connections can provide cross-modal input to the deprived visual regions: (1) Thalamic relays: nonvisual thalamic nuclei such as the pulvinar project to the visual cortex and can convey auditory information; (2) Corticocortical projections: feedforward or lateral inputs from the auditory cortex to early visual areas. The auditory-visual cortical projection may receive input from both thalamic and top-down connectivity, which strengthens following early …
@Techmeme@techhub.social
2026-05-21 01:11:09

SpaceX S-1: Starlink had 10.3M subscribers in Q1 2026, a 105% increase YoY; SpaceX's "Connectivity" business, which is primarily Starlink, made $11.3B in 2025 (Michael Kan/PCMag)
pcmag.com/news/spacex-ipo-fili

@grahamperrin@bsd.cafe
2026-06-22 08:40:13

@… I enjoyed a killing on Kubuntu 26.04 a day or so ago.
IIRC free memory and swap were nearly exhausted (unrelated to ARC) due to VirtualBox throwing a wobbly with a FreeBSD guest, following a disrupted connection to an old mobile hard disk drive on USB, which I use (with OpenZFS) to store the virtual hard disks for many of my test machines.
I feared…

@sherold@mastodon.online
2026-05-21 20:52:52

Not entirely sure what my brain was up to, but it prompted Nano Banana to generate an “Overly Concerned Drafthorse,” and well, that’s that.

A cartoon-style illustration of an anxious, sweating brown horse standing inside a futuristic, sci-fi spaceship hangar or laboratory. The horse has an anthropomorphic, worried facial expression with wide eyes and sweat drops flying from its head, highly reminiscent of the art style from *Bojack Horseman*. It is wearing a leather harness connected to metal chains and electronic devices strapped to its back. A bright purple electric arc shoots from a large machine in the background, striking o…
A cartoon-style illustration of an anthropomorphic brown draft horse looking highly stressed and overwhelmed at an office desk, drawn in a style reminiscent of *Bojack Horseman*. The horse wears wire-rimmed glasses, a blue plaid button-down shirt, and a brown herringbone vest. It has wide, anxious eyes and visible sweat drops on its forehead, holding one hoof to its brow in a gesture of panic while clutching crumpled papers in its other hoof. The cluttered wooden desk is filled with stack…
@Techmeme@techhub.social
2026-06-18 15:15:54

Filings: Waymo pulls its ~4K robotaxis from highways after finding 13 instances of the cars driving into highway sections under construction (Sean O'Kane/TechCrunch)
techcrunch.com/2026/06/18/waym

Waymo recalls nearly 4,000 robotaxis to stop them driving into highway construction zones | TechCrunch
The company has identified at least 13 instances where its robotaxis drove into highway sections closed for construction.

@penguin42@mastodon.org.uk
2026-05-19 17:52:52

I'm now getting spam for elbows and flanges and pipe fittings.
How stuff has changed over the years!

@cjust@infosec.exchange
2026-06-18 17:24:53

No, Artificial Intelligence Is Not Conscious

--Ted Chiang, The Atlantic
Should we seriously consider the possibility that Claude, or any large language model, might be conscious? And if it has feelings, is it capable of receiving moral instruction?
No. Absolutely not. Generative AI is harmful enough when we understand it as a conventional technology, but if we confuse fluency at generating text with consciousness or moral agency, we’re at risk of assigning re…

No, Artificial Intelligence Is Not Conscious
Taken to its logical conclusion, this line of thinking is absurd—and damning.

@floheinstein@chaos.social
2026-06-19 09:11:46

Zurich - Cape Town - McMurdo - Honolulu - Zurich
You can basically set your bearing to 173° and fly along a straight line to see Switzerland, South Africa, Antarctica and Hawaii.
greatcirclemap.com/?routes=ZRH

A line from Zurich in Europe to Capetown in Africa and then Ross Island in Antarctica
A straight line connecting Ross Island, Honolulu and then continuing further north
A line connecting Honolulu and Zurich, passing through Alaska, parts of Canada, Greenland and Germany
@denmanrooke@mastodon.ie
2026-05-19 11:04:45

Not only will the Ring Road not solve the traffic issues as report after report has highlighted only 3% is bypass traffic, but it will CPO and affect 54 homeowners.
The N6 will encourage private car use, raise emissions, waste money, and not even solve traffic.

Galway Ring Road CPO issued as residents seek clarity
The marathon N6 Galway City Ring Road project has moved a step closer following the publication of the compulsory purchase order (CPO) notice last week, but families facing the loss of their homes say they are still waiting for direct communication about what happens next.

@cdarwin@c.im
2026-06-18 19:59:23

The right wing think tank "Manhattan Institute", is in the midst of a yearlong campaign to pass state-level legislation
reclassifying minor crimes like vandalism, blocking a roadway, or trespassing during a protest as felonies that would carry 18-month prison sentences as punishment.
The push to criminalize forms of nonviolent disobedience as a form of terrorism comes amid a broader Trump administration effort to crack down on leftist organizations, causes, and social m…

The Manhattan Institute Helped Kill DEI. Now It’s Coming for Protests
The right-wing think tank is actively pushing “civil terrorism”—increasing penalties for minor crimes committed while people engage in constitutionally protected free speech.