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Walmart launches Bettergoods, a private label catered to shoppers who value trendy culinary options.
https://corporate.walmart.com/news/2024/04/30/walmart-launches-bettergoods-a-n…

Finding Understanding and Support: Navigating Online Communities to Share and Connect at the intersection of Abuse and Foster Care Experiences
Tawfiq Ammari, Eunhye Ahn, Astha Lakhankar, Joyce Lee
https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.18301

Finding Understanding and Support: Navigating Online Communities to Share and Connect at the intersection of Abuse and Foster Care Experiences
Many children in foster care experience trauma that is rooted in unstable family relationships. Other members of the foster care system like foster parents and social workers face secondary trauma. Drawing on 10 years of Reddit data, we used a mixed methods approach to analyze how different members of the foster care system find support and similar experiences at the intersection of two Reddit communities - foster care, and abuse. Users who cross this boundary focus on trauma experiences specif…

Owner.com, which offers an all-in-one platform for independent restaurants that includes online ordering and a website builder, raised a $33M Series B (Christine Hall/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2024/01/31/owner-33m-series-b-online-restaurants/

Owner.com grabs $33M Series B to improve online guest experiences for mom-and-pop restaurants | TechCrunch
Owner recently tapped into AI technology for its new email marketer feature that produces an email in the restaurant owner's style and tone.

The Shirky books are still helpful, but I am asking you, oh expert and knowledgeable readers, if there are any more recent books which address decentralised organising, but with the benefit of experience of the darker experiences of the last 10years of social media

AI for Educators Conference : https://tceajmg.micro.blog/2024/04/30/ai-for-educators.html

Brexit has made life very difficult for many UK craftspeople. The wonderful calligrapher Patricia Lovett collated experiences in a report for parliament. She explains the background at https://www.patricialovett.com/craft-and-the-effects-of-brexit/, & the …

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Autonomous Shuttle Operation for Vulnerable Populations: Lessons and Experiences
The increasing shortage of drivers poses a significant threat to vulnerable populations, particularly seniors and disabled individuals who heavily depend on public transportation for accessing healthcare services and social events. Autonomous Vehicles (AVs) emerge as a promising alternative, offering potential improvements in accessibility and independence for these groups. However, current designs and studies often overlook the unique needs and experiences of these populations, leading to pote…

Chile, 1973: eyewitness testimony.
Voz IX: ‘I watched as bonfires of books and papers were burned’ | Latin America Bureau https://

Voz IX: ‘I watched as bonfires of books and papers were burned’ | Latin America Bureau
In August last year, with the 50th anniversary of the coup d’état in Chile fast approaching, Tom Gatehouse interviewed his father Mike Gatehouse about his experiences of being arrested by the military and taken to the National Stadium, and continuing to campaign for human rights.

An interview with Unity's chief product and technology officer Marc Whitten, as the company launches official support to build spatial apps for Apple's visionOS (Dean Takahashi/VentureBeat)
https://venturebeat.com/games/unity-launches-gen…

Unity launches general support for Apple Vision Pro
Unity has unveiled its support for spatial experiences including support for the Apple Vision Pro that launches on February 2.

"A successful apocalyptic prophecy is one that doesn’t happen."
Near-Death-Experiencer sometimes bring back ideas of a possible future... and they stress that we always can change their predictions, simply by changing ourselves.
https://near-death.com/future/

The Future and the Near-Death Experience - Near-Death Experiences and the Afterlife
Near-Death Experiences and the Afterlife discusses The Future and the Near-Death Experience . Did you enjoy reading this post, we have more!

The user is evaluating vulnerability management solutions for their organization and seeks insights on Rapid7, CrowdStrike, MS Defender, and Wiz. They're interested in the extent of vulnerability coverage, types of vulnerabilities detected, and user experiences with each platform. https://reddit.com/r/cybersecurity/comments/1b3d6f4/

I forgot to put this out on socials, but my latest CSO column takes a closer look at the just-released 2.0 version of the NIST Cybersecurity Framework. Many thanks to Padraic O'Reilly from CyberSaint for his insights.
Also, still eager to chat with folks who work with the CSF in their organizations to hear about their experiences for my upcoming book on cyber risk management using the CSF.
NIST releases expanded 2.0 version of the Cybersecurity Framework
https://www.csoonline.com/article/1310046/nist-releases-expanded-2-0-version-of-the-cybersecurity-framework.html

Women are less comfortable expressing opinions online than men and report heightened fears for safety: Surveying gender differences in experiences of online harms
Francesca Stevens, Florence E. Enock, Tvesha Sippy, Jonathan Bright, Miranda Cross, Pica Johansson, Judy Wajcman, Helen Z. Margetts
https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.19037

Women are less comfortable expressing opinions online than men and report heightened fears for safety: Surveying gender differences in experiences of online harms
Online harms, such as hate speech, trolling and self-harm promotion, continue to be widespread. While some work suggests women are disproportionately affected, other studies find mixed evidence for gender differences in experiences with content of this kind. Using a nationally representative survey of UK adults (N=1992), we examine exposure to a variety of harms, fears surrounding being targeted, the psychological impact of online experiences, the use of safety tools to protect against harm, an…

Some publishers are hesitant to monetize generative AI chatbots with ads because of low CPMs and lack of scale, opting to build a subscription model first (Sara Guaglione/Digiday)
https://digiday.com/media/why-some-publish…

Why some publishers aren’t ready to monetize generative AI chatbots with ads yet
Monetization of generative AI chatbot experiences is slow going. Some publishing execs said they’re not ready to add advertising to these products until they scale or can build a subscription model first.

This is an important and insightful critique of the Taylor Lorenz story about "what life has been like for LGBTQ people in Oklahoma".
Like so many important topics, our personality-driven mainstream news media fails to center their stories on the right subject.
Thankfully there are writers with first-hand knowledge and lived experiences who do real journalism, as noted in this article.

I Don’t Care About Your Brand
Nex Benedict, Taylor Lorenz, and why trans trauma is not your goldmine.

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Meta-Object: Interactive and Multisensory Virtual Object Learned from the Real World for the Post-Metaverse
With the proliferation of wearable Augmented Reality/Virtual Reality (AR/VR) devices, ubiquitous virtual experiences seamlessly integrate into daily life through metaverse platforms. To support immersive metaverse experiences akin to reality, we propose a next-generation virtual object, a meta-object, a property-embedded virtual object that contains interactive and multisensory characteristics learned from the real world. Current virtual objects differ significantly from real-world objects due …

Wu Min-Hsuan (Ttcat) about the propaganda of authoritarian countries Wu Min-Hsuan (Ttcat), CEO OF Doublethink Lab, noted during public discussion “Ukraine-Taiwan: exploring experiences in countering d Source : https://uacrisis.org/en/wu-min-hsuan-t

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Exploring the Problems, their Causes and Solutions of AI Pair Programming: A Study with Practitioners of GitHub Copilot
With the recent advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Large Language Models (LLMs), AI-based code generation tools become a practical solution for software development. GitHub Copilot, the AI pair programmer, utilizes machine learning models trained on a large corpus of code snippets to generate code suggestions using natural language processing. Despite its popularity in software development, there is limited empirical evidence on the actual experiences of practitioners who work with…

Since it came up in another thread I thought I'd post a link to About Face, an anti-war, anti-cop veterans organization.
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We are Post-9/11 service members and veterans organizing to end a foreign policy of permanent war and the use of military weapons, tactics, and values in communities across the country. As people intimately familiar with the inner workings of the world’s largest military, we use our knowledge and experiences to expose the truth about these conflicts ov…

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Formalizing Multimedia Recommendation through Multimodal Deep Learning
Recommender systems (RSs) offer personalized navigation experiences on online platforms, but recommendation remains a challenging task, particularly in specific scenarios and domains. Multimodality can help tap into richer information sources and construct more refined user/item profiles for recommendations. However, existing literature lacks a shared and universal schema for modeling and solving the recommendation problem through the lens of multimodality. This work aims to formalize a general…

Autonomous Shuttle Operation for Vulnerable Populations: Lessons and Experiences
Ren Zhong, Zhaofeng Tian, Jinghui Liao, Weisong Shi
https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.17593

Autonomous Shuttle Operation for Vulnerable Populations: Lessons and Experiences
The increasing shortage of drivers poses a significant threat to vulnerable populations, particularly seniors and disabled individuals who heavily depend on public transportation for accessing healthcare services and social events. Autonomous Vehicles (AVs) emerge as a promising alternative, offering potential improvements in accessibility and independence for these groups. However, current designs and studies often overlook the unique needs and experiences of these populations, leading to pote…

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Evolutionary Reinforcement Learning via Cooperative Coevolution
Recently, evolutionary reinforcement learning has obtained much attention in various domains. Maintaining a population of actors, evolutionary reinforcement learning utilises the collected experiences to improve the behaviour policy through efficient exploration. However, the poor scalability of genetic operators limits the efficiency of optimising high-dimensional neural networks. To address this issue, this paper proposes a novel cooperative coevolutionary reinforcement learning (CoERL) algor…

Ensemble Methodology:Innovations in Credit Default Prediction Using LightGBM, XGBoost, and LocalEnsemble
Mengran Zhu, Ye Zhang, Yulu Gong, Kaijuan Xing, Xu Yan, Jintong Song
https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.17979

Ensemble Methodology:Innovations in Credit Default Prediction Using LightGBM, XGBoost, and LocalEnsemble
In the realm of consumer lending, accurate credit default prediction stands as a critical element in risk mitigation and lending decision optimization. Extensive research has sought continuous improvement in existing models to enhance customer experiences and ensure the sound economic functioning of lending institutions. This study responds to the evolving landscape of credit default prediction, challenging conventional models and introducing innovative approaches. By building upon foundational…

First Experiences with the Identification of People at Risk for Diabetes in Argentina using Machine Learning Techniques
Enzo Rucci, Gonzalo Tittarelli, Franco Ronchetti, Jorge F. Elgart, Laura Lanzarini, Juan Jos\'e Gagliardino
https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.18631

First Experiences with the Identification of People at Risk for Diabetes in Argentina using Machine Learning Techniques
Detecting Type 2 Diabetes (T2D) and Prediabetes (PD) is a real challenge for medicine due to the absence of pathogenic symptoms and the lack of known associated risk factors. Even though some proposals for machine learning models enable the identification of people at risk, the nature of the condition makes it so that a model suitable for one population may not necessarily be suitable for another. In this article, the development and assessment of predictive models to identify people at risk fo…

The headline says it all. You can build fundamentally different, better experiences for your users if the platform you build them on gets data to your users an order of magnitude faster. Don't take my word for it, try it for yourself. https://www.fastly.com/blog/be-among-the-…

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"A successful apocalyptic prophecy is one that doesn’t happen."
Near-Death-Experiencer sometimes bring back ideas of a possible future... and they stress that we always can change their predictions, simply by changing ourselves.
https://near-death.com/future/

The Future and the Near-Death Experience - Near-Death Experiences and the Afterlife
Near-Death Experiences and the Afterlife discusses The Future and the Near-Death Experience . Did you enjoy reading this post, we have more!

The user is evaluating vulnerability management solutions for their organization and seeks insights on Rapid7, CrowdStrike, MS Defender, and Wiz. They're interested in the extent of vulnerability coverage, types of vulnerabilities detected, and user experiences with each platform. https://reddit.com/r/cybersecurity/comments/1b3d6f4/

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Fake Google restaurant reviews and the implications for consumers and restaurants
The use of online reviews to aid with purchase decisions is popular among consumers as it is a simple heuristic tool based on the reported experiences of other consumers. However, not all online reviews are written by real consumers or reflect actual experiences, and present implications for consumers and businesses. This study examines the effects of fake online reviews written by artificial intelligence (AI) on consumer decision making. Respondents were surveyed about their attitudes and habi…

With the AutSPACEs #citizenscience project we got a paid #mastoart opportunity. 🧑‍🎨 The project is by & for a community of #actuallyautistic people to gather qualitative data on sensory processing experiences in daily life. 📚
We are looking for a freelance illustrator/graphic designer to create a couple of accessible illustrations for the project. We would particularly love to work with someone with lived experience.
See more details on the opportunity & project here: https://autspacesnews.wordpress.com/2024/02/22/february-newsletter-2024/

Our Love: Diary of a Prince - complete audiobook 🌹⭐❤️
Narrated queer romance audiobook | Total listening time: 3h 40m
A young artist in search of love records his experiences as a gay man in the 1700s of Italy. His world turns as he finds true love by chance. However, their forbidden passionate affair will come at a cost. Endure this journey of lov...

Our Love: Diary of a Prince - complete audiobook 🌹⭐❤️
Narrated queer romance audiobook | Total listening time: 3h 40m A young artist in search of love records his experiences as a gay man in the 1700s of Italy. His world turns as he finds true love by chance. However, their forbidden passionate affair will come at a cost. Endure this journey of love, hate, friendship, acceptance, and forgiveness. Written, produced, and narrated by a queer POC. 1 seasons, 10 episodes as of Apr 17, 2024.

Ruffle&Riley: Insights from Designing and Evaluating a Large Language Model-Based Conversational Tutoring System
Robin Schmucker, Meng Xia, Amos Azaria, Tom Mitchell
https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.17460

Ruffle&Riley: Insights from Designing and Evaluating a Large Language Model-Based Conversational Tutoring System
Conversational tutoring systems (CTSs) offer learning experiences through interactions based on natural language. They are recognized for promoting cognitive engagement and improving learning outcomes, especially in reasoning tasks. Nonetheless, the cost associated with authoring CTS content is a major obstacle to widespread adoption and to research on effective instructional design. In this paper, we discuss and evaluate a novel type of CTS that leverages recent advances in large language mode…

Are there already experiences with installation of Llama 3 on your own hardware (on premis or a virtual server) and the experiences with that ?
(compared to via azure, amazon, google cloud).
Contemplating this as an option.
#AI #llama3

Excellent article about how Magneto (the X-Men villain/hero/villain/hero) is a surprisingly good match for the politics of Judaism in the late 20th and early 21st century
https://web.archive.org/web/20240424230333/https://defector.com/the-ju…

The Judgment Of Magneto | Defector
Somewhere beyond death, in a realm of judgment and pain, a concrete labyrinth filled by countless names, a man walks. He is Jewish, and has been made hard and cruel by his experiences in the Nazi death camps. He’s also a mutant, gifted with the power to manipulate metal and the electromagnetic spectrum. Since his […]

Bad Experiences With a Cheap Wind Turbine
https://poliverso.org/display/0477a01e-658f3127-c371f456bd518b3d
Bad Experiences With a Cheap Wind Turbine If you’ve got a property with some outdoor space and plenty of wind, you might consider throwing up …

#AI-generated: "Do blind people have visual Near Death Experiences?" https://typeset.io/questions/do-blind-people-have-visual-near-death-experiences-3…

Do blind people have visual Near Death Experiences? | 4 Answers from Research papers
Blind people may have visual Near Death Experiences (NDEs) according to the reviewed literature. Studies suggest that the "blind" occipital cortex, which is responsible for visual processing, may be able to integrate non-visual sensory inputs and generate visuo-spatial impressions. Veridical NDEs, where the experiences are confirmed to be accurate, have been reported during general anesthesia or cardiac arrest, with visual perceptions being more common than auditory perceptions. Access to visua…

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Dealing with Data for RE: Mitigating Challenges using NLP and Generative AI
Across the dynamic business landscape today, enterprises face an ever-increasing range of challenges. These include the constantly evolving regulatory environment, the growing demand for personalization within software applications, and the heightened emphasis on governance. In response to these multifaceted demands, large enterprises have been adopting automation that spans from the optimization of core business processes to the enhancement of customer experiences. Indeed, Artificial Intellige…

Learning Optimal Behavior Through Reasoning and Experiences
Cosmin Ilut, Rosen Valchev
https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.18185 https://arxiv…

Learning Optimal Behavior Through Reasoning and Experiences
We develop a novel framework of bounded rationality under cognitive frictions that studies learning over optimal behavior through both deliberative reasoning and accumulated experiences. Using both types of information, agents engage in Bayesian non-parametric estimation of the unknown action value function. Reasoning signals are produced internally through mental deliberation, subject to a cognitive cost. Experience signals are the observed utility outcomes at previous actions. Agents' subject…

Looking forward to supporting a workshop and checking out #provotypes and speculative designs from research on AI in the home in Emmenbrücke on March 7
https://www.

Talking AI
How do virtual assistants and ChatGPT change our daily lives today? What services may we use tomorrow? What challenges and opportunities emerge? Find out at the HSLU School of Design, Film and Art’s workshops, panels and interactive exhibition part of the SNSF Sinergia Project VA-PEPR: Voice Assistants: People, Experiences, Practices and Routines.

💔 How trauma gets 'under the skin': Research investigates impaired muscle function caused by childhood trauma
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-04-trauma-skin-impaired-muscle-function.html

How trauma gets 'under the skin': Research investigates impaired muscle function caused by childhood trauma
A University of Michigan study has shown that traumatic experiences during childhood may get "under the skin" later in life, impairing the muscle function of people as they age.

Non-government organizations of Ukraine and Taiwan want to counter propaganda jointly Ukraine Crisis Media Center hosted a public discussion “Ukraine-Taiwan: exploring experiences in countering disinf Source : https://uacrisis.org/en/neuryadovi-org

Collisional dynamics of symmetric two-dimensional quantum droplets
Yanming Hu, Yifan Fei, Xiao-Long Chen, Yunbo Zhang
https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.19295 http…

Collisional dynamics of symmetric two-dimensional quantum droplets
The collisional dynamics of two symmetric droplets with equal intraspecies scattering lengths and particle number density for each component is studied by solving the corresponding extended Gross-Pitaevskii equation in two dimensions by including a logarithmic correction term in the usual contact interaction. We find the merging droplet after collision experiences a quadrupole oscillation in its shape and the oscillation period is found to be independent of the incidental momentum for small dro…

I have been blown away by the amount of language and metaphors describing cofounder relationships as marriage, love, and dating.
It seems like one of those rare instances where our society actually accepts and welcomes platonic love and intimacy?
What are people's thoughts and experiences here?
#business

(riffing on @…'s excellent thread)
I hate cars enough to miss out on some experiences. But I get different experiences as a result. Instead of driving 2-3 hours out of town to go on a hike, I know the Inner Bay Area hikes that are BARTable/bikeable very well; people with cars are impressed I know so many beautiful spots they'd never heard of that are right her…

A University Framework for the Responsible use of Generative AI in Research
Shannon Smith, Melissa Tate, Keri Freeman, Anne Walsh, Brian Ballsun-Stanton, Mark Hooper, Murray Lane
https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.19244 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2404.19244
arXiv:2404.19244v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Generative Artificial Intelligence (generative AI) poses both opportunities and risks for the integrity of research. Universities must guide researchers in using generative AI responsibly, and in navigating a complex regulatory landscape subject to rapid change. By drawing on the experiences of two Australian universities, we propose a framework to help institutions promote and facilitate the responsible use of generative AI. We provide guidance to help distil the diverse regulatory environment into a principles-based position statement. Further, we explain how a position statement can then serve as a foundation for initiatives in training, communications, infrastructure, and process change. Despite the growing body of literature about AI's impact on academic integrity for undergraduate students, there has been comparatively little attention on the impacts of generative AI for research integrity, and the vital role of institutions in helping to address those challenges. This paper underscores the urgency for research institutions to take action in this area and suggests a practical and adaptable framework for so doing.

The headline says it all. You can build fundamentally different, better experiences for your users if the platform you build them on gets data to your users an order of magnitude faster. Don't take my word for it, try it for yourself. https://www.fastly.com/blog/be-among-the-…

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Today I am very confused about how the bird detector is failing to spot birds on the video stream but if I run it against the analysed frames (which are saved out in debug mode) using the same model, code, etc., it finds them.

"AI" isn't going to take over the world until it's reliable and going off my experiences with that, it's a long way off.

(and that's not even getting into the inability to use different models because REASONS)

Meta-Object: Interactive and Multisensory Virtual Object Learned from the Real World for the Post-Metaverse
Dooyoung Kim, Taewook Ha, Jinseok Hong, Seonji Kim, Selin Choi, Heejeong Ko, Woontack Woo
https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.17179

Meta-Object: Interactive and Multisensory Virtual Object Learned from the Real World for the Post-Metaverse
With the proliferation of wearable Augmented Reality/Virtual Reality (AR/VR) devices, ubiquitous virtual experiences seamlessly integrate into daily life through metaverse platforms. To support immersive metaverse experiences akin to reality, we propose a next-generation virtual object, a meta-object, a property-embedded virtual object that contains interactive and multisensory characteristics learned from the real world. Current virtual objects differ significantly from real-world objects due …

If you're someone who's really into themeparks (like a lot); there's this random thing I just stumbled on: https://www.coasterbreaks.com/
Literally a company that does (mostly) all-in theme park tours, going to a different theme park each day for a week -. Hotels and transport incl…

Coaster Breaks | Theme Park Tours
Thrilling small group travel experiences dedicated to theme park tours and roller coaster adventures - Take the ride of your life with Coaster Breaks!

These horror stories show how #transport systems #fail Australians with #disability:

Australians with disability share their transport horror stories
The ABC has recently heard hundreds of stories from Australians with disability about their experiences with transport across the country. Advocates say systems are failing them.

Script of the video above:
"I think that flow states and similar times of total absorption can do a lot to help non-autistic people to make sense of #autistic experiences.
In the right environment, autistic people might enter this state of intense absorption many times on any given day – but few schools and workplaces are designed to accommodate that! It is also something that many parents and carers fail to understand, so autistic people are often wrenched out of their attention tunnels constantly – an experience that can be intensely unpleasant and disruptive, taking the place of something that could be relaxing and restorative.
Think of a time when you have almost finished a chapter of a riveting book, or a game was nearly over, and suddenly you were pulled away from it and expected to do something else entirely straight away, with no idea if or when you’ll be allowed to get back to what you were lost in. Now, imagine that happening to you several times a day, and everyone around you acts as if this is perfectly normal and no big deal! Nobody seems to understand the time it takes to shift gears, or the feeling of instability that follows from being jerked too quickly off of the track that you were on. Like many of the distressing experiences that autistic people have, this is made far worse by the failure of other people to recognise what’s happening.
#Flow states have been touted as the key to wellbeing for everyone – probably rightly, I think. They come with a sense of purpose and a kind of easy intensity that are both hard to match."
https://monotropism.org/wellbeing/

Innovative Jewish community leader Yocheved Sidof (#Purim

I'm looking for info about immersive entertainment in different countries, especially those where English is not the primary language. If you're reading this, maybe you can help?
Curious about immersive theater (like Sleep No More), escape rooms, puzzle games, alternate reality games, role playing...
Things I want to know:
- what are the experiences called?
- when was the first one in the country?
- what influenced it?
- is it popular?
- what ca…

Today is my 11th work anniversary at @… 🎂
I’ve spent most of that time providing creative direction and design for our customers, shipping better web experiences together. 💪
But I’ve also found time to write and publish 77 articles. There’s a list in my bio:

Tyler Sticka, Partner, Vice President at Cloud Four
Tyler Sticka is Cloud Four’s VP of Design, allowing him to think about design systems every day. When he isn’t directing his team, sketching on sticky notes or nitpicking CSS, he enjoys reading comics, making video games and listening to weird music. You can follow Tyler on Mastodon.

User shares personal experiences of discovering cybersecurity vulnerabilities: one in Microsoft Word (90s-2000s), where inserting a link suggested URLs of previously visited sites despite deletion from browser history; and another where cracking a software was possible by deleting prefix header in binary using a hex editor. https://reddit.com/r/cybersecurity/comments/1cfin45/

"#AI has the capacity to conjure convincing human simulacra from trillions of bytes of data; and, by doing so, to upend centuries of assumptions around truth, identity and our shared experiences of reality."
"We should make it a mark of shame, not pride, when you make your AI more #human.&quot…

Daniel Dennett: 'Why civilisation is more fragile than we realised'
Before his recent death, the influential philosopher Daniel Dennett spoke to the BBC about his why he saw new dangers from AI.

Redact: Clean Up Your Social Media and Most Used Accounts
Wishing you could start anew with social media? If you are, you’re not alone. 45% of respondents to a survey shared they were sanitizing their feeds. Let’s look at a few of my favorite tools, and I’ll share some of my experiences.
Read more https://

From Clicks to Conversions: Analysis of Traffic Sources in E-Commerce
Amrutha Muralidhar, Yathindra Lakkanna
https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.16115 https://

From Clicks to Conversions: Analysis of Traffic Sources in E-Commerce
Over the past years, e-commerce platforms have expanded substantially, providing customers with convenient shopping experiences. To enhance e-commerce websites, it's essential to grasp user engagement and factors affecting conversion rates. This optimization is achieved by aligning platforms with user expectations, thereby fostering successful online shopping experiences, and contributing to sustained growth in the dynamic digital marketplace. In this paper, we conduct a comprehensive analysis …

Caesar Lives by Iggy Pop
.i .cesre cu .lifri
Cesre experiences life.
This was published in Classics Ireland Vol. 2 (1995), the Journal of the Classical Association of Ireland
ti se gubgau lo se cukta pe la klasiks.airlnd. lo 2moi te krefu ku noi se cukta pe la klasikl.kansa be la airlnd ku
This is a reprint of the second edition of the book from Classics Ireland, which is a book from Classical Kansas of Ireland.

How Platform Exchange and Safeguards Matter: The Case of Sexual Risk in Airbnb and Couchsurfing
Skyler Wang
https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.18705 https://

How Platform Exchange and Safeguards Matter: The Case of Sexual Risk in Airbnb and Couchsurfing
Recent work in CHI and CSCW has devoted increasing attention to how the design of network hospitality platforms shapes user experiences and relational outcomes. In this article, I interrogate how different risk factors emerge based on the type of exchanges these platforms facilitate. To do so, I juxtapose two prominent network hospitality platforms: one facilitating negotiated exchange (i.e., Airbnb) with another facilitating reciprocal exchange (i.e., Couchsurfing) between users. Homing in on …

Tja, es ist halt leider so, dass das, was während der Pandemie an Teilhabe möglich war — sei es bei Einschränkungen wg. Gesundheit, wegen Geld, wegen Reisen, wegen Careaufgaben, oder einfach Leben — nach und nach wieder auf Vor-Pandemie-Niveau zurückgebaut wird.

Sexualization Not Safety: Black Girls, Trans, and Gender Nonconforming Youth’s Experiences of Police Presence in Schools: Report — Interrupting Criminalization | Research In Action https://www.

Sexualization Not Safety: Black Girls, Trans, and Gender Nonconforming Youth’s Experiences of Police Presence in Schools: Report — Interrupting Criminalization | Research In Action
A report sharing insights from a 3-year community story-telling project engaging Black girls, trans and GNC youth around their experiences of police presence in schools, including sexual harassment, assault, and violence.

@… hi, wie sieht's eigentlich mit deinem buchimport bei the storygraph aus? neue experiences?

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Understanding the Experiences of Neurodivergent Undergraduate Physicists Through Critical Disability Physics Identity
As more neurodivergent students enter college, discussion on neurodiversity in higher education is gaining momentum. It is increasingly imperative that we understand how neurodivergent individuals construct their identities within the context of physics programs. Using hte Critical Disability Physics Identity framework, this study offers a nuanced analysis of the lived experiences and identity development of neurodivergent undergraduate physicists through the lens of resource use and political …

User shares personal experiences of discovering cybersecurity vulnerabilities: one in Microsoft Word (90s-2000s), where inserting a link suggested URLs of previously visited sites despite deletion from browser history; and another where cracking a software was possible by deleting prefix header in binary using a hex editor. https://reddit.com/r/cybersecurity/comments/1cfin45/

Now I have really seen it all 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️ #nft #blockchain

Explore Uncharted Paths with Touren: Premier Enduro Touring Adventures
Embark on an unforgettable journey with Touren, your gateway to the world’s most exhilarating enduro trails. Discover bespoke tours that blend the thrill of off-road riding with the beauty of unexplored landscapes. Whether you're a seasoned rider or a novice seeking adventure, Touren curates experiences that cater to your spirit of adventure. Join us to traverse through hidden tracks, breathtaking vistas, and unparalleled terrains. Start your next adventure with Touren - where every turn is a…

“We care too much about the appearance of seriousness, and not enough about the humility to realize that we draw inspiration, ideas, and momentum from sources all around us. The correct way to do #science must not be to cut ourselves from the world. We do science as whole individuals, shaped by our experiences, our interactions, and our culture. Every time we bring this to our research, we reaffirm…

Vol. 5 - We should cite pop culture more.
We should cite more than the scientific literature, because we understand the world around us through more than the scientific literature.

Spotify unveils Live Experiences, letting brands sponsor Spotify events for the first time, and plans five to 20 free Live Experiences in the first year (Mark Stenberg/Adweek)
https://www.adweek.com/media/spotify-live-experiences/

Spotify’s Plan to Monetize Live Events
The new offering will enable brands to integrate with its expanding slate of events

Sometimes I look at current politicization of medical treatments and think about how many people (6-30%) regret things like knee surgery.
"Of the 348 patients who responded to a letter asking if they were satisfied or dissatisfied with their [total knee arthroplasty] surgery, 61 (18%) reported discontent."
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Patients’ experiences of discontentment one year after total knee arthroplasty- a qualitative study - BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
Background Total knee arthroplasty is a common procedure with generally good results. However, there are still patients who are dissatisfied without known explanation. Satisfaction and dissatisfaction have previously been captured by quantitative designs, but there is a lack of qualitative studies regarding these patients’ experiences. Qualitative knowledge might be useful in creating strategies to decrease the dissatisfaction rate. Methods Of the 348 patients who responded to a letter asking…

What happens after a project has gathered data enriched by crowdsourcing, machine learning/AI, or both? Does the data end up in a collections management system, or does it sit on a drive somewhere? Help us understand the factors in successes and failures in ingesting enriched data by sharing your experiences
Our survey should take about 15 mins:
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Challenges for integrating volunteer and AI-enriched metadata into collections systems
What are we studying? There's a long history of crowdsourcing projects at cultural heritage institutions (GLAMS, or galleries, libraries, archives and museums). More recently, GLAMs have experimented with machine learning or 'AI' to create, enrich or enhance data about collections. However, some projects struggle to integrate the data created or enriched by online volunteers and/or machine learning into collections management and discovery systems (catalogues, for short). We're seeking to unde…

Do I know anyone who uses ClouDNS.net? Any experiences to share? Thinking of finally moving my DNS and looking for something supported by the letsencrypt APIs for DNS validation. They seem pretty cheap (I have a lot of domains)

Ukraine – Taiwan: Exploring experiences in countering disinformation: https://benborges.xyz/2024/03/22/ukraine-taiwan-exploring.html

Review Ecosystems to access Educational XR Experiences: a Scoping Review
Shaun Bangay, Adam P. A. Cardilini, Sophie McKenzie, Maria Nicholas, Manjeet Singh
https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.17243

Review Ecosystems to access Educational XR Experiences: a Scoping Review
Educators, developers, and other stakeholders face challenges when creating, adapting, and utilizing virtual and augmented reality (XR) experiences for teaching curriculum topics. User created reviews of these applications provide important information about their relevance and effectiveness in supporting achievement of educational outcomes. To make these reviews accessible, relevant, and useful, they must be readily available and presented in a format that supports decision-making by educators…

Spike up Prime Interest in Science and Technology through Constructionist Games
Pavel Petrovi\v{c}, Fedir Agarshev
https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.17243 https:/…

Spike up Prime Interest in Science and Technology through Constructionist Games
Robotics sets have been successfully used in elementary and secondary schools in conformance with the 'learning through play' philosophy fostered by LEGO Education, while utilizing the Constructionism didactic approach. Learners discover and acquire knowledge through first-hand tangible experiences, building their own representations in a constructivist learning process. Usual pedagogical goals of the activities include introduction to the principles of control, mechanics, programming, and robo…

Dealing with Data for RE: Mitigating Challenges using NLP and Generative AI
Smita Ghaisas, Anmol Singhal
https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.16977 https://

Dealing with Data for RE: Mitigating Challenges using NLP and Generative AI
Across the dynamic business landscape today, enterprises face an ever-increasing range of challenges. These include the constantly evolving regulatory environment, the growing demand for personalization within software applications, and the heightened emphasis on governance. In response to these multifaceted demands, large enterprises have been adopting automation that spans from the optimization of core business processes to the enhancement of customer experiences. Indeed, Artificial Intellige…

Learning from Offline and Online Experiences: A Hybrid Adaptive Operator Selection Framework
Jiyuan Pei, Jialin Liu, Yi Mei
https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.10252

Learning from Offline and Online Experiences: A Hybrid Adaptive Operator Selection Framework
In many practical applications, usually, similar optimisation problems or scenarios repeatedly appear. Learning from previous problem-solving experiences can help adjust algorithm components of meta-heuristics, e.g., adaptively selecting promising search operators, to achieve better optimisation performance. However, those experiences obtained from previously solved problems, namely offline experiences, may sometimes provide misleading perceptions when solving a new problem, if the characterist…

(YouTube) #Ganzflicker: Using light-induced hallucinations to predict divergent perceptual experiences https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPIMa3wNiqs&t=2s by

The struggle of migrant mothers: Escaping abuse and confronting international abduction charges - Migrant Women Press https://migrantwomenpress.com/the-struggle-of-migrant-mothers-escaping-abuse-and-confrontin…

The struggle of migrant mothers: Escaping abuse and confronting international abduction charges - Migrant Women Press
Migrant Women Press is an independent media outlet focused on the experiences of migrant women. Journalism with gender, race and migration perspectives.

Now I have really seen it all 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️ #nft #blockchain

Explore Uncharted Paths with Touren: Premier Enduro Touring Adventures
Embark on an unforgettable journey with Touren, your gateway to the world’s most exhilarating enduro trails. Discover bespoke tours that blend the thrill of off-road riding with the beauty of unexplored landscapes. Whether you're a seasoned rider or a novice seeking adventure, Touren curates experiences that cater to your spirit of adventure. Join us to traverse through hidden tracks, breathtaking vistas, and unparalleled terrains. Start your next adventure with Touren - where every turn is a…

Economic and Financial Learning with Artificial Intelligence: A Mixed-Methods Study on ChatGPT
Holger Arndt
https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.15278 https://

Economic and Financial Learning with Artificial Intelligence: A Mixed-Methods Study on ChatGPT
In the evolving landscape of digital education, chatbots have emerged as potential game-changers, promising personalized and adaptive learning experiences. This research undertook an in-depth exploration of ChatGPT's potential as an educational tool, focusing on user perceptions, experiences and learning outcomes. Through a mixed-methods approach, a diverse group of 102 participants engaged with ChatGPT, providing insights pre- and postinteraction. The study reveals a notable positive shift in …

Deep #aphantasia: a visual brain with minimal influence from priors or inhibitory feedback? https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.33…

Frontiers | Deep Aphantasia: a visual brain with minimal influence from priors or inhibitory feedback?
The authors are both self-described congenital aphantasics, who feel they have never been able to have volitional imagined visual experiences during their wa...

Challenges and Experiences of Iranian Developers with MLOps at Enterprise
Mohammad Heydari, Zahra Rezvani
https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.12281 https://<…

Challenges and Experiences of Iranian Developers with MLOps at Enterprise
Data is becoming more complex, and so are the approaches designed to process it. Enterprises have access to more data than ever, but many still struggle to glean the full potential of insights from what they have. This research explores the challenges and experiences of Iranian developers in implementing the MLOps paradigm within enterprise settings. MLOps, or Machine Learning Operations, is a discipline focused on automating the continuous delivery of machine learning models. In this study, we…

Nvidia announces a software framework built with its Omniverse Cloud APIs to let enterprise developers stream interactive 3D experiences into Apple Vision Pro (Wesley Hilliard/AppleInsider)
https://appleinsider.com/articles/24/0

NVIDIA gives enterprise developers more tools for Apple Vision Pro | AppleInsider
A combination of technologies from NVIDIA involving Omniverse Cloud APIs will soon let enterprise developers interact with fully rendered 3D digital twins streamed to Apple Vision Pro.

Navigating Fairness: Practitioners' Understanding, Challenges, and Strategies in AI/ML Development
Aastha Pant, Rashina Hoda, Chakkrit Tantithamthavorn, Burak Turhan
https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.15481

Navigating Fairness: Practitioners' Understanding, Challenges, and Strategies in AI/ML Development
The rise in the use of AI/ML applications across industries has sparked more discussions about the fairness of AI/ML in recent times. While prior research on the fairness of AI/ML exists, there is a lack of empirical studies focused on understanding the views and experiences of AI practitioners in developing a fair AI/ML. Understanding AI practitioners' views and experiences on the fairness of AI/ML is important because they are directly involved in its development and deployment and their insi…

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Investigating the impact of virtual element misalignment in collaborative Augmented Reality experiences
The collaboration in co-located shared environments has sparked an increased interest in immersive technologies, including Augmented Reality (AR). Since research in this field has primarily focused on individual user experiences in AR, the collaborative aspects within shared AR spaces remain less explored, and fewer studies can provide guidelines for designing this type of experience. This article investigates how the user experience in a collaborative shared AR space is affected by divergent p…

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Contact Energy Based Hindsight Experience Prioritization
Multi-goal robot manipulation tasks with sparse rewards are difficult for reinforcement learning (RL) algorithms due to the inefficiency in collecting successful experiences. Recent algorithms such as Hindsight Experience Replay (HER) expedite learning by taking advantage of failed trajectories and replacing the desired goal with one of the achieved states so that any failed trajectory can be utilized as a contribution to learning. However, HER uniformly chooses failed trajectories, without tak…

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Robot Fleet Learning via Policy Merging
Fleets of robots ingest massive amounts of heterogeneous streaming data silos generated by interacting with their environments, far more than what can be stored or transmitted with ease. At the same time, teams of robots should co-acquire diverse skills through their heterogeneous experiences in varied settings. How can we enable such fleet-level learning without having to transmit or centralize fleet-scale data? In this paper, we investigate policy merging (PoMe) from such distributed heteroge…

Simulating Wearable Urban Augmented Reality Experiences in VR: Lessons Learnt from Designing Two Future Urban Interfaces
Tram Thi Minh Tran, Callum Parker, Marius Hoggenm\"uller, Luke Hespanhol, Martin Tomitsch
https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.11377

Simulating Wearable Urban Augmented Reality Experiences in VR: Lessons Learnt from Designing Two Future Urban Interfaces
Augmented reality (AR) has the potential to fundamentally change how people engage with increasingly interactive urban environments. However, many challenges exist in designing and evaluating these new urban AR experiences, such as technical constraints and safety concerns associated with outdoor AR. We contribute to this domain by assessing the use of virtual reality (VR) for simulating wearable urban AR experiences, allowing participants to interact with future AR interfaces in a realistic, s…

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Learning Symbolic Task Representation from a Human-Led Demonstration: A Memory to Store, Retrieve, Consolidate, and Forget Experiences
We present a symbolic learning framework inspired by cognitive-like memory functionalities (i.e., storing, retrieving, consolidating and forgetting) to generate task representations to support high-level task planning and knowledge bootstrapping. We address a scenario involving a non-expert human, who performs a single task demonstration, and a robot, which online learns structured knowledge to re-execute the task based on experiences, i.e., observations. We consider a one-shot learning process…

Simulating Wearable Urban Augmented Reality Experiences in VR: Lessons Learnt from Designing Two Future Urban Interfaces
Tram Thi Minh Tran, Callum Parker, Marius Hoggenm\"uller, Luke Hespanhol, Martin Tomitsch
https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.11377

Simulating Wearable Urban Augmented Reality Experiences in VR: Lessons Learnt from Designing Two Future Urban Interfaces
Augmented reality (AR) has the potential to fundamentally change how people engage with increasingly interactive urban environments. However, many challenges exist in designing and evaluating these new urban AR experiences, such as technical constraints and safety concerns associated with outdoor AR. We contribute to this domain by assessing the use of virtual reality (VR) for simulating wearable urban AR experiences, allowing participants to interact with future AR interfaces in a realistic, s…

Learning Symbolic Task Representation from a Human-Led Demonstration: A Memory to Store, Retrieve, Consolidate, and Forget Experiences
Luca Buoncompagni, Fulvio Mastrogiovanni
https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.10591

Learning Symbolic Task Representation from a Human-Led Demonstration: A Memory to Store, Retrieve, Consolidate, and Forget Experiences
We present a symbolic learning framework inspired by cognitive-like memory functionalities (i.e., storing, retrieving, consolidating and forgetting) to generate task representations to support high-level task planning and knowledge bootstrapping. We address a scenario involving a non-expert human, who performs a single task demonstration, and a robot, which online learns structured knowledge to re-execute the task based on experiences, i.e., observations. We consider a one-shot learning process…

Towards Mixed Reality as the Everyday Computing Paradigm: Challenges & Design Recommendations
Amir Reza Asadi, Reza Hemadi
https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.15974

Towards Mixed Reality as the Everyday Computing Paradigm: Challenges & Design Recommendations
This research presents a proof-of-concept prototype of an all-in-one mixed reality application platform, developed to investigate the needs and expectations of users from mixed reality systems. The study involved an extensive user study with 1,052 participants, including the collection of diaries from 6 users and conducting interviews with 51 participants to gain deeper insights into their experiences. The findings from the interviews revealed that directly porting current user flows into 3D en…

Learning Visuotactile Skills with Two Multifingered Hands
Toru Lin, Yu Zhang, Qiyang Li, Haozhi Qi, Brent Yi, Sergey Levine, Jitendra Malik
https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.16823

Learning Visuotactile Skills with Two Multifingered Hands
Aiming to replicate human-like dexterity, perceptual experiences, and motion patterns, we explore learning from human demonstrations using a bimanual system with multifingered hands and visuotactile data. Two significant challenges exist: the lack of an affordable and accessible teleoperation system suitable for a dual-arm setup with multifingered hands, and the scarcity of multifingered hand hardware equipped with touch sensing. To tackle the first challenge, we develop HATO, a low-cost hands-…

Learning Visuotactile Skills with Two Multifingered Hands
Toru Lin, Yu Zhang, Qiyang Li, Haozhi Qi, Brent Yi, Sergey Levine, Jitendra Malik
https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.16823

Learning Visuotactile Skills with Two Multifingered Hands
Aiming to replicate human-like dexterity, perceptual experiences, and motion patterns, we explore learning from human demonstrations using a bimanual system with multifingered hands and visuotactile data. Two significant challenges exist: the lack of an affordable and accessible teleoperation system suitable for a dual-arm setup with multifingered hands, and the scarcity of multifingered hand hardware equipped with touch sensing. To tackle the first challenge, we develop HATO, a low-cost hands-…

Just Like Me: The Role of Opinions and Personal Experiences in The Perception of Explanations in Subjective Decision-Making
Sharon Ferguson, Paula Akemi Aoyagui, Young-Ho Kim, Anastasia Kuzminykh
https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.12558

Just Like Me: The Role of Opinions and Personal Experiences in The Perception of Explanations in Subjective Decision-Making
As large language models (LLMs) advance to produce human-like arguments in some contexts, the number of settings applicable for human-AI collaboration broadens. Specifically, we focus on subjective decision-making, where a decision is contextual, open to interpretation, and based on one's beliefs and values. In such cases, having multiple arguments and perspectives might be particularly useful for the decision-maker. Using subtle sexism online as an understudied application of subjective decisi…

Redefining Safety for Autonomous Vehicles
Philip Koopman, William Widen
https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.16768 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2404.1…

Redefining Safety for Autonomous Vehicles
Existing definitions and associated conceptual frameworks for computer-based system safety should be revisited in light of real-world experiences from deploying autonomous vehicles. Current terminology used by industry safety standards emphasizes mitigation of risk from specifically identified hazards, and carries assumptions based on human-supervised vehicle operation. Operation without a human driver dramatically increases the scope of safety concerns, especially due to operation in an open w…

From Virtual Reality to the Emerging Discipline of Perception Engineering
Steven M. LaValle, Evan G. Center, Timo Ojala, Matti Pouke, Nicoletta Prencipe, Basak Sakcak, Markku Suomalainen, Kalle G. Timperi, Vadim K. Weinstein
https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.18588

From Virtual Reality to the Emerging Discipline of Perception Engineering
This paper makes the case that a powerful new discipline, which we term perception engineering, is steadily emerging. It follows from a progression of ideas that involve creating illusions, from historical paintings and film, to video games and virtual reality in modern times. Rather than creating physical artifacts such as bridges, airplanes, or computers, perception engineers create illusory perceptual experiences. The scope is defined over any agent that interacts with the physical world, in…

Redefining Safety for Autonomous Vehicles
Philip Koopman, William Widen
https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.16768 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2404.1…

Redefining Safety for Autonomous Vehicles
Existing definitions and associated conceptual frameworks for computer-based system safety should be revisited in light of real-world experiences from deploying autonomous vehicles. Current terminology used by industry safety standards emphasizes mitigation of risk from specifically identified hazards, and carries assumptions based on human-supervised vehicle operation. Operation without a human driver dramatically increases the scope of safety concerns, especially due to operation in an open w…

Neighbor-Environment Observer: An Intelligent Agent for Immersive Working Companionship
Zhe Sun, Qixuan Liang, Meng Wang, Zhenliang Zhang
https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.18331

Neighbor-Environment Observer: An Intelligent Agent for Immersive Working Companionship
Human-computer symbiosis is a crucial direction for the development of artificial intelligence. As intelligent systems become increasingly prevalent in our work and personal lives, it is important to develop strategies to support users across physical and virtual environments. While technological advances in personal digital devices, such as personal computers and virtual reality devices, can provide immersive experiences, they can also disrupt users' awareness of their surroundings and enhance…