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Lovely article about the magic of physical #books in Asterisk Magazine:
> Kalman is exquisitely attuned to the magic of physical books. In fact, she includes the instructions and ingredients for another type of spell in The Principles of Uncertainty.
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> Attached on a perforated edge is a folded map of the world, drawn by her mother. “Either put it on the wall,” suggests…

The Message in the Medium—Asterisk
A love story told in books.

Es una vergüenza histórica que las autoridades que gobiernan en este momento Costa Rica hayan firmado un tratado de libre comercio con Israel. Costa Rica siempre ha sido un país guiado por principios democršticos sólidos, como el respeto a los derechos humanos, la resolución pacífica de conflictos, la libertad de prensa.

Large Language Models (LLMs) like ChatGPT run on expensive chips in data centers, consuming lots of electricity and generating lots of heat.
I just tested an LLM on my iPhone, totally offline, running on its battery with room air cooling it.
Surprisingly, results were good, despite iPhone processors not being designed for LLMs.
This local AI approach has promise for certain things, without the boiling the ocean and using a city’s worth of power.

Here's a good chunk of the assigned books for my grad seminar on Canadian history - a few golden oldies, but mostly newer stuff. I've got a good group and am looking forward to a fine term.
#histodons

I wanted to just share one story about a kid who spent a lot of time in the neighborhood where Renee Nicole Good died today. Prince got married at Park United Methodist just down the street from 34th & Portland; he went to high school at Central High a few blocks in the other direction over on 35th. Prince spoke several times about a particularly formative memory of growing up: During a march against police violence in 1967, the cops responded brutally, leading to uprisings all over the …

Vodafone verlässt öffentliche Internetknoten
Vodafone steigt aus dem Peering an öffentlichen Internetknoten aus. Beim privaten Peering müssen Gebühren gezahlt werden. Los geht’s in Deutschland.
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Eu jš tinha caído no sono, quando agora meu gato resolveu morder minhas pernas para eu levantar e colocar mais ração no prato que jš continha uma quantidade de ração mais do que suficiente. 🤡

Der SPIEGEL berichtet über 20 Milliarden Dollar Investorengelder für xAI. Parallel bleibt X ein Ort, an dem pornografische Inhalte florieren und geduldet werden. Das ist kein Widerspruch, sondern Teil derselben Logik: Reichweite schlägt Regulierung, Kapital schlägt Ethik. Und am Ende stimmt der Profit.
#Netzpolitik

@… Well, I didn’t really want to get into this discussion ;-) I only mentioned it because that’s the way it’s here: all academic staff has fixed-term contracts, the only difference is how often they can be renewed. In principle, this is a good idea, and the reason why already hints at why academic research/teaching is NOT a job like any other: aca…

@… Well, I didn’t really want to get into this discussion ;-) I only mentioned it because that’s the way it’s here: all academic staff has fixed-term contracts, the only difference is how often they can be renewed. In principle, this is a good idea, and the reason why already hints at why academic research/teaching is NOT a job like any other: aca…