@memeorandum@universeodon.com2025-08-23 22:16:06
Yes, It IS a Police State. And Yes, You Can Do Something (David Rothkopf/The Daily Beast)
https://www.thedailybeast.com/yes-it-is-a-police-state-and-yes-you-can-do-something/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250823/p49#a250823p49
@Techmeme@techhub.social2025-07-24 15:16:04
In Yuga Labs vs. Ryder Ripps, an appeals court rules that NFTs are "goods" that can get trademark protection but sends the case back to a lower court (Zack Abrams/The Block)
https://www.theblock.co/post/364012/nfts-q
@whitequark@mastodon.social2025-08-24 11:39:10
while evaluating "AI" for something i found a new atrocious failure mode. it goes like this:
me: [image] are there differential pairs on this image?
chatgpt: yes. [confident-sounding fluff about diffpairs] should i highlight them?
me: yes
chatgpt: [a similar and quite high resolution, but _completely brand new_ image, with some random-ass highlight, still not featuring any differential pairs]
@emd@cosocial.ca2025-07-24 20:15:52
@mxp@mastodon.acm.org2025-06-24 20:24:27
I increasingly think that we need mandatory formal training for PhD students in “research as a profession” (as it exists in other countries, apparently).
Yes, submitting a paper to a conference (in particular as a first author) constitutes an commitment to present the paper if it’s accepted. When working with coauthors, no, you can’t tacitly assume that they’ll take care of it.
And yes, a workshop on Monday from 09:00 to 12:30 takes place during “normal working hours.”
@aral@mastodon.ar.al2025-07-24 05:59:02
We do need a European Sovereign Tech Fund, yes.
What we don’t need is Microsoft – a trillion-dollar surveillance capitalist from the US that peddles proprietary technology and is helping Israel carry out its genocide of the Palestinian people as we speak – having anything whatsoever to do with it.
#microsoft
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2025-07-23 17:40:56
The 'Boy Crisis' Is Overblown (Jessica Grose/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/opinion/girls-boys-school-performance.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Yk8.6mKP.TZqSP1WGOvK-&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
http://www.memeorandum.com/250723/p83#a250723p83
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2025-07-23 23:05:57
A D.O.J. Whistleblower Speaks Out (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/podcasts/the-daily/a-doj-whistleblower-speaks-out.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Yk8.xeuA.LlViZgrPUMga&smid=url-share
http://www.memeorandum.com/250723/p152#a250723p152
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2025-07-23 18:50:53
Judge Denies Request to Unseal Epstein Grand Jury Transcripts in Florida (Zach Montague/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/us/politics/florida-epstein-transcripts-unsealed-denied.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Yk8.Il_R.ZiBOWbFkq-sD&smid=url-share
http://www.memeorandum.com/250723/p98#a250723p98
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2025-07-23 23:05:57
Aid Groups Blame Israel's Gaza Restrictions for 'Mass Starvation' (Matthew Mpoke Bigg/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/world/middleeast/aid-groups-gaza-starvation.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Yk8.nSwx.hTV5iu8jLr4c&smid=url-share
http://www.memeorandum.com/250723/p154#a250723p154