Had to be somewhere by 9:30. Allowed enough time to be there by 9:00. Just got there.
I hate driving in LA.
Category: Wandering.Shop
I’d be a lot more interested in all the various fake meat products coming out …
I’d be a lot more interested in all the various fake meat products coming out if they didn’t all have something I was allergic to as a primary ingredient. Even the ones that are soy-free use pea protein.
Huh. MyWOT (Web of Trust, a site reputation service & browser add-on) is still around, …
Huh. MyWOT (Web of Trust, a site reputation service & browser add-on) is still around, after having been caught selling users’ personal data several years ago.
And they still have the twisted ring logo that looks like the dream ter’angreal from that *other* WOT (Wheel of Time).
2016 article: Browsers ban WOT
Seems a little on the nose, don’t you think?
I’ve reached the point in Duolingo where autocomplete is suggesting phrases from it.
I’ve reached the point in Duolingo where autocomplete is suggesting phrases from it.
The use of random scrap metal as proto-currency is interesting, too.
Archaeologists unearth a Bronze Age warrior’s personal toolkit
Lost at a battle between unknown forces, fought for a reason no one remembers, these are the tools and wealth of a warrior who did not survive.
Useful either for a DM who wants to add some historical accuracy to their game, or as a magical artifact.
The use of random scrap metal as proto-currency is interesting, too.
It was very warm and making a sound a bit like bubbles echoing inside a …
It was very warm and making a sound a bit like bubbles echoing inside a half-empty soda can until I picked it up.
I really don’t think this USB hub should be hissing
I really don’t think this USB hub should be hissing
Oh, and if anyone is looking for game friends, especially for long-distance gifts, my trainer …
Oh, and if anyone is looking for game friends, especially for long-distance gifts, my trainer code is 2658 1380 0806
Oh no, Desmond wasn’t able to enter the numbers in time!
While looking at this preview of Far Sector, an upcoming Green Lantern comic by N….
While looking at this preview of Far Sector, an upcoming Green Lantern comic by N.K. Jemisin & Jamal Campbell, I had an odd realization.
For years, the DC Universe was a draw for me. By comparison, Marvel felt unfamiliar. And I would read DC comics across the line, and Marvel comics that were off in some corner like Alias (now Jessica Jones).
Since the New 52, I’ve felt less & less connected to the DCU…and now I’m reading DC the way I used to read Marvel.
Link: UCI team uses machine learning to help tell which wildfires will burn out of …
How Yahoo used the Flickr Commons collection to train machine learning algorithms
@Satsuma NYTimes article on how Yahoo used the Flickr Commons collection – which is made up of photos that people CC-licensed – to train machine learning algorithms. And some discussion on Flickr about it.
Yeah, the use that the tech has been put to is in many cases creepy and unethical. But the source data was made up of images that people specifically said, “do whatever you want with this.”
The bigger question, IMO, is whether the *subjects* of the photos would have agreed to this use. Not an issue when you’re training computers to identify trees, buildings, cars, sheep, birds, etc. but definitely an issue with face recognition – both ethically and legally.
That’s also part of the article, but the discussion I’ve seen so far seems to be focused on “you used my photos!”
OMG people used creative commons-licenced works without asking first!!!! (Um, isn’t that the point…?)
OMG people used creative commons-licenced works without asking first!!!!
(Um, isn’t that the point of licensing something through Creative Commons? So that people won’t have to ask you?)
I mean, I really don’t get this. If someone violated the terms of the CC license you picked, then yeah, that’s a problem. If you didn’t license it at all, then again, yeah, that’s misappropriation of your work, because you haven’t given permission.
But if you make the effort to choose a license that preemptively gives people permission?
Are there people out there using creative commons licenses who don’t know what they mean?
Negative Humidity
Ugh. “It’s not the heat, it’s the humidity” still applies when the humidity is so low it might as well be negative. I’ve been drinking water all morning & I feel dehydrated after 10 minutes walking outside.
On the plus side, I have power, and neither my home nor workplace is on fire.
I have co-workers working remotely today because they live on the other side of an active wildfire. So there’s that for perspective.
Article about how the power grid we have now is built on old assumptions and …
Article about how the power grid we have now is built on old assumptions and old priorities, and how it has changed in some places (notably, the areas served by San Diego’s grid since the devastating Witch Fire a decade ago)…but not enough in the areas facing high winds and dry conditions this week.
California’s huge, humiliating power outages expose the vulnerabilities of PG&E’s power grid
This granola bar looks disturbingly like a small piece of thin chipboard.
This granola bar looks disturbingly like a small piece of thin chipboard.
At least it tastes better.
The kid who wouldn’t go to bed last night is now complaining that he never …
The kid who wouldn’t go to bed last night is now complaining that he never gets enough sleep.
Hazards of sleepy brain
Enough awareness in the middle of the night to realize that you forgot to turn on your alarm.
Not enough awareness to understand that no, turning it on now won’t wake you up too much to get back to sleep.
So you keep waking up because you know you didn’t set your alarm…
There are a whole bunch of crows circling near the office. I think it’s time …
There are a whole bunch of crows circling near the office. I think it’s time to go home…