Posted about some of the things I left out of yesterday's short story.
The Cutting-Room Floor https://ceoln.wordpress.com/2024/04/14/the-cutting-room-floor/
#writing #editing #fiction #microfiction #shortStories #amwriting #amediting
I realize that this is what I get for using #Windows , but why is it suddenly putting news about the NBA on my laptop's login screen? I haven't the tiniest shred of interest in the NBA.
Posted a very short story!
What Separates Us https://ceoln.wordpress.com/2024/04/13/what-separates-us/
I've never had a discussion about education with a working scientist who was not painfully aware of the lack of the teaching of *how* science is done at most schools, and in many college-level courses. The fact is, that to do this well would require extensive retraining of teachers; I also don't think it is compatible with the current goal of basic education in most countries, which is to raise standardised test scores.
"What is apparent from the surveys is that a better explanation of the nature of science—that it is revised as new data surface—would have a strong positive effect on public trust. Because scientists are so aware of this feature, it is often taken for granted that the public understands this too."
I swear, in the long term the most useful part of my tech education—which includes a master's degree in computer science from 1990—has turned out to be reading comp.risks religiously since the late 80s and watching every new grift and scam and dark design pattern and type of malware on the internet emerge in realtime.
I hate that in this century everyone needs the paranoia and skill set of a 90s network security administrator.
I get much quiet satisfaction from putting a dozen newly-arrived bottles of #wine into the rack.
Photos from the archives https://ceoln.wordpress.com/2024/04/11/photos-from-the-archives/
Where Does One U.S. Tax Dollar Go? https://www.visualcapitalist.com/where-does-one-u-s-tax-dollar-go/
Earthquake!
https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/at00sbh3yv/executive
Up here in the northern suburbs of NYC, I thought it was a loud helicopter going over, until social media blew up...
@maxkennerly
So as an AI expert, let me rephrase this...
The Netanyahu regime set up a computer to give them a random list of people that seemed like they would sound plausible in a list of Hamas members, then listed their addresses as targets, to use that as a pretense to carpet bomb civilian populated areas.
Israel Assures It Doing Everything Possible To Minimize Civilians
https://www.theonion.com/israel-assures-it-doing-everything-possible-to-minimize-1851085308
HuffPo got their hands on a private cable from the US Agency for International Development to the White House National Security Council today.
It warns the spread of hunger & malnutrition in Gaza amid the US-backed Israeli offensive is “unprecedented in modern history,” famine is likely already occurring in parts of the Gaza Strip, & the pace of hunger-related deaths will “accelerate in the weeks ahead.”
The dire internal analysis represents a shift from USAID’s last public comment on the matter, on March 18, which called famine “imminent.” https://www.huffpost.com/entry/gaza-collapse-famine_n_660c96aae4b0328a72be47f5
‘Famine’ with a capital ‘F’ is a scientific classification based on standards, evidence, & technical consensus among experts
On Jane Goodall's 90th birthday, the sweet illustrated story of how she turned her childhood dream into reality https://t.co/CbpUEzYQE8
What should I dream about? I will abide by the results of this poll.
#StableDiffusion #AIArt #AIGenerated #AI #GenerativeAI #GenerativeArt
The abusive behavior that was being used to manipulate Lasse Collin into bringing on more maintainers for #xz went unnoticed because abusive behavior in Open Source Communities is so pervasive. In context, we can clearly see it was part of an orchestrated operation. Out of context, it looks like just another asshole complaining about stuff they have no right to complain about. https://robmensching.com/blog/posts/2024/03/30/a-microcosm-of-the-interactions-in-open-source-projects/
A consciousness somehow associated with matter.
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