Ghazi @curiousmind@qoto.org

How & why are #circadian rhythms maintained in red blood cells? Novel #haemoglobin #oxidation assay reveals it to be linked to body temperature regulation
A #RefereedPreprint c/o @ReviewCommons by John O‘Neill, Michael Hastings and coworkers
https://www.embopress.org/doi/full/10.15252/embj.2023114164

OK, real talk.

Telegram makes big proclamations about privacy, but their promises are mostly marketing.

The app collects a huge amount of data. And like all Big Tech, when pressed by governments, they ultimately comply.

This is why Signal goes to great lengths to NOT collect any data about you -- something that is ironically more expensive and more complex.

We do it because it's the only way to ensure we keep our privacy commitments to the people who rely on us.♥️

https://techcrunch.com/2023/08/14/iraq-lifts-ban-on-telegram-after-messaging-app-complies-with-authorities/

UN International Organization for Migration says more than a million people have fled from #Sudan since war broke out between rival military factions in April. It added that more than 3.4 million were internally #displaced . A joint stmt from 20 intnl agencies warned that millions are on the verge of #famine . They said 14 million children needed #humanitarian aid. #Darfur and #Khartoum have been plagued by clashes between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (#RSF ).

Obligatory Beach Photos 😁
This is like 150 km west of Alexandria, an area called Sidi Abdelrahman.

ChatGPT answers more than half of software engineering questions incorrectly
https://www.zdnet.com/article/chatgpt-answers-more-than-half-of-software-engineering-questions-incorrectly/

This is so ridiculously petty if true.

#elonmusk #twitter #x #twittermigration #tech #technology

Z-Library Rolls Out Browser Extensions In Anticipation of Domain Name Troubles - Pirate eBook repository Z-Library has launched browser extensions that should make... - https://yro.slashdot.org/story/23/08/04/1924258/z-library-rolls-out-browser-extensions-in-anticipation-of-domain-name-troubles?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #piracy

The Dream Was Universal Access to Knowledge. The Result Was a Fiasco. https://infosec.pub/post/1431091

On va le répétéer : ChatGPT et les autres I.A., c'est pas magique. Il y a des armées de travailleurs sous-payés qui passent leur temps à corriger l'I.A. pour éviter qu'elle dise trop de conneries ou trop d'horreurs.
C'est ENCORE une technologie de la Silicon Valley qui marche grâce à l'exploitation de gens sous-payées et traités comme de la merde.
Comme Uber, comme Uber Eat, comme Amazon, comme la modération de tous les GAFAM (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok...).
https://intelligence-artificielle.developpez.com/actu/347061/-Cela-m-a-completement-detruite-un-moderateur-kenyan-revele-les-conditions-inhumaines-de-son-travail-pour-OpenAI-et-Sama-qui-violent-les-droits-humains/

@curiousmind @kepano A crucial part of genuine understanding is understanding the limits of your own understanding, and of what you know and can know.

The thing is that #RSS is the best. Social media sites don't like RSS because it breeds independence. Which is exactly why #creators should be using and *promoting* RSS. You can whine about the #algorithm or you can work on freeing your self from its clutches.

#SCOTUS has blocked a settlement that would protect the billionaire owners of a pharmaceutical firm from being sued for deaths caused by #opioids . Under the deal, the #Sackler family would be shielded from legal liability. Their company, #Purdue Pharma, would emerge from bankruptcy as a different entity, and pay $6 billion to fight America's opioid epidemic. The Biden admin objects to the agreement. #OxyContin Overdoses of painkillers like #OxyContin are blamed for tens of thousands of deaths

Please participate in my little poll across sites, and repost:

What Social Media are you most active on, now that Twitter has been replaced by X?

There’s far more scientific fraud than anyone wants to admit.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/aug/09/scientific-misconduct-retraction-watch

"And in June it was revealed that a scholar at Harvard Business school ... was accused of having falsified research about – wait for it – honesty."

#fraud #Academia #latestagecapitalism #RatRace #SayresLaw #education

Forty-one people die in #shipwreck off #Lampedusa, Italy
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-66448987
#refugees #migration

I understand people's antipathy towards #AI, but unfortunately, the outrage that people feel over it led to something cool being killed. Great going, people.

CC: @mmasnick

https://www.techdirt.com/2023/08/08/the-fear-of-ai-just-killed-a-very-useful-tool/

Privacy is a collective concern https://lemmy.one/post/1953114

#JeRecrute - pas moi - Offre de poste Chargé.e de Mission Justice Environnementale et Climatique - #Tunisie #FTDES
https://ftdes.net/offre-de-poste-charge-e-de-mission-justice-environnementale-et-climatique-3/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=offre-de-poste-charge-e-de-mission-justice-environnementale-et-climatique-3

Now I know what I will do when I retire. #goal