What we are experiencing here is beyond words to describe or express the extent of the suffering we are enduring.
Despite everything we are facing, we are still doing everything in our power to save our children and families from the bitter cold and the floods surrounding us.
That is why we need you today more than ever before.
Please, do not hesitate to donate and share the campaign.https://chuffed.org/project/208485-give-waleeds-family-a-chance-to-live
I wonder -- did LLMs just happen to hit at a time when maybe the second generation of Open Source authors were starting to run out of motivation?
Writing open source software was always a thankless job, but over the last decade or so, it maybe feels like the open-source _movement_ has lost a lot of the excitement and counter-culture energy that it used to have. What's the last open-source project that made waves and made people excited?
@skjeggtroll @typhlosion i concur, open source fully corporatising certainly feels like it would only have helped the chatbot decay
Good morning, everyone. ❤️
A new day, another chance to keep moving forward.
I'm Aya, a university student from Gaza, trying to continue my English Translation studies despite everything my life has been through.
I've completed my first year thanks to your kindness. Now I'm working hard to complete my second year.
If you believe education can open doors even in the darkest circumstances, please consider supporting my journey.
https://chuffed.org/project/161851-help-aya-go-to-uni-and-survive-in-gaza
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I wonder -- did LLMs just happen to hit at a time when maybe the second generation of Open Source authors were starting to run out of motivation?
Writing open source software was always a thankless job, but over the last decade or so, it maybe feels like the open-source _movement_ has lost a lot of the excitement and counter-culture energy that it used to have. What's the last open-source project that made waves and made people excited?
Used to teach elementary algebra. Got very frustrated with a student who kept saying "x = infinity is a solution" for linear equations like "3x - 4 = x + 10". I couldn't show that infinity was not a solution either. Still cut up years later.
@fesshole
“For simple real number equations, we assume simple real number solutions are required unless explicitly otherwise noted. For the same reason, results where x is a complex number won’t be counted either.”
Also, ∞ is not a number; it’s a concept. But this is a subset of the answer above.
(p.s. it’s 7, for anyone non mathematical who is wondering.)
This one perplexes me as well. Even if the tech CEOs and crypto VCs thought Trump would be president for life, the guy is 80. It wouldn’t have lasted that long and a reckoning was inevitable.
Their thinking has been so short-sighted on this, much like their treatment of workers as they pivot to AI.
The OP mentions introspection and self-reflection, but he's talking about the techbros, most of whom are narcissists or otherwise sociopathic. They lack the ability to introspect because that requires humility, something narcissists lack. They already know they are the best that can possibly be! They simply lurch from one thing to the next. They don't care about the future, they care about now. This is also why they can deny things like climate change.
I was trying to understand EA and the person I was interacting with got very offended that I called it religion.
So I stopped doing that and let it go because I was trying to understand how this all works, what is the appeal?
The "not a religion" thing was really really really important to him. He explained that he grew up with fundamentalists and was proud of breaking free of constraining ideologies.
. . .
I didn't mean "religion" to be an insult.
When I call something a "religion" that just means that it's part of someone's culture and identity. These are things people believe and do because they are traditional and we can find revelation and comfort in traditions.
Obviously that can also be dangerous and worth questioning at times.
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Welp....I forgot to transfer the electricity over to my name, and now it is off. And, I will need now to pay $160 before my electricity can be reconnected.
That's on top of the $200 I still need to close out the other bills.
$360 needed RIGHT NOW. Please help!!
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There is something suspicious about the way the current demonstrations are being characterised by the press as "Gen Z protests".
Almost out of gas, almost out of litter, and completely out of money in the bank 🙃 anything helps, I'm aiming for like $30 so we can get litter and a couple gallons of gas to get to the food bank and the store. If there's extra, maybe I can even eat food besides rice and oats in the week before our food stamps refill 🙏
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This is my message to you from Gaza. I am ashamed before you, but I have no other choice but to ask for help to save my family and children Please, if you see this, don't skip over donating, sharing, and quoting so my message reaches everyone. Thank you.🙏🏻
https://chuffed.org/project/193219-support-diyaa-after-devastating-injury
#MutualAid #MutualAidRequest #Gaza #Palestine #FediForGaza
rental inspection tmrw which i didn't really know about
or today
rental inspection tmrw which i didn't really know about
🚨💔 Ahmed is on a ventilator, fighting for every breath. His abdomen is still open, and he urgently needs surgery. Time is running out. We still cannot afford the operation. Please don’t abandon him now. Your help could give him a chance to live. Please save Ahmed now. 🙏
https://chuffed.org/project/please-help-mahmoud-and-family-in-gaza
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#gaza
A new chapter for global research. 🔬
Australian researchers can now join and lead projects in the EU’s flagship research programme, Horizon Europe.
By deepening this partnership, we'll turn outstanding research into real solutions for our citizens.
@EUCommission perhaps their first project can be implementing dark mode on the linked website!
@icedquinn @typhlosion i think you don't know how enterprise SaaS works