lyqht/mini-qr: Generate customized qr codes easily ? 2025 Edelman Trust Barometer | EdelmanTo bring about change, 4 in 10 would approve of one or more of the following forms of hostile activism: attacking people online, intentionally spreading disinformation, threatening or committing violence, damaging public or private property. This sentiment is most prevalent among respondents ages […]
OnlyFans Chatters Class Action | Hagens BermanThe lawsuit is filed on behalf of hundreds of millions of OnlyFans users, or Fans, who pay to communicate directly with preferred content creators on a personal, often intimate, level. The suit alleges that Fans are led to believe they are engaged in an authentic conversation, when they are […]
Chinese State Media’s Global Influence(r) OperationTo execute this strategy, China has assembled a collection of pro-CCP content creators, including its own state media employees moonlighting as lifestyle influencers, foreigners paid by the CCP to toe the party line, and even members of Chinese ethnic minority groups used in domestic information operations. In total, we have […]
Are Cell Phones Really Destroying Kids’ Mental Health? | The New RepublicIf we want to make Americans less reliant on smartphones, we have to address the problems of misery among all Americans. Parental stress reflects on children and young adults, who often witness all the ugly consequences of a cruel society and economy. Direct stresses […]
Brian tagged me in this blog challenge. It’s probably been a number of years since I’ve done or seen one of these but more recent than I thought. Maybe 2018 from Alan? Why did you start blogging in the first place? I was teaching 6th grade in a 1:1 laptop school in the very early […]
I’m doing way too much AI-related research. It is maddening to try to grasp functional truth and applicable terms in a world of hyperbole (good and bad) and definition creep that gets tied up with every other major issue in our society. My death spiral to the root problem being capitalism is not particularly helpful […]
I feel like I’m time traveling back to the good old days of Mother Blogs. Jim posted on Mastodon1 about wanting to be able to display the WP excerpt on posts syndicated via Feed WordPress in a Noir-themed #DS106 course he’s teaching. It broke my heart to hear he was doing it by hand. I […]
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A.I. Is Coming for Mathematics, Too – The New York TimesSome mention of Lean and AI “proof-assistants” AI Video Interviews and Hiring in 2025: The Future of RecruitmentData Capture: As the candidate speaks and interacts with the system, the AI captures and analyzes multiple forms of data, such as: Facial expressions: The system studies facial […]
Why Is Turing Wrong? Rethinking the nature of intelligence — LessWrong User Modeling – Spotify Research : Spotify ResearchThe user modeling research at Spotify entails translating users’ in-app activities into human traits, interaction models, emotional understanding modules, and situational contexts, thereby uncovering our users’ individuality. To do this, we use a multidisciplinary scientific approach at […]
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