Most teens have used AI to flirt and chat — but still prefer human interaction
A new report from the group Common Sense Media shows teens are experimenting with AI "companions" designed to provide deep conversations and advice.
#news #npr #publicradio #usa
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I'm struggling to become more like myself. So I was happy to read that Agatha Christie wrote:
"As life goes on, however, it becomes tiring to keep up the character you invented for yourself, and so you relapse into individuality and become more like yourself every day. This is sometimes disconcerting for those around you, but a great relief to the person concerned."
Thanks to @grimalkinUSA for pointing this out:
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For more on Jean Edmonds Kortum:
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Sick of AI Slop? DuckDuckGo Now Lets You Block AI-Generated Images
https://www.pcmag.com/news/sick-of-ai-slop-duckduckgo-now-lets-you-block-ai-generated-images?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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L'immagine è un meme a due panello che mostra una situazione comica. Nel primo panello, c'è una porta blu con la scritta "FREE ICE CREAM" (Gelato gratuito) in giallo. Una mano con un braccio giallo sta ricevendo un gelato al cioccolato da un rubinetto. Nel secondo panello, la porta blu è aperta e si vede un uomo di neve con un cappello da costruttore e un foulard rosso, che sembra essere all'interno del portapopolare. Due bambini, uno con un gelato in mano, stanno guardando la scena. Il testo alternativo del meme è: "Free Ice Cream."
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Loops will ship with a Data Export feature, allowing you to take your account + content to another server or platform.
We do have Import and Account Migration planned too!
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📚 **This robot scans rare library books at 2,500 pages per hour**
"_Built in Austria, the bot does exactly what its name implies—it autonomously scans and digitizes manuscripts. But whereas it might take a single librarian days or weeks to scan a single book, the ScanRobot 2.0 can handle up to 2,500 per hour._"
🔗 popsci.com/technology/book-sca….
#Books #Bookstodon #Library #Archive @bookstodon
This robot scans rare library books at 2,500 pages per hour | Popular Science
Digitizing rare manuscripts is getting increasingly hands-off.Andrew Paul (Popular Science)
Years ago I built a scanner something like this one, but the mechanism is my hands, not any automation. I can do a 400 page book in an evening (but it gets super boring, I admit). "Days or weeks" is nonsense.
Done by hand, errors can be spotted and corrections made on the spot. I've seen many many scans on archive dot org where a page or three is totally botched or missed right in the middle of a book.
High speed has its place, but not at the price of quality.
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To be honest, this is much more frequent on Google scans than on Archive.org scans, that are generally very good
But many scans on archive.org come from Google, sooo.... 🤔
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Exactly one hundred sixty days apart.
(This past Friday vs. early Feb, Raintal)
#SilentSunday #LandscapePhotography #Phtography #Alps #Mountains #Hiking
Il 14 Ottobre terminerà il supporto a Windows 10.
Cosa puoi fare?
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Termine di Windows 10 il 14 Ott. 2025
Con la fine del supporto di Windows 10 è possibile che il tuo pc non possa ricevere l'aggiornamento a Windows 11. Non acquistare un nuovo pc, rottama Windows ed installa Ufficio Zero Linux OS!finewin10.it
Shut In 🚧 for #fotovorschlag "Eng Verschlungen" / "Closely Entangled"
A spooky edit to this gate that is impassable due to the twisting and contorting of the vines/roots/branches. (There is another gate on the left, the occupants are not imprisoned due to a curse - I think 😂)✨
#photography #amateurphotography #gate #branches #roots #city #streetphotography #street #nature #urbannature #garden #architecture #greenery #bushes #bologna #travel #spooky #creepy #explore #dark #moody #atmospheric #italia #citta #urbanarchitecture #europe
⬛ Kingcobra
(Doreen Lynette Garner).
#kingcobra #DoreenLynetteGarner
#organic #glam #perf #mixedmedia #photo #art
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Thanks yet AGAIN, Elon Musk...
phys.org/news/2025-07-rocket-l…
Rising rocket launches linked to ozone layer thinning
The rapid rise in global rocket launches could slow the recovery of the vital ozone layer, says Sandro Vattioni. The problem is being underestimated—yet it could be mitigated by forward-looking, coordinated action.Sandro Vattioni (Phys.org)
Iran-Armenia trade approaches $1b as economic, tourism ties grow
TEHRAN - Bilateral trade between Iran and Armenia has reached nearly $1.0 billion, reflecting deepening economic ties between the two neighbors, according toBYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
#FreeSchool ⬅️ (see hashtag)
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A different take on this perhaps, just as different perspective is that;
We are all a apart of each other (biology, culture, reality, interactions, needs, sharing etc)... so while you can be yourself on your own there is a learning from others or ideal that you can choose much easier when you see it.
This is why your circle(s) can make you (and break you) but keeping the values and examples ultimately can make you and work naturally with you rather than artificially / aesthetically...
This is why I think it's all our responsibility as a part of one whole, to help others in various levels of directness / indirectness to be more human and more ourselves (with people who allow and care for it).
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The Word Ubuntu
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"Ubuntu" covers some of what I mean...
#Ubuntu (an #isiXhosa / African word...) 'I am, because we are".
It emphasizes the role of the community in caring for each other. The #Xhosa is a South #African nation, primarily found in the Eastern #Cape.
Ubuntu (in# computing #community also)... used to describe the #linux #freeware / #freedom that the company distributes.
Ubuntu is the primary reason why impoverished rural #communities (and individuals) can continue to #survive.
Partially taken from:
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Urban Dictionary: Ubuntu
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