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Some Meyerbeer, as he was born #OTD in 1791.
Franco Corelli and Giulietta Somiionato sing the Act IV love duet from Les Huguenots at La Scala in 1962.
This is just staggering. And I actually think he was a great composer, too.
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New AI model “learns” how to simulate Super Mario Bros. from video footage
Despite limitations, "MarioVGG" makers think AI video could one day replace game engines.
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I saw a video of the same thing but with DOOM.
This is the end of it all.
These only work because they have material to train on - which was created by Humans.
The models can’t _create_ - all they can do is regurgitate and hallucinate.
Eventually they will be training on their own content and then everything becomes inbred and it all dies.
It looks cool at the moment only because it has human created content to pull from.
it will be able to replace... Games that already exist. I think if we stretch it a bit we would be able to say that these models could make a copy of Mario with a different character. Maybe.
I'm sure it'll be able to figure out codified physics, and how to place platforms so you can actually jump to them with those physics, or set up mechanics so that you can make little platforming puzzles like they do in Nintendo games.
In other words: what a nothing burger
Next step is an inverted tone curve adjustment. The outside artifacts can be fixed later but look at how much detail is shown from small adjustments!
I'm having to do these slowly because I'm working on a timelapse from ~700GB of data.
#astrophotography #astronomy #space #sun #solar
An Ancient Asteroid Smashed Into Jupiter's Moon Ganymede and Tipped It Over, Study Finds
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/an-ancient-asteroid-smashed-into-jupiters-moon-ganymede-and-tipped-it-over-study-finds-180985024/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Ever wonder what actually was in the ETFs you hold, like $SPY $QQQ or $VOO?
We built out a dynamic holdings page that shows each weight, options activity, and more unique data points to show where the ETF might be heavy.
We use this page daily!
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#news #finance #economics #stocks #options
If you’re from Brazil welcome to the fediverse we’re glad to have you! If it helps I have a pinned post with tons of helpful info in the thread!
I’m definitely looking forward to connecting with more people in Cybersecurity, InfoSec, IT, and tech in general. If any of that or Gaming on Linux interests you feel free to check out myself out as well!
#Brazil #Infosec #Cybersecurity #IT #Gaming #GamingonLinux #Linux
Here are the slides for my #rsecon24 talk yesterday.
SQLite for Everyone.
It is an intro to SQL, plus a tour of useful tools including the `sqlitebrowser` GUI front-end.
If you start the presentation on a laptop/desktop and press 's', you can get the speaker mode. This has full notes so you can see what I said.
github.com/volcan01010/RSECon2…
The `data` folder contains CSV and Python files to recreate the database and try the queries for yourself.
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There is a bonus video beyond the final slide. I decided there wasn't time to include it in the final presentation.
It gives an overview of using #QGIS form widgets to set up a form with constraints, drop-downs, defaults and date pickers.
QGIS really is a nice way to make a simple data-entry front-end for any database tables.
You can watch it here.
For those interested in #json with #sqlite, here's a link to the docs.
I use it to store arrays of items with multiple nested attributes. I don't use the items elsewhere, so it isn't worth the extra effort to define normalised tables.
It's not a free-for-all, however, as I create the items as #Python #pydantic models and use `item.model_dump_json()` to get the JSON string to insert.
The SQLite `for_each` function iterates and retrieves the attributes.
#rsecon24 3/2!
🚀 The 2nd Annual Forever Open Source Jam runs all thru 2024!
😲 Dive deep into the realm of open gaming, where all resources & entries stay *forever* open licensed!
🎲 Come enjoy the free license #TTRPG love.
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“In what is the most detailed explanation of the rationale behind the incursion, Syrskyi outlined the key objectives of the operation: to stop #Russia from using Kursk as a launchpad for a new offensive, to divert Moscow’s forces from other areas, to create a security zone and prevent cross-border shelling of civilian objects, to take prisoners of war and to boost the morale of the Ukrainian troops and the nation overall” #Ukraine
What research says about preventing school shootings
Experts on school violence say a key to prevening such tragedies is identifying and supporting students in crisis before they hurt others.
#news #npr #publicradio #usa
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Linutil is a distro-agnostic toolbox designed to simplify everyday Linux tasks.
GitHub - ChrisTitusTech/linutil: Chris Titus Tech's Linux Toolbox - Linutil is a distro-agnostic toolbox designed to simplify everyday Linux tasks.
Chris Titus Tech's Linux Toolbox - Linutil is a distro-agnostic toolbox designed to simplify everyday Linux tasks. - ChrisTitusTech/linutilGitHub
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Titus is fairly trustable (he's made a few videos on the dangers of custom Windows ISOs like AtlasOS) but the thing is written in good chunks with AI assisted development and it's also the dude's Rust learning experience as well, so the code is not great. Parts of it are meant to run under ArchISO to install Arch (another sin, an automatic Arch installer) so it makes sense to want to just one-liner download and run the prebuilt binary.
I wouldn't use it personally but his audience is for it. It targets quick and easy, not proper and secure. It's mostly meant to easily install and clone his setup, it's too early in development to really be that useful for everyone.
On the winutil side he also does the | iex PowerShell sin, but the toolbox do be really useful to debloat a Windows install.
Titus is fairly trustable
Like winutil, which installs from one day to another Chocolatey without asking? No, thanks no.
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FediForum is in one week from today!
At this time (about 8:30am pacific), we will be watching demos of cool Fediverse software you may not have used yet, followed shortly by making the agenda for the day together.
Join us to discuss how we move the fediverse forward? fediforum.org
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