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Why do some self-described “progressives” make use of AI artwork?

They must know, surely, that producing trash like this is: 1) horrible for the environment, and 2) plays right into the hands of thieving capitalist mega-corporations.

I’m looking at you, Thom Hartmann (@ThomHartmann) and Dan Froomkin (@froomkin).

#AI #Media #Climate #Environment

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in reply to Bread and Circuses

When someone takes a shortcut with AI images I assume they're taking other shortcuts and block/ignore.




Kamala Harris ran her office like a prosecutor. Not everyone liked that. (Washington Post)

washingtonpost.com/politics/20…
memeorandum.com/240906/p24#a24…



Democrats launch text message campaign in Florida Senate race to reach Latino voters (Claudia Grisales/NPR)

npr.org/2024/09/05/g-s1-21160/…
memeorandum.com/240906/p23#a24…


in reply to Third spruce tree on the left

And to think that FSB and other foreign operatives aren't doing so here in _our_ countries is completely naive. Tim Pool etc. and Tenet media are just the ones that are _obvious_.
in reply to Third spruce tree on the left

@tezoatlipoca while every major power has propaganda, there is simply nothing comparable in scale of what US does around the world


On #linux how can I attach different speakers and have each one play a different sound?

This has many use cases that look like this:
A centralized control system connected to multiple rooms.
Each room has to receive and play a different sound like music or a live stream.

Could be done via bluetooth, or wires and Jack plugs.



What self-hosted apps do you recommend (for use in a local network and via VPN)?
Jakie polecacie selfhostowane aplikacje (do użytku w sieci lokalnej i przez VPN)?
#selfhosting #askfedi #pytanie


Dragging kernel resource information retrieval into the 21st century:
blogs.oracle.com/linux/post/li…

#linux

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Coffield is succeeding Larry Ryckman, who moves into a new role as publisher of the nonprofit newsroom

coloradosun.com/2024/09/06/col…



Dify é uma plataforma de desenvolvimento de aplicativos LLM de código aberto. A interface intuitiva do Dify combina fluxo de trabalho de IA, pipeline RAG, recursos de agente, gerenciamento de modelo, recursos de observabilidade e muito mais, permitindo que você vá rapidamente do protótipo para a produção.

github.com/langgenius/dify

#opensource #selfhosted #llm





Starting Monday:
Oxford summer school, incl my course foundations of #machinelearning for #economics:
maxkasy.github.io/home/ML_Oxfo…

New this year:
1) Introduction to supervised learning using #python and scikit-learn:
maxkasy.github.io/home/files/t…

2) Transformer models for natural language processing
maxkasy.github.io/home/files/t…




10 more clever and commonsense ways to save money on groceries


Check your receipt. Grow your own veggies. Ask about senior discounts. NPR readers share their top tips on cutting costs at the grocery store.

#news #npr #publicradio #usa
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Las Vegas Strip casinos won $709.3 million from gamblers in July, a 15% decrease compared to July 2023. per YF.

Statewide, casinos won just $1.3 billion — 7% less than last year.

#news #finance #economics #stocks #options

in reply to unusual_whales

Table win, plus revenue from sports betting, keno, and bingo, fell 30% on the Strip to $290.5 million. Oddsmakers kept just $10.2 million of the bets wagered, a 7% drop, on a poor hold of 6%. Strip slots were down less than 1% to $418.8 million.

Read: t.co/PHT2Ff92i5

#news #finance #economics #stocks #options