Garry Knight

garry@social.trom.tf

I am an amateur photographer, musician, trained psychotherapist, computer programmer, writer, and more. I share photos, bad jokes, and posts on tech, science, medicine, health, the environment, and other similar subjects.

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Garry Knight

3 years ago

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Garry Knight
3 years ago — (London)

National Geographic Reveals its 2022 Pictures of the Year

"National Geographic has published its 2022 Pictures of the Year. The headline story of its December issue, these selections are the result of reviewing more than two million photos that were captured in the field this year."

#photography #NatGeo #NationalGeography

petapixel.com/2022/12/02/natio…

National Geographic Reveals its 2022 Pictures of the Year

National Geographic has published its 2022 Pictures of the Year which includes the best 118 photos from the more than two million captured.

^{Jaron Schneider (PetaPixel)}

#Photography #natgeo #NationalGeography

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Garry Knight

3 years ago

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3 years ago — (London)

Radical new therapy for Parkinson’s will use stem cell transplants

"Lab-grown nerve cells will replace those destroyed by disease – scientists hope treatment may be available in five years"

#science #medicine #health #dementia #Parkinsons

theguardian.com/society/2022/d…

#science #health #medicine #dementia #Parkinsons

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Garry Knight

3 years ago

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Garry Knight
3 years ago — (London)

'It’s hard not to get caught in the act': meet the people who help total strangers

"Charitable donations peak in December, but what about the rest of the year? Sally Howard meets the people dedicated to random acts of kindness – and learns why giving anonymously is even better for you"

#interesting #charity #FeelGood

theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2…

#interesting #charity #feelgood

Garry Knight

3 years ago

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Garry Knight
3 years ago — (London)

What is ChatGPT, the AI chatbot that’s taking the internet by storm

Artificial Intelligence (AI) research company OpenAI on Wednesday announced ChatGPT, a prototype dialogue-based AI chatbot capable of understanding natural language and responding in natural language... It has since taken the internet by storm, with people marvelling at how intelligent the AI-powered bot sounds.

It wrote a poem about Slashdot, here:
twitter.com/slashdot/status/15…
Looks like we're all safe...

indianexpress.com/article/tech…

What is ChatGPT, the AI chatbot that’s taking the internet by storm

ChatGPT's ability to generate human-like responses has generated much buzz.

^{Zohaib Ahmed (The Indian Express)}

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Garry Knight

3 years ago

(London)

Garry Knight
3 years ago — (London)

Reflex

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Bent at a reflex angle as she reflects on the wall.

Copyright © 2022 Garry Knight
All rights reserved
#photo #photography #StreetPhotography #MyWork #MyPhoto #CoSoPhotography #CCBY

A young woman bends forward next to a wall, posing for her friend's camera.

#Photography #MyWork #Photo #myphoto #streetphotography #ccby #CoSoPhotography

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Garry Knight

3 years ago

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Sol Cinema

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A solar-powered cinema in a caravan. Part of the Golden Key event outside St Paul's Cathedral, London.

Copyright © 2022 Garry Knight
All rights reserved
#photo #photography #StreetPhotography #MyWork #MyPhoto #CoSoPhotography #CCBY

A close-up of the open window of a caravan through which a woman in a maroon usher's uniform with golden epaulettes and matching hat has poked her head. She is wearing slightly comical bright red glasses. To the left of the window are the words "Popcorn" and "Tickets". To the right is a sign saying, "Warning. Children left unattended will be sold to the circus".

#Photography #MyWork #Photo #myphoto #streetphotography #ccby #CoSoPhotography

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nadloriot

in reply to Garry Knight 3 years ago

great :) 👍

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Tony

in reply to Garry Knight 3 years ago

:) 👍

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Garry Knight

3 years ago

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Garry Knight
3 years ago — (London)

Alex Jones files for bankruptcy after billion-dollar Sandy Hook court ruling

Infowars host and conspiracy theorist ordered to pay $473m in damages on top of nearly $1bn verdict handed down in October

Concerto for tiny violins and sad trombone.

#ConspiracyTheory #FakeNews #misinformation #disinformation #RightWing #InfoWars #AlexJones #SandyHook #law #justice

theguardian.com/us-news/2022/d…

#FakeNews #disinformation #misinformation #justice #ConspiracyTheory #Law #Infowars #RightWing #SandyHook #AlexJones

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William Robison

in reply to Garry Knight 3 years ago

This is to be expected. Bankruptcy is useful for the wealthy to avoid the consequences of their actions. Sadly the families he has harmed will never see a cent, and Infowars will be on at it's regularly scheduled time for a continuous of baseless lies, rumors, and

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William Robison

in reply to Garry Knight 3 years ago

This is to be expected. Bankruptcy is useful for the wealthy to avoid the consequences of their actions. Sadly the families he has harmed will never see a cent, and Infowars will be on at it’s regularly scheduled time for a continuous of baseless lies, rumors, and innuendos.

Garry Knight

3 years ago

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Garry Knight
3 years ago — (London)

Victorian-Era People Who Never Existed: These Portraits Were AI-Generated

An artist used the latest version of AI image generator Midjourney to create these ultra photorealistic images of people in the 19th century."

There's a bit of an uncanny valley going on in the fourth one, but overall they're unbelievably good. Now, if only they can animate these and make movies with them...

#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #photography

petapixel.com/2022/12/01/victo…

#AI #Photography #artificialintelligence

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Garry Knight

in reply to Garry Knight 3 years ago

It seems that this Friendica instance is having problems extracting OpenGraph data today.

Garry Knight

3 years ago

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Garry Knight
3 years ago — (London)

Incoherent, creepy and gorgeous: we asked six leading artists to make work using AI – and here are the results

Artificial intelligence is creating increasingly sophisticated images. But what does it mean for the art world? Gilbert and George, Gillian Wearing, Mat Collishaw, Elizabeth Price, Polly Morgan and Lindsey Mendick found out

#technology #tech #art #AI #ArtificialIntelligence

theguardian.com/artanddesign/2…

#tech #art #AI #technology #artificialintelligence

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Garry Knight

3 years ago

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Garry Knight
3 years ago — (London)

Flexing it! Mind-bending female photography – in pictures

A new book by Prix Pictet features recent work by 64 women on the theme of sustainability, from freefalling office workers to funeral customs in rural China

#photography #PhotoBook

theguardian.com/artanddesign/g…

#Photography #photobook

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John Wehrle

in reply to Garry Knight 3 years ago

Literally bending over backwards.

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3 years ago — (London)

My secret life as an 11-year-old BBS sysop

Thirty years ago last week—on November 25, 1992—my BBS came online for the first time. I was only 11 years old, working from my dad's Tandy 1800HD laptop and a 2400 baud modem. The Cave BBS soon grew into a bustling 24-hour system with over 1,000 users.

Benj Edwards will get many of you in full-on nostalgia mode as you relive your early years online.

#technology #tech #BBS #SocialMedia

arstechnica.com/information-te…

#tech #technology #SocialMedia #BBS

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Garry Knight

3 years ago

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3 years ago — (London)

Scientists make ‘exciting’ breakthrough in Amelia Earhart mystery

Hidden letters and numbers discovered on aluminium panel believed to be from famous aviator’s aircraft

#aviation #history #Earhart #AmeliaEarhart #interesting

independent.co.uk/news/world/a…

#interesting #Aviation #history #earhart #AmeliaEarhart

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harry haller

in reply to Garry Knight 2 years ago

Analysis of the panels suggest they did not belong to Earhart's Lockhead Electra plane, instead they are said to be from a WWII aircraft that crashed six years later
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TIGHAR had hoped the aluminium panels would support their theory. It has also been considered that the piece of metal, that was discovered in 1991, was a patch that was added to Earhart's aircraft when repairs were made in Miami during her ill-fated round-the-world flight attempt.
But scientists last year discovered letters and numbers that could not been seen by the naked eye. The letters and numbers 'D24', 'XRO' and either '335' or '385' were found on the panel, which is known as 2-2-V-1.
It is now thought they are in fact manufacturing code. Gillespie added: "Our forensic imaging specialist Jeff Glickman is still working on his final report, but it is looking like 2-2-V-1 is from the upper wing surface of a WWII Douglas C-47.
"Disappointing after all these years and so many promising similarities to the patch on Earhart's Electra, but science is what it is."
The experts co

Major breakthrough in the search for Amelia Earhart

Previous hopes surrounding a panel thought to be Amelia Earhart's plane have been dashed by forensic research

^{Matt Jackson (Express.co.uk)}

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V. T. Eric Layton

in reply to Garry Knight 2 years ago

Well, damn. :(

Garry Knight

3 years ago

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Garry Knight
3 years ago — (London)

Area

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What's the area of this place? Three pancras square? I wouldn't have said it's more than one pancra.

A woman stands outside a building. On the side of the wall are the words "3 Pancras Square".

#Photography #MyWork #Photo #myphoto #streetphotography

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Garry Knight

Unknown parent 3 years ago

I'm sure you're aware that people steal photos. This is why photographers point out that their photos are copyright. This has nothing to do with selling. I don't sell my photos, and I don't steal anything. I have thousands of photos on Flickr and the vast majority of them are licenced under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence.

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Dean Sonneborn

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Cubed

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3 years ago

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Photographer Captures ‘Face of Poseidon’ in Stormy Waves

A photographer who captured a clear face in a wave says he was “blown away” by the picture.

petapixel.com/2022/11/29/photo…

That's not Poseidon. It's Roy Wood!

smoothradio.com/features/the-s…

#photography #photo

#Photography #Photo

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Garry Knight

3 years ago

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3 years ago — (London)

Long Covid: the patient who’s made an app to track symptoms

The app Visible is also geared towards people living with conditions such as chronic fatigue syndrome

#science #medicine #health #Covid #Covid19 #CoronaVirus #pandemic #CFS #ME

theguardian.com/society/2022/n…

#covid19 #science #coronavirus #health #covid #pandemic #medicine #me #CFS

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Garry Knight

3 years ago

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Groundbreaking new compound eradicates the MRSA superbug

A compound that both inhibits the MRSA superbug and renders it more vulnerable to antibiotics has been discovered by scientists at the University of Bath in the UK led by Dr Maisem Laabei and Dr Ian Blagbrough.
The novel compound – a polyamine – seems to destroy Staphylococcus aureus, the bacterium that causes (among other things) deadly Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections, by disrupting the pathogen’s cell membrane.

#science #medicine #health #MRSA

thebrighterside.news/post/grou…

Groundbreaking new compound eradicates the MRSA superbug

A compound that both inhibits the MRSA superbug and renders it more vulnerable to antibiotics has been discovered by scientists.

^{Joseph Shavit (Brighter Side News)}

#science #health #medicine #MRSA

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Embrace what may be the most important green technology ever. It could save us all

Never mind the yuck factor: precision fermentation could produce new staple foods, and end our reliance on farming

#science #environment #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #ClimateBreakdown

theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

#science #climatechange #Environment #climatecrisis #climatebreakdown

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Garry Knight

3 years ago

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Universal flu vaccine may be available within two years, says scientist

Vaccine against all strains of virus hailed as major step in protecting against potentially devastating flu pandemic

#science #medicine #health #vaccine #virus #flu #influenza #mRNA

theguardian.com/society/2022/n…

#science #health #virus #vaccine #mRNA #medicine #flu #influenza

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‘No one had seen anything like it’: how video game Pong changed the world

It started as a trick played on a young IT engineer, and has inspired art installations and even social experiments. Its creators – and those they influenced – hail the bleeping genius of a coin-op classic

#technology #tech #VideoGames #Atari #Pong

theguardian.com/games/2022/nov…

#tech #technology #videogames #Atari #pong

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San Francisco police seek permission for its robots to use deadly force

'The San Francisco Police Department is currently petitioning the city's Board of Supervisors for permission to deploy robots to kill suspects that law enforcement deems a sufficient threat ...'

What could possibly go wrong?

#technology #tech #robotics #LawEnforcement #law #police
(I hate seeing this particular combination of hashtags)

engadget.com/san-francisco-pol…

#tech #technology #police #robotics #Law #LawEnforcement

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Christoph S

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What could possibly go wrong with that...

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Andrea Borgia

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On the other hand, the robots might actually stop and ask questions before shooting, unlike cops ;)

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