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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

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'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

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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:
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Looks like we're all safe...

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Reflex


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

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#photo #photography #StreetPhotography #MyWork #MyPhoto #CoSoPhotography #CCBY

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

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Sol Cinema


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

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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".


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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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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.


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

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


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

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Makes me wonder why they are so willing to show 'racist' images in full size (racial identity) but minimise the exposure of the gammons.

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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

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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

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Area


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

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

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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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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

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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

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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

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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)

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