Interesting Links for 01-05-2026
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andrewducker- 1. A 25-Year-Fight Over a 2-Second Sample
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- 2. Why Law Is Law-Shaped
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- 3. A forest-based yard improved the immune system of daycare children in only a month
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- 4. The most severe Linux threat to surface in years catches the world flat-footed
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- 5. How ChatGPT got obsessed with goblins
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- 6. An interview with Scottish Travellers.
- (tags:roma travel history Scotland society )
- 7. Renters' Rights Act: What it means for the England's tenants and landlords
- (tags:rental housing law england )
- 8. Beltane Fire Festival 2026: 15 incredible pictures of Edinburgh's Calton Hill lit up to celebrate the changing seasons
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Date: 2026-05-01 12:15 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2026-05-01 06:25 pm (UTC)I sometimes feel like one of the Seven Sleepers. I know GenAI is "just" probability, but the stuff about lexical tics transferring from one personality to another -- it does make me feel like an antique. I had a tamagotchi once and it was cool.
After reading the article, I'm still hazy on how the reward system works that gives positive feedback to certain GenAI behaviours e.g.animal metaphors. Whether it's driven by human testing or it's an algorithm with a check list.
8. Rather jealous. If there's one thing cooler than tamagotchi, it's big paganic bonfires. Not much 1st May stuff seems to happen around my neck of the woods. I'm in a folklore desert.
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Date: 2026-05-02 09:02 am (UTC)My understanding is that the majority of the training will be automated, but then there'll be testing and retraining based on testing and feedback.
8. If you ever fancy it then Edinburgh is not as expensive in April as it is in August...