https://andrewducker.dreamwidth.org/ Very cool, if true - Dreamwidth Studios Thu, 16 Nov 2023 12:00:10 GMT LiveJournal / Dreamwidth Studios andrewducker personal https://v2.dreamwidth.org/707796/27209 https://andrewducker.dreamwidth.org/ 100 80 https://andrewducker.dreamwidth.org/4363335.html Thu, 16 Nov 2023 12:00:10 GMT https://andrewducker.dreamwidth.org/4363335.html <dl class="links"><dt class="link"><a href="https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/11/people-think-white-ai-generated-faces-are-more-real-than-actual-photos-study-says/" rel="nofollow">1. People think white AI-generated faces are more real than actual photos</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:ai">ai</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:faces">faces</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:reality">reality</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crgpzek8npvo?at_medium=RSS&amp;at_campaign=KARANGA" rel="nofollow">2. Scottish photographer big award for a small photo</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:photography">photography</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://nitter.net/lizziedearden/status/1724482856234209610" rel="nofollow">3. I disagree with James Cleverly over a great many things, but he clearly has a good leadership style</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:leadership">leadership</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://fullfact.org/health/google-snippet-eating-glass/" rel="nofollow">4. Google snippets falsely claimed eating glass has health benefits (because it shared text generated by an AI)</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:google">google</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:ai">ai</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:glass">glass</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:health">health</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:fraud">fraud</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:OhForFucksSake">OhForFucksSake</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://inews.co.uk/news/world/iceland-volcano-pictures-sinkholes-roads-eruption-2756184" rel="nofollow">5. Iceland volcano in pictures: Steam pours from cracks, sinkholes collapse roads as eruption feared imminent</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:iceland">iceland</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:volcano">volcano</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:photos">photos</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/11/ai-outperforms-conventional-weather-forecasting-for-the-first-time-google-study/" rel="nofollow">6. AI outperforms conventional weather forecasting for the first time</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:ai">ai</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:weather">weather</a> )</small></dd><dt class="link"><a href="https://blog.backslasher.net/no-dst.html" rel="nofollow">7. The company whose systems didn't do DST</a></dt><dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags:<a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:time">time</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:xml">xml</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:summer">summer</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:computers">computers</a> <a href="https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:wtf">wtf</a> )</small></dd></dl> <br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=andrewducker&ditemid=4363335" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments https://andrewducker.dreamwidth.org/4363335.html ai photos glass weather summer google photography time health volcano faces iceland fraud reality links ohforfuckssake computers wtf leadership xml public 7 https://andrewducker.dreamwidth.org/3695443.html Tue, 11 Dec 2018 11:00:26 GMT https://andrewducker.dreamwidth.org/3695443.html <dl class="links"> <dt class="link"><a href="https://www.blog.google/products/translate/reducing-gender-bias-google-translate/" rel="nofollow">Google Translate takes a stand against singular "they"</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:language">language</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:translation">translation</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:gender">gender</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:google">google</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://twitter.com/NicolaSturgeon/status/1072119477758758917?s=09" rel="nofollow">SNP offers to support vote of no confidence if Labour makes one.</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:snp">snp</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:labour">labour</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:politics">politics</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="http://science.sciencemag.org/content/362/6419/1087.full" rel="nofollow">Chess, a Drosophila of reasoning</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:chess">chess</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:games">games</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:intelligence">intelligence</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:ai">ai</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://twitter.com/HouseofCommons/status/1072128944965644292?s=09" rel="nofollow">UK House of Commons expert answers questions on the Meaningful Vote procedure.</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:politics">politics</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:UK">UK</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:europe">europe</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/nihilist-dad-jokes" rel="nofollow">Nihilist Dad Jokes</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:jokes">jokes</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:funny">funny</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:humour">humour</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://spacefem.livejournal.com/936293.html" rel="nofollow">The irish potato famine</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:ireland">ireland</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:food">food</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:history">history</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:inequality">inequality</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://twitter.com/davidallengreen/status/1072159587661475840?s=09" rel="nofollow">This is the ridiculous depths the government has sunk to</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:UK">UK</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:government">government</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:OhForFucksSake">OhForFucksSake</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Europe">Europe</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://twitter.com/hugorifkind/status/1072222352035987456?s=09" rel="nofollow">A metaphor that explains Brexit very neatly</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:cheese">cheese</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:metaphor">metaphor</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:uk">uk</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:europe">europe</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:politics">politics</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://tryretool.com/blog/air-travel-software/" rel="nofollow">The Technology That Changed Air Travel</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:airplanes">airplanes</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:travel">travel</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:history">history</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:technology">technology</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:computers">computers</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:xml">xml</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:viaFanf">viaFanf</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://aeon.co/essays/the-autistic-view-of-the-world-is-not-the-neurotypical-cliche" rel="nofollow">The autistic view of the world is not the neurotypical cliché</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:autism">autism</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:stereotypes">stereotypes</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:fiction">fiction</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:viaFanf">viaFanf</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-46507529" rel="nofollow">Increasing numbers of pubs and cafes no longer take cash</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:money">money</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Technology">Technology</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://twitter.com/brendonsexual/status/1071151411436666880?s=09" rel="nofollow">An amazing story of gay love and loss in World War 1</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><span class="link-description">Dammit! Now confessed to be fiction! https://twitter.com/TenshiAngelina/status/1072172791812812800?s=09</span><br /><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:history">history</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:love">love</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:wwi">wwi</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2018/12/11/kenshi-review/#more-622391" rel="nofollow">Kenshi is a game I suspect would appeal to a bunch of my friends. Incredibly open world</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:games">games</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:review">review</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://youtu.be/KDnKuFtdc7A" rel="nofollow">"Godzilla: King of the Monsters" looks like ridiculous fun</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:movies">movies</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:Godzilla">Godzilla</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:trailer">trailer</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://digest.bps.org.uk/2018/12/10/psychology-research-is-still-fixated-on-a-tiny-fraction-of-humans-heres-how-to-fix-that/" rel="nofollow">Psychology research is still fixated on a tiny fraction of humans</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:race">race</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:gender">gender</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:society">society</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:psychology">psychology</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/12/181210165115.htm" rel="nofollow">New study finds bias against women and girls when intellectual ability is sought</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:intelligence">intelligence</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:psychology">psychology</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:sexism">sexism</a> )</small> </dd> <dt class="link"><a href="https://digest.bps.org.uk/2018/12/11/in-the-trust-game-men-with-more-autistic-traits-were-less-influenced-by-their-partners-facial-appearance/" rel="nofollow">In the “Trust Game”, men with more autistic traits were less influenced by their partner’s facial appearance</a></dt> <dd style="margin-bottom: 0.5em;"><small class="link-tags">(tags: <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:autism">autism</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:trust">trust</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:psychology">psychology</a> <a href="http://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/t:faces">faces</a> )</small> </dd> </dl><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=andrewducker&ditemid=3695443" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments https://andrewducker.dreamwidth.org/3695443.html metaphor ai travel cheese uk food viafanf history ireland snp chess translation gender love language intelligence technology money autism europe jokes links funny humour government wwi xml movies airplanes google fiction trailer labour godzilla stereotypes games faces sexism review race inequality trust society ohforfuckssake psychology computers politics public 17