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DrZootron

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DrZootron··on Zoom terms now allow training AI on user content with no opt out
Great, what could possibly go wro.. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37013704
DrZootron··on IBM and NASA open-source largest geospatial AI foundation model on Hugging Face
> has demonstrated to date a 15 percent improvement over state-of-the-art techniques

A-mazing

DrZootron··on Australians scour desert for dangerous radioactive capsule smaller than a penny
These systems exist. To name a couple:

https://www.arktis-detectors.com/products/

https://www.ansto.gov.au/products/detection-and-imaging-cori...

DrZootron··on Ask HN: Am I getting older or did typing on the iPhone become unbearable?
Strongly agree
DrZootron··on Best command-line-only video games (2019)
ASCII sector looks supreme but link is broken. Anyone got link?
DrZootron··on Ask HN: What podcasts are you listening to?
How I Built This - founder stories

Risky Business - news from the cybers

Darknet Diaries - tales from the dark side of the internet (for h4x0rs)

DrZootron··on AirPods don't “just work”
Annoyance 8: More for those on a call with people using airpods or listening to them be interviewed on a news show - the audio quality is akin to that of a a tin-can-and-string phone.
DrZootron··on Researchers Train Goldfish to Drive
Why not both? Fish bowls atop laser equipped robot dogs, with air cover provided by bomb dropping quadcopter fish bowls, hunting humans and flushing our remains down toilet in revenge. I for one salute our new fishy overlords in this new normal.

The scientists probably get paid mediocre salaries to work on something adjacent and more useful, and their Prof seized the PR opportunity and ordered them to do it and they rolled their eyes and obliged.