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Most of the sources in the article are anonymous. Their descriptions of specific shootings are uncorroberated. I question the veracity of this article. It is clearly designed to elicit a pre-determined result and is conjecture and evocative narrative disguised as journalism. If these officers and soldiers are so morally outraged, let them say so on camera with their name underneath. If this is really happening and they are real soldiers who were actually there, then any concerns for their careers or safety should be secondary to revealing the truth in an open and verifiable way.

Another misleading post title. It's not that people don't want to run them, nobody wants to buy them. Every example in the post is about not being able to find a buyer, so they are closing.

A research paper makes use of multiple sources of known provenance and various degrees of authority and relevance. It tries to establish a consensus of knowledge, as close to fact as possible. The phrase "research suggests" is an appeal to authority that implies some kind of academic rigor. A theory paper, which is still useful and important, can be published without any kind of authority. You can just make things up.

The word "research" in this title is a handy placeholder for indeterminate conjecture. No research happened, it's a theory he made up.

If you're looking at any web page with ads or tracking, it has many iframe elements. The javascript that loads them usually creates an iframe and the ad appears there. A typical newspaper site could have 5-50 iframes on each page.

Problem solving and UX are not code dependent. Non-coders and entry level folks are using these tools and confusing the output with solving a problem, a business or user problem. It has made my work more difficult to get bogged down into debates about slop that middle managers have posted and said they've done what I can do. Most of the real world integration of these things has devalued the skills of actual programmers. It's so much more than syntax and loops. It's kind of like people who think they've figured out magic tricks. Ok, but haven't you wondered why that isn't useful in any other context?

I was an artist before I was a coder. Now I do both fulltime. https://lucidbeaming.com/

Yes it does cover more time, but did you look at what's available in non-communist time periods? Did you click through the site? Not much else is there.

Same here. I looked it up after I saw this. This collection is only from approved art by the communist regime formed after WW II.

This collection is dehumanizing, not my comment. There is much much more to Vietnamese design and art than what is shown here. There is also a modern design culture from the diaspora that is not reflected here. This is an overwhelmingly political body of work, dominated by state control. By definition it is not from individual creative expression. I completely stand by my original statement.

I'm a fan of his music and respect his aesthetics. But, these are not musical instruments. They are mostly MIDI controllers. They don't actually generate sound with mechanical means. They are theater props.

We are in the middle of multiple world conflicts, through regional proxies. People are experiencing the consequences of those conflicts, even dying. They are afraid of the continuing effects. Others are scared of possible future conflicts. Your question was probably meant for a specific group of people. When you say "we", who is that? If you mean something that affects the U.K., like the setting of Threads, then it's just a matter of distance and scale. Most people in the U.K. aren't exposed to a direct threat of kinetic conflict, but that doesn't mean the rest of the world is not in physical danger of some kind.

To answer your question directly though, I think we have multiple generations that have grown up believing that anything they see on the internet is not actually real or is happening to somebody else. That includes war. The idea of a global conflict is just a Netflix plot or something, not anything that could actually happen. Few people have met a combat veteran or war refugee, but lots of people have played Call of Duty. That's their reference point. It's just not real.

Consider this, even with all the condemnation of Russia over the invasion of Ukraine, the sanctions, the shipment of arms. We are still using Soyuz spacecraft launched from Russia to go to the space station. We still share resources for all of that, including lots of money. That means there is a limit to the outrage, when it comes to economic and structural needs.

Threads attracted a lot of people that I left behind on Facebook. It also gets a lot of people that cross-post to every platform. I can't think of a single post that I saw and still remember.

Bluesky lets you block reposts and that has been the killer feature for me. Original content from people I choose is the best recipe for my tastes. Also, I spend a lot of time on niche creative feeds and really enjoy the things I see.

I also like the idea of seeing regional and local feeds. That was an interesting part of early Twitter that was obliterated by national political emphasis. No more political hot takes, where is a good Korean BBQ spot?

Places that have a need for work stations, like offices and academic environments. Creative workers that have dedicated work areas and favor an uncluttered environment. It might not make as much sense for individual consumers, but I still see offices full of iMacs out in the world. Not every company wants to issue personal laptops for workers.

Hiding reposts has been the killer feature of Bluesky. Main reason I spend more time there now.

tech art, synthesizer builds, history https://bsky.app/profile/lucidbeaming.com

The interesting thing to me about this, and most other demos, is what people are simulating as examples of art. In this case, it's a very specific Picasso time period. Others tend to center on fantasy or well-known science fiction painters. This makes sense if your only exposure to art is the internet. Maybe a few Wikipedia sessions and a Google search for "modern art". The actual art world is in a huge transition right now and the idea of this Western dominance of art history is being completely re-evaluated. I haven't seen many demos of these tools, or AI art in general, that makes use of any actual modern art from the past 20-30 years. I definitely don't see examples from non-European art history (except Ukiyo-e or anime). That says a lot about what most of you expect from tools like this. It's not just technical, it's culturally normative. Think of it, (without looking it up) can any of you name any living artists that have been exhibited in the Museum of Modern Art in the past 30 years? I see so many strong opinions here about what art is or isn't, but wonder if anybody actually goes to museums or galleries to see what is considered modern art.

Hostages – about the 1979 Iranian revolution and the 1979–81 Iran hostage crisis. I knew a bit about the American side of this, but seeing Iranian history and context was the most interesting part. Absolutely relevant to current events.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hostages_(2022_TV_series) HBOMax

A simple social media post can work as prior art, especially if it has details or some kind of diagram. But, that only limits their ability to patent it. Your own ability to monetise it is not protected by that. For independent inventors, licensing a patent is far more practical and lucrative than actually manufacturing something or releasing complex software packages. If you are raising VC money, having any kind of patent can increase your chances by a substantial factor.

It took 4 years for me to get any communication from the USPTO after I filed. I had a patent lawyer prepare the application and transmit it electronically. There was a confirmation code of receipt and that was it. Nothing for 4 years and then an office action saying no. Ok, fine. One of the reasons offered was that there was a Chinese patent for something similar, owned by Bytedance. I read their patent and it is a huge word salad of a vast array of concepts, with very little application. When it comes to technology, I believe the whole America patent system is dominated by corporations and foreign players. Despite the new marketing of USPTO there is no way an independent inventor has a chance in this system.

Tube worms surviving an extreme environment is not the most interesting part of this tale. It's what they eat. Chemoautotrophs living at the edge of the vents are bacteria that can metabolise inorganic compounds such as sulfur, iron, or ammonia and produce ATP (sugar) which the tube worms consume. They can not only survive, they thrive in those environments. I have a feeling that chemoautotrophs or the plastic eating fungi will be the main long-term solutions to our plastic waste problem.

Family photo albums, especially when looking at them with older family members. Even ones that I've seen many times. It's the small domestic moments in those albums that I miss seeing, not the peak vacations. I wanted to live a life worth putting in the book.

Once, only once, my blog got me hired. It was a lifestyle blog that I kept while working a non-tech job. The editor of a local newspaper followed it actively and I had no idea. I got fired from my job and posted about it. The editor saw the post and reached out a few days later. I interviewed and was offered me a full-time tech job a week later.

On a side note, I have a photography site that I have rebuilt many times since 1998. Each time I experimented with new design approaches and the underlying tech. Those experiments served as learning experiments I put on my resume. Multiple times I have been hired for languages or frameworks I only learned from using in my photography website.

I built a color to notes tool five years ago and even tried to get a patent on the algorithm. Be warned, there are already multiple patents on this approach and the ability to monetize this project will be limited. I know because I just went through the process myself. In a related topic, ByteDance (TikTok) has a massive portfolio of Chinese patents that are direct ripoffs of lots of foreign IP.

https://github.com/lucidbeaming/vid2midi

FedEx requires a scan of the barcode on your license to ship packages from any of their locations. When it first started happening a few years ago, I argued with the clerks and said I didn't want my license scanned. I was willing to show my ID as proof of identity but I didn't want the barcode scan. It also reset the originating address to my home address each time, even though I was shipping for business and put the business address on the FedEx shipping form. They said it was required and the managers always confirmed. I stopped using FedEx for this reason. Never went back.

I get the purpose of this from a design standpoint, but it's missing 3 important perspectives.

Mobile view: in the past 10 years, mobile has taken over most web traffic. These pretty desktop views are only seen by a small percentage now.

Heatmaps: all that UI looks pretty, but without correlating conversion rates they won't perform. I would like a "Show Us Your Heatmaps" collection. How visitors actually use these pages is usually disappointing to marketing managers and designers, but crucial to stakeholders.

Dynamic Design: one important use of machine learning and A/B/n testing is the ability to deliver tailored landing pages to viewer within different contexts. Aren't we already at the point where a mobile Twitter user could see a completely different UI than a desktop Google search visitor?

It is a different path through the same system. Your description is the exact language that Yum! Brands, Inc. is hoping people will use. It softens the crass branding of academic projects and positions the effort as altruistic. The American academic environment is filled with these obfuscations.

The academic path is tempting for many. The myth is that you get to spend all day in research and working with ideas. The truth is, a huge amount of time is spent writing grants and funding proposals. It's a whole industry and researchers and scientists at well-known institutions are expected to bring in a steady stream of funding, including funding their own positions. Historically that has been through foundations and government sources (which are massive). It's entirely unsurprising that brands have gotten involved.

The first criteria is whether you will be remote for a U.S. company or working within the region you're moving. That will have a huge impact on your options. If you're going for local work, keep in mind that international tech sectors can vary widely. Some countries have modern economies but underdeveloped tech industries. They tend to heavily recruit foreign workers. You'll be treated like royalty, but that doesn't mean it's interesting or fun to work there. Others have a large supply of tech workers but poor conditions for actual tech companies, like Poland and France.

Also, many countries and cultures have completely different work ethics and expectations. You may be used to fairly loose structures in terms of hours and management hierarchies. Many countries still expect tech workers to work like engineers from 20+ years ago. That means all day in your chair, long hours, and reporting to a manager that is not invested in your personal experience. American tech workers are often shocked when they land in these places.

In the opposite direction, if you work with many western Europeans, you'll be surprised at how some of them aren't very work oriented. That may be frustrating to people used to American companies. Also, communication is very different. I worked with an Italian engineer who got very loud very fast in any tech debate. It took me a while to get used to it, but I did when I understood that was just his background. He wasn't angry or confrontational, his previous jobs all communicated like that.

Those these kinds of differences exist around the world and can be very difficult for some folks. But, lots people also thrive in those environments. Your mileage may vary.

A small tip I have offered to people is to search for "relocation + [your main language/framework] + [region]" in LinkedIn job search. It will give you a general sense of the demand for particular skillsets industry directions in those areas. It's not foolproof, but usually leads to some interesting locations.

The lost Amiga art is never shown, in this article or any of the linked sources. The 9 images on that "lost" disk aren't actually displayed. The disk itself is the valuable object, kind of like Picasso signing a napkin. But, even the disk isn't shown. None of these articles say whether anybody tried reading the disk.

I travel often in Europe and see these AI assistants on many websites and apps now. Two things generally happen when I have tried to use them. First, nothing actionable is possible. They can't actually do anything. No trip changes, refunds, connections, or baggage tracing. It takes a significant amount of time to get to to the response, "Sorry I can't help with that, please call xxx during business hours or visit our website at xxx." Second, they invariably end up as marketing funnels with upsells offered in place of solutions. I see that as the main source of anger from others in airports. They try to deal with something and end up in marketing loops.

When I see AI assistance as a travel feature I assume it is not only going to be useless, but actively disruptive to my experience.