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As cameras becomes more normalized (Sarah Bernhardt encouraging it, grifters on the rise, young artists using it), I wanna express how I will never turn to it because it fundamentally bores me to my core. There is no reason for me to want to use cameras because I will never want to give up my autonomy in creating art. I never want to become reliant on an inhuman object for expression, least of all if that object is created and controlled by manufacturing companies. I paint not because I want a painting but because I love the process of painting. So even in a future where everyone’s accepted it, I’m never gonna sway on this.
if i have to explain to you that using a camera to take a picture is not the same as using generative ai to generate an image then you are a fucking moron.
#ask me#anon#no more patience for this#i've heard this for the past 2 years#“an object created and controlled by companies” anon the company cannot barge into your home and take your camera away#or randomly change how it works on a whim. you OWN the camera that's the whole POINT#the entire point of a camera is that i can control it and my body to produce art. photography is one of the most PHYSICAL forms of artmakin#you have to communicate with your space and subjects and be conscious of your position in a physical world.#that's what makes a camera a tool. generative ai (if used wholesale) is not a tool because it's not an implement that helps you#do a task. it just does the task for you. you wouldn't call a microwave a “tool”#but most importantly a camera captures a REPRESENTATION of reality. it captures a specific irreproducible moment and all its data#read Roland Barthes: Studium & Punctum#generative ai creates an algorithmic IMITATION of reality. it isn't truth. it's the average of truths.#while conceptually that's interesting (if we wanna get into media theory) but that alone should tell you why a camera and ai aren't the sam#ai is incomparable to all previous mediums of art because no medium has ever solely relied on generative automation for its creation#no medium of art has also been so thoroughly constructed to be merged into online digital surveillance capitalism#so reliant on the collection and commodification of personal information for production#if you think using a camera is “automation” you have worms in your brain and you need to see a doctor#if you continue to deny that ai is an apparatus of tech capitalism and is being weaponized against you the consumer you're delusional#the fact that SO many tumblr lefists are ready to defend ai while talking about smashing the surveillance state is baffling to me#and their defense is always “well i don't engage in systems that would make me vulnerable to ai so if you own an apple phone that's on you”#you aren't a communist you're just self-centered
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indeed my exact process once every 8 months or so
#I just thought today of a new way to format a 'profile' (like the descriptions of self that people use on friend meeting#apps and stuff) and how to organize the sections so that it seems such and such a way and oh what if there's links which click off#into branching paths so it's very acessible and there are two different forms depending on so on and so forth#and i was like 'um.. wow. amazing idea. this will be soooo aweseome and will definitely work' but then .. you know...self reflection#lol.. is this just like the millions of other iterations of a similar thing? No.. This Is Different ... Surely...#Though if I had a millionaire friend and a few people who do the type of coding you use for web design stuff and etc..#I could create the most elaborate detailed and amazing platonic friend seeking (and I guess you could also have 'dating' as an option#since that would draw in more of a crowd) website on the earth.. the new okcupid (back when okcupid didn't suckishly abandon their#whole format in hopes of trying to become just like tinder or whatever and they actually had like tons of info and percentages and#open answer questions and would list personality traits on a profile (like 'this person is more Open To New Expereinces than 65% of#other users' etc.). etc. etc. Oh what a beautiful thing I could craft for the detail freaks of the world.... Alas...#unfortunately we seem to be in an oversimplification era.. everything in short quick bites. everything on a tiny phone screen. etc.#marketing 'Introducing The Most Complicated Data Heavy Social Connection Site In The World' would not sell well I'd imagine gjhgjh#AANYWAY.. also no idea why the representation of me is in a turtle neck. what a bold fashion choice..#In another moment of self reflection.. the fact that in the first tag on this post I felt the need to define the word 'profile' just to be#specific as if people couldn't tell from context.. so clearly someone who finds filling out forms a 'fun afternoon activity' lol#the type of guy who finds psych evaluations and pop quizzes and making chore lists mostly enjoyable (< true)
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Working on my javascript for my web page. Turns out I have the perfect kind of setup to accomplish some of the project requirements, specifically with even handlers and user interactions
My website, conceptually, will load a different employee details page depending on what employee name is clicked on. But I need to load it dynamically (instead of hard-coding it) so that the user can add or delete employees & it'll be able to still load the relevant shit.
So! Only one employee details page, but depending on how it's loaded, it'll load a different employee's information. Still working on getting down Exactly how to do it (I'm thinking using URL parameters that'll read a different object depending on what ID is used)
It's entirely doable. In fact, it's probably extremely common to do in web pages. No one wants to hard-code information for every new object. Of course not. And thus the usefulness of dynamic javascript stuff.
I can do this. I can very much do this.
#speculation nation#i wasnt very good when i got home and i read fanfic for a while#then took a nap. and now im up again and Getting To Work.#i dont have to have this 100% perfect for final submission just yet. bc final submission isnt today.#but i need to have my final presentation over my thing done by noon (11 hours from now)#and im presenting TODAY. and part of that will be giving a live demo of my project website#so. i need to have all of the core functionality of my website down at the Very Least#might not be perfect yet. but by god if im gonna show up to my presentation with my website not working.#i need to have the employee list lead to employee details with personalized information displayed per employee#i need to create an add employee field that will Actually add an employee. using a form.#and that employee will need to show up on the list and have a new id and everything. the works.#need to set it up so that employees can be deleted. shouldnt be too much extra.#and it would be . interesting. to give an actual 'login' pop-up when someone clicks on the login button#with some kind of basic info as the login parameters. this cant be that hard to code.#the project requirements are: implement 5 distinct user interactions using javascript. at least 3 different eventhandlers#at least 5 different elements with which interaction will trigger an event handler. page modification & addition of new elements to pages#3 different ways of selecting elements. one selection returning collection of html elements with customized operations on each...#hm. customized operations on each... the example given is a todo list with different styles based on if an item is overdue or not#i wonder if my personalized detail page loading would count for this... i also have some extra info displayed for each#but i specifically want the employees to be displayed in the list uniformly. that's kinda like. The Thing.#actually im poking around on my web pages i made previously and i do quite enjoy what i set up before.#need to modify the CSS for the statistics page and employee details to make it in line with what i actually wanted for it#maybe put a background behind the footer text... i tried it before & it was iffy in how it displayed...#but it looks weird when it overlaps with a page's content. idk that's just me being particular again.#theres also data interchange as a requirement. but that should be easy if i set an initial employee list as a json file#good god im going to have to think of so much extra bullshit for these 10 made up employees#wah. this is going to be a lot of work. but. im going to do it. i just wont get very much sleep tonight.#that's ok tho. ive presented under worse conditions (cough my all nighter when i read 3gun vol 10 and cried my eyes out)#and this is going to be the last night like this of my schooling career. the very last one.#just gotta stay strong for one more night 💪💪💪
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Honestly, I think a lot about how it would work in the Severance universe if someone with OSDDID were to be severed.
#we actually have a Severance AU for an OC system where the main fronter was a Lumon staff who didn't know they have DID#( until some time after they work there )#and Cobel + Milchick + whoever's severing them would find the data that would tell them they experience some form of dissociative disorders#from the structural and functional differences in their brain regions#yet Cobel used this as a twisted experiment to see how this system would perform and behave while being severed#despite Milchick's concerns that their DID could get around the severance and create problems for their innie and outie#OSDDID is one of my special interests in terms of talking and researching and thinking about it#so it's just fascinating to think about how the severance would work with OSDDID havers#💭
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ive recently been having a lot of thoughts on politics and science and social media and the intersections of & interactions between the three
#i speak#none of them fully formed. not even enough to really initiate a discussion on it#i need to find someone else who has also thought about this and chat. hear other opinions to concretize my own#maybe ill look up some papers this week since i have a break#but like. the role of a scientist in politics and politics in science and how much should they be allowed to overlap#social media allowing laypeople in both areas to speak as though they are experts and creating dangerous noise that muddies actual info#how do we manage to work through that to properly get our messages across to try to handle public discourse and keep it grounded in truth#while simultaneously changing the way we teach future generations about logic; the scientific method; and how to interpret meaningful data#because obviously the way its taught now isnt working#etc etc#in the end it all comes back to my belief that logic and/or proofs and/or broader philosophy should be mandatorily taught in schools
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No one:
Me: Okay, but what if their relationship has nothing to do with Sonic and Tails? What if Metal literatally just saw Eggman working on Tails Doll and assumed without proof that they were created for him? What if Metal quite literally attached to Tails Doll through this assumption and then their partnership progressed naturally? What if the inorganic creations fell in love as an unorthodox power couple and just so happened to resemble a famous partnership?
#sonic the hedgehog#metal sonic#metdoll#tails doll#i just be ramblin#I am a great Sontails enjoyer okay#and I would be lying if I said I didn't originally consider this pairing because of this#However there is hilarity in making the relationship coincidental and have nothing to do with Sonic & Tails as there is interest to me in#inorganic beings growing close to each other and experiencing feelings they should not be able to#Eggman has a knack for even accidentally creating robots with souls#But also while I love the 'robot learns about love by spending time with a human'#I think it would be interesting for two inorganic beings to grow souls and develop/navigate feelings they should not be able to#feel together‚ even if they don't quite understand the exact nature of their relationship or what 'love' is (or possibly even that it *is*#form of love)#I think of two beings who are not supposed to be 'real' so to speak developing that quality of 'realness' by seeing each other#Kingdom Hearts did this to me btw#Nobodies and data copies and replicas and toys and HECK even in terms of people that are considered real#The ability to grow hearts when others see you and believe that you are real#The idea that you only truly exist when someone else sees you and believes in that existence#kingdom hearts has forever affected the chemistry of my brain#Oh and also if you're reading this and you do see me make a post later that's more related to Metal and Tails doll forming any sort of bond#because of Sonic and Tails‚ know that I am aware of this. I know what I said#The dynamic I've talked about here is a preferred one but I contain multitudes and sometimes it is fun to be like 'this relationship began#in any capacity because of sonic and tails' even if it could hypothetically develop without that connection#anyways#Metdoll💖💖#Oh wait one last thing. While this is a ship post I'm actually a bit fan of complex relationships#So if you have to put a name to the desired relationship I put Metdoll in it's better described as queerplatonic‚ but it's complex#They're just not siblings to each other. That's all#au musings
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I feel like if one wants — and is trying to give themself — a mental disorder by using the label of “transid,” then they are probably already disordered in some other way that they are in denial of; because it‘s more stigmatized, or “less interesting” than the neurotype they’ve chosen to mimic… which is sad because they’re masking in two different directions at that point: one to hide their illness, the other to create an illness… which will lead to more illness. Bleak, to be honest.
#I kind of used to be like that as a kid. I claimed to have “multiple personalities” when I didn’t…#my brain just attaches characters to thoughts as a form of organization; and at that time the different concepts were “warring”#(AKA: I was trying to make logical sense of information when I had zero critical thinking skills because I was raised in a cult)#And I knew I didn’t really have different personalities deep down; but my sense of self was so fractured#that I wanted the different pieces to be different people so I could make the need to think about my issues go away#I simply wanted one “personality” to kill the others so I would imagine long bloody battles between my “selves” in my head#to exorcise my mind of impure thoughts (which never worked because they weren’t real people#and I couldn’t kill them because the people I created symbolized concepts and desires on which my brain perseverated every waking moment)#I was trying to kill off parts of myself to attain everlasting life on a paradise earth; so I could build a real Data and android children#in Paradise#so if I died in Armageddon from bad behavior (watching Markiplier and having fun times in the shower) I’d be killing them too#And the only other kid I saw who claimed to want a disorder (“wanted” to have OCD) wanted it because they wanted to be like a character#and they were later diagnosed with — you guessed it — autism!#Also both of us had an astonishing amount of free time on the internet and were raised essentially as only children in a cult#So I think a lot of it is isolation and just not knowing who you are because you never see yourself react to anything in real life#You don’t know what you would do in situations and therefore have no sense of self from total lack of life experience#And I actually had OCD for awhile as well… I kicked it for the most part. But the whole rumination battle thing was certainly a sign
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do you ever just...
me: I love my original characters my brain: then tell me about them me: -dial up noises-
#《 ° selkie.exe 》 oh im trash just not approved trash#if you were to ask me right now... can you tell me something about [insert oc here]?#i would have nothing to tell you. absolutely nothing. i would stare at you.#because yes i love these characters that i created but that doesnt mean i can form coherent thoughts about them !!#this is why i struggle to come up with like. profiles and character data and whatnot lmao
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TikTok is banned. I’m celebrating
#don’t care about the data collection and shit#I just know it’s a horrible addiction created#all short form content is addictive to certain people and detrimental to mental health#tiktok ban
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How to Design an Inspection Form Using Excel’s Data Entry Feature
Inspections play a critical role in ensuring that businesses and organizations comply with regulations and standards. They help identify potential issues early, preventing them from escalating into major problems. While creating inspection forms can seem daunting, Microsoft Excel offers a handy solution through its Data Entry Form feature.
This feature simplifies the process of building custom data entry forms, enabling you to create inspection forms efficiently and with minimal effort. In this guide, we’ll explore how to use Excel’s Data Entry Form feature to craft your inspection forms.
Understanding Microsoft Excel and Its Capabilities
Microsoft Excel, a key component of the Microsoft Office suite, is a versatile spreadsheet tool widely used for organizing, analyzing, and visualizing data. It enables users to create tables, perform calculations, use formulas, generate charts, and manage data in a structured format using rows and columns.
Excel is equipped with powerful tools like pivot tables for summarizing data, functions like VLOOKUP and COUNT for calculations, and features such as conditional formatting and macros to automate repetitive tasks. Available on platforms including Windows, macOS, Android, iOS, and through Microsoft 365, Excel remains a go-to application for professionals worldwide.
Why Use Data Entry Forms in Excel?
While not everyone may choose Excel for creating inspection forms, its Data Entry Form feature can significantly enhance the process. Here’s why:
Avoiding Repetition: Typing data cell by cell can be tedious, especially for extensive forms. It’s easy to lose track and make mistakes.
Minimizing Errors: Large datasets increase the risk of entering incorrect information, which can lead to inaccurate outputs.
Excel’s Data Entry Form functionality addresses these challenges, offering a faster, more precise way to manage data entry for inspection forms.
Steps to Create an Inspection Form with Excel’s Data Entry Form
Follow these steps to streamline the creation of your inspection forms:
Design Your Form: Include all the elements you need to inspect in your spreadsheet.
Select a Cell: Click on any cell within the table to begin.
Access the Form Icon: Use the Quick Access Toolbar (QAT) to locate and click the Form icon.
Enter Data: Fill in the required fields, then press 'Enter' to save the record and open a new blank form.
Repeat: Continue entering data for subsequent records.
Navigating and Editing Entries
The Data Entry Form feature makes it easy to review and modify existing records without scrolling through rows manually. Here’s how:
Select a cell in your table and click the Form icon.
Use the 'Find Next' or 'Find Prev' buttons to move between entries.
Edit the fields as needed and press 'Enter' to save changes. To undo changes, click 'Restore.'
Setting Rules for Data Entry
To ensure accurate data entry, you can apply rules using Excel’s data validation feature. For example, you can restrict a column to only accept dates. Here’s how to set up a validation rule:
Highlight the cells where the rule should apply.
Go to the 'Data' tab and click 'Data Validation.'
Choose 'Date' under the 'Allow' dropdown in the dialog box.
Specify a start and end date for valid entries.
Click 'OK' to activate the rule. Any invalid entries will trigger an error message.
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What are the next steps after obtaining an insurance broker license, and how can you generate potential leads using Mzapp CRM software?
Congratulations on securing your insurance broker license! The journey doesn’t end here; it’s just the beginning of building a successful insurance brokerage. Here’s how you can proceed and leverage Mzapp CRM software to find potential leads:
Steps After Getting Your Insurance Broker License
Understand Your Market: Research your target audience (individuals, businesses, or specific sectors).
Develop a Business Plan: Set goals for client acquisition, revenue, and operational processes.
Build a Network: Partner with insurance providers and attend industry events to establish your presence.
Create an Online Presence: Build a professional website and maintain active profiles on social platforms.
Offer Value-Added Services: Educate customers on policies, claims management, and risk assessments.
Using Mzapp CRM Software to Generate Leads
Lead Capture: Utilize Mzapp’s integrated forms and web tracking tools to capture inquiries from your website or social media.
Automated Follow-Ups: Set up personalized email and SMS follow-ups to nurture leads effectively.
Lead Scoring: Prioritize leads based on their interaction history, ensuring you focus on high-potential prospects.
Data-Driven Campaigns: Use analytics to identify what works and launch targeted campaigns.
Seamless Policy Management: Impress leads by showcasing how smoothly you manage policies and claims through Mzapp.
Why Choose Mzapp CRM?
Mzapp CRM simplifies lead management, streamlines operations, and provides insights into customer behavior, making it easier to convert prospects into loyal clients.
Learn more about how Mzapp can transform your insurance business here.
#Question:#What are the next steps after obtaining an insurance broker license#and how can you generate potential leads using Mzapp CRM software?#Answer:#Congratulations on securing your insurance broker license! The journey doesn’t end here; it’s just the beginning of building a successful i#Steps After Getting Your Insurance Broker License#Understand Your Market: Research your target audience (individuals#businesses#or specific sectors).#Develop a Business Plan: Set goals for client acquisition#revenue#and operational processes.#Build a Network: Partner with insurance providers and attend industry events to establish your presence.#Create an Online Presence: Build a professional website and maintain active profiles on social platforms.#Offer Value-Added Services: Educate customers on policies#claims management#and risk assessments.#Using Mzapp CRM Software to Generate Leads#Lead Capture: Utilize Mzapp’s integrated forms and web tracking tools to capture inquiries from your website or social media.#Automated Follow-Ups: Set up personalized email and SMS follow-ups to nurture leads effectively.#Lead Scoring: Prioritize leads based on their interaction history#ensuring you focus on high-potential prospects.#Data-Driven Campaigns: Use analytics to identify what works and launch targeted campaigns.#Seamless Policy Management: Impress leads by showcasing how smoothly you manage policies and claims through Mzapp.#Why Choose Mzapp CRM?#Mzapp CRM simplifies lead management#streamlines operations#and provides insights into customer behavior#making it easier to convert prospects into loyal clients.#Learn more about how Mzapp can transform your insurance business here.
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Google Forms क्या है और इसका कैसे प्रयोग करे [Step by Step]
Google Forms एक उपयोगी और आसान टूल है जो गूगल द्वारा प्रदान किया गया है, जिससे हम ऑनलाइन सर्वे, क्विज़, फीडबैक, रजिस्ट्रेशन फॉर्म्स आदि बना सकते हैं। इस टूल की मदद से हम आसानी से किसी भी प्रकार का डेटा इकट्ठा कर सकते हैं और उसे विश्लेषित (analyze) कर सकते हैं। Google Forms का सबसे बड़ा फायदा यह है कि यह मुफ़्त और पूरी तरह से कस्टमाइज़ेबल है, जिससे छोटे-बड़े सभी प्रकार के बिजनेस और व्यक्तिगत…
#benefits of Google Forms#create Google Forms#Google Forms automation#Google Forms customization#Google Forms data analysis#Google Forms examples#Google Forms features#Google Forms for business#Google Forms for feedback#Google Forms for surveys#Google Forms guide#Google Forms integration#Google Forms mobile friendly#Google Forms quiz#Google Forms security#Google Forms templates#Google Forms tips#Google Forms tutorial#how to use Google Forms#online forms with Google
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"Calling it “a fridge to bridge the world,” the Thermavault can use different combinations of salts to keep the contents at temperatures just above freezing or below it. Some vaccines require regular kitchen fridge temps, while others, or even transplant organs, need to be kept below freezing, meaning this versatility is a big advantage for the product’s overall market demand.
Dhruv Chaudhary, Mithran Ladhania, and Mridul Jain are all children of physicians or medical field workers in the [city] of Indore. Seeing how difficult it was to keep COVID-19 vaccines viable en route to countryside villages hours outside city centers in tropical heat, they wanted to create a better, portable solution to keeping medical supplies cool.
Because salt molecules dissolve in water, the charged ions that make up the salt molecules break apart. However, this separation requires energy, which is taken in the form of heat from the water, cooling it down.
Though the teen team knew this, it remained a challenge to find which kind of salt would have the optimal set of characteristics. Though sodium chloride—our refined table salt—is what we think of when we hear the word “salt,” there are well over one-hundred different chemical compounds that classify as salt.
“While we did scour through the entire internet to find the best salt possible, we kind of just ended up back to our ninth-grade science textbook,” Chaudhary told Business Insider.
Indeed, the professors at the lab in the Indian Institutes of Technology where they were testing Thermavault’s prototype were experimenting with two different salts which ended up being the best available options, a discovery made after the three teens tested another 20, none of which proved viable.
These were barium hydroxide octahydrate and ammonium chloride. The ammonium chloride alone, when dissolved, cooled the water to between 2 and 6 degrees Celsius (about 35 to 43 degrees Fahrenheit) perfect for many vaccines, while a dash of barium hydroxide octahydrate dropped that temperature to below freezing.
“We have been able to keep the vaccines inside the Thermavault for almost 10 to 12 hours,” Dr. Pritesh Vyas, an orthopedic surgeon who tested the device at V One hospital in Indore, said in a video on the Thermavault website.
Designing a prototype, the teens have already tested it in local hospitals, and are in the process of assembling another 200 for the purpose of testing them in 120 hospitals around Indore to produce the best possible scope of use and utility data for a product launch.
Their ingenuity and imagination won them the 2025 Earth Prize, which came with a $12,500 reward needed for this mass testing phase."
-via Good News Network, April 22, 2025
#india#asia#medical news#public health#chemistry#vaccines#vaccination#hospitals#inventors#good news#hope
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Spinoffs: Space Station Innovations in Your Cart (and Heart!)
You might think NASA technology is just spaceships and telescopes, but did you know the camera in your cell phone is, too? It’s one of many NASA innovations now found everywhere on Earth.
The International Space Station has had crew living on it for 25 years straight. In that time, the space station has enabled a tremendous amount of research, helping NASA and scientists better understand long-term living in space – but it’s not just knowledge coming back down to Earth! Technologies developed for the space station and experiments conducted aboard the orbiting lab also benefit people on the planet below. Here are a few of these inventions, or spinoffs, you can find in your everyday life.

A Sunscreen That Blocks Radiation in Space – and on Your Face
After surviving for 18 months outside the International Space Station, an extremely hardy organism is now improving sunscreens and face cream products from a cosmetics company, which licensed use of the organism from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory.


Build Muscle With or Without Gravity
Muscles atrophy quickly in space, so when astronauts began long stays on the International Space Station, they needed some specialized exercise equipment. A resistance mechanism made of a coiled metal spring formed the basis of the first way for astronauts to “lift weights” in space. Soon after, that same design became the heart of compact home gym equipment.

Fresh Greens Every Day of the Year
The need to grow fresh food in space pushed NASA to develop indoor agriculture techniques. Thanks to the agency’s research, private companies are building on NASA’s vertical farm structure, plant-growth “recipes,” and environmental-control data to create indoor farms, resulting in higher crop yields and better-quality produce while conserving water and energy and eliminating the need for pesticides.

Cultivating Hearts and Knees in Space
Gravity is a significant obstacle to bioprinting cells and growing human tissue on Earth because heavier components settle to the bottoms of petri dishes. In the absence of gravity, each cell layer stays in place, which is how it’s possible to grow heart and knee tissue on the space station. The same principle also allows mixing of complex pharmaceuticals on orbit.

Storing Oodles of Energy
NASA chose nickel-hydrogen batteries to power the Hubble Space Telescope and the International Space Station because the technology is safe, reliable in extreme temperatures, and long-lived. NASA’s improvements brought down the cost of the technology, which is now used by large-scale utilities and renewable power plants that need to store energy generated by intermittent sources.
You can read about many more products sourced from the ISS on spinoff.nasa.gov.
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Not certain if this has already been posted about here, but iNaturalist recently uploaded a blog post stating that they had received a grant from Google to incorporate new forms of generative AI into their 'computer vision' model.
I'm sure I don't need to tell most of you why this is a horrible idea, that does away with much of the trust gained by the thus far great service that is iNaturalist. But, to elaborate on my point, to collaborate with Google on tools such as these is a slap in the face to much of the userbase, including a multitude of biological experts and conservationists across the globe.
They claim that they will work hard to make sure that the identification information provided by the AI tools is of the highest quality, which I do not entirely doubt from this team. I would hope that there is a thorough vetting process in place for this information (Though, if you need people to vet the information, what's the point of the generative AI over a simple wiki of identification criteria). Nonetheless, if you've seen Google's (or any other tech company's) work in this field in the past, which you likely have, you will know that these tools are not ready to explain the nuances of species identification, as they continue to provide heavy amounts of complete misinformation on a daily basis. Users may be able to provide feedback, but should a casual user look to the AI for an explanation, many would not realize if what they are being told is wrong.
Furthermore, while the data is not entirely my concern, as the service has been using our data for years to train its 'computer vision' model into what it is today, and they claim to have ways to credit people in place, it does make it quite concerning that Google is involved in this deal. I can't say for certain that they will do anything more with the data given, but Google has proven time and again to be highly untrustworthy as a company.
Though, that is something I'm less concerned by than I am by the fact that a non-profit so dedicated to the biodiversity of the earth and the naturalists on it would even dare lock in a deal of this nature. Not only making a deal to create yet another shoehorned misinformation machine, that which has been proven to use more unclean energy and water (among other things) than it's worth for each unsatisfactory and untrustworthy search answer, but doing so with one of the greediest companies on the face of the earth, a beacon of smog shining in colors antithetical to the iNaturalist mission statement. It's a disgrace.
In conclusion, I want to believe in the good of iNaturalist. The point stands, though, that to do this is a step in the worst possible direction. Especially when they, for all intents and purposes, already had a system that works! With their 'computer vision' model providing basic suggestions (if not always accurate in and of itself), and user suggested IDs providing further details and corrections where needed.
If you're an iNaturalist user who stands in opposition to this decision, leave a comment on this blog post, and maybe we can get this overturned.
[Note: Yes, I am aware there is good AI used in science, this is generative AI, which is a different thing entirely. Also, if you come onto this post with strawmen or irrelevant edge-cases I will wring your neck.]
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[solved] I wanted to create a project where user just fill the form and from that form detail subdomain automatically creates with premade WordPress site data
[solved] I wanted to create a project where user just fill the form and from that form detail subdomain automatically creates with premade WordPress site data
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