Chebucto Regional Softball Club

@iBlame I love it when their minds are working in overdrive like this and you can just see it. He knows it MUST have something to do with the KNOB. Somehow...

@futurebird This both leads to and seems partially the result of letting businesses dictate the course of computer education. Schools buy a set of PCs or laptops or ipads, and use whatever software that's advertised or comes with a student discount, because the alternative is relying on the one or two people internally who "know stuff" to engineer a whole setup of programs and system-admining whatever each class/teacher needs.Maybe schools could have some sort of dedicated "Computing in Education Engineer" who can figure out needs/requirements and weigh up options? Though it's hard, there isn't a great precedent for how to do it, and it easily could lead to bespoke setups that get phased out when no-one can fix them.But yeah, I've noticed some people find relying on companies, as opposed to individuals or smaller groups, for software stuff as giving themselves more independence, because even editing numbers in a text file is intimidating. Which isn't wrong, it's hard to navigate things when you don't feel like you understand them.I think figuring how to fix this situation is one of the most important software/computing problems, either by having software that reaches people where they're at, or finding ways to demystify computers to a wider audience. People need to be made more involved in their software choices and it's creation? but how, that's the problem.

@futurebird @catsalad My sister had a large-but-harmless dog and two cats.One of the cats very quickly established that she was the boss (the other cat was an orange tomcat and therefore harmless).The three were a heist crew:Opening doors, cupboards, fridges, etc.The dog was the designated "I can pull stuff out and open packaging" team member.(Apparently not so good with doors or complex mechanisms.)Tried to help leader cat with her offspring once. Never tried that again.

@Kimberley I was painfully bad at social interactions when I was a grad student. Didn't learn people's names I just focused on solving problems and learning more math. Going to lectures, taking classes, getting good grades. I thought that if I just worked really hard I would naturally be recognized and move to the next step. This is naive and not how it works. WHO do you want to work with? You need to get in their face and show you exist. I think I could do it now with what I have learned.

@futurebird It's interesting the effect on my mental health since dropping all social media except the Fediverse. No alg trying to keep me angry to make me stay logged in longer. Fascinating, cause I'm still scrolling a huge amount of time... it's just not filled with every angering post it can find.

@foone Cutest photo ever. The machine is just jealous of you two.

@hipsterelectron @Di4na Text tokens with LLMs are transportation of a statistical vector+wieghts relationship, not meaning.The human who expressed the source words and the other human reading+interpreting the provided words is making the meaning.

@sarahtaber This video was excellent and helped to put things in perspective. I think you are right to be wary of any claim that something difficult like "rehab" would somehow get better on a farm. And there is a lot of work to be done to better protect and support people who work on farms.

@forestine Ugh

@maya2 So, these are all of the parts of those paintings that feature children? That's an amazing idea. These books are one of a kind, right?(trying to figure out how I can read your tiny books)

@stevegis_ssg Listen. The queen tells me her mom grew up in a baggage carousel and HER mother lived on a private jet. They are already on board your planes I think.

@ingrid I've been on the brink of buying a new phone and this has inspired me to keep holding out longer. Thank you CNBC.