macarthur_park @ macarthur_park @lemmy.world

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Oh don’t worry, standing still exists. But it’s only for non-conservative causes.

I agree that anything generated by an LLM will need human verification for accuracy, but scientific abstracts are one of the few areas where LLMs can be immediately useful. I’ve played with having ChatGPT create abstracts in subjects that I’m familiar with and it’s been surprisingly good. It even respects word limits. If you have a block of text that needs to be condensed, ChatGPT can probably get you most of the way there.

For example, I had chatGPT summarize your comment in 5 words:

“Summarizing scientific articles demands precision.”

Yeah but all they can do is repeatedly hold votes for a speaker. Until one is confirmed, the house can’t vote on legislation or conduct any business.

That’s the thing, there is no one in the Republican Party who wants to actually be speaker aside from McCarthy. Gaetz and his MAGA caucus just want McCarthy out. They have no plan beyond that point, and are perfectly happy to keep the House paralyzed.

Holy shit it’s real! That’s amazing.

Choose the fattest bear of the year! Some of the largest brown bears on Earth make their home at Brooks River in Katmai National Park, Alaska. Brown bears get fat to survive and Fat Bear Week is an annual tournament celebrating their success in preparation for winter hibernation.

https://www.nps.gov/katm/learn/fat-bear-junior-2023.htm

I recommend checking out the above link for some chonky bear pics.

I feel like the gold bar he had on hand raises even more questions.

Having YouTube premium means I can use it on any platform. I can use YouTube music on my phone with CarPlay and listen while driving, use the built-in YouTube app that hotel TVs have when I travel for work, watch things on my work computer, on my phone, or using my PS5.

I finally replaced my Teva’s this year after they “only” lasted for 20 years. Choosing the color scheme for the straps on the new pair was surprisingly difficult, knowing that I’d be stuck with it for a few decades.

You can use the YouTube music app with a standard (free) YouTube account, at least on iOS. But the audio only keeps playing in the background if you pay for YouTube music. And I think you can’t download music to play offline.

For what it’s worth, YouTube Premium ($14/ month) includes YouTube music and removes ads for YouTube.

“Don’t give them an inch”

These anti-metric slogans practically write themselves.

"Do we have any foreigners in the audience tonight? If so, please put up your hands.

This reads like a cover of Pink Floyd’s The Wall, but with messed up lyrics.

This is so beyond indefensible that I have no words.

A failure to hold Trump accountable for his many flagrant violations of national security laws would be a complete failure of justice.

Agreed, while the subject is interesting the data itself isn’t presented in a particularly nice way.

Nah, that was ARPANET. The internet (www) was invented because particle physicists were too lazy to carry magnetic tapes with experimental data around CERN.

With betavoltaics it’s more a matter of physics than lack of engineering refinement. Even assuming 100% efficiency, you would need something like 250 gallons (1000 liters) of tritium gas at atmospheric pressure to power a 100 Watt lightbulb.

Nuclear reactors, however, absolutely should be supplying a larger fraction of our electrical grid. Traditional, large reactor facilities have such a high cost and long timescale for permitting/construction that it’s difficult to get newer, more modern reactors built in the US. There are some exciting developments in small, modular reactors that would sidestep these issues. I believe a few designs are in the process of being built for full scale testing.

www.charitynavigator.org

If you’re interested in a particular charity organization, you can look them up on Charity Navigator. They pull information from the charity’s IRS filings as well as their website to rate various aspects. They give a breakdown of things like the fraction of funds spent on administrative costs, privacy policies, fundraising efficiency, etc.

They also provide the contact information and website for the charity. This way you know you’re donating to the actual charity and not a scammer impersonating them.

Betavoltaic devices are exactly what you’re describing. They convert beta radiation (energetic electrons) into electricity in the same way that photovoltaic cells (solar panels) convert photons into electricity. You can create a nuclear battery by putting some radioactive material that decays via beta emission in one of these.

The downside of these devices is that they generate very little power. It takes a dangerous amount of radioactive material to generate the power needed for say a phone or laptop. Commercial betavoltaic devices generate ~tens of microwatts. They’re useful if you need a low power battery somewhere that you don’t want to replace, like in a remote sensor.

I love that the Vanity Fair article title just calls Cory Lewandowski “Trump Creep”. It’s a completely accurate description, though by no means exclusive to him.

Her idea of a good time is fingerbanging in a public theater. So her initial statement wasn’t a lie /s