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"Since August 28 we have been training a new internal model that has exhibited unprecedented performance in our benchmarks, including mathematics. This model’s training is ongoing and its performance continues to improve."
Note that they are openly admitting they used training data from a period after we found our result. Is it ethical to use customer's data to try to scoop their customer?
@inquiline That national head-in-the-sand approach to COVID is infuriating.
we're in a pretty significant covid surge here in SoCal, too--as you are in HI. blood-boilingly irresponsible
Last night, my husband took me to see "A Life Illuminated" about Dr. Edith Widder, the first marine biologist to document deep ocean #bioluminescence. To me, the #film served as a reminder to leave room in our minds for the beautiful, magical things that exist in this life that we don't often hear about or that remain unseen. Check and see if this #movie is coming to a theater near you.
https://www.alifeilluminated.com/
#MarineBiology #science #OceanScience
@inquiline That national head-in-the-sand approach to COVID is infuriating.
RE: https://poliverso.org/display/0477a01e-106a-9fc8-7607-13f353284625
Non posso che rammaricarmi. Fedimedia potrebbe essere molto di più di ciò che è adesso. Bisogna interrogarci su quali siano le motivazioni intrinsiche che ci spingono a portare avanti e a gestire/amministrare i server del fediverso.
E bisogna chiedersi se abbia senso un’istituzione centralizzata per promuovere un social decentralizzato…
@emanuelecariati Mi sono iscritto almeno un paio di volte. Non ho ricevuto alcuna comunicazione, nessun invito ad eventi, il nulla assoluto. Se la cantano e se la suonano tra di loro. 😀
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@spla @Jrbarbalba_17 @vmateusimeon en aquest cas, el context els deixa en pitjor situació. S'han deixat la part on recolzen a un partit supremacista ALEMANY, en comptes de donar suport a un antifeixista CATALÀ.
Se suposa que son un partit per catalans, tot i que ja hem vist com se la suem.
I dona igual vilaweb, es trist que te quedis amb "periodisme de veritat" i no amb "partit '''catalanista''' que prefereix a uns randoms feixistes alemanys en comptes d'animar a un paisà amb espardenyes!!"
@luckychronic fa temps que observo biaix a Vilaweb, per això tinc ull crític amb ells...
El que faci AC és cosa seva, no meva, ja s'ho trobaran...
@Jrbarbalba_17 @vmateusimeon
A 25 años del 11S, el Estado antiterrorista avanza en América Latina
Ahora en serio, sobre lo de #PISA recomiendo leer las muy diferentes opiniones informadas que ha recogido el #ScienceMediaCentre, que apuntan a unos cuantos factores interesantes que, ninguna sorpresa, no aparecen en los comentarios de trazo grueso que estoy viendo en medios (la prensa, pero no toda, sigue siendo la magra excepción a la banalidad de los medios audiovisuales y las redes propietarias).
Algunos aspectos que se mencionan:
* Medir horas de uso tecnológico es insuficiente; el factor clave es el diseño didáctico y la intención pedagógica del docente.
* El impacto de la IA depende de si se usa como atajo para hacer deberes o como herramienta guiada en clase.
* El descenso en familias de alto nivel cultural no se explica por más dispositivos, sino por peor conciliación y menos apoyo familiar.
* El empeoramiento de comunidades bilingües no se debe a la lengua, ya que antes tenían buenos resultados; requiere un estudio por comunidad.
* La bajada en lectura no es solo por pantallas; la población adulta tampoco sirve de modelo lector y la competencia se desarrolla desde la infancia.
* PISA (de la OCDE conviene recordar) mide solo tres competencias y deja fuera valores, convivencia, artes y humanidades.
* Los adolescentes leen más que nunca en su tiempo libre; lo que ha cambiado es su capacidad de atención en textos largos y complejos.
* Los países más digitalizados (Estonia, Japón, Corea) tienen altos rendimientos, así que el problema no es la tecnología, sino el acompañamiento.
* España destaca en convivencia, pertenencia, bajo acoso y curiosidad, aspectos que los rankings no reflejan pero que son esenciales en educación.
https://sciencemediacentre.es/interpretacion-de-los-resultados-del-informe-pisa-2025
@javierarmentia Como maestro (en Infantil) tengo clarísimo que no puede haber aprendizaje de ningún tipo y en ninguna medida sin una debida ATENCIÓN. La buena noticia es que la atención (entendida como habilidad cognitiva) se puede entrenar a cualquier edad. La mala noticia es que para hacerlo se debe estar dispuesto/a a hacer algo que casi nadie está dispuesto/a hacer con los tiempos (y los ritmos de vida) que corren: PARAR. Es imposible, o muy poco efectivo, pretender entrenar la atención (de manera consciente) "sobre la marcha", me temo...
second year in a row where campus sends an email completely minimizing (erasing) Covid-19
it refers to fall "flu and other respiratory viruses" and only mentions Covid once, in the context of *recommending a flu vaccine*
guidance here makes little sense on its own terms:
not sure how getting a flu vaccine "helps w diagnosis" if one becomes ill. not sure why they wouldn't mention that new Covid vaccines are now available & recommended for people w various health conditions (this went to faculty, staff, and students). i don't recall only flu disrupting classes... &c
Meta bets on AI agent Muse to catch up in AI race
https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/991216/meta-bets-on-ai-agent-muse-to-catch-up-in-ai-race?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Posted into The Verge @the-verge-theverge
This is over 2 hours long but worth watching about 1) what LG TVs collect by design and 2) what an attacker can do with it given that it’s a vulnerable Linux box with microphones. (Those two distinct aspects aren’t well separated in teaser clips.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IFVTcM28KA
Other TV brands also have ACR (Samsung mentioned in passing here) and likely worse security patching than a serious Linux distro, so unless those are investigated and found clean, buying from another brand isn’t a solution.
Today Zohran Mamdani released 170,000 documents revealing that post-9/11 asbestos levels remained dangerous up to half a mile away 10 months after the attack, despite officials saying the air was safe.
As we saw at the start of the COVID pandemic, 25 years on officials have learned nothing and continue to treat frontline and essential workers as expendable during crises.
This is a huge and long-overdue step in the right direction.
A UI Opinion:
If your app has a tag-centric capability, the default token, i.e. w/o marker characters, should be the tag, not the string literal. The string literal should require quotation marks.
To search for tagged [GeePaw] books that are not tagged [read], I should be able to type:
geepaw and not read
In Calibre, I am required to type:
tags:"=GeePaw" not tags:="read"
To quote my late father, "That really gripes my ass."
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Here’s the blog post I promised y’all on how I recommend switching password managers in 2026! It covers:
- why your iPhone or iPad, and not your Mac, might be the place to start your switch
- when to make the switch and how to treat your “old” app going forward
- tips and tricks for switching to Apple Passwords, if that’s where you’re going (can be skipped!)
- the recent controversy in password management and some thoughts on values
https://rmondello.com/2026/09/07/switching-password-managers-2026/
@rmondello Thank you for the writeup. I have one question:
> Nobody should feel locked into their password manager. :)
Is there an option to migrate to self hosted FOSS with a Linux client?
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