George Mari @GeorgeMari@social.cleverlibre.org

Drones take to the waves: Saildrones are getting data where people can’t

They can monitor the Antarctic year round and sail straight into hurricanes.

https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/06/drones-take-to-the-waves-saildrones-are-getting-data-where-people-cant/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Sadly I’m being laid off from my current position. I really love higher ed. If anyone knows of any openings in marketing or comms within their university that the director is happy to be remote I would really appreciate hearing about them 🙏🏽☺️ In the meantime, thank you so much to everyone who has spent time sharing their insights and wisdom with me, particularly @mzyw @mebejer @davidseidl who have been so generous in replies and conversations with me.

Reddit usage metrics fall thanks to CEO’s plan to boost revenue https://9to5mac.com/2023/06/20/reddit-usage-metrics-fall/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Whenever someone tells you that the climate crisis is a personal responsibility issue, show them this:

https://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2017/jul/10/100-fossil-fuel-companies-investors-responsible-71-global-emissions-cdp-study-climate-change

The climate crisis is a billionaires crisis, a trillion-dollar corporations crisis, a capitalism crisis, a systemic inequality crisis.

#climateChange #climateCrisis #climateCatastrophe #climate #corporatocracy #capitalism

“No, you are not.”

Apollo for Reddit developer Christian Selig has a new post pushing back on Reddit’s claims that it’s “happy” to work with developers who “want to work with us.” Apollo is set to shut down on June 30th because of Reddit’s forthcoming — and potentially expensive — API pricing.

The developer of rif is fun for Reddit has also pushed back, sharing emails with The Verge last week about his conversations with the company.

: Wow! I see my last post on #aieducation received a lot of traction. So let me reintroduce myself. I am the founder of a #nonprofit - The Accelerated Training Program (T-ATP) that is the intersection of #digitalequity, #educationpolicy, and #cybersecurityeducation. I'm also an adjunct professor and work as a cybersecurity professional. I would love to connect with people in the education policy space, whether state or fed. I also would love to connect with someone in @usedgov #OfficeofEdTech

I initially thought this was just a soundboard for R2-D2... but apparently it's not. It would appear to be much more than that.

It's a crazy complicated AI that generates actual unique sounds based on past audio from R2-D2.

Read the backgrounder here for details then download the app for iOS or Android.

"R2-D2 Vocalizer" — Human Cyborg Relations
https://humancyborgrelations.com/r2d2/
#StarWars #R2D2

Unfortunately, I was affected by layoffs at Posit PBC. I'm still processing this big change, but I'm now open to work.

If you're looking for a data scientist or someone more broadly with experience in R, package development, causal inference, Rust, and many other skills, please reach out to chat!

If you're curious about my work, check out my GitHub

https://github.com/malcolmbarrett

#rstats #rustlang

President Carter, now in his last days, home to be with his family as he passes, once personally saved Ottawa from a Nuclear Disaster, at risk, and cost, to his life, suffering from radiation poisoning all his life.

Canada had a Nuclear Accident in the 50s, asked the US for help, Lieutenant Jimmy Carter lead a team out of NY.

The future President Carter, had his team lower him into the reactor.

I had no idea

I have no idea why this isn't widely known.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/chalk-river-nuclear-accident-1.6293574

I’ve undocked from Reddit for the last time. “Second star to the right…Warp Speed.”

@Virginicus @Hey_Beth @toxtethogrady @ChemicalEyeGuy @MissConstrue @Patrickoldhiker

Thank you for the #AltText description @packy

So cool. /r/StarTrek has moved to StarTrek.website

You can follow them from Mastodon with this handle @startrek

SKorea Salvages Part of NKorea Rocket 15 Days After Failed Launch https://www.voanews.com/a/skorea-salvages-part-of-nkorea-rocket-15-days-after-failed-launch-/7139889.html #voanews #voiceofamerica

This summer, as part of #GoogleSummerOfCode, I have an intern working on YCbCr support in NVK. He just dropped his first blog post:

NVK YCbCr Support Part 0 - Hello World | Mohamed's Corner
https://mohamexiety.github.io/posts/hello_world/

Poll: What kind of Internet Connection do you have at home? Please boost for reach. TIA.

This is a good read.

"The SEO arms race has left Google and the web drowning in garbage text, with customers and businesses flailing to find each other."
https://www.theverge.com/23753963/google-seo-shopify-small-business-ai

@arstechnica Brought to you by the strongest believers in small government!

I’m searching for a role as a Principal Engineer at an early-ish (<150) startup, or on a small, empowered cross-functional team with direct customer impact. I’m looking for a connection to positive outcomes where I can solve the most ambiguous and challenging technical problems, regardless of where in the stack they are. I have extensive experience building and maintaining systems code. I’m passionate about contributing to foundational open source projects.

#getfedihired