🎓 Dr. Freemo 🇳🇱 @freemo@social.cleverlibre.org

@freemo I'm not sure but maybe #libp2p will solve that.

I'm hopeful it will but we're waiting for libp2p to complete #AutoNatv2 which is in progress, and then for someone who understands both #ActivityPub and libp2p services to take a look and see if it is feasible. It is beyond me so I can remain hopeful 😉

It isn't essential but would be a very nice to have.

Interesting fact of the day: A chimpanzee is about 1.3x to 1.5x stronger than humans when it comes to pulling, jumping, and lifting with the legs in general. However when it comes to physical strength in terms of **pushing** humans are significantly stronger than chimps. Similarly while our legs arent as strong in terms of explosive power (jumping) we are many times better at endurance (using our leg muscles for longer). A human can cover a much farther distance on foot than a chimp could.

So the general factoids about chimps being stronger then us are very misleading. They are simply adapted to be stronger at the sorts of tasks they are suited for and weaker in others, while humans are stronger than a chimp in other ways.

#Science #STEM #Biology #zoology #monkey #chimp #ape #chimpanzee @Science

@icedquinn

No, not ALL work by AI is copyrightable.. it is only copyrightable if the human "original mental conception" gave "form" to the work.

You can read the statement here:

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/03/16/2023-05321/copyright-registration-guidance-works-containing-material-generated-by-artificial-intelligence

Here is the relevant quote (its a long document and goes into more detail):

In the case of works containing AI-generated material, the Office will consider whether the AI contributions are the result of “mechanical reproduction” or instead of an author's “own original mental conception, to which [the author] gave visible form.” [24]

The answer will depend on the circumstances, particularly how the AI tool operates and how it was used to create the final work.[25]

This is necessarily a case-by-case inquiry.

NICE! As much as I hate the right every once in a while they do something good. Apparently now states **must** issue permits to carry a handgun to anyone who requests it unless they have an explicit reason not to (like they have a criminal history)... This makes all states "shall issue" states!

This is great, am really excited to see the #2A being expanded!

https://www.businessinsider.com/supreme-court-guns-decision-second-amendment-new-york-2022-6

#USPol #Gun #Guns #Law #GunReform

This is interesting.
A published paper suggests that our ancestors almost went extinct between 930 000 and 813 000 years ago. During this 117 000 years the population size is estimated at less than 1300 individuals.

Ice age, unfavourable hunting, and generally tough times are assumed the cause.

I'm not qualified to judge the techniques used to arrive at this estimate, but I find that very interesting.

Some details. Text on this diagram in the paper which is, DOI: 10.1126/science.abq7487.

Fig. 5. Schematic diagram of human population size history. Both African (light green) and nonAfrican (light blue) populations are presented. The width of the boxes represents the effective population size (i.e., the number of breeding individuals) with naturally occurred fluctuations. The occurrence time of the out-of-Africa dispersal and the divergence between African and non-African populations are indicated. The gray-shaded time duration indicates the Early to Middle Pleistocene transition between 1250 and 700 kyr BP. The red arrow indicates the peak of glaciation during the transition (i.e., the 0.9 Ma event). The ancient severe bottleneck inferred in this study is highlighted. The gap in the available African hominin fossil record and an indicative chronology for H. erectus, the LCA, and H. sapiens are shown. The estimated time period in which two ancestral chromosomes (chromosome, Chr.) fused to become one is also shown on the right.

Another great day of #opensource #digital #radio R&D.

Thank you to everyone helping @OpenResearchIns do ambitious things.

"An independent repair shop in Germany has invented a tool that can break through Anti-Repair locks Apple has put on a specific sensor on the MacBook Pro and MacBook Air"

https://www.404media.co/diy-tinkerer-invents-tool-that-breaks-apples-macbook-repair-locks/