Peter Drake, he/him, LFHCfS 🔥 @peterdrake@social.cleverlibre.org

@pluralistic
Why not just name the chatbot after George Santos and be done with it?

Nightlife is returning to NYC’s historic Beaker Street

How can one possibly resist The Downfall of Pompeii? YOU GET TO THROW THE OTHER PLAYERS INTO A VOLCANO!

To heighten the experience, we have added an electric tea light that gives the volcano a thematic glow. We also emit a Wilhelm scream or excited "Wahoo!" whenever a piece gets tossed in.

In tonight's game, the second A.D. 79 was the very last card. As a result, @peterdrake and I both got all our pieces onto the board. But mine ran from the lava faster.

#BoardGamesAtoZ #BoardGames

John Mastodon would never put his toots at the top of our timeline.
#JohnMastodon

Fake pockets in women’s slacks are the pantriarchy. Thank you.

The stages of playing with GPT-3:

- OMG this can do anything
- There goes my job
- I should start a business around this
- Some of the responses aren’t too good
- Actually, some of these responses are just awful
- This isn’t really intelligence
- This is just spicy autocomplete

(as was forwarded to me w/no attribution)

The Gordian knot is an omniknot tied using every bend in the Ashley Book of Knots, and then for extra security the upper rope at every crossing is connected to the lower with a randomly-chosen hitch.
https://xkcd.com/2738/

POST-DOCTORAL POSITION IN DATA SCIENCE

Located in Portland, Oregon, Lewis & Clark College is a small liberal arts college with 2,100 undergraduates. We invite applications for a 2-year post-doctoral position in Data Science. The Data Science program at Lewis & Clark consists of an undergraduate minor supported by an interdisciplinary group of faculty members. This position will collaborate with existing faculty to elevate the data science program by offering enriching introductory and upper division data science courses. 

Details:

https://apply.interfolio.com/120374

#jobs #hiring #DataScience

This meme has been rattling around in my head for at least a year and I only just now finally bothered to write it down

Periodic reminder of this 1999 review of Google

Paper Art Cats!

They're torn.

They're folded.

They prefer the dry over the humid.

Pet with caution -- or they'll paper cut you!

#AI #Cats #Art #PaperArt #Paper #catsofmastodon