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• Post #2122821

  After years of unexamined Apple #iPhone fandom, I’m seriously considering an #Android. Have you gone from iPhone to Android, and what do you think? How was the move? How do you like your smartphone now? I’m particularly interested in the #NothingPhone. A big motivation here is cost. The Nothing Phone 3a and 4a are so much less expensive than a comparable iPhone. Any thoughts on Android phones/models?

• Post #2122820

  This LLM often hallucinates. It fails to handle intense inputs and may simply freeze at crucial moments. It runs on outdated software and data. Yet we don't define clear validation to mitigate hallucination. Nor consider its physical limitations when it comes to inputs. Or do the work to update its software and data. I'm talking about non-artificial intelligence, of course: the human. Gartner says #AI investment will reach $2.5 trillion in 2026. Imagine if we spent that on...

• Post #2122819

  This chart from Pew Research Center shows the level of public trust across 25 countries. There's a clear correlation between wealth and trust. BUT, the U.S. deviates from many of its fellow rich nations: "While the U.S. has the highest per-capita gross domestic product (GDP) of the countries surveyed, the share of Americans who say most people can be trusted is similar to that in less wealthy nations like Indonesia and Spain."

• Post #2122818

  When I first left the ex-Twitter platform, I expected to use #Bluesky a lot. But I keep gravitating more toward Mastodon. It might be because #Mastodon feels genuinely different, whereas Bluesky keeps reminding me of what #Twitter used to be.

• Post #2122817

  @RichardWrightFan absolutely - me too. And this wasn't to knock Bluesky. Just a personal observation. I see some especially thoughtful political commentary on Bluesky. I'm just not always looking for (yet another) rabbit hole on politics. 🤷‍♂️

• Post #2122816

  RE: https://mastodon.social/@protonblog/116224894486530783 I wonder if eventually we'll see #Meta also remove E2E encryption from Messenger and #whatsapp

• Post #2122815

  Is #Pixelfed on #iOS not working? Or even defunct? I've tried the app, but it keeps giving me an error and then crashing. I can see the last update was 6 months ago...

• Post #2122814

  @mathrandom@vivaldi.net Agree - such a lovely browser. I only wish the mail and calendar features were available on iOS too. What do you do for mails on mobile?

• Post #2122813

  @mathrandom@vivaldi.net yeah, I hear an iOS version of Thunderbird is in the works. Who knows, by then I may be on Android. How're you finding Thunderbird on Android? I've always like the desktop version.

• Post #2122812

  @mathrandom@vivaldi.net that's great to hear - glad it works well. Hope to see on iOS in the future. 😊

• Post #2122811

  What is powering AI? Courtesy of Climate Drift: https://youtu.be/gdP6O-6MSXQ?si=za4hw2tRtNaO5ljz #climate #energy #electricity #ai #sustainability #climatedrift

• Post #2122810

  I've been harping on about the qualitative vs. quantitative divide in #contentmarketing so when I saw this article by Mark Ritson in Think with #Google, I had that lovely, tingly feeling of another human validating my own point of view. Maybe you'll like it too.😄 https://business.google.com/en-all/think/search-and-video/mark-ritson-bothism/

• Post #2122809

  It may not change the outcome, but signing this petition still sends a clear message to Google that its plan to reduce freedom on Android is not OK: https://c.org/tGZn78jZzk #BigTech #Android #Freedom

• Post #756370

  RE: https://mastodon.social/@europeanspodcast/116214990870495197 Another great episode of @europeanspodcast — this time about #Mastodon itself. Wonderful interview with @Gargron. 🙌

• Post #685327

  Could you produce the energy needed to make a piece of toast? This is such a helpful way to make the cost of energy tangible. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4O5voOCqAQ&t=192s #energy #climate