They’re probably using bikes, which makes the delivery people riders. That’s how it was with Foodora here in Norway. They’ve since started allowing cars, though…

The description of the bird starts out by saying that it’s very trusting, and will often perch on passers-by. Checks out, I guess!

Oh, I misunderstood. So you mean federating with their network from other software implementing the AT Protocol? From skimming the docs it looks like it should be possible as long as you implement the correct schemas, but I didn’t dive very deep.

Self-hosting a Bluesky PDS means running your own Personal Data Server that is capable of federating with the wider Bluesky social network.

Seems like it

Now, now, I’m sure there’s a kernel of truth in there!

If your shits are made of cotton or polyester I think your diet contains too much fiber…

Yes, if it doesn’t contain actual tea leaves it is technically an infusion.

I feel like you would appreciate Salad Theory

You need C++ for computer science, though!

In your defense, it’s actually spelled “albedo”.

I think they’re talking about the restaurants themselves. McDonald’s used to have some wild interiors!

It is indeed a global standard!

It is the PLU code used for bananas in grocery stores. The PLU code is the code the cashier punches in before weighing the produce to get the correct price.

Sure, I might have worded myself a bit clumsily. I meant using them in a conversational way. They’re trying to say “less than 500 steps,” which is very different from “500 is larger than steps per day” in tone.

My point was just that in normal speech and writing you would say “less than 500”, which would be written “< 500” if you insisted on using the mathematical sign.

That’s not how that works, though… It is 100 % what they meant, but not at all how you use greater than/less than signs in text.

Shits to give, obviously

I disagree. For example, you might take your car for a trip to a big box store outside of town, but you might take your bike or walk to shop for groceries at your local supermarket. So even if you adjust for number of trips, the car will naturally account for a much larger distance.

In my opinion it is much more interesting to know how likely you are to be injured or killed on any given trip than, say, every 100 km of walking or driving.

Not to say that adjusting for distance can never be useful, but in this case I’m not sure it would add as much meaning.

This is in France. Los of people walk rather than drive. It would be interesting to see the numbers adjusted for number of trips, though.

I love how the book says that no one has observed electricity, yet it has a picture of a lightning bolt on the cover 🤦

While I wholeheartedly agree that universal basic income should be a thing, I still think it’s deeply problematic that unthinking machines replace people specifically in fields of artistic expression.

While AI can produce pretty convincing images in many styles, the actual expression of experience, feelings and general humanity is gone. Even disregarding the hardship of the artists being replaced (or assuming UBI will be a satisfying solution for them), that loss in itself is a good enough reason to be skeptical.

The main reason for the existence of art is to share human experience, and to be able to experience the world from another perspective than your own. This is a hugely important role in society that is very easily overlooked, and one that is completely lost with naïve use of AI.