They can sometimes have flowers as late as april, but usually they just don’t get pollinated at all and don’t produce any fruit. They’re ornamental hybrids that don’t exist in the wild, so they don’t really need a viable way of reproduction.

Disregard my earlier comment, I believe this is a Prunus Subhirtella, or winter-flowering cherry. Normal for it to be flowering around this time, can even start as early as november.

It’s a stress response. Can be caused by unusually warm temperatures, but also for example illness or lack of water. Are the other trees in the area flowering?

Yes, I did. Did my Bachelor’s and Master’s in computer science in media. Studying is almost free in my country and having a relevant degree gives you much better job opportunities. So there’s no real reason not to do it, unless you specifically want some non-academic job. And even then, spending a few years at university is a pretty good time and a valuable experience.

I don’t know about him specifically, but I’d say it’s a shift in opinion that many of us went through. 2008 was a very different world. Amazon wasn’t quite the evil empire it is today. It was one of the only usable online shops, leagues ahead of almost everything else available.

Da D. eine KI genutzt habe, sei eine Geheimhaltung nicht mehr sicherzustellen, steht darin. Denn Daten, die in eine KI eingegeben werden, würden zur Schulung und zur Verbesserung der KI verwendet Die neue Bewertung lautet nun: “Eine Geheimhaltung der Anmeldung ist nicht erforderlich.”

Merkwürdige Logik. Nur weil theoretisch die Möglichkeit besteht dass das Geheimnis nach außen gedrungen ist sagt das Patentamt “Scheiß drauf, jetzt ist es uns auch egal”? Bei den Datenmengen die jede Sekunde durch LLMs fließen glaube ich nicht dass die Arbeit des Erfinders die Aufmerksamkeit irgendeines Menschen erregt hat.

Davon mal abgesehen, sehr mysteriös um was es sich hier handeln könnte. Bei “Gefährdung der nuklearen Abschreckung” könnte ich mir am ehesten noch ein Raketenabwehrsystem vorstellen das viel effektiver als heutige Lösungen ist. Wenn es das gäbe, hoffe ich dass es an die Öffentlichkeit gelangt, da damit das mittelfristige Überleben der Menschheit wahrscheinlicher würde. Natürlich um so besser, wenn wir das vor Russland usw hätten. Die dümmste Handlung wäre das Patent wegzuschließen und damit nichts zu tun, bis ein anderer Staat uns zuvorkommt.

No idea if it’s unique to Germany, but one thing I always roll my eyes at is people losing their minds when a school cafeteria decides to have a meat-free day or even when it does serve meat, but not pork.

Except for the “developing concept art” bit I guess. That’s not some unimportant intern’s work and does have the potential to displace artists. And while no AI-generated content may make it into the game, it does suggest that there will be art that’s based on the AI-generated content. That’s what concept art is for, after all.

I generally agree with the notion, but it’s a bit rich coming from the man who declared the green their “main enemy” instead of the far-right AfD, whose populist rhetoric he instead tried to copy. I hope this is him finally realizing who the real enemies are and that we need to actually do something about them.

I support it and think it could work. It would make people more happy and free, while removing a lot of unnecessary and expensive bureaucracy from our current welfare system.

Welcome back! BTW, there was some user wondering whether you’re okay some months ago: pawb.social/post/33129287

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is excellent.

My company has 2 CEOs. One of them doesn’t ever really talk about AI. The other one is personally obsessed with the topic. His picture on Teams is AI generated and every other day, he posts some random AI tutorial or news into work channels. His client presentations are mostly written by ChatGPT. But luckily, nothing is being forced on us developers. The company is very hands-off in general (some may say disorganized) and we can pretty much use any tools and methods we choose, as long as we deliver good results. I personally use AI only occassionally, mostly for quick prototyping in languages and frameworks I’m unfamiliar with.

Nobody wants to somehow homogenize Europe into a single culture. A European federation would not be an ethnostate, quite the opposite. A European federation should preserve the many things that make our different cultures unique, while celebrating the many things we have in common and give us the opportunity to assert our shared interests on the world stage. Several multi-language and multi-cultural countries already exist in Europe, like Switzerland, Belgium, Italy and the UK. And it’s not like the current border somehow neatly separate cultures. Living in South-Western Germany, I have culturally more in common with a person from Alsace than one from Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.

Every American knows what CNN, WSJ and USA Today are. How many Poles know what the BBC is?

Probably most TBH.

What kind of allegiance do you expect a normal citizen from any EU country to have to this federation?

I’ve travelled all over Europe and I love this continent and its people. Why should I feel more allegiance to my country?

There are 27 armies and the same number of military procurement systems in the EU. If a European federation is possible as you claim, why aren’t you taking steps to have just one?

Me personally? How would I? Of course I’d like that to happen, and some steps are being taken in that direction. Federalism aside, I see that as an absolute necessity for our defence. You think small separate countries can defend themselves from Russia, China or the US?

Browsing various art platforms, when I see a user where I’m not entirely sure if their art is AI (usually I think I can tell immediately though), I check how old their profile is. If it’s older than 2024, I check how their art from before that year looks. If there hasn’t been a sudden and radical shift in style and expertise, I consider the art human-made. Otherwise, likely AI.

That method might be a tad unfair to artists who are only starting out now, but I don’t know of any better way.

Common misconception. “Beamtenbeleidigung” is not a thing in law, just regular Beleidigung, which can be directed at anyone. Public interest needs to be determined though, which is more likely to be the case with officials, famous people etc.

Of course. As I said, I’m not trying to support or defend the methods they used here. I’m just saying that when you’re insulting a policeman, at a demonstration or anywhere, you’ve committed a crime and will be arrested. It’s not a smart move. The title here implies that he was arrested for “calling them out” or that it’s about the demonstration being Pro-Palestine, but this is the fastest way to get arrested at any demonstration.

I don’t know if it’s different now, but I didn’t have to provide anywhere near that amount of information when I went to China a few years ago. Nor did they search through any of my electronic devices.

Arrest is only allowed under certain circumstances

Indeed, but one of those circumstances is being caught in the act of comitting a crime, as was the case here.

The proportions have to be maintained, too.

True, the method could well have been out of proportion.

It’s not like I needed any additional reasons to never visit the US, but okay then.

Not to express support for the cops in any way, but for a bit of context: Insulting a person is a crime in Germany. The old guy here did give the cops a great opportunity to have him arrested.