Sigfrid Lundberg

#retired #Software #developer, #scientist, #transnational #commuter and #photographer

I'm becoming one year older when time goes a year. So we decided to retire Gertrud and myself. This happened May 1, 2023

2025-02-09
2024-12-16

On Grundtvig and his use of bible references

papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf

Sigfrid Lundberg boosted:
2024-08-25

This system literally fabricates its methods section — an act which goes beyond bad science into the realm of serious scientific misconduct. This is more than a wrinkle to be ironed out.

Hallucination of Experimental Details. The paper claims that V100 GPUs were used, even though the agent couldn’t have known the actual hardware used. In reality, H100 GPUs were used. It also guesses the PyTorch version without checking.
2024-01-29

"En gång skall med säkerhet människan som art upphöra att finnas; om det sker efter några hundratusen år eller efter ett par sekler är i det kosmiska perspektivet en pipa snus" skriver von Wright i Vetenskapen och förnuftet, 1986.

sprakbruk.fi/artiklar/en-pipa-

2024-01-15

It seems that Bertrand Russell never claimex that “Common sense is the metaphysics of savages.”
philosophynow.org/issues/135/B

2024-01-12

An industrious mouse cleans up a desk each night... according to a reliable source.
youtu.be/jLDPzQ42kws?si=cQM6mL

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2024-01-05

Här kommer berättelsen om hur skolkoncernen AcadeMedia håller på att ta över svenskarnas liv från fosterstadiet till pensionen. Tänk om alla väljare visste hur illa ställt det är med den demokratiska kontrollen över skolan. Då hade det kanske hänt grejer?

threadreaderapp.com/thread/174

Sigfrid Lundberg boosted:
Jeff Geerlinggeerlingguy
2023-12-07

Only buy from official resellers. Don't enable/reward scalpers.

There might be a few legitimate sales too, but scalpers are trying to claw back any money now that Pis are back in stock everywhere.

If you *do* buy used, get market rates (which are good now) on eBay.

Box of Raspberry Pi 4s for sale by someone on Reddit
Sigfrid Lundberg boosted:
2023-12-05

Jesus: *driving the merchants from the Temple*

Merchants: buy our "Jesus driving the merchants from the Temple" merch!

Sigfrid Lundberg boosted:
2023-12-02

The earliest known image of Keith Richards ca 1140

Ein Bildnis eines mittelalterlich gekleideten Mannes, der eine frappierende Ähnlichkeit mit Keith Richards aufweist.
2023-12-01

Öresund brukar
flyta under sin bro.
Idag sken solen.

Öresund usually
flows under its bridge.
Today under the sun.

Öresund
Sigfrid Lundberg boosted:
Sean CastenSeanCasten
2023-11-28

This is getting all too common. And it could be any of us. Keep this in mind when you hear demagogues say there is no room at the Inn.

2023-11-26

Nick Cave's letter on ChatGPT read by Stephen Fry
youtu.be/iGJcF4bLKd4?si=rSuCL5

Sigfrid Lundberg boosted:
2023-11-16

Anyway, I'm just a cranky old man who thinks a company pivoting to "AI" is a clear sign of they're in a death spiral. So I'm just stressed by trying to replace all the services they've sold me on over the past few decades.

2023-11-01

The English translation... Why on earth are sensible musicians transforming good tunes to muzak?
music.youtube.com/watch?v=npUK

2023-10-27

Magic creations by master pupeteer Hobey Ford
youtu.be/V2clNdbwPYw?si=gqs4Us

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The Conversation U.S.TheConversationUS@newsie.social
2023-10-27

#AI poses some unprecedented legal challenges: Who do you sue if a self-driving car hits your child? Or you’re discriminated against by an algorithm?

IP law professor @Danielgervais and AI researcher John Nay have a clever idea: fit AI into the existing framework of legal ‘artificial persons’ by allowing an AI to own an LLC. Then additional legal code could be layered on top.

theconversation.com/ais-could-

#News #ArtificialIntelligence #lawfedi

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