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Hardware & Technology / VASA-1 - Microsoft Research
« on: May 01, 2024, 01:16:59 PM »
scroll down to "Realism and liveliness"

"Our method is capable of not only producing precious lip-audio synchronization, but also generating a large spectrum of expressive facial nuances and natural head motions"

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/project/vasa-1/


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Traffic / significant increase of Reddit posts in Google search results over the past yr
« on: May 01, 2024, 01:21:28 AM »
https://old.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/comments/1cgyi2y/latest_data_shows_the_significant_increase_of/


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Web Development / The Turing test of online reviews:
« on: April 29, 2024, 11:10:33 PM »
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11002-024-09729-3

 Can we tell the difference between human-written and GPT-4-written online reviews? | Marketing Letters

TLDR; No.

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Traffic / US Post Office phishing sites get as much traffic as the real one
« on: April 29, 2024, 02:10:08 PM »
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/us-post-office-phishing-sites-get-as-much-traffic-as-the-real-one/


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Water Cooler / US’s power grid continues to lower emissions—everything else, not so much
« on: April 27, 2024, 01:31:55 AM »
https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/04/uss-carbon-emissions-drop-slightly-mostly-due-to-using-less-coal/

 Ars Technica

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Water Cooler / AI Audio used to retaliate against school's principal
« on: April 26, 2024, 11:46:21 AM »
Worth a watch even though th3core has known for a long time where deep-fakery was headed.  Remember kids, faking digital stuff is *EASY* now and could be used to defame you.

https://old.reddit.com/r/TikTokCringe/comments/1cd9bq4/we_can_no_longer_trust_audio_evidence/


https://abcnews.go.com/US/baltimore-high-school-athletic-director-ai-create-fake/story?id=109638535

Baltimore high school athletic director used AI to create fake racist audio of principal: Police - ABC News

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Traffic / FCC Reinstates Net Neutrality In A Blow To Internet Service Providers
« on: April 25, 2024, 09:40:18 PM »
https://deadline.com/2024/04/net-neutrality-approved-fcc-vote-1235893572/


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Water Cooler / Golden Age of Renewables Is Beginning, and California Is Leading the Way
« on: April 25, 2024, 02:41:48 PM »
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-golden-age-of-renewables-is-beginning-and-california-is-leading-the-way/

So, the flip side of Calif producing max renewables is that the power companies are now paying $0.00 to the guys that signed up (and expected power sales to help pay for) their grid-tied systems.  I saw some gnashing of teeth & wailing about this yesterday amongst the solar crowd.


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Hardware & Technology / DO NOT BUY HISENSE TV'S LOL (Or at least keep them offline)
« on: April 20, 2024, 06:38:59 PM »
https://cohost.org/ghoulnoise/post/5286766-do-not-buy-hisense-t

TLDR;
The root cause is the TV generates random UUIDs for UPNP network discovery every few minutes. That means it poses as a new device. This caused windows to add it to the device list (Device Association Framework, aka DAF) as a new device. This means now 1000s of devices (which is the same device) filled the device tree causing it to enumerate forever. Thus the "deadlock".

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Traffic / House approves sell-or-be-banned TikTok measure, attached to foreign aid bill
« on: April 20, 2024, 06:04:24 PM »
https://www.cfpublic.org/2024-04-20/house-approves-sell-or-be-banned-tiktok-measure-attaching-it-to-foreign-aid-bill


"It is attached to a sweeping foreign aid bill providing support for Ukraine and Israel. And it addresses concerns from some members of the Senate by extending the deadline for TikTok to find a buyer.

President Biden supports the effort. That means TikTok being forced to sell, or face a possible ban, is on the fast-track to becoming law. "

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Marketplaces / 75% of all US shoppers are Amazon Prime members
« on: April 17, 2024, 08:22:37 PM »
https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-prime-has-180-million-members-report-shows-2024-4

Americans Are Obsessed With Amazon Prime, and It Shows

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Traffic / We Need To Rewild The Internet
« on: April 16, 2024, 09:55:31 PM »
https://www.noemamag.com/we-need-to-rewild-the-internet/


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Water Cooler / Cali Grid: Wind-Water-Solar
« on: April 16, 2024, 12:35:03 AM »
https://twitter.com/mzjacobson/status/1779614175075197142

Mark Z. Jacobson on X: "This is not an anomaly. It is the new reality. The percentages will only increase each year Once again, California exceeds 100% of demand on its main grid with #WindWaterSolar This is the 30TH OF THE PAST 38 DAYS that #WWS supply has exceeded demand for 0.25-6 h per day.

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Traffic / They're Looting The Internet
« on: April 16, 2024, 12:30:57 AM »
https://www.wheresyoured.at/the-great-looting-of-the-internet/

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Water Cooler / EU data shows PHEVs emit 350% more CO2 than tested values | Auto News Europe
« on: April 15, 2024, 02:57:41 PM »
https://europe.autonews.com/environmentemissions/eu-data-shows-phevs-emit-350-more-co2-tested-values

"The Volvo XC60 T8 Recharge was the best-selling PHEV in Europe through February, with 4,340 sales."

also file under "Companies Lie"

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