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compsci & linguistic anthropology • formerly OpenAI • currently in Athens

[daniel habib @DannyHabibs]

Head-tracked “Window Mode.”

Your front camera finds your head. The view reprojects in real time so the screen feels like a window into the 3D scene.

True3D, no glasses.

[ian @ianatha]

@spiros_serafeim Ευχαριστώ θερμά!

[Mark Z. Jacobson @mzjacobson]

California hits 'historical' renewable energy milestone

@Newsweek

"Renewable energy has supplied 100% of California's energy demand for between 15 minutes and six hours in 30 of the last 38 days—a historic first for the Golden State."

https://t.co/Qvt7PJvML9

[Mark Z. Jacobson @mzjacobson]

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.

[John Raymond Hanger  @johnrhanger]

Good morning with good news: There is a 70% chance global CO2 emissions start falling in 2024 says research by Climate Analytics. Wind & solar growth could peak coal in 2023 and gas in 2024. EV growth may cause peak oil in 2025.

50 countries peaked total GHG emissions by 2015!

[ian @ianatha]

@firt Wow.

[Maximiliano Firtman @firt]

🚨🚨🚨🚨
Apple will NOT remove PWA support on iOS
🥳🥳🥳🥳

👉This is an official statement form Apple that replaced today the previous excuses published around the removal.

We did it, folks!

[Maximiliano Firtman @firt]

⚠️Since iOS 17.4 for EU users

1️⃣Apple will DELETE user's data without notice
2️⃣Lot of apps will stop working and there will be no way to access them without update
3️⃣Web Push will stop working; users expecting notifications will never get them
4️⃣Apple breaks the Web platform

[ian @ianatha]

@firt Maybe you thought of making a PWA Marketplace using the new APIs... One of #EvilApple's requirement to get the MarketplaceKit entitlement: "Provide Apple a stand-by letter of credit from an A-rated (or equivalent by S&P, Fitch, or Moody’s) financial Institution of €1,000,000..."

[ian @ianatha]

@firt That didn't last long :( 🇪🇺😢

[ian @ianatha]

7/ As you can imagine, I have expended a lot of braincycles thinking about braincycles. (They are humanity's first metabraincycles.)

[ian @ianatha]

1/ I've been mulling over an idea that's increasingly captured my attention: braincycles.

https://t.co/6AIK7PyHzb

Think of the blurred line between human and computer actions in digital spaces.

This confusion is central to challenges like spam, banking fraud, or DDOS attacks.

[ian @ianatha]

6/ As we increasingly engage with Large Language Models, redefining how we view and value human effort in our digital exchanges is crucial.

[ian @ianatha]

@JackKleeman This is very cool, Jack — well done!

[ian @ianatha]

internet sans ads
that wounds wonderful
economics aside