zafrada (77)in #masking • 4 hours agoWhat a weird mask mandate review.Given the authors I'm not surprised- they've been against all sorts of pandemic measures including the vaccines and…zafrada (77)in #google • yesterdayGemini Ultra!Today Google announced Gemini Ultra, their latest AI model. Ultra scores 90% on the MMLU, a test specifically…zafrada (77)in #vote • 3 days agoSay what you mean, and mean what you say.Spokesperson for Biden just said that a vote in Congress against the funding of military aid to Ukraine will “hurt…zafrada (77)in #hamas • 3 days agoBibi's first response is concerning.A former Israeli police officer responded to the Hamas attack at the bus station in Jerusalem. Two reservists also…zafrada (77)in #economy • 5 days agoRecession probability.The probability we were in a recession in October was 2.22%. Highest point in recent months, though far below what…zafrada (77)in #accounting • 6 days agoThe actual cost of something is not typically what an accountant would record as the cost.Instead, the actual cost is the best foregone alternative — that is what one gave-up. For example, if you spend…zafrada (77)in #biden • 7 days agoTax gap.Whenever I see posts like this I can't help but think of the tax gap. The current estimated tax gap (the difference…zafrada (77)in #economic • 7 days agoRecessions and the NBERI think we can definitively say the NBER isn't going to call the first half of 2022 a recession. The longest it ever…zafrada (77)in #economic • 8 days agoStill not in a recession.Here are the coincident economic indicators for the last six months (the ones that NBER uses to determine a…zafrada (77)in #us • 9 days agoCOVID Variant surveillance.Here's an update to coronavirus variant surveillance. HV.1 is still the most prevalent variant in the US. But BA.2.86…zafrada (77)in #hamas • 11 days agoRape as weapon of war.This article is about Hamas using rape as a weapon against noncombatants. There is no excuse for that, and trying to…zafrada (77)in #ai • 11 days agoRacism and AI guardrails.Dudes now taking their bizarre N-word hypotheticals to chatbots. Haven't they suffered enough already as fake…zafrada (77)in #stalin • 12 days agoThis memorial is right in the center of Kyiv by the river.I think a lot of people have heard of the Holodomor in passing, but don't really appreciate the scale of the harm.…zafrada (77)in #kodak • 13 days agoY'all know that I'm a film absolutist.When Kodak announced this camera eight freaking years ago, I was rather intrigued. Still, even back then, there were…zafrada (77)in #openai • 15 days agoSheryl Sandberg would be an ideal candidate for OpenAI board. Here's why.There’s discussion about the desirability, the imperative, to add more diversity to the OpenAI board, and the media…zafrada (77)in #jfk • 15 days agoThe whole world knows that President John F. Kennedy was killed sixty years ago today, in downtown Dallas.It was, of course, a news story that consumed all forms of media in that day... radio, TV, newspapers... they could…zafrada (77)in #maidan • 16 days agoSome pictures from the Maidan protests in 2013/2014.Tankies like to note the nationalists at the protests, but ignore everyone else present. The protests began after the…zafrada (77)in #millennial • 17 days agoArgument is futile.Two unrelated experiences on X recently made me aware of a phenomenon I hadn't previously noticed: manipulating…zafrada (77)in #israel • 17 days agoGaza death toll.Yes the Gazan Health Ministry doesn't distinguish between civilians and combatants in their death totals, but they do…zafrada (77)in #gop • 18 days agoA majority of Republicans now think that science has not had a mostly positive effect on society.Down 23 points in less than five years. The GOP- the party against higher education and science. That's a constructive…
