jarfil

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[–] jarfil@beehaw.org 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Me. Tiny strong magnets, are good for reasonably strong attraction at short distances. Uses so far:

  • Magnetic latches for small parts drawers (2 per drawer, 50 drawers)
  • Press-fitting a bunch, into molten plastic holes on the back of a digital thermometer (heat makes them lose strength, so the stronger they start, the better)
  • Signal for a hall effect sensor (1 sensor, n magnets)

They should always be securely glued in place, though.

I've seen people use thinner ones, inside the lid of a gift box, as a latch. Also as a magnet for a LED throwie.

The problem, is stupidity like this:

Science for Kids: DIY Magnetic LED Lights

Don't let dumb kids anywhere near them! 🤦

[–] jarfil@beehaw.org 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

I can answer the "let alone 100" part: they get sold as cubes of 216, 512, 1000 tiny magnet balls, or as packs of 80, 100, 200, etc. tiny magnets.

Why would anyone swallow them... the sale is restricted to 13+ or 18+ in most places, but some (including parents) are unaware of the dangers, and they go for like $2 for 100pcs.

[–] jarfil@beehaw.org 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

No... Google's 😆

This is what I get:

[–] jarfil@beehaw.org 11 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Using a complex GPT-4o prompt, they sought to pull out tweets that focused on "superficial topics"

Wait a moment... They asked an LLM, to tell them what was "junk", and another LLM, trained on what an LLM marked as junk, turned out to be a junk LLM?

It talks about model collapse, but this smells like research collapse.

[–] jarfil@beehaw.org 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

scientific fields such as space exploration

I'm having a weird experience with Google's "Discovery" feed. Apparently, I've blocked enough keywords and sources (~100), that all it shows now, is science, tech, and space. Makes me... want to check it from time to time? 😅

[–] jarfil@beehaw.org 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yes. The issue is the accepted belief (among professionals) that "IQ doesn't change through life"... which is nice as a goal to develop a less biased "ideal IQ test", but also a really bad preconception when evaluating actual IQ test results.

There are many preconceptions like that in psychology, they need a periodic kick in the butt from actual data.

[–] jarfil@beehaw.org 2 points 2 months ago

The problems found on an IQ test are of a very specific nature. "Complete the following number sequence", "Which of these shapes doesn't belong", etc.

A full IQ test has more kinds of problems than that, some of them more open ended and with multiple possible answers. It's still kind of a mess, the tests need to be kept secret to have any value, and the interpretations of what is a valid answer, are sometimes dubious.

[–] jarfil@beehaw.org 4 points 2 months ago

The problem comes from people responding to them, in communities that are text-first. You can flag a person as a troll... but unless you ban them, then eventually the discussions spill over.

Overwatch doesn't have that same issue, because text is not at its core; you can mute people, and keep playing the game. Game-disrupting players though, still get banned.

[–] jarfil@beehaw.org 3 points 2 months ago

My bad, Kiwix is on IzzyOnDroid. You're right, F-Droid itself might have a tougher time.

[–] jarfil@beehaw.org 2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

F-Droid does automated patching already, they often remove "anti-features". The migration is a PITA, but not the end of the world, Kiwix did that recently (split into Play Store and F-Droid versions).

 

Just got schooled by an AI.

According to Wiktionary:

(UK) IPA(key): /ˈstɹɔːb(ə)ɹi/
(US) IPA(key): /ˈstɹɔˌbɛɹi/

...there are indeed only two /ɹ/ in strawberry.

So much for dissing on AIs for not being able to count.

 

What they were offering – through a programme titled Safe Place for Science – was a sort of “scientific asylum”, offering three years of funding at their facility for about 20 researchers.

On Thursday the university said it had received 298 applications in a month, of which 242 were deemed eligible. The applicants hailed from institutions such as Johns Hopkins University, Nasa, Columbia, Yale and Stanford, it said in a statement.

Most of the applications were sent using encrypted messaging, the university’s president, Eric Berton, wrote in the French newspaper Libération.

 

The Trump administration has ordered State Department employees to report on any instances of coworkers displaying “anti-Christian bias” as part of its effort to implement a sweeping new executive order on supporting employees of Christian faith working in the federal government.

The cable was sent out to embassies around the world under Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s name. The instructions also were released in a department-wide notice.

The cable encourages State Department employees to report on one another through a tip form that can be anonymous. “Reports should be as detailed as possible, including names, dates, locations (e.g. post or domestic office where the incident occurred,” the cable reads.

“It’s very ‘Handmaid’s Tale'-esque,” said one State Department official, who was granted anonymity because the individual was not allowed to speak openly about internal department affairs.

 

a number of popular extensions that enable things like dark mode and adblocking in Google’s browser have been hijacked by hackers, putting 3.2 million Chrome users at risk.

While all of the extensions listed below have since been removed from the Chrome Web Store, you will still need to manually delete them if they’re currently installed in your browser

 

A Republican group is hoping to rally support to change the Constitution to allow President Donald Trump to seek a third term.

The 22nd Amendment to the Constitution was ratified in 1951 following the presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt, who was elected to four terms between 1933 and 1945. The two-term limit for presidents was introduced by Congress to prevent potential abuses of power.

 

The official White House social media accounts on X, Instagram and Facebook soon quoted his post, all sharing a fake magazine cover depicting an illustration of Trump smiling in a suit — and wearing a bejeweled golden crown.

 

"Press with both hands"

...just when you thought this timeline couldn't get much weirder.

 

US Immigration and Customs Enforcement is in discussions with Phoenix-based Willscot about leasing the company’s mobile structures to house undocumented detainees, the people said. Willscot’s products are commonly used as construction-site storage and office space.

 

Brace for impact.

 

Israeli troops and tanks launched a brief ground raid into northern Gaza overnight into Thursday, the military said, striking several militant targets in order to “prepare the battlefield” ahead of a widely expected ground invasion

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