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@ellie@social.lol They also show how astonishing our ability to balance is.
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Bio:
Australian, former: statistician; expedition bushwalker, snow camping ski-tourer; also XCD skier, cycle tourer. Prostate cancer survivor. Major interests in baroque, classical, and both folk music and jazz. Living on Ngambri-Ngunnawal lands.
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@angiebaby Do they mansplain things to the robot, as they do when talking at real, live women? I’ll bet the robot never complains.
RE: https://dair-community.social/@emilymbender/116885366454908070
Confused by “AI”? Prof Bender bursts the bubbles.
Quoting
When people ask me what the phrase "artificial intelligence" means, my short answer is, it means "venture capitalists, give me some money".
But OUP asked me for a longer answer, given here and summarized in the section headings:
https://doi.org/10.1093/9780197852712.003.0067
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@nick_appleyard@mastodonapp.uk @luciedigitalni@aus.social Saw a post yesterday, fella who’d left his “Meta Raybans” in a cab or bus. Immediately thought “somebody will stamp on them”.
Julie Bishop has resigned. Now our beleaguered ANU—formerly Australia’s flagship university—can start healing. Rebuilding trust among both students and staff is important. #canberra #highereducation
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@trib@aus.social Lemons would be fine—especially when in flower. Their perfume was a boyhood delight.
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@trib@aus.social [opens letterbox, finds Seville seed parcel, opens parcel, walks to compost bin, twists lid, chucks seeds, replaces lid, sorts parcel components into landfill and recyclable, deeply satisfied sigh]
Oh, thank you, what a thoughtful action.
I scored some backyard limes from a fella last week!
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@geoff_eg@mastodon.social @antongorlin@mastodon.art Nearest we Aussies get are alpine tundra-like areas in south-west Tasmania*, and patches at high elevations in Kosciuszko National Park (southern NSW).
- Not the World Heritage-listed SW Tassie, it’s too low. More the mountain and high plateau terrain inland from the West Coast. Unfortunately that fragile area has been ravaged by two extensive wildfire events in the past 10-15 years.
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@trib@aus.social Gee it’s taking a while* for many to catch on. In the 70s, one of our men—son of a Western District farm manager—told us at length about a contemporary WD farmer who’d taken to planting trees on his property. Neighbours and “experts” poo-pooed this madness. Then they noticed Tree Man’s place was more productive (beasts & crops) and less drought afflicted than those around. Gordon also said, “most farmers are so stupid they don’t realise they get more out of their beasts if they have shelter”.
- An unconscionable, ridiculous long time.
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@antongorlin@mastodon.art @geoff_eg@mastodon.social I’ll share some 1985-86 trip photos, to show the partial similarity in Tassie.
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@geoff_eg A masterpiece. Your research, planning, and skills on that day do you great credit.
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@CatherineBabault Having—accidentally—come too close to a Hooker’s sealion, I approve of your “keeping a safe distance”. My, our Hooker’s was more nonplussed than startled.
Oh, it’s 20 years ago come November.
RE: @jimmy_mac888@theblower.au
Malevolent actors snatching GVT weaknesses for malign ends.
RE: @BrianJopek@mastodon.world
USA, “freedom-loving” dystopia.
RE: https://mastodon.world/@gordonkerry/117046992687386720
“Regional” Australia has good organs, too. Oh also, a diversity of fine musicians and composers.
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@KathyReid@aus.social And, for your next trick…we will probably be surprised.
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@trib@aus.social Henderson used her existing regional public profile to get pre-selected, then elected to the HoR.
What “public profile”? As an ABC journalist.
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@trib@aus.social The Commercial, next to Bega’s car park with the NRMA fast charger?
The food’s good, as also is the charger.