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the meniscus i had trimmed about a decade ago turned out decent but the one i didn't get done has some pain. probably it's torn and needs to be trimmed
All that would happen would your entire meniscus getting cut up then, as why would a LLM know how to do surgery, considering it doesn't even have intelligence?
Surgery is known for sometimes making a problem worse even if a competent surgeon does it - thus surgery should be a last resort.
AI is already expert level at reading x-rays, such as identifying pneumonia in lungs. trust me lad AI will be doing surgery within a decade, and with a much lower rate of screw ups than human doctors
Unfortunately the output of neural networks is proprietary, as that's clearly lacks source code and is an act of reverse engineering to understand it.
Neural networks are nowhere near experts at reading x-rays - they just are extremely fast at comparing every single x-ray on record that contained pneumonia with the current image and notifying the expert if pneumonia is suspected, working around some human error where a condition is simply missed.
Such scheme actually needs a expert to check and determine if there's a false positive or not.
I don't see how you could go from a neural net that is good at giving suggestions as to what condition a scan contains, with some false positives and some false negatives, to the much harder task of actually performing a surgery and not screwing it up within a decade.
@Suiseiseki same way you can go from full self driving cars constantly crashing and being dangerous to being road legal now in some st ates (although personally i think this is still premature)
>Take a look at how the exponential things are going with LLMs. >They're throwing exponentially more computing resources at it, but it just doesn't get any better. It's quite clear that such technology is going to progress over many years, but not exponentially.
I talked about Turkish government’s collection and use of people’s data in this article about how they’re using surveillance tech and AI to target protestors.
Documents show that Ankara is expanding facial recognition policing while circumventing legal safeguards, charging demonstrators with little to no proof of wrongdoing
I walked alone, once— not because I lacked love, but because I had not yet learned the sound of my own steps.
There were no maps, only wind in the trees and the press of footprints too old to follow.
I carried all I thought I needed: the ache of past years, a rusted kind of pride, and questions folded like paper cranes I never dared to open.
But the forest didn't ask for answers. It asked for presence. The stones beneath my feet taught me weight. The silence showed me how to listen without needing to speak.
And in that long, slow wandering— where no hand held mine, no voice called me home— I found myself turning to my own breath for company.
When I returned, I was no longer searching. I saw her—my wife— not as a missing half, but as a mirror that did not distort me.
Love, real love, came not from escape, but from returning whole.
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A ship filled with 3160 ChiComm made cars - including 65 EV and 600 Hybrids is burning in the pacific Ocean - fire started in the EV section.
This is the 3rd ship that caught fire because of EV battery failures.
Fire suppression system didn't stop the fire.
Even better: the ship is carrying 350 metric tons of fuel oil and 1500 metric tons of gas.
Crew has abandoned ship.
EV's are dangerous because when the battery goes - there's very little that can be done except watch the fireworks as the Lithium Ion battery goes into thermal-runaway. Not so green.
Construction has commenced on a high-tech chip and electronics manufacturing plant in the Ondiris industrial zone of Semey, the administrative center of
Image: A thick plume of sand and dust from the Sahara Desert is seen in these satellite images blowing from the west coast of Africa across the Atlantic Ocean.
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I just concluded a very good phone call with President Xi, of China, discussing some of the intricacies of our recently made, and agreed to, Trade Deal. The call lasted approximately one and a half hours, and resulted in a very positive conclusion for both Countries. There should no longer be any questions respecting the complexity of Rare Earth products. Our respective teams will be meeting shortly at a location to be determined. We will be represented by Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent, Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick, and United States Trade Representative, Ambassador Jamieson Greer. During the conversation, President Xi graciously invited the First Lady and me to visit China, and I reciprocated. As Presidents of two Great Nations, this is something that we both look forward to doing. The conversation was focused almost entirely on TRADE. Nothing was discussed concerning Russia/Ukraine, or Iran. We will inform the Media as to scheduling and location of the soon to be meeting. Thank you for your attention to this matter!
Alors que le débat autour de l’autorisation du chantier de l’A69 bat son plein, des chercheuses expliquent en quoi le droit de l'environnement motive de plus en plus d’actions citoyennes en justice et comment il peut constituer l’une des réponses à l…
In case there was any question that Meghan McCain is complete and utter trash, she is pushing anti-vax nonsense and selling snake oil pills around it. She could have nepo- babied here way to do good but instead she chose this #uspoli #rant
"Concerning data continues to emerge regarding mRNA vaccines and their unforeseen health impacts. They did not deliver what was promised by government + health officials. I have friends who suffered -
1/2 A brain implant just let a paralyzed man walk again — with no body movement required. At Lausanne University Hospital in Switzerland, a man who had been paralyzed from the waist down for over a decade just took steps again — not with exoskeletons or braces, but by using a digital bridge between his brain and spinal cord. Neurosurgeons implanted two wireless devices: one on his motor cortex (inside his skull) and one on his spinal cord.
2/3 These implants decode the man’s intention to walk and send signals directly to the lower spine, bypassing the damaged area completely. No cables. No external assistance. With a few weeks of training, the man could walk across a room, climb stairs, and even navigate uneven ground. His movements were not robotic or jerky — they were fluid, responsive, and conscious. This is the first time a full digital bypass of a spinal injury has resulted in real-world, self-initiated walking.
3/3 The system uses machine learning to decode brain signals in real-time and adapts over time to match the patient's movement goals. It's not just a tool — it's an extension of the nervous system. And as incredible as it sounds, the man’s original spinal cord function began showing signs of natural reconnection after several weeks, suggesting that stimulation may promote healing too. Neurotechnology has reached a point where thought alone can resurrect motion — even after years of silence.
Global economic growth is slowing more than expected only a few months ago as the fallout from the Trump administration’s trade war takes a bigger toll on the U.S. economy, the OECD said on Tuesday, revising down its outlook.
14 pays, dont quatre membres permanents, ont soutenu la résolution visant à mettre fin à la guerre à Gaza et à autoriser l'acheminement de l'aide humanitaire, tandis qu'un seul pays s'y est opposé. La résolution a été rejetée.
"The essential characteristic of Western civilization that distinguishes it from the arrested and petrified civilizations of the East was and is its concern for freedom from the state. The history of the West, from the age of the Greek polis down to the present-day resistance to socialism, is essentially the history of the fight for liberty against the encroachments of the officeholders."
-- Ludwig Von Mises (1881-1973) Economist and social philosopher
Finding computer equipment that respects user freedom and owner control can feel a lot like squeezing water out from stone. You may be one of a few of us who have tepidly followed the developments surrounding RISC-V since its inception last decade. And it looks like the fruits of those efforts are finally coming to bear.
“Once a matter has become, in one way or another, the subject of regulation by the United Nations, be it by resolution or the General Assembly or by convention between member States [Nations] at the insistence of the United Nations, that subject ceases to be a matter being 'essentially within the domestic jurisdiction of the member States...'”
~ Moses Moskowitz UN Staff Member "American Bar Association Journal", April, 1949
"Once a matter has become, in one way or another, the subject of regulation by the United Nations, be it by resolution or the General Assembly or by convention between member States [Nations] at the insistence of the United Nations, that subject ceas…
“National Health? Socialized pension funds? State-controlled television? Search and seizure laws? Forfeiture laws? If we're not living in the Soviet Union of the United States we certainly have returned to 1776 and 'taxation without representation.' ”
~ Michael Moriarty (1941) American-Canadian stage and screen actor, jazz musician
"National Health? Socialized pension funds? State-controlled television? Search and seizure laws? Forfeiture laws? If we're not living in the Soviet Union of the United States we certainly have returned to 1776 and 'taxation without representation.
This is deliberate and open starvation as a weapon of war. Israel has made these food hubs the only method of obtaining food aid, refusing to let aid agencies in. And the world stands by. I am deeply ashamed of my own government for supporting these genocidaires.
As long as you believe that “authority” is legitimate you'll always be the loser because in your own head you believe that you are a slave to anyone who claims to be an "authority”.
The truth is that you are an autonomous, inherently free individual. You ARE your only authority.
Neo-Nazis are joining SimpleX Chat, a relatively unknown app that received funding from Jack Dorsey and promises users there is no way for it or law enforcement to track their identity.
this tradition of males shaving their faces is weird when you think about it. most men shave their faces in the west but the natural state is having a bunch of hair growing out of it. we may have taken a wrong turn somewhere
... not entirely true i actually i do usually clean up a bit when i see my family. i could probably try harder when going out generally in public like going to the store and so forth.
"Let us stand fast in what is right, and prepare our souls for trial. Let us wait upon God's strengthening aid and say to him: 'O Lord, you have been our refuge in all generations.'"
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„Ihr Plan, den sie den ‚Great Reset‘ nennen, wird alles, was noch auf Ihrem Bankkonto ist, leeren und die geplagte Mittelschicht ihres verbleibenden Kapitals berauben.
Während Covid diktierte das WEF die Lockdowns, die 4 Billionen Dollar nach oben an diese neue #Oligarchie von #Milliardären verlagerten. Die #Banker und #Investmenthäuser schnappten sich unsere Häuser und warben damit, dass Ihr nichts besitzen und glücklich damit sein werdet.
„Sie haben einen Plan, aber mein Plan ist, sie zu stoppen.“
So this is a thing that is VERY VERY much nowhere near done yet, but I want to share what I've got so far. It's a list of as many retro games as I can find which had a trans person on the dev team or otherwise involved in some way, along with a quick summary of who and what they did. It's partially an attempt to counter the narrative that trans people are some New Thing that's only just showed up on the gameing scene and also society in general, which sometimes these kinds of lists can accidentally imply, and also it's just kind of a fun bit of HEY LOOK AT ALL THIS COOL SHIT TRANS PEOPLE DID. I've found over 170 games so far, with quite a lot I'm still to properly go off on.
(Edit: That's over 300 (!) games now. Thank you SO much people who've pointed me at stuff I've missed. I'll be working on trying to play all of these and write up stuff about the ones I haven't really said anything about yet.)
Thank you so much everyone sharing and providing feedback on this. I'm aiming to flesh out a bunch of the games I've not said much about yet over the coming days. I've got some really fun ones to add as well from stuff people have shown me since last night and all.
I'm hoping this'll be a good resource for people when it's done 💜
I've added a few more games based on stuff peeps have mentioned to me. There's some Guitar Hero on there now, and Club Penguin, and another Sonic, and some more Pokemon games.
It's a good idea but maybe ask them If they want to be on the list, idk. The list will eventually end up in the hands of these "anti woke" assholes and they tend to doxx and harass devs for being trans. So being on the list might not be something everyone wants.
dang you really gotta play m.u.l.e.! way ahead of its time like much of berry’s work.
there’ve been a couple of attempts at remaking it over the years, i feel like it could actually work if it was a team of trans folks giving it the love it deserves lol
I see Maddie Blaustein is on The List for Pokémon Channel's Meowth. Awesome. Can I also add;
Pokémon Snap, where she voiced Meowth again. (Albeit a wild one this time)
Pokémon Puzzle League (Panel De Pon dressed up as the Pokémon anime) where she reprised several roles from the cartoon including Team Rocket's Meowth once again, Sabrina's Alakazam, and Lieutenant Surge.
And perhaps her greatest role on the N64, Pokémon Stadium - in which she specifically voices Magikarp yelling "KAAAARRP!" in the Magikarp's Splash minigame.
sorry if this has been shared with you before, but you can add all the games mentioned in this interview (virtual lab, lady sword, quiz toukou shashin, chiki chiki tengoku, armored metal police jack) badgamehalloffame.com/intervie…
An interview with the elusive Megu-tan -- the developer of Virtual Lab! We discuss their brief time in the games industry, the circumstances of their game's troubled development, and the endless wonders of virtual reality.
Just based on statistics, and the amount of Trans people working in tech in general, I'm willing to bet every single game made by any team counting more than ten people had at least one Trans person working on it at some point...
Fond player of M.U.L.E. here (on 🏳️🌈 C=64 breadbins) and 💯on 🏳️⚧️ appreciation! There's c64-wiki.com/wiki/M.U.L.E. for an infodump. Loadsa screenshots exist out there, too.
Fun fact: Native 4player support on Atari x00 series, modded versions for C=64 (Userport adapter provided) exist, too. A superb & entertaining group gameplay 🥳🕹️.
holy SHIT, how did i not know that Jumper was made by Maddy Thorson???? I played Jumper ENDLESSLY as a kid. It was a source of major inspiration for me when I was a 12 year old making games on Game Maker
Oh wow, this reminds me that I actually knew one of the people on this list when I was a kid. We both frequented the same online forum. I suspected she was trans because I ran across her deadname, but she made it clear she did not want to talk about that, so I dropped the subject. People didn't talk about such things back then. She had no way to know I'd be accepting about that (and I had no way to know part of that was because I'm nb.)
Heya! I have another one you might want to include on that! I worked on Champions Online, which launched in 2009.
The only wrinkle there is that I wasn't out of the closet back when we first shipped the game, but I did end up working on it more years after starting transition, and my name's even been updated in the credits!
Thanks for making the list!!! This is awesome!
Also, if it were inclusive to games in 2010, I'd have to mention Star Trek Online, too (same deal).
Depends on how vague you want "involved in some way" to get, but given Sophie Wilson was basically responsible for the original ARM chips, I could argue nearly every mobile game, at least, wouldn't exist but for her.. 😁
Oh, would you look at that? It almost lifts the spirit, but not quite.
You know, looking at fresh water like this reminds me that AI will use over 6 billion cubic meters of water between now and 2027 just to cool down the data centers.
While the average human being only drinks 60 cubic meters of water in his life.
Yes, it's a scarce resource, but a small price to pay for a technology that would show us what Ratatouille would look like if it was directed by Stanley Kubrick.
woodland creature
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in reply to woodland creature • • •GNU/翠星石
in reply to woodland creature • • •All that would happen would your entire meniscus getting cut up then, as why would a LLM know how to do surgery, considering it doesn't even have intelligence?
Surgery is known for sometimes making a problem worse even if a competent surgeon does it - thus surgery should be a last resort.
woodland creature
in reply to GNU/翠星石 • • •@Suiseiseki i didn't say LLM. you would need a multi-modal model for that not purely a language model.
"AI can't do anything" is a surprising take for someone i suspect is probably an AI himself
GNU/翠星石
in reply to woodland creature • • •It would be complete insanity to put such kind of unpredictable proprietary technology in control of a scalpel.
But of course it will be done, no matter the consequences.
Functionally, at most real AI could be used to suggest optimal cuts, but such recommendation would have to be checked to see if the cuts are correct.
woodland creature
in reply to GNU/翠星石 • • •@Suiseiseki why would it have to be proprietary?
AI is already expert level at reading x-rays, such as identifying pneumonia in lungs. trust me lad AI will be doing surgery within a decade, and with a much lower rate of screw ups than human doctors
GNU/翠星石
in reply to woodland creature • • •Unfortunately the output of neural networks is proprietary, as that's clearly lacks source code and is an act of reverse engineering to understand it.
Neural networks are nowhere near experts at reading x-rays - they just are extremely fast at comparing every single x-ray on record that contained pneumonia with the current image and notifying the expert if pneumonia is suspected, working around some human error where a condition is simply missed.
Such scheme actually needs a expert to check and determine if there's a false positive or not.
I don't see how you could go from a neural net that is good at giving suggestions as to what condition a scan contains, with some false positives and some false negatives, to the much harder task of actually performing a surgery and not screwing it up within a decade.
woodland creature
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in reply to woodland creature • • •Even though they're now road legal, Telsa's proprietary control software that uses only cameras is just as dangerous now than it has ever been.
It doesn't seem to have gotten much better in many years either.
woodland creature
in reply to GNU/翠星石 • • •@Suiseiseki i certainly wouldn't take my hands off the wheel of a tesla, at this point.
your problem is you lack the ability to extrapolate how this is going to progress within the next few years, and to think in exponential time frames
GNU/翠星石
in reply to woodland creature • • •>They're throwing exponentially more computing resources at it, but it just doesn't get any better.
It's quite clear that such technology is going to progress over many years, but not exponentially.
woodland creature
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