RE: https://mastodon.social/@matthiasott/116609310065016685
“One approach, proposed by Google Research, is what you might call a “token auction.” In this model, advertisers don’t buy ad slots on a page. Instead, they bid, token by token, on the actual text the model generates. Each advertiser brings their own LLM, and an auction mechanism decides whose model gets to influence the next word. The output is a weighted blend of competing interests, shaped by who’s willing to pay more.”
@artemis It's just a completely different value-system. One is tempted to say "they're equally valid, just incompatible" but the thing is that one of them ultimately destroys all creativity and joy while the other one allows the first one to exist as long as it doesn't destroy all creativity and joy.
(Is this the "paradox of tolerance"? :blobcatthinking:)
Anyone else getting "your connection was interrupted" whenever a web link from is opened inside #Moshidon (app)?
Poor Primrose, her kids just treat her like a piece of furniture. :blobcatsnuggle:
The Photo Project uses a three-tier pricing model. Privileged, Set, and Reduced. You choose your tier. No disclosure required. No approval gate. No one is checking.
That is by design. And it is the first practice the project asks of you, before you have taken a single photograph.
The myth conditioned you to approach everything as a consumer.
Find the best price.
Get the most for the least.
Optimize the transaction.
(...after briefly wondering why there were no spren for Tidiness -- known, perhaps, for their habit of mischievously removing gunk from random objects or playfully reorganizing one's desk so things can be found again.)
"These protrusions are."
Eshonai attuned Puzzlement as she read aloud the strange, alien text.
Gazing out through the opening at the Shattered Plains, her eyes lit up. "Yes. These protrustions are!" she exclaimed quietly, attuning Acceptance and returning back to the task of scraping the crem out of the bathtub.
@devopscats I didn't know they made laser hair-removal devices in portable sizes, but I do have an LED hair-removal device. (It... works a little bit? More science needed.)
I think this exists, possibly in the plural? I think the main obstacle is that users of existing hardware need to figure out how to root their devices (not always possible), and the Google version is still (as I understand it) lurking deep in the firmware.
(I am not an authoritative source on this, and could definitely be wrong about everything, possibly all the time*.)
(* originally typoed as "itme", which seems entirely appropriate.)
Indeed. Of course, there are often legit reasons for that hate, e.g. leadership or roadmap changes implemented at the behest of the donor.
The dino hoodie is DONE! 🦖
I decided not to add a pocket, mostly because this fabric is very stretchy and a pain in the ass to work with. 😅
The back spikes all going in the same direction is probably because I finished the seam on the inside, but it still looks pretty great. I'm so happy with it!
I look forward to seeing my nephew's reaction to it, and I'll nudge my sister-in-law to make sure he wears the dino hoodie I made for him next time we meet, so we can be dino buddies.
