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    EdH
    Iron Heart Deity
    Joined: 2 Jan 2022

    I'd like to know how stable those gold tubes are. Could the larvaes' creations be fixed and worn as jewellery afterwards?

    Take the dive...

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      ARNC
      啓蒙家
      @EdH
      Joined: 13 Dec 2020

      @EdH I don’t know for sure but I think so. At the exhibition some were shown mounted on little stands after the caddisflies had left the cases. They were pretty small though.

      “Every day that you survive you get a free sunset“

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        EdH
        Iron Heart Deity
        Joined: 2 Jan 2022

        The world's first fox-dog hybrid has been confirmed, discovered in Brazil: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/09/13/first-dog-fox-hybrid-discovered-in-wild-brazil

        alt text

        Sadly, the animal has died since it was discovered last year.

        Paraphrased from the article:

        South American foxes belong to the genus lycalopex.

        Lycalopex animals, which includes the pampas fox, are genetically different to both dogs and European foxes. The genus name literally means “wolf fox”. This hybrid is believed to be the first time a dog has bred outside the canis group.

        “Although the common English name is pampas fox, the species is not closely related to the European foxes,” Dr Kretschmer said.

        “The pampas fox is more closely related to dogs. Even so, this hybridisation occurred between two species that are more phylogenetically distant than the previously reported hybridisation reported in other parts of the world.”

        Scientists gave the hybrid the name "dogxim". They looked at the dogxim’s genes and found 76 chromosomes. Only one canid, the maned wolf, has this amount of chromosomes and it looks so different to the newly-discovered Brazilian animal that the scientists ruled it out.

        A dog has 78 chromosomes and a pampas fox 74 and hybridisation of the two would produce 76 chromosomes. No other interspecies could produce the dogxim’s karyotype, the team says.

        Mitochondrial DNA, which is passed down maternally in the cell’s energy-making capsules, revealed fox heritage. However, elsewhere in the genome were clear stretches of dog-like DNA.

        “In our study we recorded the first case of hybridisation between one species of wild canid and the domestic dog,” study first author Bruna Elenara Szynwelski, a PhD student in genetics and molecular biology at Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, told The Telegraph.

        “But, different to cases of hybridisation studied in North America, Europe, and Africa, this hybridisation occurred between species from the distinct genera: lycalopex and canis.”

        Take the dive...

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          EdH
          Iron Heart Deity
          Joined: 2 Jan 2022

          Maybe not the most mind blowing thing, but I found it interesting and I know stitching and clothing construction is of interest around here:

          Take the dive...

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            mclaincausey
            見習いボス
            @EdH
            Joined: 12 Apr 2013

            @EdH badass video by one of the best vloggers out there IMO--thanks for sharing.

            Think it, be it.

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              EdH
              Iron Heart Deity
              Joined: 2 Jan 2022

              This could just be vapourware (vapourwear?) but fucking Star Trek could be reality before we know it...

              No idea if it will actually work, but damn it's a cool idea.

              Take the dive...

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                AdamJ
                IHUK Crew
                @EdH
                Joined: 29 Jun 2017

                @EdH said in This Blew My Mind!:

                vapourware

                1 billion dollar kickstarter in bound! Vapourware surely, can't really see the utility advantage over getting your iPhone out of your pocket? Then again, they said something similar about the first Mac

                The devil is in the detail..

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                  EdH
                  Iron Heart Deity
                  @AdamJ
                  Joined: 2 Jan 2022

                  @AdamJ said in This Blew My Mind!:

                  can't really see the utility advantage over getting your iPhone out of your pocket?

                  Depends on how tight your jeans are... 😅

                  I have a lot of questions on how well it actually works. Apparently the device is available for pre-order already. As for use cases, I didn't see the point in an Apple Watch until I got one, but actually just being able to glance at my wrist when something pings me to know whether I need to get my iPhone out of my pocket is a huge boon and saves me a lot of screen time and distraction. (I don't know about you, but whenever I look at my phone I end up doing 5 things I didn't intend to and forget what I got it out of my pocket for...)

                  Take the dive...

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                    AdamJ
                    IHUK Crew
                    @EdH
                    Joined: 29 Jun 2017

                    @EdH It reminds me of the Google Glasses from way back that were supposed to bring augmented reality to the masses but never happened. I expect to see you donning one of these at the next IH event

                    The devil is in the detail..

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                      EdH
                      Iron Heart Deity
                      Joined: 2 Jan 2022

                      @AdamJ Don't get me wrong, I'm ever the sceptic, but I'm messing around with language AI a fair amount for work and it really is quite powerful once you get used to the 'art' of giving it prompts that generate useful responses. And the next versions will be multi-modal AI's like the one imagined in the promo video above, where you can hold up a picture of someone and ask "tell me about this person".

                      Take the dive...

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                        AdamJ
                        IHUK Crew
                        @EdH
                        Joined: 29 Jun 2017

                        @EdH we can harness that power for Forum Version 4, ask AI "What shirt number was this?" for immediate responses

                        The devil is in the detail..

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                          popvulture
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                          Joined: 2 Oct 2018

                          Definitely need an AI for restock date estimates too 😂

                          WTB
                          IHSH-IHG-BLK XXL
                          Sugar Cane Coke Stripe SS L charcoal

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                            AdamJ
                            IHUK Crew
                            @popvulture
                            Joined: 29 Jun 2017

                            @popvulture I don't want to become a statistic in a newspaper article about the workforce being replaced by AI !

                            The devil is in the detail..

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                              popvulture
                              見習いボス
                              @AdamJ
                              Joined: 2 Oct 2018

                              @AdamJ hahaha fair enough, more just wanted to spare y’all our constant badgering 👉

                              WTB
                              IHSH-IHG-BLK XXL
                              Sugar Cane Coke Stripe SS L charcoal

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                                Matt
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                                @EdH
                                Joined: 4 Oct 2011

                                @EdH said in This Blew My Mind!:

                                @AdamJ Don't get me wrong, I'm ever the sceptic, but I'm messing around with language AI a fair amount for work…

                                Lawyers messing around with AI at work. What could possibly go wrong?

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                                  Nocturama
                                  Haraki san Prodigy
                                  @AdamJ
                                  Joined: 1 Jan 2023

                                  @AdamJ - you’d melt your virtual CPUs with the number of requests this would generate! 😆

                                  #JustStopCrocs

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                                    goosehd
                                    Mod Squad
                                    Joined: 8 Apr 2016

                                    There is a big push going on with Radiology and AI right now. We may be out of jobs in 5 years…

                                    "I don't give a shit what anyone else is doing, we will do what is best for us and our customers" - Giles P. :)

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                                      EdH
                                      Iron Heart Deity
                                      @Matt
                                      Joined: 2 Jan 2022

                                      @Matt said in This Blew My Mind!:

                                      What could possibly go wrong?

                                      This:

                                      TL;DW - 2 New York lawyers used ChatGPT to do legal research. ChatGPT gave them cases that didn't exist. The lawyers filed an affidavit relying on those cases without checking. Once they were rumbled by the other side, who couldn't find any reference to the fictitious cases, the Judge was not happy. At all.

                                      Take the dive...

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                                        danyhearty
                                        Raw and Unwashed
                                        @EdH
                                        Joined: 20 Jan 2024

                                        @EdH How could they trust ChatGPT without verifying the sources? ChatGPT or any AI is not a reliable research tool.

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                                          scarfmace
                                          Haraki san Expert
                                          @EdH
                                          Joined: 20 Feb 2015

                                          @EdH there is a Black Mirror episode about this:

                                          https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2089050/

                                          "It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt."

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