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→ Turkey’s translators are training the AI tools that will replace them
restofworld.org/2025/turkeys-t

“The trends are global. In November, the Netherlands’ largest publisher announced it would use AI to translate certain books, with humans only involved in light edits. In the UK, over a third of 12,500 translators said they have lost work to machines.”

A smartphone displaying a webpage for "Outlier" with text about shaping the next generation of AI, placed on a stack of Turkish magazines and books featuring various titles and dates.
Rest of World · Desperate for work, translators train the AI that’s putting them out of workTranslators in Turkey are at risk of being replaced by LLMs, and having diminished skills and fewer career options for all but elite scholars.
#Turkey#training#AI

#Palantir, #Anduril 2 of largest US #defense #technology companies in talks w competitors 2 form consortium jointly bid for US govt work in effort 2 disrupt #replace US #oligopoly of “prime” contractors. Includes #Musk #SpaceX #ChatGPT #OpenAI autonomous #shipbuilder #Saronic #ScaleAI “We are working together to provide a new generation of defense #contractors,” said one person involved in developing the group. #legalresearch #trump #economy #financialsystem #billionaires ft.com/content/6cfdfe2b-6872-4

Financial Times · Palantir and Anduril join forces with tech groups to bid for Pentagon contractsBy George Hammond
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@ustralien Granted, @frameworkcomputer makes it super easy to #replace as they use one single #Torx bit and document their stuff and actually sell you the parts unlike #Apple...

  • I just think that it's still a #Downgrade compared to my #X230Tablet in that regard in that I can toolfree swap batteries in 5 seconds without preparing for it.

They could've done it like #Lenovo did with some #ThinkPads and include a smaller internal battery so people don't have to shut-down to swap, or like #ToughBooks and even some old #PowerBooks just have more than one slot for a #battery to get chugged in.

  • Still I think they could've done better and just build cheaper, abeit thiccer but longer lasting #BatteryPacks with #COTS parts like 18650 or 21700 cells...

Cuz the #DRM on Lenovo's devices prevent 3rd parties from building some once Lenovo decides to not give a shit anymore...

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this took me the remainder of the afternoon. Can you see the problem with this? It doesn't fail unless re.VERBOSE is applied, but if it is:
```py
import re
search = re.compile(r"#(.+$)", flags=re.VERBOSE)
search.sub(r"//\1", "#python comment") #replace Python comment with C comment
```
re.error: invalid group reference 1 at position 3

I sure felt dumb when I finally realized what I'd done.

EDIT: DO NOT SUGGEST THAT I TALK TO LLMS TO DEBUG CODE

EVs Are Selling Well For Everyone ( Except Tesla )
But there is a bullcrap line in media that evs are not selling.

Is it Exxon sleeper agents, or Tesla bribes? GMs Board wants to go under. So who is dumping lies gets complicated.

But EV sales are up 53% FIFTY THREE PER CENT
And KPMG accountant's says that already more than half of Canadians "will never buy a gas car again."

It seems the EV transition is going just fine.

jalopnik.com/evs-are-selling-w

Jalopnik · EVs Are Selling Well For Everyone Except TeslaBy Amber DaSilva
#climate#EV#Replace

Why isn't our government mandating (& providing funding for) improved ventilation in public buildings? Study showed with 2.4 changes of the air per hour, cases dropped by 40%. With 4 changes of air every hour, infections dropped by 66.7%; when replacing the air 6 times each hour, infections go down by 82.5%! We need this in theatres, restaurants, schools...
#air #filtration #saves #lives #infections #reduced #replace #clean #filter #protect #students #COVID #HEPA #USA reuters.com/world/europe/itali

ReutersItalian study shows ventilation can cut school COVID cases by 82%By Reuters