Author: Richard K Collins

The Internet Foundation Internet policies, global issues, global open lossless data, global open collaboration

not “yet another human running a group in a brick and mortar organization”.

Dr. Jasmina Wiemann @jasmina_wiemann Come and join the awesome department of Earth & Planetary Science @JohnsHopkins as our new Dept. Chair (@JHUEPS)! We are entering an exciting growth phase, incl. a major expansion in #ecological research! Please share widely! #geology #climate #ecology https://apply.interfolio.com/140402 Replying to @jasmina_wiemann @JohnsHopkins and @JHUEPS Hire an administrator to do the
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Never citing their sources, never giving credit or payment.

Jeremy Trimble @jeremyntrimble These are snowscapes from a snowstorm in Cleveland. Do you guys have any winter snowscape pictures you want to share? https://pic.twitter.com/Il6mJkOaOQhttps://pic.twitter.com/Il6mJkOaOQhttps://pic.twitter.com/Il6mJkOaOQhttps://pic.twitter.com/Il6mJkOaOQ Replying to @jeremyntrimble Expect to see them show up in backgrounds of Sora fake videos soon. Because, of course, anything posted on the Internet is immediately considered free for any big
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If the effort is sustained until it reaches maturity.

Sayak Paul @RisingSayak  After we enabled “Discussions” on the Diffusers repo, we started getting really high-quality stuff 💫 Check them out here: https://github.com/huggingface/diffusers/discussions My favorite is: https://github.com/huggingface/diffusers/discussions/6991 https://pic.twitter.com/nzreEgHXc1 Replying to @RisingSayak Paul, Duhhh! I hope you are not just now learning that enabling, recording, summarizing, indexing, encouraging, curating, organizing and sharing knowledge from global open
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you are not “real” parents unless …

Osvaldo Contreras @osvaldoics  In Sydney, 🇦🇺 prices range around $40,000-45,000 AUD a year. Without child support for new immigrants, the situation is not far worse The cost is prohibitive in many ways. x.com/frankiedheywar… Frankie D Heyward, Ph.D.  @FrankieDHeyward A postdoc with a newborn just told me daycare in Boston is ~$30,000/year 🤯 Despite having dual
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Grossly inefficient for global users

Eric Jang @ericjang11  relatable x.com/liz_love_lace/… Liz Lovelace! @liz_love_lace very correct take, developers take note https://pic.twitter.com/vc7jIqa1wR Replying to @ericjang11 Only about 1 in 10,000 of the roughly 5 billion humans using the Internet strives to be software developers. “Open” developer sites are some of the worst run and least focused sites on the Internet, after edu
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they charge $35,000 per human equivalent work year

Jeffrey Mold @Jeff_Mold  We need more people studying p63… https://biomarkerres.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s40364-021-00260-5 Replying to @Jeff_Mold Happy to put some of my AIs on it, but with their certifications and training, they charge $35,000 per human equivalent work year. You can get a cost break if they run 24/7 off an open shared cluster and have rights to
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Is her name Sora?

Mel_Goodale @action_brain Photo taken by my daughter from the window of the cottage at Lake of Bays on this snowy February afternoon. The snow squall has just passed through. https://pic.twitter.com/RKqGvvCLpP Replying to @action_brain Is her name Sora? Your daughter’s work is much more natural, and pleasing. Probably not. Enjoy the snow and take time with
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