CyprianSceptre

joined 2 years ago
[–] CyprianSceptre@feddit.uk 3 points 3 weeks ago

Sheep and solar panels is a great combination. The sheep maintain the grass and reduce issues with panel maintenance while the panels provide shade and shelter from the weather for the sheep.

[–] CyprianSceptre@feddit.uk 9 points 7 months ago (1 children)

To be fair, O2 has a massive issue with scammers and they need to do something about it. I switched to O2 about a year ago, keeping my old number. I'd rarely get scam calls or texts before I switched but since I've been with o2, I get 5-10 calls a week. Particularly annoying because I have to answer my phone due to my job

[–] CyprianSceptre@feddit.uk 2 points 8 months ago

Surprised it was rejected for infringing trademarks

[–] CyprianSceptre@feddit.uk 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I read that as "he is being prepared for the coroner"

[–] CyprianSceptre@feddit.uk 6 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Forget about the AI. There is so much wrong with this.

  1. If it gets it wrong, either false positive or false negative, then there are serious consequences. This means there is no way it can "play it safe" with an answer.
  2. I don't trust that it's not capturing and storing data. The risk of a "highly personal" data being leaked is completely unwarranted.
  3. It works from a photo, therefore it's unlikely to pick up much more than you can see by eye. You'd be better off just learning what to look for.
  4. It won't detect STIs with no visual symptoms, so provides an entirely false sense of confidence, potentially increasing the risks of those STIs to the general population.
  5. Let's say it works perfectly, and the AI algorithm runs completely locally with no data being transferred to the cloud or being captured/stored. Do you want to have someone you don't trust about being honest about STIs taking a photo of your genitals?

That's what I can come up with in 10 seconds. Feel free to add to the list, I'm sure it's not complete...

[–] CyprianSceptre@feddit.uk 146 points 10 months ago (4 children)

It's because it's on dark mode

[–] CyprianSceptre@feddit.uk 4 points 10 months ago

There's also work showing sheep can maintain the grass under the panels while the solar panels providing shade.

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2357545-putting-solar-panels-in-grazing-fields-is-good-for-sheep/

I still think over carparks or rooftops is better, but it shouldn't detract from using farmland. We need to phase out fossil fuels as fast as possible.

[–] CyprianSceptre@feddit.uk 5 points 1 year ago

You're my wife now Dave

[–] CyprianSceptre@feddit.uk 18 points 1 year ago

Bobby's mum and dad decided that the only way to pull off a Sunday afternoon quickie with their 10-year-old son in the apartment was to send him out on the balcony and order him to report on all the neighbourhood activities.

The boy began his commentary as his parents put their plan into action.

"There's a car being towed from the parking lot," he said. "An ambulance just drove by." A few moments passed.

"Looks like the Anderson's have company," he called out. "Matt`s riding a new bike, and the Coopers are having sex."

Mom and dad shot up in bed. "How do you know that?" the startled father asked.

"Their kid is standing out on the balcony too," his son replied.

[–] CyprianSceptre@feddit.uk 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

How does that work out in terms of energy consumption though?

If NVMe is at least 10x faster, but consumes 5x more power, it will use less energy to read or write the same amount of data overall.

[–] CyprianSceptre@feddit.uk 1 points 1 year ago

Does my car with a leaky sunroof and heater that's stuck on full count?

[–] CyprianSceptre@feddit.uk 3 points 1 year ago

This affects women too. If men don't feel welcome it just puts more pressure on mums to be the one out of work on parental leave, to be the one who does school collections, baby changes at restaurants, etc...

I say this as a dad who has experienced all of the above. I do 90% of the school and nursery collections and drop-offs and will never be part of the mum group at the gates. My wife goes once a week and still knows everyone there better than me.

It doesn't bother me personally, but i do think my kids end up missing out as a result. Whether it's a group they don't go to as a baby because it's mums only, or activities at the weekend because I'm not in the right WhatsApp group.

However, my wife's career is important, and my job has flexible working hours, so that's the situation we are in. It's not fair that we have to consider what's best for her vs what's best for her children.

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