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Betsy7Cat

@betsy7cat.bsky.social

they/she cats and games and occasionally art #cat

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Ash@fishyash.com · 2w ago

Friendly reminder that Duolingo was initially concieved to trick people into translating articles for free, which they later used as training data for MTL algorithms. Duolingo's primary purpose has NEVER been about teaching you a language, even from the start! slate.com/technology/2...

If it doesn’t charge users and, so far, doesn’t serve them any ads, how does Duolingo make money? It tricks you into working as an unpaid translation service. At the end of some lessons, Duolingo will ask you if you want to practice by translating a real-world document. Which will turn out to be, say, a BuzzFeed article. By melding together enough stabs at this task from high-level Duolingo users, the app can render a surprisingly accurate translation. Which is worth good money. So far, Duolingo has contracts with BuzzFeed and CNN to translate stories from English into languages such as Spanish, French, and Portuguese. This service is already earning Duolingo hundreds of thousands of dollars a year, but von Ahn predicts he will be adding a raft of new clients soon. “The language translations market is huge,” he says. “It’s a $30 billion per year market.”
Japanese Talk@japanesetalk.bsky.social · 3w ago

It really irks me when people share their 300, 600, 1000 day Duolingo streaks but still don't know how to use Japanese. Here's an explanation for why apps like Duolingo don't work for learning to any fluency. jtalkonline.com/why-apps-lik...

Zeldathon@zeldathon.com · 4w ago

Have you ever wanted to get involved with what we do at Zeldathon? THIS is your GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY! We love working with creators of all sizes we haven't worked with before at these events! Feel free to DM us to ask questions or if you're interested in jumping in but aren't sure where to start!

Zeldathon@zeldathon.com · 4w ago

You're invited to the Picori Festival! 3 Days of FUN, FRIENDSHIP, and FUNDRAISING for @stjude.bsky.social October 16th - 18th Segment Submissions are open NOW until 9/20! (See replies)

Breakthrough T1D Play@play.breakthrought1d.org · 4w ago

a BIG thank you to the Minikit crew for putting on a fantastic marathon fundraising for #T1D cures this past weekend! 💙 🙌 Congrats on smashing your original $1000 goal and raising 💲1️⃣,5️⃣6️⃣7️⃣ 🤩

Minikit Marathon@minikitmarathon.com · 4w ago

That's a wrap for Minikit: Assemble! Thank you all for your support this past weekend! 💕 Thanks to you all, we were able to raise $1,567 for @play.breakthrought1d.org. 😍 Not only that but this also marks us having raised $7.5K throughout our lifespan! 🎈🎉

And image of a yellow background with lego-like pieces scattered. In the center is text that says "Thank you! $1,567 Raised for Breakthrough T1D! And over $7.5K across all events!
Bruka Jones@brukajones.com · last mo.

Here is the GFM:

Donate to Help Cara Fight Scrapers with Legal Fund, organized by Jingna Zhang

Cara is an artist and social platform built by a small group of volunteers to gi… Jingna Zhang needs your support for Help Cara Fight Scrapers with Legal Fund

gofundme.com

Tara O’Connor@taraocomics.bsky.social · last mo.

Their whole “we’re democratising art” “stop gatekeeping art” are very clearly bullshit when you see it’s always been about attacking artists, nothing more.

Instagram post Cara Needs Your Help! Cara needs your help. We have been scraped a third time. This is now a targeted attack meant to cause artists pain. Scrapers know we're a volunteer project with no financial means to take action. So they say it's legal, believing themselves untouchable. We're taking action.
HimboPrime // sleepymaxxing & dogpilled@himboprime.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Sad about this so idk .. it's a long shot but if anyone knows anyone who knows anyone at discord I really want this account back.. it has recorded my entire life for a decade. my heart breaks knowing all that history could be gone forever. My memory is not good and every loss hurts so much :(

HimboPrime // sleepymaxxing & dogpilled@himboprime.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I miss my discord account .. support was absolutely goddamn useless and basically told me to fuck myself when I told them the email domain on the acct shuts down and locks inactive emails after 6 months. 10 years of my life on an account sitting dead unused just so someone could send some cryptoshit

sebmal@mrdo.pro · 2mo ago

btw if you use twitch at all, not just as a streamer but also as a viewer/chatter, you should really really opt out of the ai shit they silently enabled not just for your privacy and all that but also to show the amazon higher ups that no one wants this www.twitch.tv/settings/sec...

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Zeldathon@zeldathon.com · 2mo ago

Have you missed us? Not to worry. Our Super Zeldathon Rerun is LIVE!!!! Relive the entire marathon with us over the course of the next week with an 8 hour offset so you can catch any new content you might have missed! 🙂‍↕️💫 TUNE IN: Twitch.tv/zeldathon

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