Is there a name for plastics that aren't quite single use but break after a few uses, like many kids toys or these Kleeneze washing pegs?
Tom Hallett
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Content manager in academic publishing comms. Keen pedestrian, cyclist, and runner. Less keen driver. Dorset-based.
Amazing views on my run near Wincanton and Castle Cary today. Glastonbury Tor in one direction, Bulbarrow in another, the edge of Salisbury Plain in another.
Generative AI needs vast amounts of data. When there's little incentive for authors to produce new content, where will the data come from? www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Google AI summaries are ruining the livelihoods of recipe writers: ‘It’s an extinction event’
AI Mode is mangling recipes by merging instructions from multiple creators – and causing them huge dips in ad traffic
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"The average user has no idea how much energy they're using when they use generative AI applications..."
Managing the soaring energy demands of generative AI
Leading experts explain why generative AI is so energy-intensive and explore how academia, industry, and policymakers can manage AI's energy demands.
insights.taylorandfrancis.com
It feels like my local train service is on its last legs (or wheels). Terminated midway through its journey this morning due to "dangerous overcrowding" because the train company could only muster 3 carriages instead of the usual 8. On my return, the air con is broken - it's 33C today.
This advert on my train highlights the lack of investment in our railways. The train I'm on was introduced on this line in 1993...
Exeter is such a nice place to visit. Thriving high street, quirky shops and cafes, the cathedral, great quayside area, random chapels and old buildings amongst modern architecture... and loads of people riding cargo bikes.
This is a good indication of how much money councils could be donating to community projects that actually increase footfall rather than offering free parking days. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Hereford car parks took £5,500 on day of free parking - BBC News
People had been invited to park for free in Hereford as part of a promotion.
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@carlafrancome.bsky.social Went to a card-only pub today and they had a beer on called "Cash is King"...
The National Cycle/Boating Network Route 26 this morning.
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Sherborne to Shaftesbury (16 miles) tomorrow by train+bus for me and my 6-year-old is £17.40 (one-way) or £18.30 (return). Think i'll be staying at home.
I enjoyed putting this together. Geoinformatics is a fast-growing area of research and has some amazing applications. insights.taylorandfrancis.com/research-imp...
Geoinformatics
How researchers use big earth data to solve Earth's big issues
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Cake and beer help take the edge off talking about the climate emergency.
Thought I'd take the kids on the "Polar Express" this year on the local heritage railway (a one-hour trip). 2 adults and 2 kids = £200. Glad I hadn't mentioned it to them before I checked.
a cartoon of homer simpson standing in a grassy yard
ALT: a cartoon of homer simpson standing in a grassy yard
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