Image categorisation AI, or convolutional neural networks, have been in use since well before LLMs and other generative AI. Some medical imaging machines use this technology to highlight features such as specific organs in a scan. CNNs could likely be trained to be extremely proficient and reading X-rays, CT, MRI scans, but these are generally the less operator dependant types of scan, though they can get complicated. An ultrasound for example is highly dependent on the skill of the operator and in certain circumstances things can be made to look worse or better than they are.

I don’t know why the technology hasn’t become more widespread in the domain. Probably because radiologists are paid really well and have a vested interest in preventing it… they’re not going to want to tag the images for their replacement. It’s probably also because medical data is hard to get permission for, to ethically train such a model you would need to ask every patient in for every type of scan it their images can be used for medical research which is just another form/hurdle to jump over for everyone.

I use Lemmy and moved here in protest of the Reddit API pricing changes, but I’m not entirely opposed to other forms of social media. I’m aware of the privacy implications of a lot of them, and try to manage my use of them accordingly. I have Instagram and Snapchat etc which I have used for years to keep in touch with friends. 90% of my friends use Facebook messagenger to IM and I think that’s pretty standard in Australia. I can’t justify cutting that many people off for privacy reasons. I understand the privacy implications of using these. It’s a balance. Social media can be bad for mental health, but a lack of social connection can be too. You need to find your own balance.

Well, I’m not a doctor, but if you asked me, there’s your problem. There is literally nothing you can do for someone in that situation that doesn’t involve professional help and medication.

Delusions of grandeur and delusions of persecution are both symptoms of BPD. Both are normally associated with the ‘highs’ or mania. Does your friend ever go through periods of the opposite. Are they medicated for this condition?

They don’t want to be contacted. I don’t think we have any moral obligation to supply them with medicines or technologies that they don’t want, even if they would objectively improve their quality of life.

No they will probably never advance substantially in technology. To get to where the developed world is today took centuries of industrialisation and trade.

But there are, presumably, happy with the status quo.

I think AR and VR are actually progressing at a reasonable pace, tech like the apple vision pro and the bigscreen beyond are beginning to converge to a comfortable and powerful experience and AR will be better supported by a platform like the vision pro than by any previous major industrial AI offerings like the hololens. I think in the short term people will move to external compute on a puck worn on the waist much like the battery of the vision pro was but with all or most of the compute power.

I think BEVs will continue to advance, without even considering a major technological breakthrough I expect they will out-range many ICE vehicles very soon. If solid state truly goes commercial scale it will be even sooner.

Mobile phones I actually think are stagnating. You’re right that there’s more power in them than necessary these days. Batteries get bigger and cameras get better but not much else changes. Interested to see where they go.

Standard resin becomes very weak at even low temperatures. There are special heat tolerant resins you can buy though.

Yes, the joke is that if the sequel is just called Cyberpunk 2, it’s only logical that it is set in the year 2. The game will be set in the future.

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Australia: 20 days PTO by law, 13 public holidays (depends on the state, but no less than 10 which are national), 10 separate days for use when sick or caring for someone who is sick. There’s more entitlements for different scenarios but this is pretty much the baseline.

I haven’t played it yet but apparently this 'Clair Obscur: Expedition 33" is fantastic. I’ll quote a friend who just finished it: “Just finished Clair Obscur. Probably not 100%, but I’ve beaten the superboss and completed the story. It has the exact same feeling as finishing a really good book that makes you feel bad in all the good ways, the kind that has you stare off into the distance after putting it down for the last time.”

Personally I feel like I haven’t played a great story driven game in a long time. Maybe Baldur’s gate 3 could appeal to you. Still not sure it sucked me in as much as Horizon did though.

On a deep sale, the Jedi Fallen order and Survivor are good story games.

I also work in automotive, all of the messages related to starting the car (which is required for climate control) or unlocking the vehicle will be encrypted with keys you will not be able to extract. Many have MAC authentication and counters for invalid attempts. Too many wrong hits and you’ll trigger a DTC which may need a visit to the mechanic to clear. Furthermore, a lot of the behaviours you want to trigger that are done via the app normally use a telematics unit in the car that will authenticate with the OEM server. You will not be able to get this authentication. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but what you’re trying to do is exactly what car thieves wish they could do, which is why we put in every effort to make it extremely hard.

It’s not entirely incorrect. The two party system is designed to force both parties to appeal to the average person. But when one side goes radical and still appeals to a big chunk of voters, the other side has to consider how to capture those voters too. In the case of the democrats, that means taking an extremely conservative approach to countering the Republicans, because they somehow still believe there’s a chance Republican voters will swing towards them. Young people are looking for a far more left wing government than the democrats are providing and so voter apathy among that demographic is so high, leading to this spiral. There are people fighting for sure, but the average is moving to the right.

It shouldn’t be, but German Auto makers are extremely slow to evolve due to their ridiculous bureaucracy. They’ve had ages to get on top of it and ignored it and they should pay the price for that, but they’re too big to fail for their countries economies. They’re definitely beginning to waver in the face of competition from china, so this comes across as the EU giving them a final respite to really start competing. Then again, could just exacerbate their complacency, we’ll have to see whichever way it goes.

In private messages outside of work, yes, it comes across passive aggressive and is a hard stop to a conversation. In work context though, it’s pretty common on teams as an acknowledgement, though I still think it’s nicer to use like a heart react then actually reply.

Yep, Tesla’s early agility and willingness to try outrageous things with the tech in the vehicle is what set them apart but they started a trend that China has gone running with. Now they aren’t keeping up on any front and are way more expensive. Not to parrot the typical sceptic too much but I definitely think Tesla is massively overvalued and once people start seeing it as a traditional automotive stock in a market of very capable competitors, the correction will be devastating.

BYD have added autonomous driving to their entire lineup for free. ‘Gods Eye’ as they call it is SAE level 2 or 3 depending on the version which is on par with Tesla’s full self driving.

Tesla is doomed in the AU market because Chinese competitors offer unbelievably better value for money as imported cars. The price to quality ratio is just so outrageously in favour of BYD, Geely, etc. that there’s just no way Tesla is sustainable down under.

Greenland, as an autonomous territory of Denmark, is an overseas country and territory (OCT) of the EU. As such it receives funding and has many agreements with the EU. This will drive a huge wedge between the USA and the EU. Perhaps more than anything else he’s currently doing. Denmark is also a NATO country and so who knows what would happen if the US essentially attacked the territory of another NATO member, it’s unprecedented and also likely why Trump wants to withdraw from NATO.

I’d like to think it’s a kind of zero approval gambit, he was once a dem I heard. But I think it’s much more likely he’s literally a Russian asset and the question is how much damage can the American system of checks and balances prevent before the next elections.