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Digital Dolphin
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(they/them) Loves nerdy stuff like board games and science. Very invested in finding ways to survive climate change, airborne viruses, and late stage capitalism. Lives in BC, Canada.
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I'm glad you're enjoying it! My friend Racquel worked very hard on making it 🙂 We're so lucky in Vancouver to be able to see many of the episodes screened at a local theatre too!

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A study measured the performance of 800 developers before and after getting GitHub's Copilot. It found: - No change in productivity - No change in burnout levels - A 41% increase in the bug rate!?? Aren't you thrilled we're burning the world to power these AI models?

Devs gaining little (if anything) from AI coding assistants
Devs gaining little (if anything) from AI coding assistants

Code analysis firm sees no major benefits from AI dev tool when measuring key programming metrics, though others report incremental gains from coding copilots with emphasis on code review.

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This week, the head of the NIAID justified the lack of masking at a Long COVID meeting with the argument that people want to be “normal". In my latest, I unpack all the stigma, ableism, and disrespect for LC patients packed into her statement: www.thegauntlet.news/p/new-niaid-...

New NIAID Director Scared of Masks
New NIAID Director Scared of Masks

Comments from public health official confirm that scientific considerations played no role in decision to eschew mitigations at Long COVID meeting

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It is not that everyone is forgetting and ignoring the pandemic but that those who remember and remind others about the pandemic quickly find that they are forgotten and ignored by their friends and families.

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You REALLY gotta vote in your local elections.

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WHAT'S THIS?! IT'S LA FORGE OFF THE ROPES WITH HIS SIGNATURE MOVE... IT'S THE KOBAYASHI MARU!!!! IT'S A NO-WIN SCENARIO FOR MOMS FOR LIBERTY!!!

screenshot of tweets with another screenshot from the National Book Awards. The host, LeVar Burton is quoted "before we get started, are there any Moms for Libery in the house? No? Good, then hands will not need to be thrown tonight." There are additional replies in the thread including "Butterfly in the sky, I'd like to see a bitch try." "Just take a look, at my left hook." "It's reading Painbow!"
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We're now up to five locally transmitted dengue cases in Los Angeles County, health department says Latest case is at least 4 kilometers away from previous cluster of local infections "an emergence of locally acquired dengue that is extremely rare" publichealth.lacounty.gov/phcommon/pub...

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New hazard index from the team at Covid-19 Resources Canada: ~ 1 in 38 BCians have COVID right now, with 130,700-149,000 infections THIS WEEK. Compared to lowest point of pandemic in BC to date: 🔴 Infections ~16X higher 🔴 Long COVID ~16X higher 🔴 Hospitalization ~15X higher 🔴 Deaths ~17X higher

British Columbia’s COVID Forecast for Sep 28-Oct 11, 2024 by COVID-19 Resources Canada - the outlook is SEVERE (decreasing) with a COVID INDEX SCORE of 15.9
About 1 in every 38 people is infected.
Estimated infections this week: 130,700-149,000
How much higher are key indicators compared to the lowest point in the COVID pandemic in Canada?
Waste water, infections: SEVERE; 15.9X higher
Long COVID estimate: SEVERE; 15.6X higher
Hospitalizations, ICU: SEVERE; 15.1X higher
Deaths: SEVERE; 16.9X higher
Canadian COVID Forecast for Sep 28-Oct 11, 2024 by COVID-19 Resources Canada - Canada’s outlook is SEVERE (decreasing) with a COVID INDEX SCORE of 16.3
About 1 of every 38 people is infected.
Estimated infections this week: 962,700-1,097,900
How much higher are key indicators compared to the lowest point in the COVID pandemic in Canada?
Waste water, infections: SEVERE; 16.4X higher
Long COVID estimate: SEVERE; 15.3X higher
Hospitalizations, ICU: SEVERE; 15.4X higher
Deaths: SEVERE; 16.9X higher
Series of gauges with the Sep 28-Oct 11, 2024 COVID Forecast scores for Canada, the provinces, and territories. From left to right:

Canada: 16.3 - SEVERE
Alberta: 9.2 - HIGH
British Columbia: 15.9 - SEVERE
Manitoba: 20.2 - SEVERE
New Brunswick: 23.6 - SEVERE
Newfoundland and Labrador: 13.6 - VERY HIGH
North: 16.0 - SEVERE
Nova Scotia: 20.4 - SEVERE
Ontario: 15.2 - SEVERE
Prince Edward Island: 11.9 - VERY HIGH
Quebec: 19.5 - SEVERE
Saskatchewan: 18.6 - SEVERE

Forecast scores are grouped into 4 ranges: MODERATE (1 to <5, white), HIGH (6 to <10, yellow), VERY HIGH (10 to <15, orange), SEVERE (>15 red).

All data and sources at covid19resources.ca/covid-hazard-index/
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Digital Dolphin
@digitaldolphin.bsky.social
(they/them) Loves nerdy stuff like board games and science. Very invested in finding ways to survive climate change, airborne viruses, and late stage capitalism. Lives in BC, Canada.
145 followers313 following425 posts