French Union STJV says diktat to be in the office at least three days a week is "the straw that broke the camel's back" www.gamesindustry.biz/700-ubisoft-...

700+ Ubisoft France staff walk out on a three-day strike in dispute over home working and pay

Over 700 Ubisoft France staff have walked out on a three-day strike in a dispute over home working and pay.

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I can't help but think some of this is FOMO. They've probably already been dealing with problems caused by AI in education, so instead of clamping down on it they're fully embracing it in an effort to get ahead of it or something? I just can't fathom what they think they'll gain from doing this.

Not that this school has a great track record of caring about the environment, this is still really disappointing to hear.

Waiting for the moment they realize this is a total footgun for education.

Hhypervisible.bsky.socialOct 16, 2024 2:30pm

“In September, the university announced that each of its students – more than 52,000 – would be given a personal AI assistant, adding to the school’s host of generative AI tools created in partnership with Microsoft.”

Expansion of AI has major environmental impact

In September, the school gave personal AI assistants to the more than 50,000 students at the University of Michigan.

Clean indoor air the kind of no-brainer, basic component of civil society that future generations will be aghast we neglected this long

DPpoppendieck.bsky.socialOct 15, 2024 7:16pm

HEPA filters in classrooms: "HEPA filters... predicted to reduce PM2.5 by 40–60 % and viral RNA by 30–50 % depending on... classroom design and window opening... The energy cost of... HEPA filters is likely to be only 1 %–2 % of the classroom heating costs. " www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Coupled indoor air quality and dynamic thermal modelling to assess the potential impacts of standalone HEPA filter units in classrooms

The quality of the classroom environment, including ventilation, air quality and thermal conditions, has an important impact on children’s health and …

“A new device… shows that people perceive much more detail within a single sniff than previously thought.” “The results suggest that our sense of smell has a speed similar to that of color perception.” #scicomm#sensoryecology#neuroskyencewww.sciencenews.org/article/brai... 🧪 🧠 👃

Your brain can perceive subtle odor changes in a single sniff

The speed at which our brain can tell smells apart is on par with color perception, a new sniff device shows.

let me know when it's working

Scarlet-bodied Wasp Moth (Cosmosoma myrodora). Does what it says on the tin. #Invertebrates

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