Bulletins

From the desk of Sherif Soliman

2023.03.28 14:26 PDT / 21:26 UTC
Sticker on the street that has an anti-tech message.

Well, it’s… some kind of prompt :(

Today’s March 2023 Photoblogging Challenge prompt by @moonmehta


2023.03.27 22:15 PDT / 05:15 UTC
Someone supporting a book in the air while reading.

Support.

Today’s March 2023 Photoblogging Challenge prompt by @JohnAN


2023.03.26 22:33 PDT / 05:33 UTC
A military helicopter's instrument panel.

An overwhelming instrument panel. As if combat wasn’t overwhelming enough.

Today’s March 2023 Photoblogging Challenge prompt by @UnfocusedWanderlust


2023.03.25 21:18 PDT / 04:18 UTC
Cherry blossom.

No sugar, no spice, just something nice.

Today’s March 2023 Photoblogging Challenge prompt by @cygnoir


2023.03.25 14:06 PDT / 21:06 UTC
Album art of Through Low Light And Trees by Smoke Fairies.

Now Playing.

Through Low Light And Trees (2010) by Smoke Fairies.

Sublime. You should listen to it.

⦅🎵⦆


2023.03.24 22:22 PDT / 05:22 UTC

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27682895

Are there any open source licenses that explicitly forbid use when training an AI?

Github/OpenAI’s defense is “training ML systems on public data is fair use” (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27678354). Unless this assertion gets invalidated in courts I think they mostly don’t care about wordage in your license

ugh.


2023.03.24 21:56 PDT / 04:56 UTC
Nootka Court in Victoria, BC.

The best court I could bring you today.

Today’s March 2023 Photoblogging Challenge prompt by @rom


2023.03.23 17:05 PDT / 00:05 UTC
Album art of Nisht Azoy by Black Ox Orkestar.

Now Playing.

Nisht Azoy by Black Ox Orkestar.

A beautiful and haunting record of Jewish diasporic music that I must’ve listened to hundreds of times at this point. What I wouldn’t give to watch them play this live.


2023.03.23 16:49 PDT / 23:49 UTC
A ball cactus on a desk.

Today I relocated this struggling ball cactus away from the sun to give it one more chance to make it. I’m afraid it’s touch and go.

Today’s March 2023 Photoblogging Challenge prompt by @V_


2023.03.22 19:30 PDT / 02:30 UTC
Fuzzy bug of unknown type.

Insect.

Today’s March 2023 Photoblogging Challenge prompt by @alexink


2023.03.21 19:47 PDT / 02:47 UTC
A bunny lounging in the garden.

Tiny garden bunny.

Today’s March 2023 Photoblogging Challenge prompt by @jasonmcfadden


2023.03.20 19:54 PDT / 02:54 UTC
A rescued houseplant in the afternoon light.

Rescued houseplant.

Today’s March 2023 Photoblogging Challenge prompt by @jensands


2023.03.19 22:59 PDT / 05:59 UTC
A quote from Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke.

“And the point is, to live everything.”


2023.03.19 22:22 PDT / 05:22 UTC
My bike on the Olympic Discovery Trail.

It’s been a day and I haven’t been able to make a photo. So here’s an older shot of my very favorite analog machine: my Ti bike, Bowie, on the Olympic Discovery Trail.

Today’s March 2023 Photoblogging Challenge prompt by @skarjune