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Ka-Ping Yee
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Engineer, humanitarian, activist, artist
Berkeley / Berlinzesty.caJoined May 2009
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@zestyping
I'm having a dizzying feeling, reminiscent of time travel. Did ChatGPT have the underlying reasoning "in mind" when it gave me each answer, or did it make up plausible explanations (of how the two mouths are used and how my gibberish sentence maps to English) after the fact?
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@zestyping
It took a second try, but that seems decent. Maybe I could get it to invent Dwouvian words for some common English words. Wait. What happens if I give it total gibberish and ask it to translate _back_? I'll toss in a couple of "dwo"s for good measure.
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@zestyping
Hi
@CA_DMV
, your site has specific mechanisms to prevent copy and paste in input fields, such as password and account number fields. This prevention is harmful to accessibility; please remove it so that all of us including users with disabilities can operate the site normally.
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Dan Kaminsky
@dakami
If somebody helped you — always feel free to let them know. They may not. Really. There is no statute of limitations on being thankful. Years, decades, doesn’t matter. Now is always a good time. Best when you don’t need them for any reason. Notice the helpers.
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Matt Devost
@MattDevost
No one that knew Dan Kaminsky well is talking about DNS today. They are talking about kindness, boundless energy and positivity, spontaneous adventures, and how hard he worked to lift others up. Want to emulate one of the greatest hackers of all time? Let that be your guide.
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@zestyping
Still true. Do as much as you can outside, not inside.
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@zestyping
Seriously, people. The factors are simple: - Enclosed spaces - Poor ventilation - Extended time in proximity - Singing or speaking - High-touch objects It's not "stay inside, save lives." Socialize outdoors at a distance. Outside is safer than inside.
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Melissa Lewis
@iff_or
Last week
@reveal
interviewed long-time election volunteer and ED of
@media_outlier
,
@Cande313
, about Election Day chaos at the polls in Detroit. It's valuable for understanding what's happening here, and it is harrowing. revealnews.org/article/inside
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Nancy Kaffer
@nancykaffer
The Republican chair of the board, Monica Palmer, literally just said she would be open to certifying the vote in "communities other than Detroit" twitter.com/nancykaffer/st…
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@zestyping
Recounts are legal fail-safes and a normal part of fair and secure elections. Our laws include guidelines on exactly when and how recounts should take place. Our election officials know how the system works and are ready to proceed if they need to.
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Recounts Are Routine
Recounts are legal fail-safes and a normal part of fair and secure elections. Our laws include guidelines on exactly when and how recounts should take place. Our election officials know how the...
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Frank Bajak
@fbajak
59 leading U.S. election security experts - without naming Trump but clearly responding to him - dispute his wild, risible, unsubstantiated assertions about supposed election-rigging.
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Harri "scofield" Hursti
@HarriHursti
Experts of #electionsecurity have issued a joint letter addressing recent extraordinary claims. #NationalSecurity #Election2020 nytimes.com/2020/11/16/bus
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@zestyping
Dear
@JoeBiden
, please travel to Wisconsin to give comfort to the Blake family AND to all harmed in the #KenoshaProtests. “Speak for justice and for safety, for reform and against riots, for the crying need to bring the country together.” theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/ We need you.
theatlantic.com
This Is How Biden Loses
Nothing will harm a campaign like the wishful thinking, fearful hesitation, or sheer complacency that fails to address what voters can plainly see.
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@zestyping
Seriously, people. The factors are simple: - Enclosed spaces - Poor ventilation - Extended time in proximity - Singing or speaking - High-touch objects It's not "stay inside, save lives." Socialize outdoors at a distance. Outside is safer than inside.
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Ka-Ping Yee
@zestyping
The
@newmodality
interviewed me about my work in DRC. Check out the first issue of this remarkable new publication!
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The New Modality
@newmodality
That section winds up on an interview with @zestyping about his on-the-ground Ebola epidemic innovation work, collaborating with Doctors Without Borders (@MSF) in the Democratic Republic of Congo. (We will pre-publish this piece soon. Watch this space.)
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Ka-Ping Yee
@zestyping
Huge conflict of interest: Twitter profits from TOS exceptions by selling ads on accounts and tweets that violate the terms.
@jack
As long as Twitter continues its TOS exception policy, it should refuse to take money for ads on accounts and tweets that benefit from it.
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Ka-Ping Yee
@zestyping
#asknasa How detailed is the pre-planning for the spacewalk — is there a minute-by-minute plan of every action? Is there something like a 1000-page Choose Your Own Adventure full of checklists that ground control is following? Thanks!
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Ka-Ping Yee
@zestyping
Bit by bit, the new Google font is creeping into their products, and it's terrible. A few months ago, it made a mess of Maps. Today, Sheets. Which product will suffer this indignity next?
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