aLa British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) informó a sus espectadores sobre el partido de octavos de final entre ambos equipos. Holanda Y rumano. Durante la transmisión ocurrió un hecho que quizás fue un poco más de lo que la audiencia esperaba. Antes del partido entre los dos equipos. Los medios acudieron al vestuario de la selección holandesa y allí se produjo la sorpresa.
La mayoría de los jugadores ya se habían cambiado, otros habían terminado de arreglarse pero había un jugador que se estaba vistiendo y accidentalmente mostró las nalgas de un jugador de la selección holandesa. Fue captado por la cámara y no pasó desapercibido. Aunque solo tomó unos segundos, el hombre desnudo fue completamente visible para todos mientras se bajaba la ropa interior.
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Luego de que la producción se dio cuenta en qué se enfocaba y mostró a su audiencia, cortó la imagen. Sin embargo, la espera no se hizo larga en las redes sociales. X fue una de las plataformas donde se difundió ampliamente una escena de unos segundos.
Uno de ellos dijo: “No estoy seguro de que la BBC deba filmar en el vestuario holandés. A menos que quieran específicamente nalgas holandesas.”
Otro comentó: “¿Puedes ver Holanda?”
La identidad del jugador en cuestión no ha sido revelada, pero seguramente tendrá más cuidado cuando haya cámaras en su vestuario.
El miércoles, Stability AI lanzó una versión más pequeña. Propagación estable 3 (SD3) Modelo de Inteligencia Artificial (IA). Apodado Stable Diffusion 3 Medium, la compañía introdujo un modelo más pequeño de texto a imagen como su modelo de generación de imágenes más avanzado. Si bien conserva toda la funcionalidad del modelo de IA más grande, la última herramienta tiene menores requisitos de GPU y consume menos energía en comparación con los modelos anteriores. Los pesos abiertos también están disponibles en Hugging Face, y la compañía dice que este modelo de IA puede funcionar de manera eficiente en PC y portátiles de consumo.
Estabilidad AI ofrece un spread promedio estable de 3
Si bien el modelo Stable Diffusion 3 (ahora llamado Stable Diffusion 3 Large) estuvo disponible para el público en abril, sus altos requisitos de GPU y computación dificultaron que la mayoría de las personas con una PC o computadora portátil de consumo trabajaran de manera eficiente. La empresa resuelve este problema presentando Stable Diffusion 3 Medium, que puede ejecutarse en la mayoría de las computadoras portátiles y de escritorio.
de acuerdo a un informe Según VentureBeat, el requisito mínimo para el modelo AI es 5 GB de GPU VRAM y el requisito recomendado es 16 GB de GPU VRAM. Vale la pena mencionar que NVIDIA La GeForce RTX 3090 cuenta con 24 GB de VRAM GDDR6X.
A pesar del tamaño más pequeño de dos mil millones de parámetros (frente a ocho mil millones de parámetros en SD3 Large), dijo Stability AI en la sala de redacción. correo Que el Stable Diffusion 3 Medium podrá demostrar un nivel de eficiencia similar al de su contraparte más grande. El último modelo de generación de imágenes ofrecerá resultados fotorrealistas detallados, así como resultados de alta calidad en estilos flexibles. Para mejorar el realismo de manos y rostros, la empresa de IA utiliza un VAE (codificador automático variable) de 16 canales.
El compromiso inmediato también estará al mismo nivel que el modelo más grande. SD3 Medium puede comprender indicaciones complejas que involucran razonamiento espacial, elementos de composición, procedimientos y patrones. Además, la compañía agregó que la tipografía, que era un error común en los modelos de generación de imágenes, también se mejoró en el último modelo de IA.
Stable Diffusion 3 Medium se pone a disposición del público a través de la interfaz de programación de aplicaciones (API) impulsada por IA de la empresa. También se puede acceder al modelo de IA de texto a imagen a través de la plataforma Stable Assistant o el servidor Stable Artisan Discord. También se fabricaron más pesos abiertos. disponible Bajo una licencia no comercial de Hugging Face. Para utilizarlo con fines comerciales, los usuarios deberán obtener una licencia de creador de la empresa.
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Blame it on the digital age or on the Covid lockdown years, but the way we read has changed. We’re increasingly consuming books digitally, with several of us adopting ereaders instead of buying printed books. This change in behavior could be considered better for the planet – after all, no trees are getting destroyed to make said books.
That’s not the only reason to read ebooks. Did you know that about 26% of worldwide waste is paper and paperboard? Clearly we’re not all recycling as much as we should be. UK-based waste management company Business Waste has some interesting stats on how much paper we throw away, and it doesn’t even take into account all the paperbacks and text books we might be discarding. Sure, paper decomposes, but that takes 2-6 weeks and the ink could be poisoning our soil and groundwater.
On the other hand, manufacturing an electronic device arguably has a bigger carbon footprint. According to a New York Times report from 2010, a single ereader needs about 33 pounds of minerals and 79 gallons of water to make, and it has a limited lifespan.
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Sustaining digital reading
Manufacturing processes may have changed since that report was published, and while I’m not saying they’re a sustainable process, there are some ereader makers trying to make a change.
Amazon’s 2022 Kindle was the first to be made using up to 75% recycled plastic in its body and up to 90% recycled magnesium. Amazon adopted a similar stance with the Kindle Scribe a little later that same year, with the larger note-taking ereader built with 48% recycled plastic and 100% recycled aluminum.
Life without a Kindle is like life without a library nearby.
Franz McLaren, Author (Home Lost)
Japanese-Canadian brand Kobo, however, is making ereading even more sustainable. The first tablet it released that used recycled materials was the Kobo Clara 2E – the E moniker indicating its eco-friendly origins. According to Kobo, its body was 80% recycled plastic, 10% of which was ocean bound. It was the same with the Kobo Elipsa 2E as well. The company’s 2024 ereaders take it even further – the Kobo Libra Colour, Clara Colour and Clara BW not only use recycled plastics (including ocean-bound waste) in their bodies, but the packaging is 100% recycled and all the words and images printed on the boxes are soy ink, which is biodegradable.
Like other electronic devices, ereaders also have a limited lifespan – on average, a Kindle or a Kobo will give you 6-8 years of use, but several can exceed 10 years of use. Kobo, however, is trying to extend the life of its devices, with the 2024 models possibly becoming the most repairable ereaders available today. The brand has partnered with iFixit to make repair kits and instructions available to potential customers, although this initiative hasn’t gotten off the ground yet – the Libra Colour, Clara Colour and Clara BW are still in pre-order as of this writing.
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I am yet to hear about other ereader brands, like Onyx and PocketBook, moving towards a greener future, but this is a good start, particularly from Kobo.
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Kindle your (green) reading dreams
There hasn’t been much research done on which reading habit is more sustainable. There are a handful of studies, and a 2021 article published in the Journal of Library & Information Science Research tried to collate this information to determine whether ereading was more sustainable – the results were inconclusive. So, for the more environmentally conscious reader, which option do you choose?
Well, opting for one of the latest Kobo ereaders might be a good place to start and, despite some non-renewable materials being used to make it, a report from 2009 (via CNET) suggested using an ereader might be the greener option. At the time it was estimated that around 168kg of carbon dioxide was produced over the lifespan of a single Kindle DX, which was the most popular e-ink device back then.
Despite being a big number, it can offset about 1,074kg of CO2 produced if you were to buy just three print books each month over four years. Depending on how long the ereader lasted, it could compensate for up to 26,000kg of CO2 over its lifetime. Even if you aren’t a voracious reader, an ebook reader could still have a lower carbon footprint than paper books.
Until recently, I was an ebook sceptic, see; one of those people who harrumphs about the “physical pleasure of turning actual pages” and how ebook will “never replace the real thing”. Then I was given a Kindle as a present. That shut me up.
Charlie Brooker, Writer & TV presenter
There are other reading habits you can develop that would make digital reading a greener option than buying paperbacks. For starters, borrowing ebooks and digital magazines from the library instead of buying new titles in print not only means there’s less paper being used, but you’re also saving money on buying new books – digital or otherwise. That’s a win-win.
In the US, you can use your Kindle to borrow from a library; elsewhere, Kobo is your best option, with OverDrive baked into every model. You will need to check with your local library if they have OverDrive support, or borrowing directly from a Kobo device is a no go. You can, however, use the Libby mobile app if your library supports that.
If you’re someone who prefers to buy rather than borrow, an ereader becomes the more eco-friendly option if you read upwards of five 360-page hardback titles a year or around nine paperbacks. If you don’t read as much, then purchasing second-hand printed books is the better alternative.
No matter what reading format you choose, the most important thing is to dispose of the books or the device thoughtfully.
Data will soon be able to be stored in DNA. French startup Biomemory has already shipped a DNA storage device to the general public. Now the DNA Data Storage Alliance, a technology affiliate of the Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA), has unveiled the first specifications for storing vendor and CODEC information within a DNA data archive.
Unlike traditional storage mediums such as tape, HDD, and SSD, DNA lacks a fixed physical structure, necessitating a unique mechanism for reading or “booting up” a DNA archive.
The SNIA DNA Archive Rosetta Stone (DARS) working group has developed two specifications, Sector Zero and Sector One, to enable archive readers to find the sequence to begin booting up the data.
Getting closer
Sector Zero provides the minimal information needed for the archive reader to identify the CODEC used to encode Sector One and the company that synthesized the DNA. Sector One includes information such as a description of contents, a file table, and parameters to transfer to a sequencer.
“A key goal of the DNA Data Storage Alliance is to set and publish specifications and standards that allow an interoperable DNA data storage ecosystem to grow,” said Dave Landsman, of the DNA Data Storage Alliance Board of Directors.
While there’s still a long way to go before DNA storage becomes the norm, Landsman believes we’re much closer to it than you might imagine. “With the publishing of the Alliance’s first specifications, we take an important step in achieving that goal,” he said. “Sector Zero and Sector One are now publicly available, allowing companies working in the space to adopt and implement.”
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