#climatemergency — Public Fediverse posts

"...Google Chrome is reaching into users' machines and writing a 4 GB on-device AI model file to disk without asking. The file is named weights.bin. It lives in OptGuideOnDeviceModel. It is the weights for Gemini Nano, Google's on-device LLM. Chrome did not ask. Chrome does not surface it. If the user deletes it, Chrome re-downloads it."

https://www.thatprivacyguy.com/blog/chrome-silent-nano-install/

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#ai #climatemergency #bloatware

ABC News:Heat advisory set to take effect during LA Marathon

https://abcnews.com/video/130878837/

#climatemergency #LAMarathon #marathons

This video taken in Dec 2019 shows how thick smoke was over the Hawkesbury in the 2019-20 #bushfire #megafire disaster - but it can't convey the smell, or how difficult it was to get a breath of clean air...

https://pixelfed.social/p/Coolmccool/606625098722106400

#australia #bushfire #climatemergency

As we wake up to a smokey morning as #Australia prepares for another #bushfire season, I'm remembering the 2019-20 #megafires, when the smoke was as thick as soup.

https://pixelfed.social/p/Coolmccool/606626456171101771

#climatemergency #WhyAreWeOpeningUPMoreCoalmines