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Steven Dakin @StevenDakin

Work on how brains do vision and how we can use that knowledge to develop better vision tests and treatments. (He/him)

Joined June 2011
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Steven Dakin@StevenDakin
26 Sep 2017
Lisa Hamm's movies ensure children can name our new eye-chart symbols (designed to better detect kids' vision problems). Thanks @CureKidsNZ
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This is excellent advice.
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Shubham Saboo
@Saboo_Shubham_
3 May 2023
BREAKING: The future of object detection is here! Meet YOLO-NAS, open-sourced YOLO-based architecture redefining state-of-the-art in object detection.
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Patricia Churchland@patchurchland
22 Apr 2023
By far the best discussion I have read -- shows how to really test GPT-3,4: On Artifice and Intelligence by Shlomi Sher link.medium.com/Di4ChhP0czb

On Artifice and Intelligence

How to spot counterfeit cognition

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Tivadar Danka
@TivadarDanka
22 Apr 2023
I described some of the most beautiful and famous mathematical theorems to Midjourney. Here is how it imagined them: 1. "The set of real numbers is uncountably infinite."
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Michael Bach@MichaelBach99
7 Mar 2023
FrACT (Freiburg Vision Tests) now also as a WebApp. This magically avoids installing, yet you get a full app. (Nearly) all platforms! And remains free. michaelbach.de/fract/#webApp
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Mike Hudema
@MikeHudema
27 Dec 2022
Tiny urban forests can help #rewild urban settings and fight #climatechange. The brainchild of the Japanese botanist Miyawaki he's taking his idea global. We have so many solutions. Let's stop the delays and implement them. #ActOnClimate #climateaction #climate #forests #nature
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I kind of assumed that a big driver of @elonmusk’s recent behaviour was generation of public engagement in issues relating to twitter. Banning journos stifles debate and indicates that this not so. #byebyetwitter @stevendakin@mastodon.nz
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John Hawks
@johnhawks
12 Dec 2022
Remarkable visualization of primate brains. From @PatFri3drich and coworkers doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage…
Primate brains depicted at the same scale, with the large human brain at top left and tiny gray mouse lemur at bottom left. From Pat Friedrich and coworkers 2021 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2020.117685

ALT Primate brains depicted at the same scale, with the large human brain at top left and tiny gray mouse lemur at bottom left. From Pat Friedrich and coworkers 2021 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2020.117685

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MCU - The Direct
@MCU_Direct
5 Dec 2022
The Russo Brothers have shared new AI-generated art depicting an #Avengers movie directed by Wes Anderson... More photos: thedirect.com/article/russo-…
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Anna Wexler@anna_wexler
1 Dec 2022
Some thoughts on yesterday’s @neuralink “show and tell” from an ethics & society perspective 🧵 1/
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Michael Bethke @Bethkem@mstdn.ca@Bethkem
24 Nov 2022
I made Thanksgiving dinner and now the kids are crying and I'm not allowed to help anymore
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Jousef Murad@Jousefm2
21 Nov 2022
⚡2D to Simulate 3D: Made that legendary Rubik's Cube even easier to Understand ⚡ The legendary Rubik's Cube made even easier to understand
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Michael Black
@Michael_J_Black
17 Nov 2022
I asked #Galactica about some things I know about and I'm troubled. In all cases, it was wrong or biased but sounded right and authoritative. I think it's dangerous. Here are a few of my experiments and my analysis of my concerns. (1/9)
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Animal Rising
@AnimalRising
14 Nov 2022
BREAKING: University Of Stirling Students Union Votes To Go 100% Plant-Based. @GeorgeMonbiot said it was "leading the way in tackling the climate crisis and creating a sustainable food system” animalrebellion.org/george-m…
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Annie? Rauwerda?@anniierau
13 Nov 2022
one time in college a professor spent 90 minutes talking about an example scenario that involved beef and i thought nothing of it until several weeks later when i found out that my classmate had made a minute long compilation of all 125 times he said "beef" in one lecture
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Gavin Buckingham@DrGBuckingham
11 Nov 2022
This is great - circles are fleetingly there in your peripheral vision. But you can't attend to them Posted on Reddit by thedudefromsweden
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I’m going to need more bin bags.
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Have discovered a small river running along the lower boundary of my section. Along with many years of debris from the palms.
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Kererū (aka New Zealand pigeons) crashing around at the end of my garden.
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Unconsented structure in my garden children have dubbed the Blair Witch Shed.
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Could be good for birdwatching. Although a floor would add utility.
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