HiveDiscoMod Curation Compilation #166

It's a public Holiday and for the first time in a long while, Anna could actually do a thorough clean up in her home. Finally, she could get busy with something else aside work. Anna was in her daughter's room with her son sorting out her clothing when something fell off. “What's that? ...

That Wednesday morning started unlike any other day. For some reason I couldn't figure out, I didn't sleep well during the night, and when I finally managed to get some shut eye in the early hours of the morning I woke up too soon for my liking. I literally woke up on the wrong side of the bed as the saying goes. I knew trying to force myself to sleep would be pointless, so I got out of bed and decided to carry on with my day ...

Image by Edited in Canva The accusing finger At that time I was a child who did what was expected of her. My only concern was studying, turning in homework on time and not stepping on the pavement stripes as I walked. My parents were proud of me because I grew like a good, lanky, healthy tree, and my teachers, all women trained in educating children, saw what you can surely see through a microscope: a small sample of something bigger. Enjoying a certain favouritism among the group of teachers, rather than winning me friends, made me the target of ridicule and enmity: the children made fun of my short sightedness, my extreme pallor and even because I was a little overweight ...

I was raised under a system that made me skeptical about humans. I even built a stone wall around me, especially towards strangers, and my reason for that isn't farfetched—from strangers kidnapping my childhood friends, stealing our properties, or even pretending to be an angel of light only for them to strike and hurt us when we least expect it. I've seen it all, but my attitude towards strangers changed after a few unmerited favors shown towards me by a total stranger, and that has changed my perspective ever since. When people ask me about the best thing a stranger has done for me, I usually trace it back to my first two years at the university, when a total stranger gave me shelter and food for that time span, as though we'd known each other all our lives ...

With the exponential growth of artificial intelligence, it is clear that increasingly more computing power is required than initially. In fact, we could even think that this does not necessarily have to be the case, as models evolve, it could end up needing less power because they have become more efficient. Even in the future, it is expected that home computers will include AI in their systems natively, albeit locally without needing to rely on the cloud. This could be a positive point, although there are people concerned about their privacy ...

This lovely little lake at the Morton Arboretum in Lisle Illinois was so filled with reflections that my thoughts were of @Olgavita and her in the Shadow Hunters Community! The Lake presented a great opportunity for reflection photos! It was not quite as idyllic as it appears in the photos. Our massive cicada hatch is rather deafening, as you can hear in the video, and I've heard people say that they have begun wearing ear plugs when they go outdoors for any amount of time ...