To use the new Windows AI Studio tool, you must first install Linux. No, it’s not a joke Never underestimate the importance of Linux, even for Windows development. What you need to know Windows AI Studio is a new tool designed to help developers integrate AI into their Windows apps. It’s offered as an extension to Visual Studio Code and is available to install now. But first, you must install Linux (and have an NVIDIA GPU). Microsoft has a new developer tool it has made available to help make it easier to integrate generative AI into apps. It all sounds pretty interesting, but there’s an important requirement that, while deadly serious, is also quite humorous. Let me paint the picture. This morning I was scrolling through social media, as I always do, and came across a post on Mastodon. To use the Windows AI Studio, you have to first install Linux?! Specifically, you need to be running Ubuntu 18.04 or later. Naturally, Microsoft isn’t suggesting you run Linux over Windows, this is of course referring to the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL). VS Code operates seamlessly on Windows while using WSL as its backend, and that seems to be what’s happening here. Microsoft has built WSL so it has interoperability between Windows and Linux without users having to jump through unnecessary hoops. Assuming you have WSL set up and Ubuntu is set as your default, the Windows AI Studio will just work without any additional setup on your part. If you need help with the Linux part, our guide on how to install WSL 2 will get you pointed in the right direction. You’ll also need an NVIDIA GPU right now to use it at all. Linux is important even for Windows developers Some might not want to admit it, but Linux is important. It’s a useful thing to learn about, even if you’re not a developer, and I think WSL is the perfect way to do this if you’ve only ever really used Windows. If Linux wasn’t important, then WSL probably wouldn’t exist, either. There are still things it can do easier than Windows, and it looks like giving access to AI tools and models for Windows developers is one of those things. The argument for Windows being a superior development environment now, though, has legs, in part thanks to its integration with Linux. Without leaving the comfort of Windows 11 you can work inside Linux, use Linux apps, even code using Linux from within the Windows version of VS Code. Jokes aside, the Windows AI Studio is a perfect example of the two working in perfect harmony. You can’t laugh at that. Get the Windows Central Newsletter All the latest news, reviews, and guides for Windows and Xbox diehards. Richard Devine is a Managing Editor at Windows Central with over a decade of experience. A former Project Manager and long-term tech addict, he joined Mobile Nations in 2011 and has been found on Android Central and iMore as well as Windows Central. Currently, you’ll find him steering the site’s coverage of all manner of PC hardware and reviews. Find him on Mastodon at mstdn.social/@richdevine
200 Years Before Nicki Minaj And Strippers Exploited Themselves, There Lived Sarah Baartman. Her Story Is Neither Sexy Or Funny – Black Then
Sarah Baartman was a black house servant who became popular became popular in the 19th Century because of the size of her behind that would cause total mayhem when she was forcefully made to appear in private shows, which were the equivalent of modern day “strip clubs” “Saartjie” which was her nickname, was an indigenous Khoisan from the rural areas of Southern Africa. Khoisan women had very distinguished features that set them aside from other communities, namely: Huge buttocks. Small Asian eyes. It was also said that because of the nature of Khoisan’s occupation (hunter & gatherers), their bodies would undergo long durations of hunger seasonally. When the hunger periods ended, their bodies would store fat in the buttock area, hence they would end up with large buttocks. Born around 1790, Baartman’s home area was then being ravaged by a series of frontier wars and skirmishes, sometimes within the local African tribes, on other occasions involving white adventurers pushing out from Cape Town. Baartman’s future husband and her father were both killed in a commando raid that left her homeless. When Sarah Baartman was in her early 20s, she was sold to London by a Scottish doctor named Alexander Dunlop, accompanied by a showman named Hendrik Cesars. The physiques of Africa’s indigenous people had long interested white colonialists and in Baartman they had an object of great curiosity. Although just 4ft 7in tall, Baartman’s bottom was particularly well-developed, something that led to her being taken to London in 1810 as ‘property’ part-owned by a British military doctor, Alexander Dunlop, to be shown-off on stage as a freak. There was no volition in any of this. The slave trade in Britain and its empire had just been outlawed by abolitionists but the keeping of slaves, exploiting them at the whim of the ‘owner’ was still legal. She spent four years of her youth in Britain being exhibited in various shows which were quite similar to strip shows of our modern time. Nicknamed ‘The Hottentot Venus”, the show organizers would run an advertisement carried in national newspapers to attract people to attend the shows. Entrance was 2 shillings, that was pretty high priced in those days. The show promoters forced Baartman to wear tight skin outfits that showcased her figure. The costume was deliberately suggesting, playing up to the white prejudices about sexually-unrefined black natives. Accounts of her first appearance on stage referred to the strings of ostrich-egg shell fragments failing to conceal completely her nipples. Sarah was also made to smoke a pipe when appearing on stage. When she stepped on stage, Sarah’s big behind sparked mayhem within the crowd with both men and women trying to pinch, slap or poke her to see whether her genitals were real. In her final years, there were rumors of alcoholism and syphilis. Sarah Baartman died on December 1815. Even in death the exploitation continued with a surgeon removing and preserving her genitals while artists sketched her extensively. Her genitals remained on display in Paris until the 1970s along with her skeleton. It was only in 2002, after a personal appeal by Nelson Mandela, who also hailed from the Eastern Cape, that her mortal remains made it home to South Africa for official burial. By that time Baartman was an icon for racial and sexist exploitation. Source –http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2834564/The-19th-Century-Kim-Hottentot-Venus-s-big-bottom-sparked-global-scandal-200-years-certain-Miss-Kardashian.html#ixzz3Z5y6XpI3 Source — http://www.hekaheka.com/200-years-before-kim-kardashian-broke-the-internet-with-her-butt-there-lived-sarah-baartman-her-story-was-not-as-amusing/
What Was Going Through Jada’s Mind After Chris Rock Oscars Joke, The Slap
More than 18 months after The Slap, Jada Pinkett Smith is finally giving some insight into what was going through her mind when it all went down.
“I had my own premonition right before the incident on the Oscar stage. It flashed through my mind as Chris Rock’s face came across the screen as one of the presenters that night. In fact, my stomach clenched,” she recalled in her book. “He had been known to take swipes at me — and from the Oscar stage, no less. That had been in 2016, six years earlier, during what became known as #OscarsSoWhite.”
“Trying to be optimistic, I told myself, A lot of time has passed, it’s the Academy Awards, there are no new misunderstandings, and I’m sure he’ll play nice. But another thought was, He’s not going to be able to help himself,” she continued.
“That was indeed a very light joke, as many expressed, but it was not about me. I was frustrated that the majority of folks can’t seem to understand how devastating alopecia can be. My heart broke for the many who live in shame, the children who have committed suicide after being teased and taunted by their classmates,” she explained. “And now the Oscars, in all its political correctness, was telling the world it was okay to make jokes at the expense of a woman suffering from alopecia?”
After that, Will stormed the stage and slapped Rock across the face. She told PEOPLE she thought the incident was a “skit” at first, thinking, “There’s no way that Will hit him.” She added that she didn’t “perceive the gravity of the situation” until Will returned to his seat and began to shout, “Keep my wife’s name out your f–kin’ mouth!”
She also claimed Rock did try to apologize to her in person that night, saying, “I didn’t mean you any harm,” but she shooed him off, saying, “I can’t talk about this now, Chris. This is some old s–t.”
“Why it fractured…that — that’s a lot of things … By the time we got to 2016, we were just exhausted with trying. I think we were both kind of just still stuck in our fantasy of what we thought the other person should be,” she explained. “I made a promise that there will never be a reason for us to get a divorce. We will work through … whatever. I just haven’t been able to break that promise.”
Piers Morgan blasts plan to create a Matildas World Cup statue as a ‘joke’ and a ‘participation trophy’ – and two Aussie sports superstars agree with him | Daily Mail Online
Controversial British television personality Piers Morgan was delighted when Australia was knocked out of the Women’s World Cup – and now he has blasted plans for a Matildas statue.
Australia has been swept up in Matildas fever for the last month, with the side making history after becoming the first Australian national soccer team to reach the semi-finals of a World Cup.
On Sunday, Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk announced that the Matildas will be getting a statue at Brisbane’s Suncorp Stadium to mark their achievements at the tournament.
‘We’re going to increase the legacy funding for women’s football including upgrades to major venues where football is played across Queensland,’ she said.
‘But wait there’s one more thing. As a lasting tribute to 2023 Matildas we will build a statue at Suncorp Stadium.
Piers Morgan has said plans for a Matildas statue in Brisbane amount to giving the team a ‘participation trophy’ for finishing fourth
Morgan asked if the idea was a joke – and many football fans shared his point of view
‘There are plenty (of statues) there, celebrating our male sporting champions, it’s time we celebrated women as well… you deserve your place amongst the greatest.’
Morgan, who fired shots at the Aussies throughout the World Cup, retweeted the statue announcement on Tuesday and shared his own views on the matter.
‘A statue for coming 4th? Is this a joke?’ he wrote.
Former Aussie NBA star Andrew Bogut also took to Twitter about the plans for a statue.
‘Matildas did well… Statue? No. A Gold/First Place is a statue and over the top celebration worthy achievement,’ he wrote.
‘Anything below is good, have a celebration or two, then move on. This goes for all Sports btw. A for effort, N for No statue.’
Tennis star Nick Kyrgios responded to Bogut’s post, writing: ‘Agree. Great effort! Statue for fourth is nuts but they had us all on the edge of our seats! Next time.’
A statue for coming 4th?
Is this a joke? 🤣🤣 https://t.co/F5Yaln2xYn
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan)
Andrew Bogut and Nick Kyrgios also agreed that a statue for finishing fourth was over the top (pictured, Matildas celebrate the penalty shootout win over France)
Sky News Australia host Laura Jays responded to Morgan, explaining what a ‘big deal’ the Matildas were in Australia.
Morgan wasn’t convinced, though, responding: ‘Never had you down as a participation prize fan…’
Plenty of commenters supported Morgan’s position on the matter, arguing that it belittles the players after they failed to finish in the top three.
‘The irony is in how patronising this move actually is,’ replied one user.
‘When you’re woke that’s what you do. Reward mediocrity,’ said another.
‘How about a statue honouring our world champion netball diamonds who actually won their word cup for the 12th time. Since when does finishing 4th get you statue,’ commented a third.
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Salmon Shark Found Along River in Idaho Was a Prank | Outdoor Life
Wildlife officials with the Idaho Department of Fish and Game received a series of alarming reports about a dead shark that was found on the banks of the Lower Salmon River near Riggins on Tuesday. After fielding a flurry of e-mails and calls about the shark, officials went down to the river to investigate. And sure enough, there it was.
“By the look of it, this does appear to be a Salmon shark,” the agency explained in a press release on Wednesday.
The irony of a Salmon shark carcass being found on the Salmon River was not lost on the agency. Idaho’s endangered salmon runs have been declining for decades. There’s a long list of reasons why these runs are crashing, but one of the most obvious factors is the growing presence of non-native fish species that prey on salmon.
“First Smallmouth bass, then Walleye, and now SALMON SHARKS! When are our salmon and steelhead going to catch a break?” the agency wrote. “That’s right, you read correctly, Salmon Sharks!”
The public and the agency’s anxiety over the discovery quickly gave way to sheer disbelief. To say the shark didn’t belong there would be a massive understatement.
Riggins is located roughly 650 river miles inland from the North Pacific Ocean, where salmon sharks live. To reach the location where it was found, the shark would have had to swim all that distance upriver while passing through eight major dams—all of which have fish ladders that are constantly being monitored by fisheries technicians. This would have been a feat for any large predatory fish, but especially for a saltwater species that can’t tolerate freshwater. (As IDFG points out, bull sharks are the only shark species that can live in freshwater.)
So, how exactly did the shark end up on an Idaho riverbank? According to IDFG, there’s not a snowball’s chance in hell it swam there on its own. Their best guess at this point is that somebody planted the carcass on the shore as a joke.
“This would have been a great April Fool’s Joke,” the agency concluded on Wednesday. “So, if you were one of those people who saw this fish on the shore or maybe somebody shared photos with you, rest assured, we have no sharks swimming around in Idaho.”