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Indeed, *Alan Newell* said something to this effect in 1990:
"The question for me is
how can the human mind occur in the physical universe?
We now know that the world is governed by physics.
We now understand the way biology nestles comfortably within that.
The issue is how will the mind do that as well.
The answer must have the details.
I [need] to know how the gears clank
and how the pistons go
and all the rest of that detail.
My question leads me
to worry about the architecture".
AGI Will Not Happen in Your Lifetime. Or Will It?
Gary Marcus
Certain German prepositions require the **dative**:
*aus* (from)
*außer* (out of)
*bei* (at, near)
*entgegen* (against)
*gegenüber* (opposite)
*mit* (with)
*nach* (after, to)
*seit* (since)
*von* (from)
*zu* (at, in, to)
Some other prepositions (
*an* [at]
*auf* [on]
*entlang* [along]
*hinter* [behind]
*in* [in, into]
*neben* (beside, next to)
*über* [over, across]
*unter* [under, below]
*vor* [in front of]
*zwischen* [among, between]
)
may be used with **dative** (indicating __current location__),
or **accusative** (indicating __direction toward something__).
*Das Buch liegt auf **dem** Tisch(e)*
(dative: The book is lying on the table), but
*Ich lege das Buch auf **den** Tisch*
(accusative: I put the book onto the table).
Dative case
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Writing good alt text can be a challenge.
In my day job as an accessibility consultant, I describe writing alt text as an art rather than a science.
While there are a few guiding principles based off accessibility best practices, there's also a lot of wiggle room.
The following tips are based off a combination of best practices and my own personal taste:
• **Be concise**.
Screen readers take time to read things.
How long depends on that person's screen reader settings.
An experienced screen reader user like myself may have theirs set to talk really fast, whereas a novice user is likely to have theirs set at a more conversational pace.
• **Don't describe every detail**.
Remember back in elementary school when you'd be asked to read something and determine what the main idea of the passage was?
Do something similar with your images and describe what you'd like someone to take from it.
• **Avoid redundancies**.
If something's in the body of your post, it probably doesn't need to be in the alt text.
Additionally, remember how screen readers work.
Since they will identify an item as a graphic when they encounter it, you don't need to say so in the alt text.
It's fine to say something like "Picture shows" if you're describing an image in nearby text content, but it's just repetitive when it's in the alt text itself.
Writing good alt text can be a challenge and may seem hard at first.
Like anything else, though, it gets easier with practice.
Over time you will figure out what works best for you.
Alt Text and Social Media
Justin Yarbrough
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