starblue
@anystring.bsky.social
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Once again: there is zero valid reason to put a data center in space. In addition to the launch costs and inability to service them, you need significant cooling infrastructure. The only reason to do this is a) you are an idiot, or b) you are grifting money from idiots.
January 31, 2026 at 4:49 PM
Once again: there is zero valid reason to put a data center in space. In addition to the launch costs and inability to service them, you need significant cooling infrastructure. The only reason to do this is a) you are an idiot, or b) you are grifting money from idiots.
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The Economist, April 8th 1933.
(The territorial dispute between Norway and Denmark over parts of #Greenland was decided in Denmark's favour by the International Court.)
(The territorial dispute between Norway and Denmark over parts of #Greenland was decided in Denmark's favour by the International Court.)
January 20, 2026 at 10:52 AM
The Economist, April 8th 1933.
(The territorial dispute between Norway and Denmark over parts of #Greenland was decided in Denmark's favour by the International Court.)
(The territorial dispute between Norway and Denmark over parts of #Greenland was decided in Denmark's favour by the International Court.)
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“In 1943, the Norwegian author Knut Hamsun travelled to Germany and met with Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels. After returning to Norway, he sent his Nobel medal to Goebbels as a gesture of thanks for the meeting.”
Things I did not know. www.nobelpeaceprize.org/press/press-...
Things I did not know. www.nobelpeaceprize.org/press/press-...
The Nobel Prize and the Laureate Are Inseparable - Nobel Peace Prize
The medal and the diploma are the physical symbols confirming that an individual or organisation has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. The prize itself – the honour and recognition – remains insepar...
www.nobelpeaceprize.org
January 16, 2026 at 10:53 PM
“In 1943, the Norwegian author Knut Hamsun travelled to Germany and met with Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels. After returning to Norway, he sent his Nobel medal to Goebbels as a gesture of thanks for the meeting.”
Things I did not know. www.nobelpeaceprize.org/press/press-...
Things I did not know. www.nobelpeaceprize.org/press/press-...
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"We are somehow going the opposite way, creating the gods that could destroy us while housing them in the most nondescript, generic buildings imaginable." www.ft.com/content/7692...
Welcome to a post-human world: the vast anonymity of the data centre
These impersonal warehouses are the 21st century’s calling card — architecture for the computing power we are training to outsmart us
www.ft.com
January 14, 2026 at 12:46 PM
"We are somehow going the opposite way, creating the gods that could destroy us while housing them in the most nondescript, generic buildings imaginable." www.ft.com/content/7692...
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“The reverse translation into Russian gives you a flawless text.”
From another news report on the claim.
From another news report on the claim.
January 5, 2026 at 11:08 PM
“The reverse translation into Russian gives you a flawless text.”
From another news report on the claim.
From another news report on the claim.
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The leftist group “Vulkangruppe” which claims to have sabotaged Berlin’s power supply is oddly bad at proper German.
One detail suggests it was translated from Russian with AI or some such. www.berlinstory.de/news/stromau...
One detail suggests it was translated from Russian with AI or some such. www.berlinstory.de/news/stromau...
Stromausfall in Berlin - kyrillische Fehler im Text? - Berlin Story News
Seit Tagen ist der Strom in Teilen Berlins ausgefallen – eine Reparatur des Schadens wird noch Tage dauern. Das Bekennerschreiben könnte Hinweise auf russische Saboteure geben. Das Ziel wäre nicht mal...
www.berlinstory.de
January 5, 2026 at 9:18 PM
The leftist group “Vulkangruppe” which claims to have sabotaged Berlin’s power supply is oddly bad at proper German.
One detail suggests it was translated from Russian with AI or some such. www.berlinstory.de/news/stromau...
One detail suggests it was translated from Russian with AI or some such. www.berlinstory.de/news/stromau...
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„Die gesamte Geschichte der Zivilisation – also unsere gesamte Infrastruktur – wurde daher für das Klima der letzten 10.000 Jahre gebaut, das heute nicht mehr existiert. Jetzt beginnen wir, die Grenzen unserer gesamten Infrastruktur auszutesten.“
www.derstandard.at/story/300000...
www.derstandard.at/story/300000...
Klimaforscherin: "Es werden noch viel mehr Lebensmittel viel teurer werden"
Die Vize-Vorsitzende des Weltklimarates IPCC, Diana Ürge-Vorsatz, über die wirtschaftlichen Folgen der Klimakrise und warum wir den "alten Industrien" Adieu sagen sollten
www.derstandard.at
December 27, 2025 at 2:39 PM
„Die gesamte Geschichte der Zivilisation – also unsere gesamte Infrastruktur – wurde daher für das Klima der letzten 10.000 Jahre gebaut, das heute nicht mehr existiert. Jetzt beginnen wir, die Grenzen unserer gesamten Infrastruktur auszutesten.“
www.derstandard.at/story/300000...
www.derstandard.at/story/300000...
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When a chatbot says it’s sorry it’s improv
When a chatbot says it’s sorry it’s improv
You can never change or guilt it
Just go find the guys who built it
When a chatbot says it’s sorry it’s improv
When a chatbot says it’s sorry it’s improv
You can never change or guilt it
Just go find the guys who built it
When a chatbot says it’s sorry it’s improv
New AIWeirdness post: ChatGPT will apologize for anything, including stuff that didn't happen. It's not reflecting on stuff it did wrong, it's improv.
www.aiweirdness.com/chatgpt-will...
www.aiweirdness.com/chatgpt-will...
January 3, 2026 at 4:06 AM
When a chatbot says it’s sorry it’s improv
When a chatbot says it’s sorry it’s improv
You can never change or guilt it
Just go find the guys who built it
When a chatbot says it’s sorry it’s improv
When a chatbot says it’s sorry it’s improv
You can never change or guilt it
Just go find the guys who built it
When a chatbot says it’s sorry it’s improv
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2026 is palindromic in bases 13 (11, 12, 11), 14 (10, 4, 10), 45 (1, 0, 1), 1012 (2, 2) and 2025 (1, 1). #mathsky oeis.org/A216840
A216840 - OEIS
oeis.org
December 31, 2025 at 1:07 PM
2026 is palindromic in bases 13 (11, 12, 11), 14 (10, 4, 10), 45 (1, 0, 1), 1012 (2, 2) and 2025 (1, 1). #mathsky oeis.org/A216840
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The Best – and the Wurst – of Neon 2025.
December 30, 2025 at 1:15 PM
The Best – and the Wurst – of Neon 2025.
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another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
December 27, 2025 at 5:27 PM
another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
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©1976 by AVK Electronics
From the AVK Universal Corporate Archives facebook.com/AVKUniversal
From the AVK Universal Corporate Archives facebook.com/AVKUniversal
December 24, 2025 at 11:52 PM
©1976 by AVK Electronics
From the AVK Universal Corporate Archives facebook.com/AVKUniversal
From the AVK Universal Corporate Archives facebook.com/AVKUniversal
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Merry Christmas, everyone!
Cardiff couple invited man in for Christmas, he stayed for 45 years
An arrangement Rob and Dianne Parsons thought would last a few days ended up changing their lives.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 25, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Merry Christmas, everyone!
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#EU, be the EU 🇨🇳 experts think you are!
"EU will continue to play a significant role in international affairs, drawing on its achievements in integration, its soft power in global governance, and, when pushed to the brink, its resolve to build hard power"
www.pekingnology.com/p/chinas-ger...
"EU will continue to play a significant role in international affairs, drawing on its achievements in integration, its soft power in global governance, and, when pushed to the brink, its resolve to build hard power"
www.pekingnology.com/p/chinas-ger...
China’s Germany watchers take stock of Berlin’s uneasy turn
A year-end seminar in Beijing maps Germany’s domestic strains, security pivot, and the narrowing room in China–EU ties.
www.pekingnology.com
December 24, 2025 at 10:17 AM
#EU, be the EU 🇨🇳 experts think you are!
"EU will continue to play a significant role in international affairs, drawing on its achievements in integration, its soft power in global governance, and, when pushed to the brink, its resolve to build hard power"
www.pekingnology.com/p/chinas-ger...
"EU will continue to play a significant role in international affairs, drawing on its achievements in integration, its soft power in global governance, and, when pushed to the brink, its resolve to build hard power"
www.pekingnology.com/p/chinas-ger...
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Schéi Chrëschtdeeg 🎄
(That’s Merry Christmas in Luxembourgish)
(That’s Merry Christmas in Luxembourgish)
December 24, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Schéi Chrëschtdeeg 🎄
(That’s Merry Christmas in Luxembourgish)
(That’s Merry Christmas in Luxembourgish)
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Hey, let me know which screenshot from our paper you prefer! Happy holidays 😃!
December 24, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Hey, let me know which screenshot from our paper you prefer! Happy holidays 😃!
"AI should always be a choice — something people can easily turn off." So general settings urgently need a button to completely disable AI features. No more fiddling around in about:config. #mozilla #firefox #ai blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/l...
Mozilla’s next chapter: Building the world’s most trusted software company | The Mozilla Blog
Today, I step into the role of CEO of Mozilla Corporation. It is a privilege to lead an organization with a long history of standing up for people and buil
blog.mozilla.org
December 17, 2025 at 11:15 AM
"AI should always be a choice — something people can easily turn off." So general settings urgently need a button to completely disable AI features. No more fiddling around in about:config. #mozilla #firefox #ai blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/l...
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“New Ways to Corrupt LLMs”
open.substack.com/pub/garymarc...
open.substack.com/pub/garymarc...
“New Ways to Corrupt LLMs”
The wacky things statistical-correlation machine like LLMs do – and how they might get us killed
open.substack.com
December 15, 2025 at 9:03 AM
“New Ways to Corrupt LLMs”
open.substack.com/pub/garymarc...
open.substack.com/pub/garymarc...
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can't stop watching this clip of a tesla Optimus teleoperator taking his headset off before properly logging out the robot
December 8, 2025 at 9:29 AM
can't stop watching this clip of a tesla Optimus teleoperator taking his headset off before properly logging out the robot
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With feathers into the afterlife: New results on the Bad Dürrenberg shaman burial #archaeology
phys.org/news/2025-12...
phys.org/news/2025-12...
With feathers into the afterlife: New results on the Bad Dürrenberg shaman burial
The approximately 9,000-year-old grave of the shaman from Bad Dürrenberg (Saalekreis district) is one of the most spectacular finds in Central European archaeology. Excavated under considerable time p...
phys.org
December 12, 2025 at 3:29 PM
With feathers into the afterlife: New results on the Bad Dürrenberg shaman burial #archaeology
phys.org/news/2025-12...
phys.org/news/2025-12...
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Ungleiche Verteilung von Vermögen kennt Martyna Linartas aus ihrer Familie. Ein Gespräch über Erben und Gerechtigkeit, Wahnsinn, Neid und die AfD.
Politologin über soziale Ungleichheit: „Ich habe die Extreme kennengelernt“
Ungleiche Verteilung von Vermögen kennt Martyna Linartas aus ihrer Familie. Ein Gespräch über Erben und Gerechtigkeit, Wahnsinn, Neid und die AfD.
taz.de
December 6, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Ungleiche Verteilung von Vermögen kennt Martyna Linartas aus ihrer Familie. Ein Gespräch über Erben und Gerechtigkeit, Wahnsinn, Neid und die AfD.
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Micron is shutting down its Crucial consumer RAM business in 2026 after nearly three decades, citing heavy demand from AI data centers.
arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025...
#AI #RAM
arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025...
#AI #RAM
After nearly 30 years, Crucial will stop selling RAM to consumers
Micron cites AI data center demand as reason for killing DIY upgrade brand.
arstechnica.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Micron is shutting down its Crucial consumer RAM business in 2026 after nearly three decades, citing heavy demand from AI data centers.
arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025...
#AI #RAM
arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025...
#AI #RAM