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Utopiah
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· Nov 8
Naive heuristic : avoiding gadgets or services (free or not) that increase inequality by design, through technology or business model or both, would be a good starting point.
FWIW if you are experiencing a @Signal.org outage status.signal.org
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February 3, 2026 at 4:32 PM
FWIW if you are experiencing a @Signal.org outage status.signal.org
While China does solar panels and nuclear, basically leaving behind the US as a petrocracy.
Resource curse is a thing.
Resource curse is a thing.
Amazing example of the lightning speed of improvement in renewable energy
This wind farm in Ireland is getting an upgrade after 34 years
*EACH ONE* of the new wind turbines will produce more electricity than *ALL* of the 21 old turbines combined
This wind farm in Ireland is getting an upgrade after 34 years
*EACH ONE* of the new wind turbines will produce more electricity than *ALL* of the 21 old turbines combined
Last turbine on first commercial wind farm dismantled
The last wind turbine of what was Ireland's first commercial wind farm at Bellacorick in Co Mayo has been dismantled.
www.rte.ie
February 3, 2026 at 7:07 AM
While China does solar panels and nuclear, basically leaving behind the US as a petrocracy.
Resource curse is a thing.
Resource curse is a thing.
Hard Fun by Seymour Papert dailypapert.com/hard-fun/
Hard Fun - The Daily Papert
Hard Fun By Seymour Papert I have had a lot of flack from people who read this column (and other things I have written) as advocating taking the hard work and discipline out of learning. I don’t blame...
dailypapert.com
January 31, 2026 at 8:47 PM
Hard Fun by Seymour Papert dailypapert.com/hard-fun/
There is no Claude, just other people's code Michiel Leenaars @fosdem.org
January 31, 2026 at 9:43 AM
There is no Claude, just other people's code Michiel Leenaars @fosdem.org
How many devices can a RPiZero or RPi3 handle over WiFi?
It's just to serve static pages so I bet the WuFi hardware itself is the bottleneck here, no CPU or IO.
Any approximation on how such an AP could handle?
It's just to serve static pages so I bet the WuFi hardware itself is the bottleneck here, no CPU or IO.
Any approximation on how such an AP could handle?
January 31, 2026 at 9:39 AM
How many devices can a RPiZero or RPi3 handle over WiFi?
It's just to serve static pages so I bet the WuFi hardware itself is the bottleneck here, no CPU or IO.
Any approximation on how such an AP could handle?
It's just to serve static pages so I bet the WuFi hardware itself is the bottleneck here, no CPU or IO.
Any approximation on how such an AP could handle?
So it begins, @nlnetlabs.bsky.social at @fosdem.org
January 31, 2026 at 9:03 AM
So it begins, @nlnetlabs.bsky.social at @fosdem.org
NSFW
Another day, Another proof that your life is better without Microsoft Teams. Can’t believe they shipped that.
January 29, 2026 at 4:54 PM
NSFW
Inside a Quest 2 : motherboard, cameras, BT module, WiFi module, fan with heat sink, speakers, battery etc i.e a typical mobile computer with a different form factor.
January 28, 2026 at 8:49 PM
Inside a Quest 2 : motherboard, cameras, BT module, WiFi module, fan with heat sink, speakers, battery etc i.e a typical mobile computer with a different form factor.
"Writing is like squirting dish soap on an idea: it makes the holes obvious." open.substack.com/pub/experime...
... well no, prototyping does though! Writing makes the holes obvious to anybody expert enough to evaluate the idea (which is hard) whereas genuine prototyping let ANYBODY actually try.
... well no, prototyping does though! Writing makes the holes obvious to anybody expert enough to evaluate the idea (which is hard) whereas genuine prototyping let ANYBODY actually try.
Text is king
read on, queen
open.substack.com
January 27, 2026 at 6:11 AM
"Writing is like squirting dish soap on an idea: it makes the holes obvious." open.substack.com/pub/experime...
... well no, prototyping does though! Writing makes the holes obvious to anybody expert enough to evaluate the idea (which is hard) whereas genuine prototyping let ANYBODY actually try.
... well no, prototyping does though! Writing makes the holes obvious to anybody expert enough to evaluate the idea (which is hard) whereas genuine prototyping let ANYBODY actually try.
Text is king www.experimental-history.com/p/text-is-king with a hierarchy of needs topped by "watching short videos where dudes get nailed in the 'nads"
or "The unspoken assumption is that most humans, other than a few rare intellectuals, have a hierarchy of needs that looks like this:"
or "The unspoken assumption is that most humans, other than a few rare intellectuals, have a hierarchy of needs that looks like this:"
January 26, 2026 at 3:41 PM
Text is king www.experimental-history.com/p/text-is-king with a hierarchy of needs topped by "watching short videos where dudes get nailed in the 'nads"
or "The unspoken assumption is that most humans, other than a few rare intellectuals, have a hierarchy of needs that looks like this:"
or "The unspoken assumption is that most humans, other than a few rare intellectuals, have a hierarchy of needs that looks like this:"
How come I learn only now that Google infamous TPU was made in partnership with Broadcom? www.theregister.com/2023/09/22/g...
I was somehow convinced it was an internal Google project. Anyway, live & learn.
I was somehow convinced it was an internal Google project. Anyway, live & learn.
For your info, Broadcom helped Google make those TPU chips
And Meta's tapping up Big B too – it's big bucks for this silicon giant
www.theregister.com
January 26, 2026 at 1:33 PM
How come I learn only now that Google infamous TPU was made in partnership with Broadcom? www.theregister.com/2023/09/22/g...
I was somehow convinced it was an internal Google project. Anyway, live & learn.
I was somehow convinced it was an internal Google project. Anyway, live & learn.
lol wut?! "The bigger problem is demand" spectrum.ieee.org/humanoid-rob... bro, I'm not MBA but if the problem is demand for a non working "product" ... then I don't know what even is NOT a problem. from @spectrum.ieee.org
Reality Is Ruining the Humanoid Robot Hype
It takes more than building a humanoid robot to build a humanoid robot product.
spectrum.ieee.org
January 26, 2026 at 11:00 AM
lol wut?! "The bigger problem is demand" spectrum.ieee.org/humanoid-rob... bro, I'm not MBA but if the problem is demand for a non working "product" ... then I don't know what even is NOT a problem. from @spectrum.ieee.org
Better VR equipment? How about a more flexible self instead? news.ki.se/how-brain-wa...
"how the brain solves the challenge of integrating signals from the body to create a coherent sense of self [which] can contribute to the development of [...] more realistic virtual reality experiences."
"how the brain solves the challenge of integrating signals from the body to create a coherent sense of self [which] can contribute to the development of [...] more realistic virtual reality experiences."
How brain waves shape our sense of self
A new study from Karolinska Institutet, published in Nature Communications, reveals how rhythmic brain waves known as alpha oscillations help us distinguish between our own body and the external world...
news.ki.se
January 26, 2026 at 9:23 AM
Better VR equipment? How about a more flexible self instead? news.ki.se/how-brain-wa...
"how the brain solves the challenge of integrating signals from the body to create a coherent sense of self [which] can contribute to the development of [...] more realistic virtual reality experiences."
"how the brain solves the challenge of integrating signals from the body to create a coherent sense of self [which] can contribute to the development of [...] more realistic virtual reality experiences."
In case you are not, like me, a geographer that's where Minneapolis is.
So... I'm also not an expert in immigration, or customs, but that does not strike me, in the middle of the country with no border nor a big international airline hub, as a strategical location.
But what do I know.
So... I'm also not an expert in immigration, or customs, but that does not strike me, in the middle of the country with no border nor a big international airline hub, as a strategical location.
But what do I know.
January 26, 2026 at 7:27 AM
In case you are not, like me, a geographer that's where Minneapolis is.
So... I'm also not an expert in immigration, or customs, but that does not strike me, in the middle of the country with no border nor a big international airline hub, as a strategical location.
But what do I know.
So... I'm also not an expert in immigration, or customs, but that does not strike me, in the middle of the country with no border nor a big international airline hub, as a strategical location.
But what do I know.
Reposted by Utopiah
A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.
January 25, 2026 at 12:28 PM
A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.
I genuinely don't understand why people would want to rely on tools that lie to them BY DESIGN.
tomaszmachnik.pl/case-study-m...
This is all fun and games when the user can :
- verify the claims (which is trivial for basic arithmetic)
- actually does so
... but who would keep on doing it? Why?!
tomaszmachnik.pl/case-study-m...
This is all fun and games when the user can :
- verify the claims (which is trivial for basic arithmetic)
- actually does so
... but who would keep on doing it? Why?!
Case Study: Creative Math - Faking the Proof | Tomasz Machnik
tomaszmachnik.pl
January 26, 2026 at 6:03 AM
I genuinely don't understand why people would want to rely on tools that lie to them BY DESIGN.
tomaszmachnik.pl/case-study-m...
This is all fun and games when the user can :
- verify the claims (which is trivial for basic arithmetic)
- actually does so
... but who would keep on doing it? Why?!
tomaszmachnik.pl/case-study-m...
This is all fun and games when the user can :
- verify the claims (which is trivial for basic arithmetic)
- actually does so
... but who would keep on doing it? Why?!
Yeay, Monday (early) morning success : after setting up my F-Droid test repository I've setup my own Debian package repository!
Sure it's insecure, sure there is only 1 (barely working) package but it's mine & it's genuinely self-hosted from my living room!😅
Details git.benetou.fr/utopiah/bigg...
Sure it's insecure, sure there is only 1 (barely working) package but it's mine & it's genuinely self-hosted from my living room!😅
Details git.benetou.fr/utopiah/bigg...
January 26, 2026 at 5:17 AM
Yeay, Monday (early) morning success : after setting up my F-Droid test repository I've setup my own Debian package repository!
Sure it's insecure, sure there is only 1 (barely working) package but it's mine & it's genuinely self-hosted from my living room!😅
Details git.benetou.fr/utopiah/bigg...
Sure it's insecure, sure there is only 1 (barely working) package but it's mine & it's genuinely self-hosted from my living room!😅
Details git.benetou.fr/utopiah/bigg...
Fibre integrated circuits by a multilayered spiral architecture www.nature.com/articles/s41... (via Cedric Honnet mas.to/@CedHon/1159... on Mastodon)
Fibre integrated circuits by a multilayered spiral architecture - Nature
Fibre integrated circuits created by first preparing circuitry on extremely thin and flexible substrates and then mechanically rolling them up demonstrate microdevice density reaching 100,000 transist...
www.nature.com
January 22, 2026 at 1:29 PM
Fibre integrated circuits by a multilayered spiral architecture www.nature.com/articles/s41... (via Cedric Honnet mas.to/@CedHon/1159... on Mastodon)
lol... "dozens" my gosh this is supposed to be the most exciting companies of all markets and it gets less traction than the small startups from the network (YC) it started from a decade ago.
Pathetic for something that was supposed to revolutionary Humanity itself. What a sad joke.
Pathetic for something that was supposed to revolutionary Humanity itself. What a sad joke.
OpenAI has reached out to “dozens” of advertisers to buy less than $1 million each, and will roll out the ads beginning in February, according to The Information.
https://sherwood.news/tech/openai-shares-how-it-will-charge-for-chatgpt-ads/
https://sherwood.news/tech/openai-shares-how-it-will-charge-for-chatgpt-ads/
OpenAI shares how it will charge for ChatGPT ads
OpenAI has reached out to “dozens” of advertisers to buy less than $1 million each, and will roll out the ads beginning in February, according...
sherwood.news
January 22, 2026 at 9:42 AM
lol... "dozens" my gosh this is supposed to be the most exciting companies of all markets and it gets less traction than the small startups from the network (YC) it started from a decade ago.
Pathetic for something that was supposed to revolutionary Humanity itself. What a sad joke.
Pathetic for something that was supposed to revolutionary Humanity itself. What a sad joke.
Well damn that's a bold business model "waiting for a R1, you will receive a R2. If you had a R1, we will offer a strong discount on a R2." www.kickstarter.com/projects/sta... curious now how it'll working without AndroidXR (so no WebXR? Wolvic?) and with the Frame also coming.
Update 39: Tomorrow is a fresh start · Lynx
Hi, Stan here.Tomorrow, we are introducing a major upgrade to Lynx: the Lynx-R2. It is a continuation of our efforts to create the best mixed reality experience at an affordable price with an open and...
www.kickstarter.com
January 20, 2026 at 12:50 PM
Well damn that's a bold business model "waiting for a R1, you will receive a R2. If you had a R1, we will offer a strong discount on a R2." www.kickstarter.com/projects/sta... curious now how it'll working without AndroidXR (so no WebXR? Wolvic?) and with the Frame also coming.
"I am not advocating that everyone be a pure artisan, a Worker par excellence. Delegation is a component of practical and effective work. But maxing out on delegation turns you into a boss. [...] If we convert all craftspeople to bosses, we may find real production and innovation grinds to a halt."
Still thinking about worker vs boss mentality about AI.
Little Bosses Everywhere
grant.leaflet.pub
January 20, 2026 at 7:10 AM
"I am not advocating that everyone be a pure artisan, a Worker par excellence. Delegation is a component of practical and effective work. But maxing out on delegation turns you into a boss. [...] If we convert all craftspeople to bosses, we may find real production and innovation grinds to a halt."