Alberto de Murga
@threkk.com
Software engineer at Booking.com, making experimentation and A/B testing better.
I like to make things, mostly with code. I am also interested in learning languages (currently Korean), video games, mini painting.
🌍 Amsterdam
💻 https://threkk.com
I like to make things, mostly with code. I am also interested in learning languages (currently Korean), video games, mini painting.
🌍 Amsterdam
💻 https://threkk.com
13 years flying from/to this airport and first time I realise there are canals between the lanes.
January 31, 2026 at 2:57 PM
13 years flying from/to this airport and first time I realise there are canals between the lanes.
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Very brief highlights of new Dutch government plans:
Defence and security – raise annual budget to €19bn, partly though “freedom contribution“ (extra income tax) worth €3.5bn a year.
Armed forces to grow to 122,000.
Support Ukraine to join EU and Nato.
Create European “Five Eyes” spy network.
Defence and security – raise annual budget to €19bn, partly though “freedom contribution“ (extra income tax) worth €3.5bn a year.
Armed forces to grow to 122,000.
Support Ukraine to join EU and Nato.
Create European “Five Eyes” spy network.
January 30, 2026 at 1:13 PM
Very brief highlights of new Dutch government plans:
Defence and security – raise annual budget to €19bn, partly though “freedom contribution“ (extra income tax) worth €3.5bn a year.
Armed forces to grow to 122,000.
Support Ukraine to join EU and Nato.
Create European “Five Eyes” spy network.
Defence and security – raise annual budget to €19bn, partly though “freedom contribution“ (extra income tax) worth €3.5bn a year.
Armed forces to grow to 122,000.
Support Ukraine to join EU and Nato.
Create European “Five Eyes” spy network.
All internal services down. Someone is going to have a nice Friday afternoon.
January 30, 2026 at 11:23 AM
All internal services down. Someone is going to have a nice Friday afternoon.
Just the day before coming back to the Netherlands it stops raining and it is nice again 😢
January 30, 2026 at 8:19 AM
Just the day before coming back to the Netherlands it stops raining and it is nice again 😢
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Why all incidents happen at 4pm? 😠
January 28, 2026 at 4:28 PM
Why all incidents happen at 4pm? 😠
It is 85 seconds to midnight thebulletin.org/doomsday-clo...
2026 Doomsday Clock Statement - Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
It is 85 seconds to midnight.
thebulletin.org
January 28, 2026 at 2:20 PM
It is 85 seconds to midnight thebulletin.org/doomsday-clo...
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Que hay un puto carrito de bebé. Es que no doy crédito
January 28, 2026 at 9:10 AM
Que hay un puto carrito de bebé. Es que no doy crédito
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What a time to be alive…
January 25, 2026 at 8:42 PM
What a time to be alive…
Because capitalism is not affordable on a single salary 🙄
Polygamous working: why are people secretly doing two or three full-time jobs at once?
Polygamous working: why are people secretly doing two or three full-time jobs at once?
Holding multiple jobs without your employer’s knowledge has boomed in the age of hybrid working. Is it a canny response to job insecurity – or a fast track to getting fired?
www.theguardian.com
January 26, 2026 at 7:38 PM
Because capitalism is not affordable on a single salary 🙄
Hardware update: got a shot that is going to give me back two axis of movement + the nap of my life as a side effect.
January 23, 2026 at 1:26 PM
Hardware update: got a shot that is going to give me back two axis of movement + the nap of my life as a side effect.
My organic hardware issue requires a visit to the human tech support 🤕
January 23, 2026 at 12:54 PM
My organic hardware issue requires a visit to the human tech support 🤕
Yesterday I hurt my neck while running (????) so today I can only move my head like a Lego in a best case scenario 🫠
January 23, 2026 at 8:23 AM
Yesterday I hurt my neck while running (????) so today I can only move my head like a Lego in a best case scenario 🫠
Literally my dog atm.
January 22, 2026 at 2:38 PM
Literally my dog atm.
Unsurprisingly, AI makes your code worse. blog.robbowley.net/2025/12/04/a...
AI Is still making code worse: A new CMU study confirms | Rob Bowley
blog.robbowley.net
January 22, 2026 at 10:22 AM
Unsurprisingly, AI makes your code worse. blog.robbowley.net/2025/12/04/a...
Downside of getting a new coffee machine: I am drinking much more coffee.
January 21, 2026 at 12:47 PM
Downside of getting a new coffee machine: I am drinking much more coffee.
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I think we’ve got better and more culturally-varied street food than I could have imagined, cool jackets galore, and drugs that make us think we’re really fast and strong before they kill us.
we're getting all the downsides of cyberpunk (social alienation, ruthless hyper capitalism, digital mass surveillance state) but none of the promised upsides (cheap street food, cool jackets, super drugs that make you really fast and strong before they kill you)
January 20, 2026 at 10:02 PM
I think we’ve got better and more culturally-varied street food than I could have imagined, cool jackets galore, and drugs that make us think we’re really fast and strong before they kill us.
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Even the power of US sanctions cannot stop PC gamers
January 20, 2026 at 2:54 PM
Even the power of US sanctions cannot stop PC gamers
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I just woke up from a nap and somehow while I was asleep, everyone on the bus has figured out we are not going to the right place
January 20, 2026 at 1:57 AM
I just woke up from a nap and somehow while I was asleep, everyone on the bus has figured out we are not going to the right place
A colleague at work made this. Super interesting to know who is lobbying for what in the EU. www.openlobby.eu
Who is shaping EU policy?
Discover who's meeting EU commissioners and MEPs. Search 50,000+ lobbying events and policy consultations.
www.openlobby.eu
January 20, 2026 at 10:30 AM
A colleague at work made this. Super interesting to know who is lobbying for what in the EU. www.openlobby.eu
I got myself a proper coffee machine ☕️
January 19, 2026 at 8:32 PM
I got myself a proper coffee machine ☕️
La mejor feria de abril la de Madrid.
January 19, 2026 at 10:33 AM
La mejor feria de abril la de Madrid.
Each time I see a summary table in any article I immediately think that it is AI written.
January 19, 2026 at 10:05 AM
Each time I see a summary table in any article I immediately think that it is AI written.