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C'est intéressant ce que le patron de Larian raconte de l'utilisation faite de l'IA Gen chez eux. Cela correspond à ce que j'entends dire ailleurs, assez loin du discours public coincé entre prophètes et ayatollahs.
If I had known the two paragraphs about genAI in my article today would be so controversial, I would have expanded them a bit! Here's a rough transcript of the relevant portion of my interview with Swen Vincke, so everyone has all the context. (Full article here: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...)
December 17, 2025 at 12:48 PM
C'est intéressant ce que le patron de Larian raconte de l'utilisation faite de l'IA Gen chez eux. Cela correspond à ce que j'entends dire ailleurs, assez loin du discours public coincé entre prophètes et ayatollahs.
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THE ITERATION IS THE GOOD BIIIIIIIT
I have grown to believe that excessive wealth does something to your brain that is analogous to a serious head injury
December 15, 2025 at 9:05 AM
THE ITERATION IS THE GOOD BIIIIIIIT
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A worth reading thread on why the EU is not lagging the US economically:
- GDP per capita is higher in the US, but so is the cost of living
- Europeans work fewer hours but have a similar productivity
- Europeans enjoy better living standards and have a lower carbon footprint
- GDP per capita is higher in the US, but so is the cost of living
- Europeans work fewer hours but have a similar productivity
- Europeans enjoy better living standards and have a lower carbon footprint
It has become received wisdom in Brussels and Washington that there is a new “euro-sclerosis”: that the EU economy is lagging the US
This view is wrong
A little primer on the measurement of productivity – and why reports of the economic death of Europe are greatly exaggerated🧵
This view is wrong
A little primer on the measurement of productivity – and why reports of the economic death of Europe are greatly exaggerated🧵
December 12, 2025 at 2:25 PM
A worth reading thread on why the EU is not lagging the US economically:
- GDP per capita is higher in the US, but so is the cost of living
- Europeans work fewer hours but have a similar productivity
- Europeans enjoy better living standards and have a lower carbon footprint
- GDP per capita is higher in the US, but so is the cost of living
- Europeans work fewer hours but have a similar productivity
- Europeans enjoy better living standards and have a lower carbon footprint
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Part of me feels like Dark Souls wouldn't have caught on if the first game had difficulty settings. It'd be "cheap", "pointless", etc.
Arcade games had a relatively granular difficulty option via credit feeding and it played a big part in them written off as "button mashers"/"quarter munchers".
Arcade games had a relatively granular difficulty option via credit feeding and it played a big part in them written off as "button mashers"/"quarter munchers".
November 28, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Part of me feels like Dark Souls wouldn't have caught on if the first game had difficulty settings. It'd be "cheap", "pointless", etc.
Arcade games had a relatively granular difficulty option via credit feeding and it played a big part in them written off as "button mashers"/"quarter munchers".
Arcade games had a relatively granular difficulty option via credit feeding and it played a big part in them written off as "button mashers"/"quarter munchers".
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Oh wow! This is so awful, I hate it!
A narrative sequel to Kill Bill is premiering in Fortnite later this week, over 20 years after the original film
www.eurogamer.net/a-narrative-...
www.eurogamer.net/a-narrative-...
November 27, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Oh wow! This is so awful, I hate it!
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Anyone out there that thinks driverless cars are the future are being duped.
These things will not solve traffic issues. They will only make it worse.
The only way to do that is a mix of improved public transport (trains, trams & buses) & active transport (walk or cycle).
Anything else is a con.
These things will not solve traffic issues. They will only make it worse.
The only way to do that is a mix of improved public transport (trains, trams & buses) & active transport (walk or cycle).
Anything else is a con.
Waymo privatized another public street:
Chanel approaching 4th, San Francisco
Possibly queued for a Billie Eilish show at Chase Center ~half mile away.
The light rail train on 4th seen passing in front of this roboherd has more passenger capacity than all of them combined.
OP: .tiktok.renaspam18
Chanel approaching 4th, San Francisco
Possibly queued for a Billie Eilish show at Chase Center ~half mile away.
The light rail train on 4th seen passing in front of this roboherd has more passenger capacity than all of them combined.
OP: .tiktok.renaspam18
November 25, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Anyone out there that thinks driverless cars are the future are being duped.
These things will not solve traffic issues. They will only make it worse.
The only way to do that is a mix of improved public transport (trains, trams & buses) & active transport (walk or cycle).
Anything else is a con.
These things will not solve traffic issues. They will only make it worse.
The only way to do that is a mix of improved public transport (trains, trams & buses) & active transport (walk or cycle).
Anything else is a con.
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This is surely one of the most vivid, symbolic photos of recent years.
It says everything about where the United States is right now.
It says everything about where the United States is right now.
October 20, 2025 at 9:55 PM
This is surely one of the most vivid, symbolic photos of recent years.
It says everything about where the United States is right now.
It says everything about where the United States is right now.
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Having a real good time with Absolum. It does an excellent job giving you new skills to toy with, and varied paths to explore.
Feels like a very clever iteration on the Streets of Rage formula, bringing it up to date. Solid stuff.
Feels like a very clever iteration on the Streets of Rage formula, bringing it up to date. Solid stuff.
October 19, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Having a real good time with Absolum. It does an excellent job giving you new skills to toy with, and varied paths to explore.
Feels like a very clever iteration on the Streets of Rage formula, bringing it up to date. Solid stuff.
Feels like a very clever iteration on the Streets of Rage formula, bringing it up to date. Solid stuff.
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Vous vous plaignez de ne pas avoir de gouvernement, mais aux Etats-Unis c'est pire : ils en ont un.
This is a breathtaking abuse of the law and power by the President of the United States.
America is on the brink of martial law.
Do not be silent.
America is on the brink of martial law.
Do not be silent.
This evening, President Trump is ordering 400 members of the Texas National Guard for deployments to Illinois, Oregon, and other locations within the United States. No officials from the federal government called me directly to discuss or coordinate.
October 6, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Vous vous plaignez de ne pas avoir de gouvernement, mais aux Etats-Unis c'est pire : ils en ont un.
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Paris-Berlin sleeper: low carbon, 2 years old, constantly full, but currently losing SNCF a few million EUR/yr
Intl Jet fuel tax exemptions are 80 years old and cost the EU 22 million EUR/yr for the Paris-Berlin route alone.
And you're cutting... the sleeper?
www.theguardian.com/travel/2025/...
Intl Jet fuel tax exemptions are 80 years old and cost the EU 22 million EUR/yr for the Paris-Berlin route alone.
And you're cutting... the sleeper?
www.theguardian.com/travel/2025/...
It’s goodnight Vienna as Paris sleeper train to Austria and Berlin hit by cuts
Some Nightjet services suspended from mid-December after French withdrawal amid public budget crisis
www.theguardian.com
September 29, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Paris-Berlin sleeper: low carbon, 2 years old, constantly full, but currently losing SNCF a few million EUR/yr
Intl Jet fuel tax exemptions are 80 years old and cost the EU 22 million EUR/yr for the Paris-Berlin route alone.
And you're cutting... the sleeper?
www.theguardian.com/travel/2025/...
Intl Jet fuel tax exemptions are 80 years old and cost the EU 22 million EUR/yr for the Paris-Berlin route alone.
And you're cutting... the sleeper?
www.theguardian.com/travel/2025/...
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Xbox 360 Dollars Per Year
October 1, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Xbox 360 Dollars Per Year
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EA is an ill omen for the American game industry and AAA in general for a number of reasons but #3 is one I've been thinking about a lot when commentators talk about indies picking up the pieces. Indies fundamentally can't provide enough jobs to sustain a professional game industry of scale.
before you say “well losing EA is no big loss”
1. shut the fuck up
2. people have families to feed
3. games such as hades only exist because the studio cofounders met while they were at EA. studios that make games you don’t like are still enormous institutions of gamedev experience and knowledge
1. shut the fuck up
2. people have families to feed
3. games such as hades only exist because the studio cofounders met while they were at EA. studios that make games you don’t like are still enormous institutions of gamedev experience and knowledge
September 30, 2025 at 4:48 PM
EA is an ill omen for the American game industry and AAA in general for a number of reasons but #3 is one I've been thinking about a lot when commentators talk about indies picking up the pieces. Indies fundamentally can't provide enough jobs to sustain a professional game industry of scale.
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Une pétition contre la fin des mises à jour de Windows 10, qui équipe des centaines de millions d’ordinateurs dans le monde
Une pétition contre la fin des mises à jour de Windows 10, qui équipe des centaines de millions d’ordinateurs dans le monde
L’échéance du 14 octobre se rapprochant, des associations font pression sur Microsoft, qui reste déterminé à cesser les mises à jour de son système d’exploitation malgré le poids écologique et budgétaire induit.
www.lemonde.fr
September 16, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Une pétition contre la fin des mises à jour de Windows 10, qui équipe des centaines de millions d’ordinateurs dans le monde
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400 millions d'ordinateurs concernés par ce cas d'obsolescence logicielle. Pour forcer à l'encadrement de ces pratiques → nontaxewindows.fr
September 16, 2025 at 9:38 AM
400 millions d'ordinateurs concernés par ce cas d'obsolescence logicielle. Pour forcer à l'encadrement de ces pratiques → nontaxewindows.fr
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Hi authors! Please remember to file a claim!
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
arstechnica.com
August 27, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Hi authors! Please remember to file a claim!
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Today, I'm retiring my email newsletter and doubling down on RSS. Some call this 1990s news format old-fashioned; I say it's the future.
My blog post at jordanmechner.com explains why.
Drop me a comment to say if you (A) agree, (B) disagree, (C) What the heck is RSS?
My blog post at jordanmechner.com explains why.
Drop me a comment to say if you (A) agree, (B) disagree, (C) What the heck is RSS?
August 25, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Today, I'm retiring my email newsletter and doubling down on RSS. Some call this 1990s news format old-fashioned; I say it's the future.
My blog post at jordanmechner.com explains why.
Drop me a comment to say if you (A) agree, (B) disagree, (C) What the heck is RSS?
My blog post at jordanmechner.com explains why.
Drop me a comment to say if you (A) agree, (B) disagree, (C) What the heck is RSS?
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oh my god it’s true
We are gonna have charts for AI slop exposure by generation like we do lead
July 30, 2025 at 3:57 AM
oh my god it’s true
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In old folks' homes in the future they'll have a special 'nostalgic' intranet set up to remind us of the old days and it'll be just forums and blogs and no AI and I'm gonna love it.
July 17, 2025 at 8:51 AM
In old folks' homes in the future they'll have a special 'nostalgic' intranet set up to remind us of the old days and it'll be just forums and blogs and no AI and I'm gonna love it.
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Absolument rien de positif dans la relation avec les Etats-Unis ne viendra de concessions préalables. Trump et la Big Tech n'y verront qu'une incitation à pousser leur avantage.
Oui, exactement comme Poutine.
www.politico.eu/article/vict...
Oui, exactement comme Poutine.
www.politico.eu/article/vict...
Victory for Trump as EU backs down on digital taxes in next budget
Shelving the plan could help EU persuade the U.S. to give it a more favorable trade deal and comes just two months after the Commission suggested it.
www.politico.eu
July 12, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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If "AI" was as valuable as they say it is, they wouldn't be selling it to you. They'd be using it themselves in secret to make the next Minecraft, the next Avatar, the next Hello Kitty and then they'd sell that to you.
They're trying to sell you a sick goose, while pretending it lays golden eggs.
They're trying to sell you a sick goose, while pretending it lays golden eggs.
July 10, 2025 at 4:41 AM
If "AI" was as valuable as they say it is, they wouldn't be selling it to you. They'd be using it themselves in secret to make the next Minecraft, the next Avatar, the next Hello Kitty and then they'd sell that to you.
They're trying to sell you a sick goose, while pretending it lays golden eggs.
They're trying to sell you a sick goose, while pretending it lays golden eggs.
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Update (July 7, 2025)
July 7, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Update (July 7, 2025)
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🤩 l'astronaute Nichole Ayers a sans nul doute pris la photo de farfadet la plus incroyable de tous les temps à bord de l'ISS...
Regardez la taille phénoménale de cet éclair, au bas mot de plusieurs dizaines voir une centaine de km !
Regardez la taille phénoménale de cet éclair, au bas mot de plusieurs dizaines voir une centaine de km !
July 3, 2025 at 7:10 PM
🤩 l'astronaute Nichole Ayers a sans nul doute pris la photo de farfadet la plus incroyable de tous les temps à bord de l'ISS...
Regardez la taille phénoménale de cet éclair, au bas mot de plusieurs dizaines voir une centaine de km !
Regardez la taille phénoménale de cet éclair, au bas mot de plusieurs dizaines voir une centaine de km !
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Madsen wasn't even *in* Pulp Fiction. Christ this is all just so embarrassing.
AI DOESN'T WORK. STOP USING IT.
AI DOESN'T WORK. STOP USING IT.
Reservoir Dogs was 1992, not 1994. Pulp Fiction was 2 years later, not 11 years later. Jesus Christ, @theguardian.com, whatever wretched AI rubbish you’re using in place of proper journalists, it ain’t working. Switch it off.
July 4, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Madsen wasn't even *in* Pulp Fiction. Christ this is all just so embarrassing.
AI DOESN'T WORK. STOP USING IT.
AI DOESN'T WORK. STOP USING IT.
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Comme chaque année, lors des grandes vagues de chaleur, nous assistons à une farandole d’articles accrocheurs sur l’arrêt de centrale nucléaire pour cause de canicule.
July 2, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Comme chaque année, lors des grandes vagues de chaleur, nous assistons à une farandole d’articles accrocheurs sur l’arrêt de centrale nucléaire pour cause de canicule.