Etienne Schneider
@etschneider.bsky.social
Computer Scientist, professor. From Europe and France. Sometimes my posts are in both French and English.
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It’s widely known (and, I think, pretty uncontroversial) that learning requires effort — specifically, if you don’t have to work at getting the knowledge, it won’t stick.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.
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November 21, 2025 at 12:49 PM
It’s widely known (and, I think, pretty uncontroversial) that learning requires effort — specifically, if you don’t have to work at getting the knowledge, it won’t stick.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
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$170,000 a minute: why Saudi Arabia is the biggest blocker of climate action
$170,000 a minute: why Saudi Arabia is the biggest blocker of climate action
Desert kingdom depends on oil dollars but its people already face a climate ‘at the verge of livability’. What’s going on?
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 6:32 PM
$170,000 a minute: why Saudi Arabia is the biggest blocker of climate action
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It’s 2025 and the mainstream media still thinks videogames are about “winning”
November 16, 2025 at 9:33 AM
It’s 2025 and the mainstream media still thinks videogames are about “winning”
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This is powerfully embarrassing
November 16, 2025 at 9:22 AM
This is powerfully embarrassing
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I can’t allow this
this is what will happen if mamdani makes bus rides free
October 25, 2025 at 11:59 AM
I can’t allow this
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The Roddenberry Archive website is free for all to explore. Lots of cool starships, bridges, documentaries and interviews:
roddenberry.x.io
roddenberry.x.io
roddenberry.x.io
October 15, 2025 at 2:44 PM
The Roddenberry Archive website is free for all to explore. Lots of cool starships, bridges, documentaries and interviews:
roddenberry.x.io
roddenberry.x.io
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La liberté académique dans le monde et en France : un bien de première nécessité
La liberté académique dans le monde et en France : un bien de première nécessité
L'étude « Défendre et promouvoir la liberté académique » conduite par Stéphanie Balme pour France Universités liste 4 axes pour mieux défendre cette liberté indispensable à la vie d'une démocratie.
theconversation.com
October 15, 2025 at 3:12 PM
La liberté académique dans le monde et en France : un bien de première nécessité
OK, I did it! Today I cancelled my #Xbox #GamePass #Ultimate . We were on it for a while, but the last support of MS to Tr*mp and the +50%, it was the hair too much. Bye and thank you. If I want to buy games, it will be on @steampowered.com and on #GoG
#games #videogames #microsoft
#games #videogames #microsoft
October 2, 2025 at 11:38 AM
OK, I did it! Today I cancelled my #Xbox #GamePass #Ultimate . We were on it for a while, but the last support of MS to Tr*mp and the +50%, it was the hair too much. Bye and thank you. If I want to buy games, it will be on @steampowered.com and on #GoG
#games #videogames #microsoft
#games #videogames #microsoft
So, after a long time #Xbox #GamePass Ultimate member, i will #cancel and stop our #subscription. 50% is too much an increase, more over an unjustified one.
October 2, 2025 at 8:46 AM
So, after a long time #Xbox #GamePass Ultimate member, i will #cancel and stop our #subscription. 50% is too much an increase, more over an unjustified one.
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I have approximately zero following on this app, sharing in the hopes it can get in front of the right person. A man I went to college with’s wife was kidnapped by ICE at a green card hearing, and he’s trying to find a reporter who will speak to him about the situation
September 28, 2025 at 1:04 AM
I have approximately zero following on this app, sharing in the hopes it can get in front of the right person. A man I went to college with’s wife was kidnapped by ICE at a green card hearing, and he’s trying to find a reporter who will speak to him about the situation
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They're going to try to overturn Obergefell and end marriage equality. Eyes wide open, folks.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
Not 'the gospel.' Ahead of Supreme Court term, Clarence Thomas weighs in on precedent
As the Supreme Court is about to revisit some major decisions, Justice Thomas said there's nothing sacred about precedent.
www.usatoday.com
September 28, 2025 at 5:40 AM
They're going to try to overturn Obergefell and end marriage equality. Eyes wide open, folks.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
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“AI” isn’t a tool or technology or even a cluster of technologies with a misleading name. It’s the infrastructure at the foundation of a form of capitalism dependent on data brokering. We should be teaching our students about this and not teaching them about “responsible” use.
September 28, 2025 at 1:38 AM
“AI” isn’t a tool or technology or even a cluster of technologies with a misleading name. It’s the infrastructure at the foundation of a form of capitalism dependent on data brokering. We should be teaching our students about this and not teaching them about “responsible” use.
🚂 A peine lancés et déjà supprimés ? Sauvons les trains de nuit Paris-Berlin et Paris-Vienne, un voyage bas-carbone largement plébiscité par ses utilisateurs
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🚂 Sauvons les trains de nuit Paris-Berlin et Paris-Vienne
Signez la pétition maintenant !
agir.greenvoice.fr
September 26, 2025 at 10:48 AM
🚂 A peine lancés et déjà supprimés ? Sauvons les trains de nuit Paris-Berlin et Paris-Vienne, un voyage bas-carbone largement plébiscité par ses utilisateurs
agir.greenvoice.fr/petitions/sa...
agir.greenvoice.fr/petitions/sa...
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for the millionth time - this is NOT solving any kind of plastic problem
"if only someone gave us $7.5B we'd clean up all the plastic in the Pacific"
a) no, no they wouldn't
b) this is terrible ROI for $7.5B
futurism.com/the-byte/oce...
"if only someone gave us $7.5B we'd clean up all the plastic in the Pacific"
a) no, no they wouldn't
b) this is terrible ROI for $7.5B
futurism.com/the-byte/oce...
Cleanup Group Says It's on Track to Eliminate the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
Nonprofit environmental organization The Ocean Cleanup has announced that it can clear the Great Pacific Garbage Patch within a decade.
futurism.com
September 18, 2025 at 4:58 PM
for the millionth time - this is NOT solving any kind of plastic problem
"if only someone gave us $7.5B we'd clean up all the plastic in the Pacific"
a) no, no they wouldn't
b) this is terrible ROI for $7.5B
futurism.com/the-byte/oce...
"if only someone gave us $7.5B we'd clean up all the plastic in the Pacific"
a) no, no they wouldn't
b) this is terrible ROI for $7.5B
futurism.com/the-byte/oce...
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Let me just say a simple thing.
Democrats have no obligation to provide the votes to fund the destruction of our democracy.
If you want my vote for a bipartisan budget, there need to be protections to stop Trump's brazen lawlessness.
Democrats have no obligation to provide the votes to fund the destruction of our democracy.
If you want my vote for a bipartisan budget, there need to be protections to stop Trump's brazen lawlessness.
September 18, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Let me just say a simple thing.
Democrats have no obligation to provide the votes to fund the destruction of our democracy.
If you want my vote for a bipartisan budget, there need to be protections to stop Trump's brazen lawlessness.
Democrats have no obligation to provide the votes to fund the destruction of our democracy.
If you want my vote for a bipartisan budget, there need to be protections to stop Trump's brazen lawlessness.
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War. What is it good for? Absolutely nothing.
September 6, 2025 at 1:45 AM
War. What is it good for? Absolutely nothing.
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Je vous jure que voter à gauche, c'est pas super facile de nos jours...
www.humanite.fr/politique/bi...
www.humanite.fr/politique/bi...
IA : la porte-parole du PS travaille chez Palantir, l'ogre de la surveillance algorithmique choyé par Donald Trump - L'Humanité
Salariée depuis trois ans de Palantir, le très libertarien fleuron de la big tech américaine, Julie Martinez a rejoint, depuis un mois, l’équipe des porte-parole du Parti socialiste. ...
www.humanite.fr
September 6, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Je vous jure que voter à gauche, c'est pas super facile de nos jours...
www.humanite.fr/politique/bi...
www.humanite.fr/politique/bi...
That shows one thing: the #Tech guys ( #Nadella #Cook #Pinchey #AMD etc.) are just there for the money, and for the favors they can get from #Trump by pleasing him... And all of us rely on them, #Android is made by #Google ... Is boycotting a solution? And then what? 3/3
September 6, 2025 at 10:41 AM
On Friday he blackmailed the #EU because of the 3 billion fine to #Google (monopoly or nearly)... That's gangster way of "leading" a country... And he wants Nobel prize for peace 😳 1/n
www.franceinfo.fr/internet/goo...
www.franceinfo.fr/internet/goo...
Amende contre Google : l'eurodéputé Renew Sandro Gozi juge "inacceptable" la menace de représailles de Donald Trump contre l'Union européenne
Malgré les ultimatums de Donald Trump, la Commission européenne a infligé vendredi une amende de 2,95 milliards d'euros à Google, suscitant la réaction furieuse immédiate du président américain.
www.franceinfo.fr
September 6, 2025 at 10:37 AM
On Friday he blackmailed the #EU because of the 3 billion fine to #Google (monopoly or nearly)... That's gangster way of "leading" a country... And he wants Nobel prize for peace 😳 1/n
www.franceinfo.fr/internet/goo...
www.franceinfo.fr/internet/goo...
So, on Thursday the guy living at the #WhiteHouse hosted a diner where most of the tech CEOs came (including #BillGates), and they were all thinking that orange thingy for his "great" work. 🤮
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September 6, 2025 at 10:36 AM
So, on Thursday the guy living at the #WhiteHouse hosted a diner where most of the tech CEOs came (including #BillGates), and they were all thinking that orange thingy for his "great" work. 🤮
1/n
1/n
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I am once again asking you to stop sending us money.
But we do need your time. ⏰
zohranfornyc.com/events
But we do need your time. ⏰
zohranfornyc.com/events
September 5, 2025 at 1:10 PM
I am once again asking you to stop sending us money.
But we do need your time. ⏰
zohranfornyc.com/events
But we do need your time. ⏰
zohranfornyc.com/events
Currently in #Indonesia (context: the Indonesian gouvernent of #PrabowoSubianto decided of heavy taxes to pay indemnities for deputies. Average salary in Indonesia: 200€/month, i.e. many don't get enough for lodging) #CivilUnrest
September 1, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Currently in #Indonesia (context: the Indonesian gouvernent of #PrabowoSubianto decided of heavy taxes to pay indemnities for deputies. Average salary in Indonesia: 200€/month, i.e. many don't get enough for lodging) #CivilUnrest
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With New Guidance, Trump Administration Deceptively Targets Scientific Integrity - Union of Concerned Scientists
With New Guidance, Trump Administration Deceptively Targets Scientific Integrity
Reverting SI policies to what they were in 2021 will unquestionably weaken them. By undoing the work of the past four years, federal agencies will abandon the benefits of all of the public…
blog.ucs.org
August 30, 2025 at 5:28 PM
With New Guidance, Trump Administration Deceptively Targets Scientific Integrity - Union of Concerned Scientists