2025-10-01 20:29:28
In which I (probably foolishly) make a bunch of predictions about the future of #GenAI: https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/202x/2025/09/26/GenAI-Predictions
In which I (probably foolishly) make a bunch of predictions about the future of #GenAI: https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/202x/2025/09/26/GenAI-Predictions
"Yuki's Revenge": Tarantino produziert neue "Kill Bill"-Szene in Unreal Engine
Quentin Tarantino hat einen Kurzfilm in der Unreal Engine produziert. "Yuki's Revenge" zeigt eine gestrichene Szene aus "Kill Bill".
Terrorist (n): see Israeli settler. https://assortedflotsam.com/@NewsBot/115298233722842922
Ukraine war latest: Chornobyl Nuclear Plant loses power after Russian attack on nearby town, Kyiv says: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/01/ukraine-war-latest-chornobyl-nuclear.html
Google unveils Gemini for Home, replacing Assistant on smart speakers with new voice options and improved conversational skills, and a redesigned Home app (Abner Li/9to5Google)
https://9to5google.com/2025/10/01/gemini-for-home-app-launch/
U.S. kills 11 in strike on alleged drug vessel from Venezuela, Trump says https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/09/02/trump-drug-strike-venezuela/
Now this is progress: London considering planting trees in former parking places:
https://fitzrovianews.com/2025/10/01/trees-could-be-planted-in-former-car-parking-spaces-in-fitzrovia-west/
Too early to make Planet of the Apes jokes?
I love waking up to the smell of a fresh ChatGPT Pulse in the morning.
RE: https://ec.social-network.europa.eu/@EUCommission/115643458015221823
Jumping on the AI hype while it is collapsing is such a perfect summary for a lot of EU tech policy. This not only shows lack of understanding but lack of leadership …
I really do like the "Stop #Hacklore!" recommendations from https://www.hacklore.org/
However, in my opinion, they do ignore the gigantic
I miss the days when you would write a blog post and there would be a whole bunch of comments...
https://rasterweb.net/raster/2012/09/26/laser-kaleidoscope/
#Til neues Wort: durchbeleidigt werden
Trump says troops "going in" to Chicago after judge rules use of National Guard illegal - Salon.com
https://www.salon.com/2025/09/02/trump-says-troops-going-in-to-chicago-after-judge-rules-use-of-national-guard-illegal/
これが正解みたいだね! :ablobcheer:
つまり、朝5時にメンテするな、ということでFAのようです \(^o^)/
QT: https://c.koliosky.com/notes/adc30uyvimh10lql
from my link log —
The holes in the map: England's unregistered land.
https://whoownsengland.org/2019/01/11/the-holes-in-the-map-englands-unregistered-land/
saved 2019-01-12
Jeg lærer fra Krigskunst Podcasten i dag at Danmark har nu en Forening for Digital Uafhængighed.. Til at være helt ærlig er det virkelig på tiden når man hŸrer alle mulige scenarier.
Sikker en spændende verden vi bor i nu..
https://krigskunst.dk/2025/09/30/danmark-skal-oege-digital-suveraenitet/
Pitkyn saitilla on tervehdys tänään 246 vuotta täyttävälle Tampereelle
https://pitky.fi/2025/10/01/onnea-246-vuotiaalle-tampereelle/
@… your naming here is impeccable
Hegseth will find out that the initial bombing is also very illegal, this hiding behind an admiral won't save him.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/01/us/hegseth-drug-boat-strik…
Friend: Want to come to my get together tomorrow?
Me: Oh, I'll have to ch–
Friend: My cat has kittens
Me: On my way!!
Wow. So much implicit trickle down economics. https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2019002510/how-excited-should-we-be-about-the-amazon-announcement Come on, Paul, AWS and Microsoft having…
In case of emergency, boop the comedy whippet nose!
And if you live in the UK, please consider signing this petition to limit the sale of those super-loud fireworks! https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/738192?embedded_webview=true
Ein Aspekt, der soweit ich sehe, kaum thematisiert wird, ist dass viele Hollywood-Blockbuster, die Werte favorisiert haben, die das Gegenteil dessen sind, was Trump, Vance, rfk und MAGA heute tun und vetbreiten, von der Weinstein Company (= Harvey Weinstein) produziert und erfolgreich vermarktet wurden. Hauptwahlkampfspender der erfolgreichen demokratischen präsidentschaftskandidaten war Weinstein. Zu Fall gebracht wurde Weinstein durch ein projekt von Ronan Farrow (Sohn des Mafia-Freundes Sina…
The Grinch did nothing wrong. He wasn't *stealing* #Christmas, he was just gathering a corpus for training his #AI model. Investors are already lining up with their billions to fund the construction of the Whoville Data Center, ignoring concerns from residents.
Kyiv Independent editor-in-chief Olga Rudenko receives CEPA’s 2025 Freedom Fighter Award: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/01/kyiv-independent-editorinchief-olga-rudenko.html
China: Europäische Firmen leiden unter Exportkontrollen und blicken ins Ausland
Der Handelsstreit zwischen China und den USA trifft auch europäische Firmen: Die neuen Exportkontrollen sorgen für Verzögerungen, zeigt eine Umfrage.
Omnicom's DM9 returned three Cannes awards after a NC state senator and CNN Brazil found the company had used AI to manipulate their content and used it for ads (Emmanuel Felton/Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/11/30/deep-fake-whirlo…
"So what if, right, what if, we put the data centres in … space!
This idea has a lot of appeal if you’ve read too much sci-fi, and it sounds obvious if you don’t know any practical details."
(Original title: AI data centres — in SPACE! Why DCs in space can’t work)
https://
#Grokipedia zeigt auf der Hauptseite zum Zeitpunkt der Veröffentlichung des Toots eine Zahl von 885279 Artikeln an.
Weiss jemand ob es irgendwo eine regelmässig aktualisierte Statistik gibt?
#GrokipediaArticleCount
The most interesting type of replyguy is the meta-replyguy (as in the greek prefix, not the tech company).
Here's a typical interaction:
Me: [Question] Please only reply if you know the answer.
Someone: I googled it for 5 seconds, here's the answer. [It's not the answer.]
Me: Did you not read my post? I only wanted replies if you know the answer.
Meta-replyguy: You're an asshole.
???
U.S. conducts ‘lethal strike’ on alleged drug vessel in Caribbean - The Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/09/02/trump-drug-strike-venezuela/
Very saddened to learn that Bill Schwab died a month ago. He was one of my favorite landscape photographers and sharers of knowledge. Heartbreaking news & such a loss!
https://randomphoto.blogspot.com/2025/10/bill-schwabs-left-us.html
まぁ制約はあって、個人サーバ側から #fedibird タグの全投稿を見ることができません。フォローしているアカウントの分しか流れてこないので!
Fedibirdのリレーサービスに参加すれば全投稿がみられますが、それでも多い。
そういうときは、ハッシュタグリレーが便利です。ハッシュタグ付き投稿だけが流れてくるリレーです。
それでもかなり余分な投稿、流れてきますけどね。
で、じゃあ配送してくれるサービスの方がありがたいな、となったときに便利なのが、グループ機能です(続く……続かないかも)
China deutet Ausnahmen von Nexperia-Lieferstopp an
Die Lieferprobleme bei Nexperia könnten zunehmen – und damit auch deutsche Autoindustrie treffen. China lenkt etwas ein.
https://www.heise…
Fire erupts at major Russian oil refinery in Yaroslavl: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/01/fire-erupts-at-major-russian.html
Russia's Ukraine war spurred a new generation of defense tech investors and startups like Helsing, applying a profit-driven model to Europe's military buildup (Patricia Cohen/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/business/economy/defens…
🙋♂️ What the fuck is wrong with you?
❓ Have you ever seen a bandwagon you didn’t want to jump on?
💩 Can you please be less shit? https://ec.social-network.europa.eu/@EUCommission/115643458015221823
Me: I wonder what this thing is, please don't reply with how to use Google.
Multiple replies: I've used Google to find this thing! [Spoiler: it's not the thing]
Ein Aspekt, der soweit ich sehe, kaum thematisiert wird, ist dass viele Hollywood-Blockbuster, die Werte favorisiert haben, die das Gegenteil dessen sind, was Trump, Vance, rfk und MAGA heute tun und vetbreiten, von der Weinstein Company (= Harvey Weinstein) produziert und erfolgreich vermarktet wurden. Hauptwahlkampfspender der erfolgreichen demokratischen präsidentschaftskandidaten war Weinstein. Zu Fall gebracht wurde Weinstein durch ein projekt von Ronan Farrow (Sohn des Mafia-Freundes Sina…
Etwas mehr der heute besonders häufig geteilten #News:
Datenschutz: Bundesregierung will kleine Änderungen mit großer Wirkung
War up close: How Ukraine’s soldier-photographers document their fight: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/01/war-up-close-how-ukraines.html
How live sports betting has exploded in popularity in the US, accounting for more than half of the money wagered on FanDuel and DraftKings in recent quarters (Jenny Vrentas/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/busin…
“I watch others from afar—chasing dreams I cannot reach, climbing ladders I cannot touch, celebrating victories that sound like whispers from another life. They wake without fear. They plan without hesitation. They move through a world that no longer belongs to me. And I… I measure my days by the tremor of explosions, by the moments when the sky feels ready to collapse.
War steals more than homes—it swallows the ordinary: quiet mornings, free laughter, hands meeting without trembling. …
Oil depots explode in Russia as Ukrainian forces liberate towns from occupation: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/01/oil-depots-explode-in-russia.html
24時間経過ちょうどぐらいで戻ったみたいですね。もしくは、判定を5時に行っているか……
Source: HR software company Gusto paid ~$600M to acquire Guideline, which offers 401(k) plans to SMBs; Guideline raised $340M and had a $1.15B valuation in 2021 (TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/01/sources-g…
Hell for the invader: Ukraine destroys a $625 million radar and repel assaults near Pokrovsk: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/01/hell-for-the-invader-ukraine.html
The AI boom has led to high demand and more pay for the construction workers that build data centers; a trade group says there is a shortage of ~439K workers (Te-Ping Chen/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle…
misskey.ioから配送こないの、全然なおってないわねー
Ukraine’s strikes on Russian refineries spark fuel shortages, export bans, and price hikes: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/01/ukraines-strikes-on-russian-refineries.html
Simple, an AI-powered health coaching app to help users lose weight, raised a $35M Series B led by Kevin Hart's HartBeat Ventures (Dominic-Madori Davis/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/01/kevin-harts-vc-firm-leads-35m-series-…
@… Mastodonは投稿するときに本文を解析してメンションを抽出する。
で、データベース上の投稿データには本文とメンションが別々に記録・管理されてる。
リモートに投稿を配送する場合も、本文とメンションは別々に伝えられている。
で、他の実装では、本文に含まれていない相手をメンションに追加することもあるので、見えないメンションも存在するよ。
Chornobyl Nuclear Plant loses power after Russian attack on nearby town, Energy Ministry says: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/01/chornobyl-nuclear-plant-loses-power.html
Russia may be using around 20,000 North Korean workers in military production, Ukrainian general says: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/01/russia-may-be-using-around.html
メンションのない返信は通知しないと思うよー
Axiom Math, which aims to build an "AI mathematician" and has recruited researchers from Meta, raised a $64M seed led by B Capital at a $300M valuation (Rashi Shrivastava/Forbes)
https://www.forbes.com/sites…
Ukraine's Security Service visits Kyiv Independent CEO’s home, says it’s in unrelated investigation: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/01/ukraines-security-service-visits-kyiv.html
HSBC signs a deal with Mistral to access Mistral's AI models and collaborate on developing new models for internal use, as big banks rush to adopt generative AI (Ortenca Aliaj/Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/7b8e4ea8-ae17-4ada-9117-9f859589ce1d
おはようございます(ねこがおおい)
French military intercepts Russian ship suspected of launching drones into European airspace, Guardian reports: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/01/french-military-intercepts-russian-ship.html
Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino says the company plans to distribute its new USAT token on Rumble to capture US market share; Tether holds a 48% stake in Rumble (Suvashree Ghosh/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20…
One of Russia's five largest oil refineries mysteriously caught fire #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/01/one-of-russias-five-largest.html
Ukrainian forces changed beyond recognition in 11 years, says military expert #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/01/ukrainian-forces-changed-beyond-recognition.html
Anduril conducts the first flight of its jet-powered unmanned drone, flying it "semi-autonomously", as the US Air Force plans swarms of unmanned jet drones (David Jeans/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace
Today drones, tomorrow missiles – Russia will not stop threatening Europe, says Zelensky #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/01/today-drones-tomorrow-missiles-russia.html
Nexperia's China unit says it has "sufficient inventories" to sustain order fulfillment "through year-end and beyond", after the parent suspended wafer supplies (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/china/nexper
💥 STRIKE on an oil pipeline in the Moscow region – Ukrainian intelligence operation #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/01/strike-on-an-oil-pipeline.html
SAG-AFTRA criticizes AI-generated actress Tilly Norwood, the subject of a viral UK TV show parody, saying it opposes replacing performers with "synthetics" (Thomas Buckley/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20
HUR reports explosions at rail, pipeline hub in Russia’s Novosibirsk, Bryansk oblasts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/01/hur-reports-explosions-at-rail.html
Epic says Apple's iOS 18.6 "updated user experience" for alt app marketplaces increased installations "for the first time", cutting drop-offs from 65% to ~25% (Jess Weatherbed/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/789421/epic-games-s…
ZELENSKYY: These are SPECIAL days when a lot can really CHANGE! #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/01/zelenskyy-these-are-special-days.html
Microsoft makes Xbox Cloud Gaming generally available, removing its beta tag after over five years, and adds 1440p support, and raises bitrate quality to 27Mbps (Tom Warren/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/789461/xbox-cloud-gaming-launch…
Kyiv: Ukraine has destroyed 48% of Russia’s Pantsir air-defense systems: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/01/kyiv-ukraine-has-destroyed-of.html
Shock! Europe threatened by the "Oreshnik" — What will be the response?: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/01/shock-europe-threatened-by-the.html
Meta plans to start using users' AI chatbot conversations to help personalize ads and content, starting December 16, but not in the UK, South Korea, and the EU (Meghan Bobrowsky/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/te…
Syrskyi visits Pokrovsk front line, denies reports of city’s encirclement: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/01/syrskyi-visits-pokrovsk-front-line.html
A look at Allen Control Systems, maker of AI-powered gun turrets designed to shoot down drones, co-founded by Steven Simoni, who sold Bbot to DoorDash for $125M (David Jeans/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/technology/how-silicon-valley-warlo…
Kyiv says strikes disable Moscow region fuel pipeline supplying Russian forces: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/01/kyiv-says-strikes-disable-moscow.html
Ukraine deploys special forces to Pokrovsk amid Russian claims of encirclement: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/01/ukraine-deploys-special-forces-to.html
🔥 UAVs already over PUTIN’S head! Swarm over MOSCOW! The Baltics anticipate WAR: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/01/uavs-already-over-putins-head.html
'They're not scary' — Ukraine's drone commander 'Madyar' promises blackouts in Russia after new strikes: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/01/theyre-not-scary-ukraines-drone.html
Ukraine says stabilization under way in Pokrovsk, denies Russian claim that GUR commandos were wiped out: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/01/ukraine-says-stabilization-under-way.html
🚀 Controlled exports: Ukraine sells its weapons #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/01/controlled-exports-ukraine-sells-itsweaponsshorts.html
❗ MOSCOW'S mayor is truly terrified! UAVs surrounded the KREMLIN #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/01/moscows-mayor-is-truly-terrified.html
⚡ We are striking Russia with drone responses for what it does, — Zelenskyy #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/01/we-are-striking-russia-with.html
Trump and Xi draw closer — a new world order without Putin: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/01/trump-and-xi-draw-closer.html
Syrskyi Asks Budanov for Reinforcements to Defend Pokrovsk: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/01/syrskyi-asks-budanov-for-reinforcements.html
Ukrainian military: Russian troops in Pokrovsk lie low as they await reinforcements: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/01/ukrainian-military-russian-troops-in.html
Commander of Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces urges Russians to brace for blackouts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/01/commander-of-ukraines-unmanned-systems.html
⚡ Why hasn't Russia won this war? Jake Broe explains #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/01/why-hasnt-russia-won-this.html
TRUMP behind PUTIN'S back talks to XI! The meeting gets a 12 out of 10! #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/01/trump-behind-putins-back-talks.html
Zelensky arrives in Copenhagen for European Political Community summit: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/02/zelensky-arrives-in-copenhagen-for.html