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eisfrosch
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Informatique / linguistique / biologie

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eisfrosch.bsky.social
"Archaeologists discovered that people have known about popcorn for millennia [...] Between 2007 and 2011, evidence as early as 4,700 BCE for popping corn were discovered as macrofossil cobs" (yes I read the Wikipedia page on popcorn while eating popcorn) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popcorn...
Popcorn - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
October 18, 2025 at 12:40 AM
eisfrosch.bsky.social
Talking about wildfire predictions with numerical simulations and machine learning models. What I found the most interesting during my research is how ecosystems have adapted to fire and how indigenous communities developed controlled burns to modify their environment.
youtu.be/3mawXsPqdbs
Wildfires and the Limits of Computers
YouTube video by eisfrosch
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September 27, 2025 at 6:55 PM
eisfrosch.bsky.social
They've run out of names
The page "Waluigi effect" from Wikipedia. The text goes: "In the field of artificial intelligence (AI), the Waluigi effect is a phenomenon of large language models (LLMs) in which the chatbot or model "goes rogue" and may produce results opposite of the designed intent, including potentially threatening or hostile output, either unexpectedly or through intentional prompt engineering."
September 13, 2025 at 10:20 PM
eisfrosch.bsky.social
List of worker owned tech cooperatives
github.com/hng/tech-coops
GitHub - hng/tech-coops: A list of tech coops and resources concerning tech coops and worker owned cooperatives in general.
A list of tech coops and resources concerning tech coops and worker owned cooperatives in general. - hng/tech-coops
github.com
September 10, 2025 at 5:01 PM
eisfrosch.bsky.social
I know I'm basic but cooling off in a lake after playing beach volleyball is a 10 / 10 experience
August 20, 2025 at 11:50 PM
eisfrosch.bsky.social
I knew that nitroplasts could fix nitrogen but I somehow didn't know about lightning, this is really cool
An excerpt from the Wikipedia page "Nitrogen fixation". The paragraph is titled "Lightning". It goes: "Nitrogen can be fixed by lightning converting nitrogen gas (N2) and oxygen gas (O2) in the atmosphere into NOx (nitrogen oxides). The N2 molecule is highly stable and nonreactive due to the triple bond between the nitrogen atoms. Lightning produces enough energy and heat to break this bond allowing nitrogen atoms to react with oxygen, forming NOx. These compounds cannot be used by plants, but as this molecule cools, it reacts with oxygen to form NO2, which in turn reacts with water to produce HNO2 (nitrous acid) or HNO3 (nitric acid). When these acids seep into the soil, they make NO3− (nitrate), which is of use to plants."
August 5, 2025 at 1:30 AM
eisfrosch.bsky.social
I have found a new Wikipedia page to fuel my optimism: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
List of open-source hardware projects - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
July 25, 2025 at 2:38 AM
eisfrosch.bsky.social
I wanna talk about copyright. I got comments in my video about monopolization in the GPU market pointing out that large companies weaponize patents to get rid of competitors. And with AI taking space in creative careers, it seems like copyright laws should be updated or dropped. A few thoughts 🧵
July 22, 2025 at 1:50 AM
eisfrosch.bsky.social
This is the sequel to the video I made in March about how complicated GPU programming can get. Here, I tried to figure out WHY it is so inconvenient and how it can evolve in the future.
youtu.be/oaOxMdKlJTc
Why GPU Programming Is Chaotic
YouTube video by eisfrosch
youtu.be
July 20, 2025 at 6:05 PM
eisfrosch.bsky.social
They've been selling assistants since the IBM PC! With just one keystroke, you could open a calculator, a notepad, and even a calendar! archive.org/details/byte...
The vintage "Byte" magazine with an advertisement that displays: "Whenever you're using your computer . . . from start to finish of your session . . . Sidekick™ will be there ready to serve. And it's as lightning-fast and compact as only Borland knows how to make it. Always just a keytroke away... Introductory Offer $49.95"
July 16, 2025 at 3:21 AM
eisfrosch.bsky.social
Je comprends de moins en moins la logique d'augmenter les salaire au public coûte que coûte et d'espérer de meilleurs résultats, Biron gagne plus que des ministres élus et imputables mais elle sert juste à rendre le système moins transparent
theconversation.com/des-salaires...
Des salaires toujours plus hauts, une reddition inexistante. Le dilemme de la gouvernance à Santé Québec
Comment évaluer la performance des dirigeants publics ? À l’heure où les salaires s’alignent sur le privé, la logique des résultats doit suivre le même chemin.
theconversation.com
June 30, 2025 at 6:42 PM
eisfrosch.bsky.social
Je suis tombé sur le budget participatif de l'Île-de-France (www.iledefrance.fr/participer-l...) qui permet centralise des propositions citoyennes pour des projets écologiques. Ça me semble beaucoup plus efficace que des projets pilotes à la carte.
Budget participatif écologique
Vous souhaitez créer un projet écologique et solidaire ? Soumettez vos idées aux votes des Franciliens pour bénéficier d’une aide financière.
www.iledefrance.fr
June 25, 2025 at 9:16 PM
eisfrosch.bsky.social
J'ai entendu une chanson de France Gall à la pharmacie alors je réécoute toute sa discographie
June 23, 2025 at 11:14 PM
eisfrosch.bsky.social
J'ai commencé à écouter la commission Gallant pendant que je fais le ménage à la place de mettre de la musique
www.cesis.gouv.qc.ca/audiences-pu...
Enregistrement des audiences - CESIS
www.cesis.gouv.qc.ca
June 18, 2025 at 11:06 PM
eisfrosch.bsky.social
YouTube me laisse même pas ajouter de pistes audio dans d'autres langues MAIS il a essayé de me générer du doublage automatique (ça a planté, quel système incroyable). Je vais ajouter la piste en français quand ils vont rendre la fonctionnalité disponible pour ma chaîne.
June 17, 2025 at 10:46 AM
eisfrosch.bsky.social
My new video explains my various grievances about the ambient AI discourse. We often run in loops discussing the same things ("will we lose jobs", "when will AGI happen"), I try to avoid speculations to focus to current and real problems.
youtu.be/5GjeJ8kQST4
AI Singularity Is A Smokescreen
YouTube video by eisfrosch
youtu.be
June 17, 2025 at 10:42 AM
eisfrosch.bsky.social
Nature made a list of the 10 most cited paper of the 21st century. 4 papers are in machine learning, 3 are in health sciences / biology, 2 are in psychology, and 1 is in chemistry (more precisely, a crystallography computer program). 🧵
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Exclusive: the most-cited papers of the twenty-first century
A Nature analysis reveals the 25 highest-cited papers published this century and explores why they are breaking records.
www.nature.com
June 6, 2025 at 9:08 PM
eisfrosch.bsky.social
HOW DO YOU NAME THAT THING DADDY LONGLEGS

One was taking a stroll across the wall so I decided to translate it, English ended up having the worse (best?) name
Screenshot of the Wikipedia article "Opiliones" at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opiliones. Text: "The Opiliones (formerly Phalangida) are an order of arachnids, colloquially known as harvestmen, harvesters, harvest spiders, or daddy longlegs (see § Etymology below). As of July 2024, over 6,650 species of harvestmen have been discovered worldwide,[1][2][3] although the total number of extant species may exceed 10,000.[4] The order Opiliones includes five suborders: Cyphophthalmi, Eupnoi, Dyspnoi, Laniatores, and Tetrophthalmi, which were named in 2014.[5]
June 6, 2025 at 1:27 AM
eisfrosch.bsky.social
NEW DWARF PLANET ALERT - 2017 OF201 is 700 km wide (smaller than Ceres, bigger than Vesta) and takes 25000 years to orbit the Sun. Its discoverers say that makes "planet X" even less likely to exist (other astronomers disagree). Article not peer-reviewed yet
skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-ne...
Another Dwarf Planet in Our Solar System?
A newly discovered object in the outer solar system, 2017 OF201, is the largest found in more than a decade.
skyandtelescope.org
May 29, 2025 at 11:50 AM
eisfrosch.bsky.social
I had to use VBA for the first time in my life to modify an Exc*l sheet and it made me feel like I had been shot in the legs
May 28, 2025 at 8:09 PM
eisfrosch.bsky.social
Un rapport de HEC Montréal rapporte "un lien négatif robuste [...] au Québec entre la rémunération et l’offre de services médicaux" qui semble se généraliser aux autres provinces. J'espère juste que le rapport ne servira pas à alimenter la démagogie envers les médecins
cjp.hec.ca/wp-content/u...
Figure 30 du rapport "Évolution récente de l’offre de services médicaux et de la rémunération des médecins au Québec" publié en mai 2025 par Benatia et al. La figure indique : "Relation entre la croissance de la rémunération par ETP et la réduction de l'intensité de travail (ETP par médecin) 2014-2022" (ETP = équivalent temps plein). Les provinces canadiennes et le Québec observent une diminution de l'intensité du travail des médecins quand leur rémunération augmente.
May 24, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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casmudde.bsky.social
1. As almost every research shows, young men have NOT turned to the right — compared to older men. In fact, they moved slightly to the left compared to older men.

Young WOMEN have turned to the left compared to older women.

Recent graph on Trump approval provides good example.
May 14, 2025 at 12:25 PM
eisfrosch.bsky.social
My favorite bug is the 2015 Dreamliner overflow. If you don't power cycle the airplane within 248 days (2^31 centiseconds), the electrical power straight up shuts down. Apparently it has been fixed by now.

www.i-programmer.info/news/149-sec...
Reboot Your Dreamliner Every 248 Days To Avoid Integer Overflow
Programming book reviews, programming tutorials,programming news, C#, Ruby, Python,C, C++, PHP, Visual Basic, Computer book reviews, computer history, programming history, joomla, theory, spreadsheets...
www.i-programmer.info
May 13, 2025 at 3:33 AM
eisfrosch.bsky.social
What fascinates me the most about this is how presumably competent CEOs jump into AI hype so easily. And they are the ones running the economy!

Still, 25 % is pretty high in my eyes. I wonder how it compares to other technologies.
caseynewton.bsky.social Casey Newton @caseynewton.bsky.social · May 13
I wrote about the myth of the "AI-native" startup and new data finding buyers' remorse from CEOs who have attempted to spread it throughout their organizations www.platformer.news/ai-native-st...
Siemiatkowski has a lot of company here. Last week, IBM released the results of a survey of 2,000 CEOs from 33 countries. It found that only 25 percent of AI initiatives have delivered the expected return on investment in recent years, and that just 16 percent have scaled across their respective companies. To a comical degree, these failed AI experiments seem to be caused by a panicked fear of missing out: the survey found that 64 percent of CEOs "say the risk of falling behind drives them to invest in some technologies before they have a clear understanding of the value they bring to the organization." In other words, it isn't just us in the tech press that can too easily fall for AI hype. The CEOs are falling for it, too — and they're spending a lot more money on it than we are.
May 13, 2025 at 3:26 AM
eisfrosch.bsky.social
I've just been accepted to volunteer at a Roller Derby competition, I'm so excited!
May 10, 2025 at 3:50 PM