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"Frontline medics and soldiers near Kramatorsk in eastern Ukraine tell World Affairs Editor Sam Kiley how Nato is far from ready for war with Russia - and is training for a bygone era"
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How to fight in ‘hell’: Ukraine veterans say Nato not ready for war with Russia
Frontline medics and soldiers near Kramatorsk in eastern Ukraine tell World Affairs Editor Sam Kiley how Nato is far from ready for war with Russia - and is training for a bygone era
www.independent.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 8:09 AM
"Frontline medics and soldiers near Kramatorsk in eastern Ukraine tell World Affairs Editor Sam Kiley how Nato is far from ready for war with Russia - and is training for a bygone era"
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To everyone sympathetic for Ukraine who is trying to downplay this or do whataboutism pointing to corruption in the West - the best thing we can do for Ukraine is to help it eliminate corruption ASAP, as it's the single biggest weakness of the country.
November 15, 2025 at 6:51 AM
To everyone sympathetic for Ukraine who is trying to downplay this or do whataboutism pointing to corruption in the West - the best thing we can do for Ukraine is to help it eliminate corruption ASAP, as it's the single biggest weakness of the country.
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Way too much press coverage of "AI" is spent debating the hypemerchants' claims of speed & efficiency & scale of impact, & not nearly enough is time spent on 2 very basic questions:
Are these systems outputs anything like correct? And, if & when they get things wrong, how much harm will that cause?
Are these systems outputs anything like correct? And, if & when they get things wrong, how much harm will that cause?
August 22, 2024 at 3:51 PM
Way too much press coverage of "AI" is spent debating the hypemerchants' claims of speed & efficiency & scale of impact, & not nearly enough is time spent on 2 very basic questions:
Are these systems outputs anything like correct? And, if & when they get things wrong, how much harm will that cause?
Are these systems outputs anything like correct? And, if & when they get things wrong, how much harm will that cause?
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If your post about your research starts with "Breaking:" ... well, I'm surprised you expect other researchers to take you seriously.
November 10, 2025 at 6:32 PM
If your post about your research starts with "Breaking:" ... well, I'm surprised you expect other researchers to take you seriously.
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A cool paper from OOPSLA '25 —
An Empirical Evaluation of Property-Based Testing in Python
→ dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1...
Some interesting findings:
- "Each property-based test finds about 50x as many mutations as the average unit test"
- "76% of mutations were found within the first 20 inputs"
An Empirical Evaluation of Property-Based Testing in Python
→ dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1...
Some interesting findings:
- "Each property-based test finds about 50x as many mutations as the average unit test"
- "76% of mutations were found within the first 20 inputs"
November 8, 2025 at 7:31 PM
A cool paper from OOPSLA '25 —
An Empirical Evaluation of Property-Based Testing in Python
→ dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1...
Some interesting findings:
- "Each property-based test finds about 50x as many mutations as the average unit test"
- "76% of mutations were found within the first 20 inputs"
An Empirical Evaluation of Property-Based Testing in Python
→ dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1...
Some interesting findings:
- "Each property-based test finds about 50x as many mutations as the average unit test"
- "76% of mutations were found within the first 20 inputs"
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Six people died from tampered Tylenol and the company pulled 30 million bottles off the market. ChatGPT is accused of urging seven people towards suicide, and OpenAI just assures us they’re still working out the kinks. Billions in investment, zero accountability.
OpenAI faces 7 lawsuits claiming ChatGPT drove people to suicide, delusions
OpenAI is facing seven lawsuits claiming ChatGPT drove people to suicide and harmful delusions even when they had no prior mental health issues.
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November 8, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Six people died from tampered Tylenol and the company pulled 30 million bottles off the market. ChatGPT is accused of urging seven people towards suicide, and OpenAI just assures us they’re still working out the kinks. Billions in investment, zero accountability.
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I’m going to regret asking this, but… what mechanism are people proposing whereby AI will “end scarcity”?
This feels like literal underpants gnomes thinking, and as I never tire of pointing out, it’s being driven by a lot of the same actual people
This feels like literal underpants gnomes thinking, and as I never tire of pointing out, it’s being driven by a lot of the same actual people
AI could end scarcity, end humanity - or boost trend growth by 0.2 percentage points
November 7, 2025 at 2:51 PM
I’m going to regret asking this, but… what mechanism are people proposing whereby AI will “end scarcity”?
This feels like literal underpants gnomes thinking, and as I never tire of pointing out, it’s being driven by a lot of the same actual people
This feels like literal underpants gnomes thinking, and as I never tire of pointing out, it’s being driven by a lot of the same actual people
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Ukrainian interceptor drone downing a Russian Shahed targeting an apartment building.
Russian forces launch daily from dozens to 100s of long-range Shahed drones carrying up to 90 kg of explosives, along with decoy drones. Most target residential areas and civilian infrastructure.
📹 TG/WarArchive
Russian forces launch daily from dozens to 100s of long-range Shahed drones carrying up to 90 kg of explosives, along with decoy drones. Most target residential areas and civilian infrastructure.
📹 TG/WarArchive
November 6, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Ukrainian interceptor drone downing a Russian Shahed targeting an apartment building.
Russian forces launch daily from dozens to 100s of long-range Shahed drones carrying up to 90 kg of explosives, along with decoy drones. Most target residential areas and civilian infrastructure.
📹 TG/WarArchive
Russian forces launch daily from dozens to 100s of long-range Shahed drones carrying up to 90 kg of explosives, along with decoy drones. Most target residential areas and civilian infrastructure.
📹 TG/WarArchive
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When I was a kid, we'd sing some Russian songs in school. We'd also sing Swedish, French, American and English songs, among other. That wasn't particularly significant as such.
But context matters. With an Ukrainian student, it suddenly becomes very significant. This teacher was a fucking idiot.
But context matters. With an Ukrainian student, it suddenly becomes very significant. This teacher was a fucking idiot.
November 6, 2025 at 7:44 PM
When I was a kid, we'd sing some Russian songs in school. We'd also sing Swedish, French, American and English songs, among other. That wasn't particularly significant as such.
But context matters. With an Ukrainian student, it suddenly becomes very significant. This teacher was a fucking idiot.
But context matters. With an Ukrainian student, it suddenly becomes very significant. This teacher was a fucking idiot.
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This is huge news in @cameronwilson.bsky.social's @thesizzle.com.au- Microsoft is being forced by the Aus regulator refund all the ultra-dodgy AI plan pushing it was doing for Office 365
Wild that other regions aren't also using regulatory power to punish Microsoft
thesizzle.com.au/p/google-sur...
Wild that other regions aren't also using regulatory power to punish Microsoft
thesizzle.com.au/p/google-sur...
November 6, 2025 at 12:02 PM
This is huge news in @cameronwilson.bsky.social's @thesizzle.com.au- Microsoft is being forced by the Aus regulator refund all the ultra-dodgy AI plan pushing it was doing for Office 365
Wild that other regions aren't also using regulatory power to punish Microsoft
thesizzle.com.au/p/google-sur...
Wild that other regions aren't also using regulatory power to punish Microsoft
thesizzle.com.au/p/google-sur...
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Diese Studie ist ein einziger Grusel: "We are hurtling toward climate chaos. ... The accelerating climate crisis is now a major driver of global instability. Extreme weather is causing widespread impacts and direct loss of life, while also driving resource scarcity, displacement, and civil unrest."
The 2025 state of the climate report: a planet on the brink
We are hurtling toward climate chaos. The planet's vital signs are flashing red. The consequences of human-driven alterations of the climate are no longer
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October 30, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Diese Studie ist ein einziger Grusel: "We are hurtling toward climate chaos. ... The accelerating climate crisis is now a major driver of global instability. Extreme weather is causing widespread impacts and direct loss of life, while also driving resource scarcity, displacement, and civil unrest."
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if you see this post, your actions are:
- if you have a spare buck, give it to Wikipedia, then repost this
- if you don't have a spare buck, just repost
your action is mandatory for the world's best source of information to survive
- if you have a spare buck, give it to Wikipedia, then repost this
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your action is mandatory for the world's best source of information to survive
I’ve never donated to Wikipedia before but I set up a small monthly donation as a fuck you to the world’s richest psychopath.
Elon Musk takes aim at Wikipedia
Musk has denounced Wikipedia as "Wokepedia" on X and urged people not to donate to the platform.
www.newsweek.com
December 26, 2024 at 12:03 PM
if you see this post, your actions are:
- if you have a spare buck, give it to Wikipedia, then repost this
- if you don't have a spare buck, just repost
your action is mandatory for the world's best source of information to survive
- if you have a spare buck, give it to Wikipedia, then repost this
- if you don't have a spare buck, just repost
your action is mandatory for the world's best source of information to survive
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Turns out that ai is really bad at making maps based on data... and at history... who would have thought!
Asked Gemini & chatgpt to make a map showing the mortality rate of cities during the 14th century Black Death pandemic... can you spot the errors?
Asked Gemini & chatgpt to make a map showing the mortality rate of cities during the 14th century Black Death pandemic... can you spot the errors?
October 26, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Turns out that ai is really bad at making maps based on data... and at history... who would have thought!
Asked Gemini & chatgpt to make a map showing the mortality rate of cities during the 14th century Black Death pandemic... can you spot the errors?
Asked Gemini & chatgpt to make a map showing the mortality rate of cities during the 14th century Black Death pandemic... can you spot the errors?
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The German company that makes the mechanical ladder used in the Louvre heist has used the image to advertise, with the text 'When you need to move fast'
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October 24, 2025 at 8:27 AM
The German company that makes the mechanical ladder used in the Louvre heist has used the image to advertise, with the text 'When you need to move fast'
10/10 response, no notes
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I'm a computer engineer which is exactly why I want most of my main household items to be offline.
Call me a luddite if you like - but I don't want a bed that stops working when Amazon Web Services goes down.
www.dexerto.com/entertainmen...
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AWS crash causes $2,000 Smart Beds to overheat and get stuck upright - Dexerto
The AWS outage caused chaos for owners of Eight Sleep’s Pod3 mattresses as they had no offline mode and were stuck at high temperatures.
www.dexerto.com
October 23, 2025 at 12:58 PM
I'm a computer engineer which is exactly why I want most of my main household items to be offline.
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Take a deep breath. Instead of a typical Trump delay for “2 weeks” in this case he has opted for 4 weeks.
October 23, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Take a deep breath. Instead of a typical Trump delay for “2 weeks” in this case he has opted for 4 weeks.
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A new free piece released. The Trump "harsh" sanctions on Russia last night were anything but. They actually provide protection for Russia's biggest oil customers to transact business for at least the next 4 weeks--and have no automatic sanction after that. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
The New US Sanctions Move Actually Protects Russia For Now
Think Four Weeks, Not Two
open.substack.com
October 23, 2025 at 8:29 AM
A new free piece released. The Trump "harsh" sanctions on Russia last night were anything but. They actually provide protection for Russia's biggest oil customers to transact business for at least the next 4 weeks--and have no automatic sanction after that. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
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I will not join any celebrations until I get credible logic convincing me that this constitutes an actual and meaningful action with measurable impact.
October 22, 2025 at 9:50 PM
I will not join any celebrations until I get credible logic convincing me that this constitutes an actual and meaningful action with measurable impact.
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Wir drehen uns weiter im Kreis. Wieder lehnt Russland eine Waffenruhe ab. Putin will nicht verhandeln, sondern seine Maximalforderungen durchsetzen – diplomatisch oder militärisch. Warum sich nichts ändert? Weil Trump zwar mit Konsequenzen droht, aber keine Konsequenzen zieht.
Putin lehnt die angebotene Waffenruhe ab. Stattdessen schlägt er Verhandlungen vor. Er simuliert Diplomatie, um weiter Krieg zu führen. Wenn Europa und USA es mit ihrem Ultimatum ernst meinen, muss es Montag schärfere Sanktionen geben – und stärkere Unterstützung für die Ukraine.
October 22, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Wir drehen uns weiter im Kreis. Wieder lehnt Russland eine Waffenruhe ab. Putin will nicht verhandeln, sondern seine Maximalforderungen durchsetzen – diplomatisch oder militärisch. Warum sich nichts ändert? Weil Trump zwar mit Konsequenzen droht, aber keine Konsequenzen zieht.
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Spare some love today for Collingwood. The other Admiral at Trafalgar.
Proud northerner. Hater of flogging. Legit brilliant commander and Nelson's trusted right hand. First into battle on Royal Sovereign. Took charge after Nelson was sniped and saved the British Fleet.
Here's HIS Trafalgar... /1 🧵
Proud northerner. Hater of flogging. Legit brilliant commander and Nelson's trusted right hand. First into battle on Royal Sovereign. Took charge after Nelson was sniped and saved the British Fleet.
Here's HIS Trafalgar... /1 🧵
October 21, 2023 at 9:52 AM
Spare some love today for Collingwood. The other Admiral at Trafalgar.
Proud northerner. Hater of flogging. Legit brilliant commander and Nelson's trusted right hand. First into battle on Royal Sovereign. Took charge after Nelson was sniped and saved the British Fleet.
Here's HIS Trafalgar... /1 🧵
Proud northerner. Hater of flogging. Legit brilliant commander and Nelson's trusted right hand. First into battle on Royal Sovereign. Took charge after Nelson was sniped and saved the British Fleet.
Here's HIS Trafalgar... /1 🧵
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Anthropic is spending more on its Amazon Web Services contract than *all of the revenue it's generating*, according to Ed's source who's familiar with the deals. Pretty wild snapshot of the #2 AI company here.
Exclusive: Anthropic spent $2.66 billion on Amazon Web Services in the first three quarters of 2025, around 100% of their estimated revenue. Its costs appear to increase with their revenue, showing little path to profitability.
www.wheresyoured.at/costs/
www.wheresyoured.at/costs/
This Is How Much Anthropic and Cursor Spend On Amazon Web Services
So, I originally planned for this to be on my premium newsletter, but decided it was better to publish on my free one so that you could all enjoy it. If you liked it, please consider subscribing to su...
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October 20, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Anthropic is spending more on its Amazon Web Services contract than *all of the revenue it's generating*, according to Ed's source who's familiar with the deals. Pretty wild snapshot of the #2 AI company here.
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