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My most recent e-book shelf, with things still to finish, some yet to start, and two to re-read for further notes taking / references research
I honestly can't stop laughing: "Conclusion
What can developers and researchers learn from these results? More reasoning isn't always better.", when it comes to "AI" vs captcha 🤣

research.roundtable.ai/captcha-benc...
Benchmarking Leading AI Agents Against CAPTCHAs
We evaluate three leading AI models—Claude Sonnet 4.5, Gemini 2.5 Pro, and GPT-5—on their ability to solve Google reCAPTCHA v2 challenges and find significant performance differences, with success rat...
research.roundtable.ai
November 10, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Way overly optimistic about what's going to happen, the book is an interesting read, nonetheless.
November 10, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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Depuis le retour de Trump au pouvoir, les ­cow-boys de l'ICE et les entreprises privées se frottent les mains devant le durcissement de la politique migratoire, qui leur assure de se faire un paquet d'oseille
États-Unis. Grâce à Trump, les migrants sont désormais cotés en Bourse
Septembre 2024. Les agents du FBI sont sur les dents. Voilà plusieurs semaines qu’ils planchent sur une affaire de corruption qui pourrait bien faire scandale. Ils savent qu’ils vont devoir la jouer fine s’ils veulent coincer le type dont on leur a juré à plusieurs reprises qu’il acceptait les pots-de-vin en échange de contrats gouvernementaux. […]
charliehebdo.fr
November 10, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Could someone, please, explain to me what would be the difference between the two options, preferably in non-AI language:

gizmodo.com/palantir-ceo...
Palantir CEO Says a Surveillance State Is Preferable to China Winning the AI Race
He also had strong opinions about people's
gizmodo.com
November 8, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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🎧 Fermez Netflix, ouvrez Rousseau.
Dans ces lectures des "Rêveries du promeneur solitaire", l’écrivain confie ses doutes, ses joies, ses blessures, et fait de la marche un chemin vers la liberté intérieure.
➡️ https://l.franceculture.fr/bOn
November 7, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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🔵 EUROPE'S FAIRPHONE ENTERS U.S. MARKET TAPPING RIGHT-TO-REPAIR DEMAND

Full Story → https://m.piqsuite.com/reuters/europes-fairphone-enters-us-market-tapping-right-to-repair-demand-2025-11-05-07-01-47
November 5, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Milei getting $40 billion bailout from US taxpayers, and possibly buying French submarines. If this is not Art of the Deal, I don't know what is. 🤣

www.infobae.com/politica/202...
Milei confirmó que Argentina quiere comprarle submarinos a Francia: la trama y los detalles del operativo
El Presidente lo dijo en un reportaje con un medio de ese país. “Le estamos comprando, además, unos buques para patrullar las costas”, añadió. El Estado podría no pagar hasta recibir las unidades
www.infobae.com
November 6, 2025 at 9:55 PM
There is no end to the circus, and seen from a safe distance, it's actually quite entertaining:

arstechnica.com/health/2025/...
FDA described as a “clown show” amid latest scandal; top drug regulator is out
FDA regulator accused of using position to exact revenge on old business associate.
arstechnica.com
November 5, 2025 at 8:07 AM
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✍️ Si le trumpisme n’a de cesse que d’encourager la confusion entre religion et politique, c’est à la république de protéger la liberté de croire des citoyens en veillant à ce que la foi ne cherche pas à investir l’Etat pour imposer ses «lois» à la société, pointe le journaliste Patrick Sabatier.
Aux Etats-Unis, la démocratie empêtrée dans le fanatisme
Si le trumpisme n’a de cesse que d’encourager la confusion entre religion et politique, c’est à la république de protéger la liberté de croire des citoyens en veillant à ce que la foi ne cherche à investir l’Etat pour imposer ses «lois».
www.liberation.fr
November 2, 2025 at 9:02 PM
What happens to the US I knew? Is this actually a movie?

"Chicago: Helicopters = Raids tomorrow?

In Lincoln Park and now Belmont - Kimball, there really wasn’t much or any ICE activity. The neighborhood is buzzed with a low flying Blackhawk. The next day raids start." ...
October 30, 2025 at 1:02 PM
October 30, 2025 at 8:34 AM
1) “BEHOLD!” said the Professor. “By cunningly configuring this mere machine—a simple arrangement of copper and sand, animated by tiny flickers of lightning—I have made it play chess!”
“So what?” said the Student. “A human can also play chess.”
October 29, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Barely into the second chapter, and Steven Pinker's new book got "promoted" on my need to finish first shelf.
October 27, 2025 at 11:51 AM
"I wanted to change the world. I did that. I made it worse."

truestoryaward.org/story/230
The Finkelstein Formula - True Story Award
The Global Reporter Prize in Bern, Switzerland
truestoryaward.org
October 25, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Interesting data point:
"Top 20 Most Blocked Users on Bluesky"

vqv.app/blocks/
Top 20 Most Blocked Users - Bluesky Stats
See the most blocked users on Bluesky
vqv.app
October 23, 2025 at 8:01 AM
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Après avoir distillé ici et là ses grandes prédictions sur l'Antéchrist, voilà que Peter Thiel, magnat de la Silicon Valley, en remet une couche contre ceux qui s'opposent au développement de l'intelligence artificielle
Le milliardaire Peter Thiel bande sur la fin du monde et fantasme sur l’Antéchrist
Kshitij Kulkarni est-il un petit rebelle qui n’écoute pas les consignes ou un simple rouage dans une campagne de communication orchestrée pour ne pas donner l’impression d’en être une ? Allez savoir. Toujours est-il que le 19 septembre dernier, l’homme, ingénieur dans la tech résidant aux États-Unis, a commis l’irréparable : sur son blog et […]
charliehebdo.fr
October 21, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Bravo Chicago, ma ville de cœur, parmi toutes les autres !!! ✌️
Au moins 2700 rassemblements se sont tenus aux quatre coins des États-Unis, samedi, pour protester contre la politique jugée «autoritariste» et «fasciste» de Donald Trump.
October 19, 2025 at 10:28 AM
John Cusack: “What’s interesting is that he doesn’t understand that all the labor rights around the world came from this place [#Chicago]. So if he thinks this place is going to be a fascist hub – no chance!”

youtu.be/o8o_LTjq9-0
Actor John Cusack Spotted At 'No Kings' Rally In Chicago, Illinois
YouTube video by Forbes Breaking News
youtu.be
October 19, 2025 at 3:29 AM
www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025...

Didn't know TikTok ran on a mainframe. Or maybe I'm confusing the It crowd guy??
October 12, 2025 at 4:26 PM
The "beauty" of capital markets being manipulated with absolutely no repercussions. There is not enough popcorn to just wait, watch and enjoy the circus:

youtu.be/5fTv9ThJg6U
what did he know?
YouTube video by voidzilla
youtu.be
October 12, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Nobel Prize winner Daniel Kahneman, of "Noise" and "Thinking, Fast and Slow" fame (among others), opts for suicide in Switzerland

www.bluewin.ch/en/entertain...
Nobel Prize winner opts for suicide in Switzerland
At the age of 90, Nobel Prize winner Daniel Kahneman has decided to die by his own hand in Switzerland. He spent his last days in Paris - conscious, fulfilled and quiet.
www.bluewin.ch
October 11, 2025 at 12:52 PM
It's funny how financial info comes through, nowadays, e.g.: "Gold Hits $4,000 For The First Time" (Forbes), when - in reality - this should read: "For the first time you cannot buy more than 1/4000th of an ounce of gold with one US dollar" ;-)
October 8, 2025 at 7:02 PM
With just the audio on you could easily think this is SNL. Unfortunately reality beats fiction nowadays

youtu.be/9IZjaggkbag
Trump Takes 'Credit' For Warning About Osama Bin Laden One Year Before 9/11 Terror Attacks
YouTube video by Forbes Breaking News
youtu.be
October 7, 2025 at 9:50 AM