Morten Grøftehauge
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Picture is of a gay white guy in a green v-neck.
It seems most of the data people ended up on Bluesky so here I am.
It seems most of the data people ended up on Bluesky so here I am.
That's not people though. Spotify continues play after a queue ends and they preferentially choose songs that give up part of their revenue. Combine that with streaming "SEO", manipulating algorithms to promote or select your catalog, and you get AI songs in charts.
November 16, 2025 at 12:34 PM
That's not people though. Spotify continues play after a queue ends and they preferentially choose songs that give up part of their revenue. Combine that with streaming "SEO", manipulating algorithms to promote or select your catalog, and you get AI songs in charts.
I've got no skin in that game
November 15, 2025 at 7:36 PM
I've got no skin in that game
Like you say, data centers don't bring jobs and I've never heard of them being a source of corporate tax revenue. Aren't they all cost? Not even sales taxes.
The Colorado River hasn't reached the sea in 50 years. All of it is used. A third goes to growing animal feed, about a tenth to cities.
The Colorado River hasn't reached the sea in 50 years. All of it is used. A third goes to growing animal feed, about a tenth to cities.
November 14, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Like you say, data centers don't bring jobs and I've never heard of them being a source of corporate tax revenue. Aren't they all cost? Not even sales taxes.
The Colorado River hasn't reached the sea in 50 years. All of it is used. A third goes to growing animal feed, about a tenth to cities.
The Colorado River hasn't reached the sea in 50 years. All of it is used. A third goes to growing animal feed, about a tenth to cities.
I really don't think you need potable water for evaporative cooling.
The trick is that data centers don't need water but it's cheaper than electricity.
The trick is that data centers don't need water but it's cheaper than electricity.
November 14, 2025 at 9:31 PM
I really don't think you need potable water for evaporative cooling.
The trick is that data centers don't need water but it's cheaper than electricity.
The trick is that data centers don't need water but it's cheaper than electricity.
Evaporative cooling is most effective in dry climates and not terribly important in cool climates. So you need to evaluate each data center locally. Is it in a place like Mexico City or Arizona where water consumption is already unsustainable? Not going to make it better, is it?
November 14, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Evaporative cooling is most effective in dry climates and not terribly important in cool climates. So you need to evaluate each data center locally. Is it in a place like Mexico City or Arizona where water consumption is already unsustainable? Not going to make it better, is it?
Job applications are mainly about reading your CV for the hiring manager and pointing out how it aligns with the job advert. LLMs are good at that. They are fill-in-the-blank machines. They are bad at evaluating whether there's a match between an applicant and a job. This is about freelancers tho.
November 14, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Job applications are mainly about reading your CV for the hiring manager and pointing out how it aligns with the job advert. LLMs are good at that. They are fill-in-the-blank machines. They are bad at evaluating whether there's a match between an applicant and a job. This is about freelancers tho.
Funny, in Denmark we have a tradition, Fastelavn, with a trick or treating component but it's before lent, not after.
November 13, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Funny, in Denmark we have a tradition, Fastelavn, with a trick or treating component but it's before lent, not after.
How is a kid that has learnt cueing supposed to expand their vocabulary? By talking to people? Complete nonsense.
November 12, 2025 at 3:03 PM
How is a kid that has learnt cueing supposed to expand their vocabulary? By talking to people? Complete nonsense.
See Maggie Smith, Downton Abbey. She makes biting remarks that are actually what she doesn't say.
I also have an extension to that pet theory. That the British were better at statistics than the Germans because they were used to hear what was said and what wasn't said.
I also have an extension to that pet theory. That the British were better at statistics than the Germans because they were used to hear what was said and what wasn't said.
November 11, 2025 at 8:43 PM
See Maggie Smith, Downton Abbey. She makes biting remarks that are actually what she doesn't say.
I also have an extension to that pet theory. That the British were better at statistics than the Germans because they were used to hear what was said and what wasn't said.
I also have an extension to that pet theory. That the British were better at statistics than the Germans because they were used to hear what was said and what wasn't said.
A small part of it is my pet theory that you signal membership in the upper echelons of British society by what you don't say. So there's a negative space around your statements that you fill in by shared knowledge. If you don't "belong" you can't do that.
November 11, 2025 at 8:39 PM
A small part of it is my pet theory that you signal membership in the upper echelons of British society by what you don't say. So there's a negative space around your statements that you fill in by shared knowledge. If you don't "belong" you can't do that.
> The great financial crisis of 2008 is the prime example
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November 11, 2025 at 12:26 PM
> The great financial crisis of 2008 is the prime example
(sub)prime
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Off with his head!
November 10, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Off with his head!
Joachim Frank was a delight when I met him.
November 10, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Joachim Frank was a delight when I met him.
I'm tired, sorry.
November 9, 2025 at 6:01 PM
I'm tired, sorry.
Oh because Clair is always innocent. And then she reduces the options.
November 9, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Oh because Clair is always innocent. And then she reduces the options.
This situation. Gary criminal and the other four innocent gives you 9 innocent on the edges, one criminal for Ben and two for Hank. I can't find anything that makes that illegal apart from the fact that the game says so.
November 9, 2025 at 5:58 PM
This situation. Gary criminal and the other four innocent gives you 9 innocent on the edges, one criminal for Ben and two for Hank. I can't find anything that makes that illegal apart from the fact that the game says so.
There's a Vampire Survivors clone in the arcade in... I've forgotten the game's name. Zenless Zone Zero. Good clone.
November 7, 2025 at 1:44 PM
There's a Vampire Survivors clone in the arcade in... I've forgotten the game's name. Zenless Zone Zero. Good clone.
That sucks, I'm so sorry.
Yes, life is short and also very long at the same time.
Yes, life is short and also very long at the same time.
November 6, 2025 at 7:20 PM
That sucks, I'm so sorry.
Yes, life is short and also very long at the same time.
Yes, life is short and also very long at the same time.
I just applied and figured I would see what happened.
One of my close friends died a couple of weeks before I was accepted and I just went "Life is short". Also I figured that from 2020 it would still be 30 years before I retire.
One of my close friends died a couple of weeks before I was accepted and I just went "Life is short". Also I figured that from 2020 it would still be 30 years before I retire.
November 6, 2025 at 6:34 PM
I just applied and figured I would see what happened.
One of my close friends died a couple of weeks before I was accepted and I just went "Life is short". Also I figured that from 2020 it would still be 30 years before I retire.
One of my close friends died a couple of weeks before I was accepted and I just went "Life is short". Also I figured that from 2020 it would still be 30 years before I retire.
Yeah, but I was teaching high school and I needed about a year more of university courses to even begin the teaching qualification. Because I already had a degree there was a chance that I wouldn't be accepted into the programme. Makes sense since we don't pay tuition.
November 6, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Yeah, but I was teaching high school and I needed about a year more of university courses to even begin the teaching qualification. Because I already had a degree there was a chance that I wouldn't be accepted into the programme. Makes sense since we don't pay tuition.