Eugene O'Rourke
@ejsorourke.bsky.social
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The Irish Semiconductor Industry...
How it started(9 minutes in, contains ads, geo-locked):
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How it's going:
youtu.be/peLV8zMXLnM?...
How it started(9 minutes in, contains ads, geo-locked):
www.rte.ie/player/serie...
How it's going:
youtu.be/peLV8zMXLnM?...
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Northern Lights set to dazzle UK this week due to possible 'severe' geomagnetic storm. 🔭 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/weather/arti...
Northern Lights set to dazzle UK this week due to possible 'Severe' geomagnetic storm
Activity on the surface of the Sun means the chance of the Northern Lights shining over the UK is high this week as Elizabeth Rizzini explains.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Northern Lights set to dazzle UK this week due to possible 'severe' geomagnetic storm. 🔭 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/weather/arti...
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It's also an excuse to drop my favourite science joke:
What did Watson and Crick discover?
Rosalind Franklin's notes. 🥁
What did Watson and Crick discover?
Rosalind Franklin's notes. 🥁
November 8, 2025 at 10:19 PM
It's also an excuse to drop my favourite science joke:
What did Watson and Crick discover?
Rosalind Franklin's notes. 🥁
What did Watson and Crick discover?
Rosalind Franklin's notes. 🥁
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If gave you €1 every second since you were born:
You would have €1 million within a week and a half.
You would have €1 billion by 32.
You would never have €1 trillion. Generations upon generations after you would not reach €1 trillion. Because it would take over 31,700 years to reach €1 trillion.
You would have €1 million within a week and a half.
You would have €1 billion by 32.
You would never have €1 trillion. Generations upon generations after you would not reach €1 trillion. Because it would take over 31,700 years to reach €1 trillion.
November 7, 2025 at 9:37 AM
If gave you €1 every second since you were born:
You would have €1 million within a week and a half.
You would have €1 billion by 32.
You would never have €1 trillion. Generations upon generations after you would not reach €1 trillion. Because it would take over 31,700 years to reach €1 trillion.
You would have €1 million within a week and a half.
You would have €1 billion by 32.
You would never have €1 trillion. Generations upon generations after you would not reach €1 trillion. Because it would take over 31,700 years to reach €1 trillion.
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The Irish for whataboutery is fadúdachas.
November 4, 2025 at 3:29 PM
The Irish for whataboutery is fadúdachas.
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Gonna repost this every time I come across it on socials. 💚
October 23, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Gonna repost this every time I come across it on socials. 💚
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A mathematical model suggests that when a pair of black holes gets quantum entangled, this can give rise to a lumpy space-time tunnel between them
Lumpy ‘caterpillar wormholes’ may connect entangled black holes
A mathematical model suggests that when a pair of black holes gets quantum entangled, this can give rise to a lumpy space-time tunnel between them
www.newscientist.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:05 AM
A mathematical model suggests that when a pair of black holes gets quantum entangled, this can give rise to a lumpy space-time tunnel between them
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Looking back...
The Goodies began #OTD 55 years ago.
Photo taken by Don Smith for @radiotimes.bsky.social.
The Goodies began #OTD 55 years ago.
Photo taken by Don Smith for @radiotimes.bsky.social.
November 8, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Looking back...
The Goodies began #OTD 55 years ago.
Photo taken by Don Smith for @radiotimes.bsky.social.
The Goodies began #OTD 55 years ago.
Photo taken by Don Smith for @radiotimes.bsky.social.
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me at the end of class: here's a little speculative exercises; imagine you wake up from cryosleep in 2085. what's the kind of tech-society r/ship you'd like to see around you?
students: no AI
I honestly think students' views are missing from the 'should AI be integrated in classrooms' discussion
students: no AI
I honestly think students' views are missing from the 'should AI be integrated in classrooms' discussion
November 6, 2025 at 6:32 AM
me at the end of class: here's a little speculative exercises; imagine you wake up from cryosleep in 2085. what's the kind of tech-society r/ship you'd like to see around you?
students: no AI
I honestly think students' views are missing from the 'should AI be integrated in classrooms' discussion
students: no AI
I honestly think students' views are missing from the 'should AI be integrated in classrooms' discussion
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ASML is a massive cog the world's chip industry and its Irish business has ballooned in recent years - where it largely serves only Intel - with revenues breaching the billion euro mark last year.
thecurrency.news/articles/206...
thecurrency.news/articles/206...
ASML’s Irish revenue surges to €1.2bn as the chip game keeps heating up - The Currency
Revenue at the Irish arm of Dutch chip firm ASML has swelled to over €1.2 billion as demand for chips and geopolitical tensions grow around the technology. ASML builds highly in-demand printing machin...
thecurrency.news
November 6, 2025 at 9:14 AM
ASML is a massive cog the world's chip industry and its Irish business has ballooned in recent years - where it largely serves only Intel - with revenues breaching the billion euro mark last year.
thecurrency.news/articles/206...
thecurrency.news/articles/206...
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EU Called On To Extend CAP Funding To Struggling Bot Farms https://waterfordwhispersnews.com/2025/11/03/eu-called-on-to-extend-cap-funding-to-struggling-bot-farms/
Waterford Whispers News
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waterfordwhispersnews.com
November 3, 2025 at 8:02 PM
EU Called On To Extend CAP Funding To Struggling Bot Farms https://waterfordwhispersnews.com/2025/11/03/eu-called-on-to-extend-cap-funding-to-struggling-bot-farms/
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First observation of single top quark production with W and Z bosons
This incredibly rare phenomenon, observed at the @cmsexperiment.bsky.social, can help probe the fundamental forces of nature.
Find out more: home.cern/news/news/ph...
This incredibly rare phenomenon, observed at the @cmsexperiment.bsky.social, can help probe the fundamental forces of nature.
Find out more: home.cern/news/news/ph...
November 4, 2025 at 1:12 PM
First observation of single top quark production with W and Z bosons
This incredibly rare phenomenon, observed at the @cmsexperiment.bsky.social, can help probe the fundamental forces of nature.
Find out more: home.cern/news/news/ph...
This incredibly rare phenomenon, observed at the @cmsexperiment.bsky.social, can help probe the fundamental forces of nature.
Find out more: home.cern/news/news/ph...
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Peter Thiel finanziert ein Startup, das Halbleiter in den USA billiger fertigen will als TSMC – dank Strahlung aus dem Beschleuniger.
Zum Artikel: www.heise.de/news/Chip-Lith...
Zum Artikel: www.heise.de/news/Chip-Lith...
November 5, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Peter Thiel finanziert ein Startup, das Halbleiter in den USA billiger fertigen will als TSMC – dank Strahlung aus dem Beschleuniger.
Zum Artikel: www.heise.de/news/Chip-Lith...
Zum Artikel: www.heise.de/news/Chip-Lith...
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3 interesting nuggets from AWS’s new cable (from Cork, prob Roscarbery)
1. No mention of cable-cutting by [insert country] but has to be in thoughts
2. Outage resilient option? Probably
3. AWS is creating a “community fund” to help tackle homelessness and hunger in West Cork (?)
1. No mention of cable-cutting by [insert country] but has to be in thoughts
2. Outage resilient option? Probably
3. AWS is creating a “community fund” to help tackle homelessness and hunger in West Cork (?)
November 4, 2025 at 1:17 PM
3 interesting nuggets from AWS’s new cable (from Cork, prob Roscarbery)
1. No mention of cable-cutting by [insert country] but has to be in thoughts
2. Outage resilient option? Probably
3. AWS is creating a “community fund” to help tackle homelessness and hunger in West Cork (?)
1. No mention of cable-cutting by [insert country] but has to be in thoughts
2. Outage resilient option? Probably
3. AWS is creating a “community fund” to help tackle homelessness and hunger in West Cork (?)
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Open Sesame!
The ELT doors have moved for the first time. This was no small feat, as each door will weigh 650 tonnes once completed.
The ELT dome & its doors will guard the telescope from the harsh conditions of the Atacama Desert.
https://www.eso.org/public/videos/potw2544a/
🔭 🧪
📹 ESO/ACe
The ELT doors have moved for the first time. This was no small feat, as each door will weigh 650 tonnes once completed.
The ELT dome & its doors will guard the telescope from the harsh conditions of the Atacama Desert.
https://www.eso.org/public/videos/potw2544a/
🔭 🧪
📹 ESO/ACe
November 3, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Open Sesame!
The ELT doors have moved for the first time. This was no small feat, as each door will weigh 650 tonnes once completed.
The ELT dome & its doors will guard the telescope from the harsh conditions of the Atacama Desert.
https://www.eso.org/public/videos/potw2544a/
🔭 🧪
📹 ESO/ACe
The ELT doors have moved for the first time. This was no small feat, as each door will weigh 650 tonnes once completed.
The ELT dome & its doors will guard the telescope from the harsh conditions of the Atacama Desert.
https://www.eso.org/public/videos/potw2544a/
🔭 🧪
📹 ESO/ACe
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Jon Stewart will remain a one-day-a-week host with “The Daily Show” through the end of 2026, Comedy Central announced on Monday. His contract was set to expire in December, though he expressed publicly last month that he wanted to keep hosting.
Jon Stewart Signs Extension for ‘Daily Show’ Through 2026
Mr. Stewart’s contract was set to expire in December, though he expressed publicly last month that he wanted to keep hosting the show.
nyti.ms
November 3, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Jon Stewart will remain a one-day-a-week host with “The Daily Show” through the end of 2026, Comedy Central announced on Monday. His contract was set to expire in December, though he expressed publicly last month that he wanted to keep hosting.
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The reason we know Radiation causes bit-flips in DRAM is pretty hilarious.
In the late 70s, Intel Ram was occasionally producing soft, uncorrectable errors.
Turns out, the ceramic packaging on the chip itself had a little bit of Uranium.
You know, as one does.
In the late 70s, Intel Ram was occasionally producing soft, uncorrectable errors.
Turns out, the ceramic packaging on the chip itself had a little bit of Uranium.
You know, as one does.
November 3, 2025 at 7:41 PM
The reason we know Radiation causes bit-flips in DRAM is pretty hilarious.
In the late 70s, Intel Ram was occasionally producing soft, uncorrectable errors.
Turns out, the ceramic packaging on the chip itself had a little bit of Uranium.
You know, as one does.
In the late 70s, Intel Ram was occasionally producing soft, uncorrectable errors.
Turns out, the ceramic packaging on the chip itself had a little bit of Uranium.
You know, as one does.
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#Neuroscience isn’t just about understanding the brain, it’s also about #engineering it. Here's a great piece exploring why #engineers are key to driving the next wave of #brain science, courtesy of our friends at @simonsfoundation.org and thetransmitter.bsky.social: bit.ly/3XfPqYB #neuroengineering
November 3, 2025 at 7:43 PM
#Neuroscience isn’t just about understanding the brain, it’s also about #engineering it. Here's a great piece exploring why #engineers are key to driving the next wave of #brain science, courtesy of our friends at @simonsfoundation.org and thetransmitter.bsky.social: bit.ly/3XfPqYB #neuroengineering
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I get all my friends to listen to Brian Ferry on my behalf because I am a great fan of (wait for it) Proxy Music.
October 28, 2025 at 11:43 AM
I get all my friends to listen to Brian Ferry on my behalf because I am a great fan of (wait for it) Proxy Music.
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github.com/BrunoLevy/le... has just reached 3000 stars on github.
What is it ? a hand-on tutorial to learn processor design with FPGAs.
In a couple of evenings, you will create a full-fledged Risc-V.
Why would I want to do that ? Why not !!
What is it ? a hand-on tutorial to learn processor design with FPGAs.
In a couple of evenings, you will create a full-fledged Risc-V.
Why would I want to do that ? Why not !!
October 31, 2025 at 3:56 PM
github.com/BrunoLevy/le... has just reached 3000 stars on github.
What is it ? a hand-on tutorial to learn processor design with FPGAs.
In a couple of evenings, you will create a full-fledged Risc-V.
Why would I want to do that ? Why not !!
What is it ? a hand-on tutorial to learn processor design with FPGAs.
In a couple of evenings, you will create a full-fledged Risc-V.
Why would I want to do that ? Why not !!