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Mapping Ignorance @mappingignorance.org · 1h

It was announced that 9 european banks, including UniCredit, ING and CaixaBank, have launched a consortium to issue a euro stablecoin – a cryptocurrency with a value pegged to the euro.

The euro stablecoins and their threat to eurozone’s fragile economy

9 european banks, including UniCredit, ING and CaixaBank, have launched a consortium to issue ehat would be the first of euro stablecoins

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Mapping Ignorance @mappingignorance.org · 6h

An official, ECB-backed digital euro is a much better proposition than a consortium of private banks competing to promote their own, inherently unstable, digital coin.

The euro stablecoins and their threat to eurozone’s fragile economy

9 european banks, including UniCredit, ING and CaixaBank, have launched a consortium to issue ehat would be the first of euro stablecoins

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Mapping Ignorance @mappingignorance.org · 7h

With this new body of research, Lukin believes that it is now possible to envision quantum computers that can execute billions of operations and continue running for days.

A 3,000 qubit system capable of continuous operation

A new kind of continuous operation of the system, that rapidly replaces lost qubits, can be more important than a specific number of qubits

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Mapping Ignorance @mappingignorance.org · 8h

Cryptocurrency, and stablecoins in particular, can be understood as digital casino tokens.

The euro stablecoins and their threat to eurozone’s fragile economy

9 european banks, including UniCredit, ING and CaixaBank, have launched a consortium to issue ehat would be the first of euro stablecoins

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Mapping Ignorance @mappingignorance.org · 9h

The team demonstrated a system of more than 3000 qubits that could run for more than 2 hours, surmounting a series of technical challenges and representing a significant step toward building super computers.

A 3,000 qubit system capable of continuous operation

A new kind of continuous operation of the system, that rapidly replaces lost qubits, can be more important than a specific number of qubits

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Mapping Ignorance @mappingignorance.org · 10h

It was announced that 9 european banks, including UniCredit, ING and CaixaBank, have launched a consortium to issue a euro stablecoin – a cryptocurrency with a value pegged to the euro.

The euro stablecoins and their threat to eurozone’s fragile economy

9 european banks, including UniCredit, ING and CaixaBank, have launched a consortium to issue ehat would be the first of euro stablecoins

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Mapping Ignorance @mappingignorance.org · 11h

A machine with 300 qubits (quantum bits) could simultaneously store more information than the number of particles in the known universe.

A 3,000 qubit system capable of continuous operation

A new kind of continuous operation of the system, that rapidly replaces lost qubits, can be more important than a specific number of qubits

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Mapping Ignorance @mappingignorance.org · 12h

The euro stablecoins and their threat to eurozone’s fragile economy.

https://mappingignorance.org/2025/10/08/the-euro-stablecoins-and-their-threat-to-eurozones-fragile-economy/

Mapping Ignorance @mappingignorance.org · 21h

The depleted 33S samples contrast sharply with sulphur isotope ratios found on Earth.

Exotic sulphur hidden in moon's mantle - Mapping Ignorance

Researchers report anomalous sulphur in rock samples taken from the moon's Taurus Littrow region during Apollo 17

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Mapping Ignorance @mappingignorance.org · 23h

The analysis shows that volcanic material in the sample contains sulphur compounds that are highly depleted of sulphur-33 (or 33S), one of four radioactively stable sulphur isotopes.

Exotic sulphur hidden in moon's mantle - Mapping Ignorance

Researchers report anomalous sulphur in rock samples taken from the moon's Taurus Littrow region during Apollo 17

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Mapping Ignorance @mappingignorance.org · 1d

Researchers report a sulphuric surprise in rock samples taken from the moon’s Taurus Littrow region during Apollo 17.

https://mappingignorance.org/2025/10/07/exotic-sulphur-hidden-in-moons-mantle/

Mapping Ignorance @mappingignorance.org · 1d

The depleted 33S samples contrast sharply with sulphur isotope ratios found on Earth.

Exotic sulphur hidden in moon's mantle - Mapping Ignorance

Researchers report anomalous sulphur in rock samples taken from the moon's Taurus Littrow region during Apollo 17

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Mapping Ignorance @mappingignorance.org · 1d

Low‑temperature 2D devices that can be patterned lithographically and grown across entire wafers open doors to on‑chip sensors, memory elements...

https://mappingignorance.org/2025/09/30/building-chips-up-wafer-scale-mos%e2%82%82-electronics-for-beol-integration/

Mapping Ignorance @mappingignorance.org · 1d

The analysis shows that volcanic material in the sample contains sulphur compounds that are highly depleted of sulphur-33 (or 33S), one of four radioactively stable sulphur isotopes.

Exotic sulphur hidden in moon's mantle - Mapping Ignorance

Researchers report anomalous sulphur in rock samples taken from the moon's Taurus Littrow region during Apollo 17

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Mapping Ignorance @mappingignorance.org · 1d

Researchers demonstrate a wafer‑scale, BEOL‑compatible route to make ambipolar MoS₂ transistors by using plasma‑enhanced atomic layer deposition (PEALD).

https://mappingignorance.org/2025/09/30/building-chips-up-wafer-scale-mos%e2%82%82-electronics-for-beol-integration/

Mapping Ignorance @mappingignorance.org · 1d

Researchers report a sulphuric surprise in rock samples taken from the moon’s Taurus Littrow region during Apollo 17.

https://mappingignorance.org/2025/10/07/exotic-sulphur-hidden-in-moons-mantle/

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Mapping Ignorance @mappingignorance.org · 1d

To keep performance climbing, one promising route is monolithic 3D integration: add memory, sensors, or accelerators above the finished logic, then connect everything vertically.

Wafer-scale, MoS₂ electronics for BEOL integration

A route to make ambipolar MoS₂ transistors for BEOL integration by using plasma‑enhanced atomic layer deposition

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Mapping Ignorance @mappingignorance.org · 1d

Exotic sulphur hidden in moon’s mantle.

https://mappingignorance.org/2025/10/07/exotic-sulphur-hidden-in-moons-mantle/

Mapping Ignorance @mappingignorance.org · 1d

Longtermists are guilty of a kind of intellectual arrogance (what the ancient Greeks called hubris) almost as infinite as their imaginary expanse of their circle of empathy.

The brief life of longtermism (& 2) - Mapping Ignorance

Longtermism is guilty of intellectual arrogance almost as infinite as the imaginary expanse of the circle of empathy of its proponents

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Mapping Ignorance @mappingignorance.org · 1d

One of the main flaws of longtermism is that its fixation on “existential risks” is so strong that its adherents consider devoting resources to other grave and more pressing social problems far less important.

The brief life of longtermism (& 2) - Mapping Ignorance

Longtermism is guilty of intellectual arrogance almost as infinite as the imaginary expanse of the circle of empathy of its proponents

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Mapping Ignorance @mappingignorance.org · 2d

MacAskill himself confesses that becoming a vegan at eighteen was one of the best moral decisions he has made in his life, and I suppose that is because he thinks it helps improve animal welfare.

The brief life of longtermism (& 2) - Mapping Ignorance

Longtermism is guilty of intellectual arrogance almost as infinite as the imaginary expanse of the circle of empathy of its proponents

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Mapping Ignorance @mappingignorance.org · 2d

Longtermists are guilty of a kind of intellectual arrogance (what the ancient Greeks called hubris) almost as infinite as their imaginary expanse of their circle of empathy.

The brief life of longtermism (& 2) - Mapping Ignorance

Longtermism is guilty of intellectual arrogance almost as infinite as the imaginary expanse of the circle of empathy of its proponents

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Mapping Ignorance @mappingignorance.org · 2d

When physicists say that space-time “exists,” they are often working within a framework that has quietly blurred the line between existence and occurrence.

Is space-time structure, substance or metaphor?

What does it really mean to say that space-time exists? What kind of thing is it? Does it exist in the same way the galaxy exists?

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Mapping Ignorance @mappingignorance.org · 2d

One of the main flaws of longtermism is that its fixation on “existential risks” is so strong that its adherents consider devoting resources to other grave and more pressing social problems far less important.

The brief life of longtermism (& 2) - Mapping Ignorance

Longtermism is guilty of intellectual arrogance almost as infinite as the imaginary expanse of the circle of empathy of its proponents

mappingignorance.org

Mapping Ignorance @mappingignorance.org · 2d

What does it really mean to say that space-time exists? What kind of thing is it — is space-time structure, substance or metaphor?

https://mappingignorance.org/2025/09/29/is-space-time-structure-substance-or-metaphor/